HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

Amendments

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), H5169 [26JN], H5636, H5637, H5639, H5641, H5643, H5644, H5647, H5657 [29JN]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), S9048 [22SE], H8209 [27SE]

Analyses

Protection of Enrollees in Managed Health Care Plans and HMO's: Sara Rosenbaum, David M. Frankford, and Rand E. Rosenblatt, S7516 [25JY]

Articles and editorials

First, Do No Harm, H7592-H7596 [14SE]

High Infant Mortality Rates in Brooklyn Mystify Experts, H627 [1MR]

High-Risk Surgery—Follow the Crowd, E361 [21MR]

Joint Venture—When Pot's Prescribed, the High Way Leads to the Compassion Flower Inn, E1177 [30JN]

Need for Care as Well as Profit, E1462 [13SE]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: allow members to sue the U.S. for damages for certain injuries caused by improper medical care (see H.R. 3799), H631 [1MR]

———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. 4124), H1588 [29MR]

Bronx, NY: authorize Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical center renovation project (see S. 2631), S4459 [25MY] (see H.R. 4302), H2338 [13AP]

Cannon AFB, NM: convey excess hospital equipment to Roosevelt General Hospital in Portales, NM (see S. 3153), S9702 [3OC]

Children and youth: address special needs relative to organ transplantation (see H.R. 4008), H1118 [16MR]

Dept. of HHS: make grants to hospitals, with National Housing Act insured mortgages, for conversion and re-utilization of excess capacity (see H.R. 5255), H7991 [21SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish HMO Guaranty Fund to provide payments to States to pay outstanding health care provider claims of insolvent HMO's (see S. 3261), S11374 [30OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: demolition, environmental cleanup, and reversion of medical center in Allen Park, MI (see H.R. 5346), H8551 [29SE]

———improve inpatient medical care services to veterans in areas remote from VA medical facilities (see H.R. 4575), H3868 [25MY]

———improve procedures for scheduling of certain non-emergency medical services (see S. 2007), S86 [26JA]

———motor vehicle reimbursement rates for veterans traveling to VA health care facilities (see H.R. 4716), H4817 [21JN]

Drugs: clarify application of Federal controlled substances laws in States that authorize medical use of marijuana and other drugs (see H.R. 4802), H5655 [29JN]

Dublin, GA: convey certain real property at the Carl Vinson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (see H.R. 5075), H7209 [27JY] (see H.R. 5139), H7365 [7SE]

Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act: GAO report on impact on hospital emergency departments (see H.R. 5304), H8200 [26SE]

Federal aid programs: provide relief for essential hospitals in certain regions and assist in the long-range economic recovery of such hospitals (see H.R. 4622), H4173 [9JN] (see H.R. 5228), H7932 [20SE]

Fort Lyon, CO: conveyance of Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center to Colorado (see S. 2827), S6121 [29JN]

Fred W. Matz Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Menominee, MI: designate (see H.R. 5519), H10472 [19OC]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), consideration (see H. Res. 542), H5435 [28JN]

———authorize grants to carry out organ recovery rate improvement programs in eligible hospitals (see H.R. 5464), H9900 [12OC]

———cooperation between the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and the Dept. of Defense in the procurement of medical items (see H. Con. Res. 413), H8468 [28SE]

———create a national voluntary reporting system to continually reduce medical errors and improve patient safety (see S. 2743), S5240 [15JN]

———enhance the Nation's capacity to address public health threats and emergencies (see S. 2731), S5106 [14JN] (see H.R. 4964), H7127 [26JY]

———expand health care access and choice of coverage through Individual Membership Associations (see H.R. 4119), H1587 [29MR]

———limit medical malpractice claims (see H.R. 5344), H8468 [28SE]

———modify qualifications for community mental health centers and postpone application of Medicare prospective payment system to partial hospitalization services (see H.R. 5055), H7208 [27JY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see S. 3057, 3058), S8635 [15SE] (see H.R. 5628), H11842 [3NO]

———provide for health care liability reform (see H.R. 5092), H7209 [27JY] (see H.R. 5119), H7280 [6SE]

———reduce accidental injury and death resulting from medical mistakes and reduce medication-related errors (see S. 2038), S489 [8FE] (see S. 2738), S5240 [15JN]

———reduce paperwork and improve payment policies for services, and prevent fraud and abuse through health care provider education (see H.R. 5094), H7209 [27JY]

———traumatic brain surgery programs funding (see S. 3081), S8823 [20SE]

———voluntary reporting of medication error information to assist in developing and disseminating recommendations and information on preventing medication errors (see H.R. 3672), H509 [16FE]

Health care professionals: protect rights of emergency medical technicians employed by acute care hospitals (see H.R. 4854), H6051 [13JY]

Immigration: establish a grant program for unreimbursed costs of border hospitals in providing emergency medical services to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 4973), H7128 [26JY]

———Federal reimbursement for indirect costs of incarcerating illegal aliens and for emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 4282), H2337 [13AP]

———State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding (see H.R. 4679), H4591 [15JN]

Insurance: coverage of infertility treatment (see S. 2160), S1117 [2MR]

———coverage of long-term care services (see H. Con. Res. 412), H8406 [27SE]

———limit increase in health insurance company premiums to certain buyers of coverage in individual markets (see H.R. 3527), H48 [27JA]

Law enforcement: require Federal authorities to provide information in medical records, seized from a medical practice to that practice, in order to continue patient care (see H.R. 4689), H4591 [15JN]

Medicaid: apply aggregate upper payment limits to non-State publicly owned or operated facilities (see S. 3187), S10252 [11OC]

———apply the disproportionate share hospital payment transition rule to public hospitals (see S. 3255), S11252 [27OC] (see H.R. 5621), H11781 [1NO]

———assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see S. 2308), S1815 [28MR] (see H.R. 3710), H572 [29FE]

———coverage of community-based attendant services (see H.R. 4416), H2905 [10MY]

———improve quality of care furnished in nursing homes (see H.R. 4949), H7002 [25JY]

