INSURANCE

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S12458 [5DE], S12779 [10DE], S12834, S12870, S12871, S12970, S12983 [11DE], S13001, S13020, S13032, S13037, S13038, S13039, S13058, S13059, S13060, S13063, S13064, S13065, S13066, S13067, S13068, S13069 [12DE], S13087, S13093, S13102, S13104, S13110, S13158, S13159, S13168, S13171, S13172, S13175, S13176, S13177, S13178, S13179, S13181, S13182, S13183, S13184, S13188, S13192, S13193, S13194, S13196, S13197, S13198, S13199, S13201, S13202, S13203, S13204, S13221, S13222, S13223, S13224 [13DE], S13247, S13251, S13259, S13260, S13265, S13305, S13307, S13308, S13309 [14DE], S13359 [17DE], S13471, S13472, S13474, S13475, S13476, S13477, S13478, S13488, S13489, S13498, S13499, S13500, S13501, S13502, S13503, S13504, S13505, S13507, S13592, S13639 [18DE], S13649, S13713, S13757, S13758, S13759, S13760 [19DE]

———strengthen producers' safety net, enhance resource conservation and rural development, fund farm credit, agricultural research, nutrition, and related programs, and ensure consumers abundant food and fiber (S. 1628), S12058 [27NO]

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

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S6548, S6582, S6622 [21JN], S6633, S6634, S6671 [22JN], S6856, S6865 [25JN], S6895, S6902, S6909, S6930, S6931, S6933, S6934 [26JN], S6961, S6964, S7003, S7004, S7005, S7006, S7007 [27JN], S7016, S7026, S7040, S7043, S7045, S7046, S7053, S7055, S7056, S7058, S7062, S7064, S7066, S7073, S7114, S7117, S7118, S7119, S7120, S7121, S7122, S7123 [28JN], S7129, S7132, S7138, S7142, S7146, S7149, S7155, S7158, S7160, S7161, S7162, S7163, S7164, S7262, S7263, S7281, S7282 [29JN]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S11678, S11729, S11730 [13NO], S11795, S11796, S11833, S11855, S11856, S11860, S11861, S11862, S11863, S11864 [14NO], S11891, S11893, S11960, S11961, S11963 [15NO], S12013 [16NO], S12058 [27NO], H6920 [16OC], H7260 [24OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration (H. Res. 270), H7234 [24OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), H10867 [19DE]

Terrorism: create a temporary reinsurance mechanism to enhance the availability of terrorism insurance (S. 1743), S12212 [29NO]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), S13590 [18DE], S13761 [19DE], H8593, H8613 [29NO]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), consideration (H. Res. 297), H8582 [29NO]

Veterans: improve educational assistance programs, expand transition assistance and outreach programs, increase burial benefits, and provide family coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (H.R. 801), S5760 [25MY], H2687 [24MY]

Analyses

Terrorism Risk Protection Act (H.R. 3210): Committee on the Judiciary (House) Minority Staff, H8625 [29NO]

Articles and editorials

Assuring Home Health Care, E1557 [3AU]

Blame Congress for HMOs, E226 [27FE]

Boost That Goes Nowhere, S13884 [20DE]

Children of Denial—Recent Advances in End-of-Life Care Haven't Reached the Youngest Patients, S6955-S6957 [27JN]

Democrats Set Stimulus Hurdle—Senators Require Supermajority, S12604 [7DE]

Flatlining, the Coming Collapse of Managed Care and the Only Way Out, E875-E877 [21MY]

House GOP Ponders Scaled-Back Version of Stimulus Package, S12829 [11DE]

Insurance Companies Benefit From Sept. 11, Still Seek Federal Aid, H8579-H8581 [29NO]

Meet Patriotic Pork, S11778 [14NO]

New Dance of the Crackpots, S11778 [14NO]

Patient Rights Get Some Life, S6431 [19JN]

Patients' Bill of Rights Not End-All to Health Care Issues, S7142 [29JN]

President Daschle, S13889 [20DE]

Senator Who Has Met a Payroll, S10978 [24OC]

Shame in the House, E1959 [30OC]

Shopping for 2002 Votes, Dems, GOP Raid Surplus—Despite Signs of Economic Recovery, Congress Insists on `Stimulus', S13885 [20DE]

Silver Lining, S11777 [14NO]

Special-Interest Payback—Crisis Becomes Excuse To Raid Federal Till for Favored Groups, H7307 [24OC]

Stimulus Fiasco, S13885 [20DE]

Timeout for the Uninsured, S4135, S4169 [2MY]

Tom Daschle Isn't the Problem, S12827 [11DE]

U.S. Agricultural Bill Will Go Against the Grain Worldwide—Proposals To Increase Subsidies for Farmers Could Violate WTO Rules, S13917 [20DE]

Weighing Patient's Rights, S6942 [27JN]

Bills and resolutions

Agricultural Market Transition Act: extend the expansion of producers eligible for loan deficiency payments (see S. 923), S5269 [21MY] (see H.R. 2027), H2847 [25MY]

Agriculture: continue certain programs (see S. 1731), S12054 [27NO]

———crop insurance coverage for losses due to plant viruses and diseases and loan eligibility for producers who suffer such losses (see H.R. 1249), H1189 [27MR]

———strengthen producers' safety net, enhance resource conservation and rural development, fund farm credit, agricultural research, nutrition, and related programs, and ensure consumers abundant food and fiber (see S. 1628), S11413 [2NO]

Archivist of the U.S.: establish the Holocaust Insurance Registry and require certain disclosures by insurers (see H.R. 2693), H5124 [1AU]

Armed Forces: alternative financing mechanism for TRICARE program (see H.R. 587), H323 [13FE]

———carry out study on the extent of coverage of members of the Selected Reserves under health benefits plans (see S. 1119), S7083 [28JN]

———eliminate requirement that covered beneficiaries obtain nonavailability-of-health-care statements relative to obstetrics and gynecological care for pregnancies (see S. 1096), S6862 [25JN]

———expand eligibility for participation by members of the Selected Reserve and their dependents in the TRICARE program (see H.R. 2332), H3711 [27JN]

———integrate Individual Case Management Program beneficiaries into the TRICARE program (see S. 1402), S9123 [5SE] (see H.R. 2987), H6136 [2OC]

———provide health care coverage to National Guard and reserve components members following an extended deployment (see S. 1250), S8280 [26JY]

———require executive agencies to pay the premiums for coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for certain reservists called or ordered to active duty (see H.R. 1243), H1188 [27MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see S. 278), S1122 [7FE] (see H.R. 179), H61 [6JA]

———use of military health care system and commissary stores by unremarried former spouses of members (see H.R. 288), H110 [30JA]

———waive Medicare part B penalty for military retirees who enroll in TRICARE program (see H.R. 997), H876 [13MR]

Aviation: preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (see S. 1450), S9620 [21SE] (see H.R. 2926), H5926 [21SE] (see H.R. 3055), H6421 [5OC]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), consideration (H. Res. 244), same-day consideration (see H. Res. 242), H5924 [21SE]

Budget: remove the Medicare Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund from the budget and remove Social Security and Medicare from budget pronouncements (see H.R. 1207), H1121 [26MR]

Business and industry: limit the administrative expenses and profits of managed care entities to a certain percentage of premium revenues (see S. 577), S2582 [20MR]

———provide for interest penalties on late payments of health care claims by HMOs or health insurance companies (see S. 1616), S11362 [1NO]

———provide indemnification and liability protection to, and facilitate the procurement of insurance for, contractors responding to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center (see H.R. 3549), H10909 [19DE]

———require certain parent corporations of Federal contractors to provide health care benefits to retired employees of the contractor (see H.R. 1691), H1860 [2MY]

Children and youth: ensure health coverage, promote parental support and family stability, improve early education and child care, reduce poverty, create youth development programs, and provide a safe environment (see S. 940), S5542 [23MY] (see H.R. 1990), H2710 [24MY]

———guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (see S. 827), S4246 [3MY] (see H.R. 1733), H1924 [3MY]

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

———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]

Civil rights: protect (see S. 19), S97 [22JA]

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

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]

Consumers: establish grants for States to establish health insurance consumer assistance programs (see S. 651), S3152 [29MR]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 104), S100 [22JA] (see H.R. 1111), H1011 [20MR]

Courts: product liability reform (see H.R. 1966), H2678 [23MY]

———waive Federal preemption of State laws in cases awarding punitive damages against moving companies engaging in unfair practices in processing of property claims (see S. 1316), S8704 [2AU]

Dept. of Defense: allow Medicare-eligible military health care system beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 779), H506 [28FE]

———making urgent supplemental appropriations for the Defense Health Program (see S. 394), S1616 [27FE]

Dept. of HHS: disapprove rule relative to confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information (see H.J. Res. 38), H955 [15MR]

———make grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment efforts under State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 1390), S8911 [3AU]

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

Dept. of HUD: conduct a study of developing residential mortgage programs that provide low-cost health insurance in connection with low-cost mortgages (see H.R. 1222), H1188 [27MR]

———increase mortgage loan limits for multifamily housing mortgage insurance (see S. 1163), S7494 [11JY] (see H.R. 1629), H1659 [26AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: eligibility of retired members of the Armed Forces for priority health care on the same basis as former POWs (see H.R. 2711), H5125 [1AU]

———improve outreach programs to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see S. 612), S2894 [26MR]

Disasters: creation of protection funds by property and casualty insurance companies for the payment of policyholders' claims arising from future catastrophic events (see H.R. 785), H506 [28FE]

Diseases: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see S. 255), S1062 [6FE] (see H.R. 1485), H1487 (see H.R. 1485), H1496 [4AP]

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

———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 provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H253 [8FE]

Drugs: 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]

Earthquakes: provide incentives to encourage private sector efforts to reduce earthquake losses and establish a national disaster mitigation program (see S. 424), S1746 [1MR] (see H.R. 1669), H1715 [1MY] (see H.R. 2762), H5335 [2AU]

Economy: provide incentives for economic recovery and relief for victims of terrorism (see S. 1732), S12055 [27NO]

Employment: exclude employer contributions to health care expenditure accounts from gross income for tax purposes and clarify applicability of ERISA to plans employing such accounts (see H.R. 2658), H4723 [26JY]

ERISA: exempt from preemption, under State tort actions to recover damages, any employee welfare benefit plan providing disability benefits that fails to provide timely benefits (see H.R. 1104), H1010 [20MR] (see H.R. 1422), H1483 (see H.R. 1422), H1493 [4AP]

———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]

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 H.R. 226), H63 [6JA]

FDIC: merge deposit insurance funds (see H.R. 1355), H1408 [3AP]

———provide coverage for municipal deposits (see S. 227), S914 [31JA] (see H.R. 1899), H2333 [17MY]

Federal aid programs: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program and emergency health coverage assistance (see H.R. 3141), H6919 [16OC]

———provide premium assistance for COBRA continuation coverage for certain individuals and permit States to provide temporary Medicaid coverage for certain uninsured individuals (see H.R. 3364), H8564 [28NO]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see S. 128), S101 [22JA] (see H.R. 746), H441 [27FE]

Federal employees: authorize the use of clinical social workers to conduct evaluations to determine work-related emotional and mental illnesses (see S. 46), S98 [22JA]

———availability of health coverage for dependent parents (see H.R. 579), H323 [13FE] (see H.R. 1049), H953 [15MR]

———coverage of acupuncturist, massage therapist, naturopathic physician, or midwife services in any Federal health plan (see H.R. 2086), H2955 [6JN]

———coverage of chiropractic services in any Federal health plan (see H.R. 2087), H2955 [6JN] (see H. Con. Res. 46), H623 [1MR]

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

———increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance (see H.R. 1307), H1344 [29MR]

———make the same health insurance options afforded to Federal employees available to Federal annuitants and Armed Forces members and retirees (see S. 561), S2472 [19MR]

———provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 638), H394 [14FE]

———reform long-term care insurance (see H.R. 2559), H4216 [18JY]

———require any health benefits plan which provides obstetrical benefits to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility (see H.R. 1246), H1189 [27MR]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 747), H441 [27FE]

———coverage of bone mass measurements (see S. 263), S1063 [6FE] (see H.R. 689), H397 [14FE]

———coverage of glaucoma detection services (see H.R. 2379), H3803 [28JN]

FHA: prevent the premature shutdown of certain mortgage insurance programs (see H.R. 1481), H1486 (see H.R. 1481), H1496 [4AP]

———require partial rebates of mortgage insurance premiums to certain mortgagors upon payment of their FHA-insured mortgages (see S. 607), S2823 [23MR]

Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 557), H258 [12FE]

———amend banking laws relative to offshore activities, investments, and certain bank affiliations (see H.R. 2273), H3464 [21JN]

———ensure consumer privacy when establishing a framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers (see H.R. 2720, 2730), H5333 [2AU]

———ensure continued stability of the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 1293), H1343 [29MR]

———safeguard the public from fraud and streamline and facilitate efforts of Federal and State regulators to share antifraud information (see H.R. 1408), H1482 (see H.R. 1408), H1492 [4AP]

———strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (see S. 30), S98 [22JA] (see S. 450), S1747 [1MR]

Floods: ensure homeowners are provided adequate notice of flood map changes and a fair opportunity to appeal such changes (see H.R. 2091), H2956 [6JN]

———provide a discount in flood insurance rates for certain low-cost properties in flood hazard zones (see H.R. 2384), H3803 [28JN]

———reduce losses (see H.R. 2021), H2847 [25MY]

Genetics: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see S. 318), S1270 [13FE] (see S. 382), S1463 [15FE] (see H.R. 602), H324 [13FE]

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]

———assure coverage of emergency services under group health plans and health insurance (see S. 823), S4246 [3MY] (see H.R. 1674), H1859 [2MY]

———constitutional amendment on the right to high quality health care (see H.J. Res. 29), H649 [6MR]

———coverage of certain reconstructive surgery (see S. 576), S2582 [20MR]

———coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see S. 710), S3530 [5AP] (see H.R. 1520), H1498 [4AP]

———coverage of infertility treatment (see S. 874), S4890 [14MY]

———coverage of long-term care services (see H. Con. Res. 37), H399 [14FE]

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

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

———establish demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, and cost-effective health care coverage with simplified administration (see H.R. 1033), H928 [14MR]

———establish Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Veterans Affairs demonstration project on the integrated management of health care resources (see H.R. 2667), H4779 [27JY]

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

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

———improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see S. Res. 57), S2117 [9MR] (see H. Res. 87), H877 [13MR]

———improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums and COBRA coverage premiums (see S. 623), S2979 [27MR] (see H.R. 1255), H1189 [27MR]

———improve access to prescription drugs under Medicare and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and health care coverage for seniors, the self-employed, and children (see H.R. 1387), H1481 (see H.R. 1387), H1491 [4AP]

———limit medical malpractice claims (see H.R. 1639), H1659 [26AP] (see H.R. 2103), H2997 [7JN]

