HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

Amendments

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), S11261 [11OC]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (S. 2526), S11385 [16NO]

Health: improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (S. 720), S8776 [22JY]

Health care professionals: improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (S. 2302), S11271 [11OC]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 663, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act, S8633 [22JY]

Articles and editorials

End of a Chapter, S2858 [22MR]

First, Do No Harm, S8632 [22JY]

Is Kaiser the Future of American Health Care?, E2048 [18NO]

Liability Crisis Ends Century of Deliveries, S9693 [27SE]

Medicare ``Bug,'' Thousands Fail To Pay Premiums, H4741 [22JN]

Pro-Lifers Set Sights on New Congress, H10919 [6DE]

Seniors Blast Medicare Prescription Plan, S679 [6FE]

73 Options for Medicare Plan Fuel Chaos, Not Prescription, S5243, S5374 [12MY]

Vt. Woman Wins $7.4M Lawsuit, S3762 [6AP]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: reimburse members retired for combat-related disability for travel to military treatment facilities for medical care (see H.R. 4180), H2264 [21AP]

Athens, GA: establish a Dept. of Veterans Affairs Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) for veterans on the grounds of the Navy Supply Corps School (see H.R. 5303), H9047 [8OC]

Bob Michel Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Peoria, IL: designate (see S. 2596), S7435 [24JN] (see H.R. 4608), H4391 (see H.R. 4608), H4506 [17JN]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: require repayment of appropriated funds that are illegaly disbursed for political purposes (see S. 2473), S6087 [21MY] (see H.R. 4458), H3439 (see H.R. 4458), H3539 [20MY]

Charles Wilson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Lufkin, TX: designate (see H.R. 4317), H2727 [6MY]

Conversations Before the Crisis Week: designate (see S. Res. 391), S7435 [24JN]

Denton, TX: authorize a Dept. of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic (see H.R. 4326), H2815 [11MY]

Dept. of HHS: expand the National Practitioner Data Bank (see S. 2341), S4300 [22AP] (see H.R. 4211), H2372 [22AP]

———reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention and services program (see S. 2741), S8688 [22JY]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see S. 2526), S6881 [16JN] (see H.R. 4578), H4170 [15JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a first responder and terrorism preparedness grant information hotline (see S. 2171), S2223 [4MR] (see S. 2239), S3180 [25MR] (see S. 2632), S7828 [8JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize entrance into certain major medical facility leases and the transfer of real property subject to certain limitations (see H.R. 4768), H5330 [7JY]

———carry out a demonstration project on priorities in scheduling of appointments of veterans for health care (see S. 2063), S792 [10FE] (see H.R. 3812), H515 [11FE]

———clarify that per diem payments for the care of veterans in State homes shall not be used to offset Medicaid payments (see S. 2196), S2717 [11MR] (see S. 2327), S4225 [21AP]

———enter into contracts with community health care providers to improve access to health care for veterans in highly rural areas (see H.R. 3777), H392 [4FE]

———establish certain conditions before implementing any Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) Commission recommendation that reduces veterans medical services (see H.R. 4399), H3391 [19MY]

———establish limitations on utilization and disposal of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt campus of the Hudson Valley Health Care System at Montrose, NY (see H.R. 5353), H9184 [9OC]

———give Kentucky the first option on the Louisville VA Medical Center upon conveyance, lease, or other disposal (see S. 2296), S3919 [7AP]

———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 S. 2743), S8688 [22JY]

Diseases: improve quality of care for cancer patients (see S. 2771), S8688 [22JY]

Education: modify determination of the amount of payments for indirect expenses associated with operating approved graduate medical residency training programs at children's hospitals (see H.R. 5204), H8038 [4OC]

Federal aid programs: authorize grants to hospitals for measurement-based strategies to improve the quality and efficiency of health care (see H.R. 4127), H2151 [2AP]

Firearms: prohibit possession in a hospital zone (see H.R. 5208), H8038 [4OC]

Health: establish a Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services and an advisory council made up of non-Federal representatives of the emergency medical services community (see S. 2351), S4428 [27AP] (see H.R. 4831), H5792 [14JY]

———establish a network of pediatric centers in certain developing countries to provide treatment and care for children with HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 4191), H2265 [21AP]

———improve access to health care services by reducing the burden the liability system places in the delivery of emergency, trauma, and obstetrical services (see S. 2207), S2777 [12MR]

———improve health care for minority and underserved populations (see S. 2091), S1286 [12FE] (see S. 2217), S2778 [12MR] (see S. 2594), S7435 [24JN]

———improve quality, efficiency, standards, and technology of health care (see H.R. 4880), H6555 [21JY]

———increase insurance coverage by requiring employers to offer health insurance with greater Government assistance and by expanding current safety net programs (see H.R. 5218), H8167 [5OC]

———limit liability of hospitals and emergency departments for noneconomic and punitive damages when providing uncompensated care (see H.R. 4993), H6704 [22JY]

———protect certain health care providers against legal liability for certain emergency and related care provided to uninsured individuals (see H.R. 4992), H6704 [22JY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see S. 2083), S1286 [12FE] (see H.R. 4628), H4646 [21JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 4628), consideration (see H. Res. 773), H7138 [14SE]

———provide State grants for developing trauma care systems (see H.R. 3999), H1322 [18MR]

———reduce health care disparities and improve health care quality of minorities by improving data collection, providing performance incentives, and expanding programs seeking to eliminate health disparities (see H.R. 5338), H9049 [8OC]