———increase the personal needs allowance for institutionalized individuals under Medicare (see H.R. 5087), H7209 [27JY]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see S. 2299), S1747 [27MR] (see H.R. 3698), H510 [16FE]

———waive disproportionate share hospital designation for certain rural hospitals relative to obstetrician requirements (see H.R. 4793), H5654 [29JN]

Medicare: adjust wages and wage-related costs for certain items and services furnished in geographically reclassified hospitals (see S. 2241), S1392 [9MR]

———assure quality of care to beneficiaries and reduce the incidence of medical errors (see H.R. 5404), H9011 [5OC]

———combat fraud and abuse relative to partial hospitalization services (see H.R. 5449), H9767 [11OC]

———coverage of adult day care services (see S. 2826), S6121 [29JN]

———coverage of ambulance services to certain rural outpatient facilities (see H.R. 4549), H3867 [25MY]

———coverage of inpatient hospital services in Puerto Rico (see S. 3037), S8413 [12SE]

———coverage of paramedic intercept ambulance support services (see H.R. 4952), H7002 [25JY]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see S. 2365), S2233 [5AP] (see H.R. 4219), H1957 [6AP]

———eliminate reduction in the market basket percentage under the prospective payment system for payments to small rural hospitals (see H.R. 4996), H7206 [27JY]

———enhance the critical access hospital program (see S. 2600), S4237 [22MY]

———ensure reimbursement for certain ambulance services, apply reasonable standard to determination of medical necessity for ambulance services, and recognize additional costs of ambulance services in rural areas (see S. 2858), S6677 [13JY] (see H.R. 5153), H7501 [12SE]

———establish a hospice demonstration and grant program for beneficiaries (see S. 3026), S8412 [12SE]

———establish a minimum adjustment to payments to hospitals for costs attributable to wages (see H.R. 4998), H7206 [27JY]

———establish a special payment rate for psychiatric hospital services (see H.R. 4702), H4783 [20JN]

———expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine (see S. 2910), S7656 [26JY] (see H.R. 4930), H6776 [24JY]

———extend the option to use rebased target amounts to all sole community hospitals (see S. 2037), S381 [7FE] (see H.R. 5011), H7206 [27JY]

———geographic reclassification of a county to provide for more equitable payments to hospitals located in that county (see H.R. 5108), H7280 [6SE]

———graduate medical education payments (see S. 2394), S2526 [11AP] (see H.R. 4239), H2122 [11AP]

———improve access to health insurance by offering certain individuals a Medicare buy-in option and allow tax credit for payment of premiums (see H.R. 4938), H6777 [24JY]

———improve fee-for-services reimbursement rates in rural States (see S. 2610), S4297 [23MY]

———improve geographic fairness in Medicare+Choice payments and hospital payments (see H.R. 5070), H7208 [27JY]

———improve Medicare-dependent, small rural hospital program (see S. 2768), S5662 [22JN] (see H.R. 4997), H7206 [27JY]

———increase the percentage of bad hospital debt that is reimbursable (see H.R. 4878), H6469 [18JY]

———limit number of residents in allopathic and osteopathic medicine eligible for graduate medical education payments (see H.R. 5348), H8551 [29SE]

———limit reductions in Federal payments under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (see S. 3028), S8412 [12SE]

———make improvements to the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facility services (see S. 3050), S8585 [14SE]

———payment levels for certain medically unsupervised certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 5251), H7990 [21SE]

———preserve essential rural hospitals (see H.R. 5220), H7932 [20SE]

———promote access to health care services in rural areas (see S. 2987), S7840 [27JY]

———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 5042), H7207 [27JY]

———provide appropriate transition from interim payment system to prospective payment system for home health services (see S. 2835), S6257 [30JN]

———provide attending physicians greater authority in determining whether a beneficiary is eligible for hospice care (see H.R. 5222), H7932 [20SE]

———provide bad hospital debt relief to certain facilities and provide beneficiaries with cost-sharing under Medicaid (see S. 2981), S7840 [27JY]

———provide beneficiaries with accurate and understandable managed care information and negotiate with Medicare+Choice organizations to improve and expand benefit plans (see H.R. 4753), H5168 [26JN]

———provide for equity in the amount of disproportionate share payment adjustments between urban and rural hospitals (see H.R. 4995), H7206 [27JY]

———provide for the classification of certain hospitals as cancer hospitals for payment of services (see H.R. 4967), H7127 [26JY]

———provide off-budget treatment for the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 3640), H341 [10FE]

———provide relief for small business from consolidated billing requirements and exclude services of certain providers from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (see H.R. 5392), H9010 [5OC]

———redesignate ``Medicare+Choice'' as ``Medicare-No-Choice'' (see H.R. 5558), H11194 [25OC]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 4684), H4591 [15JN]

———require submission and posting of nursing staff level data, assess adequacy of training requirements, and improve quality of care provided by skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 4614), H4120 [8JN]

———require wage adjustment of actual, rather than estimated proportion of a hospital's costs that are attributable to wages and wage-related costs (see S. 2828), S6121 [29JN]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see S. 2018), S213 [1FE] (see H.R. 3576), H212 [3FE] (see H.R. 3580), H219 [7FE]

———study anesthesia services and expand service arrangements for certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 5286), H8061 [25SE]

Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act: implementation of a prospective payment system for psychiatric hospitals (see S. 2556), S3946 [15MY]

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: conduct a study on certain hospital costs (see S. 3161), S9944 [5OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish minimum nursing staff levels for nursing facilities and improve quality of care provided by nursing facilities (see S. 3177), S10083 [6OC]

———improve patient safety by reducing medical errors (see S. 2378), S2347 [6AP]

———require certain staffing in nursing facilities (see H.R. 5166), H7577 [13SE]

———require criminal background checks for nursing facility workers (see S. 3066), S8759 [19SE]

———require nursing facilities to be air conditioned to receive funding (see H.R. 4898), H6717 [20JY]

———waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 4547), H3867 [25MY] (see H.R. 5282), H8061 [25SE]

Miles City, MT: convey VA Medical Complex land to Custer County, MT (see S. 2637), S4460 [25MY] (see H.R. 4912), H6718 [20JY]

