INSURANCE

Amendments

Coastal zones: exempt certain coastal barrier property from financial assistance and flood insurance limitations (S. 1643), S14221 [6NO]

FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1768), H12227 [21NO]

Financial institutions: reform the Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 522), H2587 [1AP], H2619 [2AP]

Genetics: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (S. 1053), S12394, S12404 [2OC]

Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5), consideration (H. Res. 139), H1827 [13MR]

Health care facilities: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for hospitals (H.R. 659), S10985 [2SE], H8290 [17SE]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), S8898 [7JY], H5912, H5929, H5930, H5939 [25JN], H6121 [26JN]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 299), H5963 [26JN]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 463), H12245 [21NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (S. 1), S7932 [16JN], S8020, S8089, S8105, S8111, S8161, S8162 [18JN], S8173, S8174, S8182, S8184, S8203, S8246, S8247, S8248, S8249, S8252, S8253, S8255 [19JN], S8273, S8278, S8283, S8284, S8285, S8286, S8288, S8290, S8291, S8308, S8309, S8310, S8311, S8312, S8313, S8314 [20JN], S8325, S8330, S8331, S8335, S8336, S8337, S8340, S8341, S8345, S8348, S8350, S8351, S8353, S8367, S8368, S8369, S8370, S8371, S8372, S8374, S8375, S8376 [23JN], S8387, S8390, S8396, S8400, S8404, S8405, S8410, S8415, S8416, S8418, S8421, S8422, S8423, S8424, S8446, S8447, S8448, S8449, S8450, S8451, S8457, S8459, S8460, S8461, S8463, S8464, S8470, S8472, S8473, S8474, S8475, S8476 [24JN], S8480, S8483, S8487, S8489, S8495, S8496, S8500, S8502, S8512, S8515, S8516, S8521, S8522, S8536, S8538, S8539, S8578, S8579, S8580, S8581, S8582, S8583, S8584, S8585, S8586, S8587, S8588, S8589, S8590, S8592, S8593, S8594 [25JN], S8608, S8610, S8612, S8617, S8621, S8624, S8625, S8630, S8632, S8633, S8636, S8639, S8644, S8654, S8655, S8666, S8675, S8679, S8680, S8681, S8682, S8683, S8684, S8685, S8766, S8767, S8768, S8769, S8773, S8775, S8776, S8777, S8778, S8779, S8780, S8781, S8782, S8795, S8796 [26JN], S8898 [7JY]

National Flood Insurance Program: improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties (H.R. 253), H11596, H11652 [19NO]

Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (S. 459), S16052 [25NO], H12300 [21NO]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 660), H5605, H5625 [19JN]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 660), consideration (H. Res. 283), H5560 [19JN]

Social Security: extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 312), S8633, S8775 [26JN]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 743), S16142, S16159 [9DE], H2652 [2AP]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 743), consideration (H. Res. 168), H2594 [2AP]

Taxation: treatment of amounts contributed to medical savings accounts and unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (H.R. 2596), consideration (H. Res. 299), H5963 [26JN]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend (S. 23), consideration (H. Res. 14), H72 [8JA]

Veterans: improve and enhance certain benefits for survivors of veterans (S. 1132), S13743 [31OC]

Analyses

Veterans Programs Improvement Act (S. 1133), S7037 [22MY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act, H6681 [14JY]

———H.R. 1, Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act, S8898 [7JY]

Articles and editorials

AARP Accused of Conflict of Interest, H12254 [21NO]

AARP Calls on Vermont Congressional Delegation To Vote for Medicare Rx Bill, S15694 [24NO]

Another Greenspan Social Security Reform?, S3402 [10MR]

Chatter in the Cave of the Winds, S14668 [12NO]

Drug Plan a Placebo, H7234 [22JY]

Drugmakers Protect Their Turf—Medicare Bill Represents Success for Pharmaceutical Lobby, H12110 [21NO]

Few Spared as Insurance Rates Soar; Corporate, Household Budgets Feel Same Pain, S9018 [8JY]

Health on the Border—Elderly Americans Head North and South To Find Drugs They Can Afford, H5347 [12JN]

Hobson's Medicare, S15536 [22NO], S15897 [25NO]

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

Imprisoned by Medicare, S3548 [11MR]

Insurance Crisis Hits Hard on Prairie—Denied Coverage, Obstetrician for 3 Wyoming Counties Ends Practice, S3837 [18MR]

Insurers Scale Back Corporate Liability Policies, S9020 [8JY]

J.P. Morgan, Insurance Firms Settle Legal Dispute, S9019 [8JY]

Keeping Saddam Hussein in a Box, E151 [6FE]

Let's Keep Doctors in Business, S9078 [9JY]

Long Lines Mar Canada's Low-Cost Health Care, H1693 [11MR]

Medco Accused of Favoring Merck Drugs, S8615 [26JN]

Medicare Bill Would Enrich Companies, S15724 [24NO]

Medicare Debate Turns to Pricing of Drug Benefits, S15735 [24NO]

Medicare Drug Folly, S7971 [17JN]

Medicare Reform—Try Again, S15909 [25NO]

Mugging the Needy, E659 [3AP]

Neurosurgeon—Save Trauma Center, H1822 [13MR]

No New Tax Cuts, S5290 [11AP]

Patients in Florida Lining Up for All That Medicare Covers, H9178 [2OC]

Political Malpractice, S9071 [9JY]

Prescription Drug Benefit Imminent, H6087 [26JN]

Soaring Malpractice Insurance Squeezes Out Doctors, Clinics, S3836 [18MR]

Some Successful Models Ignored as Congress Works on Drug Bill, S11074 [4SE]

Struggling Seniors, Medicare Drug Plan's Proof Is in the Purse, S8658 [26JN]

Too Many Leaps of Faith in Bush Tax-Cut Plan, S264 [14JA]

2002 Rate Survey Finds Malpractice Premiums Are Soaring, S9068 [9JY]

U.S. Is Joining Lawsuit That Says Medco Put Profits Before Patients, S8614 [26JN]

U.S. Joining Suit Against Medco, S8614 [26JN]

When Half a Loaf Isn't Nearly Enough, S15606 [23NO]

Wrong Prescription—Congress Considers Inadequate Bills, S8659 [26JN]

Bills and resolutions

AARP: decision to support Medicare reform legislation (see H. Res. 461), H11702 [20NO]

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: allocate accruing interest to cover health care costs for certain miners (see H.R. 313), H137 [8JA]

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: collect and assess scientific evidence regarding prescription drugs frequently used by Medicare or Medicaid beneficiaries (see H.R. 2161), H4367 [20MY]

Antitrust policy: modify antitrust exemption for the insurance industry (see H.R. 448), H242 [29JA]

Archivist of the U.S.: establish the Holocaust Insurance Registry and require certain disclosures by insurers (see H.R. 1210), H1745 [11MR]

Armed Forces: allow a participant in the military Survivor Benefit Plan to designate a new beneficiary upon the death of the original designated beneficiary (see H.R. 3216), H9129 [1OC]

———continue health benefits for certain Reserves called or ordered to active duty and their dependents (see H.R. 2197), H4528 [21MY]

———expand reimbursement for travel expenses of covered beneficiaries for specialty care to cover specialized dental care (see S. 336), S2119 [10FE]

———expand Rest and Recuperation Leave program, provide TRICARE eligibility for the Ready Reserve, continue health insurance funding for mobilized reserve components, and increase educational aid to Selected Reserve members (see H.R. 3317), H9613 [16OC]

———grant limited TRICARE program eligibility for members of the Ready Reserve and provide financial support for continuation of health insurance for mobilized members of Reserve components (see S. 852), S5173 [10AP] (see H.R. 2176), H4368 [20MY]

———improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (see H.R. 2569), H5813 [24JN]

———improve benefits for members of the uniformed services and veterans (see S. 19), S35 [7JA]

———prescription drug benefits for Medicare-eligible enrollees under defense health care plans (see H.R. 3390), H10129 [29OC]

———provide health care to Reserve officers pending orders to initial active duty following commissioning (see S. 1016), S5859 [7MY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see S. 56), S36 [7JA] (see H.R. 58), H54 [7JA] (see H.R. 3474), H10978 [6NO]

———revise certain retired pay eligibility requirements, provide TRICARE eligibility to certain reservists, and allow reservists and their employers a tax credit (see S. 1000), S5771 [6MY] (see H.R. 2168), H4367 [20MY] (see H.R. 2413), H5174 [10JN]

———use of military health care system and commissary stores by unremarried former spouses of members if the former spouse left the marriage due to domestic violence or unbearable conditions (see H.R. 2393), H5088 [9JN]

———waive copayments and deductibles for military personnel who qualify for TRICARE and use other health insurance as their primary form of coverage (see H.R. 3663), H12918 [8DE]

Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act: expand coverage (see H.R. 2248), H4736 [22MY]

———increase amount of loss or damage coverage, in the aggregate and for single exhibitions (see H.R. 829), H702 [13FE]

Aviation: provide liability protection to nonprofit volunteer pilot organizations flying for public benefit and to the pilots and staff of such organizations (see S. 955), S5541 [30AP] (see H.R. 1084), H1640 [5MR]

Bankruptcy: increase amount of claims for income given priority in bankruptcy and provide cash payments to retirees to compensate for lost health benefits resulting from the bankruptcy of their former employer (see S. 1970), S15975 [25NO]

Business and industry: ensure that commercial insurers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers (see S. 352), S2187 [11FE]

Children and youth: establish Child Care Provider Development and Retention Grant Program, Child Care Provider Scholarship Program, and child care provider health benefits program (see S. 1198), S7476 [5JN] (see H.R. 2377), H5044 [5JN]

———guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (see S. 588), S3504 [11MR] (see H.R. 1205), H1745 [11MR]

———provide opportunities to improve the lives of all children and enable them to reach their fullest potential (see S. 448), S2838 [26FE] (see H.R. 936), H1395 [26FE]

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

———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 S. 977), S5650 [1MY] (see H.R. 296), H136 [8JA]

Citizens Health Care Working Group: establish (see S. 581), S3410 [10MR]

Civil rights: protect (see S. 16), S35 [7JA]

Claims: allow States to require certain disclosures regarding Holocaust era insurance policies of insurers and establish a Federal cause of action for claims for payment of such insurance policies (see S. 972), S5650 [1MY] (see H.R. 1905), H3634 [1MY]

Coastal zones: exempt certain coastal barrier property from financial assistance and flood insurance limitations (see S. 1643), S11832 [23SE]

Commission on Medical Malpractice Insurance: establish (see H.R. 1044), H1465 [27FE]

Computers: encourage use of web-based enrollment systems in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1633), H2821 [3AP]

Consumers: prohibit the use of credit history for insurance purposes and require disclosure of consumer reports and credit scoring procedures to prevent inaccuracies in consumer credit reports (see H.R. 2796), H7169 [18JY]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 1396), S9303 [11JY] (see H.R. 2727), H6867 [15JY]

Courts: allow a period of open enrollment for certain individuals who are elevated to the position of chief judge of a district (see S. 998), S5771 [6MY] (see H.R. 2039), H3857 [8MY]

———restore cost-of-living adjustments from previous years and improve benefits system for the Federal judiciary, and implement procedures to instill public confidence in Federal courts (see S. 787), S4824 [3AP] (see S. 1100), S6853 [21MY]

Crime: clarify the criminal intent required to be established to prove a criminal violation for wrongful disclosure of individually identifiable health information (see H.R. 2003), H3760 [7MY]

Dept. of Commerce: protect consumers by regulating interstate sale of insurance (see S. 1373), S9049 [8JY]

Dept. of Defense: continuation of health insurance coverage for certain Reserves called or ordered to active duty and their dependents (see S. 647), S3881 [18MR] (see H.R. 3202), H9032 [30SE]

———develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 3476), H11133 [7NO]

Dept. of HHS: establish Office of Health Care Competition to administer National Practitioner Data Bank and to collect and make public more information on medical malpractice insurance (see H.R. 447), H242 [29JA]

———modify treatment categories for qualification as a rehabilitation hospital for purposes of reimbursement under the Medicare prospective payment system (see H.R. 2246), H4736 [22MY]

Dept. of HUD: enable homebuyers to make use of insured hybrid adjustable rate mortgages (see H.R. 1443), H2400 [26MR]

Dept. of Labor: establish Small Employer Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 2850), H7615 [24JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow recovery of medical costs from third parties in the same manner as a preferred provider organization (see H.R. 1562), H2702 [2AP]

———dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners and provide Medicare coverage to eligible veterans (see H.R. 1309), H1952 [18MR]

———enhance authority to recover medical costs from third parties (see H.R. 1715), H3301 [10AP]

———enhance certain veterans programs and improve administration of such programs (see S. 1133), S6978 [22MY]

———extend health care coverage to qualified World War II Filipino veterans (see H.R. 2352), H5043 [5JN]

———extend the period for provision of noninstitutional extended care services and required nursing home care (see S. 836), S5059 [9AP]

———improve outreach programs to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see S. 1199), S7476 [5JN] (see H.R. 3612), H12308 [21NO]

———permit Medicare-eligible veterans to receive an outpatient medication benefit (see S. 1153), S7135 [23MY]

———place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority category (see S. 1014), S5859 [7MY] (see H.R. 2816), H7329 [22JY]

———provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see S. 50), S36 [7JA]

———repeal requirement that former POW must have been interred for a specified minimum period of time to be eligible for dental benefits (see H.R. 1347), H2131 [19MR]

Diseases: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see S. 1730), S12533 [14OC]

———coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer (see S. 1684), S12192 [30SE] (see H.R. 1886), H3570 [30AP]

———coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1448), H2401 [26MR]

———establish a comprehensive Federal effort relating to early detection of, treatments for, and prevention of cancer (see S. 1101), S6853 [21MY] (see H.R. 2741), H6868 [15JY]

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

———provide coverage for individuals participating in approved cancer clinical trials (see H.R. 2021), H3761 [7MY]

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

Domestic policy: improve homeland security, prevent tax increases, support education and health care, and strengthen the economy (see H.R. 1593), H2819 [3AP]

Domestic violence: research health impact and prevention and provide training and Federal coverage for health care professionals to identify and treat families experiencing family violence (see H.R. 1267), H1900 [13MR]

Drugs: collect and assess scientific evidence regarding prescription drugs frequently used in federally funded health programs (see H.R. 2356), H5043 [5JN]

———coverage of prescription drugs (see H.R. 1243), H1811 [12MR]

———prohibit a health plan from contracting with a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) unless certain requirements are satisfied (see S. 1300), S8232 [19JN]

———provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (see S. 1138), S6978 [22MY] (see H.R. 2256), H4736 [22MY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: freeze and repeal portions of the tax reduction and apply savings to a comprehensive Medicare outpatient prescription drug benefit (see H.R. 2514), H5551 [18JN]

Emergency Malpractice Liability Insurance Commission: establish (see H.R. 446), H242 [29JA]

Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor (EMTALA) Act: improve regulatory operation (see H.R. 1382), H2268 [20MR]

———modify requirements relative to medical screening examinations (see H.R. 2471), H5407 [16JN]

ERISA: exclude from preemption State causes of action to enforce determinations by group health plans based on medical necessity (see H.R. 596), H320 [5FE]

———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. 1876), H3569 [30AP]

———provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H1953 [18MR]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: provide for disclosures of credit-based insurance scoring information by insurers and credit reporting agencies (see H.R. 1473), H2470 [27MR]

FDIC: provide coverage for municipal deposits (see H.R. 453), H242 [29JA]

Federal aid programs: extend eligibility for certain Federal benefits to citizens of the Freely Associated States (see S. 1632), S11648 [17SE]

———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. 256), H135 [8JA]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: clarify applicable rates of interest and other charge limitations (see S. 904), S5342 [11AP]

Federal employees: authorize the use of clinical social workers to conduct evaluations to determine work-related emotional and mental illnesses (see S. 81), S37 [7JA] (see H.R. 1410), H2270 [20MR]

———availability of health coverage for dependent parents (see H.R. 1877), H3569 [30AP]

———health benefits coverage for infertility treatment (see H.R. 3014), H7949 [4SE]

———increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance (see S. 319), S1977 [5FE] (see H.R. 577), H319 [5FE]

———provide benefits to domestic partners (see S. 1252), S7831 [12JN] (see H.R. 2426), H5265 [11JN]

———require any health benefits plan which provides obstetrical benefits to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility (see H.R. 3026), H8016 [5SE]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1477), H2471 [27MR]

———coverage of bone mass measurements (see S. 417), S2522 [14FE]

———coverage of glaucoma detection services (see H.R. 3268), H9375 [8OC]

———ensure prescription drug coverage for Medicare-eligible enrollees is actuarially equal to benefit offered to general enrollees (see S. 1369), S8862 [27JN] (see H.R. 2631), H6262 [26JN]

FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (see S. 122), S132 [9JA] (see S. 1768), S12969 [21OC] (see H.R. 11), H51 (see H.R. 215), H59 [7JA]

FHA: preserve ability to insure certain mortgages (see S. 1636), S11723 [18SE]

Financial institutions: exempt attorneys from privacy provisions of the law repealing restrictions on the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and insurance companies (see H.R. 781), H700 [13FE]

———merge bank and savings association deposit insurance funds and reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see S. 229), S1736 [29JA]

———protect customers whose identities are stolen from financial institutions (see H.R. 818), H702 [13FE]

———provide an exemption from certain requirements under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (see H.R. 3681), H12919 [8DE]

———provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions (see H.R. 1375), H2268 [20MR]

———reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 522), H274 [4FE]

———strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (see S. 1458), S9959 [25JY]

Floods: ensure homeowners are provided adequate notice of flood map changes and a fair opportunity to appeal such changes (see H.R. 1816), H3353 [11AP]

———provide a discount in flood insurance rates for certain low-cost properties in flood hazard zones (see H.R. 98), H55 [7JA]

Florida: exempt certain coastal barrier property from financial assistance and flood insurance limitations (see H.R. 3333), H9687 [17OC]

FTC: deem the nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees an unfair trade practice (see H.R. 414), H217 [28JA]

Genetics: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see S. 1053), S6070 [13MY] (see H.R. 1910), H3634 [1MY] (see H.R. 3636), H12309 [21NO]

Government: pay for cost of premiums for certain Servicemembers Group Life Insurance coverage (see H.R. 3436), H10339 [4NO]

