HEALTH related term(s) Diseases
Addresses
Clash of Cultures—Personal Autonomy Versus Corporate Bondage: Henry Buchwald, S4396-S4399 [28AP]
Information Technologies for Healthcare—Government, Industry and Academia Working Together: Nancy R. Adams, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI, S8893 [20JY]
Mental Health Struggles: Eunice Kennedy Shriver, E1179 [9JN]
Advertisements
Rutland Fire Clay files for Chapter 11—how asbestos litigation ruined a family business—22 employees and 50,000 lawsuits, S13603 [1NO]
Agenda
Health Care—What Every Woman Should Know, S6694 [8JN]
Amendments
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (S. 1692), S12875, S12886, S12896, S12899, S12943, S12944 [20OC], S12975, S12980, S12986, S13025 [21OC]
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research: revise and extend (H.R. 2506), H8470 [21SE], H8557, H8558 [22SE], H8629 [23SE], H8666 [24SE], H8873, H8874 [27SE], H8917, H8918, H8919, H8920, H8921, H8922, H8923, H8926, H8927, H8929, H8932, H8937, H8939, H8940 [28SE]
———revise and extend (S. 580), S13809 [3NO]
Beaches: improve quality of coastal recreation waters (H.R. 999), H2292 [22AP]
Correctional institutions: combat the overutilization of prison health care services and control prisoner health care costs (S. 704), S6433, S6450 [27MY]
Death and dying: promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia (H.R. 2260), H10889, H10890, H10891 [27OC]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve health care programs and provide extended care services for veterans (H.R. 2116), S14114 [5NO]
Drugs: treatment of gamma y-hydroxybutyrate and ketamine hydrochloride relative to the Controlled Substances Act (S. 1561), S14872, S15120 [19NO]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2723), H9604 [7OC]
Health care professionals: admission requirements for nonimmigrant nurses willing to practice in underserved areas (H.R. 441), S13062, S13064, S13065 [22OC], H11321 [2NO]
Indian Health Service: extend program for direct billing of Medicare, Medicaid, and other third party payors and expand program eligibility to other tribes and tribal organizations (S. 406), S10959 [15SE]
Insurance: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2723), H9535, H9564, H9604 [7OC]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1344), S8235, S8274, S8288, S8290 [12JY], S8318, S8388, S8390, S8394 [13JY], S8516, S8518, S8519, S8522, S8524, S8526, S8527 [14JY], S8535, S8655, S8658, S8663, S8665 [15JY]
National Biotechnology Week: designate (S. Res. 200), S14926, S15124 [19NO]
National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (S. Res. 199), S12844, S12858 [19OC]
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 108), S14945, S15133 [19NO]
NIH: support modernization and construction of biomedical and behavioral research facilities and laboratory instrumentation (S. 1268), S15144, S15218 [19NO]
Public buildings: placement of automatic external defibrillators to assist individuals who experience cardiac arrest and protections from civil liability relative to emergency use of the devices (S. 1488), S15143 [19NO]
Research: continuation of Federal research and development programs funding in a fiscally sustainable way (S. 296), S4393 [28AP], S9300, S9304, S9307 [26JY]
Social Security: expand health care coverage for working, disabled individuals and establish a Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program to provide work opportunities for such individuals (S. 331), S7044, S7139 [16JN]
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: promote State flexibility and accountability, support youth prevention and treatment programs, and respond to incidents of teen violence (S. 976), S13855 [3NO]
Taxation: reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (H.R. 2488), H6098, H6144 [21JY], H6222 [22JY]
———reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (S. 1429), S9398, S9414 [27JY], S9500, S9515, S9548, S9549, S9560, S9561, S9562, S9608, S9612, S9613, S9614, S9615, S9616, S9618, S9619, S9620 [28JY], S9672, S9697, S9719, S9728, S9729, S9730, S9765, S9766, S9771, S9772, S9773, S9775, S9776, S9777, S9784, S9785, S9786, S9787, S9788, S9794, S9795, S9796, S9797, S9827, S9828, S9829, S9830, S9831, S9832, S9833, S9834, S9835, S9837, S9838, S9839, S9846, S9847, S9853, S9854, S9856, S9877, S9878 [29JY], S9887, S9892, S9904, S9906, S9907, S9908, S9909, S9935, S9950 [30JY]
Analyses
Child Custody Protection Act (S. 661), S2943 [18MR]
Date-Rape Drug Control Act (S. 1561), S10486 [5AU]
Dept. of Energy Compensation Programs for Employees Sustaining Illnesses From Exposure to Beryllium and Other Hazardous Substances and Examine Health Effects of Exposure to Hazardous Substances (S. 1954), S14736-S14739 [17NO]
Drug Testing and Treatment for Welfare Recipients Act (S. 906), S4369 [28AP]
Elevate Position of Director of Indian Health Service to Assistant Sec. of HHS (S. 299), S902 [22JA]
Long-Term Care Advancement Act (H.R. 275), E46 [7JA]
Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act (H.R. 441): Technical Amendment, H11322 [2NO]
Seniors Safety Act (S. 751), S3497-S3499 [25MR]
Taxpayer Refund Act (S. 1429): IRS, S9724 [29JY]
Violence Against Women Act (H.R. 357), E78-E80 [20JA]
Announcements
Portrayal of mentally ill character in remake of the movie ``Psycho'': National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, S5568 [19MY]
Appointments
Conferees: H.R. 1180, Work Incentives Improvement Act, S12961 [21OC], H11122 [28OC]
———H.R. 2116, Veterans' Millennium Health Care Act, S14202 [5NO], H11678 [8NO]
———H.R. 2488, Financial Freedom Act, H6811 [2AU]
———H.R. 2488, Taxpayer Refund Act, S9965 [2AU]
———H.R. 2990, Quality Care for the Uninsured Act, S12659 [15OC], H11395 [3NO]
Social Security Advisory Board, H9029 [30SE]
Articles and editorials
Abortion—One Woman's Story, S12908 [20OC]
Administrators Warn of VA Hospital Closings, S5165 [12MY]
Anti-Drug Campaign's Missing Link, S8006 [1JY]
Assault on America's Health Care, S12098 [6OC]
Assessing HMO Curbs, E1674 [28JY]
Beer Lobby at Work, S8006 [1JY]
Beer Pressure, S8007 [1JY]
Beyond the Horror Stories, Good News About Managed Care, S8604 [15JY]
Blue Cross Takeover Needs Skeptic's Eye, E2036 [6OC]
Booze and Its Backers, S8006 [1JY]
Boston Battles Cancer With a Citywide Mailing, S13833 [3NO]
Business Group Suspends Local Medicare Coverage Project, H3285 [18MY]
Can't Sleep—One of America's Leading Sleep Experts Reveals Shocking Facts About Your Sleepness Nights, E2255 [3NO]
Clean But Not Safe, S8054 [1JY]
Common-Sense Compromise on Health Care, H2361 [27AP], H2958 [11MY], H3159 [13MY], H3281 [18MY]
Congress Must Act To Ensure That Vital Research Doesn't Lapse in U.S., S10364 [5AU]
Court To Hear HMO Bonuses Case, E1985 [29SE]
Crowd Tells of Health Care Horror Stories, H684 [23FE]
Cut Off at the Knees, E536 [24MR]
Darla Wants Her Rights, E1753 [5AU]
Deep Medicare Cuts Draw Blood at Teaching Hospitals—Top Med Centers Take Largest Hit—Survival of Fittest, H9014 [29SE]
Deinstitutionalization Hasn't Worked, S8296 [12JY]
Dialysis at the Beginning, E2087 [13OC]
Don't Kill the Pain-Relief Bill, S14776 [18NO]
Draw the Line Now Against Using Babies as Medical Products, E1426 [29JN]
Drug Coverage Means Extra Cost, E1347 [22JN]
Drug Coverage Means Extra Cost—President Has a Plan for Including Prescriptions Under Medicare Program, E1251 [15JN]
Drug Makers Still Reluctant To Invest in HIV Vaccine—Scientific Uncertainty, Drug Economics Combine To Discourage Efforts, S12423 [12OC]
End Polluted Beaches—Bilbray Bill Would Require National Testing, H2288 [22AP]
Epicenter of AIDS—Uganda—Deadly Traditions Persist Amid Progress, Vaccine Test, E1501 [1JY]
Frances Lillian Ross—Advocate for Mentally Ill, E575 [25MR]
Gentler Face Toward Cuba, S12453 [13OC]
Giving With a Point—Holocaust Survivor Donates Millions, E1197 [9JN]
GOP Leaders Order Hyde To Kill Bill on Doctor Bargaining, S13600 [1NO]
Growing Back, S10293 [5AU]
Hands Tied, Judges Rue Law That Limits H.M.O. Liability, S8544 [15JY]
Harvest of Abortion, E2406 [17NO]
Hearing Loss Touches a Younger Generation; With Rise in Noise, More Seeking Help, S2500-S2502 [10MR]
Helen Feinberg, 84—Social Activist, Spanish Civil War Nurse, E575 [25MR]
Hill Negotiators Agree To Delay Part of NIH Research Budget, S13348, S13359 [28OC]
HMOs Will Drop 327,000 Medicare Beneficiaries Next Year, S8736 [16JY]
Holding Managed Care Accountable, E1642 [22JY]
Hospital Errors Kill Thousands of Patients Each Year, H8931 [28SE]
How Clean Air Bit the Dust, E337 [4MR]
How To Spread HIV in D.C., S8055 [1JY]
``I Had No Symptoms of Heart Attack . . .'', E2236 [1NO]
If We Invested More in Health Care, We'd Save Lives, E1776 [5AU]
In South Africa, Doctors, Courts Fight Brutal AIDS ``Cure'', H5741 [16JY]
Insurers Give Speaker Thousands on Eve of Vote, S12772 [18OC]
Is Medical Marijuana an Oxymoron?, S11882 [4OC]
It's Mostly Bad News for the Poorest People on the Planet, S12423 [12OC]
It's Not Greed, but Desperation, E529 [23MR]
Japan's Biological Weapons—1930-1945—Hidden Chapter in History, S14543-S14547 [10NO]
Joe Poe Works Every Day To Find Answers for Him and Others About What Has Caused His Gulf War Illness, H1900 [13AP]
Kill the Pain, Not the Patients—Congress Should Allow Doctors To Use Controlled Drugs for Aggressive Pain Treatment Instead of Suicide, S14777 [18NO]
Killing Them Softly, H6617-H6621 [29JY]
Lawsuits Have Little Effect on Premiums, S8545 [15JY]
Legislation Would Require New EPA Standards for Beach Quality, H2289 [22AP]
Little Ambassadors With Hearts in Need of Repair, E2508 [19NO]
Making a Change—Stephenson Adopts New Fitness, Health Regimen, E2045 [6OC]
Managed Care Needs Immediate Overhaul, S8596 [15JY]
Medical Coverage for All—The Ultimate Congressional Odd Couple Weighs In, E1405 [25JN]
Medical Outcasts—Does Anyone Care?, H3254 [18MY]
Medical Savings Accounts Offer Relief From High Health Care Premiums, S7593 [24JN]
Medicare Cuts Hit Big Centers—Teaching Costs Lower Immunity, H9016 [29SE]
Medicare Reductions Threatening Hospitals, H9013 [29SE]
Medicare Tests of Competitive Bidding Rile HMOs Fearing a Drop in Payments, H3286 [18MY]
Money Versus Reform, S8567 [15JY]
Monitor's View—Don't Soft-Pedal Alcohol, S8007 [1JY]
More Aid Means More Responsibility—Federal Money Puts Medical Research on the Threshold of a Golden Age, E514 [23MR]
National Report—Prisons Brim With Mentally Ill, S8296 [12JY]
Needle Exchange Programs Have Not Been Proven To Prevent HIV/AIDS, H10109 [14OC]
New Kind of Tobacco Tax, S9013 [22JY]
New Means Found for Reducing HIV Passed to Child, H5740 [16JY]
New MRI Great Renal Tumor Destroyer—Open Magnet MRI Provides Almost Real-Time Images During Surgery, E2511 [19NO]
New York Hospitals Braced for Cuts, S5168 [12MY]
Noisy Is the Night, E2255 [3NO]
Now and Tomorrow—A Hawaiian Social Worker in Wai'anae Brings Together Her Work and Culture, E2338 [10NO]
Offering Body Parts for Sale, E2516 [19NO]
Organ King, E2284 [5NO]
Origin of HIV-1—UAB Researchers Lead Discovery Efforts, H5155 [30JN]
Overlooked Type of Abuse—Far More Youngsters Drink Than Use Drugs, S8007 [1JY]
Patients Face Big Bills as Insurers Deny Emergency Claims, H2955 [11MY], H3157 [13MY], H3279 [18MY]
Peninsula Hospital Among Top 100, E418 [11MR]
Pfiesteria Found in 5 Md. Rivers—Presence Widespread in Rivers, Streams but Not Always Harmful, S2102 [2MR]
Privatizing Medicare, E645 [14AP]
Prize for the Wine Institute, S1733 [22FE]
Protecting Children From Lead Poisoning and Building Healthy Communities, E2179-E2181 [25OC]
Reconstructing Lives, E2449 [18NO]
Require Warning Labels on Raw Shell Egg Cartons, E2377 [11NO]
Review & Outlook—Truth and Taxes, S9670 [29JY]
Say `No' to Underage Drinking, Too, S8006 [1JY]
She Heals Tortured Souls—Thanks to the Dedicated Work of Dr. Inge Genefke, the Lives of Tens of Thousands Have Been Salvaged, E1623 [22JY]
Sister Jane Steps Down, S1740 [22FE]
Slow Evolution of Child Care, S3786 [15AP]
Stark Assessment—U.S. Representative Pete Stark Speaks Out on Health Care and Welfare Reform, E71-E73 [20JA], E145-E148 [4FE]
State Blames Xantus Chief for Insolvency, E2006 [1OC]
Suicide Bill's Deep Flaws, H10882 [27OC]
Taking Care—Small Employers Offer Health Benefits To Lure Workers in Kansas City, S8581-S8583 [15JY]
Teaching Hospitals Battling Cutbacks in Medicare Money, S5167 [12MY]
Teaching Hospitals in Trouble, H9015 [29SE]
Teaching Hospitals Say Medicare Cuts Have Them Bleeding Red Ink, S4883 [6MY], E892 [6MY]
Teaching Hospitals—Battling Cutbacks in Medicare Money, H9015 [29SE]
Time Bomb South of Sahara—U.S. Urged To Confront Reality—20% Could Die, E1500 [1JY]
Tobacco Suit Is Latest Abuse of the Rule of Law, S11469 [27SE]
Tobacco—Justice Reverses—Lobbying Efforts Wins Turnabout on Tobacco Suit, S11467 [27SE]
Trusting the GOP To ``Save'' Social Security, S13371 [28OC]
UIC To Cut Hospital Jobs—Seek Merger, H9013 [29SE]
UMC Physicians Pioneer New Lung Cancer Surgery in China, E2512 [19NO]
Uncle Sam Never Said Drink for Your Health, S1731-S1733 [22FE]
We Can't Afford To Limit University Research, H5152 [30JN]
We Know About Helping Children Grow Up Healthy, E1777 [5AU]
When Hospitals Get Sick, H9013 [29SE]
While Covering Uninsured, Let's Fix Managed Care, H9398 [5OC]
Why I Crossed Party Lines on the Tax Cut, H6721 [29JY]
Wine's Unfortunate New Labels, S1729 [22FE]
Wissman Set Examples Both Unique and Universal, E1225 [10JN]
Women's Health Gets More Attention—Assistant Surgeon General Speaks on Advances, S6694 [8JN]
Zambia—Cradle of Africa's Orphan Crisis, E1500 [1JY]
Bills and resolutions
Abortion: constitutional amendment on right to life (see H.J. Res. 4), H243 [7JA] (see H.J. Res. 31), H716 [23FE]
———eliminate prohibitions on the transmission of abortion related material (see H.R. 2808), H7995 [8SE]
———prohibit certain late-term abortions (see S. 1765), S13012 [21OC] (see H.R. 2149), H4127 [10JN]
———prohibit gender-based occurrences (see S. 41), S339 [19JA]
———prohibit partial-birth abortions (see S. 928), S4433 [29AP] (see S. 1692), S11951 [5OC]
———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see S. 907), S4347 [28AP] (see H.R. 639), H537 [9FE]
———provide freedom of choice to military personnel serving overseas (see H.R. 1350), H1802 [25MR]
———provide grants for State programs to provide pregnant women with alternatives to abortion (see S. 1605), S11130 [21SE] (see H.R. 2901), H8468 [21SE]
Africa: HIV/AIDS prevention programs funding for sub-Saharan Africa (see H.R. 2765), H7883 [5AU]
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research: revise and extend (see H.R. 2506), H5570 [14JY]
———revise and extend (H.R. 2506), consideration (see H. Res. 299), H8555 [22SE]
Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research: revise and extend (see S. 580), S2503 [10MR]
Agriculture: eliminate use of antibiotic drugs in livestock unless there is a reasonable certainty of no harm to human health (see H.R. 3266), H11852 [9NO]
———establish a program of mandatory market reporting of prices and quantities for certain meat packers relative to livestock to improve the collection of information (see S. 1672), S11726 [30SE]
———prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 443), H375 [2FE]
———prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory livestock (see S. 515), S2209 [3MR]
Alcoholic beverages: block the use of certain health claims labels (see S. 433), S1727 [22FE]
———require warning labels on certain wines (see S. 1533), S10389 [5AU]
Antitrust policy: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 1304), H1800 [25MR]
Arlington National Cemetery: authorize memorialization at the columbarium for eligible veterans who have donated their remains to science (see S. 771), S3634 [13AP] (see H.R. 1069), H1256 [11MR]
Armed Forces: alternative financing mechanism for TRICARE program (see H.R. 476), H376 [2FE]
———expand geographic area of the TRICARE senior supplement demonstration project for certain covered beneficiaries (see H.R. 955), H955 [3MR]
———improve access to treatment facilities, provide Medicare reimbursement, and permit enrollment in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for veterans and their dependents (see H.R. 1067), H1162 [10MR]
———improve TRICARE program (see S. 350), S1144 [3FE] (see H.R. 1547), H2299 [22AP]
———make anthrax vaccination immunization program voluntary (see H.R. 2543), H5750 [16JY]
———payment of certain health care expenses under CHAMPUS that are not payable under Medicare (see S. 29), S338 [19JA]
———protect confidentiality of communications between dependents of members and professionals relative to sexual or domestic abuse services (see H.R. 1847), H3295 [18MY]
———provide for Medicare subvention demonstration project for veterans and improve TRICARE program (see H.R. 1347), H1801 [25MR]
———require consent before administering an investigational new drug or drug unapproved for its applied use (see H.R. 3460), H12791 [18NO]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H8966 [28SE]
———suspend anthrax vaccination immunization program until it is determined to be safe and effective (see H.R. 2548), H5838 [19JY]
———use of military health care system and commissary stores by unremarried former spouses of members (see H.R. 475), H376 [2FE]
Aviation: develop and implement plans to reduce certain public risk caused by helicopter operations (see H.R. 729), H642 [11FE]
Bankruptcy: ensure the protection of patients when health care providers declare bankruptcy (see S. 840), S3914 [20AP]
Beaches: improve quality of coastal recreation waters (see S. 522), S2209 [3MR] (see H.R. 950), H955 [3MR] (see H.R. 999), H1012 [4MR]
———improve quality of coastal recreation waters (H.R. 999), consideration (see H. Res. 145), H2271 [21AP]
Bikini Atoll: assist in resettlement and relocation of people (see H.R. 2368), H5091 [29JN]
Black Lung Benefits Act: ensure benefit equity for eligible survivors (see H.R. 228), H239 [7JA]
———improve (see H.R. 466), H375 [2FE]
Business and industry: involvement of private companies in the trafficking of fetal tissue and body parts (see H. Res. 350), H11372 [2NO]
———require certain parent corporations of Federal contractors to provide health care benefits to retired employees of the contractor (see H.R. 3506), H12793 [18NO]
California: fund and implement a balanced, long-term solution to groundwater contamination, water supply, and reliability problems affecting the Eastern Santa Clara groundwater basin (see H.R. 2483), H5366 [12JY]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: surveillance and research of autism and related developmental diseases to implement effective treatment and prevention strategies (see H.R. 274), H241 [7JA]
Chemicals: ensure adequate actions are taken to detect, prevent, and minimize consequences of criminal attacks on chemical plants (see S. 1470), S9946 [30JY]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see S. 901), S4346 [28AP]
———adolescent health demonstration projects (see H.R. 300), H242 [7JA]
———authorize grants for the prevention of alcoholic beverage consumption by underage individuals (see H.R. 3430), H12225 [17NO]
———carry out programs to prevent and manage asthma, allergies, and related respiratory problems and establish a pest control services tax credit for low-income multifamily residential housing (see H.R. 1966), H3693 [26MY]
———enable a public health approach to the problems of youth suicide and violence and develop ways to intervene with individuals who suffer depression or other mental illness (see S. 1555), S10390 [5AU]
———establish programs for early detection, diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns (see S. 956), S4664 [4MY] (see H.R. 1193), H1472 [18MR]
———establish standards to improve children's health quality in managed care plans and other health plans (see S. 636), S2729 [16MR] (see H.R. 1661), H2635 [4MY]
———improve health of children (see S. 592), S2575 [11MR] (see H.R. 1085), H1257 [11MR]
———increase public awareness of the dangers of pediatric cancer (see H. Con. Res. 115), H3605 [25MY]
———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care (see S. 616), S2648 [15MR] (see S. 810), S3776 [15AP] (see S. 1475), S10117 [3AU] (see H.R. 1430), H2130 [15AP] (see H.R. 2943), H8665 [24SE]
———meet mental health and substance abuse treatment needs of incarcerated children and youth (see S. 464, 465), S1926 [24FE] (see H.R. 837), H794 [24FE]
———mental health services (see H.R. 3455), H12791 [18NO]
———provide for grants, a national clearinghouse, and a report to improve the quality and availability of after-school programs (see H.R. 1307), H1800 [25MR]
———provide States with funding to support early childhood development programs (see S. 749), S3440 [25MR] (see S. 1068), S5484 [18MY] (see S. 1154), S6285 [27MY]
———require lead poisoning screening for enrollees in certain Federal programs (see S. 1120), S5954 [25MY] (see H.R. 1996), H3710 [27MY]
———require posting of CPSC safety standards in child care centers and require a Dept. of HHS report with recommendations to promote compliance with such standards (see H.R. 2552), H5838 [19JY]
———substance abuse prevention and treatment programs funding (see S. 849), S4028 [21AP] (see S. 970), S4887 [6MY]
China, Republic of: assistance for earthquake victims (see H.J. Res. 70), H9410 [5OC]
———participation in WHO (see S. Res. 26), S750 [20JA] (see H.R. 1794), H3169 [13MY]
Civil liberties: protect the privacy of personally identifiable health information (see H.R. 1941), H3605 [25MY] (see H.R. 2878), H8375 [15SE]
———provide access, ensure privacy, and impose penalties on unauthorized use of certain health information (see H.R. 1057), H1162 [10MR]
Civil rights: protect first amendment rights relative to abortion and reproductive services (see H.R. 270), H241 [7JA]
Coal: disability benefit eligibility for certain miners (see H.R. 722), H642 [11FE]
Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate): redesignate as Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (see S. Res. 20), S345 [19JA]
Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 1200), S6856 [10JN] (see H.R. 2120), H4126 [10JN]
Contracts: require managed care organizations to contract with providers in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 1860), H3391 [19MY]
Controlled Substances Act: civil liability for illegal manufacturers and distributors of controlled substances (see H.R. 1042), H1069 [9MR]
Corps of Engineers: develop and implement a plan for Atlantic coastal States to address problems with toxic microorganisms in wetlands and waters (see S. 493), S2095 [2MR]
Correctional institutions: combat the overutilization of prison health care services and control prisoner health care costs (see S. 704), S3246 [24MR] (see H.R. 1349), H1802 [25MR]
———funding for jail-based substance abuse treatment programs (see S. 295), S895 [22JA] (see H.R. 1114), H1333 [16MR]
Courts: allow clinical social workers to perform psychiatric examinations on certain criminals (see S. 237), S344 [19JA]
———establish legal standards and procedures for the fair, prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of asbestos exposure personal injury claims (see S. 758), S3440 [25MR] (see H.R. 1283), H1799 [25MR]
———limit medical malpractice claims (see H.R. 2242), H4470 [16JN]
———provide that the inferior courts do not have jurisdiction to hear abortion-related cases (see H.R. 3400), H12108 [16NO]
Crime: improve Federal enforcement against health care fraud and abuse (see H.R. 308), H242 [7JA]
———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see S. 661), S2935 [18MR] (see H.R. 1218), H1595 [23MR]
———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 1218), consideration (see H. Res. 233), H5090 [29JN]
———protect the civil rights of victims of gender-motivated violence (see H.R. 3106), H10339 [19OC]
Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see S. 926), S4433 [29AP] (see H.R. 230), H239 [7JA] (see H.R. 1644), H2545 [29AP]
Death and dying: promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia (see S. 1272), S7527 [23JN] (see H.R. 2260), H4615 [17JN]
———promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia (H.R. 2260), consideration (see H. Res. 339), H10723 [21OC]
———recognize prevention of youth suicide as a national priority (see H. Res. 286), H8099 [9SE]
Dentistry: improve access to dentistry programs in underserved areas and health professional shortage areas (see S. 1035), S5264 [13MY] (see H.R. 1920), H3604 [25MY]
Dept. of Defense: allow Medicare-eligible military health care system beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 113), H235 (see H.R. 205), H238 [7JA]
———continue coverage of custodial care for certain individuals under the military health care system (see H.R. 3286), H11853 [9NO]
———use available funds to implement special supplemental food benefit program for personnel stationed overseas (see S. 1162), S6285 [27MY] (see H.R. 1779), H3086 [12MY]
Dept. of Energy: establish a compensation program for employees injured in Federal nuclear activities (see H.R. 3495), H12793 [18NO]
———establish compensation programs for employees sustaining illnesses from exposure to beryllium and other hazardous substances and examine health effects of exposure to hazardous substances (see S. 1954), S14696 [17NO] (see H.R. 3418), H12225 [17NO] (see H.R. 3478), H12792 [18NO]
Dept. of HHS: collection of information relative to the use of mentally disabled children and individuals in biomedical and behavioral research (see H.R. 299), H242 [7JA]
———delay effective date of the final rule relative to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (see S. 1873), S14088 [5NO] (see H.R. 3242), H11645 [5NO]
———ensure individuals who undertake federally funded research and development of drugs enter into pricing agreements (see H.R. 626), H481 [8FE]
———grant authority over alcoholic beverage labeling (see S. 431), S1727 [22FE]
———Healthy Start Program funding (see H.R. 2739), H7881 [5AU]
———make additional payments to certain home health agencies with high-cost patients and provide for an interest-free grace period for repayment of overpayments (see H.R. 1917), H3604 [25MY]
———make grants in the form of forgiveable capital advances to help preserve community hospitals experiencing financial difficulties (see H.R. 2236), H4470 [16JN]
———require recreational camps to report information concerning deaths and certain injuries and illnesses (see H.R. 266), H241 [7JA]
Dept. of HUD: provide assistance for startup costs of community programs to prevent residentially based lead poisoning in children (see H.R. 1518), H2272 [21AP]
Dept. of Labor: require completion of a National Academy of Sciences study before implementing standards or guidelines on ergonomics (see S. 1070), S5484 [18MY] (see H.R. 987), H1011 [4MR]
———require completion of a National Academy of Sciences study before implementing standards or guidelines on ergonomics (H.R. 987), consideration (see H. Res. 271), H6842 [2AU]
Dept. of Transportation: make grants to develop a pilot program on the use of telecommuting as a means of reducing air pollutant emissions (see S. 1521), S10389 [5AU] (see H.R. 2556), H5838 [19JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize projects to facilitate the treatment of veterans with Alzheimer's disease (see S. Res. 35), S1439 [11FE] (see H. Res. 177), H3296 [18MY]
———authorizing appropriations for veterans health care (see S. 1022), S5155 [12MY]
———develop a system to improve medical care cost recovery from private insurers (see S. 1616), S11255 [22SE]
———enhance the assurance of efficiency, quality, and patient satisfaction in the furnishing of health care to veterans (see S. 1956), S14806 [18NO]
———establish an outpatient clinic in Georgia's 7th Congressional District (see H.R. 1296), H1799 [25MR]
———establish an outpatient clinic in Salem, OR (see H.R. 3079), H10119 [14OC]
———establish presumption of service connection for a disease incurred or aggravated while performing inactive duty training (see H.R. 3230), H11556 [4NO]
———establish presumption of service connection for certain chronic symptoms of Persian Gulf Conflict veterans (see H.R. 2697), H7025 [4AU]
———exempt amounts owed for prescription drugs and medical supplies from certain interest charges and administrative costs (see H.R. 3227), H11556 [4NO]
———expand respite care program (see H.R. 1762), H2997 [11MY]
———improve access of veterans to emergency medical care in non-Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facilities (see S. 1146), S6285 [27MY] (see H.R. 135), H236 [7JA]
———improve allocation of health care resources (see H.R. 24), H225 [6JA]
———improve health care programs and provide extended care services for veterans (see H.R. 2116), H4023 [9JN]
———improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 3256), H11702 [8NO]
———improve programs providing counseling and treatment for sexual trauma experienced by veterans (see S. 1579), S10779 [13SE] (see H.R. 1799), H3169 [13MY]
———payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by nicotine dependence developed during service (see S. 72), S340 [19JA] (see H.R. 832), H794 [24FE]
———provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans (see H.R. 2736), H7881 [5AU]
———provide long-term nursing care at public expense to veterans with extensive service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 1432), H2130 [15AP]
———use portion of any national tobacco settlement for veterans health care (see H.R. 691), H585 [10FE]
Disabled: improve service systems for individuals with developmental disabilities (see S. 1809), S13258 [27OC]
Discrimination: prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see S. 1322), S8084 [1JY] (see H.R. 2457), H5334 [1JY]
Diseases: Depts. of HHS and Education asthma programs funding and authority (see H.R. 1965), H3693 [26MY]
———distribution of information on the human papillomavirus (see H.R. 3248), H11702 [8NO]
———efforts to combat fibromyalgia (see H. Res. 237), H5179 [30JN]
———efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (see H.R. 2405), H5178 [30JN]
———establish a commission to recommend a strategy for the global eradication of disease (see H.R. 2399), H5178 [30JN]
———establishment and operation of asthma treatment services for children (see S. 805), S3776 [15AP] (see H.R. 2840), H8148 [13SE]
———expand research activities relative to lupus (see S. 1163), S6285 [27MY] (see H.R. 762), H657 [12FE]
———importance of education, early detection, and treatment in the prevention of breast cancer (see H. Res. 278), H7885 [5AU]
———increase public awareness, encourage regular testing and examinations, and extend research programs for prostate cancer (see S. 1243), S7266 [18JN] (see H. Res. 211), H4471 [16JN]
———increase research, treatment, and public education of Lyme disease (see S. 1905), S14532 [10NO] (see H.R. 2790), H7884 [5AU]
———increased support and funding to combat diabetes (see H. Res. 325), H9645 [7OC]
———international tuberculosis control (see S. 1497), S10221 [4AU]
———issue special postage stamps to fund AIDS research and education programs (see H.R. 597), H459 [4FE]
———issue special postage stamps to fund Alzheimer's research (see H.R. 1939), H3605 [25MY]
———issue special postage stamps to fund diabetes research (see H.R. 1472), H2132 [15AP]
———issue special postage stamps to fund prostate cancer research (see H.R. 2562), H6018 [20JY]
———ovarian cancer research programs (see H.R. 961), H956 [3MR]
———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see S. 1932), S14612 [16NO]
———promote research into, and the development of an ultimate cure for, the disease known as fragile X (see S. 1131), S6049 [26MY] (see H.R. 1445), H2131 [15AP]
———prostate cancer research programs funding (see S. Res. 92), S4578 [3MY]
———provide for screenings, referrals, and education relative to osteoporosis (see H.R. 2471), H5366 [12JY]
———recognize the severity of colon cancer and the need for education in prevention and early detection (see H. Con. Res. 133), H4341 [15JN]
———research programs for lymphangioleiomyomatosis (see H.R. 2527), H5686 [15JY]
District of Columbia: prohibit the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative from taking effect (see S.J. Res. 35), S11879 [4OC] (see H.R. 2959), H8966 (see H.J. Res. 69), H8967 [28SE]
Drug abuse: combat methamphetamine abuse (see S. 562), S2411 [8MR] (see S. 1220), S6945 [14JN] (see H.R. 988), H1012 [4MR]
———combat methamphetamine production and abuse (see H.R. 2613), H6581 [27JY]
———prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange programs (see S. 227), S344 [19JA] (see H.R. 982), H1011 [4MR]
———promote prevention education programs for parents of adolescents (see S. 1390), S8800 [19JY]
———restrict Federal funding for methadone maintenance programs (see S. 423), S1439 [11FE]
Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Administration: establish (see H.R. 2576), H6198 [21JY]
Drugs: assess the abuse and trafficking of gamma hydroxybutyric acid and other controlled substances and drugs (see S. 1947), S14696 [17NO]
———establish grant program for States to establish and maintain drug testing and treatment programs for welfare recipients (see S. 906), S4346 [28AP]
———reduce transportation and distribution of illegal drugs and strengthen domestic demand reduction (see S. 5), S337 [19JA]
———registration requirements for practitioners who dispense narcotic drugs for maintenance or detoxification treatment (see S. 324), S1076 [28JA] (see H.R. 2634), H6598 [29JY]
———revise and extend the grant program for services for children of substance abusers (see S. 971), S4887 [6MY]
———treatment of gamma hydroxybutyric acid relative to the Controlled Substances Act (see H.R. 3457), H12791 [18NO]
———treatment of gamma y-hydroxybutyrate and ketamine hydrochloride relative to the Controlled Substances (see S. 1561), S10390 [5AU]
———use of marijuana for medicinal purposes (see H.R. 912), H889 [2MR]
Ecology and environment: establish standards for cleanup of dry cleaning solvents (see H.R. 2726), H7881 [5AU]
———expand public's right to know about toxic chemical use and release in their communities and disclose toxins in children's consumer products (see H.R. 1657), H2552 [3MY]
———promote environmental justice by establishing links between pollution and community health problems and assist such communities (see H.R. 1510), H2272 [21AP]
———protect children from exposure to certain environmental pollutants (see S. 1112), S5834 [24MY] (see H.R. 199), H238 [7JA]
Education: establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program specializing in underserved treatment areas (see S. 236), S344 [19JA]
———establish medical education trust fund (see H.R. 2771), H7883 [5AU]
———expand access to counseling and mental health services for elementary and secondary school students (see S. 1443), S9378 [27JY]
———make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health profession loan programs (see S. 235), S344 [19JA]
———make social work students and schools eligible for certain programs and grants, and establish a social work training program (see S. 233), S344 [19JA]
———provide grants to local educational agencies to initiate and improve physical education programs (see S. 1159), S6285 [27MY]
———recognize success of lay person CPR training in increasing the rate of survival of cardiac arrest and support efforts to enhance public awareness of the need for such training (see H. Con. Res. 139), H4735 [22JN]
Employment: provide that employees that receive certain increases in health insurance coverage will not be covered by Federal minimum wage increases (see H.R. 3409), H12108 [16NO]
Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing supply regulations (see H.R. 623), H481 [8FE]
EPA: limit authority to ban metered-dose inhalers (see H.R. 136), H236 [7JA]
ERISA: ensure choice of physicians (see H.R. 2275), H4615 [17JN]
———establish new procedures and access to courts for grievances arising under group health plans (see H.R. 2758), H7882 [5AU]
———make group health plan reforms (see H.R. 2095), H4022 [9JN]
———provide new procedures and access to review for grievances arising under group health plans (see H.R. 2089), H4022 [9JN]
———provide that participants in disability insurance plans are entitled to judicial review of certain benefit determinations (see H.R. 1773), H3085 [12MY]
Families and domestic relations: demonstration projects to support State and local efforts to provide partial or full wage replacement for childbirth, adoption, or other caregiving needs (see S. 1355), S8373 [13JY] (see H.R. 2500), H5456 [13JY]
———expand tax credits and grant programs to increase affordability, quality, and safety of child care (see S. 599), S2576 [11MR]
———improve the availability of child care and development services outside normal school hours (see S. 316), S1021 [27JA] (see H.R. 489), H376 [2FE]
———improve the availability of child care for children of parents working nontraditional hours or shifts (see H.R. 2694), H6963 [3AU]
———increase availability, affordability, and quality of child care and enhance early childhood development (see H.R. 1139), H1334 [16MR]
———limit the effects of domestic violence on the lives of children (see S. 1321), S8084 [1JY] (see H.R. 3315), H11954 [10NO]
Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave for parental involvement in educational and extracurricular activities, routine medical needs, and assistance to elderly relatives (see H.R. 2103), H4023 [9JN]
———allow leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 2104), H4023 [9JN]
———amend (see H.R. 91), H234 [7JA]
———amend to apply to a greater percentage of the workforce (see S. 201), S343 [19JA]
———clarify (see S. 1530), S10389 [5AU]
———eliminate an hours of service requirement for benefits (see H.R. 3297), H11953 [10NO]
FDA: establish a comprehensive program to ensure food safety (see S. 908), S4347 [28AP] (see H.R. 1612), H2469 [28AP]
———moratorium on regulations requiring pharmacists to provide agency sanctioned prescription drug information to consumers (see S. 1092), S5738 [20MY]
———permit import of prescription medications sold in Canada (see S. 1462), S9744 [29JY]
———require sunscreen products to include an expiration date and storage recommendations on label (see H.R. 2658), H6758 [30JY]
———uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see S. 1155), S6285 [27MY] (see H.R. 2129), H4127 [10JN]
Federal aid programs: commodity supplemental food program and emergency food assistance program appropriations (see S. 1181), S6286 [27MY]
———public participation in establishing locations of substance abuse treatment group homes (see H.R. 2983), H9076 [30SE]
Federal Employee Health Benefits Program: allow participation by individuals aged 55 to 65 who would not otherwise have health insurance (see H.R. 55), H226 [6JA]
Federal employees: authorize the use of clinical social workers to conduct evaluations to determine work-related emotional and mental illnesses (see S. 230), S344 [19JA]
———availability of health coverage for dependent parents (see H.R. 2096), H4022 [9JN]
———enable the Government to enroll an employee's child in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program when the employee fails to provide coverage for the child under a State court order (see S. 1688), S11951 [5OC] (see H.R. 2842), H8148 [13SE]
———establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see S. 36, 57), S339 [19JA] (see S. 894), S4346 [28AP] (see H.R. 110), H235 [7JA] (see H.R. 602), H460 [4FE] (see H.R. 1111), H1333 [16MR]
———health benefits coverage for hearing aids and examinations (see H.R. 2321), H4822 [23JN]
———health benefits coverage for infertility treatment (see H.R. 2706), H7025 [4AU]
———health benefits coverage of services by chiropractors, acupuncturists, massage therapists, naturopathic physicians, and midwifes (see H.R. 2360), H4912 [24JN]
———increase leave time relative to services as an organ donor (see S. 1334), S8085 [1JY] (see H.R. 457), H375 [2FE]
———require any health benefits plan which provides obstetrical benefits to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility (see H.R. 2774), H7883 [5AU]
———treatment of Government physicians' comparability allowances as basic pay for retirement purposes (see H.R. 207), H239 [7JA]
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: allow option of obtaining coverage for self and children only (see H.R. 1170), H1407 [17MR]
———coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1890), H3460 [20MY]
———coverage of bone mass measurements (see S. 1152), S6285 [27MY] (see H.R. 933), H890 [2MR]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide for enhanced implementation of Food Quality Protection Act amendments (see H.R. 1334), H1801 [25MR]
———require persons who reprocess medical devices to comply with certain safety requirements (see S. 1542), S10390 [5AU] (see H.R. 3148), H10861 [26OC]
———safeguard public health and provide food that is safe, unadulterated, and honestly presented (see H.R. 1346), H1801 [25MR]
Food: consumer access to information on the health benefits of foods and dietary supplements (see H.R. 1077), H1257 [11MR]
———establish a program to assure the safety of processed produce intended for human consumption (see S. 823), S3776 [15AP]
———improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement of food inspection laws (see S. 18), S338 (see S. 48), S339 [19JA] (see H.R. 983), H1011 [4MR]
———improve safety of imported foods (see S. 1123), S5954 [25MY] (see S. 1126), S6049 [26MY] (see H.R. 830), H794 [24FE] (see H.R. 2055), H3858 [8JN]
———improve safety of shell eggs (see S. 1868), S14088 [5NO]
———initiatives to protect and inform the public about food allergies (see H. Res. 309), H8967 [28SE]
———promote clinical research and development on dietary supplements and foods and establish a new legal classification for dietary supplements and food with health benefits (see H.R. 3001), H9241 [1OC]
———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 3377), H12107 [16NO]