Health care professionals: establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see H.R. 4316), H2727 [6MY]

———improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (see S. 2302), S3919 [7AP] (see H.R. 4156), H2153 [2AP] (see H.R. 4453), H3439 (see H.R. 4453), H3538 [20MY]

———improve training and retention (see S. 2739), S8688 [22JY]

———provide for education and training of allied health professionals in exchange for a service commitment at a facility with critical shortages of allied health professionals (see S. 2491), S6348 [2JN] (see H.R. 4016), H1369 [23MR]

Immigration: continue Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to illegal aliens through foreign aid funds (see H.R. 4360), H3015 [13MY]

Insurance: require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide prompt payment for health benefits claims (see S. 2308), S4024 [8AP]

James J. Peters Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, NY: designate (see S. 2133), S1683 [26FE]

Medicaid: require fair billing for hospital services provided to uninsured patients as a condition of Medicaid funding for a hospital (see H.R. 4092), H1790 [31MR]

Medicare: clarify payment for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals (see S. 2426), S5535 [17MY] (see H.R. 4257), H2491 [30AP]

———coverage of respiratory therapists under home health service plans (see S. 2707), S8548 [21JY]

———deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see S. 2257), S3366 [30MR] (see S. 2652), S8118 [14JY] (see H.R. 3767), H392 [4FE]

———deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (H.R. 3767), consideration (see H. Res. 696), H4927 (see H. Res. 696), H5071 [24JN]

———eliminate privatization and reduce excessive payments to health maintenance organizations and other private sector insurance plans (see S. 2300), S3919 [7AP]

———eliminate reductions in payments to hospitals for the indirect costs of medical education (see S. 2876), S10061 [30SE]

———ensure that every beneficiary has access to a Medicare administered prescription drug plan option (see S. 2487), S6348 [2JN]

———establish a hospice demonstration and grant program for beneficiaries (see S. 2983), S11377 [16NO]

———expand the rural community hospital demonstration program to include outpatient services (see S. 2284), S3791 [6AP]

———impose a moratorium on payments for inpatient hospital services in additional long-term care hospital beds (see H.R. 3790), H434 [10FE]

———improve quality of care in skilled nursing facilities through development of quality measures and changes in reimbursement (see H.R. 5403), H10078 [19NO]

———improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (see S. 2135), S1683 [26FE]

———increase Federal oversight of the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and revoke its unique ability to accredit hospitals (see S. 2698), S8474 [20JY] (see H.R. 4877), H6127 [20JY]

———provide additional beneficiary protections (see H.R. 3702), H35 [20JA]

———provide beneficiaries with access to geriatric assessments and chronic care management (see H.R. 4689), H4926 (see H.R. 4689), H5070 [24JN]

———provide equity in the calculation of disproportionate share hospital payments for hospitals in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 4871), H6127 [20JY]

———provide for fairness in the calculation of disportionate share hospital payments for hospitals in Puerto Rico (see S. 2260), S3367 [30MR]

———provide incentives linking quality to payment for skilled nursing facilities and establish a Long-Term Care Financing Commission (see H.R. 5393), H10078 [19NO]

———provide payments to ambulance suppliers for the full cost of furnishing such services and to rural ambulance providers and suppliers for cost of serving areas with low population density (see S. 3011), S11639 [19NO] (see H.R. 5415), H10079 [19NO]

———provide whistleblower protection to employees of clinical laboratories (see H.R. 5311), H9048 [8OC]

———require Medicare Advantage organizations to pay for critical access hospital services and rural health clinic services at a greater percentage than regular Medicare payment rates (see H.R. 4687), H4926 (see H.R. 4687), H5070 [24JN]

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: eliminate overpayments to health maintenance organizations and other private plans (see H.R. 4304), H2727 [6MY]

———eliminate the comparative cost adjustment program (see H.R. 3711), H35 [20JA]

———improve (see S. 2343), S4300 [22AP]

———provide certain documents to the House of Representatives relative to cost estimates and analyses (see H. Res. 776), H7234 [15SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: require automatic fire sprinkler systems in all nursing facilities (see H.R. 4967), H6703 [22JY]

Mental health: increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (see S. Res. 317), S2543 [10MR] (see H. Res. 605), H2372 [22AP]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, post-abortion depression and psychosis (see H.R. 4543), H3872 [9JN]

National Community Health Center Week: establish (see H. Res. 646), H3229 [18MY]

National Health Center Week: designate (see S. Res. 357), S5372 [12MY]

National Long-Term Care Residents' Rights Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 772), H7137 [14SE]

National Patient Safety Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 320), S2778 [12MR]

National Time Out Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 682), H4580 [18JN]

———support goals and ideas (see S. Res. 469), S11377 [16NO]

National Volunteer Blood Donor Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 493), H7137 [14SE]

NIH Police: establish (see S. 2574), S7434 [24JN]

Nursing homes: establish a loan repayment program for nurse practitioners and physician assistants in underserved homes, and establish a mentoring program for training administrators (see H.R. 5322), H9048 [8OC]

Puerto Rico: 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. 3898), H871 [4MR]

Safety: recognize need for consistent information, regulations, and guidelines regarding the safe disposal of used syringes outside medical facilities (see H. Res. 659), H3719 [2JN]

Social Security: ensure full and free competition in the medical device and hospital supply industries (see S. 2880), S10261 [1OC]

Thomas E. Creek Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Amarillo, TX: designate (see H.R. 4836), H5907 [15JY]