———make Federal Employees Health Benefits Program available to individuals age 55 to 65 who would not otherwise have health insurance (see H.R. 55), H26 [3JA]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 24), S98 [22JA] (see H.R. 16), H25 [3JA] (see H.R. 1200), H1114 [22MR] (see H.R. 3080), H6504 [10OC] (see H. Con. Res. 99), H1487 (see H. Con. Res. 99), H1499 [4AP]

———permit individuals to continue health plan coverage during participation in approved clinical studies (see S. 257), S1062 [6FE]

———prohibit Federal health insurance programs from reimbursing health care providers who charge membership or extraneous fees as a prerequisite to service to a patient (see S. 1592), S11198 [30OC] (see S. 1606), S11286 [31OC]

———promote and facilitate expansion of group health insurance coverage (see H.R. 3563), H10964 [20DE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see S. 6), S97 [22JA] (see S. 283), S1122 [7FE] (see S. 872), S4890 [14MY] (see S. 889), S4940 [15MY] (see S. 1052), S6318 [14JN] (see H.R. 526), H252 [8FE] (see H.R. 2315), H3618 [26JN] (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 equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 162), H61 [6JA]

———provide for accountability of health plans (see H.R. 2367), H3802 [28JN]

———provide for health care liability reform (see S. 1370), S8911 [3AU]

———provide limits on contingency fees in health care liability actions (see H.R. 2463), H3959 [11JY]

———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]

———reduce paperwork and improve payment policies for services, and prevent fraud and abuse through health care provider education (see H.R. 1128), H1011 [20MR]

———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]

———require a study on reducing the discriminatory pricing of health services for the uninsured (see H.J. Res. 49), H2334 [17MY]

———require group plans to provide coverage of pediatric care (see H.R. 2342), H3712 [27JN]

———require health plans to provide adequate access to services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists (see H.R. 2314), H3618 [26JN]

———require insurance coverage of bone mass measurements and inform women concerning reproductive and post-menopausal health care choices (see S. 819), S4245 [3MY] (see H.R. 1683), H1860 [2MY]

———require managed care organizations to contract with providers in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 2743), H5334 [2AU]

———sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (see S. 587), S2662 [21MR] (see H.R. 1353), H1408 [3AP]

———treatment of fertility and impotence in health care coverage under group health plans, health insurance coverage, and health plans under the Federal employees' health benefits program (see H.R. 568), H322 [13FE]

Health care facilities: provide grants for FHA-insured hospitals (see S. 1128), S7083 [28JN] (see H.R. 2395), H3803 [28JN]

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act: extend date for compliance by certain entities with administrative simplification standards for electronic transactions and code sets (see S. 1588), S11198 [30OC]

Holocaust: require foreign insurance companies to disclose dealings with Holocaust victims, submit requests on claims by such individuals, and prohibit business dealings with companies failing to comply with requests (see H.R. 3408), H8948 [5DE]

Housing: extend FHA-insured multifamily housing mortgage and housing assistance restructuring authority (see S. 1457), S9741 [24SE] (see H.R. 2890), H5703 [14SE]

———reduce the downpayment required by a first-time homebuyer purchasing a home with a mortgage insured under the National Housing Act (see H.R. 859), H628 [5MR]

———require energy efficiency certifications for mortgage insurance be conducted by accredited home energy rating system providers (see H.R. 2834), H5405 [5SE]

———simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see H.R. 858), H628 [5MR]

Insurance: 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]

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see S. 957), S5616 [24MY]

———provide retiree health care by allowing steel companies a partial refund of net operating loss carryforwards (see H.R. 3059), H6458 [9OC]

Medicaid: allow States to expand coverage to uninsured, poor adults (see H.R. 2789), H5336 [2AU]

———allow States to expand family planning coverage to certain women (see S. 1343), S8705 [2AU] (see H.R. 2777), H5335 [2AU]

———allow States to use their allotment under the State Children's Health Insurance Program to increase the enrollment of children eligible for medical assistance (see S. 1625), S11362 [1NO]

———assure that funds provided for State emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens are used to reimburse hospitals and related providers that treat undocumented aliens (see H.R. 519), H223 [7FE]

———clarify Dept. of HHS authority to treat certain State prescription drug discount demonstration projects as medical assistance for purposes of rebate agreements (see S. 1177), S7589 [12JY] (see H.R. 2513), H4111 [17JY]

———clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (see S. 535), S2306 [14MR] (see S. 1741), S12100 [28NO] (see H.R. 1383), H1409 [3AP]

———coverage of all medically necessary services for uninsured families and individuals (see H.R. 2627), H4633 [25JY]

———delay changes in regulations that modify upper payment limit for non-State government-owned or operated hospitals (see S. 1745), S12161 [29NO] (see H.R. 3360), H8564 [28NO]

———establish a demonstration grant program to assist States in providing subsidies for group health insurance premiums for low-income, Medicaid-eligible individuals (see H.R. 1903), H2333 [17MY]

———extend the higher Federal medical assistance payment percentage for Indian Health Service facilities to urban Indian health programs (see S. 1753), S12247 [30NO]

———improve access to advanced practice nurses (see H.R. 3594), H10965 [20DE]

———increase Federal medical assistance payment percentage for nursing facilities with a high proportion of Medicaid patients (see H.R. 3565), H10964 [20DE]

———increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H8948 [5DE]

———increase the personal needs allowance for institutionalized individuals under Medicare (see H.R. 1763), H2022 [8MY]

———permit additional States to enter into long-term care partnerships in order to promote the use of long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1041), H952 [15MR]

———permit children covered under the State Children's Health Insurance Program to be eligible for the Federal Vaccines for Children Program (see S. 573), S2582 [20MR] (see H.R. 2701), H5125 [1AU]

———permit State waiver authority to provide medical assistance in cases of congenital heart defects (see H.R. 1793), H2140 [10MY]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 987), S5831 [5JN] (see H.R. 2063), H2888 [5JN]

———permit uninsured individuals to obtain coverage to assure coverage of prescription drugs, substance abuse treatment, mental health services, and long-term care services (see H.R. 1142), H1059 [21MR]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 321), S1270 [13FE] (see H.R. 600), H323 [13FE]

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1011), H876 [13MR]

———provide States with the option of covering intensive community mental health treatment (see H.R. 2364), H3802 [28JN]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see S. 1298), S8575 [1AU]

———remove the cap on payments for Puerto Rico and certain other territories and adjust the statutory matching rate (see H.R. 48), H26 [3JA]

———require criminal background checks on drivers providing medical assistance transportation services (see H.R. 453), H220 [7FE]

———require prorating of beneficiary contributions relative to partial coverage for nursing facility services during a month (see H.R. 566), H322 [13FE]

———revise and simplify the transitional medical assistance program (see S. 1269), S8397 [30JY] (see H.R. 2775), H5335 [2AU]

———State requirements for financial recovery from an individual's estate relative to any medical assistance under a State health plan (see H.R. 1001), H876 [13MR]

———waive disproportionate share hospital designation for certain rural hospitals relative to obstetrician requirements (see H.R. 2553), H4216 [18JY]

Medicare: accelerate reduction on the amount of beneficiary copayment liability for outpatient services (see S. 1679), S11719 [13NO] (see H.R. 3284), H8132 [13NO]

———adjust wages and wage-related costs for certain items and services furnished in geographically reclassified hospitals (see S. 659), S3152 [29MR] (see H.R. 1375), H1409 [3AP]

———allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 3363), H8564 [28NO]

———apply the bloodborne pathogens standard to hospitals not subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Act (see H.R. 2933), H5926 [21SE]

———clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see H.R. 1490), H1487 (see H.R. 1490), H1496 [4AP]

———combat waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 18), H25 [3JA]

———continue conversion factor under the physician fee schedule (see H.R. 3511), H10355 [18DE]

———coverage for qualified World War II Filipino veterans (see H.R. 594), H323 [13FE]

———coverage for rehabilitation services provided by State vocational rehabilitation agencies to older, blind individuals (see H.R. 2674), H4862 [30JY]

———coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 822), H621 [1MR]

———coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 747), H441 [27FE]

———coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see S. 1605), S11286 [31OC] (see H.R. 2220), H3258 [19JN]

———coverage of adult day care services (see S. 1619), S11362 [1NO] (see H.R. 3585), H10964 [20DE]

———coverage of backup systems for durable medical equipment in case of power failure (see H. Con. Res. 209), H5338 [2AU]

———coverage of bone mass measurements for all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis (see S. 264), S1063 [6FE] (see H.R. 595), H323 [13FE]

———coverage of certain chiropractic examination procedures (see H.R. 2284), H3464 [21JN]

———coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (see S. 1761), S12368 [4DE] (see H.R. 3278), H8132 [13NO]

———coverage of hearing aids and related hearing services (see H.R. 2934), H5926 [21SE]

———coverage of home health services (see H.R. 2071), H2955 [6JN]

———coverage of home infusion drug therapies (see H.R. 2750), H5334 [2AU]

———coverage of inpatient hospital services in Puerto Rico (see S. 813), S4100 [1MY] (see H.R. 1656), H1715 [1MY]

———coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see S. 1760), S12368 [4DE] (see H.R. 898), H649 [6MR]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see S. 960), S5616 [24MY] (see H.R. 2117), H2997 [7JN]

———coverage of medically necessary pancreas transplantation procedures (see H.R. 1361), H1408 [3AP]

———coverage of more frequent hemodialysis treatments (see S. 1303), S8703 [2AU]

———coverage of nursing facilities and in-home services (see H.R. 913), H739 [7MR]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see S. 913), S5118 [17MY] (see H.R. 1624), H1659 [26AP]

———coverage of oral drugs to reduce serum phosphate levels in patients with end stage renal disease (see S. 1304), S8703 [2AU] (see H.R. 3246), H7909 [7NO]

———coverage of oral drugs to treat low blood calcium levels or elevated parathyroid hormone levels for patients with end stage renal disease (see H.R. 121), H59 [6JA]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 10), S97 [22JA] (see S. 925), S5438 [22MY] (see S. 1185), S7805 [17JY] (see S. Res. 74), S3922 [25AP] (see H.R. 339), H163 [31JA] (see H.R. 1512), H1498 [4AP] (see H.R. 1905), H2333 [17MY] (see H.R. 2632), H4633 [25JY]

———coverage of pharmacist services (see S. 974), S5694 [25MY] (see H.R. 2799), H5336 [2AU]

———coverage of remote monitoring services (see S. 1607), S11286 [31OC] (see H.R. 3572), H10964 [20DE]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see S. 258), S1062 [6FE] (see H.R. 1202), H1114 [22MR]

———coverage of self-administered drugs that, when used as a replacement for covered drugs, result in overall cost savings to the program (see H.R. 3317), H8337 [16NO]

———deem hospitals in Hillsdale County, MI, as being located in the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area for purposes of reimbursement (see H.R. 2437), H3861 [10JY]

———delay the deadline for Medicare+Choice organizations to report plan information, including information on adjusted community rates (see H.R. 1993), H2710 [24MY]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 1645), H1660 [26AP]

———determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see S. 1066), S6518 [20JN] (see H.R. 1798), H2140 [10MY] (see H.R. 3388), H8746 [30NO]

———eliminate cost-sharing for bone mass measurements (see S. 826), S4246 [3MY] (see H.R. 1720), H1924 [3MY]

———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (see S. 841), S4508 [8MY] (see H.R. 599), H323 [13FE]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (see S. 326), S1394 [14FE] (see H.R. 975), H874 [13MR]

———ensure geographic reclassifications of hospitals in urban areas do not result in lower wage indexes (see H.R. 1638), H1659 [26AP]

———ensure that eligible individuals have sufficient time to consider information and make informed choice on enrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (see S. 1376), S8911 [3AU]

———establish a comprehensive centers for medical excellence demonstration program (see S. 1756), S12311 [3DE]

———establish a floor on area wage adjustment factors used under the prospective payment system for hospital services (see S. 1001), S5967 [7JN]

———establish a hospice demonstration and grant program for beneficiaries (see S. 1425), S9395 [13SE] (see H.R. 3492), H10066 [13DE]

———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 3569), H10964 [20DE]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program (see S. 1263), S8353 [27JY]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug discount and security program (see S. 1239), S8203 [25JY]

———exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (see S. 1083), S6601 [21JN] (see H.R. 2294), H3465 [21JN]

———exclude services of certain providers from coverage under the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (see H.R. 3094), H6701 [11OC]

———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see S. 690), S3435 [4AP] (see H.R. 1522), H1498 [4AP]

———expand benefits, establish payment incentives for furnishing quality services, and develop an effective national policy to care for individuals with chronic conditions (see S. 1589), S11198 [30OC] (see H.R. 3188), H7529 [30OC]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see S. 554), S2388 [15MR] (see H.R. 1089), H959 [19MR]

———expand coverage of durable medical equipment to include physician prescribed equipment necessary for unpaid caregivers (see H.R. 3092), H6701 [11OC]

———expand coverage of preventive services and provide coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 828), H622 [1MR]

———extend availability of cost contracts (see S. 1224), S8122 [24JY] (see H.R. 2612), H4539 [24JY]

———extend community nursing organization demonstration projects (see H.R. 3195), H7591 [31OC]

———extend coverage of immunosuppressive drugs to cases of transplants not paid for under the program (see H.R. 3032), H6379 [4OC]

———extend minimum deadlines for filing claims relative to adjustments from secondary payor status to primary payor status (see H.R. 3540), H10909 [19DE]

———facilitate use of private contracts (see H.R. 1640), H1659 [26AP]

———importance of comprehensive modernization (see H. Con. Res. 155), H2998 [7JN]

———improve access to Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries by targeting enrollment and eliminating beneficiary lock-in and other administrative barriers (see H.R. 2709), H5125 [1AU]

———improve fee-for-services reimbursement rates in rural States (see S. 1020), S6127 [12JN] (see H.R. 2483), H4008 [12JY]

———improve outpatient vision services (see H.R. 2484), H4008 [12JY]

———improve payments and regulation under the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 3584), H10964 [20DE]

———improve reimbursement for clinical social worker services (see S. 52), S99 [22JA]

———improve the telemedicine program and provide grants for the development of telehealth networks (see H.R. 2706), H5125 [1AU]

———increase payments for ambulance services in rural areas (see S. 1367), S8910 [3AU] (see H.R. 2346), H3712 [27JN]

———increase payments for ambulance services in rural areas, determine rural areas based on population density, and require the use of recent data in determining payment adjustments (see H.R. 3545), H10909 [19DE]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services (see H.R. 1328), H1351 [30MR]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (see S. 548), S2388 [15MR] (see H.R. 1354), H1408 [3AP]

———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see S. 839), S4416 [7MY] (see H.R. 1556), H1555 [24AP]

———limit hospital ownership exception to physician self-referral restrictions to interests purchased on terms generally available to the public (see H.R. 2490), H4008 [12JY]

———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 1177), H1113 [22MR]