Food industry: freshness dates on food (see H.R. 2897), H8467 [21SE]
Food Quality Protection Act: congressional oversight of implementation (see S. Con. Res. 11), S1644 [12FE]
———establish certain requirements (see H.R. 1592), H2468 [28AP]
Food Safety Administration: establish as independent agency to consolidate food safety, labeling, and inspection functions (see S. 1281), S7590 [24JN] (see H.R. 2345), H4911 [24JN]
Food stamps: permit purchase of vitamin and mineral supplements (see S. 1307), S7931 [30JN] (see H.R. 3304), H11953 [10NO]
Foreign Assistance Act: authorize appropriations for certain infant and child health programs (see H.R. 2028), H3857 [8JN]
Foreign countries: exempt agricultural products, medicines, and medical products from U.S. economic sanctions (see S. 327), S1076 [28JA]
———require congressional approval of U.S. economic sanctions on agricultural products, medicines, and medical products (see S. 425), S1439 [11FE] (see S. 1771), S13051 [22OC] (see H.R. 2993), H9241 [1OC] (see H.R. 3140), H10769 [25OC]
———require GAO report on effectiveness of economic sanctions and prohibit imposition of unilateral sanctions on exports of food, agricultural products, medicines, or medical supplies and equipment (see H.R. 212), H239 [7JA]
Foreign trade: strengthen U.S. ability to counteract foreign measures that act as market access barriers (see H.R. 3393), H12107 [16NO]
Genetics: increase public health resources to translate genetic technologies into strategies to improve public health (see S. 1981), S15089 [19NO]
———limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (see H.R. 2555), H5838 [19JY]
Government: maintenance of certain health information when a health care facility has closed or a benefit plan sponsor has ceased to do business (see H.R. 307), H242 [7JA]
Government regulations: regulatory burdens on home health agencies (see H. Con. Res. 79), H1802 [25MR]
GSA: convey a parcel of land in the District of Columbia for construction of the National Health Museum (see H.R. 3171), H11143 [28OC]
Hawaii: increase the Federal medical assistance percentage (see S. 264), S750 [20JA] (see H.R. 442), H375 [2FE]
Hazardous substances: increase funding for poison control centers and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access (see S. 632), S2729 [16MR] (see H.R. 1221), H1595 [23MR]
———prevent inhalant abuse (see S. 609), S2648 [15MR]
———recovery from third parties the value of housing, education, or medical care furnished or paid for by the U.S. to victims of lead poisoning (see S. 1821), S13403 [28OC]
Health Care Access, Affordability, and Quality Commission: establish (see H.R. 2042), H3858 [8JN]
Health care facilities: assure availability of a non-emergency department physician in certain hospitals (see H.R. 567), H419 [3FE]
———exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see H.R. 528), H417 [3FE]
———protect rights of residents of federally funded facilities (see S. 750), S3440 [25MR]
Health Care Financing Administration: moratorium on new rules (see H.R. 2689), H6963 [3AU]
Health care professionals: admission requirements for nonimmigrant nurses willing to practice in underserved areas (see S. 455), S1926 [24FE] (see H.R. 414), H271 [19JA] (see H.R. 441), H374 [2FE]
———allow access to drugs and medical devices recommended and provided by health care practitioners that are not approved by the FDA (see S. 1955), S14805 [18NO] (see H.R. 2635), H6598 [29JY]
———establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (see S. 1445), S9378 [27JY] (see H.R. 2627), H6582 [27JY]
———establish demonstration projects to provide specialized assistance to victims of sexual assault and interpersonal violence in hospital emergency rooms (see H.R. 3287), H11853 [9NO]
———increase the grade provided for the heads of the nurse corps of the Armed Forces (see S. 238), S344 [19JA]
———prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care workers who report unsafe conditions and practices (see H.R. 137), H236 [7JA]
———provide practitioners in rural areas with training in preventive health care (see S. 179), S343 [19JA]
———require that patients be informed of certain referral fees if such patients are referred to clinical trials (see S. 1267), S7526 [23JN]
———revise and extend certain education programs for physical and occupational therapy (see S. 114), S341 [19JA]
———revise certain provisions relative to the appointment of professional psychologists in the Veterans Health Administration (see S. 239), S344 [19JA]
———training of students relative to identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (see S. 198), S343 [19JA]
———training to identify, address, and prevent domestic violence (see H.R. 3317), H11954 [10NO]
Health Professions Education Partnership Act: applicability to the Health Education Assistance Program (see H.R. 2148), H4127 [10JN]
Health Professions Education Partnerships Act: technical corrections relative to the Health Education Assistance Loan Program (see S. 833), S3914 [20AP]
Immigration: assure that funds provided for State emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens are used to reimburse hospitals and their related providers that treat undocumented aliens (see H.R. 2205), H4340 [15JN]
———increase State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding and provide Federal reimbursement for treatment of illegal aliens (see S. 1709), S12234 [7OC]
———pilot program to extend voluntary departure period for certain nonimmigrant aliens admitted under the Visa Waiver Pilot Program for medical treatment in the U.S. (see H.R. 2961), H8966 [28SE]
———waive naturalization requirement to take oath of renunciation and allegiance for certain disabled or impaired applicants (see H.R. 1846), H3295 [18MY]
Indian Health Service: elevate position of Director to Assistant Sec. of HHS (see S. 299), S895 [22JA] (see H.R. 403), H270 [19JA]
———extend program for direct billing of Medicare, Medicaid, and other third party payors and expand program eligibility to other tribes and tribal organizations (see S. 406), S1414 [10FE]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding (see S. Con. Res. 25), S3634 [13AP] (see H. Con. Res. 84), H1972 [13AP]
Insurance: apply group health plan portability requirements to students covered under college-sponsored health plans (see H.R. 991), H1012 [4MR]
———assure coverage of emergency services under group health plans and health insurance (see H.R. 904), H889 [2MR]
———coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see S. 517), S2209 [3MR] (see H.R. 2045), H3858 [8JN]
———coverage of bone mass measurements relative to osteoporosis (see S. 1106), S5834 [24MY]
———coverage of certain reconstructive surgery (see S. 585), S2575 [11MR]
———coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see S. 1044), S5264 [13MY] (see H.R. 1816), H3170 [13MY]
———coverage of long-term care services (see S. Con. Res. 22), S3123 [23MR] (see H.R. 2691), H6963 [3AU] (see H. Con. Res. 8), H243 [7JA]
———coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see S. 115), S341 [19JA] (see H.R. 383), H270 [19JA] (see H.R. 1911), H3503 [24MY]
———coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women (see S. 1717), S12421 [12OC]
———coverage of prescription drugs (see H.R. 3319), H11954 [10NO]
———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 524), H416 [3FE] (see H.R. 1132), H1334 [16MR]
———disclose limitations placed on medical care services to plan participants that would otherwise be protected under State law (see H.R. 2113), H4023 [9JN]
———ensure access to information relative to plan coverage, managed care procedures, health care providers, and quality medical care (see H.R. 2046), H3858 [8JN]
———ensure coverage of emergency ambulance services (see H.R. 1777), H3086 [12MY]
———ensure that women can designate an obstetrician or gynecologist as their primary care providers (see S. 697), S3246 [24MR]
———establish certain requirements for managed care plans (see H.R. 3259), H11703 [8NO]
———establish grants for States to establish health insurance consumer assistance programs (see S. 496), S2095 [2MR]
———establish hospital lengths of stay based on a determination by an appropriate physician in consultation with the patient (see S. 265), S750 [20JA] (see S. 794), S3695 [14AP] (see H.R. 989), H1012 [4MR]
———extend COBRA continuation health coverage for individuals 55 and older (see H.R. 2227), H4341 [15JN]
———extend COBRA continuation health coverage for surviving spouses (see H.R. 1335), H1801 [25MR]
———implement coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see S. 1679), S11803 [1OC] (see H.R. 3224), H11556 [4NO]
———permit individuals to continue health plan coverage during participation in approved clinical studies (see S. 117), S341 [19JA] (see H.R. 2769), H7883 [5AU]
———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see S. 543), S2274 [4MR] (see H.R. 293), H241 (see H.R. 306), H242 [7JA]
———promote purchase of private long-term care insurance by providing tax deductibility, State Medicaid flexibility, and information dissemination (see H.R. 1261), H1695 [24MR]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see S. 6), S337 (see S. 240), S344 [19JA] (see S. 300), S895 [22JA] (see S. 326), S1076 [28JA] (see S. 374), S1258 [4FE] (see S. 479), S2008 [25FE] (see S. 1256), S7325 [21JN] (see S. 1344), S8266 [12JY] (see H.R. 358), H268 [19JA] (see H.R. 448), H375 [2FE] (see H.R. 719), H642 [11FE] (see H.R. 1133), H1334 [16MR] (see H.R. 2723), H7881 [5AU] (see H.R. 2824), H8098 [9SE] (see H.R. 2926), H8628 [23SE]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 358), consideration (see H. Res. 197), H3711 [27MY] (see H. Res. 310), H8967 [28SE]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2723), consideration (see H. Res. 323), H9409 [5OC]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and preserve against preemption of certain State causes of action (see H.R. 216), H239 [7JA]
———provide coverage for individuals participating in approved cancer clinical trials (see H.R. 3110), H10339 [19OC]
———provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 1515), H2272 [21AP]
———provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (see S. 1447), S9529 [28JY] (see H.R. 1977), H3709 [27MY]
———require children-only coverage option under group health plans (see H.R. 1169), H1407 [17MR]
———require coverage of bone mass measurements and inform women concerning reproductive and post-menopausal health care choices (see H.R. 925), H890 [2MR]
———require coverage of hair prostheses for individuals with scalp hair loss as a result of alopecia areata (see H.R. 3328), H11954 [10NO]
———require group and individual health insurance plans to provide coverage of cancer screening (see S. 1641), S11430 [24SE] (see H.R. 1285), H1799 [25MR]
———require group health plans and health insurance issuers to provide coverage for human leukocyte antigen testing (see H.R. 2021), H3857 [8JN]
———require group health plans and health insurance issuers to provide independent review of adverse coverage determinations (see H.R. 2309), H4735 [22JN]
———require group health plans to provide access to unrestricted medical advice (see H.R. 2043), H3858 [8JN]
———require group health plans to provide coverage of pediatric care (see H.R. 2044), H3858 [8JN]
———require health insurance issuers to notify participants of impending termination of coverage due to the failure of a group health plan to pay premiums (see H.R. 845), H795 [24FE]
———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see S. 1822), S13403 [28OC] (see H.R. 49), H226 [6JA]
———require health plans to provide adequate access to services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists (see S. 836), S3914 [20AP] (see H.R. 1806), H3170 [13MY] (see H.R. 2041), H3858 [8JN]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see S. 681), S3122 [23MR] (see H.R. 116), H235 [7JA]
———study future long-term care needs (see S. 1380), S8630 [15JY] (see H.R. 1716), H2919 [6MY]
———tax treatment of long-term care services, educational campaign on long-term care, and expansion of State long-term care partnerships by exempting partnership assets from Medicaid estate recovery (see H.R. 2102), H4023 [9JN]
Internet: regulation of online sales of pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 2763), H7882 [5AU]
Jerry O'Brien Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Melbourne, FL: designate (see H.R. 2330), H4822 [23JN]
Medicaid: allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute fraud in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in residential facilities (see S. 1417), S9072 [22JY] (see H.R. 3045), H9645 [7OC]
———allow States to expand family planning coverage to certain women (see S. 737), S3439 [25MR]
———allow States to use State Children's Health Insurance Program allotment to cover additional low-income children (see S. 365), S1144 [3FE] (see H.R. 458), H375 [2FE]
———assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3103), H10339 [19OC]
———coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see S. 110), S341 [19JA] (see S. 662), S2935 [18MR] (see H.R. 1070), H1256 [11MR]
———coverage of community-based attendant services (see S. 1935), S14612 [16NO]
———coverage of disabled children and individuals who became disabled as children without regard to income or assets (see H.R. 821), H794 [24FE]
———coverage of screening mammography and screening pap smears (see H.R. 302), H242 [7JA]
———coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists (see S. 863), S4109 [22AP] (see H.R. 1514), H2272 [21AP]
———coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics (see S. 180), S343 [19JA]
———definition of audiologist (see H.R. 1068), H1162 [10MR]
———determination of Federal medical assistance percentage (see S. 203), S343 [19JA]
———eliminate the termination of additional Federal payments to States for outreach and eligibility determination administrative costs (see H.R. 2912), H8556 [22SE]
———establish new prospective payment system for Federally-qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see S. 1277), S7590 [24JN] (see H.R. 2341), H4910 [24JN]
———exempt disabled individuals from being required to enroll with a managed care entity (see S. 88), S340 [19JA] (see H.R. 797), H715 [23FE]
———extend the higher Federal medical assistance payment percentage for Indian Health Service facilities to urban Indian health programs (see S. 672), S3000 [19MR] (see H.R. 470), H376 [2FE]
———permit presumptive eligibility of Medicare beneficiaries for certain low-income Medicare beneficiary programs (see H.R. 854), H814 [25FE]
———permit public schools and other entities to determine presumptive eligibility for low-income children (see H.R. 1298), H1799 [25MR]
———permit State waiver authority to provide medical assistance in cases of congenital heart defects (see H.R. 3325), H11954 [10NO]
———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 902), S4346 [28AP] (see H.R. 1591), H2467 [28AP]
———prohibit Federal recoupment of State tobacco settlements (see S. 346), S1144 [3FE]
———prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing facilities (see S. 494), S2095 [2MR] (see H.R. 540), H417 [3FE]
———protect payments to previously approved State school-based health plans for Medicaid-eligible children with individualized education programs (see H.R. 3486), H12792 [18NO]
———provide State options to allow eligibility for legal immigrant pregnant women, children, and certain disabled individuals (see S. 792), S3695 [14AP] (see H.R. 1399), H2052 [14AP]
———provide State options to allow eligibility for legal immigrant pregnant women and children (see S. 1227), S7127 [16JN]
———reduce infant mortality through improvement of coverage of services to pregnant women and infants (see H.R. 301), H242 [7JA]
———reinstate prior level of disproportionate share hospital payments to Minnesota (see H.R. 1610), H2469 [28AP]
———reinstate prior level of disproportionate share hospital payments to Minnesota, New Mexico, and Wyoming (see S. 1302), S7819 [29JN] (see H.R. 2800), H7884 [5AU]
———remove limit on disproportionate share hospital payments to Ohio (see S. 1728), S12634 [14OC] (see H.R. 3065), H10032 [13OC]
———remove special financial limitations on Puerto Rico and certain other territories relative to medical assistance for Medicare cost-sharing and for veterans (see H.R. 2333), H4822 [23JN]
———require payment by States of certain individualized education programs medical services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (see H.R. 1672), H2635 [4MY]
———require prorating of beneficiary contributions relative to partial coverage for nursing facility services during a month (see H.R. 2852), H8289 [14SE]
———restore medical eligibility for certain SSI beneficiaries (see S. 1834), S13552 [29OC]
———restrict imposition of liens and estate recovery for long-term care services provided to certain individuals (see H.R. 161), H237 [7JA]
———treatment of payments made as a result of tobacco industry liability settlement (see H.R. 351), H268 [19JA]
———waive Federal claim to State tobacco settlements if State uses funds for smoking reduction programs and economic assistance for tobacco farming communities (see H.R. 1232), H1596 [23MR]
———waive Federal claim to State tobacco settlements if State uses funds only for smoking reduction and public health programs (see S. 584), S2503 [10MR] (see H.R. 610), H460 [4FE] (see H.R. 1289), H1799 [25MR]
Medical Education Trust Fund: establish (see S. 210), S343 [19JA]
Medicare: accelerate payments to hospitals relative to costs of graduate medical education for Medicare+Choice enrollees (see H.R. 2989), H9076 [30SE]
———administrative fee for submission of paper rather than electronic claims (see H.R. 2114), H4023 [9JN]
———adverse impact of current payment policy for noninvasive positive pressure ventilators on individuals with severe respiratory diseases (see H. Con. Res. 138), H4735 [22JN]
———allow certain organizations to purchase home-care services from self-employed caregivers through home-care referral agencies (see H.R. 3041), H9645 [7OC]
———allow petitioners for coverage of new technologies or procedures to meet with the Health Care Financing Administration to develop written plans (see H.R. 2338), H4910 [24JN]
———assure access to managed health care through the cost contract program (see S. 1517), S10389 [5AU] (see H.R. 2268), H4615 [17JN]
———calculation of Medicare+Choice payments for medical services at Dept. of Veterans Affairs and Dept. of Defense facilities (see H.R. 2447), H5333 [1JY]
———change rate of increase for Medicare+Choice capitation rates (see H.R. 3092), H10173 [18OC]
———clarify non-preemption of State prescription drug benefit laws relative to Medicare+Choice plans (see S. 378), S1258 [4FE] (see H.R. 549), H418 [3FE]
———combat fraud and abuse relative to partial hospitalization services (see H.R. 1543), H2299 [22AP]
———combat waste, fraud, and abuse (see S. 1231), S7218 [17JN] (see S. 1451), S9529 [28JY] (see H.R. 2229), H4341 [15JN] (see H.R. 3461), H12791 [18NO]
———combat waste, fraud, and abuse in home health service payments (see S. 255), S749 [20JA]
———comprehensive financing for graduate medical education (see H.R. 1224), H1596 [23MR]
———contract reform (see H.R. 312), H242 [7JA]
———contracting with certain hospitals to provide certain surgical procedures and related services at a single rate (see H.R. 1392), H1971 [13AP]
———coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1890), H3460 [20MY]
———coverage of adult day care services (see H.R. 745), H643 [11FE]
———coverage of advanced new therapies to treat diabetic foot ulcers (see H.R. 2369), H5091 [29JN]
———coverage of chiropractic services under Medicare+Choice program (see S. Con. Res. 32), S5424 [17MY] (see H. Con. Res. 62), H1473 [18MR]
———coverage of chronic disease prescription drugs (see H.R. 1796), H3169 [13MY]
———coverage of frail elderly beneficiaries permanently residing in certain nursing facilities (see S. 1499), S10388 [5AU] (see H.R. 1998), H3710 [27MY]
———coverage of glaucoma detection services (see H.R. 2620), H6582 [27JY]
———coverage of inpatient hospital services in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 2712), H7025 [4AU]
———coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see H.R. 2945), H8665 [24SE]
———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see S. 660), S2935 [18MR] (see H.R. 1187), H1471 [18MR]
———coverage of nursing facilities and in-home services (see H.R. 131), H236 [7JA]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 696), S3246 [24MR] (see S. 841), S3914 [20AP] (see S. 1480), S10221 [4AU] (see S. 1535), S10389 [5AU] (see H.R. 886), H824 [1MR] (see H.R. 1109), H1267 [15MR] (see H.R. 1495), H2202 [20AP] (see H.R. 2012), H3856 [8JN] (see H.R. 2782), H7883 [5AU] (see H.R. 3482), H12792 [18NO] (see H. Con. Res. 149), H5334 [1JY]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs for low-income beneficiaries (see S. 1837), S13605 [1NO]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs for low-income beneficiaries and provision of stop-loss protection for outpatient prescription drug expenses (see H.R. 2925), H8627 [23SE]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (H.R. 1495), consideration (see H. Res. 372), H11853 [9NO]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs through Medigap plans for low-income seniors (see S. 1725), S12633 [14OC]
———coverage of screening retinal eye examinations for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1542), H2299 [22AP]
———coverage of vision rehabilitation services (see H.R. 2870), H8374 [15SE]
———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see S. 784), S3634 [13AP] (see H.R. 1388), H1971 [13AP]
———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 3003), H9303 [4OC]
———develop and implement a single, unified prospective payment system for post-care hospital services (see H.R. 2070), H3859 [8JN]
———disclose staffing and performance data, provide whistleblower protections, and review mergers and acquisitions relative to Medicare providers (see H.R. 1288), H1799 [25MR]
———eliminate budget neutrality adjustment factor used in calculating blended capitation rate for Medicare+Choice organizations (see S. 307), S1010 [26JA] (see H.R. 406), H271 [19JA] (see H.R. 1088), H1257 [11MR]
———eliminate reduction in payment amounts to home health agencies and provide for an interest-free grace period for repayment of overpayments (see H.R. 2618), H6582 [27JY]
———eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive drugs (see S. 631), S2729 [16MR] (see H.R. 1115), H1333 [16MR]
———ensure access to comparable prescription drug coverage in Medigap policies relative to termination of Medicare+Choice plans (see H.R. 634), H537 [9FE]
———ensure geographic reclassifications of hospitals in urban areas do not result in lower wage indexes (see H.R. 3216), H11481 [3NO]
———ensure proper payment of approved nursing and paramedical education programs (see S. 1025), S5155 [12MY] (see H.R. 1483), H2201 [20AP]
———ensure reimbursement for certain ambulance services and improve the efficiency of the emergency medical system (see S. 911), S4432 [29AP] (see H.R. 2831), H8099 [9SE]
———establish a demonstration project to provide beneficiaries greater information on various courses of treatment for certain diseases or injuries (see H.R. 1544), H2299 [22AP]
———establish a prospective payment system for inpatient longstay hospital services (see S. 1783), S13089 [25OC]
———establish a prospective payment system for psychiatric hospital services (see S. 1002), S5036 [11MY] (see H.R. 1006), H1012 [4MR]
———establish a subvention demonstration project for veterans (see S. 1928), S14612 [16NO]
———exclude cancer treatment from the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient services (see H.R. 1090), H1257 [11MR]
———exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (see S. 847), S4028 [21AP] (see H.R. 655), H538 [9FE]
———exclude lobbying costs from the calculation of the adjusted community rate for Medicare+Choice plans (see H.R. 2230), H4341 [15JN]
———exclude small rural providers from the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (see S. 1601), S11053 [16SE]
———exempt certain beneficiaries from financial limitations imposed on physical, speech-language pathology, and occupational therapy services (see H.R. 1837), H3294 [18MY]
———exempt financial limitations imposed on physical, speech-language pathology, and occupational therapy services (see S. 472), S2007 [25FE]
———exempt financial limitations imposed on physical, speech-language pathology, and occupational therapy services and develop and implement a classification system to vary the limitations (see H.R. 1736), H2920 [6MY]
———expand and make permanent the demonstration project for military retirees and dependents (see H.R. 1413), H2053 [14AP]
———expand and make permanent the subvention demonstration project for military retirees and dependents (see S. 915), S4432 [29AP]
———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 2892), H8467 [21SE]
———expand the use of competitive bidding (see H.R. 1900), H3460 [20MY]
———extend community nursing organization demonstration projects (see S. 1550), S10390 [5AU] (see H.R. 1999), H3710 [27MY]
———extend coverage of immunosuppressive drugs to cases of transplants not paid for under the program (see H.R. 3107), H10339 [19OC]
———extend health care coverage (see H.R. 402), H270 [19JA]
———facilitate use of private contracts (see H.R. 2867), H8289 [14SE]
———freeze reductions under Balanced Budget Act (see S. 1582), S10852 [14SE] (see S. 1678), S11803 [1OC] (see H.R. 3145), H10861 [26OC]
———graduate medical education payments (see S. 541), S2274 [4MR] (see S. 1023), S5155 [12MY] (see S. 1631), S11362 [23SE] (see H.R. 1222), H1595 [23MR] (see H.R. 1785), H3086 [12MY]
———Health Care Financing Administration regulatory burdens imposed on suppliers of durable medical equipment (see H. Con. Res. 98), H2810 [5MY]
———implement budget neutrality adjustment factor in determining payment rates for Medicare+Choice organizations (see H.R. 2419), H5332 [1JY]
———improve access to benefits and programs to eligible, low-income beneficiaries (see H.R. 1455), H2131 [15AP]
———improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 2228), H4341 [15JN]
———improve access to health insurance by offering certain individuals a Medicare buy-in option (see S. 202), S343 [19JA]
———improve and streamline the physician self-referral law (see H.R. 2650), H6598 [29JY]
———improve coverage determination process relative to new advances in medical technology (see S. 1626), S11362 [23SE] (see H.R. 2030), H3857 [8JN]
———improve methodology for the calculation of Medicare+Choice payment rates (see H.R. 3284), H11853 [9NO]
———improve review procedures (see H.R. 2356), H4911 [24JN]
———improve the interim payment system for home health services (see S. 1574), S10729 [10SE]
———improve the operation of certain Medicare+Choice and Medigap programs (see H.R. 491), H376 [2FE]
———improve the telemedicine program and provide grants for the development of telehealth networks (see H.R. 3420), H12225 [17NO]
———improved reimbursement for clinical social worker services (see S. 232), S344 [19JA]
———increase certain payments to hospitals (see H.R. 2266), H4615 [17JN]
———increase payment amount for renal dialysis services (see S. 1449), S9529 [28JY]
———increase payment for pap smear laboratory tests (see S. 1034), S5264 [13MY] (see H.R. 976), H1011 [4MR]
———increase payments for pap smear laboratory tests (see H.R. 2930), H8628 [23SE]
———increase payments for physician services provided in health professional shortage areas in Alaska and Hawaii (see S. 1476), S10117 [3AU] (see H.R. 2967), H8967 [28SE]
———increase payments to providers for case manager services in rural areas (see H.R. 1646), H2545 [29AP]
———increase payments to skilled nursing facilities that have a significant proportion of residents with AIDS (see H.R. 3029), H9515 [6OC]
———increase the number of physicians that complete fellowships in geriatric medicine and psychiatry (see S. 1628), S11362 [23SE]
———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 914), H889 [2MR]
———limit reductions in Federal payments under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (see S. 1263), S7452 [22JN] (see H.R. 2241), H4470 [16JN]
———make changes in payment methodologies and provide coverage of outpatient prescription drugs to beneficiaries who lose drug coverage under Medicare+Choice plans (see H.R. 3086), H10119 [14OC]
———make refinements in the prospective payment system for outpatient hospital services (see H.R. 2979), H9076 [30SE]
———modify restrictions on physician self-referral (see H.R. 2651), H6598 [29JY]
———modify treatment of certain patient days for purposes of determining the amount of disproportionate share adjustment payments to hospitals (see H.R. 1529), H2299 [22AP]
———payment for insulin pumps (see S. 617), S2648 [15MR] (see H.R. 360), H269 [19JA]
———payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs (see S. 391), S1367 [8FE] (see H.R. 1579), H2372 [27AP]
———payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education programs in critical need specialty areas (see H.R. 1645), H2545 [29AP]
———payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments (see S. 1024), S5155 [12MY]
———permit certain skilled nursing facilities to participate in the 3-year transition period under the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facility services (see S. 1742), S12783 [18OC]
———preserve and expand (see H. Con. Res. 135), H4471 [16JN]
———preserve and improve (see S. 1895), S14407 [9NO]
———prevent sudden disruption of beneficiary enrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (see S. 1026), S5155 [12MY] (see H.R. 141), H236 [7JA]
———prohibit collection of data from home health agencies under the OASIS data collection program from non-Medicare patients (see H.R. 2246), H4470 [16JN]
———promote research for health promotion and disease prevention and add preventive benefits (see S. 1204), S6856 [10JN] (see S. 1618), S11255 [22SE]
———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (see S. 1459), S9744 [29JY] (see H.R. 3004), H9303 [4OC]
———provide additional benefits to prevent or delay the onset of illnesses (see H.R. 1968), H3694 [26MY]
———provide for a Doctors' Bill of Rights (see H.R. 3300), H11953 [10NO]
———provide for additional payment of services for certain high-cost individuals under the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facility service (see S. 1500), S10388 [5AU]
———provide for independent case managers for home health services (see H.R. 746), H643 [11FE]
———provide greater equity to home health agencies and ensure access to medically necessary home health services (see H.R. 2628), H6582 [27JY]
———provide more equitable payments to home health agencies (see S. 1358), S8373 [13JY] (see H.R. 2546), H5750 [16JY]
———provide that geographic reclassifications of hospitals from one urban area to another do not result in lower wage indexes (see S. 1890), S14407 [9NO]
———provision of physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology services, and respiratory therapy by a comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facility at a single, fixed location (see H.R. 3441), H12226 [17NO]
———reclassify certain long-existing home health agencies as new agencies relative to the interim payment system (see S. 1625), S11362 [23SE]
———reduce amount of coinsurance payable in conjunction with outpatient department services (see H.R. 421), H271 [19JA]
———reduce capital payments to certain hospitals with below average occupancy rates (see H.R. 2199), H4222 [14JN]
———reduce financial liability of physicians providing certain care under Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 1375), H1866 [12AP]
———reductions in prescription drug prices (see S. 731), S3439 [25MR] (see H.R. 664), H584 [10FE]
———reductions in prescription drug prices (H.R. 664), consideration (see H. Res. 371), H11853 [9NO]
———reform (see H.R. 3075), H10119 [14OC]
———reform beneficiary payment limits for certain long-existing home health agencies relative to the interim payment system (see S. 1063), S5484 [18MY] (see H.R. 2123), H4126 [10JN]
———reform purchasing, payment, and administrative requirements (see H.R. 2115), H4023 [9JN]
———regulatory burdens on home health agencies (see S. Con. Res. 47), S8952 [21JY]
———reimburse hospitals for psychologist, physician assistant, and nurse practitioner training costs (see H.R. 2794), H7884 [5AU]
———reimburse hospitals for psychologist training costs (see H.R. 1140), H1335 [16MR]
———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 1046), H1069 [9MR]
———reimbursement for nurse-midwife services and free-standing birth centers (see H.R. 2817), H7996 [8SE]
———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see S. 445), S1802 [23FE]
———reimbursement for telehealth services (see S. 770), S3634 [13AP]
———reimbursement of routine patient care costs for individuals participating in approved clinical trials (see H.R. 61), H233 [7JA]
———remove the sunset and numerical limitation on participation in Medicare+Choice medical savings account plans (see H.R. 2068), H3858 [8JN] (see H.R. 2173), H4128 [10JN]
———repeal interim payment system, eliminate mandatory reduction under the prospective payment system, and continue periodic interim payments for home health services (see H.R. 2361), H4912 [24JN]
———repeal restriction on payment for hospital discharges to post-acute care (see S. 37), S339 [19JA] (see H.R. 405), H271 [19JA] (see H.R. 1936), H3605 [25MY]
———repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services (see H.R. 1385), H1971 [13AP]
———require advanced notice to managed care plan enrollees of hospital termination under such plans (see H.R. 1639), H2545 [29AP]
———require appropriate training and certification for suppliers of certain listed items of orthotics or prosthetics (see H.R. 1938), H3605 [25MY]
———require certain additional information in statements of explanation of benefits provided to beneficiaries (see H.R. 1511), H2272 [21AP]
———require Dept. of HHS study on mortality and adverse outcome rates of patients receiving anesthesia services (see S. 818), S3776 [15AP] (see H.R. 632), H537 [9FE] (see H.R. 2002), H3710 [27MY]
———require disclosure of staffing and performance data, provide whistleblower protection to employees, and review impact of proposed mergers and acquisitions relative to Medicare providers (see S. 966), S4792 [5MY]
———require governing boards of national accrediting entities to have public representation and open meetings (see H.R. 2174), H4128 [10JN]
———require hospitals to establish and implement security procedures to reduce the likelihood of infant patient abduction and baby switching (see H.R. 76), H234 [7JA]
———require universal product numbers on claims forms for reimbursement for durable medical equipment and other items (see S. 256), S749 [20JA] (see H.R. 418), H271 [19JA]
———restore access to home health services and protect the program from financial loss while preserving the due process rights of home health agencies (see S. 1414), S9072 [22JY]
———restore the non-applicability of private contracts for the provision of benefits (see H.R. 958), H955 [3MR]
———restrictions on changes in benefits under Medicare+Choice plans (see H.R. 1134), H1334 [16MR]
———restrictions on services provided by clinical psychologists or social workers in outpatient rehabilitation facilities (see S. 181), S343 [19JA]
———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see S. 1609), S11131 [21SE] (see H.R. 3114), H10611 [20OC]
———revise interim payment system to home health agencies for home health services (see S. 1310), S7931 [30JN] (see H.R. 2492), H5456 [13JY] (see H.R. 2744), H7882 [5AU]
———revise payment amounts to home health agencies (see H.R. 2240), H4470 [16JN]
———revise regulations on participating hospitals relative to nurse anesthetists' services (see S. 866), S4109 [22AP] (see H.R. 804), H716 [23FE]
———revise the criteria for designation as a critical access hospital (see S. 1655), S11566 [28SE]
———standardize clinical practice guidelines to improve delivery of services (see H.R. 2069), H3859 [8JN]
———treatment of payments to Medicare+Choice organizations relative to disproportionate share hospital payments (see H.R. 1103), H1258 [11MR]
———waive waiting period for benefits for disabled individuals suffering from terminal illness with not more than 2 years to live (see S. 1918), S14533 [10NO]
———waive waiting period for coverage and provide coverage of drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see S. 1074), S5586 [19MY] (see H.R. 353), H268 [19JA]
Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force: establish (see H.R. 119), H236 [7JA]
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: expand membership and include individuals with expertise in manufacturing and distributing finished medical goods (see S. 1529), S10389 [5AU] (see H.R. 3271), H11852 [9NO]
Medicare/Medicaid: ensure that individuals enjoy the right to be free from restraint (see H.R. 3010), H9303 [4OC]
———expand and clarify requirements regarding advance directives to ensure that an individual's health care decisions are observed (see S. 628), S2729 [16MR] (see H.R. 1149), H1406 [17MR]
———restrict use and require recording and reporting of information on use of physical and chemical restraints and seclusion in mental health facilities (see S. 736), S3439 [25MR] (see H.R. 1313), H1800 [25MR]
———surety bond requirements for home health agencies, durable medical equipment suppliers, and others (see H.R. 2325), H4822 [23JN]
Mental health: clarify application of certain mental health parity provisions to annual and lifetime visit, benefit, and dollar limits (see H.R. 2445), H5333 [1JY]
———establish demonstration diversion courts (see S. 1865), S13972 [4NO] (see H.R. 2594), H6352 [22JY]
———postpartum depression policies (see H. Res. 163), H2920 [6MY]
———provide equitable health insurance coverage for certain biologically-based mental illnesses and prohibit limits on hospital stays and outpatient visits (see S. 796), S3695 [14AP]
———provide for treatment parity (see H.R. 2593), H6352 [22JY]
———recognize the significance to society of issues relating to mental illness and express full support for the White House Conference on Mental Health (see H. Res. 133), H1802 [25MR]
Mental Health Advisory Committee: establish (see H. Res. 19), H244 [7JA]
Mexico: safety and well-being of U.S. citizens injured while traveling (see H. Con. Res. 232), H12226 [17NO]
Minorities: health programs (see S. 1880), S14287 [8NO] (see H.R. 3250), H11702 [8NO]
National Academies of Practice: grant Federal charter (see S. 234), S344 [19JA]
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month: designate (see S. Res. 177), S10390 [5AU]
National Alpha 1 Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 84), S4185 [26AP]
National ALS Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 72), S3123 [23MR]
National Biotechnology Week: designate (see S. Res. 200), S12319 [8OC]
National Cancer Institute: increase involvement of advocates in breast cancer research (see S. 118), S341 [19JA] (see H.R. 1596), H2468 [28AP]
———require that membership of advisory bodies include individuals who are knowledgeable in complementary and alternative medicine (see H.R. 2092), H4022 [9JN]
National Center for Research on Domestic Health Disparities: establish (see H.R. 2391), H5177 [30JN]
National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see S. 178), S342 [19JA] (see H.R. 3214), H11480 [3NO]
National Cervical Health Month: designate (see S. Res. 62), S2730 [16MR]
National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (see S. Res. 199), S12234 [7OC]
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 108), S6050 [26MY]
National Eye Institute: funding (see H.R. 731), H642 [11FE]
National Health Corps Loan Repayment Program: count fellowship training in geriatric medicine or psychiatry as obligated service (see S. 1630), S11362 [23SE]
National Health Museum: site selection (see S. 1623), S11362 [23SE]
National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 47), S1644 [12FE]
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (see S. 1110), S5834 [24MY] (see H.R. 1795), H3169 [13MY]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 3433), H12225 [17NO]
National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 179), S10612 [8SE]
National objectives: establish a national program to conduct and support activities to reduce cases of overweight individuals and obesity (see H.R. 3177), H11144 [28OC]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 24), S338 [19JA] (see H.R. 16), H224 [6JA] (see H.R. 1136), H1334 [16MR] (see H.R. 1200), H1472 [18MR] (see H.R. 2990), H9076 [30SE] (see H.R. 3000), H9241 [1OC]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 1136), consideration (see H. Res. 311), H8967 [28SE]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), Senate amendment (see H. Res. 348), H11195 [1NO]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), consideration (see H. Res. 323), H9409 [5OC]
National Pediatric AIDS Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 114), S6791 [9JN]
National Race for the Cure Day: designate (see S. Res. 110), S6286 [27MY]
National School Lunch Act: revise eligibility of private organizations under the child and adult care food program (see H.R. 2907), H8468 [21SE]
———revise the eligibility of private organizations under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (see S. 1995), S15089 [19NO]
National Survivors for Prevention of Suicide Day: designate (see S. Res. 99), S5036 [11MY]
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: clarify content requirements for petitions for compensation (see S. 1996), S15089 [19NO]
———revise filing deadline for certain claims (see H.R. 276), H241 [7JA] (see H.R. 1003), H1012 [4MR]