Veterans: extend eligibility of veterans who served in recent hostilities for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care for any illness (see H.R. 4438), H3438 (see H.R. 4438), H3538 [20MY]

Cloture motions

Health: improve access to health care services by reducing the burden the liability system places in the delivery of emergency, trauma, and obstetrical services (S. 2207), motion to proceed, S3599 [2AP], S3894 [7AP]

Cost Estimates

Access to Rural Physicians Improvement Act (H.R. 4453): CBO, E1976 [16NO]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act revision and extension (S. 556): CBO, S12053-S12055 [8DE]

Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act (S. 1194): CBO, H8242 [6OC]

Factsheets

Statistics Relative to the Loss of Physicians in Mississippi, S3770 [6AP]

Letters

Applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform abortions or make referrals regarding abortion services: several Senators, S11722 [20NO]

Improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates: Representative Barton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H9858 [17NO]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H9858 [17NO]

Permit voter registration at Indian Health Service facilities in New Mexico: Senator Bingaman, S10632 [7OC]

Pregnancy and Trauma Care Access Protection Act: James Hurley, American Academy of Actuaries, S3757 [6AP]

———Laurence E. Stempel, S3758 [6AP]

Lists

Andrews AFB, MD, Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility personnel, E160 [10FE]

Cities benefiting from Dept. of HHS Community Access Program, H6822 [8SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs major medical facility leases, E1315 [8JY]

Examples of NIH research that can not be funded under S. Con. Res. 95, setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009, S2670 [11MR]

Groups supporting the conference report on H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, H4743 [22JN]

Nebraska critical access hospitals offering certain laboratory services, S5537 [17MY]

Organizations supporting S. 2491, Allied Health Reinvestment Act, S6360 [2JN]

Physicians no longer delivering babies in Mississippi, S3772 [6AP]

STOP Stroke Act Coalition, H3895 [14JN]

Supporters of H.R. 918, Patient Navigator Outreach, and Chronic Disease Prevention Act, E1844 [8OC]

Remarks in House

Adventist Health (nonprofit organization): tribute to Project Intellicare, E2040 [18NO]

AltaMed Health Services Corp.: anniversary, E760 [5MY]

Anderson, Ron: American Hospital Association Award of Honor recipient, E612 [22AP]

Andrews AFB, MD: tribute to Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility for services during Iraqi war, E160 [10FE]

Angell, Robert: Friends of the Sunshine Place Volunteer of the Year award recipient, E327 [9MR]

Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Hospital inclusion in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ``America's Best Hospitals'' list, E1351 [9JY]

———tribute to University of Maryland R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, E1350 [9JY]

Bankruptcy: nondischargeability of debts incurred as a result of abortion clinic protests, H145, H146, H213 [28JA], E84 [30JA]

Bay City, MI: anniversary of Bay Special Care Hospital, E1315 [8JY]

Bennington, VT: Dept. of Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic staff recipient of Federal Executive Association Federal Employee of the Year Award, E1067 [8JN]

Bergman, Marion: Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Dr. Jacob Dranitzke Award recipient, E2078 [20NO]

Bob Michel Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Peoria, IL: designate (H.R. 4608), H6074-H6076 [20JY], E1446 [21JY]

Caribou, ME: Cary Medical Center recipient of the National Jobs Corps Association Alpha Award in Community Service, E1708 [24SE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: withhold implementation of 75 percent rule relative to hospital inpatient rehabilitation care pending independent assessment by medical experts, H6836, H6837 [8SE], H6977 [9SE]

Charles Wilson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Lufkin, TX: designate (H.R. 4317), H3555-H3557 [1JN]

Chicago, IL: tribute to World War II veterans at St. Paul's House and Health Center, E991 [2JN]

Cleveland, OH: anniversary of La Providencia Family Center, E1603 [13SE]

Community health centers: tribute, E1873 [11OC]

Courts: ruling on privacy issues concerning the Dept. of Justice's demands for medical records from university hospitals, H930 [10MR]

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), H8239-H8245 [6OC]

CureSearch (organization): tribute to efforts to prevent and treat childhood cancers, E1931 [11OC]

DeMaio, Marlene: U.S. Medicine, Inc., Frank Brown Berry Prize in Federal Healthcare recipient, E1447 [21JY]

Dept. of Defense: military pay and benefits funding, H1426 [24MR]

Dept. of HHS: Community Access Program funding, H6811, H6822, H6823 [8SE]

———investigation into allegation of firing threats relative to disclosure of cost of Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, H1219-H1225 [17MR], H1231, H1232, H1233 [18MR], H1613 [29MR], H2500, H2526 [4MY], H3588 [1JN], H5201 [7JY], H5541 [13JY], H5658 [14JY]

———Office of the Sec. funding, H6941, H6942 [9SE]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (H.R. 4578), H8254 [6OC]

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, H9787 [17NO]

———authorize entrance into certain major medical facility leases and the transfer of real property subject to certain limitations, H9785 [17NO]

———authorize entrance into certain major medical facility leases and the transfer of real property subject to certain limitations (H.R. 4768), H7790, H7796 [29SE], E1315 [8JY]

———enter into contracts with community health care providers to improve access to health care for veterans in highly rural areas (H.R. 3777), H929 [10MR], E355 [11MR]

———funding, H3608 [2JN]

———require report to Congress on changes or closures in veterans hospitals, H9786 [17NO]

———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 optometry, E2176 [7DE]

———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, E2097 [20NO]

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 (H.R. 1267), E354 [11MR]

