PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE related term(s) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Articles and editorials

Hospitals Say They're Penalized by Medicare for Improving Care, S16139 [9DE]

Bills and resolutions

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2173), H4367 [20MY] (see H.R. 3602), H12307 [21NO]

———mental health services (see H.R. 81), H54 [7JA]

Dept. of HHS: conduct study relative to aneurysms (see H.R. 815), H701 [13FE]

———establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for hepatitis C virus infection (see S. 1143), S7134 [23MY] (see H.R. 3539), H11651 [19NO]

———establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see S. 1068), S6506 [15MY]

———establish health empowerment zone programs in communities that disproportionately experience disparities in health status and health care (see H.R. 3588), H12307 [21NO]

Diseases: authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (see H.R. 2553), H5662 [19JN]

———develop and provide information on bacterial meningitis and the availability and effectiveness of vaccinations (see S. 583), S3410 [10MR]

———eliminate tuberculosis (see S. 1559), S10906 [1AU]

———improve data collection and dissemination between Federal and State registries to enhance the treatment and research of cancer (see S. 1899), S15287 [20NO]

———increase testing of pregnant women and newborn infants for HIV infection (see H.R. 2049), H3973 [9MY]

———require group and individual health insurance coverage of screening for breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer (see H.R. 3362), H9811 [21OC]

Drugs: establish an electronic system for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of certain controlled substances (see H.R. 3015), H7949 [4SE]

Education: establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program specializing in underserved treatment areas (see S. 65), S36 [7JA]

———make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health professions loan programs (see S. 74), S36 [7JA]

———make social work students and schools eligible for certain programs and grants, and establish a social work training program (see S. 77), S36 [7JA]

FDA: conduct oversight of any entity engaged in the recovery, testing, or handling of human tissue or human tissue-based products (see S. 1063), S6255 [14MY]

Health: amend legislation reauthorizing health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establishing Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (see S. 1775), S13053 [22OC]

———combat pulmonary hypertension (see H. Con. Res. 97), H1954 [18MR]

———combat viral hepatitis (see H. Con. Res. 39), H462 [12FE]

———declare adequate pain care research, education, and treatment as national health priorities (see H.R. 1863), H3452 [29AP]

———establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see S. 538), S3163 [5MR]

———expand, intensify, and coordinate activities relative to research on autoimmune diseases in women (see H.R. 370), H170 [27JA]

———improve health care quality by strengthening health information, information infrastructure, and use of health information by providers and patients (see S. 2003), S16120 [9DE]

———improve immunization rates by increasing the distribution of vaccines and improving and clarifying the vaccine injury compensation program (see S. 754), S4629 [1AP]

———improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to children with life-threatening conditions (see S. 1629), S11648 [17SE] (see H.R. 3127), H8381 [17SE]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (see S. 720), S4434 [26MR] (see H.R. 663), H389 [11FE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see S. 1945), S15812 [24NO] (see H.R. 597), H320 [5FE]

———provide for a public response to the public health crisis of pain (see S. 1278), S8125 [18JN] (see H.R. 2507), H5551 [18JN]

———provide for uterine fibroid research and education (see S. 1087), S6707 [20MY] (see H.R. 2157), H4367 [20MY]

———support Federal and State funded in-home care for the elderly (see H. Res. 54), H323 [5FE]

———technical amendments to legislation reauthorizing health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establishing Healthy Communities Access Program (see H.R. 3038), H8081 [9SE]

Health care facilities: establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority and other populations served by health centers (see H.R. 1868), H3452 [29AP]

Health Workforce Advisory Commission: establish (see S. 1498), S10265 [30JY]

Hispanic Americans: provide programs and activities to improve health (see S. 1159), S7135 [23MY] (see H.R. 2258), H4736 [22MY]

Insurance: extend mental health coverage parity (see S. 1875), S14965 [17NO] (see S. 1929), S15407 [21NO]

———require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (see H.R. 2095), H4130 [14MY]

Mental health: increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see S. 1223), S7619 [10JN] (see H.R. 1359), H2131 [19MR]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see S. 450), S2838 [26FE]