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund: technical amendments (see S. 992), S4945 [10MY]
National Youth Fitness Week: designate (see S. Res. 34), S1439 [11FE]
Native Americans: authorize the integration and consolidation of alcohol and substance abuse programs and services provided by tribal governments (see S. 1507), S10389 [5AU]
———enhance self-governance relative to direct operation, control, and redesign of Indian Health Service activities (see S. 979), S4887 [6MY] (see H.R. 1167), H1407 [17MR]
———improve services and facilities of Federal Indian health programs and encourage maximum participation of Indians in such programs (see H.R. 3397), H12108 [16NO]
Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (see S. 1929), S14612 [16NO]
NIH: biomedical research funding (see S. Res. 19), S345 [19JA] (see H. Res. 89), H891 [2MR]
———establish National Fund for Health Research (see S. 1504), S10388 [5AU]
———establish Office of Autoimmune Diseases (see S. 1897), S14407 [9NO] (see H.R. 2573), H6018 [20JY]
———establish pediatric research initiative (see S. 1091), S5738 [20MY] (see H.R. 2621), H6582 [27JY]
———expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism research activities (see S. 512), S2095 [2MR] (see H.R. 997), H1012 [4MR]
———experimental program to stimulate competitive research (see H.R. 3115), H10611 [20OC]
———improve and expand clinical research programs (see S. 1813), S13258 [27OC] (see H.R. 1798), H3169 [13MY]
———support modernization and construction of biomedical and behavioral research facilities and laboratory instrumentation (see S. 1268), S7527 [23JN]
Nutrition: establish a national folic acid education program to prevent birth defects (see S. 1384), S8740 [16JY] (see H.R. 2538), H5687 [15JY]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see S. 385), S1325 [6FE] (see H.R. 1192), H1472 [18MR]
———amend to protect Federal employees (see S. 650), S2840 [17MR]
———amend to protect State and local government employees (see H.R. 776), H715 [23FE]
———expand protection of safety and health of employees (see S. 653), S2840 [17MR]
———improve the safety and health of working environments (see H.R. 1427), H2130 [15AP]
Older Americans Act: amend to help prevent osteoporosis (see H.R. 2294), H4733 [22JN]
———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2850), H8289 [14SE]
———extend authorization, establish National Family Caregiver Support Program, modernize aging programs and services, and address need to engage in life course planning (see S. 1203), S6856 [10JN] (see S. 1536), S10389 [5AU] (see H.R. 1637), H2544 [29AP]
OPM: develop classification standards for physician assistants in Federal agencies (see S. 909), S4432 [29AP] (see H.R. 1697), H2809 [5MY]
Organ donors: allow leave for individuals who give living organ donations and address payment of travel and subsistence expenses incurred by individuals donating or receiving organs (see H.R. 1857), H3295 [18MY]
———authorize demonstration projects to increase the supply of organs donated for human transplant (see H.R. 3471), H12792 [18NO]
———establish congressional commemorative medal (see S. 499), S2095 [2MR] (see H.R. 941), H891 [2MR]
———recognize importance of families pledging to each other to be organ and tissue donors (see H. Res. 201), H3859 [8JN]
———tribute to kidney donors (see H. Res. 94), H956 [3MR]
Organ procurement and transplantation programs: revise and extend (see H.R. 2418), H5332 [1JY]
OSHA: allow employees to participate in evaluating safety conditions, rules, and policies of the workplace (see H.R. 1434), H2130 [15AP]
———encourage safety and health audits and assure timely adjudication of whistleblower complaints by employees (see H.R. 1439), H2131 [15AP]
———exempt voluntary self assessments and audits from being used to identify safety and health violations by employers (see H.R. 1438), H2131 [15AP]
———identify and notify the specific industries to which regulations and compliance standards apply (see H.R. 1436), H2131 [15AP]
———issue regulations to eliminate or minimize the significant risk of needlestick injury to health care workers (see S. 1140), S6049 [26MY] (see H.R. 1899), H3460 [20MY]
———waiver or abatement of penalties for small businesses if violations are corrected in a specified time (see H.R. 1437), H2131 [15AP]
Pain: provide for a public response to the public health crisis of pain (see S. 941), S4578 [3MY] (see H.R. 2188), H4222 [14JN]
Pesticides: implement integrated pest management systems to minimize use in schools and provide parents and employees with notices of pesticide use (see S. 1716), S12421 [12OC] (see H.R. 3275), H11853 [9NO]
Pharmaceuticals: establish compulsory licensing of certain patented prescription drugs and medical inventions (see H.R. 2927), H8628 [23SE]
———establish therapeutic equivalence requirements for generic drugs (see H.R. 805), H716 [23FE]
———protect beneficiaries of group and individual health plans, and Medicare+Choice plans in the use of prescription drug formularies (see H.R. 3274), H11852 [9NO]
President's Advisory Council on Recreational Camps: establish (see H.R. 266), H241 [7JA]
Privacy: ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information (see S. 573, 578), S2503 [10MR] (see S. 881), S4256 [27AP] (see H.R. 2404), H5178 [30JN] (see H.R. 2470), H5366 [12JY]
———establish Federal penalties for prohibited use and disclosure of personal health information and allow individuals to inspect and copy their own health information (see H.R. 2455), H5333 [1JY]
———protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform national identifying number (see H.R. 220), H239 [7JA]
Product safety: promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (see S. 1495), S10221 [4AU]
Professional Boxing Safety Act: standardize physical examinations for boxers and require periodic brain CAT scans to obtain a boxing license (see S. 143), S342 [19JA]
Public buildings: placement of automatic external defibrillators to assist individuals who experience cardiac arrest and protections from civil liability relative to emergency use of the devices (see S. 1488), S10221 [4AU] (see H.R. 2498), H5456 [13JY]
Public health: establish community-based managed care programs in medically disadvantaged areas (see H.R. 298, 304), H242 [7JA]
Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (see H.R. 3301), H11953 [10NO]
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: compensation for certain individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines and mills (see S. 367), S1257 [4FE] (see H.R. 1516), H2272 [21AP]
———compensation for certain individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines, mills, or during transport (see H.R. 1045), H1069 [9MR]
———improve application process and compensation criteria for certain individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines and mills and through fallout from nuclear weapons testing (see S. 1515), S10389 [5AU]
———remove requirement that exposure resulting in stomach cancer occur before a certain age (see H.R. 930), H890 [2MR]
Radio: require assessment of research on health effects of radio frequency emissions (see H.R. 2835), H8099 [9SE]
Radioactive substances: remediation of Atlas uranium milling site near Moab, UT (see H.R. 393), H270 [19JA] (see H.R. 1559), H2304 [26AP]
Refugees: provide a comprehensive program of support for victims of torture (see S. 1491), S10221 [4AU] (see H.R. 2367), H5091 [29JN]
Research: continuation of Federal research and development programs funding in a fiscally sustainable way (see S. 296), S895 [22JA] (see H.R. 3161), H11143 [28OC]
Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see S. 980), S4887 [6MY] (see S. 1757), S12931 [20OC] (see H.R. 1344), H1801 [25MR]
Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: revise and extend (see S. 1823), S13403 [28OC]
Safe Drinking Water Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 81), S4028 [21AP]
———civil actions against public water systems in compliance with safe drinking water standards (see H.R. 1674), H2635 [4MY]
———increase consumer confidence in safe drinking water and source water assessments (see S. 1149), S6285 [27MY] (see H.R. 2108), H4023 [9JN]
———provide for parity in civil actions against private and public entities relative to ownership or operation of public water systems (see H.R. 1492), H2202 [20AP]
San Gabriel, CA: funding and implementation of a long-term solution to groundwater contamination and water supply problems (see H.R. 910), H889 [2MR]
Schools: expulsion of students for possession of guns or illegal drugs (see S. 44), S339 [19JA]
———prohibit the donation of foods with minimal nutritional value before lunch in schools participating in Federal meal programs (see S. 998), S5036 [11MY] (see H.R. 1781), H3086 [12MY]
———provide grants to reduce drug-related transactions and drug use in one-mile areas surrounding elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 2410), H5178 [30JN]
Science: prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research (see H.R. 571), H459 [4FE]
———prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research and encourage equivalent restrictions by other countries (see H.R. 2326), H4822 [23JN]
Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 1422), H2054 [14AP] (see H.R. 2180), H4128 [10JN]
———establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security benefits (see S. 1247), S7324 [21JN]
———establish a national family caregiver support program (see H.R. 1341), H1801 [25MR]
———establish a program of pharmacy assistance fee for elderly persons who have no health insurance coverage (see H.R. 723), H642 [11FE]
———establish pharmacy assistance and medication management programs (see S. 1942), S14696 [17NO]
———limit hardship endured when meeting prescription drug needs (see H. Con. Res. 152), H5456 [13JY]
———prevent abuse (see H.R. 1984), H3710 [27MY]
———prevent and increase penalties for crimes such as health care, pension, and telemarketing fraud, and nursing home abuse and fraud (see S. 751), S3440 [25MR] (see H.R. 1862), H3391 [19MY]
———protect rights of members of HMO's to receive continuing care at facilities of their choice (see S. 1142), S6284 [27MY]
———provide health protection, access to health insurance for 55 to 65 year olds, and assistance for long-term care needs and social services (see S. 10), S338 [19JA]
Small business: improve access and choice for owners relative to employee health insurance expenses (see H.R. 1496), H2202 [20AP] (see H.R. 2047), H3858 [8JN]
———use of welfare-to-work funds to form alliances to purchase discounted health insurance for welfare-to-work program eligible employees (see H.R. 2238), H4470 [16JN]
Social Security: allow States to use State Children's Health Insurance Program allotment to cover uninsured pregnant women (see H.R. 1843), H3295 [18MY]
———clarify exemption of certain children with special needs from State option to use managed care (see H.R. 3332), H11954 [10NO]
———combat fraud in and improve the administration of disability programs (see H.R. 545), H418 [3FE] (see H.R. 631), H537 [9FE]
———constitutional amendment relative to budget treatment of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program and the hospital insurance program (see H.J. Res. 40), H1335 [16MR]
———continue eligibility for child's insurance benefits to individuals who marry and have Hansen's disease (see H.R. 3280), H11853 [9NO]
———earnings test for blind individuals (see S. 285), S850 [21JA] (see H.R. 1601), H2468 [28AP]
———effects of reform proposals on women (see H. Res. 34), H377 [2FE]
———ensure solvency of trust funds (see H.R. 37), H225 [6JA] (see H.R. 3012), H9409 [5OC]
———establish and maintain individual investment accounts (see H.R. 1897), H3460 [20MY]
———expand health care coverage for working, disabled individuals and establish a Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program to provide work opportunities for such individuals (see S. 331), S1076 [28JA] (see H.R. 1091), H1257 [11MR] (see H.R. 1180), H1471 [18MR]
———expand health care coverage for working, disabled individuals and establish a Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program to provide work opportunities for such individuals (S. 331), request return of papers (see S. Res. 127), S7527 [23JN]
———extend rural Advanced Life Support intercept services to other areas (see H.R. 2711), H7025 [4AU]
———improve coverage of low-income children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 1646), S11565 [28SE] (see H.R. 827), H794 [24FE] (see H.R. 3480), H12792 [18NO]
———increase funding for maternal and child health services and promote integrated physical and mental health service program for children and adolescents (see S. 207), S343 [19JA]
———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 163), H237 (see H.R. 287), H241 [7JA]
———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see S. 1788), S13165 [26OC] (see H.R. 3146), H10861 [26OC] (see H.R. 3426), H12225 [17NO]
———permit children covered under the State Children's Health Insurance Program to be eligible for the Federal Vaccines for Children Program (see S. 1656), S11566 [28SE] (see H.R. 2976), H9021 [29SE]
———promote identification of children eligible for State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 1570), S10612 [8SE] (see H.R. 2807), H7995 [8SE]
———protect Social Security surpluses and reserve a portion of non-Social Security surpluses to strengthen and protect Medicare (see S. 862), S4109 [22AP] (see S. 1828), S13403 [28OC] (see S. 1831), S13552 [29OC] (see H.R. 3165), H11143 [28OC]
———provide a safe harbor under the anti-kickback statute for hospital restocking of certain ambulance drugs and supplies (see H.R. 557), H418 [3FE]
———provide disabled beneficiaries opportunities to return to work, and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for such beneficiaries (see S. 86), S340 [19JA] (see H.R. 3070), H10032 [13OC]
———provide enrollment period for Medicare and Medigap relative to certain military retirees and dependents (see H.R. 743), H643 [11FE]
———reform (see H.R. 1), H824 [1MR]
———require specific legislative recommendations to ensure solvency of trust funds (see H.R. 245), H240 [7JA]
———treatment of severe spinal cord injuries relative to certain earnings (see H.R. 401), H270 [19JA]
———waive waiting period for disability benefits relative to individuals with terminal illnesses (see H.R. 1107), H1258 [11MR]
States: improve data collection and evaluation of children's health coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 206), S343 [19JA] (see H.R. 1545), H2299 [22AP]
———increase allotments to territories under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 215), S344 [19JA] (see H.R. 806), H716 [23FE]
———permit funding of prescription drugs for minors relative to parental consent (see H.R. 3302), H11953 [10NO]
Sub-Saharan Africa: conduct human clinical research according to highest ethical standards and prohibit interference with intellectual property laws or policies promoting access to pharmaceuticals or medical technologies (see H.R. 2700), H7025 [4AU]
Substance abuse: allow faith-based treatment centers to receive Federal funding and permit individuals receiving Federal assistance to choose private and religious oriented treatment (see S. 289), S850 [21JA]
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 781), H715 [23FE]
Surgeon General: importance of report on media and violence (see S.J. Res. 23), S4433 [29AP] (see H.J. Res. 47), H2469 [28AP]
Tariff: HIV/AIDS drugs (see H.R. 1951, 1952), H3693 [26MY]
———rhinovirus drugs (see H.R. 1949), H3693 [26MY] (see H.R. 2186), H4222 [14JN]
Taxation: allow a refundable credit for certain Medicare premiums (see H.R. 122), H236 [7JA] (see H.R. 1772), H3085 [12MY]
———allow biotechnology investment tax credit and extend research and development tax credit (see S. 1425), S9073 [22JY]
———allow credit for dry cleaning equipment that uses reduced amounts of hazardous substances (see S. 1939), S14696 [17NO] (see H.R. 1303), H1800 [25MR]
———allow credit to military retirees for Medicare coverage (see H.R. 121), H236 [7JA]
———allow deduction for long-term care services for individuals not eligible for employer-provided long-term health coverage (see S. 35), S339 [19JA]
———allow designation of income tax refunds for use in NIH biomedical research programs (see H.R. 785), H715 [23FE] (see H.R. 977), H1011 [4MR]
———allow individuals a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and provide for a report on State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 2362), H4992 [25JN]
———allow individuals a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance through a pooling arrangement (see H.R. 2185), H4222 [14JN]
———allow individuals to designate refunds to provide catastrophic health coverage to individuals who do not otherwise have health coverage (see H.R. 2433), H5332 [1JY]
———allow medical innovation tax credits for clinical testing expenses attributable to academic medical centers and other hospital research organizations (see H.R. 1039), H1069 [9MR]
———allow penalty-free distributions from qualified retirement plans on account of the death or disability of the participant's spouse (see H.R. 2826), H8098 [9SE]
———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses (see S. 825), S3776 [15AP]
———credits for health insurance costs of employees not eligible to participate in employer-subsidized health coverage (see H.R. 1819), H3211 [14MY]
———deduction for health insurance premiums (see S. 194), S343 [19JA] (see H.R. 145), H236 [7JA] (see H.R. 1177), H1471 [18MR]
———deductions for home health care, day care, and respite care for households with an Alzheimer's disease patient (see S. 131), S341 [19JA]
———ensure employees retain hospital insurance tax exemption relative to consolidation of a political subdivision with the State (see H.R. 873), H815 [25FE]
———establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical testing research expenses relative to academic medical centers and other qualified hospital research organizations (see S. 1010), S5036 [11MY]
———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see S. 343), S1144 [3FE] (see S. 546), S2274 [4MR] (see H.R. 225), H239 [7JA] (see H.R. 611), H460 [4FE] (see H.R. 918), H890 [2MR] (see H.R. 980), H1011 [4MR]
———impose a tax on certain unearned income and provide tax relief by reducing the rate of the Social Security payroll tax (see H.R. 1099), H1258 [11MR]
———increase accessibility and affordability of health care (see S. 1274), S7590 [24JN]
———increase deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see S. 135), S341 [19JA]
———increase rates on wine and dedicate resulting revenues to alcohol abuse programs (see S. 432), S1727 [22FE]
———medical research tax credits (see H.R. 3505), H12793 [18NO]
———modify tax brackets, eliminate marriage penalty, allow deductions for health insurance premiums, and increase contribution limits for retirement investments (see S. 799), S3695 [14AP]
———permit penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans for medical expenses of certain older relatives (see H.R. 253), H240 (see H.R. 275), H241 [7JA]
———provide a checkoff on Federal income tax returns for a breast and prostate cancer research fund (see H.R. 547), H418 [3FE]
———provide credit for medical research relative to developing vaccines against widespread diseases (see S. 1718), S12421 [12OC] (see H.R. 1274), H1696 [24MR]
———provide incentives for health coverage (see H.R. 2261), H4615 [17JN]
———provide income tax credit to long-term caregivers (see S. 1518), S10389 [5AU]
———provide marriage penalty relief, incentives to encourage health coverage, and increased child care assistance, and extend certain expiring tax provisions (see S. 1160), S6285 [27MY] (see H.R. 2020), H3857 [8JN]
———provide tax credit for caregivers (see H.R. 2458), H5334 [1JY]
———reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (see S. 1429), S9223 [26JY] (see H.R. 2488), H5455 [13JY]
———reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (H.R. 2488), consideration (see H. Res. 256), H6017 [20JY]
———reduce the per dose tax on vaccines (see S. 85), S340 [19JA] (see H.R. 587), H459 [4FE] (see H.R. 1337), H1801 [25MR]
———reform Internal Revenue Code through revenue neutral proposals which protect Social Security and Medicare trust funds (see H. Con. Res. 85), H2054 [14AP]
———simplify Internal Revenue Code through revenue neutral proposals (see H.R. 1420), H2054 [14AP]
———treat certain hospital support organizations as qualified organizations for purposes of determining acquisition indebtedness (see S. 523), S2209 [3MR]
———treatment of amounts received as scholarships under the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program (see H.R. 324), H267 [19JA]
———treatment of employers who maintain a self-insured health plan for their employees (see H.R. 2304), H4734 [22JN]
———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 161), H237 [7JA]
———treatment of foods and supplements for dietary use, and medical foods as medical expenses (see H.R. 3306), H11953 [10NO]
———treatment of individual health insurance costs and employees who elect not to participate in employer subsidized health plans (see H.R. 1687), H2809 [5MY]
———treatment of individuals requiring home based custodial care (see H.R. 586), H459 [4FE]
———treatment of marriage penalty, estate taxes, long-term care needs, child care, health insurance costs for self-employed individuals, and the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 2085), H4022 [9JN]
———treatment of medical savings accounts (see S. 657), S2934 [18MR] (see S. 1350), S8266 [12JY] (see H.R. 614), H480 [8FE]
———treatment of primary health providers in health professional shortage areas (see S. 1864), S13972 [4NO] (see H.R. 385), H270 [19JA] (see H.R. 1704), H2810 [5MY]
———treatment of recreational fitness services and facilities in certain hospitals (see H.R. 726), H642 [11FE]
———treatment of scholarships received under the National Health Corps Scholarship Program and the F. Edward Hebert Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program (see S. 288), S850 [21JA] (see H.R. 1414), H2053 [14AP]
———treatment of Social Security benefits (see S. 137), S341 [19JA] (see S. 286), S850 [21JA] (see S. 482, 488), S2008 [25FE] (see H.R. 107), H235 [7JA] (see H.R. 688), H585 [10FE] (see H.R. 761), H657 [12FE] (see H.R. 3438), H12225 [17NO]
———treatment of unused benefits under cafeteria plans that allow flexible spending accounts for out-of-pocket medical expenses (see H.R. 3034), H9515 [6OC]
Taxpayer Refund and Relief Act (H.R. 2488): consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 274), H7024 [4AU]
Telecommunications: ensure availability of adequate frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum for biomedical telemetry (see H.R. 2379), H5091 [29JN]
———require a health insurance issuer, health plan, or health care provider to obtain an enrollee's or patient's consent relative to the interception of oral, wire, or electronic communications (see S. 782), S3634 [13AP]
Thanksgiving Day: designate as a day to ``Give Thanks, Give Life'' and to discuss organ and tissue donation with other family members (see S. Res. 225), S14287 [8NO]
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act (H.R. 1180): consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 387), H12225 [17NO]
———corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 236), H12793 [18NO]
Tobacco products: ban sale of cigarette packages containing small number of cigarettes (see H.R. 1677), H2635 [4MY]
———impose restrictions on the sale of cigars (see S. 1421), S9072 [22JY] (see H.R. 2579), H6198 [21JY]
———prohibit sale of tobacco products to juveniles through the Internet or other indirect means (see H.R. 2914), H8556 [22SE]
———prohibit use of vending machines other than in locations in which the presence of minors is prohibited (see H.R. 1421), H2054 [14AP]
———release of tobacco production and marketing information (see S. 1481), S10221 [4AU] (see S. 1543), S10390 [5AU]
———smuggling prevention programs (see H.R. 2503), H5570 [14JY]
———strengthen State efforts to limit access to minors (see H.R. 144), H236 [7JA]
———strengthen warning labels on smokeless tobacco products (see H.R. 1532), H2299 [22AP]
———warning requirements for sale and advertisement of cigarettes on the Internet (see H.R. 3007), H9303 [4OC]
Traumatic brain injuries: research on cognitive disorders (see H.R. 477), H376 [2FE]
Trust funds: investment of several Federal health-related and retirement trust funds in broad-based private equities indices (see H.R. 633), H537 [9FE]
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: ensure the equitable treatment of graduates (see H.R. 2272), H4615 [17JN]
———terminate (see S. 126), S341 [19JA]
Urban areas: develop and implement integrated cockroach management programs to reduce health risks to residents, especially children, suffering from asthma and asthma-related illnesses (see H.R. 875), H815 [25FE]
Veterans: add bronchiolo-alveolar carcinoma to the list of service-connected diseases (see S. 1087), S5738 [20MY] (see H.R. 690), H585 [10FE]
———eligibility for hospital care and services relative to awarding of Purple Heart (see S. 329), S1076 [28JA] (see H.R. 430), H374 [2FE]
———ensure a continuum of health care and require pilot programs relative to long-term health care (see S. 1250), S7325 [21JN]
———extend dependency and indemnity compensation benefits to surviving spouses whose subsequent marriages have terminated (see H.R. 708), H641 [11FE]
———health care funding (see H. Con. Res. 225), H11954 (see H. Con. Res. 226), H11955 [10NO]
———improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans (see S. 1391), S8800 [19JY]
———increase service-connected disability benefits for veterans and survivors (see H.R. 1765), H3085 [12MY]
———pay special compensation to certain severely disabled military retirees (see S. 789), S3634 [13AP] (see H.R. 44), H226 [6JA]
———payment of certain group life insurance benefits to beneficiaries of deceased members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2206), H4340 [15JN]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 1237), S7219 [17JN] (see H.R. 65), H233 (see H.R. 303), H242 [7JA] (see H.R. 1764), H3085 [12MY]
———presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in certain veterans (see S. 71), S340 [19JA] (see H.R. 1020), H1013 [4MR]
———provide certain health care benefits (see S. 1335), S8085 [1JY]
Veterans Health Administration: ensure pay parity between dentists and physicians (see H.R. 2660), H6759 [30JY]
Vitamins: revise regulations relative to dietary supplement labeling and provide that certain types of advertisements for dietary supplements are proper (see S. 1749), S12835 [19OC] (see H.R. 3305), H11953 [10NO]
Water: allow public water systems to avoid filtration requirements (see H.R. 124), H236 [7JA]
———biological monitoring and whole effluent toxicity testing relative to publicly owned treatment works (see H.R. 155), H237 [7JA]
———require manufacturers of bottled water to submit annual reports (see S. 790), S3634 [13AP]
———study and establish a national primary drinking water standard for radium 224 (see H.R. 2665), H6759 [30JY]
Water pollution: authorize estrogenic substances screening programs (see H.R. 1712), H2810 [5MY]
Women: allow direct access to obstetrician-gynecologists (see H. Res. 164), H2920 [6MY]
———collection and analysis of data on toxic shock syndrome (see H.R. 889), H824 [1MR]
———determine the health risks of dioxin, synthetic fibers, and other additives in tampons and similar products (see H.R. 890), H825 [1MR]
———develop monitoring systems to promote safe motherhood (see H.R. 2316), H4821 [23JN]
———ensure a woman's right to breastfeed her child on Federal property under certain conditions (see H.R. 1848), H3295 [18MY]
———heart disease (see H. Res. 220), H4822 [23JN]
———promote research and disseminate information on the health effects of silicone breast implants (see S. 1075), S5586 [19MY] (see H.R. 1323), H1800 [25MR]
———protect breastfeeding by new mothers (see H.R. 1478), H2201 [20AP]
———protection of reproductive rights (see S. 1400), S8874 [20JY] (see H.R. 2624), H6582 [27JY]
———recognize the severity of the issue of cervical health (see H. Con. Res. 5), H243 [7JA] (see H. Con. Res. 64), H1473 [18MR]
World War II: require disclosure of classified information on chemical and biological experiments carried out by Japan (see S. 1902), S14532 [10NO]
Year of Safe Drinking Water: designate (see S. Res. 81), S4028 [21AP]
Briefs
Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act treatment of legal accountability for actions by health insurance companies and HMO's: Gardner, Carton, & Douglas (law firm), H8953-H8957 [28SE]
Comparisons
Goodrich Case—The True Facts That Aetna Didn't Tell You, E201-E203 [10FE]
Republican and Democratic legislation to protect Social Security surpluses, S4113, S4114 [22AP]
Conference reports
Taxpayer Refund and Relief Act (H.R. 2488), H7027-H7192 [4AU]
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act (H.R. 1180), H12174-H12222 [17NO]
Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act (H.R. 2116), H11976-H12002 [16NO]
Cost Estimates
Beaches Environmental Assessment, Cleanup, and Health Act (H.R. 999): CBO, H2288 [22AP]
Taxpayer Refund Act (S. 1429): CBO, S9497 [28JY]
Court documents
Reduce financial liability of physicians providing certain care under Medicare+Choice program: U.S. Seventh Circuit Court, E1160 [8JN]
Descriptions
Access to Rx Medications in Medicare Act (S. 841), S3936 [20AP]
Caring for America's Children Act (S. 810), S3784-S3786 [15AP]
Financial Freedom Act (H.R. 2488): Pryce Substitute Amendment, H6098 [21JY]
New Jersey Individual Health Coverage Program, E1806 [8SE]
Promoting Responsible Managed Care Act (S. 374), S1273 [4FE]
Essays
Ban Smoking in Restaurants: Peter Meyer, E995 [18MY]
Don't Smoke: Katherine Sommer, E515 [23MR]
Impact of Cancer on Families of Victims: Adrienne Giordano, E565 [25MR]
School Anti-Smoking Programs: Ashley Cullins, E131 [3FE]
———Britney Lout, E131 [3FE]
———Chris Burnett, E131 [3FE]
———Christopher Duck, E131 [3FE]
———Eddie Mota, E131 [3FE]
———George Montoya, E131 [3FE]
———James Margrave, E131 [3FE]
While You Were Sleeping. . . (AKA—The Truth About Gamma Hydroxy Butyrate): Trinka Porrata, H9870 [12OC]
Examples
Effect of Medicare cuts on senior citizens: Massachusetts Senior Action Council, E1241 [14JN]
Impact of the presence or absence of ergonomic programs in the workplace, H6922, H6924 [3AU]
Excerpts
Balanced Budget Act (1997): Medicare restriction on payment for hospital discharges to post-acute care, E1081 [25MY]
Child Safety and Youth Violence Prevention Act (H.R. 1501): Goodling amendment on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act provisions on mental health treatment, H4515 [17JN]
Mastectomy provisions of Republican Patients' Bill of Rights legislation of the 105th Congress, S8450-S8454 [14JY]
Molecular Medicine 2020—A Vision for the Future of Medical Research and Human Health: Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, H5162 [30JN]
Preserving America's Safety Net Hospitals: National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems, E399 [11MR]
Social Security Act: Section 1903(D)(3) relative to money recovered by States with respect to medical assistance, S2833 [17MR]
Explanations
Doubling NIH Budget in Five Years—Taking the Second Step Toward Doubling: Representative Gekas, H5144 [30JN]
Family Planning State Flexibility Act (S. 737), S3467 [25MR]
Reduce Amount of Medicare Coinsurance Payable in Conjunction With Outpatient Department Services (H.R. 421), E76 [20JA]
Senator McCain's Votes on Patients' Bill of Rights, S8611 [15JY]
U.N. Population Fund health care activities in Kosovo, E2050 [6OC]
Factsheets
Access to Rx Medications in Medicare Act (S. 841), S3935 [20AP]
Misleading Myths on Ergonomics, H6924 [3AU]
NIH Emergency Funds Neeeded for Infectious Disease Research, H5154 [30JN]
Prostate Cancer Detection and Treatment, H4682 [22JN]
Histories
Uranium Mining in South Dakota, 1951-1973: Mine Safety and Health Administration, S1264 [4FE]
Interviews
Controversy over competitive bidding in Medicare: Uwe Reinhardt and Donna E. Shalala, Sec. of HHS, E1052 [20MY]
Letters
Allow certain patients a transition period between their current physician and a physician participating in the patient's managed care group: Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, S8579 [15JY]
Better Nutrition for School Children Act: Alex Molnar, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Center for the Analysis of Commercialism in Education, S5040 [11MY]
———Mary Elizabeth Teasley, National Education Association, S5040 [11MY]
Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act: Alan R. Nelson, American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, H7975 [8SE]
———American Academy of Family Physicians, H7974 [8SE]
———Andrew L. Stern, Service Employees International Union, H7976 [8SE]
———Beverly L. Malone, American Nurses Association, H9477 [6OC]
———Carmen Delgado Votaw, Alliance for Children and Families, H7981 [8SE]
———Charlotte J. Fraas, American Federation of Teachers, H7978 [8SE]
———David A. Bussard, American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, H7981 [8SE]
———Donna Ford, American Counseling Association, H7982 [8SE]
———E. Ratcliffe Anderson, Jr., AMA, H7973 [8SE]
———Elizabeth Burns, H9503 [6OC]
———Eugene A. Oliveri, American Osteopathic Association, H7977, H7982 [8SE]
———Florence C. Kimball, Friends Committee on National Legislation, H7978 [8SE]
———Fran DuMelle, American Thoracic Society and the American Lung Association, H7979 [8SE]
———Fran Visco, National Breast Cancer Coalition, H7979 [8SE]
———Gary and Marlene Rappaport, H9563 [7OC]
———George F. Sheldon, American College of Surgeons, H7975 [8SE]
———Gerald W. McEntee, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H7979 [8SE]
———Jacqueline E. Fairbanks, Opticians Association of America, H7982 [8SE]
———Jodi Magee and Seymour L. Romney, Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health (organization), H7977 [8SE]
———Joel J. Alpert, American Academy of Pediatrics, H7976 [8SE]
———Judith L. Lichtman, Debra L. Ness, and Joanne L. Hustead, National Partnership for Women and Families, H7982 [8SE]
———Julia Scott, National Black Women's Health Project, H7979 [8SE]
———Kathryn M. Pontzer, American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc., H7983 [8SE]
———Kathy Thorton and Catherine Pinkerton, NETWORK (organization), H7974 [8SE]
———Kerrie Wilson, American Cancer Society, H7977 [8SE]
———Laurie Flynn, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, H7980 [8SE]
———Michael Bowers, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, H7983 [8SE]
———Nancey McCann and Camille S. Sorosiak, Patient Access Coalition, H7974 [8SE]
———Nancy Davenport-Ennis, National Patient Advocate Foundation, H7975 [8SE]
———Nancy Starnes, Paralysis Society of America, H7981 [8SE]
———Pat Conover, United Church of Christ, H7975 [8SE]
———Ralph W. Hale, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, H7976 [8SE]
———Richard A. Levinson, American Public Health Association, H7982 [8SE]
———Ronald Bronow, National Organization of Physicians Who Care, H7980 [8SE]
———Ronald F. Pollack, Families USA Foundation, H7980 [8SE]
———Ronald S. Lepow, American Podiatric Medical Association, Inc., H7982 [8SE]
———Russ Newman, American Psychological Association, H7976 [8SE]
———S. Timothy Rose and John S. Zapp, American Dental Association, H7977 [8SE]
———Sandy Bernard, American Association of University Women, H7979 [8SE]
———several Kansas medical and legal associations, E2074 [12OC]
———Steven C. Johnson, Patients Who Care (organization), H7980 [8SE]
———Susan Gorin, National Association of School Psychologists, H7981 [8SE]
———Terre McFillen-Hall, Center for Patient Advocacy (organization), H7977 [8SE]
———Thomas W. Self, Linda P. Self, and Miles J. Zaremski, H9458-H9460, H9488-H9490 [6OC]
———William L. Rich, American Academy of Ophthalmology, H7978 [8SE]
Child Custody Protection Act: Joel J. Alpert, American Academy of Pediatrics and Lawrence S. Neistein, Society for Adolescent Medicine, H5108 [30JN]
Civil monetary penalties for false certification of eligibility for hospice care for Medicare beneficiaries: Karen Woods, Hospice Association of America, S14344 [9NO]
———Thomas A. Scully, Federation of American Health Systems, S14345 [9NO]
———Val J. Halamandaris, National Association for Home Care, S14344 [9NO]
Clinical Research Enhancement Act: E. Ratcliffe Anderson, Jr., AMA, E983 [17MY]
———William Lowe, American Federation for Medical Research, S13275 [27OC], E983 [17MY]
Congressional approval of U.S. economic sanctions on agricultural products, medicines, and medical products: Catholics for Justice (organization), S12451 [13OC]
Coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans: Diane Canova, American Heart Association, S8244, S8248 [12JY]
———John C. Moorhead, American College of Emergency Physicians, S8244 [12JY]
Date-Rape Drug Control Act: Judi Clark, S14874, S14875 [19NO]
———Trinka D. Porrata, S14874 [19NO]
Date-Rape Prevention Drug Act: Catherine H. Shaw, DEA, H9870 [12OC]
Decision-making process by managed care plans and HMO's relative to patients' care: Rosina B. Barker, Ivins, Phillips & Barker (law firm), S8345-S8347 [13JY]
Dept. of Justice litigation against the tobacco industry: Leadership Council of Aging Organizations, S9013 [22JY]
———W. Ron Allen, National Congress of American Indians, S9013 [22JY]
Dept. of Veterans Afairs appropriations for veterans health care: several Senators, Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate), S11226 [22SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs appropriations for veterans health care: Dennis M. Cullinan, VFW, H7422 [5AU]
———Harold L. (Butch) Miller, American Legion, H7422 [5AU]
———Jacob J. Lew, OMB, S9738 [29JY]
———Kenneth W. Kizer, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S5165 [12MY]
———Senators Rockefeller and Specter, Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate), S9925-S9927 [30JY]
———several Democratic Representatives, H7422 [5AU]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs initiatives reported in GAO estimate of efficiency savings: M.L. Murphy, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S11210 [22SE]
Diabetes research funding: Philip Burgin-Young, E319 [2MR]
Disclosure of classified information on chemical and biological experiments carried out by Japan during World War II: Sheldon H. Harris, S14542 [10NO]
Drug Addiction Treatment Act: Alan I. Leshner, Dept. of HHS, S1091 [28JA]
Enforce medical device regulations and encourage manufacturers to comply with the true spirit of such regulations: Melinda K. Plaisier, FDA, E1389 [24JN]
Equivalent health and safety standards for imported meat and poultry products: Dale W. Moore, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, H3788 [8JN]
EverCare Program's participation in Medicare coverage of frail elderly beneficiaries permanently residing in certain nursing facilities: Arlene Latham, E1126 [27MY]
———Eleanor Shnier, E1125 [27MY]
Exception to Cuban trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies: Craig W. Drummond, S12452 [13OC]
———Janelle H. Sharoni, S12451 [13OC]
———Joan Botwinick, S12452 [13OC]
———Thomas Capuano, S12451 [13OC]
Exclude lobbying costs from the calculation of the adjusted community rate for Medicare+Choice plans: June Gibbs Brown, Dept. of HHS, E1237 [14JN]
Exempt agricultural products, medicines, and medical products from U.S. economic sanctions against foreign countries: Charles E. Krause, Missouri Farm Bureau Federation, S7569 [24JN]
———several U.S. agricultural organizations, S7569 [24JN]
Exemption of certain managed health care plans and HMO's from State regulations: Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and Health Insurance Association of America, H8959 [28SE]
———Mary Nell Lehnhard and Jack Ericksen, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, H8959 [28SE]
Expand access to counseling and mental health services for elementary and secondary school students: several organizations, S9388 [27JY]
Expand and make permanent the Medicare subvention demonstration project for military retirees and dependents: Military Coalition, S4444 [29AP]
Fairness in Asbestos Compensation Act: Thomas P. Martin, Rutland Fire Clay Co., S13604 [1NO]
Family and Medical Leave Clarification Act: Deanna R. Gelak, Family and Medical Leave Act Technical Corrections Coalition, S10435 [5AU]
Financial Freedom Act: Representative Archer, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H6208 [22JY]
———Representative Goodling, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H6208 [22JY]
Genetic Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance and Employment Act: Fran Visco, National Breast Cancer Coalition, S8107 [1JY]
———Jeremy Gruber, ACLU, S8108 [1JY]
———Judith L. Lichtman and Susannah A. Baruch, National Partnership for Women & Families, S8108 [1JY]
———Marlene E. Post, Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc., S8107 [1JY]
Genetics and Public Health Services Act: Mary E. Davidson, Alliance of Genetic Support Groups, S15096 [19NO]
———Mohammad N. Akher, American Public Health Association, S15095 [19NO]
———R. Rodney Howell, American College of Medical Genetics, S15096 [19NO]
———Uta Francke, American Society of Human Genetics, S15096 [19NO]
———Wendy R. Uhlmann, National Society of Genetic Counselors, Inc., S15096 [19NO]
Health Care Fairness Act: Alan B. Cohen, Boston University, S14295 [8NO]
———B. Waine Kong, Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc., S14295 [8NO]
———Florence B. Bonner, Howard University, S14295 [8NO]
———Ronny B. Lancaster, Association of Minority Health Professions Schools, S14294 [8NO]
———Walter R. Allen, University of California, Los Angeles, S14295 [8NO]