Education: modify determination of the amount of payments for indirect expenses associated with operating approved graduate medical residency training programs at children's hospitals (H.R. 5204), H8253-H8255 [6OC]

Garden City, MI: anniversary of Garden City Hospital Center for Counseling, E836 [12MY]

Grand Junction, CO: Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Colorado recipient of American Hospital Association Circle of Life Citation of Honor, E1765 [1OC]

Hackettstown, NJ: tribute to Hackettstown Community Hospital, E2126 [20NO]

Haque, Nisarul: Interfaith Medical Center Spirit Award for Excellence in Patient Care recipient, E2046 [18NO]

Hayward, CA: tribute to Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center, E735 [4MY]

Health: establish a network of pediatric centers in certain developing countries to provide treatment and care for children with HIV/AIDS, H5818 [15JY]

———expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform abortions or make referrals regarding abortion services, H10089-H10096, H10203 [20NO], H10904, H10919 [6DE], E2139 [24NO], E2159 [6DE], E2167 [7DE]

———expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions, H6816, H6817 [8SE], H6978 [9SE]

———improve access to health care services by reducing the burden the liability system places in the delivery of emergency, trauma, and obstetrical services, H2538 [4MY], H2896, H2906 [12MY]

———improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to children with life-threatening conditions (H.R. 3127), E2097 [20NO]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (H.R. 663), E845 [14MY]

———increase insurance coverage by requiring employers to offer health insurance with greater Government assistance and by expanding current safety net programs (H.R. 5218), E2028 [18NO]

———provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services, H5540 [13JY]

———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), H8064-H8069 [5OC], E610 [22AP]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5), H114 [27JA], H482 [11FE], H1068 [11MR], H1486 [25MR], H2539 [4MY], H2735, H2737 [11MY], H5474, H5523, H5524 [12JY], H5658, H5784 [14JY]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (H.R. 3658), H3893-H3896 [14JN], E1116 [15JN], E1135 [16JN]

Health care professionals: improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (H.R. 4453), H8237-H8239 [6OC], E1975 [16NO]

———improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (S. 2302), H9857-H9862 [17NO], E2045 [18NO]

Hess, Byran: Colorado Rural Health Center Rural Healthcare Excellence Award recipient, E1811 [6OC]

Houston, TX: tribute to St. Joseph's Hospital, H2787 [11MY]

———tribute to Texas Medical Center, E1358 [12JY]

Immigration: impact of illegal immigration on health care facilities, E1101 [14JN]

Insurance: reform the medical malpractice insurance business, H10059-H10064 [19NO]

———reform the medical malpractice insurance business, limit frivolous lawsuits, and enhance patient access to medical care, H2866, H2872 [12MY]

Jersey City, NJ: tribute to Jersey City Medical Center Wilzig Hospital, E792 [7MY]

Kaiser Permanente (health maintenance organization): tribute, E2048 [18NO]

Kaplen, Bill and Maggie: Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, NJ, Touchstone Award recipients, E713 [29AP]

Lancaster, PA: tribute to Continuing Care Retirement Centers for signing a pledge to participate in ``Quality First'' campaign, E1622 [15SE]

Lexington, KY: tribute to Lexington, KY, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, E2026 [18NO]

Lexington, VA: tribute to Stonewall Jackson Hospital, E856 [14MY]

Liberty, MO: tribue to Liberty Safe School Task Force, E2029 [18NO]

Louisville, KY: tribute to Jewish Hospital Medical Center East, E1958 [11OC]

Lundy Foundation: tribute for construction of Idweli Children's Center in Idweli, Tanzania, E1364 [14JY]

McInerney, Martin J. (Hoot): Pontiac, MI, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital Man of the Year Award recipient, E2152 [6DE]

Medical Society of Virginia: tribute to White Coat Day march, E111 [4FE]

Medicare: advertising campaign designed to build public support for the new Medicare drug law, H1203, H1219-H1223 [17MR], H3587 [1JN]

———deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (H.R. 3767), H5540, H5541, H5545, H5546 [13JY]

———deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (H.R. 3767), consideration (H. Res. 696), H5921 [19JY]

———impose a moratorium on payments for inpatient hospital services in additional long-term care hospital beds (H.R. 3790), E135 [10FE]

———inclusion of health savings accounts, H992 [10MR], H1121 [17MR]

———increase Federal oversight of the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and revoke its unique ability to accredit hospitals (H.R. 4877), E1436 [21JY]

———make standardized payment amounts equitable for urban and rural inpatient hospital services, H1374 [24MR]

———prohibit Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens, H6939-H6941 [9SE]

———provide additional beneficiary protections (H.R. 3702), E31 [21JA]

———provide beneficiaries with access to geriatric assessments and chronic care management (H.R. 4689), E1245 [25JN]