Health: allow long-term care tax credit and establish programs for patients with fatal chronic illnesses (see H.R. 2883), H7616 [24JY]

———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]

———application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 1247), H1811 [12MR]

———clarify application of antitrust laws to negotiations between groups of health care professionals and health care insurance issuers (see H.R. 1120), H1679 [6MR]

———constitutional amendment on the right to high quality health care (see H.J. Res. 30), H1516 [4MR]

———coverage of certain reconstructive surgery (see H.R. 1499), H2472 [27MR]

———coverage of fertility and impotence treatment under group and individual health plans and the Federal employees' health benefits program (see H.R. 1852), H3451 [29AP]

———encourage private health insurance companies to take a proactive role in promoting healthy lifestyles (see H. Con. Res. 34), H462 [12FE]

———ensure safety and accuracy of medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments (see S. 1197), S7476 [5JN]

———establish demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, and cost-effective health care coverage with simplified administration (see H.R. 2979), H7784 [25JY]

———establish program to promote good health, disease prevention, and wellness and prevent secondary conditions for persons with disabilities (see H.R. 2292), H4786 [2JN]

———establish standards to improve children's health quality in managed care plans and other health plans (see S. 1710), S12448 [3OC]

———establish system of health insurance certificates to increase the number of Americans with health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2698), H6602 [10JY]

———expand access to affordable health care, strengthen health care safety net, and make services more available in rural and underserved areas (see S. 100), S37 [7JA]

———expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (see S. 1397), S9328 [14JY] (see H.R. 3664), H12918 [8DE]

———improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for certain individuals and provide Medicaid financial assistance to individuals who are too poor to afford premiums (see H.R. 3189), H8949 [25SE]

———improve access to prescription drugs, prohibit tax deductions for direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertisements, and ban campaign contributions from pharmaceutical company chief executive officers (see H.R. 1733), H3301 [10AP]

———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 prescription drug benefits for veterans (see H.R. 2874), H7616 [24JY]

———increase Federal investment in programs that provide health care services to uninsured and low-income individuals in medically underserved areas (see S. Res. 96), S4166 [20MR] (see H. Res. 142), H1902 [13MR]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts on transplantation, make transplantation a standard therapy, and provide Medicare coverage of certain transplantations (see S. 518), S3162 [5MR] (see H.R. 1068), H1515 [4MR]

———limit medical malpractice claims (see H.R. 321), H137 [8JA]

———make Federal Employees Health Benefits Program available to individuals age 55 to 65 who would not otherwise have health insurance (see H.R. 56), H53 [7JA]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 1030), S5950 [8MY] (see S. Con. Res. 41), S5541 [30AP] (see H.R. 15), H52 [7JA] (see H.R. 676), H390 [11FE] (see H.R. 1200), H1744 [11MR] (see H.R. 1287), H1901 [13MR] (see H.R. 2196), H4528 [21MY] (see H.R. 2402), H5173 [10JN] (see H.R. 2544), H5662 [19JN] (see H.R. 3100), H8283 [16SE] (see H. Con. Res. 99), H1954 [18MR]

———permit an individual to be treated by a health care practitioner with any method of medical treatment such individual requests (see S. 1410), S9414 [15JY] (see H.R. 2085), H4129 [14MY]

———promote and facilitate expansion of group health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2321), H4976 [4JN]

———promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see S. 423), S2522 [14FE] (see H.R. 1749), H3303 [10AP]

———promote the development of health care cooperatives that will help businesses to pool the health care purchasing power of employers (see S. 39), S36 [7JA]

———protect consumers in managed care and other health coverage plans, provide parity for mental health coverage, reduce medical errors, and increase access to quality health care (see S. 10), S35 [7JA]

———protect patients' access to quality and affordable health care by reducing effects of excessive liability costs (see S. 11), S8725 [26JN]

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

———provide grants to States to provide access to affordable health insurance for certain child care providers and staff (see H.R. 1929), H3635 [1MY]

———provide health insurance protections for individuals who are living organ donors (see S. 186), S1069 [16JA]

———reduce price of prescription drugs purchased by States for its employees, retirees, and pharmaceutical assistance beneficiaries (see H.R. 3662), H12918 [8DE]

———reduce the cost of medical malpractice insurance to enhance patient access to medical care (see H.R. 1124), H1679 [6MR]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see S. 607), S3620 [12MR] (see H.R. 5), H317 [5FE]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5), consideration (see H. Res. 139), H1810 [12MR]

———require employers to offer health care coverage for all employees and guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children of a certain age (see S. 1935), S15647 [23NO]

———require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide prompt payment for health benefits claims (see H.R. 848), H703 [13FE]

———require group and individual health plans to provide coverage for second opinions (see H.R. 1319), H1953 [18MR]

———require health insurance issuers to credit toward an annual deductible in case of subsequent issuance of a similar health insurance policy by the same issuer to the same person (see H.R. 3600), H12307 [21NO]

———require health plans to provide direct access to services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists without a referral (see H.R. 1469), H2470 [27MR]

———restore reliability to the medical justice system by fostering alternatives to medical tort litigation (see S. 1518), S10617 [31JY]

———stabilize medical malpractice premiums (see H.R. 485), H243 [29JA]

———tax treatment of certain medical savings accounts and provide for medical freedom accounts under the Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 2114), H4203 [15MY]

———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: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for hospitals (see H.R. 659), H389 [11FE]

Health care professionals: provide immediate relief from increased medical malpractice insurance costs and deal with root causes of the current medical malpractice insurance crisis (see S. 1374), S9049 [8JY]

Housing: establish a Federal program to provide reinsurance to improve the availability of homeowners' insurance (see S. 1607), S11416 [11SE] (see H.R. 1552), H2586 [1AP]

———require energy efficiency certifications for mortgage insurance be conducted by accredited home energy rating system providers (see H.R. 3163), H8904 [24SE]

Insurance: permit States to require insurance companies to disclose Holocaust-era insurance information (see H.R. 3129), H8381 [17SE]

Law enforcement officers: extend the same Federal benefits to officers serving private institutions of higher education and rail carriers that apply to officers serving units of State and local government (see H.R. 3523), H11650 [19NO]

Malpractice: modify antitrust exemption for medical malpractice insurance, address current health care provider issues, and reform medical malpractice litigation process and insurance market (see H.R. 1158), H1680 [6MR]

———reform the medical malpractice insurance business, limit frivolous lawsuits, and enhance patient access to medical care (see H.R. 1219), H1810 [12MR]

———reform the medical malpractice insurance business, provide Federal alternative medical malpractice insurance, and limit frivolous lawsuits (see H.R. 1116), H1678 [6MR]

Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (see S. 1879), S15061 [18NO]

Medicaid: allow States to enter into drug rebate agreements to make prescription drugs available to individuals who are not otherwise eligible for medical assistance (see S. 542), S3163 [5MR]

———allow States to expand coverage to uninsured, poor adults (see H.R. 1143), H1680 [6MR]

———allow States to expand family planning coverage to certain women (see S. 1429), S9592 [17JY]

———clarify that inpatient drug prices charged to certain public hospitals are included in best price exemptions under the drug rebate program (see S. 1195), S7476 [5JN] (see H.R. 2409), H5173 [10JN]

———coverage of organ transplant procedures as an emergency medical procedure for certain alien children (see H.R. 690), H390 [11FE]

———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. 2947), H7783 [25JY]

———establish a demonstration project to encourage the provision of community-based services to disabled individuals (see S. 1394), S9303 [11JY]

———extend Federal-State cost-sharing program to assist low-income Medicare beneficiaries with health care costs (see S. 1519), S10617 [31JY]

———extend Medicare cost-sharing for certain qualifying individuals (QI-1s) (see S. 1641), S11832 [23SE]

———extend the transitional medical assistance program (see S. 883), S5174 [10AP]

———improve access to advanced practice nurses (see H.R. 2295), H4787 [2JN]

———include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 2959), H7784 [25JY]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 816), H701 [13FE]

———increase the personal needs allowance for institutionalized individuals (see H.R. 1757), H3303 [10AP]

———permit additional States to enter into long-term care partnerships in order to promote the use of long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1406), H2269 [20MR]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 847), S5059 [9AP]

———provide American Samoa with treatment similar to that provided to States (see H.R. 1188), H1744 [11MR]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 622), S3730 [13MR] (see H.R. 1811), H3353 [11AP]

———provide fiscal relief and program simplification to States and improve coverage and services to beneficiaries (see S. 1012), S5859 [7MY] (see H.R. 2000), H3760 [7MY]

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1214), H1745 [11MR]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see S. 971), S5650 [1MY] (see H.R. 2032), H3856 [8MY]

———remove cap on payments and adjust statutory matching rate for certain territories (see H.R. 675), H390 [11FE]

———require criminal background checks on drivers providing medical assistance transportation services (see H.R. 364), H170 [27JA]

———require prorating of beneficiary contributions relative to partial coverage for nursing facility services during a month (see H.R. 2288), H4786 [2JN]

———revise and simplify the transitional medical assistance program (see H.R. 1744), H3302 [10AP]

Medicare: accelerate reduction on the amount of beneficiary copayment liability for outpatient services (see S. 1017), S5859 [7MY] (see H.R. 1635), H2821 [3AP]

———allow applications for the preferred provider organization (PPO) demonstration project under the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 1743), H3302 [10AP]

———allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see S. 493), S2920 [27FE] (see H.R. 792), H700 [13FE]

———assure that enrollment in any prescription drug program is voluntary (see H.R. 635), H322 [5FE]

———clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see S. 598), S3505 [11MR] (see H.R. 1874), H3569 [30AP]

———clarify scope of chiropractic services that may be furnished and that chiropractors are the only health care professionals qualified to furnish those services (see H.R. 2560), H5713 [23JN]

———combat waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 18), H52 [7JA]

———conduct demonstration program to examine the clinical and cost effectiveness of providing medical adult day care center services (see H.R. 1195), H1744 [11MR]

———conduct demonstration projects to improve health care and reduce costs and conduct a study on payment incentives and performance under the Medicare+Choice program (see S. 1257), S7831 [12JN]

———consolidate and restate Federal laws relative to social health maintenance organization projects, make such projects permanent, and require a study on ways to expand such projects (see S. 306), S1976 [5FE] (see H.R. 960), H1460 (see H.R. 983), H1462 [27FE]

———coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 1388), H2269 [20MR]

———coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1477), H2471 [27MR]

———coverage of adult day care services (see S. 1227), S7619 [10JN] (see H.R. 2453), H5365 [12JN]

———coverage of audiologic rehabilitation services (see H.R. 3464), H10977 [6NO]

———coverage of bone mass measurements for all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis (see S. 419), S2522 [14FE] (see H.R. 2151), H4254 [19MY]

———coverage of certain drugs and biologicals under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient services (see S. 1206), S7540 [9JN]

———coverage of certain self-administered intramuscular and subcutaneous drugs (see H.R. 1956), H3681 [6MY]

———coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (see S. 382), S2341 [12FE] (see H.R. 721), H460 [12FE]

———coverage of diabetes laboratory diagnostic tests and other diabetes screening services (see S. 599), S3505 [11MR] (see H.R. 2236), H4735 [22MY]

———coverage of diabetic foot sore apparatus as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1295), H1902 [13MR]

———coverage of drugs and biologicals (see H.R. 194), H58 [7JA] (see H.R. 1032), H1464 [27FE]

———coverage of home infusion drug therapies (see H.R. 2476), H5407 [16JN]

———coverage of infertility treatment services for certain disabled individuals (see H.R. 969), H1461 [27FE]

———coverage of kidney disease education services (see S. 1114), S6978 [22MY]

———coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see H.R. 1655), H2863 [7AP]

———coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see S. 310), S1977 [5FE]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see S. 632), S3803 [17MR] (see H.R. 1225), H1810 [12MR]

———coverage of medically necessary dental procedures (see H.R. 2182), H4527 [21MY]

———coverage of medication therapy management services (see S. 1270), S7926 [16JN]

———coverage of more frequent hemodialysis treatments (see H.R. 1004), H1463 [27FE]

———coverage of nursing facilities and in-home services (see H.R. 796), H701 [13FE]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see S. 1037), S5995 [9MY] (see H.R. 1288), H1901 [13MR]

———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. 128), H56 [7JA]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 7), S34 [7JA] (see H.R. 38), H53 [7JA] (see H.R. 1045), H1470 [3MR] (see H.R. 1568), H2702 [2AP] (see H.R. 2461), H5365 [12JN] (see H.R. 2498), H5467 [17JN] (see H.R. 3299), H9477 [15OC]

———coverage of respiratory therapists under home health service plans (see H.R. 2905), H7781 [25JY]

———coverage of screening and diagnostic mammography services (see S. 869), S5173 [10AP] (see H.R. 817), H702 [13FE]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see S. 416), S2522 [14FE]

———deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see S. 1950), S15812 [24NO]

———determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see H.R. 569), H319 [5FE] (see H.R. 883), H1332 [25FE]

———eliminate cost-sharing for bone mass measurements (see S. 1113), S6978 [22MY] (see H.R. 3481), H11133 [7NO]

———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (see S. 853), S5173 [10AP] (see H.R. 2787), H7085 [17JY]

———eliminate geographic physician work adjustment factor, provide incentives to attract educators and clinical practitioners to underserved areas, and revise certain wage adjustments for skilled nursing facilities (see S. 36), S35 [7JA]

———eliminate privatization, improve prescription drug benefit, and repeal health savings accounts (see S. 1992), S16120 [9DE]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (see H.R. 319), H137 [8JA]

———enhance access of beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits and improve the Medicare+Choice program (see S. 654), S3881 [18MR] (see H.R. 1377), H2268 [20MR]

———establish a prescription drug discount card endorsement program (see H.R. 513), H268 [31JA]

———establish a safety net outpatient prescription drug program for certain indigent beneficiaries (see H.R. 3332), H9687 [17OC]

———establish a voluntary program to limit maximum out-of-pocket expenditures for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2199), H4528 [21MY]

———establish demonstration programs to improve health care quality (see S. 1148), S7134 [23MY]

———establish incentives to health care providers for delivering high-quality, cost-effective health care to beneficiaries (see H.R. 2588), H5814 [24JN]

———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see S. 375), S2340 [12FE] (see S. 881), S5174 [10AP] (see H.R. 33), H52 [7JA] (see H.R. 755), H462 [12FE]

———establish process for providers of services to petition for adjustments of the rate of payment based on inequities with providers in adjoining areas (see H.R. 3396), H10129 [29OC]

———establish uniform physician fee schedule payments (see S. 1135), S6978 [22MY]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 1199), H1744 [11MR]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug discount and security program (see S. 778), S4823 [3AP] (see H.R. 2578), H5813 [24JN]

———evaluate leading health care performance measures and options to implement policies that align performance with payment (see S. 1328), S8559 [25JN]

———exclude brachytherapy devices from the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient services (see S. 1288), S8125 [18JN] (see H.R. 1182), H1744 [11MR]

———exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (see S. 343), S2187 [11FE]

———exclude services of certain providers from coverage under the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (see H.R. 2343), H4977 [4JN]

———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see S. 646), S3881 [18MR] (see H.R. 1340), H1954 [18MR]

———expand benefits, establish payment incentives for furnishing quality services, and develop an effective national policy to care for individuals with chronic conditions (see S. 1179), S7381 [4JN] (see H.R. 2342), H4977 [4JN]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see S. 465), S2919 [27FE] (see H.R. 980), H1461 [27FE]

———expand coverage of paramedic intercept services (see H.R. 2008), H3761 [7MY]

———extend a temporary increase in payment for skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 967), H1460 [27FE]

———extend minimum deadlines for filing claims relative to adjustments from secondary payor status to primary payor status (see S. 1259), S7876 [13JN] (see H.R. 1788), H3351 [11AP]

———extend reasonable cost contracts to expand the area in which plans offered under such contracts may operate and to apply certain provisions of Medicare+Choice program to such plans (see S. 1220), S7618 [10JN]

———facilitate use of private contracts (see H.R. 3535), H11650 [19NO]

———impose minimum nurse staffing in participating hospitals (see H.R. 3656), H12918 [8DE]

———improve access to diabetes self-management training by designated certified diabetes educators (see H.R. 3194), H8950 [25SE]

———improve access to Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries by targeting enrollment (see S. 526), S3162 [5MR] (see H.R. 841), H703 [13FE]

———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see S. 172), S848 [15JA] (see S. 942), S5483 [29AP] (see H.R. 937), H1395 [26FE]

———improve geographic equity in the provision of items and services (see H.R. 2451), H5365 [12JN]

———improve Medicare Incentive Payment Program (see S. 379), S2341 [12FE]

———improve outpatient health care for beneficiaries in rural areas (see S. 1185), S7381 [4JN] (see H.R. 2333), H4977 [4JN]

———improve outpatient vision services (see S. 1095), S6853 [21MY] (see H.R. 1902), H3634 [1MY]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see S. 740), S4512 [27MR] (see H.R. 1422), H2310 [25MR]

———improve reimbursement for clinical social worker services (see S. 64), S36 [7JA]

———improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (see H.R. 2624), H6262 [26JN] (see H.R. 2904), H7781 [25JY]

———improve the telemedicine program and provide grants for the development of telehealth networks (see H.R. 1940), H3636 [1MY]

———increase amount of payment for physicians' services and provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (see H.R. 3584), H12307 [21NO]

———increase minimum percentage increase under the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 2033), H3856 [8MY]

———increase payments to hospitals in Puerto Rico (see S. 653), S3881 [18MR] (see H.R. 1351), H2131 [19MR] (see H.R. 1739), H3302 [10AP]

———limit hospital ownership exception to physician self-referral restrictions to interests purchased on terms generally available to the public (see H.R. 1539), H2585 [1AP]

———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 1321), H1953 [18MR]

———limit the deduction of premiums from Social Security benefits payments only for months in which coverage is provided (see H.R. 3434), H10339 [4NO]

———make a technical correction in the definition of outpatient speech-language pathology services (see S. 568), S3253 [6MR] (see H.R. 1995), H3683 [6MY]

———make permanent the health coverage for certain disabled individuals that go back to work (see H.R. 2840), H7454 [23JY]

———modify definition of rehabilitation hospital and rehabilitation unit for reimbursement under prospective payment system (see S. 1222), S7619 [10JN]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see S. 171), S848 [15JA] (see H.R. 1301), H1908 [17MR]

