HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

Addresses

Simon Rainbow Room Dedication: Larry Simon, E1433 [9JY]

Amendments

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: congressional disapproval of rule revising payment policies under the Medicare physician fee schedule (H.J. Res. 3), S1162 [17JA]

Crime: foster local collaborations to ensure effective and efficient use of resources within the criminal and juvenile justice systems in dealing with mentally ill offenders (S. 1194), S13317 [27OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve and enhance provision of long-term care for veterans and modify authorities relative to administration of personnel (S. 1156), S15123, S15132, S15192, S15198 [19NO]

Hazardous substances: provide assistance for poison prevention and stabilize funding of regional poison control centers (S. 686), S8316 [20JN]

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

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]

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

North Dakota: implement recommendations of the Garrison Unit Tribal Advisory Committee by providing authorization for the construction of a rural health care facility on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation (S. 1146), S13317 [27OC]

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]

Children's Suffering Wounds GI's—Toledo Soldier Wants To Help Injured Iraqi Children, H5385 [16JN]

Demand, but No Capital, at Nonprofit Hospitals, S77 [7JA]

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]

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

Hospital Angels, S14025 [5NO]

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

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]

Kaptur To Press Rumsfeld on Toledo GI's Reality Check, Iraqi Kids, Wounds Spark Policy Debate, H5385 [16JN]

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

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]

Neurosurgeon—Save Trauma Center, H1822 [13MR]

Nickel-and-Diming the Troops, S11576 [16SE]

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

Perverse VA Policy, S10039 [28JY]

Political Malpractice, S9071 [9JY]

Prescription Drug Benefit Imminent, H6087 [26JN]

Sick, Wounded U.S. Troops Held in Squalor, H9717 [20OC]

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]

Time for Congress To Care for Veterans or Take Their Place!, E1738 [9SE]

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]

VA—Iraq War Veterans Will Need Care Denied to Others, S4748 [3AP]

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]

Aleda E. Lutz Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Saginaw, MI: prohibit closure or realignment of inpatient services (see S. 1914), S15406 [21NO] (see H.R. 3570), H12306 [21NO]

Armed Forces: allow members to sue the U.S. for damages for certain injuries caused by improper medical care (see H.R. 2128), H4204 [15MY]

———exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized (see S. 1622), S11568 [16SE] (see H.R. 2998), H7838 [3SE]

Army: release to Clay County, GA, a reversionary interest of the U.S. requiring the non-profit operation of certain land as a retirement community (see H.R. 3141), H8490 [23SE]

Bob Stump Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Prescott, AZ: designate (see S. 1511), S10617 [31JY] (see H.R. 2806), H7225 [21JY]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: congressional disapproval of rule revising payment policies under the Medicare physician fee schedule (see H.J. Res. 3), H60 [7JA]

Children and youth: establish certain requirements relative to provision of services to minors by certain family planning projects (see H.R. 2444), H5364 [12JN]

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

Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see S. 896), S5342 [11AP] (see H.R. 1812), H3353 [11AP]

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

Crime: foster local collaborations to ensure effective and efficient use of resources within the criminal and juvenile justice systems in dealing with mentally ill offenders (see S. 1194), S7476 [5JN] (see H.R. 2387), H5045 [5JN]

Dept. of HHS: make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such services (see S. 340), S2187 [11FE] (see H.R. 195), H58 [7JA]

———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 Veterans Affairs: authorize certain major medical facility projects (see H.R. 2349), H5043 [5JN]

———authorize construction, leasing, or modification of major medical facilities at the site of the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, CO (see S. 613), S3730 [13MR] (see H.R. 116), H56 [7JA]

———authorize construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating VA patient care facilities (see H.R. 1720), H3301 [10AP]

———authorize major medical facility projects for the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative and satisfy requirements on natural disasters (see S. 1605), S11349 [10SE] (see H.R. 3061), H8174 [10SE]

———congressional disapproval of rule revising acquisition procedures for health care resources (see H.J. Res. 41), H2270 [20MR]

———determine the effectiveness of contracting for the use of private memory care facilities for veterans with Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 2337), H4977 [4JN]

———dispense medications for prescriptions written by private practitioners to veterans awaiting their first VA appointment for medical care (see S. 1112), S6978 [22MY] (see H.R. 2219), H4734 [22MY]

———establish a new medical facility in the Columbus, OH, area (see S. 1403), S9414 [15JY]

———establish electronic database to enable Dept. health care facilities in Iowa to share patient information with State of Iowa Veterans Home (see H.R. 2834), H7454 [23JY]

———establish new medical facilities for veterans in the area of Columbus, OH, and in south Texas (see H.R. 2307), H4875 [3JN]

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

———improve allocation of health care resources to different geographic regions in the U.S. (see S. 967), S5650 [1MY] (see H.R. 270), H135 (see H.R. 271), H136 [8JA] (see H.R. 890), H1332 [25FE]

———improve and enhance provision of long-term care for veterans and modify authorities relative to administration of personnel (see S. 1156), S7135 [23MY]

———improve health care programs and extend certain expiring authorities (see H.R. 3387), H10129 [29OC]

———improve patient care and working conditions at the Veterans Health Administration (see H.R. 1951), H3641 [5MY]

———limit amount of time veterans must wait to get a doctor's appointment at veterans clinics (see H.R. 263), H135 [8JA]

———make motor vehicle reimbursement rates for veterans comparable to reimbursement rates for Federal employees (see H.R. 632), H322 [5FE]

———prohibit implementation of any Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services Commission recommendation for one year following submission (see H.R. 3440), H10456 [5NO]

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

———provide nursing home care to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities and expand eligibility for such care to all veterans with compensable service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2445), H5364 [12JN]

———require congressional notification prior to implementation of the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative (see S. 1283), S8125 [18JN] (see H.R. 2659), H6271 [7JY] (see H.R. 2808), H7225 [21JY]

———restrict the performance of eye surgery at a facility, or under a contract with the Dept., to only licensed medical doctors and licensed doctors of osteopathy (see H.R. 3473), H10978 [6NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT: designate (see S. 1815), S13909 [4NO]

