PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT

Amendments

Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (H.R. 717), S11926 [15NO], H8630 [29NO]

Emergencies: clarify and improve provisions (S. 1650), S13059 [12DE]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H5247, H5262, H5276 [2AU]

Articles and editorials

Second-Guessing the Insurers—Independent Review Process Appears To Be Working, H298-H300 [13FE]

Bills and resolutions

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: vaccination activities funding for at-risk adults and adolescents in medically disadvantaged areas (see H.R. 2598), H4428 [23JY]

Children and youth: amend certain laws relative to pediatric studies of drugs (see H.R. 3047), H6379 [4OC]

———mental health services (see H.R. 75), H27 [3JA]

———provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (see S. 866), S4822 [10MY] (see H.R. 1509), H1497 [4AP]

COBRA: extend the basic period for health care continuation, further extend coverage for individuals age 55 or older, and provide for a refundable tax credit for premiums (see H.R. 2005), H2710 [24MY]

Dept. of HHS: make grants to designated eligible entities for the design and implementation of innovative models of patient care that are conducive to retention and recruitment of nurses (see H.R. 3472), H10055 [12DE] (see H.R. 3589), H10965 [20DE]

———provide grants to communities to strengthen the effectiveness, efficiency, and coordination of services for the uninsured and underinsured (see H.R. 504), H222 [7FE]

———revise performance standards and certification process for organ procurement organizations (see S. 1833), S13300 [14DE] (see H.R. 3504), H10173 [17DE]

Diseases: collect data on benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer registries (see H.R. 239), H76 [20JA]

———eliminate tuberculosis (see S. 1115), S6991 [27JN] (see H.R. 1167), H1112 [22MR]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (see S. 1230), S8123 [24JY]

———expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H398 [14FE]

———expand research activities relative to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see S. 805), S4099 [1MY]

Education: establish a mental health community education program (see S. 859), S4822 [10MY]

Emergencies: clarify and improve provisions (see S. 1650), S11549 [7NO]

ERISA: extend the basic period for health care continuation from 18 months to 5 years (see H.R. 1663), H1715 [1MY]

———provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H1345 [29MR]

Federal employees: health benefits coverage for infertility treatment (see H.R. 389), H166 [31JA]

Hazardous substances: prohibit discrimination relative to exposure (see H.R. 1540), H1554 [24AP]

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. 1078), H954 [15MR]

———authorize grants to carry out organ recovery rate improvement programs in eligible hospitals (see H.R. 953), H826 [8MR]

———availability of influenza vaccine (see H.R. 943), H825 [8MR]

———emergency distributions of influenza vaccine (see H.R. 910), H739 [7MR]

———establish certain requirements for managed care plans (see H.R. 2497), H4009 [12JY]

———establish standards to improve children's health quality in managed care plans and other health plans (see S. 1070), S6518 [20JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see S. 872), S4890 [14MY] (see S. 889), S4940 [15MY] (see H.R. 526), H252 [8FE] (see H.R. 2563), H4351 [19JY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), consideration (see H. Res. 219), H5332 [2AU]

———provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (see S. 1275), S8464 [31JY] (see H.R. 3462), H10054 [12DE]

———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see S. 1274), S8464 [31JY] (see H.R. 3431), H9077 [6DE]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H9239 [11DE]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (see S. 1281), S8464 [31JY] (see S. 1533), S10640 [11OC]

———reimburse health care providers for costs associated with providing emergency medical care to illegal aliens who are not detained by law enforcement authorities (see H.R. 2256), H3357 [20JN]

Health care professionals: amend relative to pharmacy health professions programs (see S. 1806), S12859 [11DE] (see H.R. 2173), H3201 [14JN]

———amend relative to the shortage of medical laboratory personnel (see H.R. 1948), H2570 [22MY]

———establish a Nurse Corps and address the nursing shortage through recruitment and retention strategies (see S. 1864), S13943 [20DE] (see H.R. 3020), H6378 [4OC]

———provide programs to improve nurse retention, the nursing workplace, and the quality of care (see S. 1594), S11198 [30OC]

Insurance: coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 292), H110 [30JA] (see H.R. 1064), H953 [15MR]

———ensure coverage of emergency hospital and ambulance services (see H.R. 1648), H1714 [1MY]