———permanently increase payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see S. 636), S3804 [17MR] (see H.R. 500), H244 [29JA]

———permit direct payment for clinical social worker services provided to residents of skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 707), H391 [11FE]

———permit reasonable cost reimbursement for emergency room services provided by federally qualified health centers (see H.R. 2226), H4735 [22MY]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3671), H12918 [8DE]

———permit the disabled surviving spouse of an individual to elect to retain private health insurance as the primary payor of benefits (see H.R. 2167), H4367 [20MY]

———prepare audit reports based upon financial auditing of Medicare+Choice organizations and make such reports available to the public (see H.R. 1853), H3451 [29AP]

———prohibit health care providers from charging membership or extraneous fees as a prerequisite to service to a patient (see S. 345), S2187 [11FE] (see H.R. 2423), H5265 [11JN]

———promote research for health promotion and disease prevention and add preventive benefits (see H.R. 1860), H3451 [29AP]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries to health care provided by hospitals in rural areas (see S. 816), S4957 [8AP] (see H.R. 1675), H2938 [8AP]

———protect and strengthen beneficiaries' access to quality health care in rural areas (see H. Res. 267), H5174 [10JN]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see S. 373), S2340 [12FE] (see S. 991), S5725 [5MY] (see H.R. 745), H461 [12FE]

———provide access to audiologists (see S. 1647), S11912 [24SE] (see H.R. 2821), H7329 [22JY]

———provide additional reimbursements for providers in low-reimbursement States and provide financial incentives for high quality, low-cost health care (see H.R. 3081), H8216 [11SE]

———provide beneficiaries with access to prescription drugs at Federal Supply Schedule prices (see H.R. 634), H322 [5FE]

———provide eligibility for coverage of home health services on the basis of a need for occupational therapy (see H.R. 3090), H8283 [16SE]

———provide fairness in the provision of services to Native Americans (see S. 1779), S13134 [23OC]

———provide for equitable reimbursement rates to Medicare+Choice organizations (see S. 590), S3504 [11MR] (see H.R. 368), H170 [27JA]

———provide for expeditious coverage of new medical technology (see S. 823), S4957 [8AP] (see H.R. 941), H1395 [26FE]

———provide for negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs (see S. 1994, 1999), S16120 [9DE] (see H.R. 3672), H12918 [8DE]

———provide prescription drug coverage and make improvements in payment for rural providers (see H.R. 2606), H5928 [25JN]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (see S. 1332), S8559 [25JN]

———provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (see H.R. 810), H701 [13FE]

———reclassify certain counties for purposes of equitable hospital payment rates (see H.R. 2486), H5408 [16JN]

———reduce work hours and increase supervision of resident-physicians to ensure the safety of both patients and resident-physicians (see S. 952), S5541 [30AP] (see H.R. 1228), H1810 [12MR]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (see S. 891, 892), S5342 [11AP] (see H.R. 1400), H2269 [20MR]

———reductions in prescription drug prices for beneficiaries and women with breast cancer (see H.R. 896), H1332 [25FE]

———reform (see H.R. 26), H52 [7JA] (see H.R. 2469), H5365 [12JN]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (see S. 1), S7718 [11JN] (see H.R. 1), H5928 [25JN] (see H.R. 2473), H5407 [16JN]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), consideration (see H. Res. 299), H5928 [25JN]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 463), H12306 [21NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 463)—same-day consideration (see H. Res. 459), H11700 [20NO]

———reform payment method for covered drugs, drug administration services, and chemotherapy support services (see H.R. 1622), H2820 [3AP]

———reform reimbursement rates for chemotherapy drugs and administration (see S. 1303), S8300 [20JN]

———reimburse Medicare+Choice plans located in the same metropolitan statistical area the same payment rate (see H.R. 1854), H3451 [29AP]

———remove inpatient limitation on the proportion of hospice care that certain rural hospice programs may provide (see S. 114), S132 [9JA] (see H.R. 754), H462 [12FE]

———remove restrictions on clinical psychologists or social workers providing services in outpatient rehabilitation facilities (see S. 62), S36 [7JA]

———remove the sunset and numerical limitation on participation in Medicare+Choice medical savings account plans (see H.R. 617), H321 [5FE]

———repeal Medicare Advantage Regional Plan Stabilization Fund (see S. 1995), S16120 [9DE]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 569), S3253 [6MR] (see H.R. 1125), H1679 [6MR]

———restore (see S. 1926), S15407 [21NO]

———restore the full market basket percentage increase applied to payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services furnished to beneficiaries (see S. 899), S5342 [11AP] (see H.R. 1710), H3300 [10AP]

———revise methodology by which payment for orphan drugs and biologicals is made under program prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (see H.R. 2700), H6602 [10JY]

———revise payment methodology for extra-depth shoes with inserts or custom molded shoes with inserts for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 359), H170 [27JA]

———revitalize and improve the Medicare+Choice Program (see H.R. 2070), H4010 [13MY]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments (see H.R. 41), H53 [7JA]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1580), H2819 [3AP]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services and make other rural health care improvements (see S. 987), S5725 [5MY]

———treatment of certain physician pathology services (see H.R. 1963), H3682 [6MY]

———update renal dialysis composite rate (see S. 1098), S6853 [21MY] (see H.R. 1784), H3351 [11AP]

———waive late enrollment penalty and provide a special Part B enrollment period for certain military retirees (see S. 1249), S7831 [12JN] (see H.R. 2361), H5043 [5JN]

———waive late enrollment penalty for certain beneficiaries living abroad and provide a special Medigap open enrollment period which prohibits underwriting (see H.R. 1880), H3569 [30AP]

———waive waiting period for coverage of certain disabled individuals (see H.R. 104), H55 [7JA] (see H.R. 2322), H4976 [4JN]

Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force: establish (see H.R. 62), H54 [7JA]

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: improve (see S. 1974), S15975 [25NO]

Medicare/Medicaid: coverage of certain screening procedures for diabetic retinopathy and establish pilot programs to foster such screening (see H.R. 3458), H10977 [6NO]

———establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (see S. 958), S5541 [30AP]

———improve payments to certain health care service providers (see H.R. 3549), H11700 [20NO]

———require certain staffing in nursing facilities (see S. 1988), S16119 [9DE] (see H.R. 3355), H9811 [21OC]

Members of Congress: deny eligibility for coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and make eligible for coverage under Medicare (see H.R. 3680), H12919 [8DE]

———provide that prescription drug coverage under a Federal health benefits plan not exceed the level of coverage under Medicare (see H.R. 2817), H7329 [22JY]

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

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see S. 486), S2920 [27FE] (see S. 1832), S14176 [6NO] (see H.R. 953), H1459 [27FE]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see S. 450), S2838 [26FE] (see H.R. 846), H703 [13FE]

NASA: provide eligibility for astronauts for Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (see S. 334), S2119 [10FE]

National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 2608), H6261 [26JN]

National Flood Insurance Program: improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties (see H.R. 253), H135 [8JA] (see H.R. 670), H390 [11FE]

Pensions: provide special rules for multiemployer or Teamster pension plans relative to termination and funding (see S. 1492), S10265 [30JY] (see H.R. 2910), H7781 [25JY]

———require plan administrators that provide access to automobile insurance to submit certain information on such insurance to the FTC (see H.R. 1842), H3451 [29AP]

Pharmaceuticals: provide access and choice for use of generic drugs under Federal health care programs (see S. 51), S36 [7JA]

Privacy: prohibit the establishment of any uniform national health care identifying number or health information database (see H.R. 1699), H3052 [9AP]

———restore certain standards to protect the privacy of individually identifiable health information (see H.R. 1709), H3300 [10AP]

Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see S. 459), S2839 [26FE] (see H.R. 919), H1394 [26FE]

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. 650), H327 [7FE]

Safety Net Organizations and Patient Advisory Commission: establish (see S. 732), S4512 [27MR]

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. 2262), H4736 [22MY]

———improve and enhance access to mental health services (see S. 1456), S9959 [25JY] (see H.R. 2241), H4735 [22MY]

———prevent and increase penalties for crimes such as health care, pension, and telemarketing fraud, and nursing home abuse and fraud (see S. 1286), S8125 [18JN]

———provide greater health care freedom (see H.R. 2781), H7085 [17JY]

Small business: certify programs to provide health coverage to uninsured employees (see S. 906), S5343 [11AP]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see S. 545), S3252 [6MR] (see H.R. 660), H389 [11FE]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 660), consideration (see H. Res. 283), H5550 [18JN]

———improve affordability of health insurance coverage for small employers (see H.R. 2851), H7615 [24JY]

———protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (see S. 1546), S10618 [31JY] (see H.R. 2813), H7328 [22JY]

Social Security: allocate allotments to territories under the State Children's Health Insurance Program in the same manner as for States (see H.R. 3291), H9477 [15OC]

———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. 2583), H5814 [24JN]

———allow diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments into personal investment plans and extend the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (see S. 1878), S15061 [18NO]

———allow waiver of old-age insurance benefits, provide tax deductions based on the value of such benefits, and ensure that certain Trust Fund investments bear interest at the prevailing private sector rate (see H.R. 3279), H9376 [8OC]

———assure coverage of legal immigrant children and pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 322), H137 [8JA]

———continuation of benefit payment through the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 2995), H7838 [3SE] (see H.R. 3001), H7948 [4SE] (see H.R. 3502), H11359 [17NO]

———effects of reform proposals on women (see H. Res. 174), H2821 [3AP]

———eliminate the waiting period in the disability insurance program (see S. 1762), S12888 [20OC] (see H.R. 2401), H5173 [10JN]

———eliminate the waiting period in the disability insurance program for disabled individuals suffering from a terminal illness (see H.R. 976), H1461 [27FE]

———eliminate waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits following the divorce (see H.R. 471), H243 [29JA]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see S. 1843), S14335 [10NO]

———expand or add coverage of pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 1033), S5950 [8MY] (see S. 1734), S12607 [15OC] (see H.R. 2268), H4737 [22MY] (see H.R. 3293), H9477 [15OC]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 312), S1977 [5FE] (see H.R. 531), H317 [5FE] (see H.R. 2854), H7615 [24JY]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2854), technical corrections (see S. 1502, 1503), S10265 [30JY] (see S. 1547), S10618 [31JY] (see H.R. 3288), H9384 [14OC]

———improve patient safety (see H.R. 877), H1331 [25FE]

———improve women's health care through expanded Medicaid, Medicare, and State Children's Health Insurance Program benefits (see S. 1238), S7718 [11JN]

———increase in widow's and widower's insurance benefits relative to delayed retirement (see H.R. 474), H243 [29JA]

———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. 2013), H3761 [7MY]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see S. 362), S2187 [11FE] (see H.R. 206), H59 [7JA]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments for Medicaid expenditures (see S. 621), S3730 [13MR] (see S. 1976), S15975 [25NO]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (see S. 264), S1813 [30JA] (see H.R. 449), H242 [29JA] (see H.R. 515), H268 [31JA]

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 845), S5059 [9AP] (see H.R. 1689), H3051 [9AP]

———permit States to cover certain low-income youth with an enhanced matching rate under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 1889), S15187 [19NO] (see H.R. 3192), H8949 [25SE]

———phase out taxation of benefits (see S. 1026), S5950 [8MY]

———preserve all budget surpluses until legislation is enacted to strengthen and protect Social Security and Medicare trust funds (see H.R. 127), H56 [7JA]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (see S. 439), S2701 [25FE] (see H.R. 743), H461 [12FE]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 743), consideration (see H. Res. 168), H2585 [1AP]

———provide benefits to certain uninsured children living without parents (see H.R. 2290), H4786 [2JN]

———provide full benefits for disabled widows and widowers regardless of age (see H.R. 472), H243 [29JA]

———provide lump-sum death payments to surviving spouses (see H.R. 264), H135 [8JA]

———reduce the age at which an eligible individual may be paid widow's or widower's insurance benefits (see H.R. 1923), H3635 [1MY]

———remove limitations on the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving certain benefits (see H.R. 3098), H8283 [16SE]

———repeal eligibility restrictions on widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability (see H.R. 470), H243 [29JA]

———restore children's insurance benefits for children of a certain age who attend postsecondary schools (see H.R. 3091), H8283 [16SE]

States: extend Federal funding for operation of State high risk health insurance pools (see H.R. 1110), H1678 [6MR]

———grant State high risk pool insurance programs reductions in prices charged for prescription drugs under Public Health Service Act prescription drug pricing agreements (see H.R. 1291), H1901 [13MR]

———permit to require insurance companies to disclose Armenia genocide-era insurance information (see H.R. 3323), H9613 [16OC]

———permit to require insurance companies to disclose Holocaust-era insurance information (see H.R. 3129), H8381 [17SE]

———streamline enrollment processes for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program through better linkages with programs providing nutrition and related assistance to low-income families (see S. 1083), S6707 [20MY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for amounts paid for health insurance and prescription drug costs of individuals (see H.R. 198), H58 [7JA]

———allow a refundable credit for certain Medicare premiums (see H.R. 66), H54 [7JA]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (see H.R. 1236), H1810 [12MR]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see S. 1570), S10906 [1AU] (see H.R. 583), H319 [5FE]

———allow a refundable credit to military retirees for Medicare coverage (see H.R. 65), H54 [7JA]

———allow a refundable tax credit for health insurance costs for COBRA continuation coverage (see H.R. 2891), H7616 [24JY]

———allow credit for insurance costs against negative outcomes from surgery and malpractice of a physician (see H.R. 1249), H1811 [12MR]

———allow employees of county and local governments and schools to maintain medical savings accounts (see H.R. 498), H244 [29JA]

———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. 623), S3730 [13MR] (see H.R. 1231), H1810 [12MR]

———allow individuals a refundable credit for health insurance costs and allow employees who elect not to participate in employer subsidized health plans an exclusion from gross income (see H.R. 3423), H10236 [30OC]

———allow individuals receiving unemployment compensation to be eligible for a refundable, advanceable credit for health insurance costs (see S. 1693), S12277 [1OC]

———allow individuals to designate refunds to provide catastrophic health coverage to individuals who do not otherwise have health coverage (see S. 713), S4434 [26MR] (see S. 928), S5433 [28AP] (see H.R. 1608), H2820 [3AP]

———allow penalty-free distributions from qualified retirement plans on account of the death or disability of the participant's spouse (see H.R. 64), H54 [7JA]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses (see S. 53), S36 (see S. 86), S37 [7JA]

———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (see H.R. 1250), H1811 [12MR] (see H.R. 2509), H5551 [18JN]

———clarify the exemption from tax for small property and casualty insurance companies (see S. 735), S4512 [27MR] (see H.R. 1530), H2585 [1AP]

———eliminate marriage penalty in the computation of the income tax on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2072), H4010 [13MY]

———ensure employees retain hospital insurance tax exemption relative to consolidation of a political subdivision with the State (see H.R. 2105), H4130 [14MY]

———expand availability of the refundable tax credit for health insurance costs of certain displaced steelworkers and extend the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see S. 1018), S5859 [7MY] (see H.R. 1999), H3760 [7MY]

———expand availability of the refundable tax credit to the health insurance costs paid by former employers (see H.R. 3601), H12307 [21NO]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (see S. 1896), S15187 [19NO]

———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain designated beneficiaries of employee's (see H.R. 935), H1395 [26FE]

———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to designated plan beneficiaries of employees (see S. 1702), S12376 [2OC]

———impose a tax on certain unearned income and provide tax relief by reducing the rate of the Social Security payroll tax (see H.R. 607), H321 [5FE]

———permit consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies (see S. 1495), S10265 [30JY] (see H.R. 2228), H4735 [22MY]

———permit the deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals to be allowed in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 741), H461 [12FE] (see H.R. 1873), H3569 [30AP]

———provide a credit for offering employer-based health insurance coverage and establish health plan purchasing pools (see S. 1901), S15287 [20NO]

———provide a partially refundable tax credit to family caregivers (see S. 1214), S7540 [9JN]

———provide a refundable credit to small businesses for the costs of qualified health insurance (see H.R. 3607), H12308 [21NO]

———provide a tax credit for small employer-based health insurance coverage in States in which such coverage is mandated (see S. 1972), S15975 [25NO]

———provide an additional personal exemption for certain dependents with long-term care needs (see H.R. 2697), H6602 [10JY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (see S. 2), S2919 [27FE] (see S. 414), S2522 [14FE] (see H.R. 2), H1459 [27FE]

———provide incentives to encourage small business health plans (see H.R. 1936, 1937), H3636 [1MY]

———provide incentives to small businesses to provide health insurance to their employees (see H.R. 450), H242 [29JA]

———provide income tax credit to long-term caregivers (see S. 1031), S5950 [8MY]

———provide physicians and other health care professionals with a credit for qualified expenditures for medical professional malpractice insurance (see S. 1055), S6070 [13MY]

———reduce health insurance costs for family coverage of military reservists called to active duty (see H.R. 1466), H2470 [27MR]

———repeal benefits relative to company-owned life insurance (see H.R. 2127), H4203 [15MY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see S. 514), S3162 [5MR] (see S. 767), S4702 [2AP] (see H.R. 133), H56 [7JA] (see H.R. 378), H171 [27JA] (see H.R. 423), H218 [28JA] (see H.R. 860), H704 [13FE]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits and increase the distribution age for certain retirement plans (see H.R. 2439), H5266 [11JN]

———treatment of amounts contributed to medical savings accounts and unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 2351), H5043 [5JN] (see H.R. 2596), H5928 [25JN]

———treatment of amounts contributed to medical savings accounts and unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (H.R. 2596), consideration (see H. Res. 299), H5928 [25JN]

———treatment of capital gains, interest and dividends, and repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 1780), H3351 [11AP]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see S. 1335), S8559 [25JN] (see H.R. 2096), H4130 [14MY]

———treatment of health care subsidy payments made to employers on behalf of volunteer firefighters (see H.R. 3375), H9981 [28OC]

———treatment of health insurance premiums (see S. 637), S3881 [18MR]

———treatment of medical expenses (see H.R. 53), H53 [7JA] (see H.R. 1117), H1678 [6MR]

———treatment of medical malpractice liability insurance premiums (see H.R. 1178), H1743 [11MR]

———treatment of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance taxes paid by employees and self-employed individuals (see S. 397), S2457 [13FE]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see S. 992), S5725 [5MY] (see H.R. 808), H701 [13FE]