———Walter W. Shervington, National Medical Association, S14294 [8NO]
Healthy Seniors Promotion Act: Bente E. Cooney, National Osteoporosis Foundation, S6863 [10JN]
———Diane Canova, American Heart Association, S6862 [10JN]
———George K. Anderson, American College of Preventive Medicine, S6863 [10JN]
———Howard Bedlin, National Council on the Aging, S6863 [10JN]
———Joseph G. Ouslander, American Geriatrics Society, S6863 [10JN]
———Melanie Brunson, American Council of the Blind, S6863 [10JN]
———William L. Roper, Partnership for Prevention (organization), S6862 [10JN]
Hemophilia Relief Fund Act funding: Edward Jones, National Hemophilia Foundation, H11089 [28OC]
Improve health of children: Jennifer L. Howse, March of Dimes (organization), S2581 [11MR]
———Lawrence A. McAndrews, National Association of Children's Hospitals, S2580 [11MR]
Include alcohol abuse in Office of National Drug Control Policy national anti-drug media campaigns: David Satcher, Surgeon General, S8008 [1JY]
———James E. Burke, Partnership for a Drug-Free America, S8002 [1JY]
———Mario M. Cuomo, Partnership for a Drug-Free America, S8002 [1JY]
———William J. Bennett, Partnership for a Drug-Free America, S8002 [1JY]
Increase leave time for Federal employees relative to services as an organ donor: John R. Lake and John F. Neylan, American Society of Transplantation, S8131 [1JY]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act funding: Lorraine Sheehan, The Arc of the U.S. (organization), S2565 [11MR]
———Patricia M. Smith, National Parent Network on Disabilities, S2564 [11MR]
———Patrisha Wright, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc., S2564 [11MR]
———Paul Marchand and Katherine Beh Neas, Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, H1550 [23MR]
———Tom Carper, James B. Hunt, Jr., Michael O. Leavitt and Mike Huckabee, National Governors' Association, S3363 [25MR]
Insurance coverage of approved clinical studies and prescription drugs and medical devices under health plans: Fran Visco, National Breast Cancer Coalition, S8456 [14JY]
———Judith L. Lichtman and Joanne L. Hustead, National Partnership for Women & Families, S8456 [14JY]
Insurance coverage of long-term care services: Shirley Roney, S6434 [27MY]
———Vaneeta Allen, S6434 [27MY]
International Tuberculosis Control Act: Fran DuMelle, American Lung Association, S10239 [4AU]
———Gordon Douglas and Ralph Nader, Princeton Project 55 Inc., S10240 [4AU]
———Nils Daulaire, Global Health Council, S10240 [4AU]
Jury award relative to Aetna, Inc., medical treatment of David Goodrich prior to death: Jamie Court, Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, E200 [10FE]
Legal accountability for actions by health insurance companies and HMO's: E. Ratcliffe Anderson, Jr., AMA, S8548 [15JY]
———Sara Rosenbaum and Rand Rosenblatt, H9594 [7OC]
———Thomas K. Zaucha, National Grocers Association, S8547 [15JY]
Make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act: John D. Podesta, Executive Office of the President, H12750 [18NO]
Managed Care Reform Act: E. Ratcliffe Anderson, Jr. AMA, H3160 [13MY], H3282 [18MY]
Medicaid Community Attendant Services and Supports Act: Brenda Doss, The Arc of the U.S. (organization), S14641 [16NO]
———John C. Bollinger, Paralyzed Veterans of America, S14641 [16NO]
———Justin Dart, Jr., S14641 [16NO]
———Linda Gonzales, Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living, S14641 [16NO]
———Paul Spooner and Mike Oxford, National Council on Independent Living, S14641 [16NO]
———Thomas H. Countee, Jr., National Spinal Cord Injury Association, S14642 [16NO]
Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act: Representative Archer, Committee on Ways and Means (House), E2301 [8NO]
———Representative Bliley, Committee on Commerce (House), H11614 [5NO], E2301 [8NO]
———Representative Rangel, H11615 [5NO]
———several Democratic Representatives, E2299 [8NO]
Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act impact on medical education programs: several Representatives, H11620 [5NO]
Medicare Competitive Pricing Demonstration Project: Richard Hellman, Metropolitan Medical Society of Greater Kansas City, S12192 [7OC]
Medicare coverage of outpatient prescription drugs: Bente E. Cooney, National Osteoporosis Foundation, S9681 [29JY]
———Carol A. Schutz, Gerontological Society of America, S9680 [29JY]
———Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, S9681 [29JY]
———Eric R. Hargis, Epilepsy Foundation, S9680 [29JY]
———Fran DuMelle, American Lung Association, S9681 [29JY]
———Gail Shearer, Consumers Union, S9680 [29JY]
———James Firman, National Council on the Aging, S9679 [29JY]
———Janice Jackson, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, S9681 [29JY]
———Marjorie Vanderbilt, American Nurses Association, S9680 [29JY]
———Marta Sotomayor, National Hispanic Council on Aging, S9680 [29JY]
———Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S9680 [29JY]
———Steve Protulis, National Council of Senior Citizens, S9680 [29JY]
———Virginia Benson, Homecrest House Resident Council, E1708 [30JY]
Medicare Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Act: Cara C. Bachenheimer, Health Industry Distributors Association, S7224 [17JN]
———Christina A. Metzler, American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc., S7225 [17JN]
———Horace B. Deets, AARP, S7225 [17JN]
———Roger Marzano, Pedorthic Footwear Association, S7225 [17JN]
Medicare Insulin Pump Coverage Act: Leah J. Mullin, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International, S2672 [15MR]
Medicare Rehabilitation Benefit Improvement Act: Bruce Yarwood, American Health Care Association, S2020 [25FE]
———Carol Eller McCaffrey, S2019 [25FE]
———Christina A. Metzler, American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc., S2020 [25FE]
———Donna Geffner, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, S2018 [25FE]
———Larry Fronheiser, National Association of Rehabilitation Agencies, S2020 [25FE]
———Lisa Wade, American Physical Therapy Association, S2020 [25FE]
———Nancy Garland, American Physical Therapy Association, S2019 [25FE]
———Peter Clendenin, National Association for the Support of Long Term Care, S2020 [25FE]
———Randall L. Rutta, Easter Seals (organization), S2020 [25FE]
Medicare reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate), S1870 [24FE]
Medicare Universal Product Number Act: James L. Scott, Premier, Inc., S760 [20JA]
———S. Wayne Kay, Health Industry Distributors Association, S760 [20JA]
———several health care industry organizations and businesses, S760 [20JA]
———William D. Coughlan, National Association for Medical Equipment Services, S760 [20JA]
National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: Don Ryan, Alliance To End Childhood Lead Poisoning, S12246 [7OC]
———Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund, S12245 [7OC]
———President Clinton, S13244 [27OC]
National Health Corps Loan Repayment Program fellowship training in geriatric medicine or psychiatry: Daniel Perry, Alliance for Aging Research, S11366 [23SE]
———Joseph G. Ouslander, American Geriatrics Society, S11366 [23SE]
National Survivors for Prevention of Suicide Day: Gerald H. Weyrauch, Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network, S5058 [11MY]
———Lanny Berman and Karen Dune-Maxim, American Association of Suicidology, S5058 [11MY]
———Laurie Flynn, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, S5058 [11MY]
———Raymond D. Fowler, American Psychological Association, S5882 [24MY]
———Robert Gebbia, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, S5058 [11MY]
Needle exchange programs: C. Everett Koop, H6621 [29JY]
NIH biomedical research funding: Alan Sorkin, Parents & Adolescents Recovering Together Successfully (organization), H5163 [30JN]
———Alan Sorkin, San Diego County, CA, Prevention Coalition, H5162 [30JN]
———Beverly Gonsowski, H5160 [30JN]
———Chuck Ludlam, Biotechnology Industry Organization, H5148 [30JN]
———Donna Crane, American Public Health Association, H5161 [30JN]
———Eric S. Lander, Joint Steering Committee for Public Policy, H5150 [30JN]
———Judith A. Glaven, Harvard Medical School, H5159 [30JN]
———Lawrence S.B. Goldstein, University of California, San Diego, H5162 [30JN]
———Nancy Kawano, H5160 [30JN]
———Rebecca Moore Peterson, Tufts University, H5159 [30JN]
———Richard M. Knapp, Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Funding, H5148 [30JN]
———Ron Hendrix, H5160 [30JN]
———Sid Karin, University of California, San Diego, H5162 [30JN]
———Thomas J. Kipps, University of California, San Diego, H5163 [30JN]
———Tracey J. Flourie, H5161 [30JN]
———Valentin Fuster, American Heart Association, H5148 [30JN]
NIH funding: Carolyn R. Aldige, National Coalition for Cancer Research, S12214 [7OC]
———Stephen J. Ryan, National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research, S12214 [7OC]
Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act: Beverly L. Malone, American Nurses Association, H3477 [24MY]
Pain Relief Promotion Act: John B. Neeld, Jr., American Society of Anesthesiologists, S7534 [23JN]
———Karen A. Davie, National Hospice Organization, S7534 [23JN]
———Richard Payne, H10881 [27OC]
———Richard S. Weiner, American Academy of Pain Management, S7534 [23JN]
———Robert Raben, Dept. of Justice, H10883 [27OC]
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act: Ann Allen, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, S12974 [21OC]
———Camilla Hersch, S12977 [21OC]
———Geri Marullo, American Nurses Association, S12868 [20OC]
———Janet Benshoof and Sana F. Shtasel, Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, S12974 [21OC]
———Kim Koster, S12889 [20OC]
———Marilynn C. Frederiksen, S12982 [21OC]
———Pamela Smith, Physicians' Ad Hoc Coalition for Truth, S12891 [20OC]
———Ralph W. Hale, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, S12868, S12871 [20OC]
———several organizations, S12814 [19OC], S12889 [20OC]
———Stanley Zinberg, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, S12982 [21OC]
Participation in health plans by non-physician providers: Michael H. Kaufman, Preferred CommunityChoice PPO, Inc., S8555 [15JY]
Patient Abuse Prevention Act: Donna E. Shalala, Sec. of HHS, E1674 [28JY]
———Elma Holder, National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform, S9393 [27JY]
———Sarah Greene Burger, National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform, E1675 [28JY]
Pharmaceutical Aid to Older Americans Act: Janice Jackson, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, S14707 [17NO]
———Kathleen C. Konka, National Association of State Units on Aging, S14707 [17NO]
Portrayal of mentally ill character in remake of the movie ``Psycho'': Karen Randall, Universal Studios, S5568 [19MY]
———Senator Domenici, S5567 [19MY]
Postal Service issuance of special stamps to fund prostate cancer research: Bill Schwartz, National Prostate Cancer Coalition, E1611 [20JY]
———Richard N. Atkins, Association for the Cure of Cancer of the Prostate, E1610 [20JY]
———Tracie Snitker, Men's Health Network, E1610 [20JY]
Prescription Drug Fairness for Seniors Act impact on veterans: Thomas L. Garthwaite, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, E2129 [19OC]
Prohibit Federal recoupment of Medicaid funds from State tobacco settlements: Betty Lou Ward, National Association of Counties, S1158 [3FE]
———Christine O. Gregoire and Betty Montgomery, National Association of Attorneys General, S1157 [3FE]
———Clarence E. Anthony, National League of Cities, S1158 [3FE]
———Dan Blue, National Conference of State Legislatures, S1157 [3FE]
———Patrick J. O'Donnell, Nebraska State Legislature, E802 [28AP]
———Sally K. Richardson, Center for Medicaid and State Operations, S1160 [3FE]
———Thomas R. Carper and Michael O. Leavitt, National Governors' Association, S1157 [3FE]
Prohibit financial incentives for physicians to rent office space to be used as comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facilities: D. McCarty Thornton, Dept. of HHS, E603 [12AP]
———Michael M. Hash, Dept. of HHS, E2446 [18NO]
Prohibit possession of tobacco products by minors in the District of Columbia: Anthony A. Williams, Mayor of District of Columbia, H6555 [27JY], H6605, H6607 [29JY]
———M. Cass Wheeler, American Heart Association, H6605 [29JY]
———Matthew L. Myers, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, H6606 [29JY]
———Representative Bilbray, H6555, H6556 [27JY], H6606, H6607 [29JY]
Prohibit transfers or discharges of Medicaid residents of nursing facilities: Bruce Yarwood, American Health Care Association, S2103 [2MR]
———Horace B. Deets, AARP, S2104 [2MR]
———Toby S. Edelman, National Senior Citizens Law Center, S2103 [2MR]
Prostate Cancer Research and Prevention Act: Charles J. McDonald, American Cancer Society, S7268 [18JN]
———Lloyd H. Harrison, American Urological Association, Inc., S7268 [18JN]
———Tracie Snitker, Men's Health Network, S7268 [18JN]
Prostate Specific Antigen testing: Arnold Palmer, E1145 [7JN]
Protection of enrollees in managed health care plans and HMO's, H4008 [9JN]
———Dolores Pavletich, S7283 [18JN]
———Karrie Craig, S7488 [23JN]
———Raymond and Marianne Eberhardt, S7283 [18JN]
———William J. Scanlon, GAO, S7435-S7437 [22JN]
Provide a comprehensive program of support for victims of torture: Representative Bliley, H8425 [21SE]
———Representative Gilman, H8425 [21SE]
Quality Care for the Uninsured Act: Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, H9468 [6OC]
———Lindy L. Paull, Committee on Taxation (Joint), H9449, H9470 [6OC]
———several organizations, H9454 [6OC]
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act application process and compensation criteria for individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines and mills and through fallout from nuclear weapons testing: Arden D. Davis and Cathleen J. Webb, S10417 [5AU]
———Nettie H. Myers, S10417 [5AU]
Radiation Exposure Compensation Improvement Act: Sharon D. Kane, S1265 [4FE]
Require completion of a National Academy of Sciences study before implementing standards or guidelines on ergonomics: American Public Health Association, S12170 [7OC]
———Representative Obey and Bob Livingston, S12171 [7OC]
———William Greaves, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, S12174 [7OC]
Require health plans to provide adequate access to services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists: Ralph W. Hale, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, S8447, S8456, S8490 [14JY], S8606 [15JY]
———Robert W. Yelverton, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, S8447, S8455 [14JY], S8606 [15JY]
Restrict disclosures of medical information by insurance companies: Representative Ganske, H6730 [30JY]
Rocky Flats nuclear weapons site cleanup funding: Ken Salazar, Colorado Attorney General, H8314 [15SE]
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act anniversary: Scott George, Med America Dental and Hearing Center, S3826 [19AP]
State and Federal roles in enacting consumer protections for group health plans: George Reider, Jr., and Kathleen Sebelius, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, S8230 [12JY]
———Republican Governors Association, S8465 [14JY], S8548 [15JY]
Study potential shortage of licensed pharmacists: Charles F. Monahan, Jr., Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences, H8938 [28SE]
———Robert W. Hannan, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, H8938 [28SE]
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration grants for religious organizations providing substance abuse treatment: Richard T. Foltin, Office of Government and International Affairs, S13860 [3NO]
———Rob Cavenaugh, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, S13861 [3NO]
Tax treatment of Social Security benefits: James L. Martin, 60 Plus Association, S859 [21JA]
———Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S859 [21JA]
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act: several Representatives, E2523 [19NO]
Tribute to Alice Gritsavage: Mark Clark, E1148 [7JN]
Tribute to the Food Emergency Rapid Response and Evaluation Team (FERRET): Representative Stenholm, E1378 [23JN]
Use of budget surplus to ensure solvency of Social Security and Medicare: Deborah Briceland-Betts, Voice of Midlife and Older Women (organization), S3330 [25MR]
———Lawrence M. Zippin, Association of Jewish Aging Services, S3330 [25MR]
———Patricia A. Rizzo, Gray Panthers (organization), S3330 [25MR]
———Ron Pollack, Families USA Foundation, S3330 [25MR]
———Steve Protulis, National Council of Senior Citizens, S3329 [25MR]
Use of Federal funds from tobacco industry liability settlement to strengthen Medicare trust funds and provide prescription drug benefits: Horace B. Deets, AARP, S3303 [24MR]
Veterans' health care facilities' funding: several veterans organizations, H1724 [25MR]
Waive Federal Medicaid claim to State tobacco settlements if State uses funds only for smoking reduction and public health programs: Alan G. Lance, Idaho Attorney General, S2890 [18MR]
———Donna E. Shalala, Sec. of HHS, S2831 [17MR], S2894 [18MR]
———Fran Du Melle, American Lung Association, S2882 [18MR]
———Matthew L. Myers, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (organization), S2883 [18MR]
———Tom Carper and Michael O. Leavitt, National Governors' Association, S2891, S2894 [18MR]
Lists
Alliance To End Childhood Lead Poisoning, S12246 [7OC]
American Ambulance Association Stars of Life honorees, S5736 [20MY]
Committee on Finance (Senate) staff who worked on the Taxpayer Refund Act, S9935 [30JY]
Cosponsors of H. Res. 89, NIH biomedical research funding, H5144 [30JN]
Court cases emphasizing ERISA's limitations on insurance company malpractice liability, S8549-S8551 [15JY]
Court cases where ERISA was not a barrier to HMO malpractice liability, S8549 [15JY]
DAV veterans' health care rallies, S6177 [27MY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs initiatives reported in GAO estimate of efficiency savings, S11210 [22SE]
Groups endorsing H.R. 2723, Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act, H7972 [8SE]
Groups supporting S. 881, Medical Information Protection Act, S4265 [27AP]
Groups supporting the Democratic Patients' Bill of Rights, S8223 [12JY]
Health care bills introduced by Senator Specter, S412 [19JA]
Health Care Task Force staff members, S8224 [12JY]
Opponents to a Federal lawsuit against the tobacco industry, S11469 [27SE]
Organizations endorsing H. Res. 89, NIH biomedical research funding, H5149 [30JN]
Organizations endorsing H.R. 2723, Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act, H8453 [21SE], H8957 [28SE]
Organizations opposed to medical records provisions in H.R. 10, Financial Services Act, H6734 [30JY]
Partnership for a Drug-Free America board members, S8002 [1JY]
Patient Access Coalition, H7972 [8SE]
Promise of NIH research for health, H5154 [30JN]
Supporters of H.R. 1798, Clinical Research Enhancement Act, E983 [17MY]
Supporters of S. 1813, Clinical Research Enhancement Act, S13275 [27OC]
Supporters of S. 1918, Medicare for Individuals With Terminal Illnesses Act, S14567 [10NO]
Taxpayer Refund Act provisions considered to be extraneous under the Budget Act, S9929 [30JY]
Memorandums
Biomedical Research Funding: Stephen Redhead, Congressional Research Service, S3230 [24MR]
Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act: Kimberly D. Jones, Congressional Research Service, H9618 [7OC]
Drug Addiction Treatment Act: Donald R. Wesson, American Society of Addiction Medicine, S1092 [28JA]
Fear and Hunger in the Wake of Welfare Reform: Amy K. Fauver, Council on Hemispheric Affairs, E1538 [14JY]
Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act: Several Democratic Representatives, E2299 [8NO]
Medicare Waste, Fraud, and Abuse: Health Care Financing Administration, E643 [14AP]
Protection of Enrollees in Managed Health Care Plans and HMO's: Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, H9005-H9007 [29SE]
Tax Credit for Medical Research Relative to Developing Vaccines Against Widespread Diseases: Gary Guenther, Congressional Research Service, S12424-S12426 [12OC]
U.S. Embargo Effects on Cuban Health Care: David Roberts, Council on Hemispheric Affairs, E2281 [5NO]
Messages
Convention Concerning Safety and Health in Mines: President Clinton, S10709 [9SE]
National Drug Control Strategy: President Clinton, S1365 [8FE], H488 [9FE]
Strengthen Social Security and Medicare Act: President Clinton, S13162 [26OC], S13428 [28OC], H10837 [26OC]
Veto of H.R. 2488, Taxpayer Refund and Relief Act: President Clinton, H8613 [23SE]
Western Hemisphere Drug Alliance: President Clinton, H680 [23FE]
Motions
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (S. 1692), S12804 [19OC], S12895, S12899 [20OC]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 1218), H5120 [30JN]
Death and dying: promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia (H.R. 2260), H10898, H10902 [27OC]
National objectives: policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), H9471 [6OC], H11380 [3NO]
Taxation: reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (H.R. 2488), H6247 [22JY], H6800 [2AU]
———reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (H.R. 2488), conference report, H7274 [5AU]
———reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (H.R. 2488), veto, H8614 [23SE], H10231, H10232 [19OC]
———reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (S. 1429), S9478, S9500 [28JY], S9651, S9652, S9653, S9681, S9682 [29JY], S9887, S9889, S9890, S9891, S9892, S9894, S9896, S9897, S9898, S9899, S9900, S9901, S9902, S9903, S9906 [30JY]
Papers
Assessment of the Potential Inclusion of Anti-Underage-Drinking Advertising in the Office of National Drug Control Policy Campaign: Office of National Drug Control Policy, S8004 [1JY]
Medical Necessity—The Real Issue in the Quality Debate, S1274 [4FE]
Urgent Need for a Drug Expert: Kenneth Hunter and Rinaldo DeNuzzo, E531 [23MR]
Petitions
Medicare coverage of outpatient prescription drugs: Mary Rygler, Homecrest House Resident Council, Silver Spring, MD, E1708 [30JY]
Petitions and memorials
Kili/Bikini/Ejit Local Government Council: assist in resettlement and relocation of people of Bikini Atoll, E1435 [29JN]
Nebraska: prohibit Federal recoupment of Medicaid funds from State tobacco settlements, E802 [28AP]
Poems
``School Lunch Rap,'' Representative Owens, H7988 [8SE]
Press releases
Aetna Misled Congress About Facts of Goodrich Case—Investigations, Withdrawal of Federal Contracts Called for: Consumers for Quality Care (organization), E200 [10FE]
Beaches Environmental Assessment, Cleanup, and Health Act: American Oceans Campaign (organization), H2288 [22AP]
Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act: American Nurses Association, H7973 [8SE]
Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus, H5154 [30JN]
Despite State Managed Care Laws, Most People Still Go Unprotected: Families USA Foundation, S8468-S8470 [14JY]
McCaffrey Says Inclusion of Unresearched and Under Funded Alcohol Ads in Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign Would Be Ill-Advised: Office of National Drug Control Policy, S8004 [1JY]
Pain Relief Promotion Act: American Pain Foundation, H10882 [27OC]
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act: Physicians' Ad Hoc Coalition for Truth, S12891 [20OC]
Protection of Enrollees in Managed Health Care Plans and HMO's: Health Insurance Association of America, H9007 [29SE]
RESULTS Hails Senator Boxer's Efforts To Control TB's Spread—Tuberculosis Is On the Rise Around the World—Killing as Many as 2 Million People Each Year: RESULTS (organization), S10240 [4AU]
Secretary Dole Announces Ergonomics Guidelines To Protect Workers From Repetitive Motion Illnesses/Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Dept. of Labor (1990), S12168 [7OC]
Proclamations
International Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Awareness Day: Representative Toomey, E959 [14MY]
———Senator Santorum, S5184 [12MY]
National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Awareness Month: Representative Cunningham, E2011 [1OC]
Proposals
Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans extension, E954 [13MY]
Medicare reimbursement for nurse-midwife services and free-standing birth centers, E1787 [5AU]
Referendums
Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1998: District of Columbia, H6639 [29JY]
Remarks in House
Abortion: constitutional amendment on right to life (H.J. Res. 4), E6 [6JA]
———pro choice versus right to life, H587 [11FE], H4213 [14JN], E172 [9FE]
———prohibit certain late-term abortions (H.R. 2149), E1220 [10JN]
———prohibit partial-birth abortions, H638 [11FE]
———protect lives of born and unborn persons (H.R. 639), E164 [9FE]
———provide grants for State programs to provide pregnant women with alternatives to abortion (H.R. 2901), H9028 [30SE], E1906 [21SE]
Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans: extend, E954 [13MY]
Aetna, Inc.: jury award relative to medical treatment of David Goodrich prior to death, E200 [10FE]
Africa: effects of AIDS epidemic, E1500 [1JY]
———HIV/AIDS prevention programs funding for sub-Saharan Africa, H6681 [29JY], H9342, H9375 [5OC]
———HIV/AIDS prevention programs funding for sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 2765), H9019 [29SE], H9180 [30SE], E1772 [5AU]
African Americans: improve health condition of African-American males, E2426 [17NO]
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research: consider shortages of trained researchers who are members of priority populations when allocating training funds, H8918, H8919 [28SE]
———designation of inner-city areas as a priority population, H8919, H8920 [28SE]
———encourage awarding of health care technology grants to minority institutions of higher education, H8921, H8922 [28SE]
———establish Office on Special Populations, H8920, H8921 [28SE]
———establish web site to provide consumers with independent information on health insurance choices, H8918 [28SE]
———promote evidence-based clinical practices for examination and treatment of sexual assault victims and train health professionals in performance of medical evidentiary examinations, H8922 [28SE]
———require report on disparities in health care delivery relative to racial and socio-economic factors in priority populations, H8921 [28SE]
———require research on health care services for women relative to cancer and cardiovascular diseases, H8923 [28SE]
———require research on methods to reduce prescription drug prices, H8923-H8926 [28SE]
———require studies of financial and quality effects of increasing access to health care services, H8926-H8929 [28SE], E1999 [1OC]
———revise and extend (H.R. 2506), H8432 [21SE], H8911-H8941 [28SE], E1540 [14JY], E1992 [29SE], E1999, E2011 [1OC], E2526 [19NO]
———revise and extend (H.R. 2506), consideration (H. Res. 299), H8910, H8911 [28SE]
———revise and extend (S. 580), H12857 [18NO]
———telemedicine services report, H8939, H8940 [28SE], H10038 [14OC]
Agriculture: establish a program of mandatory market reporting of prices and quantities for certain meat packers relative to livestock to improve the collection of information, H9228 [1OC]
———prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (H.R. 443), E784 [27AP]
Agromedicine Institute: tribute, H8828 [27SE]
AID: child survival and disease programs funding through offsets in the International Military Education Program, H6678-H6680 [29JY]
Air pollution: clean air standards, E337 [4MR]
American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin: tribute to Central Ohio chapter, E2113 [18OC]
American College of Radiology: anniversary, E1913 [21SE]
American College of Sports Medicine: completion of headquarters expansion, H1339, H1383 [17MR]
American Heart Association: tribute to Westside American Heart Walk, E2377 [11NO]
American Indian Health & Services (organization): anniversary, E74 [20JA]
American Society of Nephrology: tribute, E2246 [3NO]
American Society of Transplantation: tribute, E665 [15AP]
Antitrust policy: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), E2172 [25OC]
Arlington National Cemetery: authorize memorialization at the columbarium for eligible veterans who have donated their remains to science (H.R. 1069), E412 [11MR]
Armed Forces: administration of certain drugs without informed consent, H1899 [13AP]
———improve TRICARE program, H4077, H4082 [10JN]
———make anthrax vaccination immunization program voluntary (H.R. 2543), H9823 [12OC], E1578 [16JY], E1735 [3AU]
———performance of abortions at overseas military medical facilities, H3990-H3995 [9JN], E971 [14MY], E1025 [19MY], E1070 [24MY], E1231 [10JN]
———provide for Medicare subvention demonstration project for veterans and improve TRICARE program (H.R. 1347), E596 [25MR], E681 [15AP]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (H.R. 2966), H8943 [28SE], E2359 [11NO]
———suspend anthrax vaccination immunization program until it is determined to be safe and effective (H.R. 2548), H9823 [12OC], E1591 [19JY], E1735 [3AU]
———use of military health care system and commissary stores by unremarried former spouses of members (H.R. 475), E366 [9MR]
Association of Philippine Physicians in Ohio: anniversary, E811 [29AP]
Asthma Awareness Month: observance, H3684 [26MY]
Bankruptcy: provide exclusion from income for certain Social Security and Medicare benefits, H2770 [5MY]
Beaches: improve quality of coastal recreation waters (H.R. 950), E326 [3MR]
———improve quality of coastal recreation waters (H.R. 999), H2284-H2294 [22AP]
———improve quality of coastal recreation waters (H.R. 999), consideration (H. Res. 145), H2282-H2284 [22AP]
Bernton, Horace W.: Bell Atlantic Corp. Outstanding Leader Award recipient, E1400 [24JN]
Bethesda, MD: tribute to National Naval Medical Center staff, H7431 [5AU]
BIA: allocation of Indian Health Service contract support costs, H5495, H5565 [14JY]
Bikini Atoll: assist in resettlement and relocation of people (H.R. 2368), H8115-H8118 [13SE], E1435 [29JN]
Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare: proposal to increase Medicare premiums to encourage beneficiaries to enter into private managed care plans, E2006 [1OC]
Birckhead, Oliver: Cincinnati Brain Injury Association Award recipient, E1991 [29SE]
Black Lung Benefits Act: ensure benefit equity for eligible survivors (H.R. 228), E50 [7JA]
Brain Tumor Awareness Week: observance, H2641 [5MY]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance, H9638 [7OC], H9905 [13OC]
Bronx Psychiatric Center: observance of Patient Recognition Day, E2200 [27OC]
Brooklyn, NY: anniversary of Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, E1038 [20MY]
———tribute to Metropolitan Jewish Geriatric Center, E1846 [9SE]
Bucks County, PA: anniversary of Planned Parenthood Association, E2489 [19NO]
Budget: allocation of funds, H1603 [24MR], H11073 [28OC]
———ensure solvency of Social Security and Medicare, H8891, H8894 [28SE], H9312 [5OC]
Burke, Elizabeth: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leader award recipient, E1252 [15JN]
Burlingame, CA: tribute to Mills-Pennsula Hospital for recognition by HCIA Inc., as a top hospital in U.S., E418 [11MR]
Bush Boake Allen Inc.: OSHA Voluntary Protection Program Star Award recipient, E2328 [10NO]
Business and industry: involvement of private companies in the trafficking of fetal tissue and body parts, E2516 [19NO]
———involvement of private companies in the trafficking of fetal tissue and body parts (H. Res. 350), H11708, H11723-H11728 [9NO], E2376 [11NO], E2406 [17NO]
Carey, Rea: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Award of Excellence recipient, E2151 [20OC]
Carondelet Health System (organization): tribute to Community Outreach Network, E2528 [22NO]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: renaming of main campus as the Edward R. Roybal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Campus, H5351 [12JY]
———surveillance and research of autism and related developmental diseases to implement effective treatment and prevention strategies (H.R. 274), E35 [7JA]
Charlop, Megan: Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leader honoree, E2460 [19NO]
Charlottesville, VA: tribute to Martha Jefferson Hospital Martha's Market event, H2522 [29AP]
Chicago, IL: opening of Buehler Enabling Garden at the Chicago Botanic Garden, E1654 [26JY]
———tribute to community health centers, H5987 [20JY]
Children and youth: carry out programs to prevent and manage asthma, allergies, and related respiratory problems and establish a pest control services tax credit for low-income multifamily residential housing (H.R. 1966), E1105, E1108 [26MY]
———improve access to mental health services, H2225 [21AP], H2338 [27AP]
———improve health of children (H.R. 1085), E424 [11MR]
———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care, H4512 [17JN]
———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care (H.R. 1430), E666 [15AP]
———meet mental health and substance abuse treatment needs of incarcerated children and youth (H.R. 837), E275 [24FE]
———mental health services (H.R. 3455), H12891 [18NO]
———national policy to promote the special interest of children, H11860 [10NO]
———provide for grants, a national clearinghouse, and a report to improve the quality and availability of after-school programs (H.R. 1307), E573 [25MR]
———provide health insurance for uninsured children, E2452 [18NO]
———require lead poisoning screening for enrollees in certain Federal programs (H.R. 1996), E1122 [27MY]
Children of the World Foundation: tribute, E2508 [19NO]
Children's Friend (organization): anniversary, E861 [5MY]
China, Republic of: participation in WHO (H.R. 1794), H9256-H9259 [4OC], E2034 [6OC]
Citizens Acting Together Can Help (CATCH), Inc.: tribute, E2081 [13OC]
Civil liberties: protect the privacy of personally identifiable health information (H.R. 1941), E1086 [25MY], E1105 [26MY]
Clarence, NY: anniversary of Brothers of Mercy, E1407 [25JN]
Cleveland, OH: renaming of Health Hill Hospital for Children to the Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital for Rehabilitation, E1826 [9SE], E2010 [1OC]
———tribute to Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital for Rehabilitation, E1782 [5AU]
Colleges and universities: academic health centers funding, E892 [6MY]
Colorado River: transfer jurisdiction over cleanup from NRC to Dept. of Energy, H2276 [22AP]
Committee on the Budget (House): issuance of Social Security Task Force report, H8004 [9SE]
Communities Can! (organization): tribute to Communities of Excellence Award recipients, H4229 [15JN]
Congress: accomplishments of the 106th Congress, H11147 [1NO], H11693-H11697 [8NO], H12894 [19NO], E2533 [3DE]
———legislative achievements of Republican majority, H10728 [25OC]
———legislative priorities, E2084 [13OC]
Congressional Black Caucus: HIV/AIDS prevention programs funding, H9019 [29SE], H9180, H9181 [30SE]
Congressional Black Caucus Veterans Braintrust: forum on veterans health care issues, E2517 [19NO]
Consumers: encourage HMO's and health care plans to consult the National Practitioner Data Bank to determine physician qualifications, H9629 [7OC]
Contracts: require managed care organizations to contract with providers in medically underserved areas (H.R. 1860), E1055 [20MY]
Controlled Substances Act: civil liability for illegal manufacturers and distributors of controlled substances, H4442-H4445 [16JN]
Corps of Engineers: develop and implement a plan for Atlantic coastal States to address problems with toxic microorganisms in wetlands and waters, H2483 [29AP]
Correctional institutions: combat the overutilization of prison health care services and control prisoner health care costs (H.R. 1349), E594 [25MR]
———Federal funding for abortions, H7204-H7207 [4AU]
Council on Chiropractic Practice: health care services guidelines, E456 [17MR]
Courts: limit medical malpractice claims (H.R. 2242), E1290 [16JN]
———treatment of personal injury claims relative to litigation arising from year 2000 computer problem, H3031 [12MY]
Crime: exempt adult siblings, grandparents, and religious persons from prohibition on taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions, H5120, H5121 [30JN]
———prevent violence against women, H1918 [13AP]
———prevent violence against women (H.R. 357), E78 [20JA]
———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 1218), H3868 [9JN], H4830 [24JN], H5102-H5123 [30JN], E1485 [1JY]
———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 1218), consideration (H. Res. 233), H5099-H5102 [30JN]
———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 1218), motion to recommit, H5120, H5121 [30JN]
———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 3682), H638 [11FE]
Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment, H3464 [24MY], H6976 [4AU], E2281 [5NO]
Darko, Issac: NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program for Individuals From Disadvantaged Backgrounds honoree, E1749 [5AU]
Death and dying: promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia (H.R. 2260), H8103 [13SE], H10121 [18OC], H10727, H10729 [25OC], H10864, H10876-H10903 [27OC], E2179 [25OC]
———promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia (H.R. 2260), consideration (H. Res. 339), H10868-H10876 [27OC]
———promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia (H.R. 2260), motion to recommit, H10902 [27OC]
———recognize prevention of youth suicide as a national priority (H. Res. 286), E1945 [23SE]
Democratic Party: national agenda, H11452-H11459 [3NO], H11714 [9NO], H12081-H12087 [16NO], H12158-H12164, H12168-H12174 [17NO]
Dept. of Agriculture: require equivalent health and safety standards for imported meat and poultry products, H3788, H3789 [8JN]
———tribute to the Food Emergency Rapid Response and Evaluation Team (FERRET), E1377 [23JN]
Dept. of Defense: compliance with Buy American Act relative to purchase of strength training equipment, E1235 [10JN]
———require research into presence of squalene antibodies in the blood of Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, H2457 [28AP]
———use available funds to implement special supplemental food benefit program for personnel stationed overseas (H.R. 1779), E942 [12MY]
Dept. of Energy: assignment of all security and safety functions to the Assistant Sec. for Defense Programs, H3877 [9JN]
———Rocky Flats nuclear weapons site cleanup funding, H6507 [27JY], H8314 [15SE]
———worker and community transition programs funding, H6519 [27JY]
Dept. of HHS: delay effective date of the final rule relative to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, H12825, H12826, H12829-H12832 [18NO], E2284 [5NO], E2524 [19NO]
———Healthy Start Program funding (H.R. 2739), E1786 [5AU]
———make additional payments to certain home health agencies with high-cost patients and provide for an interest-free grace period for repayment of overpayments (H.R. 1917), H9968 [13OC], E1078 [25MY]
———make grants in the form of forgiveable capital advances to help preserve community hospitals experiencing financial difficulties (H.R. 2236), E1294 [16JN]
———study potential shortage of licensed pharmacists, H8937-H8939 [28SE]
Dept. of HUD: Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Program funding through offsets in the NSF Polar and Antarctic Research Program, H7935-H7940 [8SE], E1850 [13SE]
———Shelter Plus Care Program funding, E1851 [13SE]
Dept. of Labor: require completion of a National Academy of Sciences study before implementing standards or guidelines on ergonomics (H.R. 987), H3831 [8JN], H6909-H6927 [3AU], H11554 [4NO], H11566 [5NO], E352 [4MR], E1740 [4AU], E1766 [5AU]
———require completion of a National Academy of Sciences study before implementing standards or guidelines on ergonomics (H.R. 987), consideration (H. Res. 271), H6901-H6909 [3AU]
Dept. of State: International Rape Counseling Program funding, H5797 [19JY]
———prohibit interference with certain foreign intellectual property laws or policies designed to make pharmaceuticals more affordable, H6027-H6030 [21JY]
Dept. of Transportation: make grants to develop a pilot program on the use of telecommuting as a means of reducing air pollutant emissions (H.R. 2556), E1589 [19JY]
———peanut allergy study funding, H4771 [23JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorizing appropriations for veterans health care, H6379 [26JY], H6587 [29JY], H7417-H7425 [5AU], H7900, H7901, H7905, H7907, H7908, H7953 [8SE], H8023-H8025 [9SE], H11112 [28OC], H11377 [3NO], H12799 [18NO], E1802 [8SE], E1828 [9SE], E1957 [24SE], E2140 [19OC], E2373 [11NO]
———benefits funding, H3439 [20MY]
———establish certain presumptions of service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, H1899 [13AP]
———expand respite care program (H.R. 1762), H4228 [15JN]
———funding, H487 [9FE], H1275 [16MR], H1388, H1402 [17MR], H1740, H1782 [25MR], H1990, H1991, H1994, H1995 [14AP]
———GAO audit, H6845 [3AU]
———health care facilities' funding, H1602, H1603 [24MR], H1721, H1724, H1725 [25MR]
———improve access of veterans to emergency medical care in non-Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facilities (H.R. 135), E11 [6JA]
———improve allocation of health care resources, H2977 [11MY], H5990, H5992 [20JY], E1569 [16JY], E2192 [26OC]
———improve allocation of health care resources (H.R. 24), E17 [7JA]
———improve health care programs and provide extended care services for veterans (H.R. 2116), H4228 [15JN], H6845 [3AU], H8392-H8408 [21SE], H11944 [10NO], E1196 [9JN], E1784 [5AU], E1921 [22SE], E1956 [24SE], E2023 [4OC]
———improve health care programs and provide extended care services for veterans (H.R. 2116), conference report, H12046-H12056 [16NO], E2403 [16NO], E2435, E2453 [18NO], E2531 [22NO]
———improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (H.R. 3256), E2359 [11NO]
———improve programs providing counseling and treatment for sexual trauma experienced by veterans (H.R. 1799), E961 [14MY]
———increase veterans health care funding by delaying effective date of capital gains tax reduction, H7921-H7923 [8SE]
———payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by nicotine dependence developed during service, E1956 [24SE]