National Health Center Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 381), H7128 [26JY]

National Living Organ Donor Registry: establish (see H.R. 5465), H9900 [12OC]

NIH: biomedical research funding (see S. Res. 253), S381 [7FE] (see H. Res. 437), H921 [9MR]

Nursing homes: regulate the employment of persons with criminal backgrounds (see H.R. 4293), H2337 [13AP]

Oscar G. Johnson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility, Iron Mountain, MI: designate (see H.R. 5520), H10472 [19OC]

Public Health Service: extend breast cancer research programs (see H.R. 4699), H4783 [20JN]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (see S. 2868), S6678 [13JY] (see H.R. 4365), H2511 [3MY]

———provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 594), H8199 [26SE]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see S. 2735), S5240 [15JN] (see H.R. 4677), H4591 [15JN]

Senior citizens: increase accountability of nursing facilities and ensure adequate nurse staffing for patient needs in the facilities under the Medicare and Medicaid programs (see H.R. 5646), H12045 [7DE]

———recognize need for a White House Conference to discuss and develop national recommendations concerning quality of care in assisted living facilities (see H.J. Res. 107), H7502 [12SE]

Social Security: provide equitable payments to providers of services under the Medicare Program and provide coverage of additional children under the Medicaid Program (see H.R. 5001), H7206 [27JY]

———provide targeted payment relief for hospitals that serve primarily Medicare and Medicaid patients that have been disproportionately impacted by certain payment reductions (see H.R. 4624), H4173 [9JN]

States: provide grants to test innovative ways to increase nursing home staff levels, reduce turnover, and improve quality of care for residents in nursing homes (see H.R. 5243), H7990 [21SE]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for health insurance costs (see S. 2337), S1986 [30MR] (see H.R. 4113), H1587 [29MR]

———improve access to tax-exempt debt for small non-profit health care and educational institutions (see S. 2626), S4379 [24MY]

Veterans: increase size of the estate an incompetent veteran may have without being subject to suspension of benefits while under institutional care by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 4935), H6777 [24JY]

———mint coins in commemoration and use proceeds of surcharges imposed on the sale of such coins to fund the transport of veterans to and from Dept. of Veterans Affairs hospitals (see H.R. 5397), H9010 [5OC]

Excerpts

Long-Term Care for the Disabled Elderly—Current Policy, Emerging Trends and Implications for the Twenty-First Century, E1461 [13SE]

Factsheets

Voluntary Error Reduction and Improvement in Patient Safety Act (S. 2743), S5269 [15JN]

Homilies

Accessible Healthcare for All Citizens: Joseph W. Skrha, E490 [4AP]

Letters

Enhance the Nation's capacity to address public health threats and emergencies: Dyann F. Wirth, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, S11311 [28OC]

———Gail H. Cassell, American Society for Microbiology, S11311 [28OC]

———Jean-Pierre Garnier, SmithKline Beecham (business), S11312 [28OC]

———Jordan J. Cohen, Association of American Medical Colleges, S11310 [28OC]

———Ronald L. Cada, Association of Public Laboratories, S11311 [28OC]

———several medical and health organizations, S11310 [28OC]

———Stephanie B.C. Bailey, National Association of County and City Health Officials, S11311 [28OC]

———William J. Martone, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, S11311 [28OC]

Ensure debts incurred as a result of abortion clinic violence are nondischargeable relative to bankruptcy: Senator Hatch, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S7384 [20JY]

Ensure physician's rights to choose whether to join a labor organization: Peggy Taylor, AFL-CIO, H5642 [29JN]

Graduate medical education payments: several Members of Congress, S6208 [30JN]

Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program corrections relative to the Balanced Budget Act: George N. Miller, Jr., Christus Jasper Memorial Hospital, H11550 [30OC]

———several hospital and healthcare associations, H11500 [29OC]

NIH biomedical research funding: Anna D. Barker and Margaret Foti, American Association for Cancer Research, Inc., H7074 [26JY]

———Corrina P. Smith, PolyCystic Ovarian Syndrome Association, Inc., H7084 [26JY]

———Cynthia Clay, H7084 [26JY]

———Darwin J. Prockop, MCP Hahnemann University, H7074 [26JY]

———David B. Moore, Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Funding, H7074 [26JY]

———David G. Kaufman, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, H7073 [26JY]

———Eric S. Lander, Joint Steering Committee for Public Policy, H7073 [26JY]

———Gerald Litwack, Jefferson Medical College, H7074 [26JY]

———Lawrence S.B. Goldstein, University of California, San Diego, H7084 [26JY]

———Lynn Smaha, American Heart Association, H7073 [26JY]

———Rajen Dalal, Chiron Corp., H7084 [26JY]

———several Representatives, H7073 [26JY]

Nursing Home Initiative funding: Sarah Greene Burger, National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform, E956 [9JN]

Protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's: Representatives Dingell and Norwood, Committee on Commerce (House), S4788 [8JN]

———several individuals, H97 [1FE]

Protection of enrollees in managed health care plans and HMO's: Representative Ganske, S7516 [25JY]

Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System funding: Thomas L. Garthwaite, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, H4872 [21JN]

Voluntary Error Reduction and Improvement in Patient Safety Act: Andrew Dreyfus, Massachusetts Hospital Association, S5270 [15JN]

———David Johnson, Federation of Behavioral, Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, S5270 [15JN]

Lists

Biomedical Research Caucus events, H7078 [26JY]

Cosponsors of H. Res. 437, NIH biomedical research funding, H7073 [26JY]

Cosponsors of S. 2365, Home Health Payment Fairness Act, S8807 [20SE]

Lehigh Valley Hospice volunteers, E473 [3AP]

Supporters of H. Res. 437, NIH biomedical research funding, H7074 [26JY]

Memorandums

Bankruptcy and Debts Incurred as a Result of Abortion Clinic Violence: Robin Jeweler, Congressional Research Service, S11695 [7DE]

Bankruptcy Reform Legislation Relative to Abortion Clinic Violence: Robin Jeweler, Congressional Research Service, S11414 [31OC], S11464 [1NO]