———treatment of small businesses (see S. 842), S5059 [9AP]

———treatment of smoking cessation costs (see H.R. 2383), H5044 [5JN]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see S. 1450), S9904 [24JY] (see H.R. 176), H57 [7JA] (see H.R. 1177), H1743 [11MR]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend (see S. 23), S35 [7JA] (see H.R. 209, 228), H59 [7JA]

———extend (S. 23), consideration (see H. Res. 14), H51 [7JA]

———provide for an alternative trigger for second-tier benefits (see H.R. 2111), H4130 [14MY]

U.S. Health Service: establish (see H.R. 3000), H7948 [4SE]

Unemployment: temporarily allow States to disregard certain look-back requirements for purposes of determining unemployment insurance eligibility (see H.R. 3554), H11701 [20NO]

Veterans: exclude proceeds of life insurance from consideration as income for purposes of determining veterans' pension benefits (see H.R. 2163), H4367 [20MY]

———improve access to health care for rural veterans (see H.R. 2379), H5044 [5JN]

———improve and enhance certain benefits for survivors of veterans (see S. 1132), S6978 [22MY]

———make certain improvements to the National Service Life Insurance and U.S. Government Life Insurance programs (see H.R. 1554), H2702 [2AP]

Women: coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 736), H461 [12FE] (see H.R. 1314), H1953 [18MR] (see H.R. 1851), H3451 [29AP]

———implement coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 295), H136 [8JA]

———promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (see S. 1801), S13660 [30OC] (see H.R. 3420), H10236 [30OC]

———reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see H.R. 1470), H2470 [27MR]

Cloture motions

Health: protect patients' access to quality and affordable health care by reducing effects of excessive liability costs (S. 11), motion to proceed, S8894 [7JY], S9083 [9JY]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, S15561 [22NO], S15698 [24NO]

Conference reports

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (H.R. 1), H11877-H12103 [20NO]

Descriptions

Early Treatment for HIV Act (S. 847), S5087 [9AP]

Excerpts

Budget Enforcement Act: off-budget status of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance trust funds, S3006 [3MR]

``Collapse of the Common Good,'' Philip Howard, S9063 [9JY]

Newspaper articles on election intimidation of minority voters, S338 [15JA]

Explanations

Changes in Conference Report on H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, Relative to Payment System for Cancer Drugs, S15887 [25NO]

Small Business Health Fairness Act (S. 545), S3263-S3265 [6MR]

Social Security Protection Act (H.R. 743): Managers Amendment, S16180-S16182 [9DE]

Letters

Allow Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in fallback plans to remain in such plans for two years by regulating contracting cycles: James Firman, National Council on the Aging, S8394 [24JN]

Clarify status of Medicare as a secondary payor: William E. Moschella, Dept. of Justice, S8276 [20JN]

Clinical Social Work Medicare Equity Act: Elizabeth J. Clark, National Association of Social Workers, S2201 [11FE]

Collect and assess scientific evidence regarding prescription drugs frequently used by Medicare or Medicaid beneficiaries: Gail E. Shearer, Consumers Union (organization), S8420 [24JN]

———Ronald F. Pollack, Families USA (organization), S8421 [24JN]

———RxHealthValue (organization), S8420 [24JN]

Continuation of health insurance coverage for certain Reserves called or ordered to active duty and their dependents: Senator Kennedy and Representative Capuano, S3895 [18MR]

Doctors' liability insurance premiums: Geoffrey Cly, S9022 [8JY]

Early Treatment for HIV Act: A. Cornelius Baker and Eugenia Handler, National Coalition for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health, S5088 [9AP]

———David Adkins, Beaver County AIDS Service Organization, S5089 [9AP]

———David R. Beckley, Metropolitan Community Church of Portland, S5089 [9AP]

———David Tseng, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (organization), S5089 [9AP]

———Deborah Dietrich, Association of Maternal Child Health Programs, S5090 [9AP]

———Ernest Hopkins, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, S5086, S5091 [9AP]

———Jerome J. Radwin, American Foundation for AIDS Research, S5086 [9AP]

———Julie M. Harris, AIDS Council of Northeastern New York, S5089 [9AP]

———Julie M. Scofield, National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors, S5090 [9AP]

———Kathy Kilcourse, Vermont People With AIDS Coalition, S5088 [9AP]

———Kenneth Haller, Jr., Gay & Lesbian Medical Association, S5088 [9AP]

———Mark Isaac, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, S5090 [9AP]

———Mark M. Levin and A. Cornelius Baker, Whitman-Walker Clinic, S5088 [9AP]

———Rebecca Isaacs, L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, S5086 [9AP]

———Robert Greenwald, Treatment Access Expansion Project (organization), S5087 [9AP]

———Ruth Taylor, Parents Anonymous of Oregon (organization), S5089 [9AP]

———Thomas Gegeny, Center for AIDS—Hope and Remembrance Project, S5090 [9AP]

———Tom Peterson, Southern California HIV Advocacy Coalition, S5090 [9AP]

———William E. Arnold, AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Working Group, S5087 [9AP]

———Winnie Stachelberg, Human Rights Campaign (organization), S5086 [9AP]

Employer-sponsored retiree prescription drug coverage plans: several labor unions, S8411 [24JN]

Enhance Medicare beneficiary access to quality health care services in rural areas: President Bush, S7956 [17JN]

Ensure Federal Employees Health Benefits Program prescription drug coverage for Medicare-eligible enrollees is actuarially equal to general enrollees: Charles L. Fallis, National Association of Retired Federal Employees, S8331 [23JN]

———Colleen M. Kelley, National Treasury Employees Union, S8331 [23JN]

Ensure that dual-eligible beneficiaries are eligible for Medicare prescription drug coverage: Paul Baldwin, Long Term Care Pharmacy Alliance, S8640 [26JN]

Equal access to community-based attendant services under Medicaid for the disabled and elderly: Lynne Cleveland and Leon Triest, The Arc and United Cerebal Palsy Public Policy Coalition, S8607 [26JN]

———Sam Leam and Patrick E. Rogers, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Oregon chapter, S8607 [26JN]

———William E. Moschella, Dept. of Justice, S8535 [25JN]

Guarantee option of Medicare provided prescription drug coverage for all beneficiaries: Barbara B. Kennelly, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S8091 [18JN]

Health Coverage, Affordability, Responsibility, and Equity (HealthCARE) Act: E. Stephen Edwards, American Academy of Pediatrics, S5955 [8MY]

———Jerry Johnson, American Geriatrics Society, S5955 [8MY]

———Munsey S. Wheby, American College of Physicians, S5955 [8MY]

———Ronald F. Pollack, Families USA (organization), S5955 [8MY]

———Warren A. Jones, American Academy of Family Physicians, S5955 [8MY]

Health Savings and Affordability Act: Ronald F. Pollack, Families USA (organization), H6001 [26JN]

———William Samuel, AFL-CIO, H6001 [26JN]

Impact of rising liability insurance costs on health care systems: Joseph Hildner, H1848 [13MR]

———W. Herman Sessions, H1848 [13MR]

Include educational information about prescription drugs in direct-to-consumer advertising: several health organizations, S8609 [26JN]

Mammography Quality Standards Act reauthorization: Amy S. Langer, National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations, S15064 [18NO]

———Daniel E. Smith and Wendy K.D. Selig, American Cancer Society, S15063 [18NO]

———E. Stephen Amis, American College of Radiology Association, S15064 [18NO]

———Susan Braun, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, S15063 [18NO]

Medicaid reform: Ronald Hollander, Massachusetts Hospital Association, Abraham Morse, Massachusetts Extended Care Federation, and Patricia Kelleher, Home & Health Care Association of Massachusetts, Inc., E356 [4MR]

Medicare alternative payment system for preferred provider organizations in highly competitive regions: Robert A. Sunshine, CBO, S8612 [26JN]

Medicare beneficiaries exemption from paying monthly premiums during any gap in coverage of their prescription drug benefit: Barbara B. Kennelly, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S8276 [20JN]

Medicare beneficiary access to quality health care services in rural areas: President Bush, S6959 [22MY]

Medicare coverage of drug treatment therapy for HIV/AIDS patients: Tommy G. Thompson, Sec. of HHS, S15888 [25NO]

Medicare disease prevention services improvement: several former Secs. of HHS, E1424 [8JY]

Medicare drug plans and organizations transfer of savings from drug manufacturers' rebate, discount, and incentive programs to local pharmacies and consumers: Barry F. Scher and John J. Fegan, Ahold USA, Inc., S8183 [19JN]

———John J. Motley III, Food Marketing Institute, S8183 [19JN]

———Joseph A. Piohler, Kroger Co., S8184 [19JN]

———Randy Hutton, Winn Dixie Stores, Inc., S8184 [19JN]

Medicare Mental Health Copayment Equity Act: Daniel M. Pierce, Maine Osteopathic Association, S5179 [10AP]

———Edward Pontius, Maine Psychiatric Association, S5180 [10AP]

———Joel E. Streim, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, S5179, S5180 [10AP]

———Krishna Bhatta, Maine Medical Association, S5180 [10AP]

———Paul S. Appelbaum, American Psychiatric Association, S5179, S5180 [10AP]

———Richard C. Birkel, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, S5180 [10AP]

Medicare payments to rural health care providers and facilities: Kimberly A. Russel and Kirk Norris, Iowa Hospital Association, S15580 [22NO]

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: Edward G. Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania, H12252 [21NO]

———Gary Locke, Tom Vilsack and Bill Richardson, Democratic Governors' Association, S15636 [23NO]

———Jeb Bush, Governor of Florida, H12243 [21NO]

———John Yoo, S15752-S15755 [24NO]

———Republican Governors Association, H12243 [21NO]

———several Members of Congress, S15536 [22NO]

———several Representatives, H12109, H12184 [21NO]

———several Senators, S15536 [22NO], S15897 [25NO]

Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act: Representative Thomas, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H6086 [26JN]

———Representative Tom Davis, Committee on Government Reform (House), H6086 [26JN]

———Richard McGraw, H6088 [26JN]

Medicare prescription drug benefit coverage gap: William D. Novelli, AARP, S8387 [24JN]

Medicare reimbursement payments to physicians: Amy M. Lang and Daryl L. Figa, H9466 [15OC]

Medicare+Choice program: several Senators, S8526 [25JN]

National Flood Insurance Program extension: Anthony S. Lowe, FEMA, S156 [9JA]

Permanently increase Medicare payment rates for home health services in rural areas: several Senators, S8703 [26JN]

Permit Medicare+Choice plans that disproportionately serve special needs or frail, elderly beneficiaries to offer specialized Medicare Advantage plans: Eugene Scanzera, Kaiser Permanente (health maintenance organization), S8522 [25JN]

———Karen A. Bullock, Community Health Partnership, Inc., S8689 [26JN]

———Karen Musser, Elder Care of Dane County, WI, S8689 [26JN]

———Richard J. Bringewatt, Medicare Payment Coalition for Frail Beneficiaries, S8523 [25JN]

Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act: Gail E. Shearer, Consumers Union, S8615 [26JN]

———George E. Pataki, Governor of New York, S8271 [20JN], S8856 [27JN]

Prohibit a health plan from contracting with a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) unless certain requirements are satisfied: Charles Bofferding, Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, S8616 [26JN]

———Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, S8616 [26JN]

———Rod Shafer, Washington State Pharmacy Association, S8616 [26JN]

———Ronald F. Pollack, Families USA (organization), S8616 [26JN]

Provide payment for community health center services relative to coverage of individuals under Medicare managed care plans: Craig Hostetler, Oregon Primary Care Association, S8397 [24JN]

Repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits: Al Cors, Jr., National Taxpayers Union, S4705 [2AP]

———Charles W. Jarvis, United Seniors Association, S4705 [2AP]

———Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization), S4706 [2AP]

———James L. Martin, 60 Plus Association, S4706 [2AP]

———Mary M. Martin, Seniors Coalition, S4706 [2AP]

Rural Equity Payment Index Reform Act: G. David Mason, American Physical Therapy Association, S5210 [10AP]

Senior Citizen's Freedom of Choice Act, E1515 [18JY]

Small Business Health Fairness Act: Douglas Holtz-Eakin, CBO, H5634 [19JN]

Small Business Liability Reform Act: Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S10676 [31JY]

———James A. Anderson, Jr., National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, S10676 [31JY]

———Kathy R. Van Kleeck, Motorcycle Industry Council, S10675 [31JY]

———Small Business Legal Reform Coalition, S10675 [31JY]

Social Security Protection Act: Anthony Pezza, National Council of Social Security Management Associations, Inc., H2650 [2AP]

———Anthony W. Batts, Long Beach, CA, Police Dept., H1543 [5MR]

———Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, H1542 [5MR], H2651 [2AP]

———David Certner, AARP, H1541 [5MR], H2650 [2AP]

———James M. Horvath, Chartiers Township, PA, Police Dept., H1543 [5MR]

———John V. Mintz, Brecknock Township, PA, Police Dept., H1543 [5MR]

———Nancy G. Shor, National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives, H1542 [5MR], H2651 [2AP]

———Paul Yost, Milton, PA, Police Dept., H1544 [5MR]

———Richard C. Birkel, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, H1542 [5MR]

———Richard H. James, Borough of Churchill, PA, Police Dept., H1543 [5MR]

———Ronald G. Bernoski, Association of Administrative Law Judges, H1543 [5MR], H2651 [2AP]

———Thomas A. Schatz, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, H2650 [2AP]

———Warren C. Evans, Wayne County, MI, Office of the Sheriff, H1543 [5MR]

Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act: several Senators, S5969, S5970 [8MY]

———Tommy G. Thompson, Sec. of HHS, S5969, S5970 [8MY]

Technical corrections to H.R. 2854, extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program: Representatives Tauzin and Dingell, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), S10680 [31JY]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act extension: Barry B. Anderson, CBO, S1325 [22JA]

———Elaine L. Chao, Sec. of Labor, S12 [7JA]

Treatment of trade adjustment assistance health insurance tax credits for workers negatively impacted by trade: several Representatives, H5533 [18JN]

TRICARE program eligibility for members of the Ready Reserve and their families: John F. Kane, Adjutants General Association of the U.S., S6662 [20MY]

———Military Coalition, S6662 [20MY]

———Richard C. Alexander, National Guard Association of the U.S., S6661 [20MY]

Veterans benefits funding: Dwight Radcliff, U.S. Veterans Initiative, Inc., H2575 [1AP]

———John Keaveney, New Directions, Inc., H2576 [1AP]

———Shad Meshad, National Veterans Foundation, H2576 [1AP]

Veterans Prescription Drug Benefits Act: Delatorro L. McNeal, Paralyzed Veterans of America (organization), E497 [18MR]

———Richard A. Jones, AMVETS (organization), E497 [18MR]

———Richard F. Weidman, Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., E498 [18MR]

———Steve A. Robertson, American Legion, E497 [18MR]

———Thomas H. Miller, Blinded Veterans Association, E497 [18MR]

———William A. Wroolie, Military Order of the Purple Heart of the U.S.A., Inc., E497 [18MR]

Veterans Programs Improvement Act: Anthony J. Principi, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S7033-S7037 [22MY]

Lists

Economists' and industry leaders' statements supporting President Bush's tax plan to provide incentives for economic recovery, S3853 [18MR]

Medical malpractice awards in California under California's Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act, S8883 [7JY]

Organizations opposed to H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act, S15038 [18NO]

Organizations participating in Cover the Uninsured Week, E551 [21MR]

Organizations supporting H.R. 743, Social Security Protection Act, H1541 [5MR]

Organizations supporting S. 486, Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act, S13200-S13202 [24OC]

Pharmaceutical industry contributions to political parties, H6455 [9JY]

Senate and House staff members who contributed to H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, S15914 [25NO]

Supporters of S. 847, Early Treatment for HIV Act, S5087 [9AP]

Votes on point of order against Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act (2002), S15702 [24NO]

Memorandums

Dept. of Defense Health Care: GAO, H8890 [24SE]

Motions

Health: protect patients' access to quality and affordable health care by reducing effects of excessive liability costs (S. 11), S8871 [7JY]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5), H1866 [13MR]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), H6181 [26JN], H6658 [14JY], H8063 [9SE], H8182 [10SE], H8257 [16SE], H8361 [17SE], H8467 [23SE], H8879, H8880 [24SE], H8925 [25SE], H8996 [30SE], H9062 [1OC], H9171, H9180 [2OC], H9252 [7OC], H9349 [8OC], H9708 [20OC], H9780 [21OC], H9967 [28OC], H10083 [29OC], H10314 [4NO], H10428, H10438 [5NO], H10528 [6NO], H11186 [17NO], H11395, H11493 [18NO], H11598 [19NO], H11845 [20NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, S15698 [24NO], H12294 [21NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), motion to instruct conferees, H10106 [29OC]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (S. 1), S8343 [23JN], S8402, S8403, S8404, S8409 [24JN], S8609, S8622, S8636 [26JN]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 660), H5636 [19JN]

Social Security: provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 743), H2667 [2AP]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend (S. 23), H86, H88 [8JA]

Press releases

AARP Endorses Medicare Prescription Drug Bill: AARP, H11498 [18NO]

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (H.R. 1): Iowa Hospital Association, S15580 [22NO]

NRHA Supports ``Equal Pay for Equal Work'': National Rural Health Association, S5210 [10AP]

Pro-Trade House Democrats Fight To Keep Worker Assistance in Trade Bill, H5533 [18JN]

Vermont Physicians and Hospitals Strongly Support Passage of Medicare Reform Legislation: Vermont Medical Society, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, and Fletcher Allen Health Care, Inc., S15694 [24NO]

Questions and answers

Access to HIV/AIDS drugs under H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: Senator Feinstein and Tommy G. Thompson, Sec. of HHS, S15597 [23NO]

Remarks in House

AARP: alleged conflict of interest relative to endorsement of Medicare reform and prescription drug coverage, H11494-H11496, H11498 [18NO], H11520 [19NO], H12253 [21NO]

———decision to support Medicare reform legislation, H11635, H11638 [19NO]

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: allocate accruing interest to cover health care costs for certain miners (H.R. 313), E38 [8JA]

Aetna Inc.: anniversary, E1209 [11JN]

African Americans: convening of African American leadership summit, H4188-H4192 [15MY]

