PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT

Amendments

Children and youth: provide certain health services (H.R. 4365), S9048 [22SE], H8209 [27SE]

Health: revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1697, H1700, H1701, H1702, H1712, H1716 [4AP]

Articles and editorials

New Round on Transplants, H1686 [4AP]

Bills and resolutions

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

———preschool oral health program funding (see S. 3080), S8823 [20SE]

———provide certain health services (see S. 2868), S6678 [13JY] (see H.R. 4365), H2511 [3MY]

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

———provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (see H.R. 5137), H7365 [7SE]

———suicide prevention activities funding (see S. 3079), S8823 [20SE]

Dept. of HHS: make cash awards to private entities that discover drugs that cure or prevent diseases that are a national priority (see H.R. 4525), H3649 [23MY]

Diseases: collect data on benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer registries (see H.R. 5204), H7870 [19SE]

———increase testing of pregnant women and newborn infants for HIV infection (see H.R. 4426), H2966 [11MY]

Drugs: substance abuse prevention and treatment programs funding (see S. 2527), S3692 [9MY]

ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 5405), H9011 [5OC]

Hazardous substances: prohibit discrimination relative to exposure (see H.R. 4939), H6777 [24JY]

Health: allow certain retirees who lose employer-based coverage to acquire coverage under Medicare or COBRA and require employers to notify retirees of any changes in their health benefits (see H.R. 3631), H340 [10FE]

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

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

———establish a national program of autism registries (see S. 2855), S6574 [12JY]

———establish Alzheimer's clinical research and training awards (see H.R. 4015), H1118 [16MR]

———establish national system of screening newborn infants for hereditary disorders (see H.R. 5260), H7991 [21SE]

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

———prevent group and individual health insurance coverage, and group health plans, from seeking to recover more than costs in cases of third party recoveries (see H.R. 3765), H573 [29FE]

———provide grants to strengthen the effectiveness, efficiency, and coordination of services for the uninsured and underinsured (see H.R. 4970), H7128 [26JY]

———provide technical assistance to school-based health centers to develop and operate computer systems that maintain patient data (see H.R. 5508), H10472 [19OC]

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

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (see S. 2366), S2233 [5AP] (see S. 2398), S2527 [11AP] (see H.R. 3885), H920 [9MR]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), consideration (see H. Res. 454), H1674 [3AP]

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

———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]

Insurance: increase access to long-term health care (see S. 2935), S7656 [26JY]

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

———require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (see H.R. 4563), H3868 [25MY]

———require that group and individual health insurance plans and Medicare+Choice organizations provide prompt payment of claims (see H.R. 3993), H1077 [15MR]

National Health Service Corps: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5116), H7280 [6SE]

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

NIH: experimental program to stimulate competitive research (see S. 2358), S2233 [5AP] (see H.R. 4280), H2337 [13AP]

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

Research: requirements for disclosures relative to transfers of human fetal tissue (see H.R. 3980), H1076 [15MR]

Veterinarians: establish scholarship and loan repayment programs in veterinarian shortage areas (see H.R. 5186), H7651 [14SE]

Comments

Administration regulation would harm local access to transplant services: several organ donation and transplantation organization officials, H1720 [4AP]

Administration regulation would hurt organ supplies: several organ donation and transplantation organization officials, H1720 [4AP]

Cost Estimates

Lupus research activities expansion (H.R. 762): CBO, H10883 [25OC]

Factsheets

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

Interviews

Organ donation programs: Reg Green by Doug Hill, H1713-H1715 [4AP]

Letters

Buprenorphine use in treating drug addiction: Donna E. Shalala, Sec. of HHS, S9112 [22SE]

Organ procurement and transplantation programs revision and extension: several Senators, S2228 [5AP]

———William D. Payne, United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), H1688 [4AP]

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]

Motions

Children and youth: provide certain health services (H.R. 4365), H8209 [27SE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), H67 [31JA], H129 [1FE]

Remarks in House

Children and youth: provide certain health services (H.R. 4365), H2691, H2698-H2720 [9MY], H3056 [16MY], H8209-H8265 [27SE], E1129 [28JN], E1707 [6OC]

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

Dept. of HHS: make cash awards to private entities that discover drugs that cure or prevent diseases that are a national priority (H.R. 4525), E818 [24MY]

———Medicare+Choice organizations funding, H5423 [28JN]

———nullify rule relative to the centralization of organ allocation policies, H1716-H1722 [4AP]

———prohibit funding to Medicare+Choice organizations that fail to comply with certain requirements of the Social Security Act, H4287, H4288 [13JN]

———review of Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network rules and policies, H1702-H1711 [4AP]

Diseases: collect data on benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer registries (H.R. 5204), E1526 [19SE]