National Cancer Institute: increase involvement of advocates in breast cancer research (see S. 415), S2522 [14FE]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see S. 73), S36 [7JA] (see H.R. 844), H703 [13FE]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 1316), H1953 [18MR]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see S. 983), S5651 [1MY] (see H.R. 1746), H3302 [10AP]

———provide funding for the study and prevention of breast cancer in younger woman (see H.R. 1657), H2863 [7AP]

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (see H.R. 1349), H2131 [19MR]

———include hepatitis A vaccines (see S. 814), S4957 [8AP]

———repeal certain amendments (see H.R. 237), H134 [8JA]

New Freedom Commission on Mental Health: adopt and implement goals and recommendations to help ensure affordable, accessible, and high quality mental health care (see H. Con. Res. 292), H9214 [2OC]

Organ donation: promote and facilitate interstate linkage and 24-hour access to State donor registries (see S. 376), S2340 [12FE]

Public Health Service Act: authorize grants for education, screening, and treatment relative to preventing diabetic foot complications and lower extremity amputations (see H.R. 3203), H9032 [30SE]

———protection of human subjects in research (see H.R. 3594), H12307 [21NO]

Public welfare programs: promote secure and healthy families under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 706), H391 [11FE]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 3438), H10339 [4NO]

———tribute to pregnancy resource centers (see H. Res. 233), H4011 [13MY]

Letters

Increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research, and improve treatment: James W. Coll, H3536-H3538 [30AP]

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program revisions: Melinda Clark, H2299 [25MR]

Safety of vaccines containing mercury and thimerosal: Representative Burton, E1981 [7OC]

Vaccines containing thimerosal: Mark B. McClellan, FDA, H8259 [16SE]

Remarks in House

Children and youth: mental health services (H.R. 81), H26 [7JA], H2457, H2461, H2462 [27MR]

———provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking, H1473 [4MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for hepatitis C virus infection (H.R. 3539), E2360 [20NO]

———establish health empowerment zone programs in communities that disproportionately experience disparities in health status and health care (H.R. 3588), E2403 [22NO]

Drugs: establish an electronic system for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of certain controlled substances (H.R. 3015), E1823 [17SE]

Health: improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (H.R. 663), H1766-H1774 [12MR]

———provide for uterine fibroid research and education (H.R. 2157), H4336 [20MY]

———safety of vaccines containing mercury and thimerosal, H9075 [1OC], E1981 [7OC]

———study link between child vaccinations and autism, H8258 [16SE], H9075 [1OC]

———support Federal and State funded in-home care for the elderly (H. Res. 54), E129 [5FE]

———technical amendments to legislation reauthorizing health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establishing Healthy Communities Access Program (H.R. 3038), H9049-H9051 [1OC], E1971 [2OC]

Hispanic Americans: health care issues, E1444, E1449 [11JY]

———provide programs and activities to improve health, H2852-H2856 [7AP], H3437-H3442 [29AP]

———provide programs and activities to improve health (H.R. 2258), E1073, E1078 [23MY]

Insurance: extend mental health coverage parity (S. 1929), H12863 [8DE]

———require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (H.R. 2095), E948 [14MY]

Mental health: increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research, and improve treatment, H1876 [13MR], H1925 [18MR], H3535 [30AP], H3997 [13MY], H4220 [19MY], H5383 [16JN], E54-E56 [8JA]

———increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (H.R. 1359), E521 [19MR]

Minorities: health care issues, H3436 [29AP], H4971-H4975 [4JN], E1163 [5JN]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (H.R. 844), E1273 [17JN]

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: repeal certain amendments (H.R. 237), H1779 [12MR], H1925 [18MR], H2100 [19MR], H2299 [25MR], H2913, H2914 [8AP], H3535 [30AP]

New Freedom Commission on Mental Health: adopt and implement goals and recommendations to help ensure affordable, accessible, and high quality mental health care (H. Con. Res. 292), E1965 [2OC]

Nurse Reinvestment Act: funding, H6522 [10JY]

Public Health Service Act: authorize grants for education, screening, and treatment relative to preventing diabetic foot complications and lower extremity amputations (H.R. 3203), E1932 [30SE]