Antitrust policy: modify antitrust exemption for the insurance industry, H10440 [5NO]

Archivist of the U.S.: establish the Holocaust Insurance Registry and require certain disclosures by insurers (H.R. 1210), E815 [30AP]

Armed Forces: expand eligibility for participation by members of the Selected Reserve and their dependents in the TRICARE program, H8887-H8890 [24SE], E1899 [25SE], E1968 [2OC]

———improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (H.R. 2569), H9096 [1OC], H10452-H10454 [5NO], H10544, H10546 [6NO]

———reservists health care readiness funding, E1452 [11JY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (H.R. 3474), E2258 [6NO]

———use of military health care system and commissary stores by unremarried former spouses of members if the former spouse left the marriage due to domestic violence or unbearable conditions (H.R. 2393), E1174 [9JN]

Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act: expand coverage, E1920 [30SE]

Bankers Life and Casualty Co.: anniversary, H12753 [8DE]

Budget: impact on health care, H2943 [9AP]

Calvo's Insurance Underwriters, Inc.: anniversary, E2459 [25NO]

Children and youth: establish Child Care Provider Development and Retention Grant Program, Child Care Provider Scholarship Program, and child care provider health benefits program (H.R. 2377), E1162 [5JN]

———guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (H.R. 1205), E425 [11MR]

———provide opportunities to improve the lives of all children and enable them to reach their fullest potential (H.R. 936), E304 [27FE]

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

Claims: allow States to require certain disclosures regarding Holocaust era insurance policies of insurers and establish a Federal cause of action for claims for payment of such insurance policies (H.R. 1905), H3573 [1MY]

Coal: prepayment of premium liability for coal industry health benefits, H3319-H3321 [11AP]

Computers: encourage use of web-based enrollment systems in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 1633), E666 [3AP]

Cover the Uninsured Week: observance, H1693 [11MR], E457 [13MR], E551 [21MR]

Dept. of HHS: community health centers funding, H6535, H6536 [10JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow recovery of medical costs from third parties in the same manner as a preferred provider organization (H.R. 1562), E654 [2AP]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H421 [12FE]

———dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners and provide Medicare coverage to eligible veterans (H.R. 1309), E496 [18MR]

———enhance authority to recover medical costs from third parties (H.R. 1715), E755 [11AP]

———extend health care coverage to qualified World War II Filipino veterans, H7187-H7189 [21JY], E1565 [23JY]

———extend health care coverage to qualified World War II Filipino veterans (H.R. 2352), E1165 [5JN], E2193 [31OC]

———improve veterans access to health care, H155 [27JA], H421 [12FE], H690 [13FE], H4534 [22MY]

———negotiated prices for prescription drugs, H11499 [18NO]

———repeal requirement that former POW must have been interred for a specified minimum period of time to be eligible for dental benefits (H.R. 1347), E1175 [9JN]

Diseases: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (H.R. 1448), E582 [26MR]

Drugs: collect and assess scientific evidence regarding prescription drugs frequently used in federally funded health programs, H6560, H6561 [10JY]

E.G. Bowman Co., Inc.: anniversary, E936 [13MY]

ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (H.R. 1322), H2104 [19MR]

Families and domestic relations: provide coverage of domestic violence screening and treatment under Maternal and Child Health Program, Medicaid, and Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, H1478 [4MR]

Farmers Insurance Group: anniversary, E852 [1MY]

Federal aid programs: increase overall funding for education, public health, and services for low-income and elderly persons through reductions in tax cuts, H6397-H6405 [9JY]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of glaucoma detection services (H.R. 3268), E2023 [8OC]

———ensure prescription drug coverage for Medicare-eligible enrollees is actuarially equal to benefit offered to general enrollees (H.R. 2631), H6273, H6303-H6309 [8JY], E1411 [8JY], E1428, E1436 [9JY], E1446 [11JY]

FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (H.R. 11), H97-H101 [8JA], E49 [8JA]

———extend the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1768), H12227 [21NO]

Financial institutions: exempt attorneys from privacy provisions of the law repealing restrictions on the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and insurance companies (H.R. 781), E238, E244 [13FE]

———protect customers whose identities are stolen from financial institutions (H.R. 818), E268 [13FE]

———reform the Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 522), H2443 [27MR], H2603-H2625 [2AP], E680 [3AP], E694 [7AP]

———reform the Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 522), unanimous-consent agreement, H2555 [1AP]

Floods: ensure homeowners are provided adequate notice of flood map changes and a fair opportunity to appeal such changes (H.R. 1816), E765 [12AP]

———provide a discount in flood insurance rates for certain low-cost properties in flood hazard zones (H.R. 98), E3 [8JA]

FTC: deem the nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees an unfair trade practice (H.R. 414), E76 [28JA]

Genetics: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (H.R. 1910), E2180, E2200 [31OC]

Health: allow long-term care tax credit and establish programs for patients with fatal chronic illnesses (H.R. 2883), E1604 [25JY]

———application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1247), H1859 [13MR], E436 [12MR]

———clarify application of antitrust laws to negotiations between groups of health care professionals and health care insurance issuers (H.R. 1120), E395 [7MR]

———eliminate disparities in care for racial and ethnic minorities, H8960 [30SE]

———expand health care access and choice of coverage through association health plans, H5555, H5612-H5624, H5627-H5635 [19JN]

———increase Federal investment in programs that provide health care services to uninsured and low-income individuals in medically underserved areas (H. Res. 142), E464 [13MR]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts on transplantation, make transplantation a standard therapy, and provide Medicare coverage of certain transplantations (H.R. 1068), E352 [4MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H162 [27JA], H1798 [12MR], H1853 [13MR], H2207, H2208, H2210 [20MR], H3410 [29AP], H7952 [5SE], H8961, H8999, H9001, H9025 [30SE], H9798 [21OC], H10331 [4NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 1200), H1727 [11MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 1287), E467 [13MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2544), H5808-H5811 [24JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 676), H1520 [5MR], H4974 [4JN], E1163 [5JN]

———protect patients' access to quality and affordable health care by reducing effects of excessive liability costs (S. 11), H6352 [9JY]

———provide health care for active duty National Guard and Reserve personnel and their families, H2729 [3AP]

———reduce the cost of medical malpractice insurance to enhance patient access to medical care (H.R. 1124), E578 [26MR]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5), H1492 [4MR], H1752, H1753, H1754, H1755, H1781, H1783-H1796 [12MR], H1817, H1829-H1871, H1879 [13MR], H6468, H6588 [10JY], H8063 [9SE], H8289 [17SE], H9716 [20OC], H9976 [28OC], H11496 [18NO], E434 [12MR], E479, E481 [17MR], E489 [18MR], E513 [19MR], E578 [26MR]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5), consideration (H. Res. 139), H1817-H1829 [13MR]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5), motion to recommit, H1869 [13MR]

———require group and individual health plans to provide coverage for second opinions (H.R. 1319), E504 [18MR]

———require health plans to provide direct access to services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists without a referral (H.R. 1469), E608 [27MR]

———stabilize medical malpractice premiums, H1621 [5MR]

———stabilize medical malpractice premiums (H.R. 485), H1783 [12MR]

———State Children's Health Insurance Program funding, H8999 [30SE]

———tax treatment of certain medical savings accounts and provide for medical freedom accounts under the Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2114), H5554, H5649 [19JN], H5692 [23JN]

———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]

———use of alphabetic codes to facilitate reimbursement procedures for health care, H449 [12FE]

Health care facilities: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for hospitals (H.R. 659), H1755, H1756 [12MR]

———simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for hospitals (H.R. 659), Senate amendment, H8290-H8292 [17SE]

Health care professionals: reduce doctors liability insurance premiums relative to capping damages on patients pain and suffering awards, H1852 [13MR]

Hispanic Americans: expand coverage for uninsured under the State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid, H1754 [12MR]

———health care issues, H1726-H1733 [11MR], H1778 [12MR]

House of Representatives: expansion of dental and vision care health insurance benefits for Members and employees, H6394-H6396, H6417 [9JY]

———legislative priorities, H165 [27JA]

Immigration: impact of costs of illegal and legal immigration on U.S. health and social services systems, H2463-H2467 [27MR], H4870 [3JN], H9204 [2OC]

Insurance: permit States to require insurance companies to disclose Holocaust-era insurance information (H.R. 3129), E1820 [17SE]

International Commission on Holocaust-Era Insurance Claims: enforcement of insurance claims made by Holocaust victims, E815 [30AP]

Malpractice: modify antitrust exemption for medical malpractice insurance, address current health care provider issues, and reform medical malpractice litigation process and insurance market (H.R. 1158), E406 [7MR]

———reform the medical malpractice insurance business, limit frivolous lawsuits, and enhance patient access to medical care, H1754 [12MR]

———reform the medical malpractice insurance business, limit frivolous lawsuits, and enhance patient access to medical care (H.R. 1219), H1857 [13MR]

———reform the medical malpractice insurance business, provide Federal alternative medical malpractice insurance, and limit frivolous lawsuits (H.R. 1116), E392 [7MR]

Medicaid: allow States to expand coverage to uninsured, poor adults (H.R. 1143), E551 [21MR]

———expand coverage for uninsured children, H2462 [27MR]

———reform, H1313-H1318 [25FE], H1476 [4MR], E356 [4MR]

———remove cap on payments and adjust statutory matching rate for certain territories (H.R. 675), E199 [12FE]

———tribute to Cash and Counseling Program, H398 [12FE], H4261 [20MY]

———tribute to Consumer Directed Care, H4261 [20MY]

Medicare: accelerate reduction on the amount of beneficiary copayment liability for outpatient services (H.R. 1635), E670 [3AP]

———allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (H.R. 792), E255 [13FE]

———allow negotiated pricing for prescription drugs, H5912 [25JN]

———combat waste, fraud, and abuse (H.R. 18), H25 [7JA]

———coverage of adult day care services (H.R. 2453), E1239 [13JN]

———coverage of cancer drugs and treatments, E1800 [16SE]

———coverage of diabetes laboratory diagnostic tests and other diabetes screening services (H.R. 2236), E1056 [22MY], E2382 [21NO]

———coverage of drugs and biologicals (H.R. 194), E11 [8JA]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (H.R. 1225), E443 [12MR]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H1477, H1501-H1507 [4MR], H1802 [12MR], H2694 [2AP], H3688 [7MY], H4790 [3JN], H5091, H5157 [10JN], H5246 [11JN]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (H.R. 1568), E1416 [8JY]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (H.R. 3299), E2041 [15OC]

———earnings test for beneficiaries relative to prescription drug coverage, H9181-H9187 [2OC], H9219 [7OC]

———electronic submission of claims, H6560 [10JY]

———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (H.R. 2787), E1519 [18JY]

———eliminate gap in coverage of prescription drug benefit relative to cancer drugs, H5959 [26JN]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas, H232 [29JA], H309-H311 [5FE]

———enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services in rural areas, H5807 [24JN], H9062-H9067 [1OC]

———ensure Medicare+Choice and Medicare Advantage payments attributable to disproportionate share hospitals are paid directly to such hospitals, H8880-H8886 [24SE], H8925-H8930 [25SE], H10528-H10534 [6NO], E1907 [25SE], E1968 [2OC]

———establish a voluntary program to limit maximum out-of-pocket expenditures for beneficiaries (H.R. 2199), E1030 [21MY]

———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (H.R. 33), E1309 [20JN]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 1199), H5542 [18JN], E431, E433, E444 [12MR]

———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (H.R. 1340), E506 [18MR]

———expand benefits, establish payment incentives for furnishing quality services, and develop an effective national policy to care for individuals with chronic conditions (H.R. 2342), E1122 [4JN]

———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals, H12106 [21NO]

———improve disease prevention services, E1424 [8JY]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (H.R. 1422), E574 [25MR]

———improve reimbursement payments to physicians, H9258 [7OC], H9466 [15OC], H11198 [17NO], H11493-H11500 [18NO], H11598-H11605, H11637, H11639 [19NO], H11845-H11853 [20NO]

———improve the telemedicine program and provide grants for the development of telehealth networks (H.R. 1940), E853 [1MY]

———increase payments to hospitals in Puerto Rico, H5039 [5JN]

———increase payments to rural health care providers and facilities, H11870-H11872 [20NO], H12241 [21NO], E1956 [2OC]

———inpatient rehabilitation facility prospective payment system, E1517 [18JY]

———limit hospital ownership exception to physician self-referral restrictions to interests purchased on terms generally available to the public (H.R. 1539), E634, E635 [1AP]

———make equitable standardize payment amounts for urban and rural inpatient hospital services, H9011 [30SE]

———make permanent the health coverage for certain disabled individuals that go back to work, E1571 [23JY]

———permit direct payment for clinical social worker services provided to residents of skilled nursing facilities (H.R. 707), E182 [11FE]

———permit reasonable cost reimbursement for emergency room services provided by federally qualified health centers (H.R. 2226), E1081 [23MY]

———privatization, H160 [27JA], H239 [29JA], H4759 [2JN], H5915-H5921 [25JN], H8182-H8189 [10SE], H9780-H9784 [21OC], H10439-H10443 [5NO], H11600, H11603, H11643 [19NO], H12903, H12905 [8DE], E2250 [6NO]

———prohibit implementation of premium support system which would require competition with private insurance carriers in delivering basic services, H10106-H10112 [29OC], H10528-H10534 [6NO]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (H.R. 745), E207 [13FE]

———provide for equitable reimbursement rates to Medicare+Choice organizations (H.R. 368), E92 [29JA]

———provide for expeditious coverage of new medical technology, H12294 [21NO]

———reductions in prescription drug prices, H5916-H5921 [25JN], H11857 [20NO]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (H.R. 1400), H5698, H5700 [23JN]

———reform, H160 [27JA], H187, H197 [28JA], H232, H239 [29JA], H1313-H1318 [25FE], H1893 [13MR], H1939 [18MR], H2151 [20MR], H3288 [10AP], H5039 [5JN], H5157 [10JN], H5179, H5246 [11JN]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage, H10347 [5NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), H5820, H5821, H5822, H5903-H5922 [25JN], H5942, H5943, H6007-H6104, H6107-H6256 [26JN], H6273, H6304-H6309 [8JY], H6438, H6448-H6455 [9JY], H6585 [10JY], H6658, H6685, H6700 [14JY], H7200 [21JY], H7234 [22JY], H7335 [23JY], H7792, H7812, H7813 [3SE], H8021 [9SE], H8262 [16SE], H9001 [30SE], H9219 [7OC], H9354 [8OC], H9488 [16OC], H9972 [28OC], H10159, H10160 [30OC], H10316, H10318 [4NO], H10347 [5NO], H11122 [7NO], H11191-H11199 [17NO], H11365, H11367, H11368, H11504, H11509-H11512 [18NO], H11518-H11520, H11629, H11634-H11647 [19NO], H11658, H11659, H11660, H11661, H11856-H11858, H11860, H11862, H11868-H11874 [20NO], E1411, E1415, E1416, E1419, E1422 [8JY], E1489, E1490 [15JY], E1642 [25JY], E1800 [16SE], E1956 [2OC]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, H11362 [18NO], H12106, H12107, H12108-H12113, H12184, H12185, H12247-H12297 [21NO], H12750, H12752, H12761, H12846-H12854, H12879, H12883, H12901-H12908 [8DE], E2455 [25NO], E2474 [8DE]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, H12239 [21NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 299), H5948, H5949, H5952-H5973 [26JN]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 463), H12230-H12246 [21NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 463)—same-day consideration (H. Res. 459), H12174-H12181 [21NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), motion to instruct conferees, H6658-H6666 [14JY], H8182-H8189 [10SE], H8361-H8365 [17SE], H8879, H8880-H8887 [24SE], H8925-H8930 [25SE], H9062-H9067 [1OC], H9171-H9187 [2OC], H9349-H9354 [8OC], H9780-H9784 [21OC], H10106-H10112 [29OC], H10438-H10443 [5NO], H10528-H10534 [6NO], H11493-H11500 [18NO], H11598-H11605 [19NO], H11845-H11853 [20NO], E1907 [25SE], E1968 [2OC], E2013 [8OC], E2250 [6NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), motion to recommit, H6254, H6255 [26JN]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 2473), H5386-H5388, H5392-H5405 [16JN], H5415, H5417, H5446, H5449-H5451, H5453 [17JN], H5473, H5474, H5542-H5549 [18JN], H5553, H5555, H5639-H5642 [19JN], H5688, H5690-H5701 [23JN], H5717, H5718, H5719, H5720, H5796, H5799-H5808 [24JN], E1671 [3SE]

———reform (H.R. 2469), E1250 [13JN]

———reform payment method for covered drugs, drug administration services, and chemotherapy support services (H.R. 1622), H5802 [24JN]

———remove the sunset and numerical limitation on participation in Medicare+Choice medical savings account plans (H.R. 617), E153 [6FE]

———restore the full market basket percentage increase applied to payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services furnished to beneficiaries, H11519 [19NO]

———treatment of women, H5904, H5909, H5911 [25JN], H5954-H5956, H5959, H5961, H5962, H6109 [26JN]

———update renal dialysis composite rate (H.R. 1784), E779 [12AP]

———waive waiting period for coverage of certain disabled individuals (H.R. 104), E10 [8JA]

Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force: establish (H.R. 62), E3 [8JA]

Members of Congress: provide that prescription drug coverage under a Federal health benefits plan not exceed the level of coverage under Medicare, E1490 [15JY]

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

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (H.R. 953), E312, E319 [27FE]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (H.R. 846), E254 [13FE]

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

National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program: reauthorize (H.R. 2608), H9045-H9049 [1OC], E1973 [2OC]

National Flood Insurance Program: improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties, H9822 [28OC]

———improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties (H.R. 253), H11520 [19NO], H11833-H11842 [20NO]

———improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties (H.R. 253), unanimous-consent agreement, H11595-H11598 [19NO]

National Training and Information Center: anniversary, E2104 [21OC]

New Jersey: impact of Medicare legislation on Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged & Disabled (PAAD) program, H12262 [21NO]

Older Americans Act: funding, H6521 [10JY]

PacifiCare Health Systems: anniversary, E1212 [11JN]

Pensions: provide special rules for multiemployer or Teamster pension plans relative to termination and funding (H.R. 2910), E1659 [25JY]