———establish hospital lengths of stay based on a determination by an appropriate physician in consultation with the patient (see S. 575), S2582 [20MR]

———provide coverage for individuals participating in approved cancer clinical trials (see H.R. 967), H827 [8MR]

———provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (see S. 595), S2730 [22MR] (see H.R. 1194), H1114 [22MR]

———require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (see S. 1297), S8575 [1AU] (see H.R. 580), H323 [13FE]

———require coverage of hair prostheses for individuals with scalp hair loss as a result of alopecia areata (see H.R. 547), H253 [8FE]

———require group and individual health insurance plans to provide coverage of cancer screening (see S. 868), S4822 [10MY] (see H.R. 1809), H2141 [10MY]

———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 H.R. 792), H506 [28FE]

———require health plans to provide direct access to services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists without a referral (see H.R. 1440), H1484 (see H.R. 1440), H1494 [4AP]

———require that group and individual health insurance plans and Medicare+Choice organizations provide prompt payment of claims (see H.R. 287), H110 [30JA]

Mental health: establish State and local grants to provide services in response to public health emergencies and disasters resulting from terrorism (see H.R. 3413), H8948 [5DE]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see S. 1535), S10640 [11OC]

National Cancer Institute: increase involvement of advocates in breast cancer research (see S. 261), S1063 [6FE]

National Disaster Medical System: establish (see H.R. 2333), H3711 [27JN]

National Eye Institute: funding (see H.R. 590), H323 [13FE]

National Hansen's Disease Programs Center: designate (see H.R. 2441), H3861 [10JY]

National Health Service Corps: include tertiary-care nurses (see H.R. 2594), H4428 [23JY]

———reauthorize, amend scholarship and loan programs tax status and repayment rules, and simplify application process (see H.R. 1968), H2678 [23MY]

National Living Organ Donor Registry: establish (see H.R. 955), H826 [8MR]

NIH: establish Office of Rare Diseases (see S. 1379), S8911 [3AU]

———experimental program to stimulate competitive research (see H.R. 973), H874 [13MR]

Nurses: amend relative to health professions programs regarding the field of nursing (see H.R. 3487), H10066 [13DE]

Public Health Service: promote organ donation (see H.R. 624), H394 [14FE]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see S. 1030), S6212 [13JN] (see H.R. 2157), H3149 [13JN]

———provide rural health services outreach, rural health network planning and implementation, small health care provider quality improvement grant programs, and telehomecare demonstration projects (see S. 1273), S8464 [31JY]

Taxation: treatment of loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1401), H1482 (see H.R. 1401), H1492 [4AP]

Veterinarians: establish scholarship and loan repayment programs in veterinarian shortage areas (see S. 1836), S13464 [18DE] (see H.R. 1943), H2570 [22MY]

Cost Estimates

Health centers program and National Health Service Corps reauthorization and Healthy Communities Access Program establishment to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533): CBO, S11281-S11283 [31OC]

Factsheets

Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act (S. 1274), S8471 [31JY]

Letters

Guarantee Federal remedies that hold health plans accountable for medical decisions and limit non-economical and punitive damages: Frank M. Fitzgerald, Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services, H5272 [2AU]

Rural Mental Health Accessibility Act: Charlotte Hardt, National Rural Health Association, S4826 [10MY]

———Jacqueline Shannon, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, S4826 [10MY]

Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act: Ashley B. Coffield, Partnership for Prevention (organization), S8473 [31JY]

———Ben F. Massey, American Physical Therapy Association, S8473 [31JY]

———Larry S. Gage, National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems, S8473 [31JY]

———Lawrence B. Sadwin and David P. Faxon, American Heart Association, S8472 [31JY]

———Michael D. Walker, Brain Attack Coalition, S8473 [31JY]

———Patti Shwayder, National Stroke Association, S8472 [31JY]

———Stewart B. Dunsker, American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Issam A. Awad, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, S8472 [31JY]

Lists

Supporters of S. 1274, Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act, S8472 [31JY]

Motions

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H5285 [2AU]

Press releases

Richmond Employers Join UNOS To Increase Organ Donation: United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), H674 [7MR]

Remarks in House

Children and youth: mental health services (H.R. 75), H843 [13MR], H5760 [20SE], H7893 [7NO]

COBRA: extend the basic period for health care continuation, further extend coverage for individuals age 55 or older, and provide for a refundable tax credit for premiums (H.R. 2005), E926, E933 [24MY]