———establish Alzheimer's disease clinical research and training awards, E930 [9JN]

———expand research activities relative to lupus, H11313 [26OC]

———expand research activities relative to lupus (H.R. 762), H9532-H9535 [10OC], E1750 [12OC], E1784 [13OC]

Drugs: substance abuse prevention and treatment programs funding, H4197-H4201 [12JN]

Health: allow certain retirees who lose employer-based coverage to acquire coverage under Medicare or COBRA and require employers to notify retirees of any changes in their health benefits (H.R. 3631), E116 [10FE]

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

———establish Alzheimer's disease clinical research and training awards, H11316 [26OC]

———establish national system of screening newborn infants for hereditary disorders (H.R. 5260), E1555 [21SE], E1572 [22SE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H7875 [20SE], H11516-H11520 [29OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), H67 [31JA], H139-H143 [1FE], H367-H370 [14FE], H1465-H1468 [28MR], H2110-H2114 [11AP]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), motion to instruct conferees, H129-H137 [1FE]

———prohibit State and local interference with organ allocation policies of the National Organ Transplant Network, H1701, H1702 [4AP]

———provide grants to States or private sector institutions to foster organ donor programs, H1712-H1716 [4AP]

———provide grants to strengthen the effectiveness, efficiency, and coordination of services for the uninsured and underinsured (H.R. 4970), E1340 [27JY]

———provide technical assistance to school-based health centers to develop and operate computer systems that maintain patient data (H.R. 5508), E1873 [19OC]

———recognize differences in organ transplantation between adults and children and study immunosupressive drugs provided to children, H1700, H1701 [4AP]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H352, H355 [14FE], H1485 [29MR], H1686-H1722 [4AP], E504 [6AP]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), amendment process, H1291 [23MR]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), consideration (H. Res. 454), H1683-H1686 [4AP]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), corrections in engrossment, H1722 [4AP]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 3885), E264 [9MR]

———use of ``seriousness of condition'' as the determining factor for organ donor recipients, E504 [6AP]

Insurance: provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (H.R. 1977), H1062 [15MR]

National Eye Institute: funding, H1768 [5AP]

National Health Service Corps: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5116), H7938 [21SE]

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

NIH: establish Office of Autoimmune Diseases, H2692, H2714 [9MY], H8261 [27SE]

———expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism research activities, H2713 [9MY], H3056, H3146 [16MY], E1129 [28JN]

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, H8262 [27SE]

Veterinarians: establish scholarship and loan repayment programs in veterinarian shortage areas (H.R. 5186), E1492 [14SE]

Remarks in Senate

Children and youth: provide certain health services (H.R. 4365), S9094-S9116 [22SE], S9187 [25SE], S9242, S9260-S9262 [26SE], S9839-S9842 [4OC], S10051 [6OC], S11892, S11893 [15DE]

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

Diseases: expand research activities relative to lupus, S11308 [28OC]

Drugs: registration requirements for practitioners who dispense narcotic drugs for maintenance or detoxification treatment, S9111-S9115 [22SE]

———substance abuse prevention and treatment programs funding (S. 2527), S3735 [9MY]

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]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S4513, S4514 [6JN], S5821 [26JN], S9565 [2OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), S1698 [27MR], S6412 [11JY]

———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]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), S2228 [5AP]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (S. 2366), S2786 [13AP]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (S. 2398), S2535-S2537 [11AP]

Insurance: increase access to long-term health care (S. 2935), S7674-S7676 [26JY]

NIH: experimental program to stimulate competitive research (S. 2358), S2234 [5AP]

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, S9106, S9108 [22SE]

———promote State flexibility and accountability, support youth prevention and treatment programs, and respond to incidents of teen violence (S. 976), S9842 [4OC]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 2418, Organ Procurement and Transplantation Programs Revision and Extension: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 454) (H. Rept. 106-557), H1674 [3AP]

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]

Lupus Research Activities Expansion: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 762) (H. Rept. 106-950), H9634 [10OC]

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Programs Revision and Extension: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2366), S2726 [13AP]

Statements

Buprenorphine Use in Treating Drug Addiction: Charles O'Brien, S9113 [22SE]

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Programs Revision and Extension: Executive Office of the President, H1688 [4AP]

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

Summaries

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

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

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

Texts of

H. Res. 454, consideration of H.R. 2418, organ procurement and transplantation programs revision and extension, H1683 [4AP]

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

H.R. 762, lupus research activities expansion, H9532 [10OC]

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

S. 2366, organ procurement and transplantation programs revision and extension, S2245-S2248 [5AP]

S. 2398, Organ Transplantation Fairness Act, S2537-S2541 [11AP]