Is Quality of Care Affected by Hospital and Physician Volumes? Lisa Shulman, E9 [27JA]

Quality Health-Care Coalition Act: Morton Rosenberg, Congressional Research Service, H5633-H5635 [29JN]

Motions

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), H8209 [27SE]

Papers

Graduate Physician Training Positions: Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S7785 [27JY]

On the Commodification of Medicine: Senator Moynihan, S7207-S7210 [19JY]

Press releases

Protection of Enrollees in Managed Care Plans and HMO's: AMA, S4788 [8JN]

Remarks in House

Amarillo, TX: Amarillo VA Health Care System recipient of Dept. of Veterans Affairs Robert W. Carey Quality Award, E1663 [4OC]

American Association of Dental Schools: tribute, E419 [27MR]

Angola, LA: Louisiana State Penitentiary hospice program recipient of the American Hospital Association Circle of Life Award, E691 [10MY]

Asheville, NC: VA Medical Center Alzheimer's disease funding, H10382 [19OC]

Assisted Living Federation of America: anniversary, E447 [30MR]

Baltimore, MD: tribute to Johns Hopkins Hospital, H5727 [10JY]

Bankruptcy: ensure debts incurred as a result of abortion clinic violence are nondischargeable, H9835, H9836 [12OC]

Baystate Health Systems (business): American Hospital Association NOVA Award recipient, H2781 [10MY]

Berger Health System (business): Circle of Caring Program recipient of American Hospital Association Hospital Award for Volunteer Excellence, E688 [10MY]

Bethesda, MD: anniversary of NIH Children's Inn, E1374 [27JY]

BIA: insure equitable distribution of Indian Health Service medical assistance payments to underfunded tribes, H4475 [14JN]

Brooklyn, NY: tribute to Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, E88 [8FE]

Cleveland, OH: tribute to St. Michael's Hospital, E1217 [13JY]

Committee on Government Reform (House): release of Minority Staff report on condition of nursing homes in Texas, E2104 [14NO]

Community Healthcare Network (organization): American Hospital Association NOVA Award recipient, E716 [11MY]

Concord, NC: tribute to Five Oaks Nursing Home, E721 [15MY]

Cox, Darlene L.: Congressional Community Service Award recipient, E1017 [15JN]

Death and dying: comparision between medical-related deaths and accidental firearm deaths, H1682 [4AP]

Denver, CO: tribute to National Jewish Medical and Research Center for inclusion in U.S. News & World Report's (publication) ``America's Best Hospitals'' list, E1273 [19JY]

Dept. of Defense: allow Medicare-eligible military health care system beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, H3191 [17MY]

———authorize comparison study of coverage of physical, speech, and occupational therapies under TRICARE, CHAMPUS, Medicare, and the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, H3278 [17MY]

———make certain improvements to the military health care system, H3978, H3979 [7JN]

———military health care programs funding through reductions in the national missile defense system, H3999-H4002 [7JN]

———TRICARE senior pharmacy program funding through reductions in the national missile defense system, H3992-H3999 [7JN]

Dept. of HHS: Consolidated Health Centers Program funding, H4104 [8JN]

———Inner City Cardiac Satellite Demonstration Project funding, H4236 [13JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: demolition, environmental cleanup, and reversion of medical center in Allen Park, MI, H9947 [17OC]

———establish an outpatient clinic in Georgia's 7th Congressional District, H4775 [20JN]

———improve health care programs and provide extended care services for veterans (H.R. 2116), conference report, H705 [8MR]

———improve inpatient medical care services to veterans in areas remote from VA medical facilities, H7962, H7963 [21SE]

———medical research funding through reductions in EPA programs and management, H4724, H4731, H4733 [20JN]

———medical research funding through reductions in NASA programs, H4724, H4730, H4732, H4733, H4734 [20JN]

———motor vehicle reimbursement rates for veterans traveling to VA health care facilities (H.R. 4716), E1072 [21JN]

———State Extended Care Facilities Construction Grant Program funding through reductions in NASA programs, H4729-H4734 [20JN]

———Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System funding, H4870-H4877 [21JN], E1095 [23JN]

District of Columbia Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corp.: funding, H7041 [26JY]

Donald J. Mitchell Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Rome, NY: designate (H.R. 1982), H6790, H6791 [25JY]

Douglas, GA: Coffee Regional Medical Center recipient of the Georgia Rural Health Association Rural Hospital of the Year award, E2049 [1NO]

Dove Creek, CO: tribute to Dove Creek Community Health Clinic, E1946 [26OC]

Drugs: clarify application of Federal controlled substances laws in States that authorize medical use of marijuana and other drugs (H.R. 4802), E1176 [30JN]

Dublin, GA: convey certain real property at the Carl Vinson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (H.R. 5139), H8630, H8631 [3OC]

Education: payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs, H8254 [27SE]

El Paso, TX: recognition of Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe by National Concilio de la Raza as ``Nation's Best Clinic'', H6783 [25JY]

———tribute to Dept. of Veterans Affairs Vet Center, H7007 [26JY]

EPA: breast cancer research programs funding relative to environmental factors, H10383, H10384 [19OC]

Federal aid programs: provide relief for essential hospitals in certain regions and assist in the long-range economic recovery of such hospitals (H.R. 4622), H4171 [9JN]

———provide relief for essential hospitals in certain regions and assist in the long-range economic recovery of such hospitals (H.R. 5228), E1546 [20SE]

Foreman, Spencer: Angela House (organization) honoree, E1969 [28OC]

Government regulations: guidelines for the use of therapeutic restraints, H8250, H8255, H8260 [27SE]

Hazardous substances: increase funding for poison control centers and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access (S. 632), H230-H233, H237 [8FE]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), H3416 [19MY], H3756-H3763 [24MY], H3860-H3863 [25MY], H5440, H5627-H5652 [29JN], E1185, E1189, E1191 [10JY]

———application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), consideration (H. Res. 542), H5617-H5626 [29JN]

———authorize grants to carry out organ recovery rate improvement programs in eligible hospitals (H.R. 5464), E1787 [13OC]