Dept. of HHS: make grants to designated eligible entities for the design and implementation of innovative models of patient care that are conducive to retention and recruitment of nurses (H.R. 3472), E2274 [13DE]

———provide grants to communities to strengthen the effectiveness, efficiency, and coordination of services for the uninsured and underinsured (H.R. 504), E129 [7FE]

———revise performance standards and certification process for organ procurement organizations (H.R. 3504), H10485-H10487 [19DE], H10937 [20DE]

Diseases: eliminate tuberculosis (H.R. 1167), H1503 [24AP]

———expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (H.R. 717), H5955-H5959, H5961 [24SE], E1762 [2OC]

———expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (H.R. 717), Senate amendment, H8630 [29NO]

———expand research activities relative to various forms of muscular dystrophy, E889 [22MY]

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. 1078), E367 [15MR]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H1702, H1703, H1707 [1MY], H3245, H3250 [19JN], E875 [21MY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 526), H297 [13FE], H467 [28FE], H870-H874 [13MR], H910 [14MR], H1464 [4AP], H1587 [25AP], H1833 [2MY], H2670-H2672 [23MY], H2866, H2869-H2876 [5JN], H3238-H3244 [19JN], H3502-H3505 [25JN], H3600-H3602 [26JN], H3623, H3624, H3625, H3626, H3689, H3698-H3705 [27JN], H3797-H3800 [28JN], H3810, H3811 [10JY], H3931 [11JY], H4119, H4204-H4211 [18JY], E1246 [29JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H4410, H4417-H4423 [23JY], H4432, H4434, H4435, H4437 [24JY], H4546, H4547, H4548, H4549 [25JY], H4719-H4721 [26JY], H4785, H4861 [30JY], H4867, H4870, H4967, H4976-H4982 [31JY], H5181, H5182, H5183, H5184, H5196-H5315 [2AU], H8239 [15NO], E1578, E1585 [5SE], E1630 [11SE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), consideration (H. Res. 219), H5185-H5196 [2AU]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), corrections in engrossment, H5315 [2AU]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), motion to recommit, H5313, H5314 [2AU]

———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (H.R. 3431), E2233 [7DE]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (H.R. 3450), E2262 [12DE]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs, H676 [7MR]

Insurance: comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations funding, H10433 [19DE]

———ensure coverage of emergency hospital and ambulance services (H.R. 1648), E692 [1MY]

———require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (H.R. 580), E163 [13FE]

———require group and individual health insurance plans to provide coverage of cancer screening (H.R. 1809), H7291 [24OC], E843 [17MY]

———require health plans to provide direct access to services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists without a referral, H4546 [25JY]

———require health plans to provide direct access to services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists without a referral (H.R. 1440), H2931 [6JN], E552 [5AP]

National Eye Institute: funding, H653 [7MR]

———funding (H.R. 590), E166 [13FE]

National Hansen's Disease Programs Center: designate (H.R. 2441), H8768-H8770 [4DE]

National Health Service Corps: include tertiary-care nurses (H.R. 2594), E1397 [23JY]

———reauthorize, amend scholarship and loan programs tax status and repayment rules, and simplify application process (H.R. 1968), E901 [23MY]

Nurses: amend relative to health professions programs regarding the field of nursing (H.R. 3487), H10487-H10493 [19DE], H10937 [20DE], E2399 [20DE]

Public Health Service: promote organ donation (H.R. 624), H672-H677 [7MR]

Veterinarians: establish scholarship and loan repayment programs in veterinarian shortage areas (H.R. 1943), E896 [22MY]

Remarks in Senate

Children and youth: provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (S. 866), S4842 [10MY]

Dept. of HHS: revise performance standards and certification process for organ procurement organizations (S. 1833), S13317 [14DE], S13322 [17DE]

Diseases: eliminate tuberculosis (S. 1115), S7000 [27JN]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (S. 1230), S8132 [24JY]

———expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (H.R. 717), S11926 [15NO]

———expand research activities relative to various forms of muscular dystrophy (S. 805), S4115 [1MY], S4168 [2MY], S5531 [23MY], S5826 [5JN], S8056 [23JY]

Education: establish a mental health community education program (S. 859), S4824-S4827 [10MY], S4852 [14MY]