Disasters: make private, nonprofit medical facilities that serve industry specific clients eligible for hazard mitigation and disaster assistance (see S. 775), S4823 [3AP] (see H.R. 1455), H2401 [26MR]

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: use of marijuana for medicinal purposes (see H.R. 1717), H3301 [10AP] (see H.R. 2233), H4735 [22MY]

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

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]

Food: facilitate procurement of safe food by hospitals, nursing homes, schools, and child care facilities (see H.R. 3628), H12308 [21NO]

Fort Bayard, NM: designate historic district as a national historic landmark (see S. 214), S1479 [23JA] (see H.R. 2059), H3973 [9MY]

Hazardous substances: provide assistance for poison prevention and stabilize funding of regional poison control centers (see S. 686), S4275 [21MR] (see H.R. 1819), H3353 [11AP]

Health: 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]

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

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

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

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

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

———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 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 health centers for facility construction, modernization, replacement, and major equipment purchases (see S. 673), S4165 [20MR] (see H.R. 1386), H2269 [20MR]

———provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and patient navigators to assist in receiving such services (see S. 453), S2839 [26FE] (see H.R. 918), H1394 [26FE]

———provide programs for stroke prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation (see S. 1909), S15287 [20NO]

———provide State grants for developing trauma care systems (see S. 239), S1736 [29JA]

———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]

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

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 3658), H12918 [8DE]

Health care professionals: assure availability of a non-emergency department physician in certain hospitals (see H.R. 2389), H5045 [5JN]

———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]

———revise certain provisions relative to the appointment of professional psychologists in the Veterans Health Administration (see S. 78), S37 [7JA]

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

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see S. 1564), S10906 [1AU] (see H.R. 2527), H5661 [19JN]

Immigration: extend and modify reimbursement of State and local funds expended for emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see S. 412), S2457 [13FE] (see H.R. 819), H702 [13FE]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (see S. 556), S3252 [6MR]

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

———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]

———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]

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

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

Iraq: establish program to foster private U.S. investment in Iraqi schools and hospitals through adopt-a-school and adopt-a-hospital initiatives (see H. Res. 455), H11651 [19NO]

James J. Peters Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, NY: designate (see H.R. 2786), H7085 [17JY] (see H.R. 3383), H9981 [28OC]

Jesse Brown Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, IL: designate (see S. 1144), S7134 [23MY] (see H.R. 1908), H3634 [1MY]

John J. McGuirk Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, New London, CT: designate (see S. 1242), S7718 [11JN] (see H.R. 1832), H3408 [12AP]

Medicaid: coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics (see S. 63), S36 [7JA]

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

———extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see S. 652), S3881 [18MR] (see H.R. 328), H138 [8JA]

———extend the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage adjustment for Alaska (see S. 294), S1871 [4FE]

———increase floor for treatment as an extremely low disproportionate share hospital State (see H.R. 1342), H1954 [18MR]

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

———permit States to obtain reimbursement for care or services provided under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act in a private mental health facility (see S. 1771), S12969 [21OC] (see H.R. 3363), H9811 [21OC]

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

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see S. 204), S1368 [22JA]

Medicare: 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]

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

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

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

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

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

———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 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 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]

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

———expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine and provide for reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services (see H.R. 102), H55 [7JA]

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

———extend eligibility periods for geriatric graduate medical education, expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine, and provide reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services (see S. 387), S2456 [13FE]

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

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

———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]

———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]

———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]

———promote access to health care services in rural areas (see H.R. 830), H702 [13FE] (see H.R. 2175), H4367 [20MY]

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

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

———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]

———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]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see S. 176), S1068 [16JA] (see H.R. 2664), H6347 [8JY]

———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]

———require hospitals to establish and implement security procedures to reduce the likelihood of infant patient abduction and baby switching (see H.R. 78), H54 [7JA]

———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]

———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]

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

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

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

———reform Federal survey and certification process for nursing facilities (see H.R. 787), H700 [13FE]

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

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

Michael E. DeBakey Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX: designate (see S. 1341), S8725 [26JN] (see H.R. 91), H55 [7JA]

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

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

National Academies of Practice: grant Federal charter (see S. 80), S37 [7JA]

National Community Health Center Week: establish (see H. Res. 240), H4254 [19MY]

National Health Center Week: designate (see S. Res. 140), S5995 [9MY]

Native Americans: improve services and facilities of Federal Indian health programs and encourage maximum participation of Indians in such programs (see H.R. 2440), H5266 [11JN]

NIH Police: establish (see H.R. 2276), H4737 [22MY]

North Dakota: implement recommendations of the Garrison Unit Tribal Advisory Committee by providing authorization for the construction of a rural health care facility on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation (see S. 1146), S7134 [23MY]

Oscar G. Johnson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility, Iron Mountain, MI: designate (see H.R. 633), H322 [5FE]

Paul Wellstone Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN: designate (see S. 1289), S8232 [19JN] (see H.R. 2567), H5713 [23JN]

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

Public Health Service Act: protection of human subjects in research (see H.R. 3594), H12307 [21NO]

Puerto Rico: authorize a major medical facility project at the San Juan Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical center (see H.R. 3021), H8016 [5SE]

———authorize construction of a Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical center at a site that would best serve the needs of both veterans and Dept. of Defense medical beneficiaries (see H.R. 3020), H8016 [5SE]

Rural areas: provide greater access for residents of frontier areas to the healthcare services provided by community health centers (see S. 1883), S15061 [18NO] (see H.R. 3668), H12918 [8DE]

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

Senior citizens: 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]

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

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

———allow designation of income tax refunds for use in NIH biomedical research programs (see H.R. 1352), H2131 [19MR]

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

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

———treatment of certain hospital support organizations as qualified organizations for determining acquisition indebtedness (see S. 97), S37 [7JA]

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

Technology: establish a health information technology grant program for hospitals and skilled nursing facilities (see S. 1729), S12533 [14OC] (see H.R. 3035), H8081 [9SE]

Thomas P. Noonan, Jr., Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Queens, NY: designate (see S. 1856), S14804 [12NO] (see H.R. 1318), H1953 [18MR]