Public welfare programs: promote secure and healthy families under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 706), E180 [11FE]

Women: cardiovascular disease prevention programs, H1522 [5MR]

———establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (H.R. 3438), E2219 [4NO]

———tribute to pregnancy resource centers (H. Res. 233), H3979 [13MY]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of HHS: establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for hepatitis C virus infection (S. 1143), S7144 [23MY]

———establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (S. 1068), S6509, S6511 [15MY]

Diseases: develop and provide information on bacterial meningitis and the availability and effectiveness of vaccinations (S. 583), S3418 [10MR]

———eliminate tuberculosis (S. 1559), S10911 [1AU]

———improve data collection and dissemination between Federal and State registries to enhance the treatment and research of cancer (S. 1899), S15289 [20NO]

Education: establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program specializing in underserved treatment areas (S. 65), S62 [7JA]

———make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health professions loan programs (S. 74), S69 [7JA]

———make social work students and schools eligible for certain programs and grants, and establish a social work training program (S. 77), S70 [7JA]

Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (S. 538), S3190 [5MR], S3404 [10MR], S5254 [10AP]

———improve health care quality by strengthening health information, information infrastructure, and use of health information by providers and patients (S. 2003), S16138 [9DE]

———improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to children with life-threatening conditions (S. 1629), S11680-S11682 [17SE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S1505, S1506 [28JA]

———provide for uterine fibroid research and education (S. 1087), S6713 [20MY]

———technical amendments to legislation reauthorizing health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establishing Healthy Communities Access Program (H.R. 3038), S15303 [20NO]

Health Workforce Advisory Commission: establish (S. 1498), S10275 [30JY]

Hispanic Americans: provide programs and activities to improve health (S. 1159), S7158 [23MY]

Insurance: extend mental health coverage parity (S. 1875), S14970, S14971 [17NO], S15090 [18NO]

———extend mental health coverage parity (S. 1929), S15481 [21NO]

Mental health: increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (S. 1223), S7627 [10JN]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (S. 450), S2842 [26FE], S2986 [27FE]

Minorities: health care issues, S330 [15JA], S7122 [23MY]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (S. 73), S68 [7JA]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (S. 983), S5674, S5675 [1MY]

Nurse Reinvestment Act: funding, S1450 [23JA], S11004, S11005, S11015 [3SE]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S16068 [25NO]

Social Security: permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 845), S5083 [9AP]

Reports filed

Health Care Safety Net Amendments Technical Corrections Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3038) (H. Rept. 108-275), H8380 [17SE]

Lifespan Respite Care Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 538), S5172 [10AP]

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 663) (H. Rept. 108-28), H1678 [6MR]

———Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 720) (S. Rept. 108-196), S14964 [17NO]

Public Health Service Nominations: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S8559 [25JN]

Tables

Vaccines containing thimerosal, H8259 [16SE]

Texts of

H.R. 663, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act, H1766-H1771 [12MR]

H.R. 3038, Health Care Safety Net Amendments Technical Corrections Act, H9049 [1OC]

S. 65, Psychologists in the Service of the Public Act, S62 [7JA]

S. 73, National Center for Social Work Research Act, S68 [7JA]

S. 74, Strengthen the Public Health Service Act, S69 [7JA]

S. 77, Strengthen Social Work Training Act, S70 [7JA]

S. 538, Lifespan Respite Care Act, S5254-S5256 [10AP]

S. 583, Meningitis Immunization Awareness Act, S3418 [10MR]

S. 983, Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act, S5674 [1MY]

S. 1068, Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act, S6510 [15MY]

S. 1143, Hepatitis C Epidemic Control and Prevention Act, S7142-S7144 [23MY]

S. 1223, Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act, S7627-S7630 [10JN]

S. 1498, Health Workforce Advisory Commission Act, S10276 [30JY]

S. 1629, Children's Compassionate Care Act, S11682-S11685 [17SE]

S. 1929, extend mental health coverage parity, H12863 [8DE]

S. 1929, mental health coverage parity extension, S15481 [21NO]