———cooperation between the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and the Dept. of Defense in the procurement of medical items (H. Con. Res. 413), H9946 [17OC]

———enhance the Nation's capacity to address public health threats and emergencies, H11313 [26OC]

———ethical standards of health care facilities and medical corporations, E1269 [19JY]

———frequency of antibiotic use relative to increase in drug resistant infectious disease, H6359 [18JY]

———protect the privacy of personally identifiable health information (H.R. 1941), E1652 [3OC], E2037 [31OC]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H16-H19 [27JA], H77-H81 [31JA], H96, H97, H98, H129-H137, H139-H143, H157 [1FE], H170 [2FE], H248-H252 [8FE], H275-H277 [9FE], H367-H370 [14FE], H376, H426 [15FE], H1465-H1468 [28MR], H2488, H2504 [3MY], H2745-H2748, H2750 [9MY], H5831-H5836 [11JY], H7086-H7090 [26JY], H7572-H7575 [13SE], H7985-H7988 [21SE], H10224, H10240 [18OC], H10399 [19OC], H10892-H10905 [25OC], H11245, H11247, H11248, H11250, H11253, H11254 [26OC], H11435-H11442 [27OC], H11452, H11476-H11483 [28OC], H11512-H11520 [29OC], H11595-H11608, H11609 [30OC], H11754-H11761 [1NO], H11807, H11808 [2NO], H12012-H12016 [5DE], H12036-H12040 [7DE], E7 [27JA]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2723), H739-H747 [8MR], H970-H974 [14MR], H6448-H6450 [18JY], H7986 [21SE]

———reduce accidental injury and death resulting from medical mistakes and reduce medication-related errors, H7006 [26JY]

———use of alternative medicine and hospice care to improve end of life care, E2230 [15DE]

Health care professionals: allow a patient's medical care and treatment to be decided between the health care professional and the patient, H5647, H5648 [29JN]

———ensure rights to choose whether to join a labor organization, H5641-H5643 [29JN]

———exempt discussions on requiring abortion coverage from collective bargaining negotiations between health care professionals and HMO's, H5618-H5625, H5631, H5644-H5646 [29JN]

———exempt labor negotiations with health plans from antitrust laws if the FTC or Dept. of Justice certify the negotiations, H5639-H5641 [29JN]

———negotiation over fees, payments, or reimbursements with health plans, H5637-H5639, H5643, H5644 [29JN]

———protect rights of emergency medical technicians employed by acute care hospitals (H.R. 4854), E1242 [14JY]

Hilltop Community Resources, Inc.: anniversary, E929 [9JN]

Houston, TX: anniversary of Children's Assessment Center, E2067 [2NO]

———Children's Nutrition Research Center funding, H5789 [11JY], H9703 [11OC]

Illinois: anniversary of Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation, E533 [11AP]

Immigration: State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding (H.R. 4679), E1029 [15JN]

Indian Health Service: funding, H4557-H4569, H4583 [15JN]

Jersey City, NJ: anniversary of the Puertorriquenos Asociados for Community Organization, E1500 [18SE]

Johns Hopkins University: anniversary of Wilmer Eye Institute, E2054 [1NO]

Long Beach, NJ: Monmouth Medical Center Pinnacle Award honorees, E548 [12AP]

Los Angeles County, CA: tribute to University of Southern California Medical Center, E118 [10FE]

Louisville, KY: anniversary of first successful hand transplant at Jewish Hospital, E213 [1MR]

Man, WV: tribute to Arch Coal Co., and United Mine Workers of America for efforts to reopen Appalachian Regional Hospital, E1474 [13SE]

Manchester, NH: anniversary of VA Medical Center, E1061 [20JN]

Manhattan, NY: tribute to Chinatown Health Clinic, E1096 [23JN]

Medicaid: apply the disproportionate share hospital payment transition rule to public hospitals (H.R. 5621), E2123 [5DE]

———coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (H.R. 1070), H1624 [30MR], H1681 [4AP], H1769 [5AP], H1962 [10AP], H2020 [11AP], H2126, H2127 [12AP], H2553 [4MY], E533 [11AP], E579 [13AP]

———coverage of community-based attendant services (H.R. 4416), H6756 [24JY]

———establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (H.R. 2341), H7900 [20SE]

———require States to establish reasonable reimbursement rates, H11682 [31OC], E2083 [3NO]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries the option of having elective surgery performed at certain high volume hospitals, E361 [21MR]

———assure quality of care to beneficiaries and reduce the incidence of medical errors (H.R. 5404), E1703 [6OC]

———calculation of Medicare+Choice payments for medical services at Dept. of Veterans Affairs and Dept. of Defense facilities (H.R. 2447), E1652 [3OC]

———combat fraud and abuse relative to partial hospitalization services (H.R. 5449), E1757-E1759 [12OC]

———contracting with certain hospitals to provide certain surgical procedures and related services at a single rate (H.R. 1392), E8 [27JA]

———expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine (H.R. 4930), E1306 [24JY]

———graduate medical education payments (H.R. 4239), E531 [11AP]

———impact of State spending levels on the quality of health care services, E1840 [19OC]

———improve access to health insurance by offering certain individuals a Medicare buy-in option and allow tax credit for payment of premiums (H.R. 4938), E1304 [24JY]

———improve fee-for-services reimbursement rates in rural States, H7875 [20SE]

———preserve essential rural hospitals (H.R. 5220), E1536 [20SE]

———promote access to health care services in rural areas (S. 2987), H11513 [29OC]

———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (H.R. 3004), H9514 [10OC]

———provide attending physicians greater authority in determining whether a beneficiary is eligible for hospice care (H.R. 5222), E1540 [20SE]

———provide beneficiaries with accurate and understandable managed care information and negotiate with Medicare+Choice organizations to improve and expand benefit plans (H.R. 4753), H5365 [28JN]

———redesignate ``Medicare+Choice'' as ``Medicare-No-Choice'' (H.R. 5558), E1909 [25OC]

———reform purchasing, payment, and administrative requirements (H.R. 2115), E959 [9JN]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (H.R. 3580), H7639 [14SE], H11258 [26OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: require nursing facilities to be air conditioned to receive funding (H.R. 4898), E1326 [26JY]