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

Urban areas: importance of preserving survival of essential urban hospitals (see H. Con. Res. 234), H6263 [26JN]

Veterans: health care funding (see H.R. 2318), H4976 [4JN] (see H.R. 2475), H5407 [16JN]

Victor J. Saracini Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Horsham, PA: designate (see S. 615), S3730 [13MR] (see H.R. 1128), H1679 [6MR]

Women: reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see S. 1726), S12533 [14OC] (see H.R. 3350), H9738 [20OC]

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

Marinol (Dronabinol) Capsules, H7308 [22JY]

Excerpts

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

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]

Veterans Health Care, Capital Asset, and Business Improvement Act (S. 1156), S15127-S15131 [19NO], H12151-H12156 [21NO]

Letters

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]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative funding: Beth Moten, American Federation of Government Employees, S14498 [12NO]

———David W. Gorman, DAV, S14502, S14508 [12NO]

———Delatorro L. McNeal, Paralyzed Veterans of America (organization), S14502, S14508 [12NO]

———Gerard M. Kelly, Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association, S14499 [12NO]

———John A. Brieden III, American Legion, S14497 [12NO]

———Robert E. Wallace, VFW, S14501, S14508 [12NO]

———S. John Sisler, AMVETS, S14501, S14508 [12NO]

———Thomas H. Corey, Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., S14497 [12NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs health care funding to meet the needs of troops returning from Iraq: Edward R. Heath, Sr., DAV, S4749 [3AP]

———Richard B. Fuller, Paralyzed Veterans of America (organization), S4749 [3AP]

———Steve A. Robertson, American Legion, S4749 [3AP]

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

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

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]

Illinois Home for Veterans funding: Representative Weller, H7666 [25JY]

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

———W. Herman Sessions, H1848 [13MR]

Implementation of State laws relative to the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes: Chuck Canterbury, Fraternal Order of Police, H7303 [22JY]

———Ronald R. Brooks, National Narcotic Officers' Associations Coalition, H7303 [22JY]

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

Indian Health Service clinical services funding: Friends of Indian Health (organization), S4148 [20MR]

———Julia Davis-Wheeler, National Indian Health Board, S4148 [20MR]

Lack of medical assistance for Iraqi people: David J. Borell, H5385 [16JN]

Medicaid Psychiatric Hospital Fairness Act: Carol Carothers, NAMI Maine (nonprofit organization), S12982 [21OC]

———Dennis P. King, Spring Harbor Hospital, S12983 [21OC]

———Marcia Goin, American Psychiatric Association, S12981 [21OC]

———Mark Covall, National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems, S12982 [21OC]

———Richard C. Birkel, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, S12981 [21OC]

———Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, S12981 [21OC]

———Sabra C. Burdick, Maine Dept. of Behavioral and Developmental Services, S12982 [21OC]

———Steven Michaud, Maine Hospital Association, S12982 [21OC]

———Thomas E. Bryant, National Association of County Behavioral Health Directors, S12981 [21OC]

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 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 inpatient rehabilitation facility prospective payment system: Glenn M. Hackbarth, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, E1517 [18JY]

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

Medication Errors Reduction Act: Ann Richardson Berkey, McKesson Corp., S12545 [14OC]

———Henri R. Manasse, Jr., American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, S12545 [14OC]

———Herb Kuhn, Premier, Inc., S12545 [14OC]

———several health care organizations, S12544 [14OC]

———Wayne NeSmith, Florida Hospital Association, S12545 [14OC]

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]

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

U.S. military field hospitals establishment in Iraq: Representative Kaptur, H5385 [16JN]

Lists

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 supporting S. 387, Geriatric Care Act, S2464 [13FE]

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]

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

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]

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]

VA Announces Record Budget, Health Care Changes: Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S4748 [3AP]

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]

Armed Forces: exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized, H8791, H8792 [24SE], H9562 [16OC]

———exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized (H.R. 2998), H9325-H9327 [8OC], H9520 [16OC], E1679 [4SE], E1918 [30SE], E2037, E2038 [15OC], E2059 [16OC], E2069 [17OC]

———improve medical care for reserve military personnel who served in Iraq, H9717 [20OC]

———increase pay and benefits for active and reserve military personnel in Iraq, H9597-H9599 [16OC], H9647 [17OC]

Bankruptcy: nondischargeability of debts incurred as a result of abortion clinic protests, E534 [20MR]

Bass, Lawrence A.: Sparrow Health System Sparrow Founder's Award recipient, E688 [7AP]

Bedford, OH: anniversary of University Hospital Health System (business) Bedford Medical Center, E2073 [17OC]

Chicago, IL: tribute to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, H123 [8JA]

Children and youth: infant abandonment in hospitals, H26 [7JA]

City of Hope Hospital and Beckman Institute of Research: tribute to Sarah and Rubin Herman Chapter, E299 [27FE]

Cleveland, OH: tribute to Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, E2019 [8OC]

Columbus, OH: Defense Supply Center funding, H7668 [25JY]

Cookeville, TN: Upper Cumberland Cardiology Consultants recipient of the Consortium for Southeastern Hypertension Control Cardiovascular Center of Excellence accreditation, E2218 [4NO]

Crime: foster local collaborations to ensure effective and efficient use of resources within the criminal and juvenile justice systems in dealing with mentally ill offenders (H.R. 2387), E1161 [5JN]

Delta, CO: tribute to Pink Ladies' volunteer efforts at Delta County Memorial Hospital, E440 [12MR]

Dept. of Defense: facilitate treatments of injured Iraqi children at U.S. health facilities, H4590 [22MY]

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

———establish demonstration projects between community health centers and minority health professions schools to reduce disparities in minority health care, H6571, H6572 [10JY]

———make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such services (H.R. 195), H8020 [9SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize certain major medical facility projects (H.R. 2349), E1156 [5JN]

———authorize construction, leasing, or modification of major medical facilities at the site of the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, CO, H10004-H10007 [29OC], E2209 [4NO]

———authorize construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating VA patient care facilities, H12144 [21NO]

———authorize construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating VA patient care facilities (H.R. 1720), H9996-H10008 [29OC], E758 [11AP], E2185 [31OC], E2209 [4NO]