———prohibit closure of hospitals, H8046-H8049 [9SE]
———prohibit implementation of Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation system, H8033-H8042 [9SE], E1848 [13SE]
———provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans (H.R. 2736), H7424 [5AU], E2359 [11NO]
———use portion of any national tobacco settlement for veterans health care (H.R. 691), H541 [10FE]
———veterans extended care facilities funding, H8052-H8054 [9SE]
———veterans health care in rural areas funding, H8032, H8033 [9SE]
Detroit, MI: tribute to Henry Ford Hospital Hermelin Brain Tumor Center, E1922 [22SE]
Discrimination: prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (H.R. 2457), E1490 [1JY]
Diseases: cancer research funding, H2312 [27AP]
———efforts to combat fibromyalgia (H. Res. 237), H5142 [30JN]
———efforts to prevent transmission of HIV, H12801 [18NO]
———establishment and operation of asthma treatment services for children, E1753 [5AU]
———establishment and operation of asthma treatment services for children (H.R. 2840), E1850 [13SE]
———expand research activities relative to lupus (H.R. 762), H11074 [28OC], E1513 [12JY]
———HIV/AIDS research and prevention programs funding relative to minority populations, H9290-H9294 [4OC], H10773 [26OC]
———increase funding for breast cancer research, treatment, and prevention, H9638 [7OC]
———increase public awareness, encourage regular testing and examinations, and extend research programs for prostate cancer (H. Res. 211), E1412 [25JN]
———increase public awareness and encourage regular testing and examinations for prostate cancer (H. Res. 211), H4677-H4683 [22JN]
———increase research, treatment, and public education of Lyme disease (H.R. 2790), E1799 [5AU]
———increased support and funding to combat diabetes (H. Res. 325), H12033-H12040 [16NO], E2443, E2451 [18NO]
———issue special postage stamps to fund prostate cancer research (H.R. 2562), E1610 [20JY]
———juvenile diabetes research funding, H4721 [22JN]
———national policy to control spread of hepatitis C, H6850 [3AU]
———ovarian cancer research programs, H5156 [30JN]
———ovarian cancer research programs (H.R. 961), H1305 [16MR]
———promote Alzheimer's disease awareness, H10372 [20OC]
———prostate cancer research programs funding, H2934 [11MY]
———research funding, H10115 [14OC], H11108 [28OC]
———retinal degenerative disease research funding, H1978 [14AP]
———thyroid disease screening, H9518 [7OC]
———use of Prostate Specific Antigen testing, E1145 [7JN]
Dismond, Samuel R., Jr.: American Lung Association Individual Health Advocate of the Year award recipient for the Genesee Valley region of Michigan, E383 [10MR]
District of Columbia: Dept. of Fire and Emergency Services purchase of automated external defibrillators, H6643 [29JY]
———prohibit funding to implement any law, rule, or regulation legalizing or reducing penalties for the possession of marijuana or other controlled substances, H6638-H6642, H6644 [29JY], H8474 [22SE], H9028 [30SE]
———prohibit needle exchange programs funding, H6617-H6629, H6644 [29JY], H6901 [3AU], H8074-H8081 [9SE], H10100-H10111 [14OC], H10856 [26OC], H11433, H11436-H11440 [3NO], H11507 [4NO], H12104 [16NO], E1711 [2AU]
———prohibit possession of tobacco products by minors, H6555 [27JY], H6604-H6607 [29JY]
———prohibit the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative from taking effect, H10083-H10089, H10100-H10111 [14OC]
———release of result of ballot initiative on legalization of marijuana, H8074-H8081 [9SE]
Drug abuse: combat methamphetamine production and abuse, H6996 [4AU]
———national drug control policy, H680 [23FE], H779-H784 [24FE], H881-H885 [2MR], H918-H920 [3MR], H1059-H1061 [9MR], H1262-H1265 [15MR], H1326-H1331 [16MR], H1927-H1930 [13AP], H2189-H2194 [20AP], H2347-H2351 [27AP], H3162-H3166 [13MY], H3283 [18MY], H3594-H3600 [25MY], H3771, H3826-H3831 [8JN], H4331-H4336 [15JN], H4722-H4726 [22JN], H5079-H5084 [29JN], H5441-H5446 [13JY], H6011-H6015 [20JY], H6851, H6953 [3AU], H8308 [15SE], H8459-H8463 [21SE], H8959-H8964 [28SE], H9403-H9408 [5OC], H9518 [7OC], H9892-H9897 [12OC], H10372 [20OC], H10719-H10722 [21OC], H10851-H10857 [26OC], H11071 [28OC], H11359-H11364 [2NO], H11847-H11850 [9NO], H11946-H11950 [10NO], H12101-H12105 [16NO], E190 [10FE], E1208 [10JN]
———prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange programs (H.R. 982), E356 [4MR]
Drugs: price controls on prescription drugs, H5099 [30JN]
———treatment of gamma y-hydroxybutyrate and ketamine hydrochloride relative to the Controlled Substances Act (H.R. 2130), H9863-H9872, H9879 [12OC]
———use of marijuana for medicinal purposes (H.R. 912), E617 [13AP]
East Tennessee State University: anniversary of James H. Quillen College of Medicine, E384 [10MR]
Ecology and environment: promote environmental justice by establishing links between pollution and community health problems and assist such communities (H.R. 1510), E733 [21AP]
———protect children from exposure to certain environmental pollutants (H.R. 199), E48 [7JA]
Education: recognize success of lay person CPR training in increasing the rate of survival of cardiac arrest and support efforts to enhance public awareness of the need for such training (H. Con. Res. 139), H8632 [24SE]
Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing supply regulations (H.R. 623), E156 [8FE]
EPA: investigation of ``environmental justice'' policies relative to waste transfer stations in South Bronx and Staten Island, NY, H1451 [18MR], H4328 [15JN]
ERISA: establish new procedures and access to courts for grievances arising under group health plans, H8945-H8950 [28SE], H9175 [30SE], H9522, H9554, H9616-H9629, H9632 [7OC]
———provide that participants in disability insurance plans are entitled to judicial review of certain benefit determinations (H.R. 1773), H3063 [12MY]
Families and domestic relations: demonstration projects to support State and local efforts to provide partial or full wage replacement for childbirth, adoption, or other caregiving needs (H.R. 2500), H8536 [22SE]
———limit the effects of domestic violence on the lives of children (H.R. 3315), E2362 [11NO]
Family and Medical Leave Act: amend (H.R. 91), E48 [7JA]
Fathers Count Act: require education about alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs and HIV/AIDS to grant participants, H11894 [10NO]
Fayetteville, AR: Washington Regional Medical Center recipient of American Hospital Association NOVA Award, E942 [12MY]
FDA: enforce medical device regulations and encourage manufacturers to comply with the true spirit of such regulations, E1042 [20MY], E1389 [24JN]
———establish a comprehensive program to ensure food safety (H.R. 1612), E799 [28AP], E2377 [11NO]
Federal employees: enable the Government to enroll an employee's child in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program when the employee fails to provide coverage for the child under a State court order (H.R. 2842), E1855 [13SE]
———establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (H.R. 110), H2112 [15AP], E42 [7JA]
———establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (H.R. 1111), H12157 [17NO]
———health benefits coverage for hearing aids and examinations (H.R. 2321), E1372 [23JN]
———health benefits coverage for infertility treatment (H.R. 2706), E1749 [5AU]
———increase leave time relative to services as an organ donor (H.R. 457), H6360-H6362 [26JY], E110 [2FE], E844 [4MY]
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: allow option of expanded dental, optometry, prenatal, infertility, or prescription drug benefits in lieu of contraceptive coverage, H5647 [15JY]
———allow option of obtaining coverage for self and children only (H.R. 1170), E458 [17MR]
———coverage of abortion procedures, H5635-H5642 [15JY]
———coverage of contraceptives under any plan providing prescription drug coverage, E1576 [16JY], E1594 [19JY]
———exempt certain participating health plans from coverage of abortifacients, H5652-H5660 [15JY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: require persons who reprocess medical devices to comply with certain safety requirements (H.R. 3148), E2184, E2192 [26OC]
———safeguard public health and provide food that is safe, unadulterated, and honestly presented (H.R. 1346), E2377 [11NO]
FICA: allocation of funds, H5096 [30JN]
Financial institutions: ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information, H5219, H5222 [1JY]
———ensure medical and financial privacy for consumers, H6728-H6738 [30JY]
———ensure medical and financial privacy for consumers and prevent redlining in the insurance industry, H5191, H5192, H5194-H5196, H5320-H5322 [1JY]
Florida: tribute to Project—Dentists Care, E1747 [5AU]
Florida Breast Cancer Coalition: tribute, H3396 [20MY]
Food: assistance programs funding, H1139 [10MR]
———consumer access to information on the health benefits of foods and dietary supplements (H.R. 1077), E420 [11MR]
———improve safety of imported foods (H.R. 830), E280 [24FE]
———improve safety of imported foods (H.R. 2055), E1175 [9JN]
———initiatives to protect and inform the public about food allergies (H. Res. 309), H9238 [1OC], E1979 [28SE]
———promote clinical research relative to consumer access to information on the health benefits of foods and dietary supplements, E1767 [5AU]
———require warning labels on raw shell egg cartons, E2377 [11NO]
Food industry: encourage clinical research on certain dietary supplements, H8827 [27SE]
Food Quality Protection Act: establish certain requirements (H.R. 1592), E1008 [18MY]
Food stamps: permit purchase of vitamin and mineral supplements (H.R. 3304), E2350 [11NO]
Foreign countries: HIV prevention and care programs funding, H6664 [29JY]
———prohibit imposition of unilateral sanctions on exports of food, agricultural products, medicines, or medical supplies and equipment, H3795-H3798 [8JN]
———require congressional approval of U.S. economic sanctions on agricultural products, medicines, and medical products, H8997 [29SE], H9210, H9213, H9216, H9227, H9229 [1OC]
———require GAO report on effectiveness of economic sanctions and prohibit imposition of unilateral sanctions on exports of food, agricultural products, medicines, or medical supplies and equipment (H.R. 212), H2641 [5MY], H3441 [20MY]
———transfer of population control funds to certain children's health initiatives, H4028 [10JN]
Foreign policy: encourage U.S. businesses to establish HIV/AIDS Response Fund for sub-Saharan Africa, H5739-H5742 [16JY]
———ensure that OPIC and Eximbank financed investments in sub-Saharan Africa support improved infrastructure and meet certain goals for involvement by minorities, women, and native citizens, H5737, H5738 [16JY]
———exemption of food and medicine from unilateral economic sanctions, H2528 [29AP]
———importance of addressing HIV/AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa, H5742-H5744 [16JY]
Foreign trade: strengthen U.S. ability to counteract foreign measures that act as market access barriers (H.R. 3393), E2395 [16NO]
Formica, Palma E.: St. Peter's University Hospital and Muscular Dystrophy Association Woman of the Century award recipient, E2364 [11NO]
Freeman, Rosalina: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leader award recipient, E1469 [1JY]
Fresno, CA: anniversary of St. Agnes Medical Center, E2186 [26OC]
Genesee County Medical Society: observance of Patient Appreciation Day, E2132 [19OC], E2144 [20OC]
Genesis Club: tribute, E1011 [18MY]
Georgia: veterans outpatient clinic funding, H8030 [9SE]
Glen Rock, NJ: tribute to Byrd Elementary School anti-smoking program, H1671 [24MR], E517 [23MR]
Goldsboro, NC: Communities Can! (organization) Community of Excellence Award recipient, H4327 [15JN]
Grand Junction, CO: Grand Junction VA Hospital recipient of Robert W. Carey Quality Award, E2072 [12OC]
Graves, Benjamin B.: Arthritis Foundation James Record Humanitarian Award recipient, E1911 [21SE]
Greene, Concha Hernandez: California Public Health Champion award recipient, E1177 [9JN]
Grundy County, IL: anniversary of Walnut Grove Retirement Community, E375 [9MR]
Guillain-Barre Syndrome Awareness Day: observance, E778 [27AP]
Haugh, Patricia: Wisconsin Outstanding Nurses of the Year Award recipient, E906 [10MY]
Hawaii: increase the Federal medical assistance percentage (H.R. 442), E116 [2FE]
Hazardous substances: increase funding for poison control centers and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access (H.R. 1221), E532 [23MR]
Health care: effects of cost of health care on low and middle income people, H5166 [30JN]
Health care facilities: provide payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs, H8933-H8937 [28SE], E1992 [29SE]
———teaching hospital funding, H9010-H9018 [29SE], E2307 [8NO]
Health care professionals: admission requirements for nonimmigrant nurses willing to practice in underserved areas (H.R. 441), H3474-H3478 [24MY], H11321-H11324 [2NO]
———establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (H.R. 2627), E1674 [28JY]
———improve access to specialists for enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H1572 [23MR]
———provide whistleblower protections, H8876 [28SE]
HealthPlus of Michigan (business): American Lung Association Corporate Health Advocate award recipient for the Genesee Valley region of Michigan, E383 [10MR]
Hemophilia Relief Fund Act: funding, H11089 [28OC], E754 [22AP], E2209 [28OC]
Hillsboro, IL: recognition of Hillsboro Area Hospital by HCIA, Inc., 100 Top Hospitals—Benchmark for Success program, E1331 [18JN]
House Rules: allow points of order against legislation on private sector mandates affecting health, safety, or the environment, H552-H558 [10FE], E228 [11FE]
Houston, TX: tribute to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, E2449 [18NO]
Illinois: tribute to St. Mary's/Good Samaritan Hospital volunteers, E1207 [10JN]
Immigration: pilot program to extend voluntary departure period for certain nonimmigrant aliens admitted under the Visa Waiver Pilot Program for medical treatment in the U.S. (H.R. 2961), E1983 [28SE]
Indianapolis, IN: anniversary of Riley Hospital for Children, E2061 [7OC]
———tribute to citizen efforts against breast cancer, E1999 [1OC]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, H763-H771 [24FE], H1077 [10MR], H1549-H1556 [23MR], H1716, H1717 [25MR]
———funding (H. Con. Res. 84), H2563-H2570, H2608 [4MY], E623, E629 [13AP], E857 [5MY]
———funding through offsets in NLRB funding, E2103 [14OC]
Insurance: apply group health plan portability requirements to students covered under college-sponsored health plans (H.R. 991), E354 [4MR]
———coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans, H4812 [23JN]
———coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (H.R. 2045), H8454 [21SE]
———coverage of long-term care services (H.R. 2691), E1728, E1733, E1736 [3AU]
———coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (H.R. 383), H9638 [7OC]
———ensure coverage of emergency ambulance services (H.R. 1777), E943 [12MY]
———extend COBRA continuation health coverage for individuals 55 and older (H.R. 2227), E1259 [15JN]
———implement coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (H.R. 3224), E2276 [5NO]
———improve access to health care for the uninsured, H8950 [28SE]
———legal accountability for actions by health insurance companies and HMO's, H8945-H8951 [28SE], H9175 [30SE], H9307, H9308, H9309, H9311, H9392-H9403 [5OC], H9476, H9479-H9483, H9485-H9502 [6OC], H9520, H9522, H9554-H9629 [7OC], E1985 [29SE]
———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (H.R. 306), E57 [7JA]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H383, H410-H412 [3FE], H1571, H1572 [23MR], H3758-H3760 [7JN], H4212 [14JN], H4741, H4742, H4743, H4744, H4745, H4806-H4813 [23JN], H4830, H4831, H4832, H4883, H4885-H4888 [24JN], H4956 [25JN], H5060-H5064 [29JN], H5139-H5141, H5165 [30JN], H5354, H5355-H5360 [12JY], H5450-H5454 [13JY], H5464 [14JY], H5579 [15JY], H6587 [29JY], H6851, H6852, H6853, H6954-H6959 [3AU], H6969, H6970, H7237 [4AU], H8454-H8456 [21SE], H9309 [5OC], H11378, H11381-H11390 [3NO], H11485, H11503 [4NO], H11715, H11844, H11846 [9NO], H12081-H12083, H12085 [16NO], H12113, H12114, H12115 [17NO], H12753 [18NO], E1728 [3AU], E1985 [29SE]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 358), H682-H689 [23FE], H1028 [9MR], H1077 [10MR], H1570, H1574 [23MR], H1848-H1855 [12AP], H2207 [21AP], H2456, H2464-H2466 [28AP], H2971-H2974 [11MY], H3685-H3690 [26MY], H4004-H4010 [9JN], E65 [19JA], E1752 [5AU]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 719), H1312-H1316 [16MR], H2357-H2362 [27AP], H2955-H2959 [11MY], H3156-H3160 [13MY], H3277-H3283 [18MY], H3396 [20MY], H4217 [14JN]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2723), H7966-H7983 [8SE], H8086-H8090 [9SE], H8157 [14SE], H8449-H8454 [21SE], H8876, H8877, H8945-H8959 [28SE], H8970, H8971, H8972, H9001-H9007 [29SE], H9175 [30SE], H9237 [1OC], H9294-H9296 [4OC], H9307, H9308, H9310, H9311, H9387-H9403 [5OC], H9414, H9415, H9416, H9417, H9474-H9502, H9503, H9504-H9508 [6OC], H9517, H9518, H9519, H9520, H9521, H9522, H9523-H9636 [7OC], H9648 [8OC], H9886 [12OC], H9906 [13OC], H11123 [28OC], H11567 [5NO], H11693-H11697 [8NO], E2071, E2072, E2073, E2074 [12OC], E2172 [25OC]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2723), consideration (H. Res. 323), H9418-H9431 [6OC], E2068 [7OC]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2824), H9503, H9504 [6OC]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2926), H9025 [30SE]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 326), H2971 [11MY]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1344), H5463 [14JY], H5826-H5829 [19JY]
———provide coverage for individuals participating in approved cancer clinical trials (H.R. 3110), E2207 [28OC]
———provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (H.R. 1977), H4813-H4815 [23JN], E1121 [27MY]
———require group and individual health insurance plans to provide coverage of cancer screening (H.R. 1285), H1916 [13AP], E639-E641 [14AP]
———require group health plans to provide access to unrestricted medical advice (H.R. 2043), H8454 [21SE]
———require group health plans to provide coverage of pediatric care (H.R. 2044), H3871 [9JN]
———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (H.R. 49), E27 [7JA]
International Association of Firefighters: tribute to camp for children who are burn victims, H8984 [29SE]
Internet: regulation of online sales of pharmaceuticals (H.R. 2763), E1754 [5AU]
Iron Mountain, MI: prohibit termination of inpatient services or closure of Iron Mountain Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, H8044-H8046 [9SE]
Johnson, Gary: proposal to legalize certain controlled substances by the Governor of New Mexico, H9518 [7OC]
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation: tribute to participants in Children's Congress, H4677 [22JN], E1390 [24JN]
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: assess and treat mental health needs of juvenile offenders, H4515-H4517 [17JN]
Kansas City, MO: tribute to Kaiser Permanente (health maintenance organization) and Service Employees International Union Local 96 upon reaching employment contract agreement, E2491 [19NO]
———tribute to Stowers Institute for Medical Research, E2515 [19NO]
Kendall, J. Peter and Fran: West Bergen Mental Healthcare (business) Distinguished Service Award recipients, E666 [15AP]
Kentucky Nurses Week: observance, E890 [6MY]
Lake Jackson, TX: tribute to Brazosport Rehabcare Center, E1817, E1819, E1838 [9SE]
Lancaster, CA: Antelope Valley Hospital recipient of American Hospital Association Hospital Award for Volunteer Excellence, E923 [11MY]
Latex Allergy Awareness Week: observance, H9378 [5OC]
Leggiero, Michael: North Hudson County, NJ, Kiwanis Club Man of the Year, E970 [14MY]
Leukemia Society of America: anniversary, E1037 [20MY]
Loma Linda, CA: tribute to Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of the Inland Empire, E1860 [14SE]
Lund, Keith: American Ambulance Association Star of Life Award recipient, E1007 [18MY]
Marshall Islands: compensation relative to nuclear testing program, H3063 [12MY]
Massachusetts: anniversary of Cape and Island Emergency Medical Services, E296 [25FE]
———tribute to Donor Awareness Bike-A-Thon, E708 [20AP]
Massapequa, NY: tribute to McKenna Elementary School for participation in National Kick Butts Day, E641 [14AP]
Mathews, Fred: tribute to efforts relative to neurofibromatosis research funding, E1017 [19MY]
Medicaid: allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute fraud in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in residential facilities (H.R. 3045), E2069 [7OC]
———allow States to use State Children's Health Insurance Program allotment to cover additional low-income children, H8151 [14SE]
———coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs, H572 [10FE], H960 [4MR], H4679, H4681, H4682 [22JN]
———coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (H.R. 1070), H1915 [13AP], H4963 [25JN], H9638 [7OC], E401 [11MR], E1333 [18JN]
———coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (S. 662), E492 [18MR]
———coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists (H.R. 1514), H2208 [21AP]
———definition of audiologist (H.R. 1068), E420 [11MR]
———extend the higher Federal medical assistance payment percentage for Indian Health Service facilities to urban Indian health programs (H.R. 470), E106 [2FE]
———funding, E1977 [28SE]
———improve coverage determination process relative to new advances in medical technology, H6590 [29JY]
———permit presumptive eligibility of Medicare beneficiaries for certain low-income Medicare beneficiary programs (H.R. 854), E359 [8MR]
———permit public schools and other entities to determine presumptive eligibility for low-income children (H.R. 1298), E587 [25MR]
———prohibit Federal recoupment of State tobacco settlements, E801 [28AP]
———prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing facilities (H.R. 540), H1029-H1033 [9MR], H1080 [10MR], E393, E396 [10MR]
———require payment by States of certain individualized education programs medical services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (H.R. 1672), E846 [4MY]
———treatment of payments made as a result of tobacco industry liability settlement, H3266, H3267 [18MY], E1010 [18MY]
———waive Federal claim to State tobacco settlements if State uses funds only for smoking reduction and public health programs (H.R. 1289), E582 [25MR]
Medicare: administrative fee for submission of paper rather than electronic claims (H.R. 2114), E1184, E1187 [9JN]
———allocation of funding, H3300, H3301 [19MY], H3395, H3397 [20MY]
———allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services, H638 [11FE]
———allow petitioners for coverage of new technologies or procedures to meet with the Health Care Financing Administration to develop written plans (H.R. 2338), E1392 [24JN]
———bipartisanship relative to reform, H2776 [5MY]
———calculation of Medicare+Choice payments for medical services at Dept. of Veterans Affairs and Dept. of Defense facilities (H.R. 2447), E1487 [1JY]
———clarify non-preemption of State prescription drug benefit laws relative to Medicare+Choice plans (H.R. 549), E129 [3FE]
———combat fraud and abuse relative to partial hospitalization services (H.R. 1543), E738 [22AP]
———combat waste, fraud, and abuse, E643 [14AP]
———combat waste, fraud, and abuse (H.R. 2229), E1258 [15JN]
———combat waste, fraud, and abuse (H.R. 3461), E2517 [19NO]
———comprehensive financing for graduate medical education, H12806 [18NO]
———comprehensive financing for graduate medical education (H.R. 1224), E524 [23MR]
———contracting with certain hospitals to provide certain surgical procedures and related services at a single rate (H.R. 1392), E616 [13AP], E860 [5MY]
———coverage of adult day care services (H.R. 745), E222, E227 [11FE]
———coverage of advanced new therapies to treat diabetic foot ulcers (H.R. 2369), E1440 [29JN]
———coverage of chiropractic services under Medicare+Choice program (H. Con. Res. 62), E501 [18MR]
———coverage of chronic disease prescription drugs (H.R. 1796), E968 [14MY]
———coverage of frail elderly beneficiaries permanently residing in certain nursing facilities (H.R. 1998), E1125 [27MY]
———coverage of glaucoma detection services (H.R. 2620), E1659 [27JY]
———coverage of marriage and family therapist services (H.R. 2945), E1955 [24SE]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H589 [11FE], H3714 [7JN], H4743 [23JN], H4890 [24JN], H4998 [29JN], H5096, H5097, H5098, H5135-H5141 [30JN], H5183 [1JY], H9887 [12OC], H11207, H11208 [2NO], H11486, H11487, H11552 [4NO], H11619 [5NO], H11693-H11697 [8NO], H11715 [9NO], H12113, H12114, H12115 [17NO], H12749 [18NO], E1241 [14JN], E1251 [15JN], E1708 [30JY], E1879 [15SE]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (H.R. 1495), E711 [20AP], E1162 [8JN]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (H.R. 1495), consideration (H. Res. 372), E2339 [10NO]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (H.R. 3482), E2519 [19NO]
———coverage of prescription drugs, H1339 [17MR]
———coverage of screening retinal eye examinations for individuals with diabetes (H.R. 1542), E744 [22AP]
———coverage of vision rehabilitation services (H.R. 2870), E1895 [17SE]
———creation of database collecting personal information from individuals receiving in-home benefits, H1175 [11MR]
———creation of database for collecting personal information from individuals receiving in-home benefits, H1977 [14AP]
———develop and implement a single, unified prospective payment system for post-care hospital services (H.R. 2070), E1163 [8JN]
———eliminate cost sharing on preventive services, E1554 [15JY]
———eliminate reduction in payment amounts to certain health care facilities in Florida, H10155 [18OC]
———eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive drugs, H12806 [18NO]
———encourage use of special care programs, H2794, H2795 [5MY]
———ensure access to comparable prescription drug coverage in Medigap policies relative to termination of Medicare+Choice plans (H.R. 634), E172 [9FE]
———ensure proper payment of approved nursing and paramedical education programs, H12806 [18NO]
———establish a demonstration project to provide beneficiaries greater information on various courses of treatment for certain diseases or injuries (H.R. 1544), E742 [22AP]
———exclude cancer treatment from the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient services (H.R. 1090), H3835 [8JN], E419 [11MR]
———exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (H.R. 655), E170 [9FE]
———exclude lobbying costs from the calculation of the adjusted community rate for Medicare+Choice plans (H.R. 2230), E1237 [14JN]
———exempt certain beneficiaries from financial limitations imposed on physical, speech-language pathology, and occupational therapy services (H.R. 1837), E1011 [18MY]
———exempt financial limitations imposed on physical, speech-language pathology, and occupational therapy services and develop and implement a classification system to vary the limitations (H.R. 1736), E890 [6MY]
———expand the use of competitive bidding (H.R. 1900), E1051 [20MY]
———extend community nursing organization demonstration projects (H.R. 1999), E1118 [27MY]
———freeze reductions under Balanced Budget Act, H9965-H9970 [13OC], E2085 [13OC]
———freeze reductions under Balanced Budget Act (H.R. 3145), E2196 [26OC], E2305 [8NO]
———funding, H778 [24FE], H4474 [17JN], E1977 [28SE]
———graduate medical education payments (H.R. 1222), E2085 [13OC]
———graduate medical education payments (H.R. 1785), H9966 [13OC], E946 [12MY]
———impact of the Balanced Budget Act on Health Care Financing Administration authority to implement policies and programs, H8998 [29SE]
———implement budget neutrality adjustment factor in determining payment rates for Medicare+Choice organizations (H.R. 2419), E1469 [1JY]
———improve access to benefits and programs to eligible, low-income beneficiaries (H.R. 1455), E681 [15AP]
———improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain individuals (H.R. 2228), E1251 [15JN]
———improve and streamline the physician self-referral law (H.R. 2650), E1684 [30JY]
———improve coverage determination process relative to new advances in medical technology, E1154 [7JN]
———improve the operation of certain Medicare+Choice and Medigap programs (H.R. 491), E97 [2FE]
———improve the telemedicine program and provide grants for the development of telehealth networks (H.R. 3420), E2444 [18NO]
———increase certain payments to hospitals (H.R. 2266), H9966 [13OC]
———increase payment for pap smear laboratory tests (H.R. 976), E355 [4MR]
———increase payments to providers for case manager services in rural areas (H.R. 1646), E808 [29AP]
———limit reductions in Federal payments under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (H.R. 2241), H9966 [13OC], E1275 [16JN]
———make refinements in the prospective payment system for outpatient hospital services (H.R. 2979), E1995 [30SE]
———modify restrictions on physician self-referral (H.R. 2651), E1684 [30JY]
———payment rates for Medicare+Choice organizations, H10229 [19OC]
———payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education programs in critical need specialty areas (H.R. 1645), E810 [29AP]
———prevent sudden disruption of beneficiary enrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (H.R. 141), E53 [7JA]
———prohibit financial incentives for physicians to rent office space to be used as a comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facility, E2446 [18NO]
———prohibit financial incentives for physicians to rent office space to be used as comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facilities, E603 [12AP]
———prohibit privatization, H1021, H1027 [9MR], H1271 [16MR], H1340 [17MR], H1576 [23MR], H1871 [13AP], H2308, H2311 [27AP], H2788-H2795 [5MY], E645 [14AP], E901 [6MY]
———proposal to raise eligibility age for women, H1913 [13AP]
———provide additional benefits to prevent or delay the onset of illnesses (H.R. 1968), E1102 [26MY]
———provide greater equity to home health agencies and ensure access to medically necessary home health services (H.R. 2628), E1673 [28JY]
———provision of physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology services, and respiratory therapy by a comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facility at a single, fixed location (H.R. 3441), E2446 [18NO]
———reduce amount of coinsurance payable in conjunction with outpatient department services (H.R. 421), E76 [20JA]
———reduce capital payments to certain hospitals with below average occupancy rates (H.R. 2199), E1245 [14JN]
———reduce financial liability of physicians providing certain care under Medicare+Choice program (H.R. 1375), E604 [12AP], E1159 [8JN]
———reductions in prescription drug prices, H286 [2FE], H6432 [27JY], H8860 [27SE], E1548 [14JY]
———reductions in prescription drug prices (H.R. 664), H543 [10FE], H626-H631 [11FE], H3363-H3370, H3372 [19MY], H3440 [20MY], H4676 [22JN], H5052 [29JN], H5137-H5141 [30JN], H6590 [29JY], H8540-H8546 [22SE], H8622 [23SE], H8829, H8830, H8831 [27SE], E1347 [22JN], E1932 [22SE], E1951 [23SE], E1975 [28SE], E2129 [19OC], E2313 [9NO]
———reductions in prescription drug prices (S. 731), H2776 [5MY]
———reform, H571, H572 [10FE], H727 [24FE], H831, H835, H836, H837, H863, H864, H867 [2MR], H1076 [10MR], H1754, H1760, H1773, H1774, H1776 [25MR], H1871, H1900 [13AP], H1981-H1995 [14AP], H2060 [15AP], H2309, H2340-H2346 [27AP], H2788-H2795 [5MY], H3284 [18MY], H3301 [19MY], H3771, H3831 [8JN], H5135-H5141 [30JN], H5338 [12JY], H6664, H6665 [29JY], H6753-H6757 [30JY], H6851 [3AU], H10230 [19OC], H12749, H12788, H12829 [18NO], E536 [24MR], E645 [14AP], E984 [17MY]
———reform (H.R. 3075), E2100 [14OC]
———reform payment system for home health services, H1050 [9MR]
———reimbursement for nurse-midwife services and free-standing birth centers, E1787 [5AU]
———reimbursement of routine patient care costs for individuals participating in approved clinical trials (H.R. 61), E37 [7JA]
———repeal restriction on payment for hospital discharges to post-acute care (H.R. 1936), E1081 [25MY]
———repeal restriction on payment for hospital discharges to post-acute care (H.R. 405), H9966 [13OC]
———require certain additional information in statements of explanation of benefits provided to beneficiaries (H.R. 1511), H2226 [21AP]
———require Dept. of HHS study on mortality and adverse outcome rates of patients receiving anesthesia services (H.R. 2002), E1132 [27MY]
———require governing boards of national accrediting entities to have public representation and open meetings (H.R. 2174), E1220 [10JN]
———restore the non-applicability of private contracts for the provision of benefits (H.R. 958), E326 [3MR]
———revise interim payment system to home health agencies for home health services, H9971 [13OC]
———revise payment amounts to home health agencies (H.R. 2240), E1291 [16JN]
———standardize clinical practice guidelines to improve delivery of services (H.R. 2069), E1166 [8JN]
———treatment of payments to Medicare+Choice organizations relative to disproportionate share hospital payments (H.R. 1103), E399 [11MR]
———withdrawal of HMO coverage relative to payment methodology and implementation of new regulations, H1024 [9MR]
Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force: establish (H.R. 119), E8 [6JA]
Medicare/Medicaid: expand and clarify requirements regarding advance directives to ensure that an individual's health care decisions are observed (H.R. 1149), E499 [18MR]
———restrict use and require recording and reporting of information on use of physical and chemical restraints and seclusion in mental health facilities (H.R. 1313), E592 [25MR]
———surety bond requirements for home health agencies, durable medical equipment suppliers, and others (H.R. 2325), E1375 [23JN]
Medtronic, Inc.: anniversary and tribute for sponsorship of television program ``Frontiers of Medicine'', E1193 [9JN]
Meisner, Mary: Colorado County Nurse Association, Inc., Florence Award recipient, E2363 [11NO]
Mental health: provide for treatment parity (H.R. 2593), E1637 [22JY]
———recognize the significance to society of issues relating to mental illness and express full support for the White House Conference on Mental Health (H. Res. 133), H3744 [7JN]
Mental Health Month: observance, E886 [6MY]
Miami, FL: tribute to Columbia Deering Hospital's Senior Friends Chapter, E1020 [19MY]
———tribute to Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Race for the Cure 5K walk/run, H9905 [13OC]
Miami-Dade Community College: observance of Nurse Day at Medical Center, E607 [12AP]
Michigan: tribute to Bay Medical Center Auxiliary, E839 [4MY]
Middletown, OH: Middletown Regional Hospital recipient of American Hospital Association NOVA Award, E924 [11MY]
Milstein, Bernard: Prevent Blindness (organization) Texas Gulf Coast Branch Person of Vision award recipient, H9903 [13OC]
Missoula, MT: St. Patrick Hospital recipient of American Hospital Association NOVA Award, H2934 [11MY]
Montgomery County, TX: anniversary of Montgomery County Hospital District Emergency Medical Service, E694 [20AP]
Mount Vernon, IL: recognition of Crossroads Community Hospital by HCIA, Inc., 100 Top Hospitals—Benchmark for Success program, E1331 [18JN]
National Alzheimer's Awareness Month: observance, H12157 [17NO], E2486 [19NO]
National Association of People With AIDS: tribute, E1672 [28JY]
National Cancer Institute: funding, H5152 [30JN], E1502 [1JY]
National Center for Social Work Research: establish (H.R. 3214), E2289 [5NO]
National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: observance, E2179 [25OC]
National Diabetes Awareness Month: observance, E2183 [26OC]
National Eye Donor Month: observance, E323 [3MR]
National Eye Institute: funding, H5156, H5157 [30JN]
National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day: observance, H3063 [12MY]
National Hospice Month: observance, E2245 [3NO]
National Hospital Week: observance, H2522 [29AP], E923 [11MY], E936 [12MY], E979 [14MY]
National Kick Butts Day: observance, E641, E645 [14AP]
National Nurses Week: observance, H2772 [5MY], E875 [5MY], E906 [10MY]
National objectives: policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H1453 [18MR], H1722 [25MR], H4212 [14JN], H9245, H9246 [4OC], E900 [6MY], E1882 [15SE]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 1200), E495 [18MR]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), H9286-H9288 [4OC], H9414, H9415, H9431, H9471-H9474 [6OC], E2057-E2059, E2066 [7OC], E2073 [12OC]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), Senate amendment (H. Res. 348), H11341-H11344 [2NO]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), consideration (H. Res. 323), H9418-H9431 [6OC], E2068 [7OC]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), motion to instruct conferees, H11380-H11390 [3NO]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), motion to recommit, H9471 [6OC]
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: observance, E844 [4MY]
National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Awareness Month: observance, E2011 [1OC]
National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month: observance, H3065-H3068, H3069, H3071 [12MY], E934 [12MY], E980 [14MY]
Native Americans: BIA, Indian Health Service, and school construction programs funding, H5519 [14JY]
———enhance self-governance relative to direct operation, control, and redesign of Indian Health Service activities (H.R. 1167), H12133-H12141 [17NO], E456 [17MR], E2509 [19NO]
———improve services and facilities of Federal Indian health programs and encourage maximum participation of Indians in such programs (H.R. 3397), E2397 [16NO]
Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship Program: tribute, E2338 [10NO]
Nespoli, John L.: Arthritis Foundation Community Leader of the Year award recipient, E1926 [22SE]
New York University: tribute to School of Medicine Child Study Center, E516 [23MR]
NIH: biomedical research funding, H623 [11FE]
———biomedical research funding (H. Res. 89), H5143-H5163 [30JN], E1491, E1502 [1JY]
———brain tumor research funding, H2641 [5MY]
———establish Office of Autoimmune Diseases (H.R. 2573), E1608 [20JY]
———funding, H1750, H1751 [25MR], H11073, H11089, H11092, H11100-H11104, H11111 [28OC], H11208 [2NO]
———improve and expand clinical research programs, H12752 [18NO]
———improve and expand clinical research programs (H.R. 1798), E983 [17MY]
———lupus research funding, H1915 [13AP]
———raise Office of Minority Health Research to level of center, H9019 [29SE]
———release of Diabetes Research Working Group report, H758 [24FE], H3363 [19MY], H11118 [28OC]
Nutrition: establish a national folic acid education program to prevent birth defects (H.R. 2538), E1618 [21JY], E1632 [22JY]
Nutrition professionals: tribute, H4711 [22JN]
Occupational Therapy Month: observance, E680 [15AP], E716 [21AP], E808 [29AP]
Ocupational Safety and Health Awareness Days: observance, E1239 [14JN]
Onondaga County, NY: reduction in infant mortality rates, H1456 [18MR]
Organ donors: allow leave for individuals who give living organ donations and address payment of travel and subsistence expenses incurred by individuals donating or receiving organs (H.R. 1857), E1009 [18MY]
———encourage filling out of organ donation cards, H8002 [9SE]
———establish congressional commemorative medal (H.R. 941), E317 [2MR]
———tribute to kidney donors (H. Res. 94), H1783 [25MR], H11654-H11657 [8NO]
Organ procurement and transplantation programs: revise and extend, H11115 [28OC]
———revise and extend (H.R. 2418), E1468 [1JY], E2284 [5NO]
OSHA: allow employees to participate in evaluating safety conditions, rules, and policies of the workplace (H.R. 1434), E661 [15AP]
———encourage safety and health audits and assure timely adjudication of whistleblower complaints by employees (H.R. 1439), H3831 [8JN], E661 [15AP]
———exempt voluntary self assessments and audits from being used to identify safety and health violations by employers (H.R. 1438), E661 [15AP]
———identify and notify the specific industries to which regulations and compliance standards apply (H.R. 1436), E661 [15AP]
———implementation of ergonomic regulations, E568 [25MR]
———issue regulations to eliminate or minimize the significant risk of needlestick injury to health care workers (H.R. 1899), E1049 [20MY]
———waiver or abatement of penalties for small businesses if violations are corrected in a specified time (H.R. 1437), E661 [15AP]
Owens, Howard L.: Health Access of California (business) Lifetime Health Care Advocate Award recipient, E31 [7JA]
Pain: provide for a public response to the public health crisis of pain, H10878, H10893-H10900 [27OC]
Palo Alto, CA: dedication of new Palo Alto Medical Foundation facility, E1859 [14SE]
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act: implementation, E1538 [14JY]
Pesticides: implement integrated pest management systems to minimize use in schools and provide parents and employees with notices of pesticide use (H.R. 3275), E2370 [11NO]
Pfizer, Inc.: anniversary, E2049 [6OC]
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (organization): advertising campaign against H.R. 664, Prescription Drug Fairness for Seniors Act, E1975 [28SE]
Pharmaceuticals: discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries, H4890 [24JN], H5165, H5166, H5167 [30JN], H5842 [20JY]
———establish compulsory licensing of certain patented prescription drugs and medical inventions (H.R. 2927), H9176 [30SE], H10154 [18OC], H10754 [25OC], H11148 [1NO]
———establish therapeutic equivalence requirements for generic drugs (H.R. 805), H3369 [19MY], E263 [23FE]
———industry pricing schedule relative to senior citizens, H8860 [27SE]
———protect beneficiaries of group health plans, individual health plans, and Medicare+Choice plans in the use of prescription drug formularies (H.R. 3274), E2329 [10NO]
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine: anniversary, E28 [7JA]
Placer County, CA: wastewater treatment plant funding, H8054 [9SE]
Pleasanton, CA: tribute to Lions Club for scleroderma awareness efforts, E1685 [30JY]