Miami, FL: tribute to opening of the Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Alex Villalobos, and Ron Silver Juvenile Residence, H2782 [10MY]

Miles City, MT: convey VA Medical Complex land to Custer County, MT (H.R. 4912), E1288 [21JY]

National AIDS Testing Day: observance, E1815 [17OC]

National Eye Institute: funding, H1768 [5AP]

National Health Center Week: designate (H. Con. Res. 381), H7188, H7189 [27JY]

National Hospital Week: observance, H2660 [9MY]

National Living Organ Donor Registry: establish (H.R. 5465), E1787 [13OC]

National Nursing Home Week: observance, E721 [15MY]

New Haven, CT: anniversary of Jewish Home for the Aged, E261 [9MR]

New Orleans, LA: opening of addition to Ochsner Foundation Hospital, E1547 [20SE]

New York, NY: tribute to Healthy Start Consortium, E2160 [8DE]

New York University: tribute to New York University Medical Center Vascular Anomalies Program, E1968 [28OC]

Newton, NJ: anniversary of Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice, E70 [7FE]

———tribute to Newton Memorial Hospital expansion project, E72 [7FE]

NIH: biomedical research funding (H. Res. 437), H7072-H7085 [26JY]

Opp, AL: Mizell Memorial Hospital recipient of the Alabama Quality Award, E2037 [31OC]

Palo Alto, CA: VA Palo Alto Health Care Facility's Western Blind Rehabilitation Center recipient of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) Olin E. Teague Award, E2155 [8DE]

Pennsylvania: tribute to Lehigh Valley Hospice volunteers, E473 [3AP]

Phelps, Joseph: St. Helena, CA, Hospital Foundation honoree, E1826 [19OC]

Philadelphia, PA: anniversary of Southern Homes Services, E733 [16MY]

Porter-Starke Services, Inc.: anniversary, E1556 [21SE]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), H2691, H2698-H2720 [9MY], H3056 [16MY], H8209-H8265 [27SE], E1129 [28JN], E1707 [6OC]

———provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 594), H8206-H8209 [27SE], E1609 [27SE]

Red Bud, IL: anniversary of St. Clement Health Services, E1278 [19JY]

Ridgewood, NJ: anniversary of Kurth Cottage of Valley Hospital, E459 [30MR]

Robinson, Dick: Colorado Business Hall of Fame inductee, E42 [1FE]

Robinson, Eddie: Colorado Business Hall of Fame inductee, E42 [1FE]

Samuel Merritt College: California Governor's Quality Award recipient, E560 [13AP]

Santa Clara County, CA: tribute for efforts to provide health coverage to uninsured children, E2144 [7DE]

Senior citizens: increase accountability of nursing facilities and ensure adequate nurse staffing for patient needs in the facilities under the Medicare and Medicaid programs (H.R. 5646), E2139 [7DE]

———prevent nursing home abuse and fraud, E956 [9JN]

———recognize need for a White House Conference to discuss and develop national recommendations concerning quality of care in assisted living facilities (H.J. Res. 107), E1461 [13SE], E2185 [14DE]

Shelbyville, IL: tribute to Shelbyville Memorial Hospital, E1056 [20JN]

Shrewsbury, MA: tribute to Shrewsbury Senior Center, E144 [15FE]

Social Security: provide targeted payment relief for hospitals that serve primarily Medicare and Medicaid patients that have been disproportionately impacted by certain payment reductions (H.R. 4624), E1099 [23JN]

South Bronx Mental Health Council, Inc.: observance of Patient Recognition and Empowerment Day, E29 [31JA]

St. Clair County, MI: anniversary of Blue Water Mental Health Clinic, E1068 [21JN]

St. Mary's Hospital Caritas Connection (organization): American Hospital Association NOVA Award recipient, H2660 [9MY]

Stroobants, Alphonse: American Heart Association, Centra Health (healthcare system), and Cardiology Associates of Central Virginia Charles Sackett Heart Award recipient, E500 [5AP]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for health insurance costs (H.R. 4113), E451 [30MR]

———disclosure of employer's share of taxes paid for old-age, survivors, disability, and hospital insurance for the employee (H.R. 1264), H6380-H6382 [18JY]

———tax credits for health insurance relative to the uninsured, E2190 [15DE]

Texas: implementation of legislation to protect enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H17-H19 [27JA], H426 [15FE], H970-H974 [14MR], H11202 [26OC]

Torrance, CA: anniversary of Torrance Medical Center, E262 [9MR]

University of Rochester: anniversary of Medical Center, E1790 [13OC]

University of Washington: tribute to Medical School, E553 [13AP]

Veterans: health care, housing, and education programs funding, E536 [11AP]

———health care funding, H19 [27JA], H4491-H4498 [15JN], H4750 [20JN], H4906 [21JN], H10383, H10385 [19OC], E1326 [26JY]

———increase size of the estate an incompetent veteran may have without being subject to suspension of benefits while under institutional care by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (H.R. 4935), H9943 [17OC]

———mint coins in commemoration and use proceeds of surcharges imposed on the sale of such coins to fund the transport of veterans to and from Dept. of Veterans Affairs hospitals (H.R. 5397), E1704 [6OC]

Washington County, PA: tribute to Watchful Shepherd Program, E534 [11AP]

Westlake, OH: opening of St. John West Shore Hospital Cardiac & Critical Care Pavilion and the Rainbow RapidCare Program, E1285 [21JY]

Wilkes-Barre, PA: anniversary of Little Flower Manor, E1664 [4OC]

Winfield, AL: tribute to Carraway Methodist Health Systems, E656 [4MY]

Remarks in Senate

Addison County, VT: tribute to Porter Hospital and Helen Porter Nursing Home, S4456 [25MY]

American Red Cross: encourage participation in national blood drives, S8933 [21SE]

Bankruptcy: ensure debts incurred as a result of abortion clinic violence are nondischargeable, S103 [26JA], S200 [1FE], S226-S232, S247 [2FE], S7383 [20JY], S11413, S11414 [31OC], S11464, S11466 [1NO], S11552, S11553 [5DE], S11685, S11693, S11694, S11725, S11726, S11728 [7DE]