———limit reductions in Federal payments under the prospective payment system for rural or sole community hospital outpatient department services (see S. 270), S1121 [7FE]

———make a technical correction in the definition of outpatient speech-language pathology services (see S. 1395), S9122 [5SE]

———make more competitive and efficient, extend solvency, provide a prescription drug benefit, improve quality of care, and make Medigap insurance more affordable (see H.R. 803), H507 [28FE]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (see S. 357, 358), S1463 [15FE]

———make permanent hold harmless treatment for small rural hospitals under the prospective payment system and provide a transitional adjustment for certain hospitals in order to limit any decline in payment under that system (see H.R. 2942), H5927 [21SE]

———make permanent the health coverage for certain disabled individuals that go back to work (see H.R. 481), H221 [7FE]

———make the social HMO a permanent option under Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 2953), H6055 [25SE]

———modify calculation of wage index adjustment for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1901), H2333 [17MY]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see S. 1350), S8910 [3AU] (see H.R. 3109), H6779 [12OC]

———phase in the fee schedule for ambulance services to provide for equitable treatment of suppliers of such services that are required to equip all ambulances to provide advanced life support services (see S. 1866), S13943 [20DE]

———prevent sudden disruption of beneficiary enrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (see H.R. 148), H60 [6JA] (see H.R. 279), H109 [30JA]

———promote research for health promotion and disease prevention and add preventive benefits (see S. 982), S5830 [5JN] (see H.R. 2058), H2888 [5JN]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see S. 1686), S11789 [14NO] (see H.R. 3238), H7852 [6NO]

———provide continuing eligibility for medical care for individuals who become eligible for certain hospital insurance benefits (see S. 564), S2472 [19MR]

———provide for continuous open enrollment and disenrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (see S. 1851), S13700 [19DE] (see H.R. 3267), H7959 [8NO]

———provide for equitable reimbursement rates to Medicare+Choice organizations (see S. 1317), S8704 [2AU] (see H.R. 2549), H4215 [18JY] (see H.R. 2836), H5405 [5SE]

———provide for expeditious coverage of new medical technology and establish an Office of Technology and Innovation within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (see H.R. 2973), H6135 [2OC]

———provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (see S. 452), S1817 [5MR] (see H.R. 868), H648 [6MR]

———provide incentive payments for multi-year contracts entered into by Medicare+Choice organizations (see H.R. 274), H109 [30JA]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (see S. 1738), S12100 [28NO] (see H.R. 3046), H6379 [4OC]

———provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (see S. 1545), S10693 [15OC] (see H.R. 2768), H5335 [2AU] (see H.R. 3391), H8842 [4DE]

———provide that geographic reclassifications of hospitals from one urban area to another do not result in lower wage indexes (see S. 954), S5616 [24MY] (see H.R. 2003), H2710 [24MY]

———reclassify certain counties for purposes of reimbursement (see S. 1736), S12100 [28NO] (see H.R. 2862), H5455 [6SE]

———reduce work hours and increase supervision of resident-physicians to ensure the safety of both patients and resident-physicians (see H.R. 3236), H7852 [6NO]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (see S. 125), S100 [22JA] (see S. 699), S3436 [4AP] (see H.R. 1400), H1482 (see H.R. 1400), H1491 [4AP]

———reductions in prescription drug prices for beneficiaries and women with breast cancer (see H.R. 758), H442 [27FE]

———reform (see S. 1135), S7084 [28JN]

———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 902), H649 [6MR]

———remove inpatient limitation on the proportion of hospice care that certain rural hospice programs may provide (see S. 1840), S13465 [18DE] (see H.R. 3270), H7959 [8NO]

———remove restrictions on clinical psychologists or social workers providing services in outpatient rehabilitation facilities (see S. 51), S98 [22JA]

———remove restrictions on coverage of periodic health examinations (see H.R. 1568), H1555 [24AP]

———remove the sunset and numerical limitation on participation in Medicare+Choice medical savings account plans (see H.R. 2802), H5337 [2AU]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 1394), S9122 [5SE]

———require Medicare+Choice organizations to offer plans for a minimum period of three years, and permit beneficiaries to enroll and disenroll from such plans at any time (see H.R. 2127), H3066 [12JN]

———require providers to disclose staffing and performance data (see S. 863), S4822 [10MY] (see H.R. 1804), H2141 [10MY]

———require universal product numbers on claims forms for reimbursement for durable medical equipment and other items (see H.R. 186), H62 [6JA]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments (see H.R. 3318), H8337 [16NO]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments and conduct a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in such update (see S. 1660), S11612 [8NO] (see S. 1707), S11940 [15NO] (see H.R. 3351), H8420 [27NO]

———stabilize and improve the Medicare+Choice Program (see H.R. 2980), H6135 [2OC]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see S. 885), S4940 [15MY] (see H.R. 1609), H1658 [26AP]

———State accreditation of diabetes self-management training programs (see S. 153), S456 [23JA] (see H.R. 836), H622 [1MR]

———treatment of certain physician pathology services (see S. 730), S3705 [6AP] (see H.R. 1451), H1484 (see H.R. 1451), H1494 [4AP]

———waive late enrollment penalty and provide a special Part B enrollment period for certain military retirees (see H.R. 2073), H2955 [6JN]

———waive late enrollment penalty for certain beneficiaries living abroad and provide a special Medigap open enrollment period which prohibits underwriting (see H.R. 3314), H8337 [16NO]

———waive waiting period for coverage of certain disabled individuals who have no health insurance (see H.R. 569), H322 [13FE]

Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force: establish (see H.R. 67), H26 [3JA]

Medicare/Medicaid: assure financial solvency of Medicare+Choice organizations and Medicaid managed care organizations (see H.R. 145), H60 [6JA]

———establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (see S. 1054), S6318 [14JN]

———require certain staffing in nursing facilities (see H.R. 3331), H8337 [16NO]

———streamline regulatory processes for home health agencies (see S. 1169), S7589 [12JY]

Mental health: clarify application of certain mental health parity provisions to annual and lifetime visit, benefit, and dollar limits (see H.R. 2992), H6136 [2OC]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see S. 543), S2388 [15MR]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, post-abortion depression and psychosis (see H.R. 2805), H5337 [2AU]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see S. 1535), S10640 [11OC] (see H.R. 2380), H3803 [28JN]

Motor vehicles: provide consumers choice of auto insurance, guarantee affordable premiums, and improve compensation for accident victims (see H.R. 1704), H1923 [3MY]

National Commission on Farmworkers and Federal Health Coverage: establish (see H.R. 2642), H4634 [25JY]

National Flood Insurance Program: improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties (see H.R. 1428), H1483 (see H.R. 1428), H1493 [4AP] (see H.R. 1551), H1555 [24AP] (see H.R. 2545), H4215 [18JY]

National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 271), H8248 [15NO]

Native Americans: improve effectiveness of the Indian Loan Guarantee and Insurance Program (see H.R. 3407), H8948 [5DE]

OPM: determine the number of Federal employees and annuitants eligible for participation in the health benefits program but who are covered neither by such program nor by any other health insurance (see H.R. 2397), H3804 [28JN]

Pensions: require plan administrators that provide access to automobile insurance to submit certain information on such insurance to the FTC (see H.R. 403), H218 [7FE]

Pharmaceuticals: provide access and choice for use of generic drugs under Federal health care programs (see S. 186), S568 [25JA]

Privacy: ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information (see H.R. 1215), H1187 [27MR]

———prohibit the establishment of any uniform national health care identifying number or health information database (see H.R. 2615), H4540 [24JY]

Public Health Service Act: prohibit discrimination relative to exposure to hazardous substances (see H.R. 1540), H1554 [24AP]

Real estate: authorize a homeowner to recover treble damages from the homeowner's mortgage escrow servicer for failure to make timely payments for homeowners insurance, taxes, or other charges (see H.R. 1105), H1010 [20MR]

———payment of interest on escrow and impoundment accounts established to pay taxes and fire and hazard insurance premiums on federally mortgaged property (see H.R. 2208), H3202 [14JN]

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. 390), H166 [31JA] (see H.R. 2035), H2847 [25MY]

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: expand applicability of the pending increase in automatic maximum amounts to certain servicemen who die before the effective date of the increase (see S. 546), S2388 [15MR]

———increase amount paid to survivors of certain members of the Armed Forces who died in the performance of duty (see H.R. 1015), H927 [14MR]

———make certain improvements (see H.R. 2222), H3258 [19JN]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see S. 858), S4590 [9MY] (see H.R. 1774), H2081 [9MY]

———protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (see S. 865), S4822 [10MY] (see H.R. 1805), H2141 [10MY]

———provide for public access to information on the availability of insurance for small businesses (see H.R. 3339), H8342 [19NO]

Social Security: allocate allotments to territories under the State Children's Health Insurance Program in the same manner as for States (see H.R. 3508), H10355 [18DE]

———allow certain remarried widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses to become or remain entitled to widow's or widower's insurance benefits (see H.R. 3023), H6378 [4OC]

———allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 724), S3705 [6AP] (see H.R. 2610), H4539 [24JY]

———allow diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments into personal investment plans and extend the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (see H.R. 2771), H5335 [2AU]

———application of employment criteria under management contracts for certain mental health facilities (see H.R. 3147), H6919 [16OC]

———assure coverage of legal immigrant children and pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 1528), H1498 [4AP]

———clarify coordination of benefits among health plans (see H.R. 2745), H5334 [2AU]

———effects of reform proposals on women (see H. Res. 128), H1716 [1MY]

———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 848), H623 [1MR]

———eliminate the waiting period for disability benefits and Medicare benefits for disabled individuals (see H.R. 344), H164 [31JA]

———eliminate the waiting period in the disability insurance program (see H.R. 2850), H5454 [6SE]

———eliminate waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits following the divorce (see H.R. 3325), H8337 [16NO]

———eliminate waiting period for individuals to be eligible for disability benefits (see H.R. 3265), H7959 [8NO]

———ensure entitled entities comply with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 3323), H8337 [16NO]

———ensure solvency (see H. Con. Res. 214), H5338 [2AU]

———establish and maintain individual investment accounts (see H.R. 2110), H2997 [7JN]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see S. 1244), S8203 [25JY] (see H.R. 2630), H4633 [25JY]

———expand State Children's Health Insurance Program to include certain children (see S. 1266), S8353 [27JY]

———expand State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see S. 574), S2582 [20MR]

———extend date for compliance by entitled entities with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see S. 1684), S11789 [14NO]

———improve health benefits coverage of infants and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 1016), S6127 [12JN]

———increase in widow's and widower's insurance benefits relative to delayed retirement (see H.R. 3328), H8337 [16NO]

———increase interest rate of trust funds (see H.R. 1320), H1345 [29MR]

———increase lump-sum death benefit and allow payment of such benefit to legal representative of the deceased's estate in the absence of a surviving spouse or child (see H.R. 2378), H3803 [28JN] (see H.R. 3119), H6780 [12OC]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see S. 882), S4940 [15MY] (see H.R. 210), H62 [6JA] (see H.R. 1091), H959 [19MR] (see H.R. 1464), H1485 (see H.R. 1464), H1495 [4AP] (see H.R. 2845), H5454 [6SE]

———modify the deadline for compliance with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 1975), H2679 [23MY]

———permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 582), S2662 [21MR] (see H.R. 1143), H1059 [21MR]

———phase out taxation of benefits (see S. 181), S568 [25JA]

———preserve all budget surpluses until legislation is enacted to strengthen and protect Social Security and Medicare trust funds (see H.R. 120), H59 [6JA]

———promote smoking cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Maternal and Child Health Program (see S. 622), S2979 [27MR] (see S. 854), S4590 [9MY] (see H.R. 1229), H1188 [27MR]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see S. 21), S98 [22JA] (see H.R. 2), H252 [8FE] (see H.R. 560), H322 [13FE]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (see S. 693), S3436 [4AP]

———provide benefits to certain uninsured children living without parents (see H.R. 2698), H5125 [1AU]

———provide for coordination of implementation of administrative simplification standard for health care information (see S. 836), S4416 [7MY]

———provide full benefits for disabled widows and widowers regardless of age (see H.R. 3326), H8337 [16NO]

———provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (see H.R. 3332), H8337 [16NO]

———provide lump-sum death payments to surviving spouses (see H.R. 266), H109 [30JA]

———repeal eligibility restrictions on widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability (see H.R. 3327), H8337 [16NO]

———restore children's insurance benefits in the case of children of a certain age who attend postsecondary schools (see H.R. 410), H218 [7FE]

———treatment of severe spinal cord injuries relative to certain earnings (see H.R. 509), H222 [7FE]

———urge that any reform not include mandatory coverage of State and local employees (see H. Con. Res. 229), H5704 [14SE]

Taxation: allow a deduction for amounts paid for health insurance and prescription drug costs of individuals (see H.R. 383), H165 [31JA] (see H.R. 1127), H1011 [20MR]

———allow a refundable credit for certain Medicare premiums (see H.R. 82), H27 [3JA]

———allow a refundable credit for health insurance costs of individuals not eligible for public programs and without access to employer-subsidized health coverage (see S. 590), S2662 [21MR]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see S. 683), S3340 [3AP] (see H.R. 1331), H1407 [3AP]

———allow a refundable credit to military retirees for Medicare coverage (see H.R. 69), H26 [3JA]

———allow a refundable tax credit for health insurance costs for COBRA continuation coverage (see S. 1502), S10287 [4OC] (see H.R. 3040), H6379 [4OC]

———allow certain health benefits and dependent care assistance to be carried forward to the succeeding taxable year or to be included in gross income upon termination of such accounts and arrangements (see H.R. 1590), H1604 [25AP]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see S. 1022), S6127 [12JN] (see H.R. 2125), H3066 [12JN]

———allow individuals to designate refunds to provide catastrophic health coverage to individuals who do not otherwise have health coverage (see H.R. 647), H395 [14FE]

———allow penalty-free distributions from qualified retirement plans on account of the death or disability of the participant's spouse (see H.R. 578), H323 [13FE]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses (see S. 674), S3274 [2AP]

———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (see H.R. 1134), H1012 [20MR] (see H.R. 3139), H6919 [16OC]

———clarify the exemption from tax for small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 1908), H2334 [17MY]

———disclosure of employer's share of taxes paid for old-age, survivors, disability, and hospital insurance for the employee in addition to the total amount of such taxes for such employee (see H.R. 1584), H1604 [25AP]

———ensure employees retain hospital insurance tax exemption relative to consolidation of a political subdivision with the State (see H.R. 926), H740 [7MR]

———exclude reparations received by Holocaust survivors (see S. 749), S3706 [6AP]

———exclude reparations received by Holocaust survivors or their heirs or estates (see H.R. 1940), H2570 [22MY]

———exclude U.S. savings bond income from gross income if used to pay long-term care expenses (see S. 232), S915 [31JA] (see H.R. 1719), H1924 [3MY]