———authorize major medical facility projects for the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative and satisfy requirements on natural disasters (H.R. 3061), E1754 [10SE]

———Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services program funding, E1783 [15SE]

———establish a new medical facility in the Columbus, OH, area, H10007 [29OC]

———health care funding to meet the needs of troops returning from Iraq, H2713, H2796, H2797 [3AP]

———improve allocation of health care resources to different geographic regions in the U.S. (H.R. 890), H7188 [21JY]

———improve and enhance provision of long-term care for veterans and modify authorities relative to administration of personnel (S. 1156), H12137-H12157 [21NO], E1253 [13JN]

———improve health care programs and extend certain expiring authorities (H.R. 3387), E2158 [30OC]

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

———limit amount of time veterans must wait to get a doctor's appointment at veterans clinics, H7693, H7694 [25JY]

———make motor vehicle reimbursement rates for veterans comparable to reimbursement rates for Federal employees, H7695 [25JY]

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

———provide nursing home care to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities and expand eligibility for such care to all veterans with compensable service-connected disabilities (H.R. 2445), E1253 [13JN]

———report on resources sharing agreements for services, programs, and facilities with the Dept. of Defense, H7682 [25JY], E1613 [25JY]

———require congressional notification prior to implementation of the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative, H7704 [25JY], E1757 [10SE]

Drugs: prohibit funds to prevent implementation of State laws relative to the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, H7302-H7311 [22JY]

Fairfax County, VA: Fairfax County Healthy Families Program recipient of National Association of Counties Counties Care for Kids Award, E700 [8AP]

Fairview, OH: tribute to Fairview General Hospital Auxiliary Board, E1450 [11JY], E1515 [18JY]

Fannie E. Rippel Foundation: anniversary, E2547 [8DE]

Food: facilitate procurement of safe food by hospitals, nursing homes, schools, and child care facilities (H.R. 3628), E2447 [23NO]

Foreign aid: provide sufficient health care personnel and medical supplies to Iraq, H5383 [16JN], H5453 [17JN]

Fort Bayard, NM: designate historic district as a national historic landmark (H.R. 2059), H8415 [23SE]

Fort Worth, TX: anniversary of James L. West Alzheimer's Care Facility, E885 [7MY]

Friends of Norris Cotton Cancer Center (organization): tribute, E702 [8AP]

Gary, IN: anniversary of Serenity House alcohol and drug treatment facility, E840 [1MY]

Georgetown, OH: tribute to Brown County General Hospital on recognition in 100 Top Hospitals Study, E1403 [7JY]

Georgetown University: anniversary of School of Nursing & Health Studies, E1959 [2OC]

Gerler, Bob: Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council Outstanding Board Member of the Year award recipient, E2352 [20NO]

Gouverneur Healthcare Services (business): tribute, E196 [12FE]

Grand Junction, CO: tribute to Community Hospital on recognition in 100 Top Hospitals Study, E994 [19MY]

Hazardous substances: provide assistance for poison prevention and stabilize funding of regional poison control centers (S. 686), H11574-H11577 [19NO], E2446 [23NO]

Health: 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]

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

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

———provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and patient navigators to assist in receiving such services (H.R. 918), E308 [27FE]

———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]

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

———tribute to CRUSADE cardiovascular care study program, E2052 [15OC]

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

Hernando, FL: tribute to Woodland Terrace of Citrus County nursing home nurses, E893 [9MY]

Huntsville, AL: opening of National Children's Advocacy Center facility, E1460 [11JY]

Immigration: extend and modify reimbursement of State and local funds expended for emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (H.R. 819), E1599 [25JY]

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

———reimbursement of State and local funds expended for emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens, H6607 [14JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: require students be diagnosed by physicians or persons certified by a State health board to determine eligibility for benefits, H3519, H3520 [30AP]

Inova Mount Vernon Hospital: Mount Vernon-Lee, VA, Chamber of Commerce Large Business of the Year award recipient, E276 [25FE]

Insurance: 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]

———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]

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

———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]

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

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

Iraq: prohibit funding for universal health care, H2792 [3AP], H6282 [8JY]

Jesse Brown Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, IL: designate, H10003 [29OC]

John J. McGuirk Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, New London, CT: designate, H10002 [29OC]

———designate (H.R. 1832), E783 [12AP]

Knoxville, TN: tribute to Thompson Cancer Survival Center, E424 [11MR]

La Junta, CO: anniversary of Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center, E1311 [20JN]

Lafayette County, MO: anniversary of Lafayette County Health Dept., E1956 [2OC]

Lakewood, OH: dedication of North Coast Health Ministry facility, E2010 [8OC]

LaSalle, IL: Illinois Home for Veterans funding, H7666 [25JY]

Loma Linda, CA: Loma Linda Medical Center recipient of Dept. of Veterans Affairs Robert W. Carey Organizational Excellence Trophy Award, E2134 [28OC]

McRobert, Mary Ann: Lenawee County, MI, Chamber of Commerce ATHENA Award recipient, E1095 [2JN]

Medicaid: increase floor for treatment as an extremely low disproportionate share hospital State, H6119 [26JN]

———increase floor for treatment as an extremely low disproportionate share hospital State (H.R. 1342), E503 [18MR]

———permit States to obtain reimbursement for care or services provided under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act in a private mental health facility (H.R. 3363), E2190 [31OC]

———reform, E356 [4MR]

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

———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]

———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]

———expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine and provide for reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services (H.R. 102), E11 [8JA]

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

———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]

———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]

———prohibit implementation of premium support system which would require competition with private insurance carriers in delivering basic services, H10106-H10112 [29OC], H10528-H10534 [6NO]

———promote access to health care services in rural areas (H.R. 2175), E1011 [21MY]

———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]

———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]

———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]

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

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (H.R. 846), E254 [13FE]

Miami, FL: tribute to Miami Heart Research Institute, H1816 [13MR]

Michael E. DeBakey Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX: designate, H7335 [23JY], H7703 [25JY]

———designate (H.R. 91), H26 [7JA]

Milan, MO: anniversary of Sullivan County Memorial Hospital, E789 [29AP]