BIA: health care, education, economic development, and infrastructure funding, S6503-S6505 [12JY]

Bronx, NY: authorize Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical center renovation project (S. 2631), S4461 [25MY]

Cannon AFB, NM: convey excess hospital equipment to Roosevelt General Hospital in Portales, NM (S. 3153), S9746 [3OC]

Children and youth: lead poisoning screening and treatment funding, S9105 [22SE]

Counseling Center of Milwaukee, Inc.: anniversary, S2612 [12AP]

Cyr, Richard: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Award recipient for outstanding public service, S7829 [27JY]

Dept. of HHS: Consolidated Health Centers Program funding, S5715-S5719 [23JN]

———Office of Civil Rights funding, S6196 [30JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish HMO Guaranty Fund to provide payments to States to pay outstanding health care provider claims of insolvent HMO's (S. 3261), S11374 [30OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve procedures for scheduling of certain non-emergency medical services (S. 2007), S90 [26JA]

Diseases: neurofibromatosis research funding, S3827 [10MY]

Donald J. Mitchell Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Rome, NY: designate (H.R. 1982), S7804 [27JY]

Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation: tribute, S95 [26JA]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of contraceptives under any plan providing prescription drug coverage, S8799 [20SE]

Fort Lyon, CO: conveyance of Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center to Colorado (S. 2827), S6139 [29JN]

Hawaii: anniversary of Kuakini Medical Health System, S1230 [7MR]

———anniversary of Kuakini Medical Health System Auxiliary, S1231 [7MR]

Hazardous substances: increase funding for poison control centers and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access, S6197 [30JN]

Health: create a national voluntary reporting system to continually reduce medical errors and improve patient safety, S6212 [30JN]

———create a national voluntary reporting system to continually reduce medical errors and improve patient safety (S. 2743), S5268-S5271 [15JN]

———enhance the Nation's capacity to address public health threats and emergencies, S11307-S11314 [28OC]

———enhance the Nation's capacity to address public health threats and emergencies (S. 2731), S5115-S5117 [14JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S1111-S1113 [2MR], S2339 [6AP], S2450 [10AP], S2891 [26AP], S4787-S4808 [8JN], S5729 [23JN], S6079-S6093 [29JN], S7516-S7519 [25JY], S7980 [5SE], S8630 [15SE], S9401 [27SE], S9427, S9428 [28SE], S9926, S9927 [5OC], S10127-S10129 [10OC], S10746, S10748 [19OC], S10886 [23OC], S10963, S10967-S10972 [25OC], S11064, S11082, S11111 [26OC], S11334, S11335, S11337 [29OC]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 3057), S8641 [18SE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 3058), S8641 [18SE]

———reduce accidental injury and death resulting from medical mistakes and reduce medication-related errors (S. 2038), S489-S491 [8FE]

———reduce accidental injury and death resulting from medical mistakes and reduce medication-related errors (S. 2738), S5263 [15JN]

Houston, TX: tribute to Ronald McDonald House Mobile Healthcare Unit, S11902 [15DE]

Insurance: coverage of infertility treatment (S. 2160), S1122 [2MR]

———legal accountability for actions by health insurance companies and HMO's, S4799, S4801, S4806 [8JN]

Ioannis A. Lougaris Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Reno, NV: designate hospital bed replacement building in honor of Jack Streeter, S11280 [27OC]

Lakes Region General Hospital: Business New Hampshire Magazine Businesses of the Decade designee, S4234 [22MY]

Lexington, KY: tribute to Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital, S7473 [24JY]

Medicaid: apply aggregate upper payment limits to non-State publicly owned or operated facilities (S. 3187), S10270 [11OC]

———assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (S. 2308), S1822 [28MR]

———coverage of community-based attendant services (S. 1935), S7640 [26JY]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals, S11876 [15DE]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (S. 2299), S1748 [27MR]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (S. 2299), star print, S4327 [23MY]

Medicare: adjust wages and wage-related costs for certain items and services furnished in geographically reclassified hospitals (S. 2241), S1414 [9MR]

———coverage of adult day care services (S. 2826), S6138 [29JN]

———Disproportionate Share Hospital Program funding, S6216 [30JN]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (S. 2365), S2242-S2244 [5AP], S8094 [6SE], S8807-S8809 [20SE], S8874-S8877 [21SE]

———enhance the critical access hospital program (S. 2600), S4237 [22MY]

———ensure reimbursement for certain ambulance services and improve the efficiency of the emergency medical system (S. 911), S3686 [9MY]

———establish a hospice demonstration and grant program for beneficiaries (S. 3026), S8413 [12SE]

———extend the option to use rebased target amounts to all sole community hospitals (S. 2037), S381 [7FE]

———graduate medical education payments, S6208 [30JN], S7785 [27JY], S11817 [15DE]

———graduate medical education payments (S. 2394), S2534, S2535 [11AP]

———improve fee-for-services reimbursement rates in rural States (S. 2610), S4315, S4316 [23MY]

———improve Medicare-dependent, small rural hospital program (S. 2768), S5666 [22JN]

———make improvements to the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facility services (S. 3050), S8588, S8589 [14SE]

———promote access to health care services in rural areas (S. 2987), S7895, S7900 [27JY]

———provide appropriate transition from interim payment system to prospective payment system for home health services (S. 2835), S6257-S6259 [30JN]

———provide for additional payment of services for certain high-cost individuals under the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facility service (S. 1500), S77 [26JA]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (S. 1609), S3688 [9MY]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (S. 2018), S213 [1FE], S8776-S8778 [20SE], S9883 [5OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish minimum nursing staff levels for nursing facilities and improve quality of care provided by nursing facilities (S. 3177), S10085-S10088 [6OC]

———improve patient safety by reducing medical errors (S. 2378), S2349 [6AP]

———require criminal background checks for nursing facility workers (S. 3066), S8759 [19SE]

———restrict use and require recording and reporting of information on use of physical and chemical restraints and seclusion in mental health facilities, S6204 [30JN]