Praeger, Sandy: Kansas Medical Society Dr. Nathan Davis Award recipient, H6024 [21JY]
Prescription Drug Fairness for Seniors Act: effect on veterans, E2129 [19OC]
Princeton, NJ: tribute to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ``At Home With the ARTS'' program, E327 [3MR]
Privacy: establish Federal penalties for prohibited use and disclosure of personal health information and allow individuals to inspect and copy their own health information (H.R. 2455), E1494 [1JY]
———protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform national identifying number, H4744 [23JN]
———protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform national identifying number (H.R. 220), E3 [6JA]
Public buildings: placement of automatic external defibrillators to assist individuals who experience cardiac arrest and protections from civil liability relative to emergency use of the devices, H8930 [28SE]
———placement of automatic external defibrillators to assist individuals who experience cardiac arrest and protections from civil liability relative to emergency use of the devices (H.R. 2498), H5369 [13JY], H8389 [21SE]
Puerto Rico: access to Federal aid programs, H659 [23FE], H830 [2MR], H1023 [9MR]
Queens, NY: anniversary of Franklin Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, E791 [28AP]
Racial relations: national objectives priority assignments, H1316-H1322 [16MR]
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: compensation for certain individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines, mills, or during transport (H.R. 1045), H1062 [9MR]
Radioactive substances: remediation of Atlas uranium milling site near Moab, UT, H6546, H6547 [27JY]
———remediation of Atlas uranium milling site near Moab, UT (H.R. 1559), E766 [26AP]
———remediation of Atlas uranium milling site near Moab, UT (H.R. 393), H1480 [23MR], E83 [20JA]
Red Ribbon Week: observance, E2172 [25OC], E2204 [27OC]
Refugees: provide a comprehensive program of support for victims of torture (H.R. 2367), H8424-H8427 [21SE], E1929 [22SE]
Republican Party: national agenda, H4901-H4906 [24JN], H5988 [20JY], H11376 [3NO], H11693-H11697 [8NO]
Research: embryonic stem cell research funding, E1696 [30JY]
———human fetal tissue transplantation research practices, H10772 [26OC]
———study of adverse effects of inadequate sleep, E2254 [3NO]
Ridgewood, NJ: tribute to Valley Hospital for sponsorship of National Cancer Survivors Day, E1228 [10JN]
Ruiz, Juan C.: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leader award recipient, E1355 [22JN]
Rural areas: promote access to health care services, H543 [10FE]
———promote and improve access to health care services, H1722 [25MR], H12808 [18NO]
———promote and improve access to health care services (H.R. 1344), E2085 [13OC]
Safety: food safety programs funding, H8126 [13SE]
Salinas Valley Memorial Health Care System: tribute to contributions to health care in the People's Republic of China, E311 [2MR]
San Diego County, CA: anniversary of San Ysidro Health Center, E1890 [15SE]
Schools: improve air quality, H4745 [23JN]
———provide grants to reduce drug-related transactions and drug use in one-mile areas surrounding elementary and secondary schools (H.R. 2410), E1457 [1JY]
Science: basic research funding, H3174 [14MY], H9176, H9178 [30SE]
Senior citizens: establish a national family caregiver support program (H.R. 1341), E745 [22AP]
———limit hardship endured when meeting prescription drug needs (H. Con. Res. 152), H5461 [14JY]
———prevent and increase penalties for crimes such as health care, pension, and telemarketing fraud, and nursing home abuse and fraud (H.R. 1862), E1031 [19MY]
Sequoia Community Health Foundation, Inc.: anniversary, E576 [25MR]
Small business: improve access and choice for owners relative to employee health insurance expenses (H.R. 1496), E2073 [12OC]
Social Security: constitutional amendment relative to budget treatment of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program and the hospital insurance program (H.J. Res. 40), E477 [18MR]
———earnings test for blind individuals (H.R. 1601), H2454 [28AP]
———effects of reform proposals on women, H2619-H2626 [4MY]
———effects of reform proposals on women (H. Res. 34), H623 [11FE], H1397-H1404 [17MR]
———ensure solvency of trust funds, H1871 [13AP], H2140 [20AP], H2346 [27AP], H5169 [30JN], H11205, H11207, H11208 [2NO], H11443 [3NO]
———establish and maintain individual investment accounts (H.R. 1897), E1037 [20MY]
———expand health care coverage for working, disabled individuals and establish a Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program to provide work opportunities for such individuals (H.R. 1180), H6381 [26JY], H10241-H10266, H10273 [19OC], H11122 [28OC], E479, E484, E492 [18MR], E1877 [15SE], E2145 [20OC], E2175 [25OC]
———expand health care coverage for working, disabled individuals and establish a Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program to provide work opportunities for such individuals (H.R. 1180), conference report, H12823-H12832 [18NO], E2522, E2524 [19NO]
———expand health care coverage for working, disabled individuals and establish a Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program to provide work opportunities for such individuals (S. 331), request return of papers (S. Res. 127), H10274 [19OC]
———extend rural Advanced Life Support intercept services to other areas (H.R. 2711), E1748 [5AU]
———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, H12749, H12753, H12774, H12788, H12805, H12806, H12809 [18NO]
———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (H.R. 3075), H11566, H11596-H11628 [5NO], E2297, E2298, E2301, E2305, E2307 [8NO], E2335, E2343 [10NO], E2356 [11NO], E2387 [15NO], E2509 [19NO]
———prohibit privatization, H818 [1MR]
———protect Social Security surpluses and reserve a portion of non-Social Security surpluses to strengthen and protect Medicare (H.R. 3165), E2207 [28OC]
———reform, H863-H870 [2MR], H1158 [10MR], H2045 [14AP], H2248-H2253 [21AP], H4894 [24JN], H10755-H10761 [25OC], H10840 [26OC], H10907-H10913 [27OC], H11129-H11134 [28OC], H12164, H12165 [17NO]
———reform (H.R. 1), H1028 [9MR], H9311 [5OC], H9519 [7OC], H9904, H9907 [13OC], H10764 [25OC], H10775 [26OC]
———use of budget surplus to ensure solvency, H1339 [17MR], H1481 [23MR]
Solano County, CA: anniversary of Solano Coalition for Better Health, E1170 [8JN]
Sonoma County, CA: anniversary of Drug Abuse Alternatives Center, E1811 [9SE]
SonoSite, Inc.: tribute, E2427 [17NO]
South Africa: use of compulsory licensing relative to pharmaceuticals, E782 [27AP]
Spohr, Earl C.: Health Care Financing Administration Volunteer of the Year award recipient, E1597 [20JY]
St. Helena, CA: anniversary of St. Helena Hospital's first open heart surgery, E1887 [15SE]
States: improve data collection and evaluation of children's health coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (H.R. 1545), E758 [22AP]
Sumter, SC: tribute to Rotary Club CART Fund, E1478 [1JY]
Surgeon General: importance of report on media and violence (H.J. Res. 47), E805 [28AP]
———study on media and violence, H4490, H4491 [17JN]
Tariff: HIV antiviral drug production, H3736 [7JN]
Taxation: allow a refundable credit for certain Medicare premiums (H.R. 122), E3 [6JA]
———allow credit for dry cleaning equipment that uses reduced amounts of hazardous substances (H.R. 1303), E589 [25MR]
———allow designation of income tax refunds for use in NIH biomedical research programs (H.R. 785), H5145 [30JN]
———allow individuals a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and provide for a report on State health insurance safety-net programs (H.R. 2362), H4957 [25JN], E1405 [25JN]
———allow individuals a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance through a pooling arrangement (H.R. 2185), E1254 [15JN], E1304 [17JN], E1806 [8SE]
———allow medical innovation tax credits for clinical testing expenses attributable to academic medical centers and other hospital research organizations (H.R. 1039), E371 [9MR]
———credits for health insurance costs of employees not eligible to participate in employer-subsidized health coverage (H.R. 1819), E972, E979 [14MY]
———deduction for health insurance premiums (H.R. 145), E7 [6JA]
———ensure employees retain hospital insurance tax exemption relative to consolidation of a political subdivision with the State (H.R. 873), E288 [25FE]
———impose a tax on certain unearned income and provide tax relief by reducing the rate of the Social Security payroll tax (H.R. 1099), H3835 [8JN], H12169 [17NO]
———permit penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans for medical expenses of certain older relatives (H.R. 275), E45 [7JA]
———provide tax credit for caregivers (H.R. 2458), E1497 [1JY]
———reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (H.R. 2488), H5464 [14JY], H5576, H5577, H5578, H5579, H5580 [15JY], H5753, H5829-H5835 [19JY]-H5842, H5843, H5847, H5986, H5989, H5990-H6003 [20JY], H6022, H6023, H6024, H6025, H6026, H6101-H6197 [21JY], H6203-H6249, H6345 [22JY], H6382, H6387 [26JY], H6431, H6433, H6566, H6567, H6573-H6580 [27JY], H6586, H6587, H6588, H6589, H6590 [29JY], H6726, H6727, H6728, H6745, H6749-H6753 [30JY], H6763, H6764, H6765, H6839 [2AU], H6847, H6850, H6851, H6852, H6853, H6952 [3AU], E1652 [26JY], E1667 [28JY], E1708 [30JY]
———reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (H.R. 2488), conference report, H6968, H6969, H6970, H6971, H6972, H7238 [4AU], H7261-H7276 [5AU], H7890 [8SE], H8002, H8003, H8004, H8085 [9SE], H8102 [13SE], H8155, H8156, H8157 [14SE], H8293, H8294, H8295 [15SE], H8387, H8391, H8392 [21SE], H8473, H8474, H8475, H8552 [22SE], E1804 [8SE], E1842 [9SE], E1865 [14SE]
———reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (H.R. 2488), consideration (H. Res. 256), H6089-H6101 [21JY], E1647 [26JY]
———reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (H.R. 2488), motion to instruct, H6800-H6809 [2AU]
———reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (H.R. 2488), motion to recommit, H6247-H6249 [22JY]
———reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (H.R. 2488), veto, H8561, H8562, H8614-H8621 [23SE], H8631, H8632, H8662 [24SE], H8970, H8971, H8972, H8973 [29SE], H9828 [12OC], H10231 [19OC], H11693-H11697 [8NO], H12161 [17NO], E1988 [29SE], E1996 [30SE], E2002 [1OC]
———reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (S. 1429), H6721 [29JY]
———reduce the per dose tax on vaccines (H.R. 1337), E573 [25MR]
———simplify Internal Revenue Code through revenue neutral proposals (H.R. 1420), E647 [14AP]
———treatment of estate taxes on family-owned farm businesses, E173 [9FE]
———treatment of foods and supplements for dietary use, and medical foods as medical expenses (H.R. 3306), E2347 [11NO]
———treatment of individual health insurance costs and employees who elect not to participate in employer subsidized health plans (H.R. 1687), H2781-H2783 [5MY]
———treatment of marriage penalty, estate taxes, long-term care needs, child care, health insurance costs for self-employed individuals, and the alternative minimum tax (H.R. 2085), H5464 [14JY]
———treatment of medical savings accounts (H.R. 614), H2180 [20AP]
———treatment of Social Security benefits (H.R. 107), H3224 [18MY], E17 [7JA]
———treatment of Social Security benefits (H.R. 688), E190 [10FE]
———treatment of Social Security benefits (H.R. 3438), E2437 [18NO]
———treatment of unused benefits under cafeteria plans that allow flexible spending accounts for out-of-pocket medical expenses (H.R. 3034), H9520 [7OC], H11072 [28OC]
Taxpayer Refund and Relief Act (H.R. 2488): consideration of conference report (H. Res. 274), H7252-H7260 [5AU]
Telecommunications: ensure availability of adequate frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum for biomedical telemetry (H.R. 2379), E1420 [29JN]
Texas: implementation of legislation to protect enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H9308, H9310, H9391-H9398 [5OC], H9520, H9562 [7OC]
Texas Agricultural Extension Service: Expanded Nutrition Program anniversary, E1336 [18JN]
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act (H.R. 1180): consideration of conference report (H. Res. 387), H12822, H12823 [18NO]
———corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 236), H12866 [18NO]
Tobacco products: health risks to children, E515 [23MR]
———impose restrictions on the sale of cigars (H.R. 2579), E1623 [22JY]
———release of tobacco production and marketing information (S. 1543), H7467 [5AU]
———smuggling prevention programs (H.R. 2503), H5370 [13JY]
———strengthen State efforts to limit access to minors (H.R. 144), E41 [7JA]
———tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, H8562 [23SE]
———tobacco industry liability settlement relative to programs for children and youth, H3001, H3002, H3005 [12MY]
———treatment of tobacco farmers relative to tobacco industry liability settlement, E528 [23MR]
———tribute to students participating in 21st Congressional District of California anti-smoking essay contest, E131 [3FE]
Torres, Emma: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leader award recipient, E1190 [9JN]
Transportation: sociological impact of extended work commutes, H11709 [9NO]
U.N.: tribute to U.N. Population Fund relative to health care activities in Kosovo, E2050 [6OC]
Ukraine: anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident, E765 [26AP]
University of Mississippi: tribute to Medical Center, E2511 [19NO]
University of Washington: tribute to medical school for recognition by U.S. News & World Report (publication), E535 [24MR]
Upland, CA: anniversary of San Antonio Community Hospital, E1779 [5AU]
Urban areas: develop and implement integrated cockroach management programs to reduce health risks to residents, especially children, suffering from asthma and asthma-related illnesses (H.R. 875), E291 [25FE]
Ussery, Janice: Meals on Wheels (organization) Volunteer of the Year award recipient, E1742 [4AU]
Veterans: add bronchiolo-alveolar carcinoma to the list of service-connected diseases, H5013 [29JN]
———add bronchiolo-alveolar carcinoma to the list of service-connected diseases (H.R. 690), E189 [10FE]
———eligibility for hospital care and services relative to awarding of Purple Heart (H.R. 430), E97 [2FE]
———hepatitis C research funding, H8060 [9SE]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (H.R. 1764), E946 [12MY]
———presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in certain veterans, H7923, H7924 [8SE]
———require Dept. of Defense to research the presence of squalene antibodies in the blood of Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, H2036 [14AP]
Veterans Health Administration: ensure pay parity between dentists and physicians, H7924 [8SE]
———ensure pay parity between dentists and physicians (H.R. 2660), H10154 [18OC]
VISION 2020 Initiative (organization): tribute for global efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness, E206 [11FE]
Vitamins: revise regulations relative to dietary supplement labeling and provide that certain types of advertisements for dietary supplements are proper (H.R. 3305), E2354 [11NO]
Walla Walla, WA: tribute to the Kathryn Severyns Dement Sleep Disorder Center, E637 [14AP]
Washington State University: tribute to Cancer Prevention and Research Center, H2906 [6MY]
Water: biological monitoring and whole effluent toxicity testing relative to publicly owned treatment works (H.R. 155), E54 [7JA]
———prohibit funding for a national primary drinking water standard for Radium 226 and 228, H8049, H8050 [9SE]
———study and establish a national primary drinking water standard for radium 224 (H.R. 2665), E1699 [30JY]
Wayne County Medical Society: anniversary, E569 [25MR]
White House Conference on Mental Health: tribute, H3744, H3746 [7JN]
WIC: anniversary, E861 [5MY]
Winnebago, NE: construction of a replacement Indian Health Service hospital, H5408 [13JY]
Women: collection and analysis of data on toxic shock syndrome (H.R. 889), E1367 [23JN]
———determine the health risks of dioxin, synthetic fibers, and other additives in tampons and similar products (H.R. 890), E1367 [23JN]
———develop monitoring systems to promote safe motherhood (H.R. 2316), H9905 [13OC], E1375 [23JN]
———ensure a woman's right to breastfeed her child on Federal property under certain conditions, H5563 [14JY], H5672-H5674 [15JY]
———promote research and disseminate information on the health effects of silicone breast implants (H.R. 1323), H4720 [22JN], E567 [25MR]
Wood River, IL: anniversary of Wood River Township Hospital, E2038 [6OC]
World Breastfeeding Week: observance, E1777 [5AU]
Remarks in Senate
Abortion: pro choice versus right to life, S12886-S12895 [20OC], S12949-S12961, S12987 [21OC]
———prohibit certain late-term abortions (S. 1765), S13019 [21OC]
———prohibit gender-based occurrences (S. 41), S480, S482 [19JA], S727 [20JA]
———prohibit partial-birth abortions, S3911 [20AP], S11036, S11037 [16SE]
———prohibit partial-birth abortions (S. 928), S4461-S4463 [29AP]
———prohibit partial-birth abortions (S. 1692), S12049 [5OC], S12062 [6OC], S12863-S12899, S12904-S12927 [20OC], S12949-S12970, S12972-S12999 [21OC]
———prohibit partial-birth abortions (S. 1692), motion to proceed, S12804, S12805, S12814 [19OC], S12861-S12863 [20OC]
———prohibit partial-birth abortions (S. 1692), motion to proceed—unanimous-consent request, S12804 [19OC]
———prohibit partial-birth abortions (S. 1692), unanimous-consent agreement, S12987 [21OC]
———protect lives of born and unborn persons (S. 907), S4369 [28AP]
———provide grants for State programs to provide pregnant women with alternatives to abortion (S. 1605), S11131 [21SE]
———violence against clinics and providers, S14238-S14240 [8NO]
Africa: establish priorities for providing development assistance, S13742 [3NO]
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research: revise and extend (S. 580), S13843-S13845 [3NO]
Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory livestock (S. 515), S2210 [3MR]
AID: allocate part of the Wye River Accords supplemental assistance funding to regional cooperative health programs for Israel and the Palestinians, S14284 [8NO]
Air Force: anniversary of Medical Service, S8294 [12JY]
Albuquerque, NM: National Environmental Respiratory Center funding, S10979 [16SE]
Alcoholic beverages: block the use of certain health claims labels (S. 433), S1728 [22FE]
American Cancer Society: tribute to Delaware participants in American Cancer Society Golf Championship, S13835 [3NO]
American Red Cross: anniversary of Southeastern Connecticut Chapter, S14645 [16NO]
Antitrust policy: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), S13599 [1NO]
Appropriations: fund existing public health programs prior to establishing new public health programs, S3346 [25MR]
Arlington National Cemetery: authorize memorialization at the columbarium for eligible veterans who have donated their remains to science (S. 771), S3638 [13AP]
Armed Forces: confidentiality of records of family and other professional support services relative to sexual or domestic abuse, S1765, S1766 [23FE]
———improve TRICARE program, S1749-S1751, S1767-S1769 [23FE]
———improve TRICARE program (S. 350), S1163 [3FE]
———payment of certain health care expenses under CHAMPUS that are not payable under Medicare (S. 29), S432 [19JA]
———performance of abortions at overseas military medical facilities, S6012-S6019 [26MY]
———provide health care coverage to National Guard and reserve components members on inactive duty status, S6163 [27MY]
Atlanta, GA: Veterans Affairs Medical Center funding, S11411 [24SE]
Bankruptcy: consideration of long-term health care expenses, S14068, S14069 [5NO]
———ensure the protection of patients when health care providers declare bankruptcy (S. 840), S3930 [20AP], S4063 [21AP], S4789 [5MY]
———provide exclusion from income for certain Social Security and Medicare benefits, S14678, S14679, S14680 [17NO]
———treatment of expenses relative to protection from domestic violence, S14074 [5NO]
Bayard, NM: wastewater treatment facility funding, S11410 [24SE]
Beaches: improve quality of coastal recreation waters (S. 522), S2213 [3MR]
BIA: allocation of Indian Health Service contract support costs, S15046, S15054 [19NO]
Bolton, Steven: Mary Maurita Sengelaub, RSM, Award for Meritorious Service recipient, S2683 [15MR]
Boston, MA: tribute to ``Crusade Against Cancer'' initiative, S13833 [3NO]
Budget: allocation of funds, S1433 [10FE], S13587-S13589 [1NO]
———ensure solvency of Social Security and Medicare, S9515-S9523 [28JY], S9653 [29JY]
———reserve any surplus for tax relief, national debt reduction, and Social Security reform, S3305 [24MR]
———use non-Social Security surpluses for Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and tax relief, S3618-S3621, S3627 [13AP]
Burke, Elizabeth: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leader award recipient, S6883 [10JN]
California: health care system funding relative to the Balanced Budget Act, S15056-S15058 [19NO]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: childhood asthma prevention programs funding, S12196-S12198 [7OC], S14843 [19NO]
———funding, S12205, S12206 [7OC]
Chemicals: ensure adequate actions are taken to detect, prevent, and minimize consequences of criminal attacks on chemical plants (S. 1470), S9947 [30JY]
Child Survival and Disease Programs Fund: funding, S7924, S7925 [30JN]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services, S4102 [22AP]
———access of disadvantaged children to dental services (S. 901), S4358 [28AP]
———educational, medical, and respite care funding for special needs children, S12975, S12976, S12989 [21OC]
———enable a public health approach to the problems of youth suicide and violence and develop ways to intervene with individuals who suffer depression or other mental illness (S. 1555), S10471-S10473 [5AU]
———establish programs for early detection, diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns (S. 956), S4677 [4MY]
———improve health of children (S. 592), S2579 [11MR]
———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care, S3232-S3234 [24MR], S3390, S3391 [25MR], S3622-S3624, S3628 [13AP], S9898 [30JY], S11711-S11714, S11716 [30SE]
———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care (S. 1475), S10118 [3AU]
———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care (S. 616), S2682 [15MR]
———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care (S. 810), S3783-S3788 [15AP]
———meet mental health and substance abuse treatment needs of incarcerated children and youth, S4997, S4998 [11MY], S5398 [17MY]
———meet mental health and substance abuse treatment needs of incarcerated children and youth (S. 465), S1946-S1948 [24FE]
———provide States with funding to support early childhood development programs, S5716, S5724 [20MY]
———provide States with funding to support early childhood development programs (S. 1068), S5491-S5493 [18MY]
———provide States with funding to support early childhood development programs (S. 1154), S6299-S6307 [27MY]
———provide States with funding to support early childhood development programs (S. 749), S3487 [25MR]
———require lead poisoning screening for enrollees in certain Federal programs (S. 1120), S5961 [25MY], S7164-S7166 [17JN]
———substance abuse prevention and treatment programs funding (S. 849), S4034 [21AP], S4102 [22AP]
———substance abuse prevention and treatment programs funding (S. 970), S4888 [6MY]
China, Republic of: participation in WHO (H.R. 1794), S14904 [19NO]
———participation in WHO (S. Res. 26), S866 [21JA], S3605 [12AP]
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Association of Lehigh Valley, PA: tribute for efforts relative to chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome, S5183 [12MY]
Clinton, President: State of the Union Message, S733 [20JA]
Colleges and universities: academic health centers funding, S4882 [6MY]
———tribute to National Recognition Awards Program grant recipients for efforts to develop alcohol abuse prevention and education programs on campus, S12316 [8OC]
Committee on Aging (Senate, Special): failure of Health Care Financing Administration to testify on care received at nursing facilities, S3075 [23MR]
Committee on Finance (Senate): tribute to staff for efforts relative to Taxpayer Refund Act, S9935 [30JY]
Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate): redesignate as Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. Res. 20), S477 [19JA]
Congress: accomplishments of the 106th Congress, S14760-S14765 [18NO]
———legislative accomplishments, S9962 [2AU]
Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (S. 1200), S6858 [10JN]
Corps of Engineers: develop and implement a plan for Atlantic coastal States to address problems with toxic microorganisms in wetlands and waters (S. 493), S2101 [2MR]
Correctional institutions: combat the overutilization of prison health care services and control prisoner health care costs (S. 704), S3260, S3261 [24MR], S6451 [27MY]
———funding for jail-based substance abuse treatment programs (S. 295), S896 [22JA]
Courts: allow clinical social workers to perform psychiatric examinations on certain criminals (S. 237), S693 [19JA]
———establish legal standards and procedures for the fair, prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of asbestos exposure personal injury claims (S. 758), S3509-S3511 [25MR], S13603 [1NO]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 1218), S8184 [1JY]
———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 661), S2942 [18MR]
Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment, S12451, S12452, S12457 [13OC]
———exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (S. 926), S4458, S4459 [29AP]
DAV: veterans' health care rallies, S6177, S6178 [27MY], S6460 [7JN]
Death and dying: promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia (H.R. 2260), S13156 [26OC]
———promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia (S. 1272), S7532-S7534 [23JN], S7830 [29JN], S14774-S14777 [18NO]
———recognize suicide as a national problem, S6937, S6938 [14JN]
Democratic Party: national agenda, S303-S309 [19JA]
Dentistry: improve access to dentistry programs in underserved areas and health professional shortage areas (S. 1035), S5276 [13MY]
Denver, CO: tribute to hospitals recognized by U.S. News & World Report (publication) as top hospitals, S8738 [16JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: Greater Yellowstone Interagency Brucellosis Committee funding, S10208 [4AU]
———human nutrition research programs funding, S10207 [4AU]
———Next Generation Detection and Information Systems food pathogens and toxins funding, S10203 [4AU]
———prohibit Market Access Program funding relative to alcoholic beverages, S10196 [4AU]
Dept. of Defense: assessment of biometrics security technology and other information assurance technologies funding, S6649 [8JN]
———authorize agreements with Dept. of Veterans Affairs and federally funded health agencies to provide health care for native Hawaiians, S6667 [8JN]
———establish pilot program allowing continuous open enrollment in managed care health plans for military retirees, S6237 [27MY]
———improve dental benefits for military retirees, S6160 [27MY]
———require joint telemedicine and telepharmacy demonstration projects with the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S6241 [27MY]
———TRICARE designated providers demonstration project, S6256 [27MY]
———use available funds to implement special supplemental food benefit program for personnel stationed overseas (S. 1162), S6043 [26MY]
Dept. of Energy: ensure Agency for Nuclear Stewardship compliance with applicable environmental, safety, and health requirements, S8923, S8928 [21JY]
———ensure National Nuclear Security Administration compliance with applicable environmental, safety, and health requirements, S11192, S11194, S11197 [22SE]
———establish compensation programs for employees sustaining illnesses from exposure to beryllium and other hazardous substances and examine health effects of exposure to hazardous substances (S. 1954), S14736 [17NO], S14774 [18NO]
Dept. of HHS: authorize the Health Resources and Services Administration to conduct a multistate dental sealant project for children, S12204 [7OC]
———delay effective date of the final rule relative to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, S13628-S13630 [2NO], S14756, S14757 [18NO], S14959, S14982-S14985 [19NO]
———delay effective date of the final rule relative to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (S. 1873), S14091 [5NO], S14398 [9NO]
———fetal alcohol syndrome treatment and prevention programs funding, S12207, S12208 [7OC]
———funding to expedite adjudication process relative to Health Care Financing Administration penalties against nursing facilities, S2900 [18MR]
———grant authority over alcoholic beverage labeling (S. 431), S1728 [22FE]
———increase Consolidated Health Centers Program funding through offsets of NLRB funding, S11685-S11694 [30SE], S11779 [1OC]
———Indian-Chicano Health Center funding, S12201 [7OC]
———Maryland Children's Health Insurance Program funding, S12201, S12202 [7OC]
———Medicare Competitive Pricing Demonstration Project funding, S12190-S12192 [7OC], S13597-S13601 [1NO]
———Medicare Integrity Program funding, S12207 [7OC]
———mental health services block grants funding, S12183, S12185 [7OC]
———Office of Research on Women's Health funding, S12205 [7OC]
———require study on geographic adjustment factors relative to Medicare payments for physician services, S12189 [7OC]
Dept. of HUD: Office of Lead Hazard Control funding, S11236 [22SE]
Dept. of Justice: civil lawsuit against tobacco industry to recover Federal medical expenditures for smoking-related illnesses, S11466-S11470 [27SE], S11786-S11788 [1OC]
———national media campaign to prevent alcohol abuse funding, S9019, S9020 [22JY]
———tobacco industry litigation funding, S9012-S9014, S9068 [22JY]
Dept. of Labor: require completion of a National Academy of Sciences study before implementing standards or guidelines on ergonomics, S12160-S12176 [7OC]
———require completion of a National Academy of Sciences study before implementing standards or guidelines on ergonomics (S. 1070), S5495 [18MY]
Dept. of Transportation: require study of air quality on airplanes, S12097 [6OC]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize projects to facilitate the treatment of veterans with Alzheimer's disease (S. Res. 35), S1452 [11FE]
———authorizing appropriations for veterans health care, S9196-S9198 [26JY], S9343 [27JY], S9738-S9740 [29JY], S9899, S9925 [30JY], S11047 [16SE], S11208-S11219, S11225, S11226 [22SE], S11353 [23SE]
———authorizing appropriations for veterans health care (S. 1022), S5164 [12MY]
———consideration of State home grant applications, S14910 [19NO]
———develop a system to improve medical care cost recovery from private insurers, S11415 [24SE]
———develop a system to improve medical care cost recovery from private insurers (S. 1616), S11258 [22SE]
———enhance the assurance of efficiency, quality, and patient satisfaction in the furnishing of health care to veterans (S. 1956), S14809 [18NO]
———funding, S3408, S3418 [25MR]
———improve access of veterans to emergency medical care in non-Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facilities (S. 1146), S6289-S6291 [27MY]
———improve health care programs and provide extended care services for veterans, S15005 [19NO]
———improve health care programs and provide extended care services for veterans (H.R. 2116), S14202 [5NO]
———improve health care programs and provide extended care services for veterans (H.R. 2116), conference report, S14904-S14910 [19NO]
———improve long term care and assisted living services to veterans, S10643-S10646 [8SE], S11413, S11414 [24SE]
———improve programs providing counseling and treatment for sexual trauma experienced by veterans (S. 1579), S10781 [13SE]
———payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by nicotine dependence developed during service (S. 72), S507 [19JA]
———require that appropriate procedures are followed relative to realignment of veterans health care facilities, S11247 [22SE]
———veterans' programs funding through rescissions in Americorps, S11219-S11224 [22SE]
Detroit, MI: Wayne County Medical Society anniversary, S3540 [25MR]
Disabled: improve awareness about noise-induced hearing loss, S2500 [10MR]
———improve service systems for individuals with developmental disabilities (S. 1809), S13269-S13272 [27OC], S14284, S14313-S14333 [8NO]
Discrimination: prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information, S8583 [15JY]
———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (S. 1322), S8104-S8108 [1JY]
Diseases: cancer research funding, S6966 [14JN]
———cancer screening coverage, S8431 [14JY]
———diabetes research, education, early detection, and treatment funding, S11758-S11761 [1OC]
———establishment and operation of asthma treatment services for children (S. 805), S3777-S3779 [15AP]
———expand research activities relative to lupus (S. 1163), S6313 [27MY]
———increase public awareness, encourage regular testing and examinations, and extend research programs for prostate cancer (S. 1243), S7267 [18JN], S15003, S15219 [19NO]
———increase research, treatment, and public education of Lyme disease (S. 1905), S14552 [10NO]
———international tuberculosis control (S. 1497), S10238-S10241 [4AU]
———Parkinson's disease research programs funding, S12203 [7OC]
———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (S. 1932), S14635 [16NO]
———promote research into, and the development of an ultimate cure for, the disease known as fragile X (S. 1131), S6058-S6060 [26MY]
———prostate cancer research programs funding (S. Res. 92), S4607 [3MY], S13191 [26OC]
———South Carolina-New York Cancer Prevention and Telehealth Program funding for prostate cancer research programs and telemedicine protocol, S6682 [8JN]
Dismond, Samuel R., Jr.: American Lung Association Individual Health Advocate of the Year award recipient for the Genesee Valley region of Michigan, S2875 [17MR]
District of Columbia: prohibit needle exchange programs funding, S8054-S8056 [1JY], S11025, S11027 [16SE], S11251-S11253 [22SE]
———prohibit the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative from taking effect (S.J. Res. 35), S11881 [4OC]
Drug abuse: combat methamphetamine abuse, S9051, S9052-S9053 [22JY]
———combat methamphetamine abuse (S. 562), S2413 [8MR]
———combat methamphetamine abuse (S. 1220), S6969-S6971 [14JN]
———national drug control policy, S3411 [25MR], S14510 [10NO]
———needle exchange programs, S3347 [25MR]
———prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange programs, S12090 [6OC], S12148-S12150 [7OC]
———prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange programs (S. 227), S692 [19JA]
———promote prevention education programs for parents of adolescents (S. 1390), S8801 [19JY]
———restrict Federal funding for methadone maintenance programs (S. 423), S1447 [11FE]
Drugs: abuse of gamma y-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), S3824 [19AP]
———establish grant program for States to establish and maintain drug testing and treatment programs for welfare recipients (S. 906), S4367 [28AP]
———reduce transportation and distribution of illegal drugs and strengthen domestic demand reduction, S3424 [25MR]
———reduce transportation and distribution of illegal drugs and strengthen domestic demand reduction (S. 5), S348, S365 [19JA], S2230 [3MR]
———reduce transportation and distribution of illegal drugs and strengthen domestic demand reduction (S. 5), star print, S1666 [12FE]
———registration requirements for practitioners who dispense narcotic drugs for maintenance or detoxification treatment (S. 324), S1089-S1093 [28JA], S14940, S14942 [19NO]
———revise and extend the grant program for services for children of substance abusers (S. 971), S4888, S4889 [6MY]
———treatment of gamma y-hydroxybutyrate and ketamine hydrochloride relative to the Controlled Substances (S. 1561), S10484 [5AU]
———treatment of gamma y-hydroxybutyrate and ketamine hydrochloride relative to the Controlled Substances Act (H.R. 2130), S14872-S14877 [19NO]
———treatment of gamma y-hydroxybutyrate and ketamine hydrochloride relative to the Controlled Substances Act (H.R. 2130), insert S. 1561 language in lieu, S14872 [19NO]
———treatment of gamma y-hydroxybutyrate and ketamine hydrochloride relative to the Controlled Substances Act (S. 1561), S14870-S14877 [19NO]
East Tennessee State University: tribute to School of Nursing and the James H. Quillen College of Medicine for recognition by U.S. News & World Report (publication), S3539 [25MR]
Ecology and environment: protect children from exposure to certain environmental pollutants (S. 1112), S5866 [24MY]
Education: establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program specializing in underserved treatment areas (S. 236), S693 [19JA]
———expand access to counseling and mental health services for elementary and secondary school students (S. 1443), S9387 [27JY]
———make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health profession loan programs (S. 235), S692 [19JA]
———make social work students and schools eligible for certain programs and grants, and establish a social work training program (S. 233), S690 [19JA]
———provide grants to local educational agencies to initiate and improve physical education programs (S. 1159), S6311 [27MY]
Families and domestic relations: demonstration projects to support State and local efforts to provide partial or full wage replacement for childbirth, adoption, or other caregiving needs (S. 1355), S8375-S8378 [13JY]
———expand tax credits and grant programs to increase affordability, quality, and safety of child care (S. 599), S2592-S2598 [11MR]
———improve the availability of child care and development services outside normal school hours (S. 316), S1027 [27JA]
———limit the effects of domestic violence on the lives of children, S9009-S9011 [22JY]
———limit the effects of domestic violence on the lives of children (S. 1321), S8102 [1JY]
Family and Medical Leave Act: amend to apply to a greater percentage of the workforce (S. 201), S626 [19JA]
———clarify (S. 1530), S10434 [5AU]
Fayetteville, AR: Washington Regional Medical Center recipient of American Hospital Association NOVA Award, S5097, S5100 [11MY]
FDA: establish a comprehensive program to ensure food safety (S. 908), S4369 [28AP]
———funding, S12417 [12OC]
———moratorium on regulations requiring pharmacists to provide agency sanctioned prescription drug information to consumers (S. 1092), S5757 [20MY]
———permit import of prescription medications sold in Canada (S. 1462), S9755 [29JY]
———proposed regulation of pharmacy compounding, S7309, S7310 [21JN]
Federal aid programs: commodity supplemental food program and emergency food assistance program appropriations (S. 1181), S6369 [27MY]
Federal employees: authorize the use of clinical social workers to conduct evaluations to determine work-related emotional and mental illnesses (S. 230), S690 [19JA]
———enable the Government to enroll an employee's child in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program when the employee fails to provide coverage for the child under a State court order (S. 1688), S11953 [5OC]
———establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (S. 36), S437, S439 [19JA], S928 [22JA]
———establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (S. 57), S470 [19JA]
———establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (S. 894), S4347 [28AP]
———increase leave time relative to services as an organ donor (H.R. 457), S10637 [8SE]
———increase leave time relative to services as an organ donor (S. 1334), S8131 [1JY]
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of abortion procedures, S8036-S8042 [1JY]
———coverage of bone mass measurements (S. 1152), S6297 [27MY]
———coverage of contraceptives under any plan providing prescription drug coverage, S14844 [19NO]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: require persons who reprocess medical devices to comply with certain safety requirements, S10170, S10171 [4AU]
Food: assistance programs funding, S9977 [2AU]
———establish a program to assure the safety of processed produce intended for human consumption (S. 823), S3798 [15AP]
———improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement of food inspection laws (S. 18), S387 [19JA]
———improve safety of imported foods (S. 1123), S5963-S5965 [25MY], S6045 [26MY]
———improve safety of imported foods (S. 1126), S6052-S6054 [26MY]
———improve safety of shell eggs (S. 1868), S14088 [5NO]
Food Quality Protection Act: congressional oversight of implementation (S. Con. Res. 11), S1650 [12FE], S1744 [23FE]
———implementation, S10358 [5AU]
Food Safety Administration: establish as independent agency to consolidate food safety, labeling, and inspection functions (S. 1281), S7601 [24JN]
Food stamps: permit purchase of vitamin and mineral supplements (S. 1307), S7937 [30JN]
Foreign countries: exempt agricultural products, medicines, and medical products from U.S. economic sanctions, S1639 [12FE], S7566-S7569 [24JN]
———exempt agricultural products, medicines, and medical products from U.S. economic sanctions (S. 327), S1095 [28JA]
———require congressional approval of U.S. economic sanctions on agricultural products, medicines, and medical products, S10102-S10114 [3AU], S10181 [4AU], S11554-S11560 [28SE], S12450-S12455, S12457, S12470-S12472, S12487 [13OC]
———require congressional approval of U.S. economic sanctions on agricultural products, medicines, and medical products (S. 1771), S13065 [22OC], S13067 [25OC]
———require congressional approval of U.S. economic sanctions on agricultural products, medicines, and medical products (S. 425), S1448-S1450 [11FE]
Foreign policy: importance of addressing HIV/AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa, S13737-S13739 [3NO]
Gellise, Yvonne: Mary Maurita Sengelaub, RSM, Award for Meritorious Service recipient, S2681 [15MR]