———provide whistleblower protection to employees of clinical laboratories (H.R. 5311), E1944 [11OC]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, H6 [20JA], H62 [21JA], H104, H120-H124 [27JA], H131, H226 [28JA], H252, H281, H283-H291 [3FE], H424-H431 [10FE], H482, H484 [11FE], H713 [2MR], H834 [4MR], H913-H919, H923, H924 [9MR], H1096, H1098, H1110-H1114 [16MR], H1121, H1203, H1219-H1225 [17MR], H1233 [18MR], H1330 [23MR], H1374, H1376 [24MR], H1487 [25MR], H1598, H1613, H1616 [29MR], H1648, H1650, H1714, H1715 [30MR], H1745, H1761, H1762 [31MR], H1794, H1795 [1AP], H2065 [2AP], H2175, H2192 [20AP], H2230, H2240 [21AP], H2298, H2300 [22AP], H2383 [27AP], H2493, H2494, H2495, H2535-H2540 [4MY], H2552, H2636-H2642 [5MY], H2660 [6MY], H2819, H2820, H2821, H2895 [12MY], H2991 [13MY], H3098 [18MY], H3236 [19MY], H3405 [20MY], H3567 [1JN], H3608, H3696 [2JN], H3725 [3JN], H4178 [16JN], H4738-H4745 [22JN], H5990, H5991 [20JY], H6734 [7SE], H7306 [21SE], H7547 [23SE], H7718-H7724 [28SE], H8004-H8009 [4OC], H8862 [8OC], H10899 [6DE], E34 [21JA], E295 [3MR], E960 [21MY], E1038 [4JN]

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: investigation into allegations of the withholding of information relative to disclosure of cost of implementation, H7822 [29SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: require automatic fire sprinkler systems in all nursing facilities (H.R. 4967), E1495 [22JY]

Mehran, Alex: Contra Costa County, CA, AFL-CIO Corporate Leader of the Year award recipient, E1623 [15SE]

Mendocino Coast Clinics, Inc.: anniversary, E1221 [23JN]

Mental health: increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (H. Res. 605), H2593-H2598 [5MY], E777, E783 [6MY], E798 [10MY], E896 [18MY]

Milewski, Bob: March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation Alexander Macomb ``Man of the Year'' award recipient, E1744 [30SE]

Mount Clemens, MI: tribute to Mount Clemens General Hospital for opening of Radiology Oncology Center and completion of the first phase of the Ted B. Wahby Cancer Center, E409 [18MR]

National Community Health Center Week: establish (H. Res. 646), H5478-H5480 [12JY], E1364 [14JY]

National Long-Term Care Residents' Rights Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 772), H7359 [22SE]

National Nurse Anesthetists Week: observance, E70 [28JA]

National Time Out Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 682), E1181 [18JN]

Native Americans: improve health care, H6690 [22JY]

———improve services and facilities of Federal Indian health programs and encourage maximum participation of Indians in such programs (H.R. 2440), E2092 [20NO]

New York, NY: renaming of Coler-Goldwater Special Hospital and Nursing Facility's Rehabilitative Medicine Dept., as the Hank Carter Rehabilitation Center, E460 [26MR]

New York Blood Center: anniversary, E968 [1JN]

Norristown, PA: tribute to Montgomery Hospital nurses, E628 [22AP]

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), H9844, H9845 [17NO]

Nuclear Medicine Week: observance, E1785 [4OC]

Oakland, CA: tribute to Children's Hospital & Research Center, E1686 [22SE]

Oncology Nursing Society: tribute, E757 [5MY]

OSF Saint Francis Medical Center: anniversary of Life Flight program, E1029 [4JN]

Otis, KS: tribute to citizens ambulance service, E2068 [18NO]

Patient Services, Inc.: tribute, E905 [19MY]

Pensacola, FL: Baptist Hospital recipient of NIST Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award, H1612 [29MR]

Pequannock, NJ: anniversary of Chilton Memorial Hospital, E35 [21JA]

Permedion, Inc.: tribute, E1471 [22JY]

Petoskey, MI: anniversary of Northern Michigan Hospital nurses' strike, E2128 [20NO]

Philadelphia, PA: anniversary of Chestnut Hill Hospital, E1769 [1OC]

Phillips Beth Israel School of Nursing: anniversary, E1787 [4OC]

Pottstown, PA: anniversary of Manatawny Manor senior citizen facility, E1322 [8JY]

Privacy: restore certain standards to protect the privacy of individually identifiable health information, H930 [10MR]

Roselli, Sal: Contra Costa County, CA, AFL-CIO Labor Leader of the Year award recipient, E1621 [15SE]

Saginaw, MI: Aleda E. Lutz Veterans Medical Center funding, E903 [18MY]

San Antonio, TX: anniversary of Southwest General Hospital, E793 [7MY]

San Diego, CA: anniversary of Paradise Valley Hospital, E1642 [15SE]

———tribute to Sharp HealthCare (company) Women's Health Symposium, E193 [24FE]

Schubert, William K.: Greater Cincinnati, OH, Chamber of Commerce Great Living Cincinnatian honoree, E3 [20JA]

Sharp HealthCare (company): tribute to Victories of Spirit event Eagle Spirit Award recipients, E744 [5MY]

Springfield, James: American College of Healthcare Executives (organization) Robert S. Hudgens Memorial Award recipient, E87 [3FE]

Stoughton, WI: anniversary of Stoughton Hospital, E1707 [24SE]

Taxation: provide incentives to employers that offer retiree health benefits, H5989 [20JY]

Texarkana, AR: opening of Greater Texarkana Peoples' Clinic, E522 [2AP]

Texas: opening of Fisher House for families of hospitalized military personnel, H117 [27JA]

Thomas E. Creek Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Amarillo, TX: designate (H.R. 4836), H7017, H7018 [13SE], E1393 [16JY]

Thomas P. Noonan, Jr., Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Queens, NY: designate (H.R. 1318), H7018-H7020 [13SE]

Tyrone, PA: anniversary of Epworth Manor (health care facility), E2180 [7DE]

Urban Health Plan, Inc.: anniverssary, E1900 [11OC]