Miles City, MT: convey VA Medical Complex land to Custer County, MT (S. 2637), S4466 [25MY]

National Hospital Week: observance, S3688 [9MY]

National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans Week: observance, S696 [22FE]

NIH: biomedical research funding (S. Res. 253), S383 [7FE], S488 [8FE]

Parkersburg, WV: tribute to Saint Joseph's Hospital, S11910 [15DE]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), S9094-S9116 [22SE], S9187 [25SE], S9242, S9260-S9262 [26SE], S9839-S9842 [4OC], S10051 [6OC], S11892, S11893 [15DE]

———provide certain children's health services (S. 2868), S6682-S6687 [13JY], S6836 [14JY]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services, S6211, S6212 [30JN], S9366 [27SE]

———promote and improve access to health care services (S. 2735), S5254, S5255 [15JN]

Senior citizens: prevent and increase penalties for crimes such as health care, pension, and telemarketing fraud, and nursing home abuse and fraud (S. 751), S8190 [7SE], S9945 [5OC]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for health insurance costs (S. 2337), S1995 [30MR]

———disclosure of employer's share of taxes paid for old-age, survivors, disability, and hospital insurance for the employee (H.R. 1264), S7952 [27JY]

———improve access to tax-exempt debt for small non-profit health care and educational institutions (S. 2626), S4390 [24MY]

Thompson, Phyllis E.: St. Rose Dominican Hospital Philanthropy Day Award recipient, S11127 [26OC]

Veterans: health care funding, S2384, S2386, S2387 [7AP], S2692 [13AP], S10315 [12OC]

———health care funding through rescissions in non-defense related items, S2387 [7AP]

———increase health and disability benefits, S1807, S1809 [28MR]

West Virginia Health Right, Inc.: tribute, S10617 [17OC]

Women: ensure that older women are protected from institutional, community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, S10220 [11OC]

Reports

NIH Biomedical Research Funding: Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Funding, H7075-H7077 [26JY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1304, Quality Health-Care Coalition Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 542) (H. Rept. 106-709), H5435 [28JN]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 4365, Children's Health Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 594) (H. Rept. 106-901), H8199 [26SE]

Public Health Threats and Emergencies Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2731) (S. Rept. 106-505), S10715 [18OC]

Quality Health-Care Coalition Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1304) (H. Rept. 106-625), H3412 [18MY]

Statements

Encourage Participation in National Blood Drives: Bernadine Healy, American Red Cross, S8933 [21SE]

NIH Biomedical Research Funding: Biomedical Research Caucus, H7077 [26JY]

Protection of Enrollees in Managed Care Plans and HMO's: National Conference of State Legislatures, S4797 [8JN]

Voluntary Error Reduction and Improvement in Patient Safety Act: American Health Quality Association, S5270 [15JN]

Studies

Impact on Patients of Delays in Passing a Patients' Bill of Rights: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) Minority Staff, S2340 [6AP]

Summaries

Children's Health Act (H.R. 4365), S9098-S9104 [22SE]

Medicare Early Access and Tax Credit Act (H.R. 4938), E1305 [24JY]

Public Health Service Act Children's Health Services (S. 2868), S6683-S6685 [13JY]

Stop All Frequent Errors (SAFE) in Medicare and Medicaid Act (S. 2378), S2349 [6AP]

Voluntary Error Reduction and Improvement in Patient Safety Act (S. 2743), S5269 [15JN]

Tables

Comparison of Medicare payment rates across settings for selected high volume ambulatory care services, E959 [9JN]

Economic costs of major illnesses, H7075 [26JY]

Socio-demographic characteristics of long-term care insurance purchasers, E8 [27JA]

Testimonies

Protection of Enrollees in Managed Care Plans and HMO's: Mary Munnings Lewandowski, S10128 [10OC]

St. Michael's Hospital Bankruptcy Proceedings: Representative Kucinich, E1217 [13JY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 381, National Health Center Week, H7189 [27JY]

H. Res. 437, NIH biomedical research funding, H7072 [26JY]

H. Res. 542, consideration of H.R. 1304, Quality Health-Care Coalition Act, H5617 [29JN]

H. Res. 594, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 4365, Children's Health Act, H8206 [27SE]

H.R. 1264, Right-To-Know National Payroll Act, H6380 [18JY]

H.R. 1982, Donald J. Mitchell Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Rome, NY, H6790 [25JY]

H.R. 4365, Children's Health Act, H2698-H2711 [9MY], H8209-H8247 [27SE]

H.R. 5139, Carl Vinson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Dublin, GA real property conveyance, H8630 [3OC]

S. 632, Poison Control Center Enhancement and Awareness Act, H230 [8FE]

S. 2007, improve procedures for scheduling of certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs non-emergency medical services, S91 [26JA]

S. 2160, Fair Access to Infertility Treatment and Hope Act, S1122 [2MR]

S. 2241, Medicare Wage-Index Reclassification Act, S1415 [9MR]

S. 2299, Medicaid DSH Preservation Act, S1749 [27MR]

S. 2308, Medicaid Safety Net Hospital Act, S1822 [28MR]

S. 2394, Teaching Hospital Preservation Act, S2534 [11AP]

S. 2556, implementation of a prospective payment system for psychiatric hospitals under the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act, S3947 [15MY]

S. 2610, Medicare Fairness in Reimbursement Act, S4316 [23MY]

S. 2631, Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical center renovation project in the Bronx, NY, authorization, S4462 [25MY]

S. 2826, Medicare Adult Day Services Alternative Act, S6138 [29JN]

S. 2987, Rural Health Care in the 21st Century Act, S7901-S7905 [27JY]

S. 3026, Hospice Improvement Program Act, S8414 [12SE]

S. 3066, Senior Care Safety Act, S8760 [19SE]

S. 3153, convey excess Cannon AFB, NM, hospital equipment to Roosevelt General Hospital in Portales, NM, S9746 [3OC]

S. 3261, HMO Guaranty Act, S11375 [30OC]

S. Res. 253, Biomedical Revitalization Resolution, S383 [7FE]