Emergencies: clarify and improve provisions (S. 1650), S11558 [7NO]

Health: availability of influenza vaccine, S11990, S11991 [16NO]

———establish standards to improve children's health quality in managed care plans and other health plans (S. 1070), S6523 [20JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), S9127 [5SE], S9129 [6SE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 872), S4896 [14MY], S4967 [15MY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 889), S4951-S4953 [15MY]

———provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (S. 1275), S8469, S8474 [31JY]

———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (S. 1274), S8469-S8473 [31JY]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533), S11281 [31OC]

Health care professionals: amend relative to pharmacy health professions programs (S. 1806), S12863 [11DE]

———establish a Nurse Corps and address the nursing shortage through recruitment and retention strategies (S. 1864), S13946-S13950, S14065 [20DE]

———provide programs to improve nurse retention, the nursing workplace, and the quality of care (S. 1594), S11215 [30OC]

Insurance: establish hospital lengths of stay based on a determination by an appropriate physician in consultation with the patient (S. 575), S2589 [20MR]

———provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (S. 595), S2732 [22MR]

———require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (S. 1297), S8593 [1AU]

———require group and individual health insurance plans to provide coverage of cancer screening (S. 868), S4844 [10MY]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (S. 1535), S10648 [11OC]

National Cancer Institute: increase involvement of advocates in breast cancer research (S. 261), S1082 [6FE]

NIH: establish Office of Rare Diseases (S. 1379), S8952 [3AU]

Nurses: amend relative to health professions programs regarding the field of nursing (H.R. 3487), S14083 [20DE]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services, S11162 [30OC]

———promote and improve access to health care services (S. 1030), S6221-S6226 [13JN]

———provide rural health services outreach, rural health network planning and implementation, small health care provider quality improvement grant programs, and telehomecare demonstration projects (S. 1273), S8467 [31JY]

Reports filed

Community Access to Emergency Defibrillation Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1275) (S. Rept. 107-93), S11413 [2NO]

Consideration of H.R. 2563, Bipartisan Patient Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 219) (H. Rept. 107-184), H5332 [2AU]

Flu Vaccine Availability Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 943) (H. Rept. 107-168), H4723 [26JY]

Health Centers Program and National Health Service Corps Reauthorization and Healthy Communities Access Program Establishment: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1533) (S. Rept. 107-83), S10640 [11OC]

MD-CARE Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 717) (H. Rept. 107-195), H5404 [5SE]

———Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (H.R. 717), S11198 [30OC]

National Hansen's Disease Programs Center: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2441) (H. Rept. 107-174), H4862 [30JY]

Organ Donation Improvement Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 624) (H. Rept. 107-11), H647 [6MR]

Rare Diseases Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1379) (S. Rept. 107-129), S13464 [18DE]

Summaries

Bipartisan Patients' Bill of Rights Act (S. 889), S4952 [15MY]

Community Access to Emergency Defibrillation Act (S. 1275), S8474 [31JY]

Comprehensive Cancer Screening Act (S. 868), S4844 [10MY]

Texts of

H. Res. 219, consideration of H.R. 2563, Bipartisan Patient Protection Act, H5185 [2AU]

H.R. 624, Organ Donation Improvement Act, H672 [7MR]

H.R. 717, MD-CARE Act, H5955-H5957 [24SE]

H.R. 2441, National Hansen's Disease Programs Center, H8769 [4DE]

H.R. 2563, Bipartisan Patient Protection Act, H5222-H5247 [2AU]

H.R. 3487, Nurse Reinvestment Act, H10487 [19DE]

H.R. 3504, revise performance standards and certification process for organ procurement organizations, H10485 [19DE]

S. 595, Fairness in Treatment—The Drug and Alcohol Addition Recovery Act, S2733-S2735 [22MR]

S. 859, Rural Mental Health Accessibility Act, S4825 [10MY]

S. 866, National Media Campaign To Prevent Underage Drinking Act, S4843 [10MY]

S. 1030, Rural Health Care Improvement Act, S6222-S6225 [13JN]

S. 1070, Children's Health Insurance Accountability Act, S6523-S6526 [20JN]

S. 1273, Improving Health Care in Rural America Act, S8468 [31JY]

S. 1650, Public Health Emergencies Accountability Act, S11559 [7NO]

S. 1806, Pharmacy Education Aid Act, S12863 [11DE]