Pharmaceuticals: reductions in prescription drug prices, H2915 [8AP], H2942 [9AP], H3661 [6MY], H3834 [8MY], H3998 [13MY], H4095 [14MY], H4175 [15MY], H4763-H4770 [2JN], H4789 [3JN], H5039 [5JN], H5056-H5058 [9JN], H5155-H5159 [10JN], H5346, H5360-H5362 [12JN], H5446, H5447, H5453-H5459 [17JN], H5796, H5801 [24JN], H9253, H9254, H9257 [7OC], H9800 [21OC], H11196-H11198 [17NO], H12901-H12903, H12907 [8DE]

Privacy: prohibit the establishment of any uniform national health care identifying number or health information database, E712 [9AP]

———restore certain standards to protect the privacy of individually identifiable health information (H.R. 1709), E741 [11AP]

Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (H.R. 919), H1522 [5MR], H4022 [14MY], H8065 [9SE], H9110 [1OC], E309 [27FE]

———ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (S. 459), H12299 [21NO]

Republican Party: national agenda, H4967 [4JN]

Senior citizens: improve and enhance access to mental health services (H.R. 2241), E1059 [22MY]

———provide greater health care freedom (H.R. 2781), E1515 [18JY]

Small business: ensure continuation of existing group health plan coverage, H5636 [19JN]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 660), H4225 [19MY], H5473 [18JN], H5597-H5638, H5649 [19JN], E1324 [23JN], E1331 [24JN], E1382, E1394 [27JN]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 660), consideration (H. Res. 283), H5555-H5562 [19JN]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 660), motion to recommit, H5636 [19JN]

Social Security: extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2854), H7715 [25JY], E1648 [25JY], E1702 [5SE]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2854), technical corrections (H.R. 3288), H9703 [20OC], E2110, E2111 [21OC]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 531), H6006, H6007 [26JN]

———Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program funding, H2580 [1AP]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (H.R. 515), E120 [31JA]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 743), H1493 [4MR], H1519, H1521, H1524-H1550 [5MR], H2625 [2AP], E229, E230 [13FE], E390 [7MR]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 743), consideration (H. Res. 168), H2591-H2603 [2AP]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 743), motion to recommit, H2667 [2AP]

———reduce the age at which an eligible individual may be paid widow's or widower's insurance benefits (H.R. 1923), H5033 [5JN], E895 [9MY]

———remove limitations on the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving certain benefits (H.R. 3098), E1810 [16SE]

Stanphill, Jerry A.: GEICO Public Service Award for Physical Rehabilitation, E688 [7AP]

States: grant State high risk pool insurance programs reductions in prices charged for prescription drugs under Public Health Service Act prescription drug pricing agreements (H.R. 1291), E453 [13MR]

———permit to require insurance companies to disclose Armenia genocide-era insurance information (H.R. 3323), E2059 [16OC]

———permit to require insurance companies to disclose Holocaust-era insurance information (H.R. 3129), E1820 [17SE], E2059 [16OC]

Taxation: allow a deduction for amounts paid for health insurance and prescription drug costs of individuals (H.R. 198), H1693 [11MR]

———allow a refundable credit for certain Medicare premiums (H.R. 66), E1 [8JA]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (H.R. 1236), H5649 [19JN]

———allow a refundable tax credit for health insurance costs for COBRA continuation coverage (H.R. 2891), E1594 [25JY]

———allow credit for insurance costs against negative outcomes from surgery and malpractice of a physician (H.R. 1249), H1859 [13MR], E437 [12MR]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums, H6177 [26JN]

———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (H.R. 1250), E445 [12MR]

———ensure employees retain hospital insurance tax exemption relative to consolidation of a political subdivision with the State (H.R. 2105), E945 [14MY]

———expand availability of the refundable tax credit for health insurance costs of certain displaced workers, H5595, H5596 [19JN]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, H36 [7JA], H65, H66, H127-H132 [8JA], H156 [27JA], H381, H382 [11FE], H1311 [25FE], H1358, H1370, H1373-H1377 [26FE], H1441 [27FE], H1608, H1619-H1621 [5MR], H1752, H1753, H1754 [12MR], H1910, H1931 [18MR], H1964 [19MR], H2147-H2156, H2158, H2168-H2170, H2195-H2203 [20MR], H2299 [25MR], H2373, H2382-H2388 [26MR], H2405, H2457-H2460 [27MR], H2517, H2564-H2567 [1AP], H2692, H2693 [2AP], H2943 [9AP], H3283-H3290, H3292, H3294-H3297 [10AP], E151 [6FE], E549 [21MR], E588 [26MR], E659 [3AP]

———reduce health insurance costs for family coverage of military reservists called to active duty (H.R. 1466), E596 [27MR]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 423), E77 [28JA]

———treatment of amounts contributed to medical savings accounts and unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, H9171-H9180 [2OC], H9349-H9354 [8OC], H11872 [20NO]

———treatment of amounts contributed to medical savings accounts and unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (H.R. 2596), H5992-H6006 [26JN]

———treatment of amounts contributed to medical savings accounts and unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (H.R. 2596), consideration (H. Res. 299), H5952-H5973 [26JN]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (H.R. 808), E265 [13FE]

———treatment of small businesses, H4372 [21MY]

———treatment of trade adjustment assistance health insurance tax credits for workers negatively impacted by trade, H5531-H5535 [18JN], H5562, H5588-H5592 [19JN], E1312 [20JN], E1361 [26JN]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend (H.R. 209), E13 [8JA]

———extend (S. 23), H39, H40 [7JA], H63, H64, H65, H75-H92, H127 [8JA], E33 [8JA], E63, E65 [27JA], E107 [29JA]

———extend (S. 23), consideration (H. Res. 14), H66-H74 [8JA]

Travelers Property Casualty Corp.: anniversary of Pittsburgh, PA, office, E2161 [30OC]

United Steelworkers of America: support for health care bill of rights, E1688 [4SE]

Veterans: benefits funding, H1939, H1940 [18MR], H2141, H2211, H2218, H2221, H2242, H2255, H2258, H2261 [20MR], H2382-H2388 [26MR], H2517, H2518, H2519, H2520, H2521, H2522, H2547, H2551, H2555, H2556, H2558, H2559, H2561, H2562, H2569-H2576, H2583 [1AP], H2689, H2691, H2692, H2695 [2AP], H2840-H2842 [7AP], H3287, H3289 [10AP], H3620 [1MY], H3959 [9MY], H4814, H4815, H4862 [3JN], H4880, H4954, H4962 [4JN], H5253 [11JN], H10346 [5NO], E586, E589 [26MR], E639, E640 [1AP], E651 [2AP], E724 [10AP], E985 [15MY], E1077 [23MY], E1395 [27JN], E2236 [5NO], E2257, E2261, E2263 [6NO], E2285 [7NO]

———improve access to health care for rural veterans (H.R. 2379), H5798 [24JN]

———make certain improvements to the National Service Life Insurance and U.S. Government Life Insurance programs, H11714 [20NO]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (H.R. 3420), E2194 [31OC]

Remarks in Senate

AARP: alleged conflict of interest relative to endorsement of Medicare reform and prescription drug coverage, S15585 [22NO], S15729 [24NO]

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: collect and assess scientific evidence regarding prescription drugs frequently used by Medicare or Medicaid beneficiaries, S8419-S8421, S8422 [24JN], S8529, S8530 [25JN]

Armed Forces: expand eligibility for participation by members of the Selected Reserve and their dependents in the TRICARE program, S4062, S4063 [20MR]

———expand reimbursement for travel expenses of covered beneficiaries for specialty care to cover specialized dental care (S. 336), S2121 [10FE]

———grant limited TRICARE program eligibility for members of the Ready Reserve and provide financial support for continuation of health insurance for mobilized members of Reserve components (S. 852), S5177 [10AP]

———improve benefits for members of the uniformed services and veterans (S. 19), S134-S136 [9JA], S8277 [20JN]

———provide health care to Reserve officers pending orders to initial active duty following commissioning (S. 1016), S5873 [7MY]

———treatment of members of the Ready Reserve under the TRICARE and Defense Health Care Programs, S12356, S12357 [2OC], S12521 [14OC]

———TRICARE program eligibility for members of the National Guard, Ready Reserve and their families, S9457-S9459 [16JY]

———TRICARE program eligibility for members of the Ready Reserve and their families, S6588-S6597 [19MY], S6660-S6663 [20MY]

Bankruptcy: increase amount of claims for income given priority in bankruptcy and provide cash payments to retirees to compensate for lost health benefits resulting from the bankruptcy of their former employer (S. 1970), S16014 [25NO]

Bush, President: State of the Union Message, S1500-S1509 [28JA], S1689-S1692, S1694-S1696 [29JA], S1765-S1770 [30JA]

Business and industry: ensure that commercial insurers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers (S. 352), S2210 [11FE], S9080 [9JY]

Children and youth: establish Child Care Provider Development and Retention Grant Program, Child Care Provider Scholarship Program, and child care provider health benefits program (S. 1198), S7491 [5JN]

———guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (S. 588), S3508 [11MR]

———provide opportunities to improve the lives of all children and enable them to reach their fullest potential (S. 448), S2840 [26FE]

———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (S. 977), S5668-S5670 [1MY]

Civil rights: protect, S330 [15JA]

———protect (S. 16), S134-S136 [9JA], S337-S339 [15JA]

Claims: allow States to require certain disclosures regarding Holocaust era insurance policies of insurers and establish a Federal cause of action for claims for payment of such insurance policies (S. 972), S5665 [1MY]

Coastal zones: exempt certain coastal barrier property from financial assistance and flood insurance limitations (S. 1643), S14221 [6NO]

Committee on Finance (Senate): tribute to staff for efforts relative to S. 1, Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act, S8700 [26JN]

Committee on the Budget (Senate): budget authority allocation revisions to H. Con Res. 95, setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013, relative to Medicare reserve fund, S8118 [18JN]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans, S3423-S3428, S3468-S3478 [11MR], S3613 [12MR]

———require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (S. 1396), S9416 [15JY]

Courts: restore cost-of-living adjustments from previous years and improve benefits system for the Federal judiciary, and implement procedures to instill public confidence in Federal courts (S. 1100), S6864 [21MY]

———restore cost-of-living adjustments from previous years and improve benefits system for the Federal judiciary, and implement procedures to instill public confidence in Federal courts (S. 787), S4840 [3AP]

Cover the Uninsured Week: observance, S3497 [11MR], S3722 [13MR]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S90 [9JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: crop insurance programs funding, S4420 [26MR]

———telemedicine program funding, S14013 [5NO]

Dept. of Defense: continuation of health insurance coverage for certain Reserves called or ordered to active duty and their dependents (S. 647), S3895 [18MR], S3995 [19MR], S5722 [5MY]

Dept. of HHS: Community Access Program funding, S1357, S1358 [22JA], S1384, S1456 [23JA], S11334, S11335 [10SE]

———include educational information about prescription drugs in direct-to-consumer advertising, S8609 [26JN]

———require drug companies to test drugs against their competitors, disclose results of such tests in advertising, and include educational information about the drug in direct-to-consumer advertising, S8484, S8485 [25JN]

———State Long-Term Care Ombudsmen Program funding, S11056, S11057 [4SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance certain veterans programs and improve administration of such programs (S. 1133), S7031 [22MY]

———extend the period for provision of noninstitutional extended care services and required nursing home care (S. 836), S5070 [9AP], S14394 [11NO]

———improve outreach programs to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (S. 1199), S7492 [5JN]

———permit Medicare-eligible veterans to receive an outpatient medication benefit (S. 1153), S7147-S7149 [23MY]

———place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority category (S. 1014), S5872 [7MY], S14392 [11NO]

———provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (S. 50), S8277 [20JN], S14397 [11NO]

Diseases: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (S. 1730), S12546 [14OC], S13794 [3NO]

———establish a comprehensive Federal effort relating to early detection of, treatments for, and prevention of cancer (S. 1101), S6864-S6867 [21MY]

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

Domestic policy: provide emergency relief for veterans health care, school construction, health care and transportation needs, and for job creation, S12510-S12514 [14OC]

Drugs: prohibit a health plan from contracting with a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) unless certain requirements are satisfied, S8613-S8617 [26JN]

———prohibit a health plan from contracting with a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) unless certain requirements are satisfied (S. 1300), S8244 [19JN]

Federal aid programs: extend eligibility for certain Federal benefits to citizens of the Freely Associated States (S. 1632), S11723 [18SE]

Federal employees: authorize the use of clinical social workers to conduct evaluations to determine work-related emotional and mental illnesses (S. 81), S72 [7JA]

———increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance (S. 319), S2005 [5FE]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: ensure prescription drug coverage for Medicare-eligible enrollees is actuarially equal to benefit offered to general enrollees, S8330 [23JN]

FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (H.R. 11), S176 [9JA]

———extend the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 122), S156 [9JA]

———extend the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1768), S13322 [27OC], S15874 [24NO]

FHA: preserve ability to insure certain mortgages (S. 1636), S11727 [18SE]

Genetics: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (S. 1053), S7121 [23MY], S12403-S12417 [2OC], S12493-S12508 [14OC]

Health: economic impact of undiagnosed and untreated illnesses, S8277 [20JN]

———ensure safety and accuracy of medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments (S. 1197), S7489 [5JN]

———expand access to affordable health care, strengthen health care safety net, and make services more available in rural and underserved areas (S. 100), S78-S80 [7JA]

———home health care funding, S11155 [5SE]

———improve employee health care access and choice for small business owners through association health plans, S2278, S2279 [12FE]

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

———increase Federal investment in programs that provide health care services to uninsured and low-income individuals in medically underserved areas (S. Res. 96), S4180 [20MR]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts on transplantation, make transplantation a standard therapy, and provide Medicare coverage of certain transplantations (S. 518), S3166 [5MR]

———modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S1384-S1386 [23JA], S1510-S1512 [28JA]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S214 [13JA], S1651 [28JA], S2450 [13FE], S3115, S3116 [5MR], S4145 [20MR], S4361 [25MR], S5754, S5755 [6MY], S6049 [13MY], S11613 [17SE], S12488, S12490 [14OC], S14715 [12NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1030), S5954 [8MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. Con. Res. 41), S5614 [30AP]

———permit an individual to be treated by a health care practitioner with any method of medical treatment such individual requests (S. 1410), S9422 [15JY]

———promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (S. 423), S2539 [14FE]

———promote the development of health care cooperatives that will help businesses to pool the health care purchasing power of employers (S. 39), S44 [7JA]

———protect consumers in managed care and other health coverage plans, provide parity for mental health coverage, reduce medical errors, and increase access to quality health care (S. 10), S38 [7JA], S134-S136 [9JA]

———protect patients' access to quality and affordable health care by reducing effects of excessive liability costs (S. 11), S8816 [26JN], S8825 [27JN], S8870 [7JY]

———protect patients' access to quality and affordable health care by reducing effects of excessive liability costs (S. 11), motion to proceed, S8871-S8894 [7JY], S9001-S9043 [8JY], S9061-S9083, S9113 [9JY], S9235, S9236 [10JY]

———protect patients' access to quality and affordable health care by reducing effects of excessive liability costs (S. 11), motion to proceed—unanimous-consent agreement, S9009 [8JY]

———protect retiree health benefits, S13068 [23OC]

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

———provide health care coverage for qualified caregivers, S6439 [15MY]

———provide health care for active duty National Guard and Reserve personnel and their families, S4335 [25MR]

———provide health insurance protections for individuals who are living organ donors (S. 186), S1078 [16JA]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5), S4223 [20MR], S4228, S4229 [21MR]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (S. 607), S3643 [12MR], S3666 [13MR]

———require employers to offer health care coverage for all employees and guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children of a certain age (S. 1935), S15652 [23NO]

———restore reliability to the medical justice system by fostering alternatives to medical tort litigation (S. 1518), S10639-S10641 [31JY]

———State Children's Health Insurance Program funding, S6444 [15MY]

———suspend the Outcome and Assessment Information Set requirement for non-Medicare and non-Medicaid patients to reduce paperwork, S8608 [26JN]

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

———tribute to home hospice and home health care programs, S9400 [15JY]

Health care facilities: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for hospitals (H.R. 659), S10986 [2SE]

Health care professionals: immunity from liability for physicians providing free medical care to medically underserved or indigent patients, S11149 [5SE]

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act: compliance with health information privacy regulations, S5721 [5MY]

Institute of Medicine: findings of report entitled ``Hidden Costs, Value Lost—Uninsurance in America'', S8277 [20JN]

Malpractice: reform the medical malpractice insurance business, provide Federal alternative medical malpractice insurance, and limit frivolous lawsuits, S3836-S3839 [18MR]

Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (S. 1879), S15062-S15065 [18NO]

Medicaid: allow States to enter into drug rebate agreements to make prescription drugs available to individuals who are not otherwise eligible for medical assistance (S. 542), S3112 [5MR]

———allow States to expand family planning coverage to certain women (S. 1429), S9596-S9598 [17JY]

———clarify that inpatient drug prices charged to certain public hospitals are included in best price exemptions under the drug rebate program (S. 1195), S7488 [5JN]

———establish a demonstration project to encourage the provision of community-based services to disabled individuals (S. 1394), S9236 [10JY], S9304 [11JY]

———extend Federal-State cost-sharing program to assist low-income Medicare beneficiaries with health care costs (S. 1519), S10643 [31JY]

———extend Medicare cost-sharing for certain qualifying individuals (QI-1s) (S. 1641), S11833 [23SE]

———extend the transitional medical assistance program (S. 883), S5232 [10AP]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (S. 847), S5085 [9AP]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (S. 622), S3740-S3742 [13MR]

———provide fiscal relief and program simplification to States and improve coverage and services to beneficiaries (S. 1012), S5862-S5871 [7MY]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services, S8347 [23JN], S8534-S8537 [25JN], S8606-S8608 [26JN]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (S. 971), S5660-S5664 [1MY]

———reform, S1958-S1960 [5FE], S2654-S2657 [25FE], S2883 [27FE]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (S. 493), S2977 [27FE]

———allow beneficiaries enrolled in fallback plans to remain in such plans for two years by regulating contracting cycles, S8285 [20JN], S8390-S8394, S8408 [24JN]

———allow certain beneficiaries to purchase supplemental Medigap prescription drug plans, S8641, S8648 [26JN]

———allow certain States to opt out of prescription drug coverage program, S8687 [26JN]