———extend exclusion from an employee's gross income for employer-provided health coverage of the employee's spouse to coverage provided to the employee's domestic partner (see H.R. 2837), H5405 [5SE]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see S. 29), S98 [22JA] (see S. 363), S1463 [15FE] (see H.R. 154), H60 [6JA] (see H.R. 317), H162 [31JA]

———impose a tax on certain unearned income and provide tax relief by reducing the rate of the Social Security payroll tax (see H.R. 1573), H1555 [24AP]

———impose civil monetary penalties against health plans that do not provide coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see S. 331), S1394 [14FE]

———improve retirement income by taxing annuities and certain life insurance payments at capital gains rates (see H.R. 3320), H8337 [16NO]

———permit consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies (see S. 795), S3994 [26AP] (see H.R. 909), H739 [7MR]

———prevent companies from reinsuring income in Bermuda or other tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income tax (see H.R. 1755), H2021 [8MY]

———provide disaster relief for homeowners (see H.R. 2176), H3201 [14JN]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (see S. 1791), S12772 [10DE] (see H.R. 3529), H10908 [19DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery and provide for the payment of emergency extended unemployment compensation (see S. 1804), S12858 [11DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration (see H. Res. 270), H7217 [23OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), consideration (see H. Res. 320), H10401 (see H. Res. 320), H10908 [19DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), consideration (H. Res. 320)—same-day consideration (see H. Res. 317), H10173 [17DE] (see H. Res. 319), H10354 [18DE]

———provide incentives for health coverage for the uninsured (see H.R. 1181), H1113 [22MR]

———provide incentives to encourage small business health plans (see H.R. 2082), H2955 [6JN]

———provide incentives to expand health care coverage (see S. 284), S1122 [7FE]

———provide income tax credit to long-term caregivers (see S. 464), S1897 [6MR] (see H.R. 2575), H4352 [19JY]

———provide tax relief for health insurance and medical care expenses, establish more options for obtaining quality health care, and expand insurance coverage to the uninsured (see H.R. 2250), H3357 [20JN]

———provide tax-exempt status for organizations created by a State to provide property and casualty insurance coverage for property (see H.R. 1789), H2082 [9MY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see S. 237), S1012 [1FE] (see H.R. 122), H59 (see H.R. 192), H62 [6JA]

———treatment of active financing income earned overseas by financial services firms (see S. 676), S3274 [2AP] (see H.R. 1357), H1408 [3AP]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts (see S. 1067), S6518 [20JN] (see H.R. 1524), H1498 [4AP]

———treatment of employee welfare benefit plans (see S. 1386), S8911 [3AU]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see S. 627), S2979 [27MR] (see H.R. 831), H622 [1MR]

———treatment of health care subsidy payments made to employers on behalf of volunteer firefighters (see H.R. 1651), H1715 [1MY]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see S. 992), S5889 [6JN] (see H.R. 661), H395 [14FE]

———treatment of small businesses (see S. 1676), S11719 [13NO]

———treatment of unused benefits under cafeteria plans that allow flexible spending accounts for out-of-pocket medical expenses (see H.R. 167), H61 [6JA]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 63), H26 [3JA] (see H.R. 3105), H6701 [11OC]

———treatment of welfare benefit funds for certain employer plans (see H.R. 2370), H3802 [28JN]

Terrorism: create a temporary reinsurance mechanism to enhance the availability of terrorism insurance (see S. 1743), S12161 [29NO]

———encourage financial institutions to continue to support economic development through the provision of affordable insurance coverage against acts of terrorism (see S. 1748, 1751), S12247 [30NO]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (see S. 1744), S12161 [29NO] (see H.R. 3210), H7717 [1NO] (see H.R. 3357), H8563 [28NO]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), consideration (see H. Res. 297), H8563 [28NO]

Unemployment: expand coverage options for unemployed workers to receive and pay for COBRA health insurance benefits and provide for a program of enhanced unemployment coverage (see H.R. 3471), H10054 [12DE]

Veterans: allow insurance payments to alternate beneficiary, extend Native American Veteran Housing Loan Pilot Program, and eliminate notification requirement relative to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (see H.R. 2359), H3802 [28JN]

———ensure quality health care (see S. Res. 179), S11719 [13NO]

———exempt prescription drugs and medical supplies dispensed by Dept. of Veterans Affairs pharmacies from interest and administrative cost charges (see H.R. 890), H649 [6MR]

———improve educational assistance programs, expand transition assistance and outreach programs, increase burial benefits, and provide family coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (see H.R. 801), H507 [28FE]

———prohibit motor vehicle insurers from treating veterans differently relative to motor vehicles operated during a period of military service (see H.R. 406), H218 [7FE]

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

———implement coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 887), H648 [6MR]

———promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (see S. 1249), S8203 [25JY] (see H.R. 2670), H4779 [27JY]

———reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see S. 208), S706 [30JA] (see H.R. 633), H394 [14FE]

Cloture motions

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S13040 [12DE], S13112 [13DE], S13349 [17DE], S13423 [18DE], S13658 [19DE]

———continue certain programs (S. 1731), motion to proceed, S12271 [30NO], S12406 [5DE]

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]

Descriptions

Self-Employed Health Insurance Fairness Act (S. 29), S302 [22JA]

Factsheets

California Insurance Investment Issues: California Dept. of Insurance and California Reinvestment Committee, H8612 [29NO]

Medicare+Choice Consumer Protection Act (S. 1851), S13709 [19DE]

Native American Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Technical Amendment Act (S. 1741), S12109 [28NO]

Principles for Economic Stimulus, S11318 [1NO]

Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act (S. 1016), S6134 [12JN]

Histories

California Hospital Seismic Mandate: California Healthcare Association, E685 [1MY]

Letters

Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act: several agricultural, commodity, and lender organizations, S12762 [10DE], S13035 [12DE]

Assistance for aviation employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures: Carol B. Hallett, Air Transport Association, S10353 [9OC]

———several State Governors, S10353 [9OC]

Assure Access to Mammography Act: Daniel E. Smith, American Cancer Society, S2399 [15MR]

———Harvey L. Neiman, American College of Radiology, S2400 [15MR]

———Michael Del Vecchio, American Society of Radiologic Technologists, S2400 [15MR]

———Stephen A. Feig, Society of Breast Imaging, S2400 [15MR]

Bipartisan Patient Protection Act, S6497 [20JN], S6855 [25JN]

———Bill Merry, Jr., Herndon & Merry, Inc., S6651 [22JN]

———Billy G. Rogers, Jr., Billy Rogers Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc., S6651 [22JN]

———Frank J. Nemec, S6509 [20JN]

———John W. Dillard, Jr., Dillard Door & Specialty Co., Inc., S6651 [22JN]

———Kathleen Sebelius, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, S6493 [20JN]

———Margaret LaMontagne, Executive Office of the President, S6652 [22JN]

———Michael Marcum, S6889 [26JN]

———R.I. Christensen, Christensen & Griffith Construction Co., S6482 [20JN]

Budget treatment of Social Security trust funds: Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, S3666 [6AP]

———William R. Abrams, American Health Care Association, S3665 [6AP]

Clarify State compliance with new Bipartisan Patient Protection Act Federal regulations relative to existing State health insurance laws: Garnet Coleman, National Conference of State Legislatures, S6978 [27JN]

Clearly define medical necessity and other standards for independent reviewers to use in the arbitration of coverage determinations by managed care plans and HMO's: National Breast Cancer Coalition, S6950 [27JN]

Dept. of Agriculture review of Federal agency actions affecting agricultural producers: several agricultural organizations, S13036 [12DE]

Economic Recovery and Homeland Defense Act: John Engler and Paul E. Patton, National Governors' Association, S11739 [14NO]

Emergency health coverage assistance: John Engler and Paul E. Patton, National Governors' Association, H10859 [19DE]

Emergency unemployment compensation program and emergency health coverage assistance for economic recovery: several economists, E2102 [15NO]

Executive Office of the President response to correspondence on bipartisan health care reform: Nicholas E. Calio, Executive Office of the President, H2981 [7JN]

FamilyCare Act: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt and Jennifer L. Howse, March of Dimes (organization), S8232 [25JY]

———Graham Newson, American Academy of Pediatrics, S8231 [25JY]

———Gregg Haifley, Children's Defense Fund, S8232 [25JY]

———Lawrence A. McAndrews, National Association of Children's Hospitals, S8231 [25JY]

———Marcia D. Greenberger and Regan Ralph, National Women's Law Center, S8230 [25JY]

———Michael D. Place, Catholic Health Association, S8232 [25JY]

———Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, S8231 [25JY]

Federal courts jurisdition over traditional plaintiff's medical malpractice claims: Senator Specter, S6386 [18JN]

Financial Information Privacy Protection Act: several consumer organizations, S306 [22JA]

Financial Services Antifraud Network Act: Representative Combest, Committee on Agriculture (House), H7744 [6NO]

———Representative Oxley, Committee on Financial Services (House), H7744 [6NO]

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]

Health care liability and medical malpractice reform: Robert W. Gilmore, AMA, H5278 [2AU]

Improve Medicare reimbursement policies relative to service payment sites: several health care professionals, E287 [6MR]

Insurance coverage for individuals participating in approved clinical trials: Cancer Leadership Council, S6587 [21JN]

———Daniel E. Smith, American Cancer Society, S6583, S6587 [21JN]

Investigation into Bristol-Myers Squibb, Inc., representation of average wholesale prices of prescription drugs relative to Medicare reimbursement: Representative Stark, E244 [28FE]

Liability of employers relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's: Benjamin Y. Cooper, Printing Industries of America, Inc., S6883 [26JN]

———Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S6840 [25JN], S6882 [26JN]

———Dirk Van Dongen and James A. Anderson, Jr., National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, S6881 [26JN]

———Jack McKee, McKee Foods Corp., S6476 [20JN], S6574 [21JN]

———James A. Klein, American Benefits Council, S6841 [25JN]

———John W. Hayes, S6476 [20JN], S6574 [21JN]

———M. Scott Vinson, National Council of Chain Restaurants, S6882 [26JN]

———Michael E. Baroody, National Association of Manufacturers, S6881 [26JN]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S6841 [25JN]

———Steven C. Anderson and Lee Culpepper, National Restaurant Association, S6881 [26JN]

———Steven Pfister, National Retail Federation, S6882 [26JN]

———Tom B. Hancher, Texas Medical Association, S6879 [26JN]

———William T. Archey, American Electronics Association, S6882 [26JN]

———several business groups, S6649 [22JN]

Make permanent Medicare health coverage for certain disabled individuals that go back to work: Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, E116 [6FE]

Medicare Mental Illness Nondiscrimination Act: Daniel B. Borenstein, American Psychiatric Association, E157 [13FE], E179 [14FE]

Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act: Charlotte Hardt, National Rural Health Association, S12373, S12374 [4DE]

———Cindy Knight, Wyoming Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, S12373 [4DE]

———David M. Bergman, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, S12372, S12373 [4DE]

———Dee Kernodle, Arkansas Mental Health Counselors Association, S12372 [4DE]

———Dell Tyson, Arkansas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, S12373 [4DE]

———Jane Goodman, American Counseling Association, S12371 [4DE]

———Karen Robertson, David L. Beck, and Lesley Travers, Wyoming Counseling Association, S12371 [4DE]

———Mary Riemersma, California Association for Marriage and Family Therapists, S12374 [4DE]

———Midge Williams, American Mental Health Counselors Association, S12372 [4DE]

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance payments to survivors of certain members of the Armed Forces who died in the performance of duty: Alex J. Harrington, Non-Commissioned Officers Association, E975 [25MY]

———Dennis C. Cullinan, VFW, E975 [25MY]

———Gary K. Aronhalt, Virginia Sec. of Public Safety, E974 [25MY]

———Jayson L. Spiegel, Reserve Officers Association, E975 [25MY]

———John A. Shaud, Air Force Association, E974 [25MY]

———Michael A. Nelson, Retired Officers Association, E975 [25MY]

———Michael P. Cline, Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the U.S., E975 [25MY]

———Richard C. Alexander, National Guard Association of the U.S., E974 [25MY]

———Robert C. Evans, National Order of Battlefield Commissions, E975 [25MY]

Small Business Liability Reform Act: Dan Danner, National Federation Independent Business, S4885 [14MY]

———Small Business Legal Reform Coalition, S4885 [14MY]

Terrorism Risk Protection Act: Representative Nussle, Committee on the Budget (House), H8599 [29NO]

———Representative Oxley, Committee on Financial Services (House), H8599 [29NO]

Veterans Opportunities Act: Alex J. Harrington, Non Commissioned Officers Association, H1134 [27MR]

———Jayson L. Spiegel, Reserve Officers Association, H1135 [27MR]

———John A. Shaud, Air Force Association, H1134 [27MR]

———Michael A. Nelson, Retired Officers Association, H1134 [27MR]

———Michael P. Cline, Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the U.S., H1135 [27MR]

———Rachel A. Clinkscale, Gold Star Wives of America, Inc., H1134 [27MR]

———Representative Crenshaw, H1133 [27MR]

———Representatives Jo Ann Davis, Cantor, Schrock, and Putnam, H1134 [27MR]

———Richard C. Alexander, National Guard Association of the U.S., H1134 [27MR]

———Robert C. Evans, National Order of Battlefield Commissions, H1135 [27MR]

WISEWOMAN Expansion Act: Phyliss Greenberger and Roberta Biegel, Society for Women's Health Research, S713 [30JA]

———Rose Marie Robertson, American Heart Association, S713 [30JA]

———Sandra C. Raymond, National Osteoporosis Foundation, S713 [30JA]

Lists

Cancer Leadership Council, S6588 [21JN]

Components to amend H.R. 3090, Economic Security and Recovery Act, S12040 [27NO]

Cosponsors of H.R. 481, make permanent Medicare health coverage for certain disabled individuals that go back to work, E116 [6FE]

Cosponsors of S. 543, Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act, S11172 [30OC]

Health care legislation introduced from 1983-2000 by Senator Specter, S294 [22JA]

Medical services not covered under Civilian Health and Medical Program of the VA (CHAMPVA), S6908 [26JN]

Staff that worked on H.R. 3391, Medicare Regulatory and Contracting Reform Act, H8794 [4DE]

Supporters of S. 543, Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act, S11173 [30OC]

Supporters of S. 982, Medicare Wellness Act, S5834 [5JN]

Supporters of S. 1052, Bipartisan Patient Protection Act, S6404-S6406, S6432 [19JN], S6510 [20JN], S6890 [26JN], S7074 [28JN]

Memorandums

Politics After the Attack—A Report on Democracy Corps' New National Survey and Focus Groups: Democracy Corps (organization), S13890 [20DE]

Motions

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S12271 [30NO], S12842 [11DE], S12995, S13020 [12DE], S13423, S13455, S13456 [18DE]

Aviation: preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), H5915 [21SE]

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

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S6403 [19JN], S6634 [22JN], S6870 [26JN], S6963 [27JN], S7015, S7025, S7054 [28JN], S7130, S7131, S7136, S7138, S7142, S7145, S7148, S7153 [29JN]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H7280 [24OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), H10867 [19DE]