Valmora, NM: anniversary of Rancho Valmora, E1447 [21JY]

Veterans: benefits funding, H3600 [1JN], H3716 [2JN], H3951 [14JN], H4650, H4732 [22JN], H4882-H4886 [23JN], H4896 [24JN], H5073 [25JN], H7046 [13SE], H7565 [23SE], H8172 [6OC], E902 [18MY], E1237 [25JN], E1698 [24SE]

———extend eligibility of veterans who served in recent hostilities for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care for any illness (H.R. 4438), E955 [21MY]

———health care, disability compensation, and retirement pay funding, H834 [4MR]

———health care funding, H844 [4MR], H1000 [10MR], H1425, H1426, H1453, H1454, H1465, H1478-H1482 [24MR], H1504, H1545-H1547, H1583 [25MR], H2338 [22AP], H3171-H3176 [18MY], H3256, H3365, H3368 [19MY], H4749, H4750 [22JN], H4768, H4769 [23JN], E470 [29MR]

———health care funding (H.R. 2318), E343 [11MR]

Virgin Islands: tribute to St. Croix Hospital, E1436 [21JY]

West Branch, MI: anniversary of West Branch Regional Medical Center, E1935 [11OC]

Wynnewood, PA: anniversary of Lankenau Hospital, E626 [22AP]

Yolo Health Alliance: anniversary, E407 [18MR]

Remarks in Senate

American Lung Association: anniversary, S3178 [25MR]

Baltimore Orioles (baseball team): tribute to visit to servicemen at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, S1279 [12FE]

Bob Michel Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Peoria, IL: designate (S. 2596), S7513 [25JN]

Budget: reduce level of tax cuts or close certain tax loopholes and apply savings to Indian Health Service clinical services funding, S2650, S2651 [11MR]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: require repayment of appropriated funds that are illegaly disbursed for political purposes (S. 2473), S6088 [21MY]

Colleges and universities: application of antitrust laws to graduate medical education residency matching programs, S3981, S3985, S3991 [8AP], S5223 [11MY]

Conversations Before the Crisis Week: designate (S. Res. 391), S7483 [24JN]

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), S11365 [16NO]

———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), House amendment, S11261-S11263 [11OC]

Dept. of HHS: develop uniform standards for the submission of electronic clinical data by long-term care facilities, S11889 [7DE]

———expand the National Practitioner Data Bank (S. 2341), S4328 [22AP]

———investigation into allegation of firing threats relative to disclosure of cost of Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, S3051, S3058-S3060 [24MR], S3319 [30MR], S4784 [4MY], S7118 [22JN]

———reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention and services program (S. 2741), S8723 [22JY]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (S. 2526), S11385 [16NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a first responder and terrorism preparedness grant information hotline (S. 2171), S2233 [4MR]

———establish a first responder and terrorism preparedness grant information hotline (S. 2632), S7867 [8JY], S7900 [9JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a demonstration project on priorities in scheduling of appointments of veterans for health care (S. 2063), S807-S809 [10FE]

———clarify that per diem payments for the care of veterans in State homes shall not be used to offset Medicaid payments (S. 2196), S2720 [11MR]

———evaluation of nurse-managed primary care clinics, S9125 [13SE]

———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 (S. 2743), S8728 [22JY]

Diseases: improve quality of care for cancer patients (S. 2771), S8766 [22JY]

District of Columbia: tribute to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, S10932 [9OC]

Education: modify determination of the amount of payments for indirect expenses associated with operating approved graduate medical residency training programs at children's hospitals (H.R. 5204), S12029 [8DE]

Fort Bayard, NM: designate historic district as a national historic landmark (H.R. 2059), S2253 [4MR]

Gainesville, FL: tribute to Malcom Randall VA Medical Center and the University of Florida for cooperation on the Translational Research in Rehabilitation Initiative, S9438 [21SE]

Health: establish a Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services and an advisory council made up of non-Federal representatives of the emergency medical services community (S. 2351), S4431, S4432 [27AP]

———expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform abortions or make referrals regarding abortion services, S11718-S11720, S11722, S11724, S11757, S11763, S11764 [20NO]

———improve access to health care services by reducing the burden the liability system places in the delivery of emergency, trauma, and obstetrical services (S. 2207), S2821 [12MR], S2835 [22MR], S3871, S3905, S3914 [7AP], S4007 [8AP]

———improve access to health care services by reducing the burden the liability system places in the delivery of emergency, trauma, and obstetrical services (S. 2207), motion to proceed, S3609 [2AP], S3738, S3742-S3758, S3760-S3765, S3768, S3778, S3780-S3784 [6AP], S3877-S3884, S3886, S3888-S3891 [7AP], S3968, S4009 [8AP]

———improve health care for minority and underserved populations (S. 2091), S1308, S1413 [12FE]

———improve health care for minority and underserved populations (S. 2217), S2794 [12MR], S4006 [8AP]

———improve health care for minority and underserved populations (S. 2594), S7454 [24JN]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors, S11889 [7DE]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (H.R. 663), S8092, S8093 [14JY], S8632, S8633 [22JY]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (H.R. 663), insert S. 720 language in lieu, S8632 [22JY]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (H.R. 663), unanimous-consent request, S3877, S3878 [7AP], S8092 [14JY]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (S. 720), S8091 [14JY], S8222 [15JY], S8416-S8418 [19JY], S8627-S8633 [22JY]