———allow eligible beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage plans to elect zero premium, stop-loss drug coverage protection, S8679 [26JN]

———allow personal contributions to participate private fee-for-service plans, S8687 [26JN]

———anniversary, S10172, S10173 [30JY]

———clarification of a hospital ``under development'' relative to exemption from the self-referral limitation, S15743 [24NO]

———clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (S. 598), S3547 [11MR]

———consolidate and restate Federal laws relative to social health maintenance organization projects, make such projects permanent, and require a study on ways to expand such projects (S. 306), S1981 [5FE]

———contractor funding, S11338 [10SE]

———coordination of benefits for prescription drug plans and State pharmaceutical assistance programs, S8653 [26JN]

———coverage of adult day care services, S8687 [26JN]

———coverage of adult day care services (S. 1227), S7633 [10JN]

———coverage of cancer drugs and treatments, S11305 [10SE], S15739, S15740 [24NO]

———coverage of certain drugs and biologicals under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient services (S. 1206), S7543 [9JN]

———coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening, S8187 [19JN]

———coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (S. 382), S2334, S2366 [12FE]

———coverage of diabetes laboratory diagnostic tests and other diabetes screening services (S. 599), S3548, S3549 [11MR]

———coverage of drug treatment therapy for HIV/AIDS patients, S15596 [23NO], S15887, S15888 [25NO]

———coverage of FDA-approved prescription drug therapies for beneficiaries with multiple sclerosis, S8546 [25JN]

———coverage of marriage and family therapist services, S8481 [25JN]

———coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (S. 310), S1987-S1989 [5FE]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (S. 632), S3806 [17MR]

———coverage of medication therapy management services (S. 1270), S7931 [16JN]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (S. 1037), S6000, S6001 [9MY]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S1505, S1506 [28JA], S2047 [6FE], S2652 [25FE], S3050, S3052 [4MR], S3111 [5MR], S3974-S3979 [19MR], S4109, S4110 [20MR], S4265 [21MR], S4336 [25MR], S6214 [14MY], S6421, S6459, S6460 [15MY], S6641, S6642 [20MY], S7182-S7186 [2JN], S7270, S7272-S7274 [4JN]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (S. 7), S134-S136 [9JA]

———coverage of pancreatic islet cell transplantations for individuals with diabetes and end stage renal disease, S8701 [26JN]

———coverage of screening and diagnostic mammography services, S8186 [19JN], S8856 [27JN]

———coverage of screening and diagnostic mammography services (S. 869), S5194 [10AP]

———coverage of syringes and medical supplies necessary for the administration of insulin, S8283 [20JN]

———definition of negotiated price for drug coverage relative to inclusion of dispensing fees, S15742, S15743 [24NO]

———develop and standardize quality indicators in health care data collection priority areas and develop programs to assist beneficiaries in making informed health plan decisions, S8421 [24JN]

———eliminate asset test to determine eligibility for premium and cost-sharing subsidies for low-income beneficiaries, S8111, S8115 [18JN], S8169-S8172 [19JN], S8338-S8340, S8343-S8345 [23JN]

———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (S. 853), S5178, S5179 [10AP]

———eliminate gap in coverage of prescription drug benefit, S8387-S8389, S8392, S8393, S8403, S8404 [24JN]

———eliminate gap in coverage of prescription drug benefit relative to Alzheimer's disease drugs, S8624 [26JN]

———eliminate gap in coverage of prescription drug benefit relative to cancer drugs, S8481 [25JN], S8621, S8622 [26JN]

———eliminate geographic physician work adjustment factor, provide incentives to attract educators and clinical practitioners to underserved areas, and revise certain wage adjustments for skilled nursing facilities (S. 36), S43 [7JA]

———eliminate privatization, improve prescription drug benefit, and repeal health savings accounts (S. 1992), S16127 [9DE]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas, S1662 [28JA], S3766 [17MR]

———encourage availability of Medicare Advantage benefits in medically underserved areas, S8489-S8495 [25JN]

———enhance access of beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits and improve the Medicare+Choice program (S. 654), S3901 [18MR]

———enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services in rural areas, S6200 [14MY], S6413, S6461, S6462, S6474 [15MY], S6959 [22MY], S7954-S7957 [17JN], S8018, S8109, S8112 [18JN]

———ensure beneficiaries have convenient access to retail pharmacies for prescription drug coverage and prohibit the tying of contracts by health plans, S8487, S8488, S8489 [25JN], S15743 [24NO]

———ensure contributions for prescription drug coverage made by beneficiaries' former employers be treated as incurred costs, S8326, S8329 [23JN], S8394, S8410 [24JN]

———ensure Medicare+Choice and Medicare Advantage payments attributable to disproportionate share hospitals are paid directly to such hospitals, S8335 [23JN]

———ensure that current retirees who are subject to lose prescription drug coverage will have the option of drug coverage under the Medicare fallback, S8660-S8662, S8701 [26JN]

———ensure that dual-eligible beneficiaries are eligible for prescription drug coverage, S8324-S8329 [23JN], S8393 [24JN], S8640, S8641, S8644, S8647 [26JN]

———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (S. 375), S2360, S2361 [12FE]

———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (S. 881), S5209 [10AP]

———establish permanent lifestyle modification program for beneficiaries, S8653 [26JN]

———establish uniform physician fee schedule payments (S. 1135), S7040, S7041 [22MY]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug discount and security program, S8493 [25JN], S8663-S8675 [26JN]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug discount and security program (S. 778), S4828 [3AP]

———evaluate alternative payment and delivery systems, S8539-S8545 [25JN], S8618-S8620, S8637, S8638 [26JN]

———evaluate leading health care performance measures and options to implement policies that align performance with payment (S. 1328), S8565 [25JN]

———exclude brachytherapy devices from the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient services (S. 1288), S8160 [18JN]

———exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (S. 343), S2200 [11FE]

———exempt beneficiaries from paying monthly premiums during any gap in coverage of their prescription drug benefit, S8274-S8277 [20JN], S8486 [25JN]

———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (S. 646), S3894 [18MR]

———expand benefits, establish payment incentives for furnishing quality services, and develop an effective national policy to care for individuals with chronic conditions (S. 1179), S7383 [4JN]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals, S8346 [23JN], S8416-S8418 [24JN]

———expedite implementation of prescription drug coverage following enactment of reform legislation, S8349 [23JN], S8405-S8409 [24JN]

———extend low-income beneficiary access to quality health care services, S1374 [23JA]

———extend reasonable cost contracts to expand the area in which plans offered under such contracts may operate and to apply certain provisions of Medicare+Choice program to such plans (S. 1220), S7626 [10JN]

———funding, S1133 [17JA]

———geographically reclassify certain hospitals for purposes of equitable hospital payment rates, S8417 [24JN]

———guarantee option of Medicare provided prescription drug coverage for all beneficiaries, S8089-S8104, S8108 [18JN], S8657 [26JN]

———hospital ownership exceptions to physician self-referral restrictions, S9581, S9582 [17JY]

———improve access to Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries by targeting enrollment (S. 526), S3181 [5MR]

———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals, S10962 [2SE]

———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (S. 942), S5490 [29AP]

———improve Medicare Incentive Payment Program (S. 379), S2363 [12FE], S2448 [13FE]

———improve outpatient health care for beneficiaries in rural areas (S. 1185), S7397 [4JN]

———improve outpatient vision services, S8407 [24JN]

———improve outpatient vision services (S. 1095), S7115 [23MY]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (S. 740), S4529 [27MR]

———improve reimbursement for clinical social worker services (S. 64), S62 [7JA]

———improve reimbursement payments to physicians, S15399 [21NO]

———improve reimbursement to rural health care providers and facilities by reducing tax cut on dividends, S6202-S6204 [14MY], S6413 [15MY]

———inclusion of disease management as a permanent part of the fee-for-service program, S8545 [25JN]

———income related increase in Medicare premium, S8680 [26JN]

———increase direct subsidy to employers retaining retiree prescription drug coverage plans, S8410-S8412 [24JN]

———increase payments to rural health care providers and facilities, S4350, S4351, S4371 [25MR], S15579 [22NO]

———increase the availability of discounted prescription drugs through grants to health centers, hospitals, and other qualifying institutions, to create in-house pharmacies, S8280 [20JN]

———limit premium increases, S8172-S8174, S8184-S8186, S8198-S8200 [19JN]

———limit the extent to which premiums and benefits of prescription drug coverage plans may vary, S8498-S8500 [25JN]

———lower premiums and improve coverage in prescription drug plans, S8625-S8632, S8637 [26JN]

———permanently increase payment rates for home health services in rural areas, S8703 [26JN]

———permanently increase payment rates for home health services in rural areas (S. 636), S3808 [17MR]

———permit continuous open enrollment and disenrollment in prescription drug plans, S8401-S8403 [24JN]

———permit Medicare+Choice plans that disproportionately serve special needs or frail, elderly beneficiaries to offer specialized Medicare Advantage plans, S8522, S8523 [25JN], S8688 [26JN]

———permit offering of consumer-driven health care plans under Medicare Advantage, S8651 [26JN]

———prohibit health care providers from charging membership or extraneous fees as a prerequisite to service to a patient (S. 345), S2205 [11FE]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries to health care provided by hospitals in rural areas (S. 816), S4962, S4963 [8AP]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (S. 373), S2358 [12FE]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (S. 991), S5734 [5MY]

———provide access to audiologists (S. 1647), S11914 [24SE]

———provide beneficiaries with information on advance directives, S8652 [26JN]

———provide cost-sharing prescription drug coverage for certain beneficiaries in certain income categories, S8412-S8414 [24JN]

———provide fairness in the provision of services to Native Americans (S. 1779), S13138 [23OC]

———provide for equitable reimbursement rates for Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans, S8346 [23JN]

———provide for equitable reimbursement rates to Medicare+Choice organizations, S8500-S8502, S8506 [25JN], S8692, S8693 [26JN]

———provide for expeditious coverage of new medical technology (S. 823), S4972 [8AP]

———provide for income-related increase in part B premium for individuals and married couples with incomes exceeding a certain level, S8677, S8678 [26JN]

———provide for negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs (S. 1994), S16133 [9DE]

———provide for negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs (S. 1999), S16138 [9DE]

———provide payment for community health center services relative to coverage of individuals under managed care plans, S8336 [23JN], S8397, S8398 [24JN], S8482 [25JN]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (S. 1332), S8568 [25JN]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and election improvements, S8282 [20JN]

———provide that beneficiaries who remain in the fee-for-service program receive the same drug benefit as those enrolled in a private plan, S4120 [20MR]

———reduce work hours and increase supervision of resident-physicians to ensure the safety of both patients and resident-physicians (S. 952), S5598 [30AP]

———reductions in prescription drug prices, S8490-S8493 [25JN]

———reform, S2654-S2657 [25FE], S2774 [26FE], S3111 [5MR], S5829 [7MY], S7182-S7186 [2JN], S7269, S7270, S7272-S7274, S7276, S7277-S7279 [4JN]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage, S12436-S12438 [3OC]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R.. 1), S9581, S9582 [17JY]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), S8898 [7JY], S9295-S9298 [11JY], S10960, S10962 [2SE], S11073 [4SE], S11146, S11155 [5SE], S11305 [10SE], S12151 [30SE], S14925-S14927 [17NO], S15036-S15038, S15047-S15051 [18NO], S15110, S15147-S15149, S15167-S15170, S15172-S15175 [19NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, S15362-S15368, S15373-S15376, S15379-S15385, S15399 [21NO], S15514, S15519, S15521-S15569, S15574-S15588 [22NO], S15592-S15644, S15663-S15667 [23NO], S15670-S15771 [24NO], S15882-S15902, S15904-S15915, S15918, S15919, S15927-S15932, S15950 [25NO], S16104-S16107 [9DE]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S15510 [21NO], S15528 [22NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), insert S. 1 language in lieu, S8898 [7JY]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (S. 1), S7563, S7564, S7572 [10JN], S7665-S7668 [11JN], S7905-S7922 [16JN], S7943-S7974 [17JN], S8012, S8013-S8116 [18JN], S8167, S8202-S8216 [19JN], S8265-S8295 [20JN], S8323-S8354 [23JN], S8386-S8398, S8400-S8431 [24JN], S8479-S8546 [25JN], S8605-S8633, S8635-S8645, S8647-S8709 [26JN], S8832, S8850-S8856 [27JN], S8870, S8871 [7JY], S12910 [21OC], S12992 [22OC], S13068 [23OC], S14084 [6NO], S14960 [17NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (S. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, S7868 [13JN], S8706 [26JN]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (S. 1), unanimous-consent request, S8411 [24JN], S8686 [26JN]

———reform reimbursement rates for chemotherapy drugs and administration, S15887 [25NO]

———reform reimbursement rates for chemotherapy drugs and administration (S. 1303), S8302 [20JN]

———remove restrictions on clinical psychologists or social workers providing services in outpatient rehabilitation facilities (S. 62), S61 [7JA]

———repeal Medicare Advantage Regional Plan Stabilization Fund (S. 1995), S16133 [9DE]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps, S8521 [25JN], S8687, S8688 [26JN]

———require drug plans and organizations to transfer savings from drug manufacturers' rebate, discount, and incentive programs to local pharmacies and consumers, S8105-S8108 [18JN], S8183, S8184 [19JN]

———require GAO study on concierge care, S8288 [20JN], S11052, S11053 [4SE]

———require Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to study disproportionate share hospital payments, S8336 [23JN], S8396 [24JN]

———restore (S. 1926), S15420 [21NO]

———restore (S. 1926), unanimous-consent request, S15548 [22NO]

———restore the full market basket percentage increase applied to payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services furnished to beneficiaries (S. 899), S5354 [11AP]

———stabilize physician fee schedule payments and reform the sustainable growth rate payment update system, S8546 [25JN], S8652 [26JN]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services, S8417 [24JN]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services and make other rural health care improvements (S. 987), S5731-S5733 [5MY]

———streamline regulations, S8350 [23JN]

———update asset test to determine eligibility for premium and cost-sharing subsidies for low-income beneficiaries, S8623 [26JN]

———update physician reimbursement rates, S8688 [26JN]

———use of corrected rate calculation payments for hands-on direct care to nursing home residents, S13234 [27OC]

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: improve (S. 1974), S16022 [25NO]

———tribute to efforts of staff involved in passage, S15913, S15930-S15932, S15950 [25NO]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (S. 958), S5602 [30AP]

———improve services, S1389-S1392, S1402, S1403 [23JA]

Members of Congress: provide that prescription drug coverage under a Federal health benefits plan not exceed the level of coverage under Medicare, S8350 [23JN], S8408 [24JN]

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

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

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits, S5307 [11AP], S12368 [2OC]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (S. 1832), S14220 [6NO], S14282 [7NO]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (S. 486), S2971-S2974 [27FE], S13195-S13205 [24OC], S13259 [27OC], S13373 [28OC], S14144, S14145 [6NO]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (S. 486), unanimous-consent request, S13199 [24OC]

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

Mental Illness Awareness Week: observance, S12368 [2OC]

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

NASA: provide eligibility for astronauts for Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (S. 334), S2121 [10FE]

National Bipartisan Commission on Medicare Reform: establish, S8514 [25JN]

National Guard: continue health benefits for personnel after return from active duty, S9371 [15JY]

Pensions: provide special rules for multiemployer or Teamster pension plans relative to termination and funding (S. 1492), S10268 [30JY]

Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (S. 459), S2855 [26FE], S6567, S6568 [15MY], S6612-S6614 [19MY], S15570 [22NO], S16052, S16053 [25NO]

Safety Net Organizations and Patient Advisory Commission: establish (S. 732), S4522 [27MR]

Senior citizens: improve and enhance access to mental health services (S. 1456), S9963 [25JY]

———prevent and increase penalties for crimes such as health care, pension, and telemarketing fraud, and nursing home abuse and fraud (S. 1286), S8153 [18JN]

Small business: certify programs to provide health coverage to uninsured employees (S. 906), S5361 [11AP]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (S. 545), S3255 [6MR], S3667 [13MR], S10877-S10879 [1AU]

———protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (S. 1546), S10674 [31JY]

Social Security: allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid, S3425-S3428, S3468-S3478 [11MR], S3613 [12MR]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (S. 1843), S14335, S14336 [10NO]

———expand or add coverage of pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 1033), S5966-S5971 [8MY]

———expand or add coverage of pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 1734), S12612-S12616 [15OC]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2854), S10847 [31JY]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2854), technical corrections (H.R. 3288), S13742 [31OC]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2854), technical corrections (S. 1502), S10285 [30JY]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2854), technical corrections (S. 1503), S10285 [30JY]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2854), technical corrections (S. 1547), S10679, S10847 [31JY]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 312), S1989-S1993 [5FE], S8633 [26JN]

———improve women's health care through expanded Medicaid, Medicare, and State Children's Health Insurance Program benefits (S. 1238), S7728 [11JN]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (S. 362), S2219 [11FE]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments for Medicaid expenditures (S. 1976), S16024 [25NO]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments for Medicaid expenditures (S. 621), S3738 [13MR]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (S. 264), S1827, S1828 [30JA]

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S8424-S8428 [24JN], S8642-S8644 [26JN]

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 845), S5083, S5084 [9AP], S5643 [1MY]

———phase out taxation of benefits (S. 1026), S5952 [8MY]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 743), S16159-S16196 [9DE]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (S. 439), S2707 [25FE]

———reform, S3402 [10MR], S3935-S3948 [19MR], S11739-S11746 [22SE]

———restore Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program coverage to legal residents who are citizens of the Freely Associated States, S8330 [23JN]

States: streamline enrollment processes for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program through better linkages with programs providing nutrition and related assistance to low-income families (S. 1083), S6708 [20MY]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (S. 1570), S10919 [1AU]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (S. 623), S3742 [13MR]

———allow individuals receiving unemployment compensation to be eligible for a refundable, advanceable credit for health insurance costs (S. 1693), S12281 [1OC]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses, S6658 [20MY]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses (S. 86), S73 [7JA]

———clarify the exemption from tax for small property and casualty insurance companies (S. 735), S4526 [27MR]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 1896), S15190 [19NO], S15398 [21NO]

———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to designated plan beneficiaries of employees (S. 1702), S12378, S12380 [2OC]

———permit consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies (S. 1495), S10269 [30JY]

———provide a partially refundable tax credit to family caregivers (S. 1214), S7552 [9JN]