Genetics: increase public health resources to translate genetic technologies into strategies to improve public health (S. 1981), S15094 [19NO]
Grand Rapids, MI: Spectrum Health Hospital recipient of American Hospital Association Hospital Award for Volunteer Excellence, S5097 [11MY]
Gresham, OR: tribute to Volunteers Involved in the Emotional Well-Being of Seniors (VIEWS) Program at Mt. Hood Community Mental Health Center, S11501 [27SE]
Guillain-Barre Syndrome Awareness Day: observance, S4469 [29AP]
Hawaii: increase the Federal medical assistance percentage (S. 264), S792 [20JA]
Hazardous substances: increase funding for poison control centers and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access (S. 632), S2772 [16MR], S10523 [5AU]
———prevent inhalant abuse, S3823 [19AP]
———prevent inhalant abuse (S. 609), S2657 [15MR], S2695 [16MR], S4508 [30AP]
———recovery from third parties the value of housing, education, or medical care furnished or paid for by the U.S. to victims of lead poisoning (S. 1821), S13406 [28OC]
Health care facilities: protection of employees and nursing home patients relative to bankruptcy, S14057-S14061 [5NO]
———teaching hospital funding, S12726 [15OC]
Health Care Financing Administration: consideration of new provider status for Heartland Manor (nursing home) relative to Medicare certification, S12204 [7OC]
———implementation of regulatory requirements, S12684-S12687, S12689 [15OC]
Health care professionals: admission requirements for nonimmigrant nurses willing to practice in underserved areas (H.R. 441), S13064, S13065 [22OC], S13389 [28OC]
———admission requirements for nonimmigrant nurses willing to practice in underserved areas (S. 455), S1928 [24FE]
———allow access to drugs and medical devices recommended and provided by health care practitioners that are not approved by the FDA (S. 1955), S14806-S14809 [18NO]
———ensure that HMO's provide coverage for and do not try to influence medically necessary treatment decisions made by health care professionals, S7489, S7496-S7499 [23JN]
———establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (S. 1445), S9389-S9393 [27JY]
———improve access to specialists for enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S8472, S8477-S8483, S8485, S8490, S8494-S8501 [14JY]
———increase the grade provided for the heads of the nurse corps of the Armed Forces (S. 238), S694 [19JA]
———provide practitioners in rural areas with training in preventive health care (S. 179), S610 [19JA]
———require full disclosure of treatment options to patients and protect providers from retaliation for providing such information, S8554-S8564, S8570-S8577 [15JY]
———require that patients be informed of certain referral fees if such patients are referred to clinical trials (S. 1267), S7527 [23JN]
———revise and extend certain education programs for physical and occupational therapy (S. 114), S544 [19JA]
———revise certain provisions relative to the appointment of professional psychologists in the Veterans Health Administration (S. 239), S695 [19JA]
———training of students relative to identification and referral of victims of domestic violence, S4998 [11MY]
———training of students relative to identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (S. 198), S623 [19JA]
HealthPlus of Michigan (business): American Lung Association Corporate Health Advocate award recipient for the Genesee Valley region of Michigan, S2875 [17MR]
Helena, MT: tribute to Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Race for the Cure 5K walk/run, S5389 [14MY]
Hemophilia Relief Fund Act: funding, S12228 [7OC]
Immigration: increase State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding and provide Federal reimbursement for treatment of illegal aliens (S. 1709), S12239-S12243 [7OC]
Indian Health Service: elevate position of Director to Assistant Sec. of HHS (S. 299), S901 [22JA], S10955 [15SE]
———extend program for direct billing of Medicare, Medicaid, and other third party payors and expand program eligibility to other tribes and tribal organizations (S. 406), S1429 [10FE], S10959 [15SE]
Indiana: observance of Medical Laboratory Week, S3718 [14AP]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, S2250-S2255 [4MR], S2394, S2396-S2407, S2409, S2410, S2435 [8MR], S2445, S2450 [9MR], S2467-S2476, S2495 [10MR], S2544, S2547, S2550, S2551, S2554, S2555, S2556-S2558, S2560-S2562, S2564-S2566 [11MR], S3025 [19MR], S3323, S3334, S3337, S3362, S3363, S3388, S3409, S3421, S3423, S3424 [25MR], S12079-S12081 [6OC], S12208 [7OC], S12688 [15OC]
———funding (S. Con. Res. 25), S3654 [13AP]
Insurance: accountability for decisions made by managed care plans and HMO's relative to patients' care, S8344-S8359 [13JY]
———affiliation of banks with Blue Cross/Blue Shield of North Carolina relative to conversion from non-profit to for-profit, S4872, S4873 [6MY]
———allow certain patients a transition period between their current physician and a physician participating in the patient's managed care group, S8567, S8574, S8575, S8576, S8578-S8580, S8590, S8591 [15JY]
———coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans, S7510 [23JN], S7569-S7571 [24JN], S8242-S8251 [12JY], S8312-S8318, S8360 [13JY], S8426, S8472, S8476-S8478, S8480 [14JY]
———coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (S. 517), S2212 [3MR]
———coverage of approved clinical studies and prescription drugs and medical devices under health plans, S8361-S8363 [13JY], S8429-S8438, S8449, S8454, S8456 [14JY]
———coverage of bone mass measurements relative to osteoporosis (S. 1106), S5849 [24MY]
———coverage of certain reconstructive surgery (S. 585), S2576 [11MR]
———coverage of colorectal cancer screening (S. 1044), S5282 [13MY]
———coverage of diagnosis, treatment and surgical benefits for congenital or developmental deformities or disorders in children, S8525 [14JY]
———coverage of emergency services performed by a prudent layperson, S7687 [28JN]
———coverage of long-term care services, S6434 [27MY]
———coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations, S7503-S7510 [23JN]
———coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (S. 115), S544, S546-S548 [19JA]
———coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer, and coverage for secondary consultations, S8438-S8456 [14JY]
———coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women (S. 1717), S12421 [12OC], S12690 [15OC]
———coverage of services by non-physician providers, S8555, S8573 [15JY]
———enhance appeals process, ensure coverage for approved clinical trials, improve point-of-service coverage, and prohibit discrimination based on licensure or certification, S8564-S8573, S8575, S8576, S8577 [15JY]
———ensure protections of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's apply to all patients with private health insurance, S8221-S8235 [12JY], S8457-S8471 [14JY]
———ensure protections of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's do not drastically increase health care costs or number of uninsured individuals, S8318-S8325, S8359 [13JY]
———ensure that women can designate an obstetrician or gynecologist as their primary care providers (S. 697), S3251 [24MR]
———establish grants for States to establish health insurance consumer assistance programs (S. 496), S2106 [2MR]
———establish hospital lengths of stay based on a determination by an appropriate physician in consultation with the patient, S7506, S7510 [23JN]
———establish hospital lengths of stay based on a determination by an appropriate physician in consultation with the patient (S. 265), S792-S794 [20JA]
———implement coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (S. 1679), S11803 [1OC]
———legal accountability for actions by health insurance companies and HMO's, S8536-S8553 [15JY]
———maintain States as primary regulatory authority over health care and allow full tax deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals, S8236-S8242 [12JY], S8360, S8361 [13JY]
———permit individuals to continue health plan coverage during participation in approved clinical studies (S. 117), S548 [19JA]
———prohibit health plans from altering the manner or setting of physician prescribed medical services, S7506 [23JN]
———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (S. 543), S2321, S2322 [4MR]
———promote purchase of private long-term care insurance by providing tax deductibility, S8471, S8475, S8476, S8478-S8481 [14JY]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S6729 [9JN], S7011-S7017 [15JN], S7094, S7101 [16JN]-S7166 [17JN], S7282-S7284 [18JN], S7290-S7293, S7310, S7311, S7372-S7376 [21JN], S7426, S7428-S7446 [22JN], S7486-S7494, S7496-S7499, S7501-S7521 [23JN], S7552-S7557, S7560-S7566, S7569-S7571, S7574-S7583, S7584 [24JN], S7687, S7692-S7705, S7707 [28JN], S7790, S7792-S7794, S7796-S7799, S7805-S7809, S7813 [29JN], S10065 [3AU], S12777 [18OC], S13367 [28OC], S14756, S14760 [18NO], S14841 [19NO]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, unanimous-consent agreement, S7811-S7813 [29JN]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2723), S12098 [6OC], S12189 [7OC], S13333-S13336 [28OC], S13741 [3NO], S14584 [10NO]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 6), S365 [19JA], S1183 [3FE], S5480 [18MY]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 300), S902-S922 [22JA], S7203-S7208 [17JN], S7518 [23JN]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 326), S1094 [28JA]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 374), S1271 [4FE]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 479), S2022 [25FE]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1256), S7376 [21JN], S7379 [22JN]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1344), S8209-S8251 [12JY], S8311-S8328, S8335-S8367 [13JY], S8424-S8504, S8525 [14JY], S8535-S8624 [15JY], S8734-S8736 [16JY], S9953 [30JY]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1344), indefinitely postponed, S12728 [15OC]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1344), unanimous-consent agreement, S8592 [15JY]
———provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (S. 1447), S9529 [28JY]
———require group and individual health insurance plans to provide coverage of cancer screening (S. 1641), S11440 [24SE]
———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (S. 1822), S13407 [28OC]
———require health plans to provide adequate access to services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists, S8473-S8476, S8480, S8490 [14JY]
———require health plans to provide adequate access to services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists (S. 836), S3919, S3920 [20AP]
———require health plans to provide adequate access to services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists and provide coverage for minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments, S8325-S8328, S8335-S8344 [13JY], S8447, S8448, S8455 [14JY], S8604-S8606 [15JY]
———require health plans to provide adequate access to services provided by pediatricians, S8606 [15JY]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (S. 681), S3131 [23MR]
———require managed care plans and HMO's to allow participation in clinical trials in treating diseases, S5480 [18MY]
Javits, Jacob K.: recognition by NISH, Inc., for contributions to the disabled, S8808 [19JY]
Juneau, AK: tribute to Dzantik'i Heeni Middle School for development of community health project for Seasonal Affective Disorder, S4507 [30AP]
Lancaster, CA: Antelope Valley Hospital recipient of American Hospital Association Hospital Award for Volunteer Excellence, S5183 [12MY]
Low Vision Information Center: anniversary, S4137 [22AP]
Macomb County, MI: anniversary of St. Joseph's Mercy of Macomb Hospital, S13993 [4NO]
Medicaid: allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute fraud in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in residential facilities, S14979 [19NO]
———allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute fraud in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in residential facilities (S. 1417), S9078 [22JY]
———allow States to expand family planning coverage to certain women (S. 737), S3466-S3468 [25MR]
———allow States to use State Children's Health Insurance Program allotment to cover additional low-income children (S. 365), S1178 [3FE]
———coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (S. 110), S542 [19JA]
———coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (S. 662), S2943-S2946 [18MR]
———coverage of community-based attendant services, S14983 [19NO]
———coverage of community-based attendant services (S. 1935), S14637-S14642 [16NO]
———coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists (S. 863), S4114 [22AP]
———coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics (S. 180), S611 [19JA]
———determination of Federal medical assistance percentage (S. 203), S634 [19JA]
———establish new prospective payment system for Federally-qualified health centers and rural health clinics (S. 1277), S7600 [24JN]
———extend the higher Federal medical assistance payment percentage for Indian Health Service facilities to urban Indian health programs (S. 672), S3006 [19MR]
———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (S. 902), S4364 [28AP]
———prohibit Federal recoupment of State tobacco settlements, S5676 [20MY]
———prohibit Federal recoupment of State tobacco settlements (S. 346), S1157-S1162 [3FE], S1285, S1286 [4FE], S2342 [4MR]
———prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing facilities, S14057-S14061 [5NO]
———prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing facilities (H.R. 540), S2692, S2693 [15MR]
———prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing facilities (S. 494), S2102-S2105 [2MR], S2610 [11MR]
———provide State options to allow eligibility for legal immigrant pregnant women, children, and certain disabled individuals (S. 792), S3691, S3698-S3701 [14AP]
———provide State options to allow eligibility for legal immigrant pregnant women and children (S. 1227), S7132-S7134 [16JN]
———remove limit on disproportionate share hospital payments to Ohio (S. 1728), S12641 [14OC]
———waive Federal claim to State tobacco settlements if State uses funds only for smoking reduction and public health programs, S2829-S2838 [17MR], S2881-S2897 [18MR], S3031 [22MR]
———waive Federal claim to State tobacco settlements if State uses funds only for smoking reduction and public health programs (S. 584), S2518 [10MR]
Medical Education Trust Fund: establish (S. 210), S651-S653 [19JA]
Medicare: allocation of funds relative to managed care plans and HMO's, S15034 [19NO]
———assure access to managed health care through the cost contract program (S. 1517), S10419 [5AU]
———civil monetary penalties for false certification of eligibility for hospice care for beneficiaries, S14344, S14345 [9NO]
———combat waste, fraud, and abuse in home health service payments (S. 255), S756 [20JA]
———combat waste, fraud, and abuse (S. 1231), S7219-S7226 [17JN]
———combat waste, fraud, and abuse (S. 1451), S9533 [28JY]
———coverage of chiropractic services under Medicare+Choice program (S. Con. Res. 32), S5426 [17MY]
———coverage of frail elderly beneficiaries permanently residing in certain nursing facilities (S. 1499), S10391 [5AU]
———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (S. 660), S2941, S2942 [18MR]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S1116 [3FE], S7681 [28JN], S7809-S7811 [29JN], S9672-S9683, S9727 [29JY], S11046 [16SE], S14840 [19NO]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs for low-income beneficiaries (S. 1837), S13606 [1NO]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (S. 696), S3249 [24MR]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (S. 841), S3931-S3937 [20AP]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (S. 1480), S10221, S10222 [4AU], S11524-S11527 [28SE], S12063 [6OC], S12682 [15OC], S12970-S12972 [21OC], S13045, S13046 [22OC], S13146, S13147 [26OC], S13328 [27OC], S13387-S13389 [28OC], S13585-S13587 [1NO], S13725-S13727 [2NO], S13791-S13793 [3NO], S13920 [4NO], S14228 [5NO], S14335-S14337 [8NO], S14365, S14366 [9NO], S14688 [17NO], S14765 [18NO]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (S. 1535), S10441 [5AU]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs through Medigap plans for low-income seniors (S. 1725), S12634 [14OC]
———coverage of prescription drugs, S3215-S3217 [24MR], S3393-S3395 [25MR], S3621, S3627 [13AP]
———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (S. 784), S3646, S3647 [13AP]
———eliminate budget neutrality adjustment factor used in calculating blended capitation rate for Medicare+Choice organizations (S. 307), S1011 [26JA]
———eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive drugs (S. 631), S2772 [16MR]
———ensure proper payment of approved nursing and paramedical education programs (S. 1025), S5166 [12MY]
———ensure reimbursement for certain ambulance services and improve the efficiency of the emergency medical system (S. 911), S5734 [20MY]
———establish a prospective payment system for psychiatric hospital services (S. 1002), S5045 [11MY]
———exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (S. 847), S4032 [21AP]
———exclude small rural providers from the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (S. 1601), S11059 [16SE]
———exempt financial limitations imposed on physical, speech-language pathology, and occupational therapy services (S. 472), S2017-S2021 [25FE]
———expand and make permanent the subvention demonstration project for military retirees and dependents (S. 915), S4444, S4445 [29AP]
———extend community nursing organization demonstration projects (S. 1550), S10467 [5AU]
———freeze reductions under Balanced Budget Act (S. 1678), S11761-S11774 [1OC], S11861, S11862 [4OC], S11950 [5OC], S12318 [8OC]
———freeze reductions under Balanced Budget Act (S. 1678), star print, S12649 [14OC]
———graduate medical education payments, S15053 [19NO]
———graduate medical education payments (S. 541), S2316-S2318 [4MR]
———graduate medical education payments (S. 1023), S5166, S5169 [12MY]
———graduate medical education payments (S. 1631), S11366 [23SE]
———impose additional tobacco taxes to provide prescription drug benefits, S7681 [28JN]
———improve access to health insurance by offering certain individuals a Medicare buy-in option (S. 202), S627-S633 [19JA]
———improve coverage determination process relative to new advances in medical technology (S. 1626), S11363-S11365 [23SE], S15084 [19NO]
———improve the interim payment system for home health services (S. 1574), S10729-S10733 [10SE]
———improve the interim payment system for home health services (S. 1574), star print, S11656 [29SE]
———improved reimbursement for clinical social worker services (S. 232), S690 [19JA]
———increase payment amount for renal dialysis services (S. 1449), S9533 [28JY]
———increase payment for pap smear laboratory tests (S. 1034), S5275 [13MY]
———increase payments for physician services provided in health professional shortage areas in Alaska and Hawaii (S. 1476), S10119 [3AU]
———limit reductions in Federal payments under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services, S11722 [30SE]
———limit reductions in Federal payments under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (S. 1263), S7459 [22JN]
———payment for insulin pumps (S. 617), S2670 [15MR]
———payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs (S. 391), S1376-S1378 [8FE]
———payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments (S. 1024), S5166 [12MY]
———preserve and improve (S. 1895), S14380-S14382 [9NO]
———promote research for health promotion and disease prevention and add preventive benefits (S. 1204), S6861 [10JN]
———promote research for health promotion and disease prevention and add preventive benefits (S. 1618), S11259, S11260 [22SE]
———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (S. 1459), S9748 [29JY]
———provide for additional payment of services for certain high-cost individuals under the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facility service, S14085 [5NO]
———provide for additional payment of services for certain high-cost individuals under the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facility service (S. 1500), S10392-S10394 [5AU], S12631 [14OC], S12946 [20OC], S15083 [19NO]
———provide more equitable payments to home health agencies (S. 1358), S8369, S8382 [13JY]
———reclassify certain long-existing home health agencies as new agencies relative to the interim payment system (S. 1625), S11363 [23SE]
———reductions in prescription drug prices, S3427 [25MR], S14843 [19NO]
———reductions in prescription drug prices (S. 731), S3425, S3463, S3464 [25MR], S11473-S11475 [27SE], S15073 [19NO]
———reform, S12 [6JA], S3171, S3187-S3196 [24MR], S3311-S3319, S3321-S3326, S3328-S3331, S3352, S3353, S3406 [25MR], S6732 [9JN], S9699, S9704, S9733 [29JY], S9889-S9891 [30JY], S12202 [7OC], S14059 [5NO]
———reform beneficiary payment limits for certain long-existing home health agencies relative to the interim payment system (S. 1063), S5484 [18MY]
———regulatory burdens on home health agencies (S. Con. Res. 47), S8959 [21JY]
———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities, S1868-S1873, S1895 [24FE]
———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (S. 445), S1806-S1809 [23FE], S2093 [2MR]
———reimbursement for telehealth services (S. 770), S3637 [13AP]
———repeal restriction on payment for hospital discharges to post-acute care (S. 37), S439 [19JA]
———require Dept. of HHS study on mortality and adverse outcome rates of patients receiving anesthesia services, S15028 [19NO]
———require Dept. of HHS study on mortality and adverse outcome rates of patients receiving anesthesia services (S. 818), S3790 [15AP]
———require disclosure of staffing and performance data, provide whistleblower protection to employees, and review impact of proposed mergers and acquisitions relative to Medicare providers (S. 966), S4804 [5MY]
———require universal product numbers on claims forms for reimbursement for durable medical equipment and other items (S. 256), S759-S761 [20JA]
———restore access to home health services and protect the program from financial loss while preserving the due process rights of home health agencies (S. 1414), S9075 [22JY]
———restrictions on services provided by clinical psychologists or social workers in outpatient rehabilitation facilities (S. 181), S612 [19JA]
———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (S. 1609), S11135 [21SE]
———revise interim payment system to home health agencies for home health services, S14854 [19NO]
———revise interim payment system to home health agencies for home health services (S. 1310), S7938-S7941 [30JN], S8079 [1JY], S10746-S10748 [13SE], S12683-S12687, S12689 [15OC]
———revise regulations on nurse anesthetists' services in participating hospitals, S14989 [19NO]
———revise regulations on participating hospitals relative to nurse anesthetists' services (S. 866), S4117 [22AP]
———use of Federal funds from tobacco industry liability settlement to strengthen trust funds and provide prescription drug benefits, S3302 [24MR], S3358-S3361 [25MR]
———waive waiting period for benefits for disabled individuals suffering from terminal illness with not more than 2 years to live (S. 1918), S14567 [10NO]
———waive waiting period for coverage and provide coverage of drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (S. 1074), S5587 [19MY]
Medicare/Medicaid: expand and clarify requirements regarding advance directives to ensure that an individual's health care decisions are observed (S. 628), S2769-S2771 [16MR]
Mental health: deinstitutionalization of patients, S8295 [12JY]
———establish demonstration diversion courts (S. 1865), S13983 [4NO]
———provide equitable health insurance coverage for certain biologically-based mental illnesses and prohibit limits on hospital stays and outpatient visits (S. 796), S3702-S3705 [14AP], S6937, S6939 [14JN]
Mental Retardation Awareness Month: observance, S2143 [2MR]
Michigan Rehabilitation Association: anniversary, S13322 [27OC]
Minnesota: economic development projects and Native American youth treatment programs funding, S11412 [24SE]
Minorities: health programs (S. 1880), S14288-S14296 [8NO]
Missouri: observance of Children's Mental Health Week, S5094 [11MY]
National Academies of Practice: grant Federal charter (S. 234), S691 [19JA]
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month: designate (S. Res. 177), S10500, S10530 [5AU]
National Alpha 1 Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 84), S4192 [26AP]
National ALS Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 72), S4474 [29AP]
National Assisted Living Week: observance, S10785 [13SE]
National Biotechnology Week: designate (S. Res. 200), S12323 [8OC], S14926 [19NO]
National Cancer Institute: increase involvement of advocates in breast cancer research (S. 118), S548 [19JA]
National Center for Social Work Research: establish (S. 178), S609 [19JA]
National Cervical Health Month: designate (S. Res. 62), S2778 [16MR]
National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (S. Res. 199), S12245-S12247 [7OC], S12858 [19OC]
———observance, S13243-S13248 [27OC], S13399 [28OC]
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 108), S14945 [19NO]
National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare: tribute, S10361 [5AU]
National Health Corps Loan Repayment Program: count fellowship training in geriatric medicine or psychiatry as obligated service (S. 1630), S11365 [23SE]
National Health Museum: site selection (S. 1623), S11362 [23SE]
National Hospital Week: observance, S5096, S5097 [11MY], S5183 [12MY]
National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 47), S2976 [18MR], S3538 [25MR]
———observance, S3823 [19AP]
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (S. 1110), S5862 [24MY]
National Mammography Day: designate (S. Res. 179), S10621 [8SE], S12254 [7OC]
National Men's Health Week: observance, S7277 [18JN]
National objectives: policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S12 [6JA], S7692 [28JN], S14845 [19NO]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), insert S. 1344 language in lieu, S12654 [14OC]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 24), S311, S406-S412 [19JA]
National Pediatric AIDS Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 114), S6802 [9JN], S6914 [10JN]
National Race for the Cure Day: designate (S. Res. 110), S6447, S6448 [27MY]
National School Lunch Act: revise the eligibility of private organizations under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (S. 1995), S15112 [19NO]
National Survivors for Prevention of Suicide Day: designate (S. Res. 99), S5057 [11MY], S5882 [24MY], S11452 [24SE]
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: clarify content requirements for petitions for compensation (S. 1996), S15213, S15214 [19NO]
National Youth Fitness Week: designate (S. Res. 34), S6914 [10JN]
Native Americans: authorize the integration and consolidation of alcohol and substance abuse programs and services provided by tribal governments (S. 1507), S10403 [5AU]
———enhance self-governance relative to direct operation, control, and redesign of Indian Health Service activities (S. 979), S4897 [6MY]
Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (S. 1929), S14620 [16NO]
NIH: biomedical research funding, S3223, S3229-S3231 [24MR], S3310 [25MR]
———biomedical research funding (S. Res. 19), S311, S716 [19JA]
———establish National Fund for Health Research (S. 1504), S10402 [5AU]
———establish Office of Autoimmune Diseases (S. 1897), S14422 [9NO]
———establish pediatric research initiative, S12205 [7OC]
———establish pediatric research initiative (S. 1091), S5756 [20MY]
———expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism research activities (S. 512), S2135 [2MR], S10379 [5AU]
———funding, S9727 [29JY], S12208 [7OC], S13390 [28OC], S13625 [2NO], S14842 [19NO]
———improve and expand clinical research programs (S. 1813), S13273 [27OC], S15065, S15214 [19NO]
———support modernization and construction of biomedical and behavioral research facilities and laboratory instrumentation (S. 1268), S7528 [23JN], S15002, S15064, S15218 [19NO]
NISH, Inc.: anniversary, S8808 [19JY]
Nursing homes: GAO report on nursing home inspection system, S10745 [13SE]
Nutrition: establish a national folic acid education program to prevent birth defects (S. 1384), S8740 [16JY]
Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety Week: observance, S10260 [4AU], S10926, S10927 [15SE]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (S. 385), S1328 [6FE], S3613 [13AP]
———amend to protect Federal employees (S. 650), S2856-S2858 [17MR]
———anniversary, S4399 [28AP]
———expand protection of safety and health of employees (S. 653), S2856-S2858 [17MR]
Office of National Drug Control Policy: include alcohol abuse in national anti-drug media campaigns, S7997-S8010 [1JY]
Older Americans Act: extend authorization, establish National Family Caregiver Support Program, modernize aging programs and services, and address need to engage in life course planning (S. 1203), S6860 [10JN]
———extend authorization, establish National Family Caregiver Support Program, modernize aging programs and services, and address need to engage in life course planning (S. 1536), S10441 [5AU]
OPM: develop classification standards for physician assistants in Federal agencies (S. 909), S4433 [29AP]
Organ donors: establish congressional commemorative medal (S. 499), S2108 [2MR]
———tribute to First Family Pledge Campaign to increase awareness of organ donation and transplantation programs, S3693 [14AP]
Organ procurement and transplantation programs: revise and extend, S13628-S13630 [2NO]
OSHA: funding, S11694-S11701 [30SE]
———issue regulations to eliminate or minimize the significant risk of needlestick injury to health care workers, S11623-S11625, S11636 [29SE]
———prevention of needlestick injuries to health care workers, S12198 [7OC]
Pennsylvania Association of Student Assistance Professionals: tribute, S866 [21JA]
Petroleum: phase-out use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline, S10183-S10195 [4AU]
Pfizer, Inc.: anniversary, S14647 [16NO]
Pittsburg, KS: Mount Carmel Medical Center recipient of American Hospital Association NOVA Award, S5096 [11MY]
Prison Litigation Reform Act: clarify treatment of juveniles and the mentally ill, S9025-S9027 [22JY]
Privacy: allow individuals to limit use and disclosure of certain health information, S7796 [29JN]
———ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information (S. 573), S2506, S2507 [10MR]
———ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information (S. 578), S2510 [10MR], S2681 [15MR]
———ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information (S. 881), S4257 [27AP]
Product safety: promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (S. 1495), S10238 [4AU]
Professional Boxing Safety Act: standardize physical examinations for boxers and require periodic brain CAT scans to obtain a boxing license (S. 143), S568 [19JA]
Public buildings: placement of automatic external defibrillators to assist individuals who experience cardiac arrest and protections from civil liability relative to emergency use of the devices (S. 1488), S15216, S15217 [19NO]
Public Health Policy Advisory Board: release of ``Health and the American Child—A Focus on the Mortality Among Children'' report, S5733 [20MY]
Public welfare programs: rescission of certain unobligated funds intended for low-income children and families, S9921 [30JY]
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: compensation for certain individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines and mills (S. 367), S1259-S1264 [4FE]
———improve application process and compensation criteria for certain individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines and mills and through fallout from nuclear weapons testing (S. 1515), S10415-S10419 [5AU], S11754 [30SE], S14918-S14921, S14957, S15082 [19NO]
Refugees: provide a comprehensive program of support for victims of torture, S7918 [30JN]
———provide a comprehensive program of support for victims of torture (H.R. 2367), S13035 [21OC]
Research: continuation of Federal research and development programs funding in a fiscally sustainable way (S. 296), S897-S899 [22JA], S9304 [26JY], S10363-S10366 [5AU]
———embryonic stem cell research funding, S11588, S11590 [29SE]
———human fetal tissue transplantation research practices, S12988 [21OC]
Rio Arriba County, NM: Federal assistance to address black tar heroin epidemic, S7018 [15JN]
Rural areas: Federal farm and health policies, S12 [6JA]
———promote and improve access to health care services (S. 980), S4898-S4902 [6MY], S4942 [10MY], S5261 [13MY]
———Rural Hospital Flexibility Program funding, S1433 [10FE]
Rutland Fire Clay Co.: misrepresentation of views in advertisment for the Fairness in Asbestos Compensation Act, S13603 [1NO]
Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: revise and extend (S. 1823), S13408-S13417 [28OC]
Safe Drinking Water Act: anniversary (S. Res. 81), S6914 [10JN]
———increase consumer confidence in safe drinking water and source water assessments (S. 1149), S6294 [27MY]
Schools: expulsion of students for possession of guns or illegal drugs, S5701, S5709 [20MY]
———expulsion of students for possession of guns or illegal drugs (S. 44), S480, S483 [19JA], S727 [20JA]
———prohibit the donation of foods with minimal nutritional value before lunch in schools participating in Federal meal programs (S. 998), S5038-S5041 [11MY]
Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security benefits (S. 1247), S7326 [21JN]
———establish pharmacy assistance and medication management programs (S. 1942), S14705 [17NO]
———prevent and increase penalties for crimes such as health care, pension, and telemarketing fraud, and nursing home abuse and fraud (S. 751), S3490-S3500 [25MR]
———protect rights of members of HMO's to receive continuing care at facilities of their choice (S. 1142), S6286 [27MY]
———provide health protection, access to health insurance for 55 to 65 year olds, and assistance for long-term care needs and social services (S. 10), S368 [19JA]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (S. 285), S858 [21JA], S2228 [3MR]
———eligibility of children with brachial plexus injuries for SSI, S13326 [27OC]
———expand health care coverage for working, disabled individuals and establish a Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program to provide work opportunities for such individuals, S3344, S3425 [25MR]
———expand health care coverage for working, disabled individuals and establish a Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program to provide work opportunities for such individuals (H.R. 1180), S12961 [21OC], S13336 [28OC]
———expand health care coverage for working, disabled individuals and establish a Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program to provide work opportunities for such individuals (H.R. 1180), conference report, S14757-S14760, S14762 [18NO], S14951, S14959, S14971-S14975, S14977-S14986 [19NO]
———expand health care coverage for working, disabled individuals and establish a Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program to provide work opportunities for such individuals (H.R. 1180), insert S. 331 language in lieu, S12961 [21OC]
———expand health care coverage for working, disabled individuals and establish a Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program to provide work opportunities for such individuals (S. 331), S1097-S1100 [28JA], S1184, S1186 [3FE], S3692 [14AP], S4136 [22AP], S4999-S5002 [11MY], S5787 [24MY], S6929-S6939, S6941 [14JN], S7020-S7023 [15JN], S7044-S7061, S7064 [16JN], S7211-S7213 [17JN], S12317 [8OC]
———expand health care coverage for working, disabled individuals and establish a Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program to provide work opportunities for such individuals (S. 331), request return of papers (S. Res. 127), S7543 [23JN]
———expand health care coverage for working, disabled individuals and establish a Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program to provide work opportunities for such individuals (S. 331), unanimous-consent agreement, S6971 [14JN], S7017 [15JN]
———improve coverage of low-income children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 1646), S11566 [28SE]
———increase funding for maternal and child health services and promote integrated physical and mental health service program for children and adolescents (S. 207), S645 [19JA]
———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, S14976, S15043, S15044, S15053, S15056, S15083 [19NO]
———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (H.R. 3075), S14085 [5NO]
———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (S. 1788), S13489 [28OC]
———permit children covered under the State Children's Health Insurance Program to be eligible for the Federal Vaccines for Children Program (S. 1656), S11574 [28SE]
———privatization, S3729, S3730 [15AP]
———promote identification of children eligible for State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 1570), S10615 [8SE]
———protect Social Security surpluses and reserve a portion of non-Social Security surpluses to strengthen and protect Medicare (S. 1831), S13525, S13526, S13553 [29OC], S14382 [9NO]
———protect Social Security surpluses and reserve a portion of non-Social Security surpluses to strengthen and protect Medicare (S. 862), S4112 [22AP]
———reform, S4148 [26AP], S13127-S13133 [26OC]
Southgate, MI: tribute to Downriver Guidance Clinic, S13718 [2NO]
Springfield, IL: St. John's Hospital recipient of American Hospital Association Hospital Award for Volunteer Excellence, S5096 [11MY]
States: improve data collection and evaluation of children's health coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 206), S643 [19JA]
———increase allotments to territories under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 215), S659 [19JA]
———use of tobacco settlement funds for smoking reduction and public health programs and services, S3031 [22MR]
Students Working Against Tobacco (organization): tribute, S15077 [19NO]
Substance abuse: allow faith-based treatment centers to receive Federal funding and permit individuals receiving Federal assistance to choose private and religious oriented treatment (S. 289), S860 [21JA]
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: expand grants for religious organizations providing substance abuse treatment services, S13858, S13859 [3NO]
———promote State flexibility and accountability, support youth prevention and treatment programs, and respond to incidents of teen violence (S. 976), S13845-S13861 [3NO]
Surgeon General: importance of report on media and violence (S.J. Res. 23), S4465 [29AP]
Taxation: allow biotechnology investment tax credit, S9709 [29JY]
———allow biotechnology investment tax credit and extend research and development tax credit (S. 1425), S9084-S9086 [22JY]
———allow credit for dry cleaning equipment that uses reduced amounts of hazardous substances, S9930 [30JY]
———allow deduction for long-term care services for individuals not eligible for employer-provided long-term health coverage (S. 35), S437, S439 [19JA], S928 [22JA]
———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses (S. 825), S3808 [15AP]
———deduction for health insurance premiums, S14343 [9NO]
———deduction for health insurance premiums (S. 194), S623 [19JA]
———deductions for home health care, day care, and respite care for households with an Alzheimer's disease patient (S. 131), S560 [19JA]
———establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical testing research expenses relative to academic medical centers and other qualified hospital research organizations (S. 1010), S5053 [11MY], S8159 [1JY]
———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (S. 343), S1153 [3FE]
———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (S. 546), S2323 [4MR]
———increase accessibility and affordability of health care (S. 1274), S7593-S7595 [24JN]
———increase rates on wine and dedicate resulting revenues to alcohol abuse programs (S. 432), S1728 [22FE]
———modify tax brackets, eliminate marriage penalty, allow deductions for health insurance premiums, and increase contribution limits for retirement investments (S. 799), S3707 [14AP]
———provide credit for medical research relative to developing vaccines against widespread diseases (S. 1718), S12422 [12OC]
———provide marriage penalty relief, incentives to encourage health coverage, and increased child care assistance, and extend certain expiring tax provisions (S. 1160), S6312 [27MY]
———reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (H.R. 2488), conference report, S10290-S10303, S10305-S10340, S10374 [5AU], S10716, S10717 [10SE], S10743-S10745, S10748, S10752 [13SE], S11023, S11037-S11039 [16SE]
———reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (H.R. 2488), insert S. 1429 language, S9936 [30JY]
———reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (H.R. 2488), unanimous-consent agreement, S10286 [5AU]
———reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (H.R. 2488), veto, S11308 [23SE], S11428 [24SE], S11459, S11472, S11473, S11483 [27SE], S11665, S11666 [30SE], S13333 [28OC]
———reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (S. 1429), S9315-S9346 [27JY], S9449, S9460-S9523 [28JY], S9651-S9737, S9741 [29JY], S9885-S9937 [30JY], S9995 [2AU], S10065, S10066, S10069, S10071 [3AU]
———reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (S. 1429), motion to recommit, S9500-S9515 [28JY], S9652, S9672-S9683 [29JY], S9889-S9901, S9903 [30JY]
———reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (S. 1429), unanimous-consent agreement, S9681 [29JY]
———reform Internal Revenue Code through revenue neutral proposals which protect the Social Security and Medicare trust funds, S12210 [7OC]
———treat certain hospital support organizations as qualified organizations for purposes of determining acquisition indebtedness (S. 523), S2215 [3MR]