Mortgages: 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]

National Burn Awareness Week: observance, E174 [7FE]

National Community Health Center Week: establish (H. Res. 240), H7179-H7181 [21JY], E1554 [22JY], E1568, E1569 [23JY]

Native Americans: improve services and facilities of Federal Indian health programs and encourage maximum participation of Indians in such programs (H.R. 2440), E1215 [11JN]

New Brunswick, NJ: tribute to Dean and Betty Gallo Prostate Cancer Center education initiative, E762 [11AP]

New Haven, CT: anniversary of Clifford W. Beers Guidance Clinic, E2165 [30OC]

New Jersey: impact of Medicare legislation on Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged & Disabled (PAAD) program, H12262 [21NO]

———tribute to St. Clare's Harvest Festival, E1975 [3OC]

New Port Richey, FL: Orchard Ridge Rehabilitation and Nursing Center recipient of American Healthcare Association Quality Award, E1800 [16SE]

New York, NY: tribute to New York University Downtown Hospital Chinese Community Partnership for Health program's Hong Kong Television Broadcast Limited Benefit Variety Show, E493 [18MR]

New York University: tribute to Downtown Hospital Chinese Community Partnership for Health Hong Kong Television Broadcast Limited Benefit Variety Show, E1379 [27JN]

NIH: biomedical research funding, H6517-H6521 [10JY]

North Chicago, IL: increase cooperation between VA Medical Center and Great Lakes Naval Hospital, H10008 [29OC]

Norwood, CO: tribute to Uncompahgre Medical Center Neighbor-to-Neighbor fund, E397 [7MR]

Nurse Reinvestment Act: funding, H6522 [10JY]

PacifiCare Health Systems: anniversary, E1212 [11JN]

Pastrick, Robert: St. Catherine Hospital of East Chicago, IN, Pillar of the Community Award recipient, E282 [25FE]

Peekskill, NY: observance of Health Center Week, E1631 [25JY]

Pennsylvania: tribute to Lifeflight emergency helicopter and critical care ground transportation service, E1890 [25SE]

Pittsburgh, PA: anniversary of McGuire Memorial, E1895 [25SE]

Portland, OR: Portland VA Medical Center funding, H7668 [25JY]

Powers, Donald S.: St. Catherine Hospital of East Chicago, IN, Pillar of the Community Award recipient, E282 [25FE]

Privacy: restore certain standards to protect the privacy of individually identifiable health information (H.R. 1709), E741 [11AP]

Pueblo, CO: tribute to Bonfils Blood Center, E728 [10AP]

Queens, NY: prohibit funding for closing of St. Albans Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facility, H7704, H7705 [25JY]

Rifle, CO: tribute to Grand River Hospital District, E426 [11MR]

Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate, E127 [4FE]

Rochester, NY: tribute to Rochester General Hospital, E2208 [4NO]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services, H179 [28JA]

Savannah, GA: status of Georgia Regional Hospital, H9487 [16OC]

Schiavo, Terri: legal dispute over removal of feeding tubes, H9741, H9743, H9788 [21OC]

Senior citizens: provide greater health care freedom (H.R. 2781), E1515 [18JY]

Share and Care Foundation: tribute, E1379 [27JN]

Slaven-Emond, AliceMarie: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leadership Award recipient, E1192 [10JN]

Springfield, OH: groundbreaking for regional outpatient cancer center, E1635 [25JY]

St. Helena, CA: anniversary of St. Helena Hospital, E2058 [16OC]

St. Louis, MO: Children's Hospital inclusion in Child Magazine (publication) ``Best Children's Hospitals'' list, E245 [13FE]

Taxation: ensure employees retain hospital insurance tax exemption relative to consolidation of a political subdivision with the State (H.R. 2105), E945 [14MY]

Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks or other major disasters affecting homeland security, H6608 [14JY]

United Steelworkers of America: support for health care bill of rights, E1688 [4SE]

University of California, San Diego: tribute to Cancer Center Luau and Long Board Invitational event, E1379, E1380 [27JN]

University of Michigan: tribute to Survival Flight program, E1190 [10JN]

University of Texas: tribute to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, E1573 [23JY]

Veterans: benefits funding, H3287, H3289 [10AP], H3620 [1MY], H3959 [9MY], H10346 [5NO], E639, E640 [1AP], E724 [10AP], E2257, E2261, E2263 [6NO]

———disability benefits, H10982, H10987, H10989, H11122 [7NO]

———health care funding, H4852 [3JN], H5179 [11JN], H5355 [12JN], H5391 [16JN], H7630-H7637, H7663-H7668, H7684, H7685, H7687, H7688, H7691, H7707, H7708 [25JY], H9471, H9473, H9475 [15OC], H9518 [16OC], H9770-H9775 [21OC], H10224, H10229 [30OC], H10315, H10322 [4NO], H10444 [5NO], H10460, H10535-H10537, H10545 [6NO], H11201 [17NO], E1726 [5SE], E1753 [10SE], E2200 [31OC], E2279 [7NO], E2289 [10NO]

———health care funding (H.R. 2318), H7208-H7213 [21JY], H12831, H12837 [8DE], E1131 [4JN]

———health care funding (H.R. 2475), E1266 [16JN]

Westchester County, NY: anniversary of Phelps Hospice, E2158 [30OC]

Women: reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (H.R. 3350), E2098 [20OC]

Worcester, MA: anniversary of University Commons Nursing Care Center, E2061 [16OC]

Remarks in Senate

AARP: alleged conflict of interest relative to endorsement of Medicare reform and prescription drug coverage, S15585 [22NO], S15729 [24NO]

Alaska: water and waste disposal grant for Matanuska-Susitna Borough hospital project, S14016, S14017 [5NO]

Aleda E. Lutz Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Saginaw, MI: prohibit closure or realignment of inpatient services (S. 1914), S15413 [21NO]

Armed Forces: exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized, S12712, S12713 [16OC], S12772 [17OC]

———exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized (S. 1622), S11576 [16SE], S11978 [25SE]

———improve care and treatment of reserve military personnel who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, S14087, S14090 [6NO]