Terrorism: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), H8627 [29NO]

Press releases

AMA Opposes Kyl-Nelson Amendment That Lets MBA's—Not MD's—Make Medical Decisions: AMA, S6953 [27JN]

Second Round of Medicare Competitive Bidding Project for Medical Supplies in Polk County, FL: Health Care Financing Administration, E361 [14MR]

Senate Presented With Path to Speedy Farm Bill Conclusion—Arkansas Senator Tim Hutchinson Moves for Vote on House-Based Bill: Committee on Agriculture (House), S13651 [19DE]

Proclamations

Voluntary Medicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Discount and Security Program: National Pharmaceutical Association, E1631 [11SE]

Proposals

Protections for Vulnerable Americans: National Governors' Association, S11739 [14NO]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: crop insurance coverage for losses due to plant viruses and diseases and loan eligibility for producers who suffer such losses (H.R. 1249), H1278 [28MR]

Archivist of the U.S.: establish the Holocaust Insurance Registry and require certain disclosures by insurers (H.R. 2693), E1507 [2AU]

Armed Forces: alternative financing mechanism for TRICARE program (H.R. 587), E158 [13FE]

———require executive agencies to pay the premiums for coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for certain reservists called or ordered to active duty (H.R. 1243), E452 [27MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services, H23 [3JA], H5921 [21SE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (H.R. 179), H297 [13FE], H2960 [7JN], H4033, H4034 [17JY]

———use of military health care system and commissary stores by unremarried former spouses of members (H.R. 288), E59 [30JA]

———waive Medicare part B penalty for military retirees who enroll in TRICARE program (H.R. 997), E340 [13MR]

Aviation: preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), H5894-H5918, H5922 [21SE], H5978 [25SE], H7312 [25OC], H7413 [30OC], E1709 [24SE], E1715, E1716, E1740, E1741 [25SE], E1745 [26SE], E1764, E1778 [2OC], E1823 [5OC]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), consideration (H. Res. 244), H5884-H5893 [21SE]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), consideration (H. Res. 244), same-day consideration (H. Res. 242), H5875-H5884 [21SE]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), motion to recommit, H5915 [21SE]

Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act: tribute, H114 [31JA]

Bristol-Myers Squibb, Inc.: investigation into representation of average wholesale prices of prescription drugs relative to Medicare reimbursement, E244 [28FE]

Central Mutual Insurance Co.: anniversary, E626 [25AP]

Children and youth: comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations funding, H10433 [19DE]

———ensure health coverage, promote parental support and family stability, improve early education and child care, reduce poverty, create youth development programs, and provide a safe environment (H.R. 1990), H3946 [11JY], E936 [24MY]

———guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (H.R. 1733), E721 [3MY]

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

CIA: assume total cost of personal liability insurance for counterterrorism employees, H6405, H6406 [5OC]

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]

Committee on Financial Services (House): establish, H9, H12-H15 [3JA]

Contraceptives: eliminate coverage for women in Federal health insurance plans and freeze family planning programs funding, H1608 [26AP]

Courts: awarding of noneconomic damages in case of death of spouse as a result of terrorism, H8605 [29NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: payment of disaster assistance to onion farmers in Orange County, NY, H3875 [11JY]

Dept. of Defense: allow Medicare-eligible military health care system beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (H.R. 779), E229 [28FE]

———make certain improvements to the military health care system, H5767, H5772 [20SE]

Dept. of HHS: Community Access Program funding, H6658 [11OC]

———disapprove rule relative to confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information (H.J. Res. 38), E371 [15MR]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: medical and prosthetic research funding through reductions in NASA Human Space Flight funding, H4690, H4691 [26JY]

———veterans access to health care, H1705 [1MY]

———veterans mental health treatment programs funding, H7937 [8NO]

Disasters: improve predisaster mitigation and reform disaster assistance programs relative to repetitively damaged properties, H1667 [1MY]

Diseases: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (H.R. 1485), E866 [21MY]

———provide coverage for individuals participating in approved clinical trials, H3703 [27JN]

———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 coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (H.R. 536), H5376 [5SE]

District of Columbia: prohibit extension of benefits to domestic partners, H5982, H5989-H5994, H6001-H6005 [25SE]

Earthquakes: provide incentives to encourage private sector efforts to reduce earthquake losses and establish a national disaster mitigation program (H.R. 1669), E685 [1MY]

FDA: prohibit funding to prevent importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs, H3690 [27JN]

FDIC: merge deposit insurance funds (H.R. 1355), E517 [3AP]

Federal aid programs: provide emergency health coverage assistance, H10821-H10826, H10846-H10848, H10850-H10852, H10858-H10862 [19DE]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program and emergency health coverage assistance, H7220, H7227-H7232, H7234, H7250-H7260, H7268-H7280, H7297 [24OC], H7359 [30OC], H7889 [7NO], H8408-H8412 [27NO], H8577, H8581 [29NO], H10060 [13DE], E1929 [25OC], E2102 [15NO]

———provide premium assistance for COBRA continuation coverage for certain individuals, H8910 [5DE]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (H.R. 746), E219 [27FE]

Federal employees: reform long-term care insurance (H.R. 2559), H7368, H7369 [30OC]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of bone mass measurements (H.R. 689), E187 [14FE]

———coverage of contraceptives under any plan providing prescription drug coverage, H4562 [25JY], H7542 [31OC]

FHA: prevent the premature shutdown of certain mortgage insurance programs (H.R. 1481), E574 [5AP]

———prohibit raising multifamily housing mortgage insurance premiums to an amount greater than cost, H4851, H4852 [30JY]

———prohibit raising multifamily housing mortgage insurance premiums to an amount greater than cost through reductions in Dept. of HUD Operation Safe Home program, H4853-H4855 [30JY]

Financial institutions: amend banking laws relative to offshore activities, investments, and certain bank affiliations (H.R. 2273), E1396 [23JY], E1554 [3AU]

———safeguard the public from fraud and streamline and facilitate efforts of Federal and State regulators to share antifraud information (H.R. 1408), H7732-H7745 [6NO], E577 [5AP]

Floods: ensure homeowners are provided adequate notice of flood map changes and a fair opportunity to appeal such changes (H.R. 2091), E1029 [6JN]

———provide a discount in flood insurance rates for certain low-cost properties in flood hazard zones (H.R. 2384), E1281 [29JN]

Genetics: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (H.R. 602), H7290 [24OC], E164 [13FE]

Government regulations: establish requirements for insurers relative to investments in low-income neighborhoods, H8612 [29NO]

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]

———assure coverage of emergency services under group health plans and health insurance (H.R. 1674), E704, E705 [2MY]

———clarify liability of employers relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H3701, H3704 [27JN], H4205, H4208 [18JY]

———clarify liability of small businesses relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H3704 [27JN]

———coverage of colorectal cancer screening, H911 [14MR]

———coverage of colorectal cancer screening (H.R. 1520), E570 [5AP]

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

———establish Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Veterans Affairs demonstration project on the integrated management of health care resources (H.R. 2667), E1457 [27JY]

———expand health care access and choice of coverage through association health plans, H5220, H5255-H5262 [2AU]

———guarantee Federal remedies that hold health plans accountable for medical decisions and limit non-economical and punitive damages, H5265-H5276, H5281, H5284, H5314 [2AU], E1630 [11SE]

———improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums and COBRA coverage premiums (H.R. 1255), E453 [27MR]

———improve access to prescription drugs under Medicare and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and health care coverage for seniors, the self-employed, and children (H.R. 1387), H1474 [4AP], H1834 [2MY]

———managed care system reform proposal, E875 [21MY]

———mental health coverage parity, H10435, H10436, H10438, H10441 [19DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H309-H311 [13FE], H1587 [25AP], H1706, H1707 [1MY], E226 [27FE], E537 [4AP]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H309-H311 [13FE], H720-H722 [7MR], H1596 [25AP], H1702, H1703, H1707 [1MY], H3245, H3250 [19JN], E226 [27FE], E875 [21MY], E1390 [20JY]

———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. 2315), H3602 [26JN], H3799 [28JN], H3868 [11JY], H4119, H4120 [18JY], H4368 [20JY], H4411-H4420 [23JY], H4432, H4435, H4436, H4437 [24JY], H4546 [25JY], H4770 [27JY], H4871 [31JY]

———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 equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (H.R. 162), H615 [1MR]

———provide for health care liability and medical malpractice reform, H5278, H5285 [2AU]

———provide insurance for uninsured individuals, H1587 [25AP], H1704, H1705, H1706, H1707 [1MY]

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

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

———require insurance coverage of bone mass measurements and inform women concerning reproductive and post-menopausal health care choices (H.R. 1683), E698 [2MY], E843 [17MY]

Health care facilities: community health centers funding, H1273, H1274, H1276, H1278 [28MR]

———provide grants for FHA-insured hospitals (H.R. 2395), E1280 [29JN]

Health Care Financing Administration: expand and make permanent the Medicare competitive bidding demonstration project for the purchase of durable medical equipment, E361 [14MR]

Hispanic Americans: health care issues, H1705 [1MY], H3238-H3244 [19JN]

Housing: increase FHA multifamily loan limits, H7933, H7936, H7939 [8NO]

———reduce the downpayment required by a first-time homebuyer purchasing a home with a mortgage insured under the National Housing Act (H.R. 859), E329 [8MR]

———simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (H.R. 858), E329 [8MR]

Houston, TX: impact of floods, H3028 [12JN], H3438 [21JN]

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

Iron and steel industry: provide relief to the domestic steel industry, H8519-H8523 [28NO], H8748 [4DE], H8912, H8913 [5DE], H9245 [12DE], E2163 [28NO], E2179 [29NO], E2185 [30NO]

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.: anniversary, E591 [24AP]

Medicaid: clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (S. 1741), H10904-H10906 [19DE], E2400 [20DE]

———permit children covered under the State Children's Health Insurance Program to be eligible for the Federal Vaccines for Children Program (H.R. 2701), E1509 [2AU]

———permit State waiver authority to provide medical assistance in cases of congenital heart defects (H.R. 1793), E779 [10MY]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (H.R. 2063), H2865 [5JN]

———remove the cap on payments for Puerto Rico and certain other territories and adjust the statutory matching rate (H.R. 48), H3690, H3691 [27JN]

———revise and simplify the transitional medical assistance program (H.R. 2775), E1535 [3AU]

———State requirements for financial recovery from an individual's estate relative to any medical assistance under a State health plan (H.R. 1001), E345 [13MR]

Medicare: accelerate reduction on the amount of beneficiary copayment liability for outpatient services (H.R. 3284), E2066 [13NO]

———allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (H.R. 3363), E2150, E2161 [28NO]

———coverage for qualified World War II Filipino veterans (H.R. 594), E169 [13FE]

———coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (H.R. 822), E260 [1MR]

———coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (H.R. 2220), E1147 [19JN]

———coverage of adult day care services (H.R. 3585), E2393 [20DE]

———coverage of bone mass measurements for all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis (H.R. 595), E154 [13FE]

———coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (H.R. 3278), E2062 [13NO]

———coverage of coordinated lifestyle changes program relative to heart attack prevention, E1464 [27JY]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (H.R. 2117), E1053 [7JN]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H309-H311 [13FE], H820 [8MR], H1160, H1175 [27MR], H1471-H1475 [4AP], H1507-H1515 [24AP], H1575, H1594, H1596 [25AP], H1702, H1705, H1707 [1MY], H1835-H1842 [2MY], H2005 [8MY], H2862, H2866-H2870 [5JN], H3032-H3038 [12JN], H3690 [27JN], H5383 [5SE]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (H.R. 2632), H6413 [5OC]

———determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (H.R. 3388), E2184 [30NO]

———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (H.R. 599), E156 [13FE], E179 [14FE]

———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (H.R. 3569), H10939, H10948 [20DE]

———exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (H.R. 2294), E1175 [21JN]

———expand and improve coverage of mental health services, E535 [4AP]

———expand benefits, establish payment incentives for furnishing quality services, and develop an effective national policy to care for individuals with chronic conditions (H.R. 3188), E1943 [30OC]

———extend minimum deadlines for filing claims relative to adjustments from secondary payor status to primary payor status (H.R. 3540), E2342 [20DE]

———funding, H1203 [28MR], H1507-H1515 [24AP]

———improve reimbursement, H1594 [25AP]

———improve reimbursement policies relative to service payment sites, E287 [6MR]

———increase payments for ambulance services in rural areas, determine rural areas based on population density, and require the use of recent data in determining payment adjustments (H.R. 3545), E2344 [20DE]

———increase payments for ambulance services in rural areas (H.R. 2346), E1228 [27JN]

———limit hospital ownership exception to physician self-referral restrictions to interests purchased on terms generally available to the public (H.R. 2490), E1322 [12JY]

———make permanent the health coverage for certain disabled individuals that go back to work (H.R. 481), E116 [6FE]

———make the social HMO a permanent option under Medicare+Choice program (H.R. 2953), H6046 [25SE]

———promote research for health promotion and disease prevention and add preventive benefits (H.R. 2058), E1008, E1017 [5JN]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (H.R. 3238), E2007 [6NO]

———protection of certain trust funds in coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H1507-H1515 [24AP]

———provide for continuous open enrollment and disenrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (H.R. 3267), E2044 [8NO]

———provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (H.R. 868), E1309 [11JY]

———provide incentive payments for multi-year contracts entered into by Medicare+Choice organizations (H.R. 274), H1586 [25AP]

———provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (H.R. 2768), E1533, E1548 [3AU]

———provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (H.R. 3391), H8778-H8801 [4DE]

———reductions in home health care payment rates under the Balanced Budget Act, E1557 [3AU]

———reductions in prescription drug prices for beneficiaries and women with breast cancer (H.R. 758), H1110 [22MR]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (H.R. 1400), H1584, H1587 [25AP], H1838 [2MY], H2867 [5JN], E1315 [11JY]

———reform, H1225, H1284 [28MR], H2933-H2936 [6JN], E295 [7MR]

———reimbursement for use of base hospitals by military retirees, H5775 [20SE], H6014 [25SE]

———reimbursement of prescription drug costs at the average wholesale price, E44 [30JA]

———require universal product numbers on claims forms for reimbursement for durable medical equipment and other items (H.R. 186), E1 [3JA]

———waive late enrollment penalty and provide a special Part B enrollment period for certain military retirees, H6036 [25SE]

———waive late enrollment penalty and provide a special Part B enrollment period for certain military retirees (H.R. 2073), E1031 [6JN]

Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force: establish (H.R. 67), E9 [3JA]

Medicare/Medicaid: Nursing Home Oversight Improvement Program funding, H6649, H6650 [11OC]

Mental health: clarify application of certain mental health parity provisions to annual and lifetime visit, benefit, and dollar limits (H.R. 2992), E2146 [28NO]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, post-abortion depression and psychosis (H.R. 2805), E1521 [3AU]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (H.R. 2380), E1278 [29JN]