———provide a tax credit for small employer-based health insurance coverage in States in which such coverage is mandated (S. 1972), S16022 [25NO]

———provide incentives for economic recovery-S100 [9JA], S210-S213 [13JA], S264-S267, S275, S281 [14JA], S308-S319, S321-S329, S334-S336 [15JA], S1043, S1044 [16JA], S1134 [17JA], S2245-S2248, S2282 [12FE], S2637-S2646 [25FE], S2760-S2765, S2783, S2784 [26FE], S2876-S2883 [27FE], S3053 [4MR], S3376-S3379 [10MR], S3774-S3798 [17MR], S3842-S3855 [18MR], S3942, S3943, S3946 [19MR], S4055, S4057, S4060, S4146, S4150 [20MR], S4243-S4248, S4264 [21MR], S4317-S4323 [24MR], S4398, S4402-S4404 [26MR], S5159 [10AP], S5268-S5280, S5284-S5291 [11AP]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 2), S2922 [27FE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 414), S2548 [14FE], S2620 [24FE], S2694 [25FE], S2753, S2834 [26FE], S3112 [5MR], S3439 [11MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 414), unanimous-consent request, S2639 [25FE], S2763 [26FE], S3022 [3MR], S3113 [5MR], S3390 [10MR]

———provide physicians and other health care professionals with a credit for qualified expenditures for medical professional malpractice insurance, S9005-S9007 [8JY]

———repeal tax benefits relative to company-owned life insurance, S6441 [15MY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits, S4356, S4368 [25MR], S6155-S6157, S6159-S6164, S6197, S6198, S6242 [14MY], S6408, S6464 [15MY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (S. 514), S3165 [5MR]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (S. 767), S4705 [2AP]

———treatment of company-owned life insurance, S15886, S15887 [25NO]

———treatment of employee welfare benefit plans, S5012 [9AP]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (S. 1335), S8570-S8573 [25JN]

———treatment of health insurance premiums (S. 637), S3883 [18MR]

———treatment of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance taxes paid by employees and self-employed individuals (S. 397), S2471 [13FE]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (S. 992), S5736 [5MY]

———treatment of small businesses (S. 842), S5075 [9AP]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend, S1222, S1226-S1229 [21JA], S1325-S1327 [22JA]

———extend (S. 23), S9-S20, S23-S26 [7JA], S127 [9JA], S331 [15JA]

Veterans: benefits funding, S4241, S4242 [21MR], S14391, S14392, S14393, S14394, S14401 [11NO], S14514, S14531 [12NO]

———improve and enhance certain benefits for survivors of veterans, S14393 [11NO]

———improve and enhance certain benefits for survivors of veterans (S. 1132), S7029 [22MY], S13707 [31OC]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (S. 1801), S13668 [30OC]

Reports

Impact of Republican Medicare Proposals on Insurance Industry Revenues and Profits: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) Minority Staff, S15769 [24NO]

Weiss Ratings Report on Medical Malpractice Caps—Propagating the Myth That Non-Economic Damage Caps Don't Work: Physicians Insurance Association of America, S9237-S9239 [10JY]

Reports filed

Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act for the 21st Century: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 313) (H. Rept. 108-328), H9980 [28OC]

Coastal Barrier Property Exemption From Financial Assistance and Flood Insurance Limitations: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1643) (S. Rept. 108-178), S13515 [29OC]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 463) (H. Rept. 108-394), H12306 [21NO]

Consideration of H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act and H.R. 2596, Health Savings and Affordability Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 299) (H. Rept. 108-181), H5928 [25JN]

Consideration of H.R. 5, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 139) (H. Rept. 108-34), H1810 [12MR]

Consideration of H.R. 660, Small Business Health Fairness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 283) (H. Rept. 108-160), H5550 [18JN]

Consideration of H.R. 743, Social Security Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 168) (H. Rept. 108-54), H2585 [1AP]

Consideration of S. 23, Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act Extension: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 14) (H. Rept. 108-1), H51 [7JA]

Family Opportunity Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 622) (S. Rept. 108-157), S12192 [30SE]

Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 522) (H. Rept. 108-50), H2470 [27MR]

Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1375) (H. Rept. 108-152), H5364 [12JN]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1375) (H. Rept. 108-152), H6705 [14JY]

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1053) (S. Rept. 108-122), S10616 [31JY]

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

Health Savings Account Availability Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2351) (H. Rept. 108-177), H5927 [25JN]

Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act: Committee Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5) (H. Rept. 108-32), H1743 [11MR]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5) (H. Rept. 108-32), H1743 [11MR]

Hospital Mortgage Insurance Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 659) (H. Rept. 108-27), H1678 [6MR]

Mammography Quality Standards Act Reauthorization: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1879) (S. Rept. 108-220), S16119 [9DE]

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 1) (H. Rept. 108-391), H11700 [20NO]

Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2473) (H. Rept. 108-178), H5927 [25JN]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2473) (H. Rept. 108-178), H6867 [15JY]

Medicare Regulatory and Contracting Reform Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 810) (H. Rept. 108-74), H3450 [29AP]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 810) (H. Rept. 108-74), H3350 [11AP]

National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Appropriations: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 2608) (H. Rept. 108-246), H7837 [3SE]

Patient Safety Improvement Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 877) (H. Rept. 108-31), H1743 [11MR]

Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1), S7876 [13JN]

Same-Day Consideration of H. Res. 463, Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 459) (H. Rept. 108-390), H11700 [20NO]

Small Business Health Fairness Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 660) (H. Rept. 108-156), H5407 [16JN]

Social Security Protection Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 743) (S. Rept. 108-176), S13515 [29OC]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 743) (H. Rept. 108-46), H2277 [24MR]

State Children's Health Insurance Program Allotments Availability Extension: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 312) (S. Rept. 108-78), S8438 [24JN]

Two Floods and You Are Out of the Taxpayers' Pocket Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 253) (H. Rept. 108-266), H8015 [5SE]

Veterans Health Care Cost Recovery Act: Committee on Veterans Affairs (House) (H.R. 1562) (H. Rept. 108-114), H4254 [19MY]

Veterans' Survivors Benefits Enhancements Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 1132) (S. Rept. 108-169), S12969 [21OC]

Rulings of the Chair

Social Security: provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 743), H1550 [5MR]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend (S. 23), H88 [8JA]

Statements

Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act: Executive Office of the President, H2623 [2AP]

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act: Executive Office of the President, S12498 [14OC]

Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act: Representative Robert C. Scott, H1823 [13MR]

Social Security Protection Act: National Conference of State Social Security Administrators, H2650 [2AP]

Studies

Coordination of Care for Those With Multiple Chronic Conditions, S8620 [26JN]

Health Care Coverage of National Guard and Reserve Members: GAO, S6590 [19MY]

Summaries

Defense of Medicare and Real Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Act (S. 1992), S16128 [9DE]

Focus on Committed and Underpaid Staff for Children's Sake (FOCUS) Act (S. 1198), S7491 [5JN]

Health Care Access for Small Businesses Act (S. 906), S5363 [11AP]

Leave No Child Behind Act (S. 448), S2841 [26FE]

Medical Malpractice Insurance and Litigation Reform Act (H.R. 1116), E392 [7MR]

Medicare Chronic Care Improvement Act (H.R. 2342), E1122 [4JN]

Medicare Out-of-Pocket Spending Limit Act (H.R. 2199), E1030 [21MY]

MediKids Health Insurance Act (H.R. 1205), E426 [11MR]

Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act (S. 1): Specter Amendment on Advance Directives, S8653 [26JN]

———Specter Amendment on Coordination of Benefits for Prescription Drug Plans and State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs, S8654 [26JN]

———Specter Amendment on Permanent Lifestyle Modification Program, S8653 [26JN]

———Specter Amendment on Physician Fee Schedule Payments, S8653 [26JN]

Social Security Protection Act (H.R. 743), H1534-H1541 [5MR]

Women's OB/GYN Medical Access Now (WOMAN) Act (H.R. 1469), E609 [27MR]

Tables

Committee on the Budget (Senate) budget authority allocation revisions to H. Con Res. 95, setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013, relative to Medicare reserve fund, S8118 [18JN]

Estimated revenue effects of Committee on Ways and Means (House) substitute amendment to H.R. 2351, Health Savings Account Availability Act, H9173 [2OC]

Estimated revenue effects of H.R. 2351, Health Savings Account Availability Act, H9173 [2OC]

Estimated revenue effects of H.R. 2596, Health Savings and Affordability Act, H9173 [2OC]

Pharmaceutical company contributions by party (2002), H5912 [25JN]

U.S., Canadian negotiated Dept. of Veterans Affairs and Dept. of Defense prescription drug prices, H5912 [25JN]

Testimonies

Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act: Alan Greenspan, FRS, H2623 [2AP]

Patients First Act: Leanne Dyess, S8875 [7JY]

Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act: Committee on Finance (Senate), S8661 [26JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 14, consideration of S. 23, Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act extension, H66 [8JA]

H. Res. 139, consideration of H.R. 5, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act, H1817 [13MR]

H. Res. 168, consideration of H.R. 743, Social Security Protection Act, H2591 [2AP]

H. Res. 283, consideration of H.R. 660, Small Business Health Fairness Act, H5555 [19JN]

H. Res. 299, consideration of H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act and H.R. 2596, Health Savings and Affordability Act, H5952 [26JN]

H. Res. 459, same-day consideration of H. Res. 463, consideration of conference report on H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, H12174 [21NO]

H. Res. 463, consideration of conference report on H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, H12230 [21NO]

H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act, H6007-H6077 [26JN]

H.R. 1, Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act, S8898-S8997 [7JY]

H.R. 5, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act, H1829-H1832-H1834 [13MR]

H.R. 11, National Flood Insurance Program extension, H97 [8JA]

H.R. 253, Flood Insurance Reform Act, H11596-H11598 [19NO], H11833-H11835 [20NO]

H.R. 531, State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments availability extension, H6006 [26JN]

H.R. 659, Hospital Mortgage Insurance Act, S10986 [2SE], H1755 [12MR]

H.R. 660, Small Business Health Fairness Act, H5598, H5605-H5612 [19JN]

H.R. 743, Social Security Protection Act, S16183-S16196 [9DE], H1524-H1533 [5MR], H2625, H2634-H2642 [2AP]

H.R. 2596, Health Savings and Affordability Act, H5992-H5997 [26JN]

H.R. 2608, National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program reauthorization, H9045-H9047 [1OC]

H.R. 2631, ensure prescription drug coverage for Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Medicare-eligible enrollees is actuarially equal to benefit offered to general enrollees, H6303 [8JY]

H.R. 2854, State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments availability extension, H7715 [25JY]

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

H.R. 3288, technical corrections to H.R. 2854, extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program, H9703 [20OC]

S. 1, Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act, S7720 [11JN]

S. 23, Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act extension, H75 [8JA]

S. 62, Autonomy for Psychologists and Social Workers Act, S61 [7JA]

S. 64, Equity for Clinical Social Workers Act, S62 [7JA]

S. 81, Clinical Social Workers' Recognition Act, S72 [7JA]

S. 171, Medicare Ambulance Payment Reform Act, S856 [15JA]

S. 172, Rural Health Care Equity Act, S856-S859 [15JA]

S. 310, Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act, S1988 [5FE]

S. 312, extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S1990 [5FE]

S. 312, State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments availability extension, S8633-S8635 [26JN]

S. 336, expand reimbursement for travel expenses of covered Armed Forces beneficiaries for specialty care to cover specialized dental care, S2122 [10FE]

S. 345, Equal Access to Medicare Act, S2205 [11FE]

S. 362, Social Security Family Protection Act, S2220 [11FE]

S. 375, Medicare Access Equity Act, S2361 [12FE]

S. 379, Medicare Incentive Payment Program Improvement Act, S2363 [12FE]

S. 382, Medicare Cholesterol Screening Coverage Act, S2367 [12FE]

S. 397, Payroll Tax Deduction Act, S2472 [13FE]

S. 414, Economic Recovery Act, S2523-S2537 [14FE]

S. 459, Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act, S2856 [26FE], S6568 [15MY], S16052 [25NO], H12300 [21NO]

S. 486, Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act, S2972 [27FE]

S. 545, Small Business Health Fairness Act, S3256-S3263 [6MR]

S. 588, MediKids Health Insurance Act, S3509-S3512 [11MR]

S. 621, Children's Health Equity Act, S3739 [13MR]

S. 622, Family Opportunity Act, S3740 [13MR]

S. 623, allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums, S3742 [13MR]

S. 632, Medicare coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases, S3806 [17MR]

S. 647, continuation of health insurance coverage for certain Reserves called or ordered to active duty and their dependents, S3996 [19MR]

S. 735, Small Insurance Company Inflation Adjustment Act, S4526 [27MR]

S. 767, repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits, S4706 [2AP]

S. 778, Medicare Rx Drug Discount and Security Act, S4828-S4834 [3AP]

S. 787, Fair and Independent Federal Judiciary Act, S4840 [3AP]

S. 847, Early Treatment for HIV Act, S5091 [9AP]

S. 881, Rural Equity Payment Index Reform Act, S5209 [10AP]

S. 883, Transitional Medical Assistance Improvement Act, S5232 [10AP]

S. 899, American Hospital Preservation Act, S5354 [11AP]

S. 906, Health Care Access for Small Businesses Act, S5361-S5363 [11AP]

S. 952, Patient and Physician Safety and Protection Act, S5599 [30AP]

S. 958, Patient Abuse Prevention Act, S5603-S5607 [30AP]

S. 971, Medicaid Community-Based Attendant Services and Supports Act, S5660-S5664 [1MY], S5727-S5730 [5MY]

S. 972, Comprehensive Holocaust Accountability in Insurance Act, S5665 [1MY]

S. 977, Treatment of Children's Deformities Act, S5669 [1MY]

S. 991, Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act, S5734 [5MY]

S. 1000, National Guard and Reserves Reform Act for the 21st Century, S5777-S5779 [6MY]

S. 1012, Strengthening Our States (SOS) Act, S5864-S5871 [7MY]

S. 1014, place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority category, S5873 [7MY]

S. 1016, provide health care to Armed Forces Reserve officers pending orders to initial active duty following commissioning, S5873 [7MY]

S. 1030, Health Coverage, Affordability, Responsibility, and Equity (HealthCARE) Act, S5956-S5964 [8MY]

S. 1033, Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act, S5967 [8MY]

S. 1053, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, S12404-S12416 [2OC], S12499-S12508 [14OC]

S. 1095, Medicare Vision Rehabilitation Services Act, S6858 [21MY]

S. 1100, Securing Judicial Independence Act, S6864 [21MY]

S. 1132, Veterans' Benefits Enhancements Act, S13744-S13748 [31OC]

S. 1132, Veterans' Survivors Benefits Enhancements Act, S7030 [22MY]

S. 1133, Veterans Programs Improvement Act, S7031-S7033 [22MY]

S. 1138, Help Expand Access to Recovery and Treatment (HEART) Act, S7051-S7053 [22MY]

S. 1153, Veterans Prescription Drugs Assistance Act, S7148 [23MY]

S. 1179, Medicare Chronic Care Improvement Act, S7383-S7387 [4JN]

S. 1185, Rural Provider Equity Act, S7397-S7401 [4JN]

S. 1197, Consumer Assurance of Radiologic Excellence Act, S7490 [5JN]

S. 1199, Veterans Outreach Improvement Act, S7493 [5JN]

S. 1214, Family Caregiver Relief Act, S7553 [9JN]

S. 1220, Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act, S7626 [10JN]

S. 1227, Medicare Adult Day Services Alternative Act, S7634 [10JN]

S. 1249, TRICARE Retirees Opportunity Act, S7837 [12JN]

S. 1257, Medicare Payment for Quality and Value Act, S7841 [12JN]

S. 1286, Seniors Safety Act, S8154-S8159 [18JN]

S. 1335, Long-Term Care and Retirement Security Act, S8571 [25JN]

S. 1394, Money Follows the Person Act, S9304-S9306 [11JY]

S. 1429, Family Planning State Empowerment Act, S9597 [17JY]

S. 1456, Positive Aging Act, S9963 [25JY]

S. 1502, technical corrections to H.R. 2854, State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments availability extension, S10285 [30JY]

S. 1503, technical corrections to H.R. 2854, State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments availability extension, S10286 [30JY]

S. 1516, Reliable Medical Justice Act, S10641-S10643 [31JY]

S. 1519, Medicaid Federal-State cost-sharing program extension to assist low-income Medicare beneficiaries with health care costs, S10643 [31JY]

S. 1546, Small Business Liability Reform Act, S10676-S10679 [31JY]

S. 1547, technical corrections to H.R. 2854, State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments availability extension, S10847 [31JY]

S. 1570, Fair Care for the Uninsured Act, S10920-S10923 [1AU]

S. 1636, preserve FHA ability to insure certain mortgages, S11727 [18SE]

S. 1641, QI-1s Medicare Cost-Sharing Extension Act, S11833 [23SE]

S. 1643, exempt certain coastal barrier property from financial assistance and flood insurance limitations, S14221 [6NO]

S. 1647, Hearing Health Accessibility Act, S11914 [24SE]

S. 1702, Domestic Partner Health Benefits Equity Act, S12378-S12380 [2OC]

S. 1734, Prevent Prematurity and Improve Child Health Act, S12612-S12615 [15OC]

S. 1768, National Flood Insurance Program extension, S13322 [27OC], S15874 [24NO], H12227 [21NO]

S. 1779, Medicare Indian Health Fairness Act, S13139 [23OC]

S. 1801, Security and Financial Empowerment (SAFE) Act, S13668-S13677 [30OC]

S. 1896, Tax Relief Extension Act, S15190-S15192 [19NO]

S. 1926, Support Our Health Care Providers Act, S15420-S15470 [21NO]

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

S. 1935, Universal Secure Access to Health Care Act, S15653-S15663 [23NO]

S. 1974, Medicare Preservation and Drug Price Fairness Act, S16022 [25NO]

S. 1976, permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments for Medicaid expenditures, S16025 [25NO]

S. 1994, Efficiency in Government Health Care Spending Act, S16133 [9DE]

S. 1995, repeal Medicare Advantage Regional Plan Stabilization Fund, S16133 [9DE]

S. Con. Res. 41, national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S5613 [30AP]

S. Res. 96, Resolution To Expand Access to Community Health Centers (REACH) Initiative, S4179 [20MR]