Bob Stump Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Prescott, AZ: designate (S. 1511), S10634, S10635 [31JY]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: congressional disapproval of rule revising criteria used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility, S11902 [24SE]

Colorado: tribute to Solucient (business) Top 100 Hospitals honorees, S13708 [31OC]

Committee on Finance (Senate): tribute to staff for efforts relative to S. 1, Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act, S8700 [26JN]

Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception, S3424-S3428 [11MR]

———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]

Crime: foster local collaborations to ensure effective and efficient use of resources within the criminal and juvenile justice systems in dealing with mentally ill offenders (S. 1194), S7483-S7488 [5JN], S13317-S13322 [27OC], S13373 [28OC]

Dept. of HHS: Community Access Program funding, S1357, S1358 [22JA], S1384, S1456 [23JA], S11334, S11335 [10SE]

———develop literacy standards for informational materials to assist in the safe and appropriate use of prescription drugs, S8422 [24JN]

———drug addiction treatment programs funding, S4371 [25MR]

———reduction of health program disparities and promotion of minority health funding, S1387, S1388, S1401 [23JA]

———State Long-Term Care Ombudsmen Program funding, S11056, S11057 [4SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize construction, leasing, or modification of major medical facilities at the site of the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, CO (S. 613), S3733 [13MR]

———authorize major medical facility projects for the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative and satisfy requirements on natural disasters (S. 1605), S11352 [10SE]

———dispense medications for prescriptions written by private practitioners to veterans awaiting their first VA appointment for medical care (S. 1112), S6994 [22MY]

———extend the period for provision of noninstitutional extended care services and required nursing home care (S. 836), S5070 [9AP], S14394 [11NO]

———health care funding to meet the needs of troops returning from Iraq, S4747-S4752 [3AP]

———improve and enhance provision of long-term care for veterans and modify authorities relative to administration of personnel (S. 1156), S7154 [23MY], S15123-S15133 [19NO]

———modify Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative to include long-term, domiciliary, and mental health care provisions, S14497-S14504, S14508-S14510, S14524 [12NO]

———provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (S. 50), S8277 [20JN], S14397 [11NO]

———require congressional notification prior to implementation of the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative (S. 1283), S8135 [18JN]

———require further analysis on future needs of veterans health care services and facilities under the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative, S14939, S14940 [17NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT: designate (S. 1815), S14390 [11NO]

Disabled: promote community integration, S8430 [24JN]

Disasters: make private, nonprofit medical facilities that serve industry specific clients eligible for hazard mitigation and disaster assistance (S. 775), S4826 [3AP]

Education: children's hospitals graduate medical education funding, S4370 [25MR], S11100, S11105 [4SE], S11331 [10SE]

———teaching hospitals funding, S8686 [26JN]

Fort Bayard, NM: designate historic district as a national historic landmark (S. 214), S1489 [23JA], S3102, S3105 [4MR]

Gainesville, FL: tribute to Dept. of Veterans Affairs VA Medical Center, S14025 [5NO]

Greenville, SC: tribute to Greenville Hospital System Children's Hospital, S4374 [25MR]

Hazardous substances: poison control centers funding, S11101, S11105 [4SE]

———provide assistance for poison prevention and stabilize funding of regional poison control centers (S. 686), S4286 [21MR], S8316, S8317 [20JN], S16201 [9DE]

Health: 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]

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

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

———NIH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Health Resources and Service Administration funding, S4266 [21MR]

———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 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]

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

———provide grants to health centers for facility construction, modernization, replacement, and major equipment purchases (S. 673), S4170 [20MR]

———provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and patient navigators to assist in receiving such services (S. 453), S2843 [26FE]

———provide programs for stroke prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation (S. 1909), S15299 [20NO]

———provide State grants for developing trauma care systems (S. 239), S1744, S1745 [29JA], S8377 [23JN], S8385 [24JN]

———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]

———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]

Health care professionals: immunity from liability for physicians providing free medical care to medically underserved or indigent patients, S11149 [5SE]

———revise certain provisions relative to the appointment of professional psychologists in the Veterans Health Administration (S. 78), S71 [7JA]

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act: compliance with health information privacy regulations, S5721 [5MY]

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

Heber Springs, AR: water and waste disposal grant for hospital project, S14019 [5NO]

Honduras: Water Missions International (organization) hospital water supply and wastewater treatment projects funding, S13796 [3NO]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault, S3424-S3428, S3468-S3478 [11MR], S3613 [12MR]

———provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (S. 1564), S10914 [1AU]

Immigration: extend and modify reimbursement of State and local funds expended for emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens, S4416, S4417 [26MR]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (S. 556), S3277 [6MR]

Indian Health Service: clinical services funding, S4147-S4150 [20MR], S4323 [24MR], S4347, S4348 [25MR]

Institute of Medicine: findings of report entitled ``Hidden Costs, Value Lost—Uninsurance in America'', S8277 [20JN]

Insurance: 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]

———economic impact of undiagnosed and untreated illnesses, S8277 [20JN]

———reform the medical malpractice insurance business, provide Federal alternative medical malpractice insurance, and limit frivolous lawsuits, S3836-S3839 [18MR]

Iraq: reconstruction, S9630 [21JY]

Kentucky: tribute to Fern Creek Quilt Lovers, S12966 [21OC]

Lincoln, NE: Dept. of HHS grant for community health center, S3617 [12MR]

Lovington, NM: tribute to Nor-Lea General Hospital, S15403 [21NO]

Medicaid: coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics (S. 63), S61 [7JA]

———establish a demonstration project to encourage the provision of community-based services to disabled individuals (S. 1394), S9236 [10JY], S9304 [11JY]

———extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (S. 652), S3900 [18MR]

———extend the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage adjustment for Alaska (S. 294), S1900 [4FE]

———permit States to obtain reimbursement for care or services provided under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act in a private mental health facility (S. 1771), S12980 [21OC]

———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]

———restore disproportionate share hospital allotment for Hawaii, S8495 [25JN]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals, S6462, S6470 [15MY]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (S. 204), S1370 [22JA]

Medicare: 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]