———provide insurance coverage, H1704 [1MY]

Minorities: impact of economy on minority communities, H8908-H8914 [5DE]

Morrison, Marcy: AMA Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service recipient, E1345 [17JY]

Moylan's Insurance Underwriters, Inc.: anniversary, E1448 [26JY]

National Flood Insurance Program: improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties, H629 [6MR]

———improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties (H.R. 1428), H1537 [24AP]

———improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties (H.R. 1551), E649 [26AP]

Nuclear energy: require nuclear power companies to attempt to acquire commercial insurance prior to allocating Federal subsidies, H8361 [27NO]

Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance Co.: anniversary, E801 [15MY]

Privacy: prohibit the establishment of any uniform national health care identifying number or health information database (H.R. 2615), E1417 [24JY]

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: improve, H4903 [31JY]

———increase amount paid to survivors of certain members of the Armed Forces who died in the performance of duty, H2894 [6JN], E974 [25MY]

Small business: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 1805), E783 [10MY]

———provide for public access to information on the availability of insurance for small businesses (H.R. 3339), E2128 [19NO]

Social Security: allow certain remarried widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses to become or remain entitled to widow's or widower's insurance benefits (H.R. 3023), E1800 [4OC]

———application of employment criteria under management contracts for certain mental health facilities (H.R. 3147), E1897 [16OC]

———budget treatment of trust funds, H1159-H1161, H1167, H1174 [27MR]

———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (H.R. 848), E263 [1MR]

———ensure entitled entities comply with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (H.R. 3323), H8772-H8778 [4DE], E2272 [13DE], E2525 [3JA]

———ensure solvency, H4434 [24JY], H9085 [11DE], E2275 [13DE]

———ensure solvency (H. Con. Res. 214), E1539 [3AU]

———expand State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families, H1703, H1704 [1MY]

———increase interest rate of trust funds (H.R. 1320), E493 [29MR]

———increase lump-sum death benefit and allow payment of such benefit to legal representative of the deceased's estate in the absence of a surviving spouse or child (H.R. 3119), E1886 [12OC]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (H.R. 1091), E389 [19MR]

———modify the deadline for compliance with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (H.R. 1975), H8777 [4DE]

———permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 1143), H3264, H3265 [20JN], H3511-H3514 [25JN], E1164 [20JN], E1216 [26JN]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms, H1570, H1571 [25AP]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (H.R. 2), H261, H262, H268-H276 [13FE], H354, H380-H384 [14FE], H656 [7MR], E185, E194, E200 [14FE], E208 [26FE], E214, E219 [27FE]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (H.R. 560), H1584 [25AP]

———provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (H.R. 3332), E2121, E2122 [16NO]

———provide lump-sum death payments to surviving spouses (H.R. 266), E46 [30JA]

———treatment of severe spinal cord injuries relative to certain earnings (H.R. 509), E129 [7FE]

States: Federal matching funds for State unemployment insurance, H8910 [5DE]

Taxation: allow a deduction for amounts paid for health insurance and prescription drug costs of individuals (H.R. 1127), H961 [20MR]

———allow a deduction for amounts paid for health insurance and prescription drug costs of individuals (H.R. 383), E94 [1FE]

———allow a refundable tax credit for health insurance costs for COBRA continuation coverage (H.R. 3040), E1816 [5OC]

———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (H.R. 3139), E1900 [16OC]

———ensure employees retain hospital insurance tax exemption relative to consolidation of a political subdivision with the State (H.R. 926), E300 [7MR]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (H.R. 154), E1253 [29JN]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (H.R. 317), E97 [1FE]

———improve retirement income by taxing annuities and certain life insurance payments at capital gains rates (H.R. 3320), E2115 [16NO]

———permit consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies (H.R. 909), E308 [7MR]

———prevent companies from reinsuring income in Bermuda or other tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income tax (H.R. 1755), E755 [8MY]

———provide for the payment of emergency extended unemployment compensation, H9332 [12DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H6784, H6785 [16OC], H6923 [17OC], H7208 [23OC], H7220, H7221, H7222, H7223, H7236-H7282, H7284, H7285, H7294-H7301, H7307 [24OC], H7311, H7312 [25OC], H7359 [30OC], H7857, H7858, H7888 [7NO], H7913, H7914 [8NO], H8121-H8126 [13NO], H8136, H8137, H8168-H8174 [14NO], H8184, H8185 [15NO], H8408-H8413 [27NO], H8424, H8425, H8426, H8427, H8429, H8535 [28NO], H8636-H8643 [29NO], H8742 [30NO], H8845, H8847, H8890, H8908-H8914 [5DE], H9056 [6DE], H9244, H9246, H9324, H9328, H9332 [12DE], H10057, H10060, H10144-H10148 [13DE], H10177, H10178, H10208, H10226-H10235 [18DE], E1916 [17OC], E1925, E1926, E1929 [25OC], E1942, E1959 [30OC], E2017 [6NO], E2039 [8NO], E2102 [15NO]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration (H. Res. 270), H7225-H7236 [24OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), motion to recommit, H7256, H7280, H7281 [24OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), H10827-H10887 [19DE], E2325 [19DE], E2349, E2355, E2400 [20DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), consideration (H. Res. 320), H10820-H10827 [19DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), consideration (H. Res. 320)—same-day consideration (H. Res. 319), H10495-H10503 [19DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), motion to recommit, H10867, H10885 [19DE]

———provide income tax credit to long-term caregivers (H.R. 2575), E1379 [20JY]

———provide tax incentives to enhance long-term care and convene a National Summit on Long-Term Care, H909 [14MR]

———treatment of active financing income earned overseas by financial services firms (H.R. 1357), E516, E517 [3AP]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts, H4368 [20JY], H4546 [25JY], H5255-H5262 [2AU]

———treatment of medical savings accounts, E462 [27MR]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (H.R. 661), E194 [14FE]

———treatment of Social Security payroll tax, H4371 [20JY], H4408 [23JY]

———treatment of welfare benefit funds for certain employer plans (H.R. 2370), E1261 [29JN]

Terrorism: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), H8589-H8630 [29NO], E2212 [5DE], E2245 [10DE]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), consideration (H. Res. 297), H8572-H8589 [29NO]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), motion to recommit, H8627, H8628 [29NO]

———tort liability limits for damages relative to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H7658 [1NO], H8302 [16NO]

Tobacco products: tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, H4002-H4006 [12JY]

Unemployment: prohibit use of community development funds for any purpose other than wage supplements and health insurance assistance, H8540-H8547 [28NO]

Veterans: exempt prescription drugs and medical supplies dispensed by Dept. of Veterans Affairs pharmacies from interest and administrative cost charges (H.R. 890), E290 [6MR]

———health care funding, H4859, H4860 [30JY]

———improve benefits, E2055, E2056 [13NO]

———improve educational assistance programs, expand transition assistance and outreach programs, increase burial benefits, and provide family coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (H.R. 801), H1126-H1137 [27MR], H1263, H1280 [28MR], H2687-H2692 [24MY], H2894 [6JN], E246 [28FE], E261 [1MR], E974 [25MY]

———prohibit funding to implement proposal forcing military retirees to choose between VA and TRICARE health care plans, H4699 [26JY]

Women: implement coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (H.R. 887), E283 [6MR]

———promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (H.R. 2670), E1972 [31OC]

———provide health care and reform insurance procedures for low-income women, H909, H910, H913 [14MR]

Remarks in Senate

Agricultural Market Transition Act: extend the expansion of producers eligible for loan deficiency payments (S. 923), S5278 [21MY]

Agriculture: continue certain programs, S11988-S11990 [16NO]

———continue certain programs (S. 1731), S12030, S12031 [27NO], S12069, S12070 [28NO], S12137, S12138 [29NO], S12409-S12426, S12434-S12436 [5DE], S12756, S12757, S12762-S12768 [10DE], S12821, S12826-S12853 [11DE], S12989-S12996, S13000-S13041 [12DE], S13079-S13099, S13101-S13112, S13116-S13118, S13138-S13140 [13DE], S13245-S13275, S13286 [14DE], S13422-S13459, S13643, S13644 [18DE], S13647-S13664 [19DE], S13915-S13918, S14044 [20DE]

———continue certain programs (S. 1731), motion to proceed, S12271 [30NO], S12400-S12406 [5DE]

———continue certain programs (S. 1731), unanimous-consent agreement, S12439 [5DE], S12852 [11DE], S13092 [13DE]

———continue certain programs (S. 1731), unanimous-consent request, S12768 [10DE]

———strengthen producers' safety net, enhance resource conservation and rural development, fund farm credit, agricultural research, nutrition, and related programs, and ensure consumers abundant food and fiber (S. 1628), S11413 [2NO]

Armed Forces: carry out study on the extent of coverage of members of the Selected Reserves under health benefits plans (S. 1119), S7087, S7088 [28JN], S7190 [29JN]

———eliminate requirement that covered beneficiaries obtain nonavailability-of-health-care statements relative to obstetrics and gynecological care for pregnancies (S. 1096), S6863, S6864 [25JN]

———integrate Individual Case Management Program beneficiaries into the TRICARE program (S. 1402), S9079 [4SE]

———provide families of disabled children enrolled in TRICARE health coverage similar to Medicaid, S9793 [25SE]

———provide health care coverage to National Guard and reserve components members following an extended deployment, S9962 [1OC], S11654 [9NO]

———provide health care coverage to National Guard and reserve components members following an extended deployment (S. 1250), S8282, S8283 [26JY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (S. 278), S1135 [7FE], S2384 [15MR]

Aviation: preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), S9673 [21SE], S12532 [6DE]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (S. 1450), S9589-S9608, S9673 [21SE], S10144, S10146 [3OC], S10352 [9OC]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (S. 1450), unanimous-consent agreement, S9588 [21SE]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (S. 1450), unanimous-consent request, S9584 [21SE]

———provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures, S10352-S10355 [9OC], S10489, S10493-S10500, S10515, S10517 [11OC]

Bankruptcy: include allowance for health care insurance when calculating debtors income, S2147-S2149 [12MR]

———protection of nursing home patients, S2021 [8MR]

Bipartisan Patient Protection Act: application of effective date to collective bargaining agreement plans, S7064-S7066 [28JN], S7130 [29JN]

———application of individual market rules to health insurance coverage consisting of excepted benefits, S7173 [29JN]

———clarify State compliance with new Federal regulations relative to existing State health insurance laws, S6968-S6983 [27JN], S7012-S7016 [28JN], S7173 [29JN]

———include Federal health benefits programs, S7142-S7145 [29JN]

———repeal liability provisions if the number of uninsured individuals reaches a certain level, S6895-S6901 [26JN]

———require a cause of action brought by claimants be governed by the law of the State in which the plaintiff resides, S7156, S7160-S7162 [29JN]

———tribute to efforts of Senators, S7293 [9JY]

———tribute to efforts of Senators and staff, S7287, S7288 [29JN]

———tribute to efforts of staff, S7162 [29JN]

Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act: anniversary, S10977 [24OC]

Budget: require a three-fifths majority vote in the Senate to waive the point of order against considering spending of certain Medicare trust funds, S3665, S3666, S3667 [6AP]

Business and industry: limit the administrative expenses and profits of managed care entities to a certain percentage of premium revenues (S. 577), S2591 [20MR]

———provide for interest penalties on late payments of health care claims by HMOs or health insurance companies (S. 1616), S11369 [1NO]

CERCLA: purchase of environmental insurance for brownfield site characterization, assessment, and cleanup, S3905 [25AP]

Children and youth: ensure health coverage, promote parental support and family stability, improve early education and child care, reduce poverty, create youth development programs, and provide a safe environment (S. 940), S5549 [23MY]

———guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (S. 827), S4257 [3MY]

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

Consumers: establish grants for States to establish health insurance consumer assistance programs (S. 651), S3163 [29MR]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (S. 104), S375-S377 [22JA]

Contracts: ensure that health insurance contracts are binding, S7045, S7046 [28JN]

Courts: liability for actions by health insurance companies and HMO's, S6537, S6547 [21JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: payment of disaster assistance to farmers, S1920 [7MR], S13857 [20DE]

———review of Federal agency actions affecting agricultural producers, S13035 [12DE], S13080-S13087, S13091 [13DE]

Dept. of Defense: making urgent supplemental appropriations for the Defense Health Program (S. 394), S1620 [27FE]

———use of private insurance to protect from future liability relative to remediation and reuse of closed military installations, S10051 [2OC]

Dept. of HHS: make grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment efforts under State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 1390), S8966 [3AU]

Dept. of HUD: increase mortgage loan limits for multifamily housing mortgage insurance (S. 1163), S7496, S7497 [11JY]

Dept. of Justice: status of tobacco industry lawsuit relative to health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, S9367 [13SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Civilian Health and Medical Program funding, S3050 [28MR]

———improve outreach programs to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (S. 612), S2898 [26MR]

———retain Civilian Health and Medical Program eligibility for Medicare-eligible beneficiaries, S5574-S5576 [24MY]

Diseases: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (S. 255), S1077 [6FE]

———provide coverage for individuals participating in approved clinical trials, S6465, S6469, S6470, S6473, S6501 [20JN], S6583-S6594 [21JN], S6627-S6634 [22JN], S7129, S7130, S7169 [29JN]

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

District of Columbia: extension of benefits to domestic partners, S11534 [7NO]

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

Earthquakes: provide incentives to encourage private sector efforts to reduce earthquake losses and establish a national disaster mitigation program (S. 424), S1754-S1757 [1MR]

Economic Recovery and Homeland Defense Act: emergency designation relative to enforcement of budget caps, S11748, S11752, S11757-S11762, S11768, S11782 [14NO]

Economy: provide incentives for economic recovery and relief for victims of terrorism (S. 1732), S12059 [27NO], S12065 [28NO]

ERISA: Federal courts jurisdiction over traditional plaintiff's medical malpractice claims, S6384-S6386 [18JN]

Federal aid programs: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program and emergency health coverage assistance, S11645-S11651 [9NO], S11701-S11707, S11713, S11715 [13NO], S11757-S11762, S11771, S11778-S11781 [14NO], S12023 [27NO], S12071, S12072, S12073 [28NO], S12121, S12122 [29NO], S13836, S14038-S14040 [20DE]

Federal employees: authorize the use of clinical social workers to conduct evaluations to determine work-related emotional and mental illnesses (S. 46), S319 [22JA]

———make the same health insurance options afforded to Federal employees available to Federal annuitants and Armed Forces members and retirees (S. 561), S2474 [19MR]

———reform long-term care insurance (H.R. 2559), S13360 [17DE]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of bone mass measurements (S. 263), S1085 [6FE]

———coverage of contraceptives under any plan providing prescription drug coverage, S9495 [19SE]

FHA: require partial rebates of mortgage insurance premiums to certain mortgagors upon payment of their FHA-insured mortgages (S. 607), S2830 [23MR]