———protect patients' access to quality and affordable health care by reducing effects of excessive liability costs (S. 11), S1484 [24FE], S1995 [2MR]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 2083), S1294 [12FE]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system, S1432, S1437 [23FE], S6912 [17JN], S9099-S9102 [13SE], S9692-S9695 [27SE]

———restore reliability to the medical justice system by fostering alternatives to medical tort litigation (S. 1518), S1432 [23FE]

Health care professionals: improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (S. 2302), S3944 [7AP], S11271, S11272 [11OC]

———improve training and retention (S. 2739), S8714 [22JY]

———provide for education and training of allied health professionals in exchange for a service commitment at a facility with critical shortages of allied health professionals (S. 2491), S6358 [2JN], S6625 [8JN]

———provide immediate relief from increased medical malpractice insurance costs by establishing a tax credit and reimbursement of premiums for some doctors and hospitals, S2937 [22MR], S5174, S5175 [11MY]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (S. 556), S12052 [8DE]

Insurance: require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide prompt payment for health benefits claims (S. 2308), S4046 [8AP]

Medicaid: restore disproportionate share hospital allotment for Hawaii, S5488 [14MY]

Medicare: advertising campaign designed to build public support for the new Medicare drug law, S625-S627 [5FE], S3051, S3058-S3060 [24MR], S3524 [1AP], S4755 [3MY], S4780, S4786 [4MY], S5934 [20MY]

———clarify payment for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals (S. 2426), S5536 [17MY]

———deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (S. 2652), S8119-S8122, S8140 [14JY], S8268 [15JY]

———eliminate privatization and reduce excessive payments to health maintenance organizations and other private sector insurance plans (S. 2300), S3937 [7AP]

———eliminate reductions in payments to hospitals for the indirect costs of medical education (S. 2876), S10071 [30SE]

———establish a hospice demonstration and grant program for beneficiaries (S. 2983), S11381 [16NO]

———expand the rural community hospital demonstration program to include outpatient services (S. 2284), S3792 [6AP]

———improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (S. 2135), S1692 [26FE]

———increase Federal oversight of the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and revoke its unique ability to accredit hospitals (S. 2698), S8482, S8483 [20JY]

———provide for fairness in the calculation of disportionate share hospital payments for hospitals in Puerto Rico (S. 2260), S3369 [30MR]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, S75 [21JA], S341 [2FE], S675-S677, S679, S680 [6FE], S693, S698 [9FE], S763 [10FE], S1414 [12FE], S2761, S2762 [12MR], S3051, S3058-S3060 [24MR], S3319 [30MR], S3524, S3527 [1AP], S3624-S3627 [5AP], S3911, S3952-S3957 [7AP], S4340-S4342 [26AP], S4387-S4390 [27AP], S4631, S4680 [29AP], S4784-S4786 [4MY], S5056-S5058 [10MY], S5243, S5247 [12MY], S5488 [14MY], S8096 [14JY], S8825 [7SE], S9487 [22SE], S9541 [23SE], S10617-S10620 [7OC], S10764-S10767, S10769 [8OC], S10960-S10962, S10981-S10983 [9OC]

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: anniversary, S11770 [20NO]

———improve (S. 2343), S4329 [22AP]

———investigation into allegations of the withholding of information relative to disclosure of cost of implementation, S7118 [22JN], S9541 [23SE]

Mexico, MO: anniversary of Audrain Medical Center Auxiliary, S11367 [16NO]

National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc.: tribute to efforts to assist wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Hospital, S9127 [13SE]

National Health Center Week: designate (S. Res. 357), S5376 [12MY]

National Patient Safety Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 320), S2757 [12MR]

National Time Out Day: support goals and ideas (S. Res. 469), S11383 [16NO]

Nevada Cancer Institute: tribute, S10292 [4OC]

New Mexico: permit voter registration at Indian Health Service facilities, S10631 [7OC]

NIH: research funding, S2639, S2670, S2671 [11MR], S11552 [19NO]

NIH Police: establish (S. 2574), S7441 [24JN]

Nuclear Medicine Week: observance, S10361 [4OC], S10430 [5OC]

Roanoke, VA: Carilion Medical Center recipient of American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet Recognition honor, S4904 [5MY]

Simmons, Patricia: Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award recipient, S2858 [22MR]

Social Security: ensure full and free competition in the medical device and hospital supply industries (S. 2880), S10263 [1OC]

South Dakota: tribute to Native Family Wellness Conference, S4219 [21AP]

St. Louis, MO: anniversary of St. Louis Children's Hospital, S12058 [8DE]

Taxation: treatment of continuing care retirement communities, S5890, S5891 [19MY]

Veterans: benefits funding, S6749 [15JN], S7160, S7161 [22JN], S7289 [23JN], S7358 [24JN], S9868 [29SE], S10403 [5OC]

———health care funding, S69 [21JA], S1901 [1MR], S2673 [11MR], S3789 [6AP], S7134-S7139, S7147-S7152 [22JN], S11423 [17NO]

———health care funding through reductions in excess profits and assessment of penalties against certain contractors doing business in Iraq, S2679-S2681 [11MR]

———health care funding through reductions in lawyers' fees relative to the tobacco settlement, S2679-S2681 [11MR]

Women: reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (S. 1726), S1276 [12FE], S11370 [16NO]

Reports

Democracy on Drugs: Common Cause (organization), E1038-E1040 [4JN]

Medicare Trust Fund Reimbursement Act: Anthony H. Gamboa, GAO, S6089-S6093 [21MY]