———clarification of a hospital ``under development'' relative to exemption from the self-referral limitation, S15743 [24NO]

———coverage of adult day care services, S8687 [26JN]

———coverage of adult day care services (S. 1227), S7633 [10JN]

———coverage of certain drugs and biologicals under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient services (S. 1206), S7543 [9JN]

———coverage of drug treatment therapy for HIV/AIDS patients, S15596 [23NO], S15887, S15888 [25NO]

———coverage of pancreatic islet cell transplantations for individuals with diabetes and end stage renal disease, S8701 [26JN]

———definition of negotiated price for drug coverage relative to inclusion of dispensing fees, S15742, S15743 [24NO]

———eliminate gap in coverage of prescription drug benefit, S8387-S8389, S8392, S8393, S8403, S8404 [24JN]

———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 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]

———establish permanent lifestyle modification program for beneficiaries, S8653 [26JN]

———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 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]

———expedite implementation of prescription drug coverage following enactment of reform legislation, S8349 [23JN], S8405-S8409 [24JN]

———extend eligibility periods for geriatric graduate medical education, S8283 [20JN]

———extend eligibility periods for geriatric graduate medical education, expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine, and provide reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services (S. 387), S2464 [13FE]

———extend low-income beneficiary access to quality health care services, S1374 [23JA]

———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 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 reimbursement to rural health care providers and facilities by reducing tax cut on dividends, S6202-S6204 [14MY], S6413 [15MY]

———increase and freeze indirect medical education adjustment percentage, S8400 [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]

———permit Medicare+Choice plans that disproportionately serve special needs or frail, elderly beneficiaries to offer specialized Medicare Advantage plans, S8522, S8523 [25JN], S8688 [26JN]

———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 additional assistance to beneficiaries with certain serious medical conditions during any gap in coverage of their prescription drug benefit, S8630-S8632, S8636 [26JN]

———provide beneficiaries with information on advance directives, S8652 [26JN]

———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 income-related increase in part B premium for individuals and married couples with incomes exceeding a certain level, S8677, S8678 [26JN]

———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 election improvements, S8282 [20JN]

———reduce work hours and increase supervision of resident-physicians to ensure the safety of both patients and resident-physicians (S. 952), S5598 [30AP]

———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]

———reimburse Indian hospitals and clinics for all Part B services, S8337 [23JN]

———remove restrictions on clinical psychologists or social workers providing services in outpatient rehabilitation facilities (S. 62), S61 [7JA]

———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 the full market basket percentage increase applied to payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services furnished to beneficiaries (S. 899), S5354 [11AP]

———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]

———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]

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]

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

Michigan: Project Rehab anniversary, S3617 [12MR]

Mortgages: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for hospitals (H.R. 659), S10986 [2SE]

Multnomah County, OR: tribute to El Programa Hispano, Desarrollo Integral de la Familia, and the Oregon Council for Hispanic Advancement, S15970 [25NO]

National Academies of Practice: grant Federal charter (S. 80), S72 [7JA]

National Assisted Living Week: observance, S11114 [4SE]

National Burn Awareness Week: observance, S1967 [5FE]

National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: tribute, S9900 [24JY]

National Health Center Week: designate, S10261 [30JY]

———designate (S. Res. 140), S6004 [9MY]

National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center: establish, S8421 [24JN]

Nepal: tribute to efforts of Himalayan Trust (organization) and American Himalayan Foundation in support of the Sherpa people and community, S7377 [4JN]

NIH: Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center Program designation, S11329, S11330 [10SE]

North Chicago, IL: increase cooperation between VA Medical Center and Great Lakes Naval Hospital, S14511 [12NO]

North Dakota: implement recommendations of the Garrison Unit Tribal Advisory Committee by providing authorization for the construction of a rural health care facility on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation (S. 1146), S7145 [23MY], S13317 [27OC]

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

Oregon: tribute to N2K Nursing Shortage Demonstration Project, S2914 [27FE]

Paul Wellstone Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN: designate (S. 1289), S8234 [19JN], S11023 [3SE]

Pittsburg, KS: anniversary of Mount Carmel Regional Medical Center, S4895 [7AP]

Rural areas: provide greater access for residents of frontier areas to the healthcare services provided by community health centers (S. 1883), S15067 [18NO]

Ryan, Matthew J.: honorary renaming of University of Pennsylvania Veterinary Hospital, S11980 [25SE]

Safety Net Organizations and Patient Advisory Commission: establish (S. 732), S4522 [27MR]

Senior citizens: prevent and increase penalties for crimes such as health care, pension, and telemarketing fraud, and nursing home abuse and fraud (S. 1286), S8153 [18JN]

Taxation: provide physicians and other health care professionals with a credit for qualified expenditures for medical professional malpractice insurance, S9005-S9007 [8JY]

———treatment of bonds issued to nonprofit nursing homes and elderly care facilities, S5016 [9AP]

———treatment of certain hospital support organizations as qualified organizations for determining acquisition indebtedness (S. 97), S76 [7JA]

Technology: establish a health information technology grant program for hospitals and skilled nursing facilities (S. 1729), S12544-S12546 [14OC]

Terrorism: bioterrorism preparedness workforce funding, S11103-S11105 [4SE]

Veterans: benefits funding, S4241, S4242 [21MR]

———health care funding, S12425-S12427 [3OC], S12797-S12799 [17OC], S14382, S14388 [11NO], S14464-S14466, S14792, S14793 [12NO], S15917, S15949 [25NO]

Reports

Care and Treatment of Reserve Military Personnel Who Served in Iraq and Afghanistan: Senate National Guard Caucus, S14088-S14090 [6NO]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs Health Care Sharing: Committee on Appropriations (House), E2210 [4NO]

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

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]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Long-Term Care and Personnel Authorities Enhancement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 1156) (S. Rept. 108-193), S14334 [10NO]

Fort Bayard National Historic Landmark Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 214) (S. Rept. 108-8), S2187 [11FE]

———Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2059) (H. Rept. 108-257), H7838 [3SE]

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]

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]

Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1194), S13133 [23OC]

National Health Center Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 140), S9244 [10JY]