Financial institutions: strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (S. 30), S303-S307 [22JA]

———strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (S. 450), S1788 [1MR], S3987 [26AP]

Genetics: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums, S7072 [28JN], S7131, S7135, S7162 [29JN]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (S. 318), S1340-S1344 [13FE]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (S. 318), star print, S5658 [24MY]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (S. 382), S1524 [15FE]

Health: clarify liability of employers relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S6409-S6411, S6421-S6432 [19JN], S6470, S6475, S6479-S6482, S6492 [20JN], S6537, S6539, S6547 [21JN], S6634-S6637, S6639-S6657 [22JN], S6835-S6849 [25JN], S6870-S6885, S6894 [26JN], S6938 [27JN], S7019, S7027-S7044, S7053, S7054 [28JN], S7168-S7171, S7178, S7180 [29JN]

———clarify liability of small businesses relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S6909-S6913 [26JN], S6939-S6944 [27JN], S7139-S7142, S7145 [29JN]

———clarify rights of injured patients forced into mandatory binding arbitration to seek legal redress, S7174, S7175 [29JN]

———clarify that independent reviewers are not empowered to order health plans to provide services that are specifically excluded or expressly limited by the plan's contract, S6964-S6967 [27JN]

———coverage of certain reconstructive surgery (S. 576), S2590 [20MR]

———coverage of colorectal cancer screening (S. 710), S3537 [5AP]

———coverage of infertility treatment (S. 874), S4892 [14MY]

———dedicate certain civil monetary penalties to a trust fund to provide assistance to individuals without health insurance, S7149-S7154 [29JN]

———disallow punitive damages in Federal courts relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S7163 [29JN]

———establish a clear definition of medical necessity and other standards for independent reviewers to use in the arbitration of coverage determinations by managed care plans and HMO's, S6892, S6902-S6909 [26JN], S6947-S6958 [27JN]

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

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

———improve access to health care for the uninsured, S3475-S3478 [5AP]

———improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas, S6477 [20JN]

———improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums and COBRA coverage premiums (S. 623), S2983 [27MR]

———include disenrollment information in information provided to managed care plan and HMO patients, S7043 [28JN]

———independent review and arbitration of coverage determinations by managed care plans and HMO's, S6470-S6472 [20JN], S6856-S6858 [25JN], S6887-S6895, S6901 [26JN], S6938 [27JN], S7168, S7179 [29JN]

———limit attorneys' fees in lawsuits relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S7017-S7020, S7024-S7027 [28JN], S7155-S7160, S7162 [29JN]

———limit class action litigation relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S7056, S7057 [28JN], S7129 [29JN]

———mental health coverage parity, S13779, S13782, S13790, S13791 [20DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S1241 [13FE], S3804 [24AP], S4135 [2MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 24), S269-S275 [22JA]

———permit health plans to offer participants coverage which ties premium costs to a specified level of benefits, S7164-S7167, S7172, S7173 [29JN]

———permit individuals to continue health plan coverage during participation in approved clinical studies (S. 257), S1078 [6FE]

———prohibit Federal health insurance programs from reimbursing health care providers who charge membership or extraneous fees as a prerequisite to service to a patient (S. 1592), S11213 [30OC]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S5999 [8JN], S8061 [23JY]

———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. 6), S425-S427 [22JA]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 283), S1136, S1156 [7FE], S1241 [13FE], S1368 [14FE]

———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]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S6357 [14JN], S6369-S6372, S6379-S6381, S6384-S6386 [18JN], S6535-S6594 [21JN], S6627-S6657 [22JN], S6835-S6860 [25JN], S6870-S6885, S6887-S6913 [26JN], S6937-S6983 [27JN], S7011-S7076 [28JN], S7127-S7185, S7287, S7288 [29JN], S7293 [9JY], S8196-S8198 [25JY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), motion to commit, S6849-S6854 [25JN], S6870-S6884 [26JN], S7136-S7138 [29JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), motion to proceed, S6398-S6440 [19JN], S6463-S6506, S6508-S6510 [20JN], S6533, S6534 [21JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), unanimous-consent agreement, S6644 [22JN], S6887, S6901 [26JN], S6954 [27JN], S7074 [28JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), unanimous-consent request, S6378, S6379 [18JN], S6403 [19JN], S6538, S6580 [21JN], S7170 [29JN]

———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]

———require claimants who are denied health care benefits by managed care plans and HMO's exhaust all administrative processes prior to litigation, S6959-S6961 [27JN], S7133 [29JN]

———require claims relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's to be heard in Federal court, S7047-S7055 [28JN]

———require insurance coverage of bone mass measurements and inform women concerning reproductive and post-menopausal health care choices (S. 819), S4247 [3MY]

———sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (S. 587), S2668, S2669 [21MR]

Health care professionals: immunity from liability for physicians providing free medical care to medically underserved or indigent patients, S7073, S7074 [28JN], S7131, S7135 [29JN], S8199 [25JY]

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act: extend date for compliance by certain entities with administrative simplification standards for electronic transactions and code sets (S. 1588), S11206 [30OC]

Indian Health Service: funding, S3655 [6AP], S7566, S7567 [12JY]

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (S. 957), S5633-S5635 [24MY], S7575 [12JY]

Medicaid: allow States to expand family planning coverage to certain women (S. 1343), S8764-S8766 [2AU]

———allow States to use their allotment under the State Children's Health Insurance Program to increase the enrollment of children eligible for medical assistance (S. 1625), S11378 [1NO]

———clarify Dept. of HHS authority to treat certain State prescription drug discount demonstration projects as medical assistance for purposes of rebate agreements (S. 1177), S7594, S7595 [12JY]

———clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (S. 1741), S12109, S12111 [28NO], S12153 [29NO]

———clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (S. 535), S2318 [14MR]

———coverage of certain dependent care employees, S3804 [24AP]

———eliminate the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program, S5229 [21MY], S5406 [22MY]

———extend the higher Federal medical assistance payment percentage for Indian Health Service facilities to urban Indian health programs (S. 1753), S12261 [30NO]

———increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (H.R. 3414), S12438 [5DE]

———permit children covered under the State Children's Health Insurance Program to be eligible for the Federal Vaccines for Children Program (S. 573), S2588 [20MR]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage, S3650 [6AP]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (S. 321), S1346 [13FE]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (S. 1298), S8594-S8596 [1AU]

———reimbursement rates relative to long-term care staffing shortages, S3671, S3672 [6AP]

Medicare: accelerate reduction on the amount of beneficiary copayment liability for outpatient services (S. 1679), S11725 [13NO]

———adjust wages and wage-related costs for certain items and services furnished in geographically reclassified hospitals (S. 659), S3170 [29MR]

———anniversary, S8394 [30JY]

———contractor payment delay, S7058-S7062 [28JN], S7130 [29JN]

———coverage of adult day care services (S. 1619), S11374-S11376 [1NO]

———coverage of bone mass measurements for all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis (S. 264), S1085 [6FE]

———coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (S. 1761), S12375 [4DE]

———coverage of marriage and family therapist services (S. 1760), S12370-S12374 [4DE], S12466 [6DE]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (S. 960), S5636 [24MY]

———coverage of more frequent hemodialysis treatments (S. 1303), S8710 [2AU]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (S. 913), S5125, S5126 [17MY]

———coverage of oral drugs to reduce serum phosphate levels in patients with end stage renal disease (S. 1304), S8710 [2AU]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S1167 [8FE], S1669, S1671 [28FE], S2576 [20MR], S3298-S3326 [3AP], S3474 [5AP], S3666 [6AP], S4789 [10MY], S5083-S5086 [17MY], S5249 [21MY], S5505 [23MY]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (S. 10), S155 [22JA]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (S. 925), S5444-S5447 [22MY], S8153 [25JY]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (S. 1185), S7718 [16JY], S7809, S7818 [17JY]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (S. Res. 74), S3927 [25AP]

———coverage of pharmacist services (S. 974), S5706 [25MY]

———coverage of remote monitoring services (S. 1607), S11290 [31OC]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (S. 258), S1078 [6FE]

———determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (S. 1066), S6519 [20JN]

———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (S. 841), S4510 [8MY]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services, S3417-S3421 [4AP], S3462-S3464 [5AP]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (S. 326), S1396-S1399 [14FE], S1581 [26FE]

———ensure that eligible individuals have sufficient time to consider information and make informed choice on enrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (S. 1376), S8950 [3AU]

———establish a floor on area wage adjustment factors used under the prospective payment system for hospital services, S11257-S11260 [31OC]

———establish a hospice demonstration and grant program for beneficiaries (S. 1425), S9397 [13SE]

———exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (S. 1083), S6616 [21JN]

———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (S. 690), S3438 [4AP]

———expand benefits, establish payment incentives for furnishing quality services, and develop an effective national policy to care for individuals with chronic conditions (S. 1589), S11206 [30OC]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (S. 554), S2409 [15MR]

———extend availability of cost contracts (S. 1224), S8124 [24JY]

———funding, S3294, S3297, S3300 [3AP], S3462-S3464, S3473, S3474 [5AP], S4159 [2MY]

———improve fee-for-services reimbursement rates in rural States (S. 1020), S6138 [12JN], S11259 [31OC]

———improve reimbursement for clinical social worker services (S. 52), S321 [22JA]

———increase payments for ambulance services in rural areas (S. 1367), S8939 [3AU]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (S. 548), S2398-S2402 [15MR]

———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (S. 839), S4425 [7MY], S4503 [8MY]

———limit reductions in Federal payments under the prospective payment system for rural or sole community hospital outpatient department services (S. 270), S1125 [7FE]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (S. 357), S1500 [15FE]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (S. 358), S1500 [15FE]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (S. 1350), S8914 [3AU]

———promote research for health promotion and disease prevention and add preventive benefits (S. 982), S5833-S5836 [5JN]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (S. 1686), S11794 [14NO]

———provide for continuous open enrollment and disenrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (S. 1851), S13707 [19DE]

———provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (S. 452), S1818 [5MR]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (S. 1738), S12106, S12107 [28NO]

———provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (S. 1545), S10694 [15OC]

———reclassify certain Pennsylvania metropolitan statistical areas for purposes of reimbursement, S11890, S11932 [15NO]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (S. 125), S401 [22JA]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (S. 699), S3451 [4AP], S8394 [30JY]

———reform, S70 [22JA]

———reform (S. 1135), S7107 [28JN]

———remove restrictions on clinical psychologists or social workers providing services in outpatient rehabilitation facilities (S. 51), S320 [22JA]

———require providers to disclose staffing and performance data (S. 863), S4835 [10MY]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (S. 885), S4946, S4947 [15MY]

———State accreditation of diabetes self-management training programs (S. 153), S481 [23JA]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (S. 1054), S6333 [14JN]

———streamline regulatory processes for home health agencies (S. 1169), S7591 [12JY]

Mental health: expand and improve counseling and mental health services for posttraumatic stress syndrome relative to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S9955 [1OC]

———provide coverage of services and prescription drugs, S7179 [29JN]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits, S11165-S11183 [30OC]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (S. 543), S2393-S2396 [15MR], S6477 [20JN], S12397 [5DE]

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

National Association of Insurance Women Week: observance, S4241 [3MY]

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.: tribute to CardCare discount drug program for senior citizens, S11784 [14NO]

Pharmaceuticals: provide access and choice for use of generic drugs under Federal health care programs (S. 186), S572 [25JA], S8394 [30JY]

Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance Co.: anniversary, S5113 [17MY], S7420 [10JY]

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: expand applicability of the pending increase in automatic maximum amounts to certain servicemen who die before the effective date of the increase, S5574 [24MY]

Small business: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (S. 865), S4884 [14MY]

Social Security: allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 724), S3711 [6AP]

———allow diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments into personal investment plans, S8152 [25JY], S8391-S8393 [30JY]

———ensure entitled entities comply with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (H.R. 3323), S13077, S13078 [12DE], S13690 [19DE]

———ensure solvency, S8391-S8393 [30JY]

———establish and maintain individual investment accounts, S1365 [14FE]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (S. 1244), S8224 [25JY]

———expand State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families, S3668 [6AP]

———expand State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (S. 574), S2588 [20MR]

———extend date for compliance by entitled entities with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (S. 1684), S12059 [27NO], S12096 [28NO]

———improve health benefits coverage of infants and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 1016), S6130-S6132 [12JN]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (S. 882), S4944 [15MY]

———permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 582), S2663 [21MR], S6514 [20JN]

———phase out taxation of benefits (S. 181), S570 [25JA]

———promote smoking cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Maternal and Child Health Program (S. 622), S2981 [27MR]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms, S2047, S2049, S2056 [8MR], S2106-S2112 [9MR], S2153, S2156 [12MR], S2169-S2173, S2184-S2188 [13MR], S7319 [9JY], S7364-S7373, S7375 [10JY], S8448-S8451 [31JY]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (H.R. 2), S1542 [15FE]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (S. 21), S559 [25JA], S833 [30JA], S1205 [8FE], S1734 [1MR]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (S. 693), S3443 [4AP]

———provide for coordination of implementation of administrative simplification standard for health care information (S. 836), S4417 [7MY]

Taxation: allow a credit for long-term care expenses, S5243 [21MY], S5410, S5411 [22MY]

———allow a refundable credit for health insurance costs of individuals not eligible for public programs and without access to employer-subsidized health coverage (S. 590), S2669-S2672 [21MR]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (S. 683), S3346 [3AP]

———allow a refundable tax credit for health insurance costs for COBRA continuation coverage (S. 1502), S10296 [4OC]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (S. 1022), S6139 [12JN]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses, S3523 [5AP]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses (S. 674), S3277 [2AP]

———exclude reparations received by Holocaust survivors, S5062 [17MY], S5249 [21MY], S5517 [23MY]

———exclude reparations received by Holocaust survivors (S. 749), S3759 [6AP]

———exclude U.S. savings bond income from gross income if used to pay long-term care expenses (S. 232), S923 [31JA]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals, S6548-S6582 [21JN]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (S. 29), S301-S303 [22JA], S479 [23JA]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (S. 363), S1502 [15FE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, S10917-S10919 [24OC], S11095 [25OC], S11164 [30OC], S11262, S11266-S11268 [31OC], S11318-S11320, S11351-S11354 [1NO], S11404-S11407, S11408-S11411 [2NO], S11423 [5NO]