Reports filed

Access to Rural Physicians Improvement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4453) (H. Rept. 108-730), H8166 [5OC]

Children's Hospitals Educational Equity and Research (CHEER) Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2526) (S. Rept. 108-388), S10702 [7OC]

Emergency Medical Services Support Act: Committee on Governmenal Affairs (Senate) (S. 2351) (S. Rept. 108-291), S7580 [6JY]

Improve Access to Physicians in Medically Underserved Areas by Extending and Increasing Foreign Country Residency Requirement Waivers for Foreign Medical Graduates: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2302), S10702 [7OC]

Improve Services and Facilities of Federal Indian Health Programs and Encourage Maximum Participation of Indians in Such Programs: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2440) (H. Rept. 108-791), H10078 [19NO]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act Revision and Extension: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 556) (S. Rept. 108-411), S11377 [16NO]

Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (S. 1194) (H. Rept. 108-732), H8167 [5OC]

National Health Center Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 357), S7054 [18JN]

Patient Navigator Outreach, and Chronic Disease Prevention Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 918) (H. Rept. 108-727), H8166 [5OC]

Provide Documents to the House of Representatives Relative to Cost Estimates and Analyses of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H. Res. 776) (H. Rept. 108-754), H9047 [8OC]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H. Res. 776) (H. Rept. 108-754), H8856 [7OC]

Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3658) (H. Rept. 108-453), H1739 [30MR]

Three Affiliated Tribes Health Facility Compensation Act: Committee on Resources (House) (S. 1146) (H. Rept. 108-523), H3779 [3JN]

Veterans Medical Facilities Management Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 4768) (H. Rept. 108-663), H6898 [8SE]

Statements

Faircare Act: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, S7461 [24JN]

———National Conference for Community and Justice, S7461 [24JN]

———National Health Law Program (law firm), S7461 [24JN]

———Out of Many, One Coalition, S7461 [24JN]

———Physicians for Human Rights (organization), S7461 [24JN]

———Progressive Policy Institute, S7461 [24JN]

Tables

Dept. of Veterans Affairs health care projects and services budget, H7793, H7794 [29SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 605, increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals, H2593 [5MY]

H. Res. 646, National Community Health Center Week, H5478 [12JY]

H. Res. 772, support goals and ideals of National Long-Term Care Residents' Rights Week, H7359 [22SE]

H.R. 918, Patient Navigator Outreach, and Chronic Disease Prevention Act, H8064 [5OC]

H.R. 1318, Thomas P. Noonan, Jr., Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Queens, NY, H7018 [13SE]

H.R. 3658, Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act, H3893 [14JN]

H.R. 4317, Charles Wilson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Lufkin, TX, H3555 [1JN]

H.R. 4453, improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates, H8237 [6OC]

H.R. 4608, Bob Michel Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Peoria, IL, H6074 [20JY]

H.R. 4768, Veterans Health Programs and Facilities Enhancement Act, H7790 [29SE]

H.R. 4836, Thomas E. Creek Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Amarillo, TX, H7017 [13SE]

H.R. 5204, modify determination of the amount of payments for indirect expenses associated with operating approved graduate medical residency training programs at children's hospitals, H8253 [6OC]

S. 720, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act, S8627-S8631 [22JY]

S. 1146, Three Affiliated Tribes Health Facility Compensation Act, H9844 [17NO]

S. 1194, Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act, S11261-S11263 [11OC], H8239-H8242 [6OC]

S. 2063, Dept. of Veterans Affairs demonstration project on priorities in scheduling of appointments of veterans for health care, S808 [10FE]

S. 2196, clarify that Dept. of Veterans Affairs per diem payments for the care of veterans in State homes shall not be used to offset Medicaid payments, S2721 [11MR]

S. 2217, Closing the Health Care Gap Act, S2794-S2802 [12MR]

S. 2260, Medicare DSH Payments for Puerto Rico Hospitals Fairness Act, S3370 [30MR]

S. 2302, improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates, S11271 [11OC], H9857 [17NO]

S. 2308, Prompt Payment of Health Benefits Claims Act, S4046-S4048 [8AP]

S. 2327, clarify that Dept. of Veterans Affairs per diem payments for the care of veterans in State homes shall not be used to offset Medicaid payments, S4227 [21AP]

S. 2473, Medicare Trust Fund Reimbursement Act, S6089 [21MY]

S. 2491, Allied Health Reinvestment Act, S6360-S6362 [2JN]

S. 2526, Children's Hospitals Educational Equity and Research (CHEER) Act, S11385 [16NO]

S. 2574, NIH Security Act, S7441 [24JN]

S. 2594, Faircare Act, S7455-S7461 [24JN]

S. 2739, Investing in America's Future Act, S8715-S8720 [22JY]

S. 2741, Advancing FASD Research, Prevention, and Services Act, S8723-S8727 [22JY]

S. 2743, Veterans Eye Treatment Safety (VETS) Act, S8728 [22JY]

S. 2771, Quality of Care for Individuals With Cancer Act, S8760-S8766 [22JY]

S. 2880, Medical Device Competition Act, S10264 [1OC]

S. Res. 317, increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals, S2561 [10MR]

S. Res. 320, National Patient Safety Awareness Week, S2757, S2802 [12MR]

S. Res. 357, National Health Center Week, S5376 [12MY], S7591 [6JY]

S. Res. 391, Conversations Before the Crisis Week, S7483 [24JN]

S. Res. 469, support goals and ideas of National Time Out Day, S11382 [16NO]