New Fitzsimons Regional Federal Medical Center Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 116) (H. Rept. 108-200), H6705 [14JY]

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

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

Patient Safety Improvement Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 877) (H. Rept. 108-31), H1743 [11MR]

Poison Prevention Assistance and Regional Poison Control Centers Funding Stabilization: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 686) (S. Rept. 108-68), S7717 [11JN]

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]

Three Affiliated Tribes Health Facility Compensation Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1146) (S. Rept. 108-165), S12607 [15OC]

Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 239) (S. Rept. 108-59), S7540 [9JN]

Veterans Health Care Facilities Capital Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1720) (H. Rept. 108-210), H6867 [15JY]

Statements

Eliminate Health Care Disparities Among Minorities: Delegate Christensen, H9163-H9165 [2OC]

Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act: Representative Robert C. Scott, H1823 [13MR]

Paul Wellstone Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN: several individuals, S8235 [19JN]

Studies

Coordination of Care for Those With Multiple Chronic Conditions, S8620 [26JN]

Summaries

Defense of Medicare and Real Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Act (S. 1992), S16128 [9DE]

Improve Services and Facilities of Federal Indian Health Programs and Encourage Maximum Participation of Indians in Such Programs (H.R. 2440), E1216 [11JN]

Medical Malpractice Insurance and Litigation Reform Act (H.R. 1116), E392 [7MR]

Medicare Chronic Care Improvement Act (H.R. 2342), E1122 [4JN]

Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act (S. 1): Specter Amendment on Advance Directives, S8653 [26JN]

———Specter Amendment on Permanent Lifestyle Modification Program, S8653 [26JN]

———Specter Amendment on Physician Fee Schedule Payments, S8653 [26JN]

Tables

Bioterrorism preparedness funding, S11104 [4SE]

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

Patients First Act: Leanne Dyess, S8875 [7JY]

Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act: Committee on Finance (Senate), S8661 [26JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 139, consideration of H.R. 5, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act, H1817 [13MR]

H. Res. 240, National Community Health Center Week, H7179 [21JY]

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. 91, Michael E. DeBakey Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX, H7703 [25JY]

H.R. 659, Hospital Mortgage Insurance Act, S10986 [2SE], H1755 [12MR]

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

H.R. 1720, Veterans Health Care Facilities Capital Improvement Act, H9996-H9999 [29OC]

H.R. 2059, Fort Bayard National Historic Landmark Act, H8415 [23SE]

H.R. 2998, exempt certain members of the Armed Forces from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized, H9325 [8OC]

S. 1, Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act, S7720 [11JN]

S. 62, Autonomy for Psychologists and Social Workers Act, S61 [7JA]

S. 63, Nursing School Clinics Act, S61 [7JA]

S. 78, Veteran's Health Administration Act, S71 [7JA]

S. 80, National Academies of Practice Recognition Act, S72 [7JA]

S. 97, tax treatment of certain hospital support organizations as qualified organizations for determining acquisition indebtedness, S77 [7JA]

S. 171, Medicare Ambulance Payment Reform Act, S856 [15JA]

S. 172, Rural Health Care Equity Act, S856-S859 [15JA]

S. 204, Medicaid Safety Net Improvement Act, S1371 [22JA]

S. 214, Fort Bayard National Historic Landmark Act, S1490 [23JA], S3105 [4MR]

S. 239, Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act, S8377 [23JN]

S. 412, Local Emergency Health Services Reimbursement Act, S2492 [13FE]

S. 453, Patient Navigator, Outreach, and Chronic Disease Prevention Act, S2844-S2848 [26FE]

S. 556, Indian Health Care Improvement Act revision and extension, S3278-S3315 [6MR]

S. 613, Veterans' New Fitzsimons Health Care Facilities Act, S3733 [13MR]

S. 652, Access to Hospitals Act, S3901 [18MR]

S. 686, poison prevention assistance and regional poison control centers funding stabilization, S8316 [20JN]

S. 686, provide assistance for poison prevention and stabilize funding of regional poison control centers, S4287 [21MR], S16201 [9DE], H11574 [19NO]

S. 899, American Hospital Preservation Act, S5354 [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. 991, Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act, S5734 [5MY]

S. 1112, Veterans' Prescription Drug Reform Act, S6994 [22MY]

S. 1146, Three Affiliated Tribes Health Facility Compensation Act, S13317 [27OC]

S. 1156, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Long-Term Care and Personnel Authorities Enhancement Act, S7154 [23MY]

S. 1156, Veterans Health Care, Capital Asset, and Business Improvement Act, H12137-H12143 [21NO]

S. 1179, Medicare Chronic Care Improvement Act, S7383-S7387 [4JN]

S. 1194, Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act, S7484-S7486 [5JN], S13320-S13322 [27OC]

S. 1197, Consumer Assurance of Radiologic Excellence Act, S7490 [5JN]

S. 1227, Medicare Adult Day Services Alternative Act, S7634 [10JN]

S. 1257, Medicare Payment for Quality and Value Act, S7841 [12JN]

S. 1283, require congressional notification prior to implementation of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative, S8136 [18JN]

S. 1286, Seniors Safety Act, S8154-S8159 [18JN]

S. 1289, Paul Wellstone Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, S8236 [19JN]

S. 1394, Money Follows the Person Act, S9304-S9306 [11JY]

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

S. 1511, Bob Stump Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Prescott, AZ, S10635 [31JY]

S. 1516, Reliable Medical Justice Act, S10641-S10643 [31JY]

S. 1564, Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act, S10914 [1AU]

S. 1605, authorize major Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facility projects for the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative and satisfy requirements on natural disasters, S11352 [10SE]

S. 1622, exempt certain Armed Forces members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized, S11576 [16SE]

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

S. 1779, Medicare Indian Health Fairness Act, S13139 [23OC]

S. 1883, Frontier Healthcare Access Act, S15068 [18NO]

S. 1914, prohibit closure or realignment of inpatient services at Aleda E. Lutz Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Saginaw, MI, S15413 [21NO]

S. 1974, Medicare Preservation and Drug Price Fairness Act, S16022 [25NO]

S. Res. 140, National Health Center Week, S6004 [9MY], S9432 [15JY]