———provide incentives for economic recovery and provide for the payment of emergency extended unemployment compensation (S. 1804), S12861-S12863 [11DE], S14044 [20DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S11641-S11644, S11645-S11651 [9NO], S11667, S11670-S11672, S11674, S11678-S11708, S11713, S11714 [13NO], S11737-S11783 [14NO], S11890, S11899, S11920, S11927-S11932 [15NO], S12019-S12024, S12039-S12042 [27NO], S12071-S12073, S12091-S12096 [28NO], S12121-S12131, S12132, S12136, S12145 [29NO], S12227, S12239, S12240 [30NO], S12280 [3DE], S12471 [6DE], S12604 [7DE], S12756-S12762 [10DE], S12826, S12829-S12833 [11DE], S12997, S13009 [12DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), unanimous-consent agreement, S11678 [13NO], S12140 [29NO]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), unanimous-consent request, S12079, S12080, S12093 [28NO], S12116 [29NO]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), S13673, S13676-S13678 [19DE], S13774, S13791, S13831, S13835-S13837, S13884-S13893, S13917, S14029, S14030, S14034-S14040, S14044, S14083 [20DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), unanimous-consent request, S13865 [20DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 1791), S12772 [10DE]

———provide incentives to expand health care coverage (S. 284), S1136, S1156 [7FE]

———provide income tax credit to long-term caregivers (S. 464), S1904 [6MR]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (S. 237), S1215 [8FE]

———treatment of active financing income earned overseas by financial services firms (S. 676), S3279 [2AP]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts, S7146-S7149 [29JN]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts (S. 1067), S6521 [20JN]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance, S5493 [23MY]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (S. 627), S2995 [27MR]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (S. 992), S5903 [6JN]

———treatment of small businesses (S. 1676), S11720 [13NO]

Terrorism: create a temporary reinsurance mechanism to enhance the availability of terrorism insurance, S13836 [20DE]

———create a temporary reinsurance mechanism to enhance the availability of terrorism insurance (S. 1743), S12163 [29NO]

———encourage financial institutions to continue to support economic development through the provision of affordable insurance coverage against acts of terrorism (S. 1748), S12273 [30NO], S12276 [3DE]

———encourage financial institutions to continue to support economic development through the provision of affordable insurance coverage against acts of terrorism (S. 1751), S12255-S12259 [30NO]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), S12273 [30NO], S12276 [3DE], S12406-S12408 [5DE], S13679, S13687 [19DE], S13791, S13901, S13911-S13914, S13917 [20DE]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), unanimous-consent request, S13865 [20DE]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 1744), S12166 [29NO]

Unemployment: expand coverage options for unemployed workers to receive and pay for COBRA health insurance benefits and provide for a program of enhanced unemployment coverage, S14034-S14037 [20DE]

Veterans: ensure quality care at community-based outpatient clinics, S4233 [3MY]

———health care funding, S8544-S8549 [1AU]

———improve educational assistance programs, expand transition assistance and outreach programs, increase burial benefits, and provide family coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (H.R. 801), S5574-S5577 [24MY]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (S. 1249), S8154, S8235, S8236 [25JY]

———reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (S. 208), S712-S714 [30JA]

Reports

Community-Based Outpatient Clinics in the Veterans Health Administration, Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Committee of Veterans Affairs (Senate) Democratic Staff, S4234 [3MY]

Reports filed

Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 1731) (S. Rept. 107-117), S12681 [7DE]

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

Consideration of H.R. 2926, Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 244) (H. Rept. 107-214), H5924 [21SE]

Consideration of H.R. 3090, Economic Security and Recovery Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 270) (H. Rept. 107-252), H7217 [23OC]

Consideration of H.R. 3210, Terrorism Risk Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 297) (H. Rept. 107-304), H8563 [28NO]

Consideration of H.R. 3529, Economic Security and Worker Assistance Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 320) (H. Rept. 107-348), H10401, H10908 [19DE]

Economic Recovery and Assistance for American Workers Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 3090), S11660 [9NO]

Federal Employees Long-Term Care Insurance Reform: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 2559), S12053 [27NO]

Financial Services Antifraud Network Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1408) (H. Rept. 107-192), H5332 [2AU]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1408) (H. Rept. 107-192), H6918 [16OC]

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]

Medicare Regulatory, Appeals, Contracting, and Education Reform Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3046) (H. Rept. 107-313), H8841 [4DE]

Medicare Regulatory and Contracting Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H.R. 2768) (H. Rept. 107-288), H8132 [13NO]

Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 543) (S. Rept. 107-61), S9197 [6SE]

Reform Federal Employees Long-Term Care Insurance: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2559) (H. Rept. 107-235), H6696, H6700 [11OC]

Reform Long-Term Care Insurance For Federal Employees: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 2559) (S. Rept. 107-128), S13464 [18DE]

Same-Day Consideration of H. Res. 244, Consideration of H.R. 2926, Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 242) (H. Rept. 107-209), H5924 [21SE]

Same-Day Consideration of H. Res. 320, Consideration of H.R. 3529, Economic Security and Worker Assistance Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 317) (H. Rept. 107-340), H10173 [17DE]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 319) (H. Rept. 107-344), H10354 [18DE]

Terrorism Risk Protection Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3210) (H. Rept. 107-300), H8342 [19NO]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3210) (H. Rept. 107-300), H8342 [19NO]

Veterans Opportunities Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 801) (H. Rept. 107-27), H1121 [26MR]

Rulings of the Chair

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), H10848 [19DE]

Statements

Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act: John J. Sweeney, AFL-CIO, H5879 [21SE]

Bipartisan Patient Protection Act: Executive Office of the President, S6552, S6555 [21JN], S7059 [28JN]

Economic Recovery and Homeland Defense Act: Executive Office of the President, S11775 [14NO]

Economic Security and Recovery Act: Executive Office of the President, H7248 [24OC]

Impact of California Hospital Seismic Mandate: California Healthcare Association, E685 [1MY]

Quick Facts on Mental Illness: Senator Domenici, S11176 [30OC]

Summaries

Act To Leave No Child Behind (S. 940), S5549-S5552 [23MY]

Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act (S. 1628), S11414-S11417 [2NO]

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

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

Eliminate Colorectal Cancer Act (S. 710), S3539 [5AP]

Health Care Assurance Act (S. 24), S293 [22JA]

Medicare Chronic Care Improvement Act (H.R. 3188), E1944 [30OC]

Medicare Chronic Care Improvement Act (S. 1589), S11213 [30OC]

Medicare Early Access and Tax Credit Act (H.R. 1255), E453 [27MR]

Medicare Reclassification of Certain Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Areas for Purposes of Reimbursement, S11891 [15NO]

MediKids Health Insurance Act (H.R. 1733), E722 [3MY]

MediKids Health Insurance Act (S. 827), S4261 [3MY]

Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act (S. 543), S2395 [15MR]

Small Business Liability Reform Act (H.R. 1805), E783 [10MY]

Steel Revitalization Act (S. 957), S5634 [24MY]

Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (S. 1751), S12258 [30NO]

Veterans Opportunities Act (H.R. 801), H1131 [27MR]

Tables

Economic Security and Recovery Act (S. 1791), S12775 [10DE]

Impact of Senate Democratic Caucus permanent stimulus proposals on surplus, S11319 [1NO]

Texts of

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

H. Res. 242, same-day consideration of H. Res. 244, consideration of H.R. 2926, Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act, H5875 [21SE]

H. Res. 244, consideration of H.R. 2926, Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act, H5884 [21SE]

H. Res. 270, consideration of H.R. 3090, Economic Security and Recovery Act, H7225 [24OC]

H. Res. 297, consideration of H.R. 3210, Terrorism Risk Protection Act, H8572 [29NO]

H. Res. 319, same-day consideration of H. Res. 320, consideration of H.R. 3529, Economic Security and Worker Assistance Act, H10495 [19DE]

H. Res. 320, consideration of H.R. 3529, Economic Security and Worker Assistance Act, H10820 [19DE]

H.R. 2, Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box Act, H268 [13FE]

H.R. 801, Veterans Opportunities Act, H1126-H1130 [27MR]

H.R. 801, Veterans' Survivor Benefits Improvement Act, H2687-H2690 [24MY]

H.R. 1408, Financial Services Antifraud Network Act, H7732-H7741 [6NO]

H.R. 2559, reform long-term care insurance for Federal employees, H7368 [30OC]

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

H.R. 2926, Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act, H5894-H5897 [21SE]

H.R. 3090, Economic Recovery and Assistance for American Workers Act, S11678-S11696 [13NO]

H.R. 3090, Economic Security and Recovery Act, H7236, H7242-H7247 [24OC]

H.R. 3210, Terrorism Risk Protection Act, H8589, H8593-H8597 [29NO]

H.R. 3323, Administrative Simplification Compliance Act, H8772-H8774 [4DE]

H.R. 3391, Medicare Regulatory and Contracting Reform Act, H8778-H8793 [4DE]

H.R. 3529, Economic Security and Worker Assistance Act, H10827-H10845 [19DE]

S. 6, Patients' Bill of Rights Act, S101-S113 [22JA]

S. 10, Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Act, S155-S163 [22JA]

S. 19, Protecting Civil Rights for All Americans Act, S237-S249 [22JA]

S. 24, Health Care Assurance Act, S275-S293 [22JA]

S. 29, Self-Employed Health Insurance Fairness Act, S302 [22JA]

S. 30, Financial Information Privacy Protection Act, S304-S306 [22JA]

S. 46, Clinical Social Workers' Recognition Act, S319 [22JA]

S. 51, remove restrictions on clinical psychologists or social workers providing services in Medicare outpatient rehabilitation facilities, S321 [22JA]

S. 52, improve Medicare reimbursement for clinical social worker services, S321 [22JA]

S. 153, State accreditation of diabetes self-management training programs under Medicare, S481 [23JA]

S. 186, Generic Pharmaceutical Access and Choice for Consumers Act, S573 [25JA]

S. 232, exclude U.S. savings bond income from gross income if used to pay long-term care expenses, S923 [31JA]

S. 270, Rural Hospital and Health Network Preservation Act, S1126 [7FE]

S. 283, Bipartisan Patient Protection Act, S1136-S1154 [7FE]

S. 284, Bipartisan Patient Protection Act—Part II, S1154-S1156 [7FE]

S. 424, Earthquake Loss Reduction Act, S1757-S1760 [1MR]

S. 450, Financial Institution Privacy Protection Act, S1788 [1MR]

S. 452, Medicare Education and Regulatory Fairness Act, S1819-S1823 [5MR]

S. 535, Native American Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Technical Amendment Act, S2319 [14MR]

S. 543, Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act, S2394 [15MR]

S. 546, expand applicability of the pending increase in automatic maximum amounts of Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance to certain servicemen who die before the effective date of the increase, S2397 [15MR]

S. 548, Assure Access to Mammography Act, S2399 [15MR]

S. 564, provide continuing Medicare eligibility for medical care for individuals who become eligible for certain hospital insurance benefits, S2475 [19MR]

S. 590, Relief, Equity, Access, and Coverage for Health (REACH) Act, S2670-S2672 [21MR]

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

S. 607, Homeowners Rebate Act, S2830 [23MR]

S. 612, National I Owe You Act, S2898 [26MR]

S. 622, Medicare, Medicaid, and MCH Tobacco Cessation Promotion Act, S2982 [27MR]

S. 623, Medicare Early Access and Tax Credit Act, S2983-S2989 [27MR]

S. 651, Health Care Consumers Assistance Fund Act, S3163 [29MR]

S. 676, tax treatment of active financing income earned overseas by financial services firms, S3280 [2AP]

S. 683, Fair Care for the Uninsured Act, S3347-S3350 [3AP]

S. 690, Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act, S3439-S3442 [4AP]

S. 699, Prescription Drug Fairness for Seniors Act, S3451 [4AP]

S. 710, Eliminate Colorectal Cancer Act, S3538 [5AP]

S. 819, Early Detection and Prevention of Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases Act, S4247-S4249 [3MY]

S. 827, MediKids Health Insurance Act, S4258-S4261 [3MY]

S. 836, provide for coordination of implementation of a Social Security administrative simplification standard for health care information, S4418 [7MY]

S. 865, Small Business Liability Reform Act, S4840-S4842 [10MY]

S. 874, Fair Access to Infertility Treatment and Hope Act, S4893 [14MY]

S. 885, Area Wage and Base Payment Improvement Act, S4947 [15MY]

S. 923, amend Agricultural Market Transition Act to extend the expansion of producers eligible for loan deficiency payments, S5278 [21MY]

S. 925, Medicare Extension of Drugs to Seniors (MEDS) Act, S5447-S5455 [22MY]

S. 960, Medicare coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases, S5758 [25MY]

S. 1016, Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act, S6132-S6134 [12JN]

S. 1022, allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums, S6140 [12JN]

S. 1052, Bipartisan Patient Protection Act, S7338-S7361 [9JY]

S. 1054, Patient Abuse Prevention Act, S6334-S6337 [14JN]

S. 1066, Medicare Patient Access to Preventive and Diagnostic Tests Act, S6519-S6521 [20JN]

S. 1067, Medical Savings Account Availability Act, S6521 [20JN]

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

S. 1096, Military Spouse Physician Choice Act, S6864 [25JN]

S. 1119, carry out study on the extent of coverage of members of the Selected Reserves under health benefits plans, S7087 [28JN]

S. 1185, Seniors Prescription Insurance Coverage Equity (SPICE) Act, S7809-S7818 [17JY]

S. 1239, Medicare Rx Drug Discount and Security Act, S8216-S8222 [25JY]

S. 1244, FamilyCare Act, S8224-S8230 [25JY]

S. 1343, Family Planning State Empowerment Act, S8765 [2AU]

S. 1386, Employee Welfare Benefit Equity Act, S8959-S8961 [3AU]

S. 1390, Children's Health Coverage Improvement Act, S8967 [3AU]

S. 1450, Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act, S9605-S9608, S9627-S9630 [21SE]

S. 1545, Medicare Regulatory and Contracting Reform Act, S10695-S10701 [15OC]

S. 1589, Medicare Chronic Care Improvement Act, S11207-S11213 [30OC]

S. 1592, Equal Access to Care Act, S11214 [30OC]

S. 1619, Medicare Adult Day Services Alternative Act, S11375 [1NO]

S. 1625, Children's Health Equity Act, S11379 [1NO]

S. 1679, Medicare Beneficiary Liability Reduction Act, S11725 [13NO]

S. 1684, compliance date extension by entitled entities with certain Social Security regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information, S12059 [27NO]

S. 1741, Native American Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Technical Amendment Act, S12109 [28NO], H10904 [19DE]

S. 1743, National Terrorism Reinsurance Fund Act, S12163-S12166 [29NO]

S. 1751, Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, S12256-S12258 [30NO]

S. 1753, extend the higher Federal medical assistance payment percentage for Indian Health Service facilities to urban Indian health programs under Medicaid, S12261 [30NO]

S. 1760, Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act, S12370 [4DE]

S. 1761, Medicare Cholesterol Screening Coverage Act, S12375 [4DE]

S. 1791, Economic Security and Recovery Act, S12773-S12775 [10DE]

S. 1840, Rural Communities Hospice Care Access Improvement Act, S13467 [18DE]

S. 1851, Medicare+Choice Consumer Protection Act, S13708 [19DE]

S. Res. 57, improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas, S2135 [9MR]

S. Res. 74, Medicare coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S3927 [25AP]

S. Res. 179, ensure quality health care for veterans, S11726 [13NO]