———treatment of medical savings accounts, S8432 [14JY]
———treatment of medical savings accounts (S. 657), S2935 [18MR]
———treatment of medical savings accounts (S. 1350), S8268, S8269 [12JY]
———treatment of primary health providers in health professional shortage areas (S. 1864), S13983 [4NO]
———treatment of scholarships received under the National Health Corps Scholarship Program and the F. Edward Hebert Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program (S. 288), S860 [21JA]
———treatment of Social Security benefits (S. 137), S564 [19JA]
———treatment of Social Security benefits (S. 286), S859 [21JA]
———treatment of Social Security benefits (S. 482), S2022 [25FE]
———treatment of Social Security benefits (S. 488), S2031-S2033 [25FE]
Telecommunications: require a health insurance issuer, health plan, or health care provider to obtain an enrollee's or patient's consent relative to the interception of oral, wire, or electronic communications (S. 782), S3642 [13AP]
Thanksgiving Day: designate as a day to ``Give Thanks, Give Life'' and to discuss organ and tissue donation with other family members (S. Res. 225), S14300 [8NO], S14927 [19NO]
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act (H.R. 1180): corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 236), S15059 [19NO]
———corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 236), unanimous-consent agreement, S14889 [19NO]
Tobacco products: release of tobacco production and marketing information (S. 1543), S10341 [5AU]
———strengthen State efforts to limit access to minors, S11719 [30SE]
———treatment of tobacco farmers relative to tobacco industry liability settlement, S12418 [12OC]
Treaties and agreements: removal of injunction of secrecy, S10709 [9SE]
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: terminate (S. 126), S555 [19JA]
United Healthcare (business): tribute to changes in review process relative to patient treatment, S14584 [10NO]
University of California, San Francisco: Gallo Research Center project on genetic links to alcohol abuse, S6688 [8JN]
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey: Child Health Institute funding, S12206, S12207 [7OC]
University of Michigan: anniversary of Medical School, S11577 [28SE]
University of Pennsylvania: tribute to Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, S6888 [10JN]
Veterans: eligibility for hospital care and services relative to awarding of Purple Heart (S. 329), S1096 [28JA]
———ensure a continuum of health care and require pilot programs relative to long-term health care (S. 1250), S7329 [21JN]
———health care programs funding, S6277 [27MY]
———improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans (S. 1391), S8801 [19JY]
———increase funding for veterans' health care programs through recissions in non-defense related items, S3221-S3223, S3225, S3226 [24MR]
———pay special compensation to certain severely disabled military retirees (S. 789), S3648 [13AP]
———presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in certain veterans (S. 71), S506 [19JA]
Viborg, SD: anniversary of Pioneer Memorial Hospital, S8160 [1JY]
Vitamins: revise regulations relative to dietary supplement labeling and provide that certain types of advertisements for dietary supplements are proper (S. 1749), S12837 [19OC]
Water: require manufacturers of bottled water to submit annual reports (S. 790), S3650 [13AP]
Wayne County, MI: anniversary of Wayne County Medical Society, S14742 [17NO]
Westport, CT: anniversary of Westport Volunteer Emergency Medical Services, S5631 [19MY], S5883 [24MY]
Women: address health care issues, S6693 [8JN]
———allow direct access to obstetrician-gynecologists, S12194, S12195 [7OC]
———protection of reproductive rights (S. 1400), S8880 [20JY]
World War II: require disclosure of classified information on chemical and biological experiments carried out by Japan (S. 1902), S14541 [10NO]
Yakima, WA: Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital recipient of American Hospital Association NOVA Award, S5097 [11MY]
Year of Safe Drinking Water: designate (S. Res. 81), S6914 [10JN]
Reports
Prescription Drug Pricing in South Dakota—Drug Companies Profit at the Expense of Older Americans: Committee on Government Reform (House), S11474 [27SE]
Prescription Drug Pricing in the 20th Congressional District in Texas—An International Comparison, E2474-E2476 [19NO]
Prescription Drug Pricing in the 20th Congressional District in Texas—Drug Companies Profit at the Expense of Older Americans: Committee on Government Reform (House), H8860-H8863 [27SE]
Sequester Impact of H.R. 2488, Taxpayer Refund and Relief Act: OMB, S10338 [5AU]
Social Security—Disability Programs Lag in Promoting Return to Work: GAO, S6932-S6935 [14JN]
Vancouver, Canada, Needle Exchange Program: Office of National Drug Control Policy, H6623 [29JY]
Reports filed
Alaska Native and American Indian Direct Reimbursement Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 406) (S. Rept. 106-152), S10612 [8SE]
Application Process and Compensation Criteria Improvements Relative to Radiation Exposure From Uranium Mines, Mills, and Fallout From Nuclear Weapons Testing: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1515), S13678 [2NO]
Beaches Environmental Assessment, Cleanup, and Health Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 999) (H. Rept. 106-98), H2137 [19AP]
Bikini Resettlement and Relocation Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2368) (H. Rept. 106-267), H6581 [27JY]
Breast Cancer Prevention, Education, Early Detection, and Treatment: Committee on Commerce (House) (H. Res. 278) (H. Rept. 106-400), H10339 [19OC]
Child Custody Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1218) (H. Rept. 106-204), H4992 [25JN]
Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1180, Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 387) (H. Rept. 106-482), H12225 [17NO]
Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2488, Taxpayer Refund and Relief Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 274) (H. Rept. 106-291), H7024 [4AU]
Consideration of H.R. 987, Workplace Preservation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 271) (H. Rept. 106-280), H6842 [2AU]
Consideration of H.R. 999, Beaches Environmental Assessment, Cleanup, and Health Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 145), H2271 [21AP]
Consideration of H.R. 1218, Child Custody Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 233) (H. Rept. 106-211), H5090 [29JN]
Consideration of H.R. 2260, Pain Relief Promotion Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 339) (H. Rept. 106-409), H10723 [21OC]
Consideration of H.R. 2488, Financial Freedom Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 256) (H. Rept. 106-246), H6017 [20JY]
Consideration of H.R. 2506, Health Research and Quality Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 299) (H. Rept. 106-328), H8555 [22SE]
Consideration of H.R. 2723, Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 323) (H. Rept. 106-366), H9409 [5OC]
Consideration of H.R. 2990, Quality Care for the Uninsured Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 323) (H. Rept. 106-366), H9409 [5OC]
Date-Rape Drug Control Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1561), S14805 [18NO]
Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1809), S13968 [4NO]
Drug Addiction Treatment Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 2634) (H. Rept. 106-441), H11480 [3NO]
Elevate Position of Indian Health Service Director to Assistant Sec. of HHS: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 299) (S. Rept. 106-148), S10612 [8SE]
Enhance Native American Self-Governance Relative to Direct Operation, Control, and Redesign of Indian Health Service Activities: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 979) (S. Rept. 106-221), S14406 [9NO]
———Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1167) (H. Rept. 106-477), H12224 [17NO]
Federal Prisoner Health Care Copayment Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 703), S4431 [29AP]
Federal Research Investment Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 296) (S. Rept. 106-106), S8266 [12JY]
Financial Freedom Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2488) (H. Rept. 106-238), H5750 [16JY]
Generic Drugs Access Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 805) (H. Rept. 106-117), H5365 [12JY]
Health Research and Quality Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 2506) (H. Rept. 106-305), H7995 [8SE]
Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 1672) (S. Rept. 106-168), S11725 [30SE]
Medicaid Coverage of Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Services for Certain Women Screened Under Federally Funded Programs: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1070) (H. Rept. 106-486), H12904 [22NO]
Medicare, Medicaid, and S-CHIP Adjustment Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1788) (S. Rept. 106-199), S13164 [26OC]
Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3075) (H. Rept. 106-436), H11371 [2NO]
Medicare Subvention Demonstration Project for Veterans: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1928) (S. Rept. 106-222), S14612 [16NO]
National ALS Awareness Month: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 72), S4431 [29AP]
National Biotechnology Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 200), S14612 [16NO]
National Mammography Day: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 179), S12233 [7OC]
National Pediatric AIDS Awareness Day: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 114), S6856 [10JN]
National Survivors for Prevention of Suicide Day: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 99), S11361 [23SE]
National Youth Fitness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 34), S6856 [10JN]
Nomination of Ikram U. Khan to the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Board of Regents: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S5953 [25MY]
Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 441) (H. Rept. 106-135), H3085 [12MY]
———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (H.R. 441), S7590 [24JN]
Organ Donor Leave Act: Committee on Government Reform (House) (H.R. 457) (H. Rept. 106-174), H4021 [9JN]
———Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 457) (S. Rept. 106-143), S10612 [8SE]
Organ Procurement and Transplantation Programs Revision and Extension: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 2418) (H. Rept. 106-429), H11195 [1NO]
Pain Relief Promotion Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 2260) (H. Rept. 106-378), H10173 [18OC]
———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2260) (H. Rept. 106-378), H10032 [13OC]
Participation of the Republic of China in WHO: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (H.R. 1794), S13795 [3NO]
Patients' Bill of Rights Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 326) (S. Rept. 106-82), S7218 [17JN]
Poison Control Center Enhancement and Awareness Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (Senate) (S. 632), S10220 [4AU]
Prohibit Transfers or Discharges of Medicaid Residents of Nursing Facilities: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 540) (H. Rept. 106-44), H1019 [8MR]
———Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 494) (S. Rept. 106-13), S2503 [10MR]
Public Health Service Nominations: Committee on Health, Educational, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S4027 [21AP]
Republic of China Participation in WHO: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 26), S3594 [12AP]
Safety Advancement for Employees Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 385) (S. Rept. 106-202), S13401 [28OC]
Senate Amendment to H.R. 2990, Quality Care for the Uninsured Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 348) (H. Rept. 106-430), H11195 [1NO]
Taxpayer Refund Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1429) (S. Rept. 106-120), S9223 [26JY]
Taxpayer Refund and Relief Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2488) (H. Rept. 106-289), H7024 [4AU]
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 1180) (H. Rept. 106-478), H12224 [17NO]
———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3070) (H. Rept. 106-393), H10173 [18OC]
Veterans' Millenium Health Care Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 2116) (H. Rept. 106-237), H5750 [16JY]
Veterans' Millennium Health Care Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2116) (H. Rept. 106-470), H12106 [16NO]
Work Incentives Improvement Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1180) (H. Rept. 106-220), H5331 [1JY]
———Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 331) (S. Rept. 106-37), S3594 [12AP]
Workplace Preservation Act: Committee on Education (House) (H.R. 987) (H. Rept. 106-272), H6597 [29JY]
Year of Safe Drinking Water and Anniversary of Safe Drinking Water Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 81), S6856 [10JN]
Resolutions by organizations
Health Care Financing Administration regulatory requirements: Kansas House of Representatives, S12685 [15OC]
Portrayal of mentally ill character in remake of the movie ``Psycho'': National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, S5568 [19MY]
Protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform national identifying number: DAR, E1496 [1JY]
Social Security system: DAR, E1496 [1JY]
Rulings of the Chair
Taxation: reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (S. 1429), S9484 [28JY], S9652, S9653 [29JY], S9889, S9890, S9891, S9894, S9896, S9897, S9898, S9900, S9902 [30JY]
Schedules
Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus events, H5154 [30JN]
Statements
Access to Clinical Pathology Services: Representative Norwood, H9619 [7OC]
Do Something, Don't Just Be Somebody: Grace Kaminkowitz, E300 [1MR]
Freedom and Privacy Restoration Act: Stacy Pelletier, Jessica Cole, Amy Clark, Sarah Kimball, and Christine Miller, E1537 [14JY]
Health Care Fairness Act: Louis W. Sullivan, S14294 [8NO]
Imported Food Safety Improvement: Carol Tucker Foreman, Food Policy Institute, S6053 [26MY]
Improve Access to Specialists for Enrollees in Managed Care Plans and HMO's: Beth Gross, S8497 [14JY]
Include Alcohol Abuse in Office of National Drug Control Policy National Anti-Drug Media Campaigns: Richard D. Bonnette, Partnership for a Drug-Free America, S8002 [1JY]
———several organizations, S8007 [1JY]
Lowering the Drinking Age to 18: Nicholas Dandrow, Eric Williams, Beth Nadeau, Becca Bergeron, and Michael French, E1615 [21JY]
Medicaid Coverage of Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Services for Certain Women Screened Under Federally Funded Programs: Mary A. Waygan, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, E492 [18MR]
Medicare Insulin Pump Coverage Act: American Diabetes Association, S2671 [15MR]
National Health Care System: Zarina Williams and Melanie Campo, E1645 [22JY]
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, S12954 [21OC]
———American Medical Women's Association, S12868 [20OC]
———Maine Medical Association, S12897 [20OC]
———Society of Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health, S12867 [20OC]
Peer Counseling: Lee Knight, Anna Tornello, and Gigi Craig, E1645 [22JY]
Promoting Responsible Managed Care Act: Several Health Care Organizations, S1273 [4FE]
Prostitution: Lynn Clough, Angela DeBlasio, Kayla Gildersleeve, and Tess Grossi, E1649 [26JY]
Require Health Plans To Provide Adequate Access to Services Provided by Obstetrician-Gynecologists: Senator Frist, S8490 [14JY]
Tax Cuts Should Await Hard Choices on Spending: Concord Coalition, S9521 [28JY]
Tertiary Care in Illinois—A Resource at Risk: Illinois Congressional Delegation, H9018 [29SE]
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act: Executive Office of the President, S14959 [19NO]
Tobacco: Andy Tyson, Carey Levine, Zach Pratt, Tina Reed, Doug Lane, E1709 [30JY]
———Sara Sinclair, E1736 [3AU]
Use of Budget Surplus To Ensure Solvency of Social Security and Medicare: Horace B. Deets, AARP, S3330 [25MR]
———James Firman, National Council on Aging, S3330 [25MR]
———Max Rightman, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S3329 [25MR]
Veterans Health Care Funding: Representative Stump, H8055 [9SE]
Studies
Ergonomics Is a Women's Issue, H6922 [3AU]
Visits to Office-Based Physicians in the U.S. for Medication-Related Morbidity, E1162 [8JN]
Summaries
Access to Rx Medications in Medicare Act (S. 841), S3934 [20AP]
Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act (H.R. 1149), E500 [18MR]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Surveillance and Research of Autism and Related Developmental Diseases To Implement Effective Treatment and Prevention Strategies (H.R. 274), E36 [7JA]
Children Who Witness Domestic Violence Protection Act (S. 1321), S8104 [1JY]
CHIP Data and Evaluation Improvement Act (H.R. 1545), E759 [22AP]
CHIP Data and Evaluation Improvement Act (S. 206), S645 [19JA]
Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) Minority Staff Review of VA Programs for Veterans With Special Needs, S9343 [27JY]
DrugGap Insurance for Seniors Act (S. 1725), S12638 [14OC]
Equitable Federal Medical Assistance Percentage Act (S. 203), S635 [19JA]
Fairness for Legal Immigrants Act (S. 792), S3700 [14AP]
Genetics and Public Health Services Act (S. 1981), S15095 [19NO]
Hard To Swallow—Rising Drug Prices for America's Seniors: Families USA Foundation, S15073 [19NO]
Health Care Assurance Act (S. 24), S412 [19JA]
Health Care Worker Needlestick Prevention Act (H.R. 1899), E1049 [20MY]
Health Insurance for Americans Act (H.R. 2185), E1304 [17JN]
Health Research and Quality Act (H.R. 2506), E1541 [14JY]
Improve Access to Medicare Health Insurance and Benefits for Certain Individuals (H.R. 2228), E1251 [15JN]
Increase Research, Treatment, and Public Education of Lyme disease (H.R. 2790), E1799 [5AU]
Insurance Coverage of Long-Term Care Services (H.R. 2691), E1729-E1731 [3AU]
Medical Education Trust Fund Act (S. 210), S657 [19JA]
Medicare Early Access Act (S. 202), S633 [19JA]
Medicare Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Act (S. 1231), S7223 [17JN]
Medicare Home Health Access Restoration Act (H.R. 2240), E1291 [16JN]
Medicare Interim Payment System to Home Health Agencies for Home Health Services (S. 1310), S7940 [30JN]
Medicare Physician Self-Referral Improvement Act (H.R. 2650), E1685 [30JY]
Medicare Rehabilitation Benefit Improvement Act (S. 472), S2018 [25FE]
Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act (S. 796), S3703 [14AP]
National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: Executive Office of the President, S13244-S13247 [27OC]
Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act (H.R. 441): Hatch Amendment on L Visa Program Eligibility, S13389 [28OC]
Patients' Bill of Rights Plus Act (S. 300), S919 [22JA]
Promoting Responsible Managed Care Act (S. 374), S1272 [4FE]
Protection of Enrollees in Managed Health Care Plans and HMO's (H.R. 358), E65 [19JA]
Social Security and Medicare Lock Box Act (S. 862), S4114 [22AP]
Tables
Average Federal health benefits tax expenditure by income level (1996), E973 [14MY]
Budgetary impact of Medicare, Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program balanced budget refinement legislation, H12750 [18NO]
Caregiver tax credit requirements, E1497 [1JY]
Comparison of funds required to be spent on smoking prevention programs and compensation packages of tobacco company executives, S3032 [22MR]
Comparison of percentage of patients who receive liver transplants within one year, S13630 [2NO]
Comparison of substate Individuals With Disabilities Education Act grants and maximum grants to Georgia, H765 [24FE]
Corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, S14976 [19NO]
Costs of certain medical procedures performed by various health service providers, E1883 [15SE]
Cumulative doses by event and location of U.S. nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands, H3065 [12MY]
Current Medicare overpayments to managed care plans, E1237 [14JN]
Current Medicare overpayments to managed health care plans, E98 [2FE]
Domestic discretionary spending—Proposed Republican plan compared to 15 year history in constant dollars, S11428 [24SE]
Economic costs of alcohol and drug abuse in the U.S. (1992), S10196 [4AU]
Estimated revenue effects of various health care provisions, H9449, H9470 [6OC]
Government sponsored prescription drug coverage for senior citizens, E1879 [15SE]
Impact of tax rate reduction and bracket expansion, S10303 [5AU]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act Part B funding, H766 [24FE]
Maine veterans' homes daily census, H8401 [21SE]
Medical necessity clauses in employee health benefit contracts, S1274 [4FE]
NLRB workload and output data, S11692 [30SE]
Proposed additions and adjustments to H.R. 3075, Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act, H11616 [5NO]
U.S. nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands, H3064 [12MY]
Veterans health care funding, H7922 [8SE]
Testimonials
EverCare Program's participation in Medicare coverage of frail elderly beneficiaries permanently residing in certain nursing facilities: Glencroft Care Center, Glendale, AZ, E1126 [27MY]
———Mi Casa Care Home, Prescott Valley, AZ, E1126 [27MY]
———Shadow Mountain Care Center, Scottsdale, AZ, E1125 [27MY]
———Tampa, FL, health care facility, E1126 [27MY]
Testimonies
Neurofibromatosis Research Funding: Fred Mathews, E1017 [19MY]
Protection of Enrollees in Managed Health Care Plans and HMO's: Linda Peeno, S7167 [17JN]
Putting a Human Face on Biotechnology: Arthur Levinson, E2003 [1OC]
Texts of
H. Con. Res. 84, Individuals With Disabilities Education Act funding, H2563 [4MY]
H. Con. Res. 236, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 1180, Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act, H12866 [18NO]
H. Res. 89, NIH biomedical research funding, H5143 [30JN]
H. Res. 94, tribute to kidney donors, H11654 [8NO]
H. Res. 145, consideration of H.R. 999, Beaches Environmental Assessment, Cleanup, and Health Act, H2282 [22AP]
H. Res. 174, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2488, Taxpayer Refund and Relief Act, H7252 [5AU]
H. Res. 211, increase public awareness and encourage regular testing and examinations for prostate cancer, H4677 [22JN]
H. Res. 233, consideration of H.R. 1218, Child Custody Protection Act, H5099 [30JN]
H. Res. 256, consideration of H.R. 2488, Financial Freedom Act, H6089 [21JY]
H. Res. 271, consideration of H.R. 987, Workplace Preservation Act, H6901 [3AU]
H. Res. 299, consideration of H.R. 2506, Health Research and Quality Act, H8910 [28SE]
H. Res. 323, consideration of H.R. 2990, Quality Care for the Uninsured Act, and H.R. 2723, Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act, H9418 [6OC]
H. Res. 325, increased support and funding to combat diabetes, H12033 [16NO]
H. Res. 339, consideration of H.R. 2260, Pain Relief Promotion Act, H10868 [27OC]
H. Res. 348, Senate amendment to H.R. 2990, Quality Care for the Uninsured Act, H11341 [2NO]
H. Res. 350, involvement of private companies in the trafficking of fetal tissue and body parts, H11723 [9NO]
H. Res. 387, consideration of conference report on H.R. 1180, Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act, H12822 [18NO]
H.R. 24, improve Dept. of Veterans Affairs' allocation of health care resources, E17 [7JA]
H.R. 155, Municipal Biological Monitoring Use Act, E55 [7JA]
H.R. 441, Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act, H3474-H3476 [24MY]
H.R. 457, Organ Donor Leave Act, H6360 [26JY]
H.R. 540, prohibit transfers or discharges of Medicaid residents of nursing facilities, H1029 [9MR]
H.R. 655, Medicare Social Work Equity Act, E170 [9FE]
H.R. 941, Gift of Life Congressional Medal Act, E317 [2MR]
H.R. 987, Workplace Preservation Act, H6918 [3AU]
H.R. 1167, enhance Native American self-governance relative to direct operation, control, and redesign of Indian Health Service activities, H12133-H12139 [17NO]
H.R. 1180, Work Incentives Improvement Act, H10241-H10256 [19OC]
H.R. 1218, Child Custody Protection Act, H5102 [30JN]
H.R. 1375, reduce financial liability of physicians providing certain care under Medicare+Choice program, E604 [12AP]
H.R. 1794, Republic of China participation in WHO, H9256 [4OC]
H.R. 2116, Veterans' Millenium Health Care Act, H8392-H8399 [21SE]
H.R. 2130, Date-Rape Prevention Drug Act, H9863 [12OC]
H.R. 2230, exclude lobbying costs from the calculation of the adjusted community rate for Medicare+Choice plans, E1237 [14JN]
H.R. 2260, Pain Relief Promotion Act, H10889 [27OC]
H.R. 2367, provide a comprehensive program of support for victims of torture, H8424 [21SE]
H.R. 2368, Bikini Resettlement and Relocation Act, H8115 [13SE]
H.R. 2488, Financial Freedom Act, H6101-H6144 [21JY]
H.R. 2488, Taxpayer Refund Act, S10007-S10059 [2AU]
H.R. 2548, Dept. of Defense Anthrax Vaccination Moratorium Act, E1593 [19JY]
H.R. 2556, National Telecommuting and Air Quality Act, E1590 [19JY]
H.R. 2723, Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act, H9523-H9534 [7OC]
H.R. 2990, Quality Care for the Uninsured Act, H9431-H9446 [6OC]
H.R. 3075, Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act, H11596-H11612 [5NO]
S. 5, Drug-Free Century Act, S349-S365 [19JA]
S. 29, payment of certain health care expenses of the Armed Forces under CHAMPUS that are not payable under Medicare, S432 [19JA]
S. 300 Patients' Bill of Rights Plus Act, S904-S919 [22JA]
S. 35, Long-Term Care Affordability and Availability Act, S437 [19JA]
S. 36, American Worker Long-Term Care Affordability Act, S438 [19JA]
S. 37, repeal restriction on Medicare payment for hospital discharges to post-acute care, S440 [19JA]
S. 41, Civil Rights of Infants Act, S480 [19JA]
S. 44, expulsion of students from school for possession of guns or illegal drugs, S481 [19JA]
S. 57, Federal Employees Group Long-Term Care Insurance Act, S471 [19JA]
S. 114, Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Education Act, S544 [19JA]
S. 126, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Termination and Deficit Reduction Act, S556 [19JA]
S. 143, standardize physical examinations for boxers and require periodic brain CAT scans to obtain a boxing license, S568 [19JA]
S. 155, Public Health Response to Youth Suicide and Violence Act, S10472 [5AU]
S. 178, National Center for Social Work Research Act, S609 [19JA]
S. 179, Rural Preventive Health Care Training Act, S611 [19JA]
S. 180, Medicaid coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics, S611 [19JA]
S. 181, Medicare restrictions on services provided by clinical psychologists or social workers in outpatient rehabilitation facilities, S612 [19JA]
S. 194, Health Insurance Tax Relief Act, S624 [19JA]
S. 198, Domestic Violence Identification and Referral Act, S624 [19JA]
S. 201, Family and Medical Leave Fairness Act, S626 [19JA]
S. 202, Medicare Early Access Act, S627-S633 [19JA]
S. 203, Equitable Federal Medical Assistance Percentage Act, S634 [19JA]
S. 206, CHIP Data and Evaluation Improvement Act, S644 [19JA]
S. 207, increase funding for maternal and child health services and promote integrated physical and mental health service program for children and adolescents, S646 [19JA]
S. 210, Medical Education Trust Fund Act, S653-S657 [19JA]
S. 215, increase allotments to territories under the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S662 [19JA]
S. 230, Clinical Social Workers' Recognition Act, S690 [19JA]
S. 232, improved reimbursement of Medicare benefits for clinical social worker services, S690 [19JA]
S. 233, make social work students and schools eligible for certain programs and grants, and establish a social work training program, S691 [19JA]
S. 234, grant Federal charter to the National Academies of Practice, S691 [19JA]
S. 235, make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health profession loan programs, S692 [19JA]
S. 236, establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program specializing in underserved treatment areas, S693 [19JA]
S. 237, allow clinical social workers to perform psychiatric examinations on certain criminals, S693 [19JA]
S. 238, increase the grade provided for the heads of the nurse corps of the Armed Forces, S694 [19JA]
S. 239, revise certain provisions relative to the appointment of professional psychologists in the Veterans Health Administration, S696 [19JA]
S. 255, Home Health Integrity Preservation Act, S756-S759 [20JA]
S. 256, Medicare Universal Product Number Act, S759 [20JA]
S. 264, increase the Federal medical assistance percentage for Hawaii, S792 [20JA]
S. 265, Hospital Length of Stay Act, S794-S797 [20JA]
S. 295, jail-based substance abuse treatment programs funding, S896 [22JA]
S. 296, Federal Research Investment Act, S9307-S9309 [26JY]
S. 299, elevate position of Director of Indian Health Service to Assistant Sec. of HHS, S901 [22JA], S10955 [15SE]
S. 307, Medicare+Choice Payment Equity Act, S1011 [26JA]
S. 324, Drug Addiction Treatment Act, S1090 [28JA]
S. 327, Food and Medicine Sanctions Relief Act, S1095 [28JA]
S. 329, eligibility for hospital care and services relative to awarding of Purple Heart, S1096 [28JA]
S. 331, Work Incentives Improvement Act, S7044-S7057, S7064-S7078 [16JN]
S. 343, Self-Employed Health Insurance Fairness Act, S1154 [3FE]
S. 367, Radiation Exposure Compensation Improvement Act, S1260-S1262 [4FE]
S. 391, Children's Hospitals Education and Research Act, S1376 [8FE]
S. 406, Alaska Native and American Indian Direct Reimbursement Act, S10959 [15SE]
S. 425, Food and Medicine for the World Act, S1449 [11FE]
S. 431, Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Act, S1729 [22FE]
S. 432, Alcohol Abuse Prevention and Treatment Trust Fund Act, S1730 [22FE]
S. 433, Alcoholic Beverage Label Preservation Act, S1730 [22FE]
S. 455, Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act, S1929-S1931 [24FE]
S. 465, Mental Health Juvenile Justice Act, S1948-S1950 [24FE]
S. 472, Medicare Rehabilitation Benefit Improvement Act, S2018 [25FE]
S. 493, Toxic Microorganism Abatement Pilot Project Act, S2101 [2MR]
S. 496, Health Care Consumer Assistance Act, S2106 [2MR]
S. 522, Beaches Environmental Assessment, Closure, and Health Act, S2214 [3MR]
S. 523, treat certain hospital support organizations as qualified organizations for purposes of determining acquisition indebtedness, S2216 [3MR]
S. 541, Medicare graduate medical education payments, S2317 [4MR]
S. 562, Comprehensive Methamphetamine Abuse Reduction Act, S2414-S2416 [8MR]
S. 580, Healthcare Research and Quality Act, H12858-H12864 [18NO]
S. 599, Caring for Children Act, S2592-S2596 [11MR]
S. 609, prevent inhalant abuse, S2658 [15MR], S4508 [30AP]
S. 617, Medicare Insulin Pump Coverage Act, S2671 [15MR]
S. 632, Poison Control Center Enhancement and Awareness Act, S10626 [8SE]
S. 657, Medical Savings Account Expansion Act, S2936 [18MR]
S. 660, Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy Act, S2941 [18MR]
S. 661, Child Custody Protection Act, S2942 [18MR]
S. 662, Medicaid coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs, S2944 [18MR]
S. 681, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act, S3131-S3133 [23MR]
S. 696, Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Act, S3250 [24MR]
S. 697, Women's Access to Care Act, S3251 [24MR]
S. 704, Federal Prisoner Health Care Copayment Act, S6450 [27MY], S6471 [7JN]
S. 731, Prescription Drug Fairness for Seniors Act, S3463 [25MR]
S. 737, Family Planning State Flexibility Act, S3467 [25MR]
S. 749, Early Learning Trust Fund Act, S3488-S3490 [25MR]
S. 751, Seniors Safety Act, S3492-S3497 [25MR]
S. 771, memorialization at the columbarium of Arlington National Cemetery for eligible veterans who have donated their remains to science, S3638 [13AP]
S. 782, Patients' Telephone Privacy Act, S3643 [13AP]
S. 784, Medicare Cancer Clinical Trial Coverage Act, S3646 [13AP]
S. 789, pay special compensation to certain severely disabled military retirees, S3649 [13AP]
S. 790, Bottled Water Safety and Right To Know Act, S3650-S3652 [13AP]
S. 792, Fairness for Legal Immigrants Act, S3699 [14AP]
S. 796, Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act, S3702 [14AP]
S. 805, Children's Asthma Relief Act, S3777-S3779 [15AP]
S. 841, Access to Rx Medications in Medicare Act, S3931-S3934 [20AP]
S. 849, Youth Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, S4034 [21AP]
S. 862, Social Security and Medicare Lock Box Act, S4113 [22AP]
S. 863, Medicaid Nursing Incentive Act, S4115 [22AP]
S. 881, Medical Information Protection Act, S4257-S4265 [27AP]
S. 894, Federal Civilian and Uniformed Services Long-Term Care Insurance Act, S4347-S4349 [28AP]
S. 901, Children's Dental Health Improvement Act, S4359-S4364 [28AP]
S. 902, Early Treatment for HIV Act, S4364 [28AP]
S. 906, Drug Testing and Treatment for Welfare Recipients Act, S4368 [28AP]
S. 907, Right to Life Act, S4369 [28AP]
S. 928, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, S4462 [29AP]
S. 976, Youth Drug and Mental Health Services Act, S13845-S13855 [3NO]
S. 998, Better Nutrition for School Children Act, S5039 [11MY]
S. 1002, Medicare Psychiatric Hospital Prospective Payment System Act, S5046 [11MY]
S. 1023, Graduate Medical Education Payment Restoration Act, S5166 [12MY]
S. 1024, Managed Care Fair Payment Act, S5167 [12MY]
S. 1025, Nursing and Allied Health Payment Improvement Act, S5167 [12MY]
S. 1034, Investment in Women's Health Act, S5275 [13MY]
S. 1063, reform Medicare beneficiary payment limits for certain long-existing home health agencies relative to the interim payment system, S5485 [18MY]
S. 1070, Sensible Ergonomics Needs Scientific Evidence Act, S5496 [18MY]
S. 1074, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Treatment and Assistance Act, S5587 [19MY]
S. 1091, Pediatric Research Initiative Act, S5756 [20MY]
S. 1106, Early Detection and Prevention of Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases Act, S5849-S5851 [24MY]
S. 1110, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering Establishment Act, S5862 [24MY]
S. 1112, Children's Environmental Protection Act, S5866-S5868 [24MY]
S. 1131, Fragile X Research Breakthrough Act, S6059 [26MY]
S. 1146, Veterans' Access to Emergency Care Act, S6290 [27MY]
S. 1149, Drinking Water Right-To-Know Act, S6295 [27MY]
S. 1154, Prenatal, Infant, and Child Development Act, S6301-S6306 [27MY]
S. 1162, Strengthening Families in the Military Service Act, S6044 [26MY]
S. 1227, Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act, S7133 [16JN]
S. 1231, Medicare Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Act, S7220-S7223 [17JN]
S. 1243, Prostate Cancer Research and Prevention Act, S15220 [19NO]
S. 1250, Veterans' Long-Term Care Enhancement Act, S7330 [21JN]
S. 1267, Clinical Trials Disclosure Act, S7527 [23JN]
S. 1268, Twenty-First Century Research Laboratories Act, S15218 [19NO]
S. 1272, Pain Relief Promotion Act, S7533 [23JN]
S. 1281, Safe Food Act, S7602 [24JN]
S. 1307, Food Stamp Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act, S7937 [30JN]
S. 1344, Patients' Bill of Rights Act, S8741-S8768 [16JY]
S. 1350, Medical Savings Account Improvement Act, S8269 [12JY]
S. 1355, Family Income To Respond to Significant Transitions Insurance Act, S8376 [13JY]
S. 1391, Filipino Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act, S8801 [19JY]
S. 1400, Family Planning and Choice Protection Act, S8881-S8884 [20JY]
S. 1414, Medicare Home Health Beneficiary Equity and Payment Simplification Act, S9075-S9077 [22JY]
S. 1425, Biotechnology Tax Credit Act, S9086 [22JY]
S. 1445, Patient Abuse Prevention Act, S9389-S9393 [27JY]
S. 1447, Fairness in Treatment—The Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Act, S9531-S9533 [28JY]
S. 1451, Medicare Waste Tax Reduction Act, S9534-S9541 [28JY]
S. 1459, Medicare Return to Home Act, S9748 [29JY]
S. 1475, Child Care Quality Incentive Act, S10119 [3AU]
S. 1476, increase Medicare payments for physician services provided in health professional shortage areas in Alaska and Hawaii, S10120 [3AU]
S. 1497, International Tuberculosis Control Act, S10239 [4AU]
S. 1499, Medicare's Elderly Receiving Innovative Treatments (MERIT) Act, S10391 [5AU]
S. 1500, Medicare Beneficiary Access to Quality Nursing Home Care Act, S10393 [5AU]
S. 1507, Native American Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program Consolidation Act, S10404 [5AU]
S. 1515, improve application process and compensation criteria under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act for certain individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines and mills and through fallout from nuclear weapons testing, S14918-S14921 [19NO]
S. 1530, Family and Medical Leave Clarification Act, S10435 [5AU]
S. 1543, release of tobacco production and marketing information, S10341 [5AU], H7467 [5AU]
S. 1561, Date-Rape Drug Control Act, S10485 [5AU], S14870-S14872 [19NO]
S. 1570, S-CHIP Improvement Act, S10615 [8SE]
S. 1574, Fairness in Medicare Home Health Access Act, S10730 [10SE]
S. 1601, Small Rural Provider Act, S11059 [16SE]
S. 1605, Women and Children's Resources Act, S11131-S11133 [21SE]
S. 1609, American Hospital Preservation Act, S11136 [21SE]
S. 1616, require Dept. of Veterans Affairs to develop a system to improve medical care cost recovery from private insurers, S11258 [22SE]
S. 1623, National Health Museum Site Selection Act, S11362 [23SE]
S. 1678, Medicare Beneficiary Access to Care Act, S11762-S11768 [1OC]
S. 1688, Federal Employees Health Benefits Children's Equity Act, S11953 [5OC]
S. 1692, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, S12997 [21OC]
S. 1709, State Criminal Alien Assistance Program II and Local Medical Emergency Reimbursement Act, S12240 [7OC]
S. 1725, DrugGap Insurance for Seniors Act, S12634-S12638 [14OC]
S. 1728, remove limit on Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments to Ohio, S12641 [14OC]
S. 1809, Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, S14314-S14330 [8NO]
S. 1813, Clinical Research Enhancement Act, S13273-S13275 [27OC], S15214-S15216 [19NO]
S. 1821, Lead Poisoning Expense Recovery Act, S13406 [28OC]
S. 1822, Treatment of Children's Deformities Act, S13407 [28OC]
S. 1823, Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act revision and extension, S13409-S13415 [28OC]
S. 1828, Strengthen Social Security and Medicare Act, S13426-S13428 [28OC]
S. 1831, Strengthen Social Security and Medicare Act, S13553-S13555 [29OC]
S. 1873, delay effective date of the final rule relative to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, S14091 [5NO]
S. 1880, Health Care Fairness Act, S14289-S14294 [8NO]
S. 1897, NIH Office of Autoimmune Diseases Act, S14423 [9NO]
S. 1918, Medicare for Individuals With Terminal Illnesses Act, S14567 [10NO]
S. 1929, Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act revision and extension, S14620-S14628 [16NO]
S. 1935, Medicaid Community Attendant Services and Supports Act, S14638-S14641 [16NO]
S. 1942, Pharmaceutical Aid to Older Americans Act, S14706 [17NO]
S. 1955, Access to Medical Treatment Act, S14807-S14809 [18NO]
S. 1996, clarify content requirements for petitions for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, S15214 [19NO]
S. Con. Res. 11, congressional oversight of implementation of the Food Quality Protection Act, S1650 [12FE]
S. Con. Res. 25, Individuals With Disabilities Education Act funding, S3654 [13AP]
S. Con. Res. 32, coverage of chiropractic services under Medicare+Choice program, S5425 [17MY]
S. Con. Res. 47, regulatory burdens on home health agencies under Medicare, S8958 [21JY]
S. Res. 19, NIH biomedical research funding, S716 [19JA]
S. Res. 20, redesignate Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) as the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S477, S717 [19JA]
S. Res. 26, participation of the Republic of China in WHO, S801 [20JA]
S. Res. 26, Republic of China participation in WHO, S3605 [12AP]
S. Res. 34, National Youth Fitness Week, S1452 [11FE], S6914 [10JN]
S. Res. 35, Dept. of Veterans Affairs projects to facilitate the treatment of veterans with Alzheimer's disease, S1452 [11FE]
S. Res. 47, National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week, S1655 [12FE], S2976 [18MR]
S. Res. 62, National Cervical Health Month, S2778 [16MR]
S. Res. 72, National ALS Awareness Month, S4474 [29AP]
S. Res. 81, Safe Drinking Water Act anniversary, S4058 [21AP]
S. Res. 81, Year of Safe Drinking Water and anniversary of Safe Drinking Water Act, S6914 [10JN]
S. Res. 84, National Alpha 1 Awareness Month, S4192 [26AP]
S. Res. 92, Prostate Cancer Research Commitment Resolution, S4607 [3MY], S13191 [26OC]
S. Res. 99, National Survivors for Prevention of Suicide Day, S5057 [11MY], S11452 [24SE]
S. Res. 108, National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, S6072 [26MY]
S. Res. 110, National Race for the Cure Day, S6383, S6448 [27MY]
S. Res. 114, National Pediatric AIDS Awareness Day, S6801 [9JN], S6914 [10JN]
S. Res. 127, request return of papers relative to S. 331, Work Incentives Improvement Act, S7535, S7543 [23JN]
S. Res. 177, National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, S10500, S10530 [5AU]
S. Res. 179, National Mammography Day, S10621 [8SE], S12254 [7OC]
S. Res. 199, National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, S12245 [7OC], S12858 [19OC]
S. Res. 200, National Biotechnology Week, S12323 [8OC], S14926 [19NO]
S. Res. 225, designate Thanksgiving Day as a day to ``Give Thanks, Give Life'' and to discuss organ and tissue donation with other family members, S14299 [8NO], S14928 [19NO]
S.J. Res. 35, prohibit the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative in the District of Columbia from taking effect, S11882 [4OC]
Transcripts
California Biotechnology and Bioscience Companies' Satellite CEO Conference, E2468-E2474 [19NO]
Financial Freedom Act (H.R. 2488): Kevin Phillips, ``Morning Edition,'' National Public Radio, S9663 [29JY]