PUBLIC WELFARE PROGRAMS related term(s) Federal Aid Programs; Food Stamps

Amendments

Federal aid programs: extend Medicare cost-sharing for qualifying individuals, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, Medicaid transitional medical assistance, and related programs (S. 1778), S10696, S10764 [29SE]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children (H.R. 2123), H8164 [20SE], H8249 [21SE], H8287, H8299, H8301, H8304, H8305, H8306, H8307, H8308, H8310, H8311, H8312, H8313, H8314 [22SE]

Medicare: improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (H.R. 1298), S3852 [18AP]

Analyses

CBO's Estimate for the Medicaid Provisions in H.R. 4241, Deficit Reduction Act, S12691 [10NO]

Articles and editorials

As Medicaid Balloons, Watchdog Force Shrinks, S14105-S14107 [20DE]

Prayers Made To Protest Budget Cuts, S14096 [20DE]

Teacher Success Story, S7866 [30JN]

When the Numbers Don't Add Up, H8256-H8258 [22SE]

Bills and resolutions

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see S. 338), S1199 [9FE] (see H.R. 985), H796 [17FE]

Business and industry: provide for a fair and equitable resolution of claims relative to the work opportunity tax credit (see H.R. 1331), H1620 [16MR]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (see S. 1405), S8301 [14JY] (see H.R. 3373), H6326 [21JY]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: provide incentive grants to improve the quality of child care (see S. 526), S2004 [3MR]

———reauthorize and improve early learning opportunities and school preparedness (see S. 525), S2004 [3MR]

Children and youth: improve outcomes for vulnerable children by investing in families, improving accountability in the child welfare system, and finding safe, stable, and permanent homes for foster children (see H.R. 3576), H7559 [28JY]

Comprehensive Entitlement Reform Commission: establish (see S. 1889), S11559 [19OC] (see H.R. 4122), H9043 [20OC]

Congress: require poverty impact statements for certain legislation (see H.R. 4600), H12048 [16DE]

Congressional Commission on Expanding Social Service Delivery Options: establish (see S. 1560), S9467 [29JY]

Courts: strengthen courts for at-risk children (see S. 1679), S9930 [12SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide additional authority and funding to provide emergency food relief, in coordination with the Dept. of Homeland Security, to victims of Hurricane Katrina and related conditions (see S. 1643), S9833 [8SE] (see S. 1695), S9985 [13SE]

Dept. of HHS: collect and disseminate information on quality child care, develop child care training infrastructure, and establish small business child care grant program (see S. 233), S738 [1FE]

———conduct research on indicators of child well-being (see S. 415), S1622 [17FE]

———revise minimum allotments under the Projects for Assistance in Transition From Homelessness (PATH) Program (see S. 319), S1115 [8FE] (see H.R. 2826), H4296 [8JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: reauthorize programs servicing the needs of homeless veterans (see S. 1180), S6154 [7JN]

Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act: authorize appropriations to fully enforce and implement such Act and its amendments (see H.R. 2485), H3693 (see H.R. 2510), H3694 [19MY]

Disasters: require Federal, State, and local agencies to comply with public health, environmental, and environmental justice laws and regulations (see S. Res. 261), S10724 [29SE] (see H. Res. 477), H8643 [29SE]

ERISA: ensure employees are not improperly disqualified from pension and welfare benefits based on status misclassification or reclassification (see H.R. 1058), H940 [2MR]

Families and domestic relations: increase child support money to families leaving welfare and improve assignment, distribution, and collection of certain child support (see S. 321), S1116 [8FE]

Federal aid programs: extend eligibility for certain Federal benefits to citizens of the Freely Associated States (see S. 2051), S13161 [17NO]

———extend Medicare cost-sharing for qualifying individuals, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, Medicaid transitional medical assistance, and related programs (see S. 1778), S10513 [27SE]

Federal Youth Development Council: establish to improve the administration and coordination of Federal youth programs (see S. 409), S1513 [16FE] (see H.R. 856), H718 [16FE]

Food stamps: permit participating households to use food stamp benefits to purchase nutritional supplements providing vitamins or minerals (see S. 1546), S9285 [28JY]

Head Start Program: reauthorize (see S. 1107), S5778 [23MY]

———reauthorize and improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children (see H.R. 2123), H3052 [5MY]

———reauthorize and improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children (H.R. 2123), consideration (see H. Res. 455), H8247 [21SE]

Health: allow States and localities to provide primary and preventive care to all individuals (see H.R. 275), H137 [6JA]

———expand access to affordable health care, strengthen health care safety net, and make services more available in rural and underserved areas (see S. 1225), S6404 [13JN]

———improve accessibility to immunizations against vaccine-preventable diseases, study Medicare and Medicaid influenza immunization usage, and amend Federal employee immunization services (see H.R. 3598), H7560 [28JY]

———provide a drug discount program for individuals without prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 3956), H8643 [29SE]

———provide access to telehealth services in the home (see H.R. 3588), H7560 [28JY]

Housing: require community notice for the placement of group houses (see H.R. 4639), H12289 [18DE]

Hurricanes: provide emergency relief to meet the immediate health care, housing, education, and financial needs of survivors of Hurricane Katrina (see S. 1637), S9833 [8SE]

Insurance: enhance long-term care insurance benefits (see S. 1602), S9468 [29JY]

Medicaid: allow States to expand coverage to uninsured, poor adults (see H.R. 160), H76 [4JA]

———coverage of disabled children and individuals who became disabled as children without regard to income or assets (see H.R. 3454), H6933 [27JY]

———coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics (see S. 66), S143 [24JA]

———expand State long-term care partnership programs (see H.R. 3511), H7556 [28JY]

———extend the qualified individual program for cost-sharing assistance to low-income Medicare beneficiaries (see H.R. 3800), H8087 [15SE]

———impact of budget reconciliation legislation on the health and well-being of children (see S. Res. 302), S12682 [10NO]

———permit local public agencies to act as enrollment brokers (see H.R. 306), H193 [25JA]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 311), S1115 [8FE]

———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. 1592), S9468 [29JY]

———prohibit cuts in Federal funding until full consideration is given to recommendations of a Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid (see H.R. 4223), H9641 [3NO]

———provide a demonstration project for chronic disease management (see H.R. 4331), H10226 [15NO]

———provide complete reimbursement for medical assistance provided to Native Hawaiians by federally qualified health centers or Native Hawaiian health care systems (see S. 68), S143 [24JA]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 183), S574 [26JA] (see H.R. 1443), H1694 [17MR]

———provide for an on-going cost-of-living increase in disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments for States (see H.R. 4606), H12048 [16DE]

———provide for fair treatment of services furnished to Native Americans (see S. 2074), S13361 [18NO] (see H.R. 4447), H11109 [6DE]

———provide health information technology grants to States and reduce number of medical and medication errors, unnecessary hospitalizations, infections, and inappropriate care (see H.R. 4142), H9102 [25OC]

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1426), H1693 [17MR]

———provide temporary disaster relief in response to Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3698), H7813 [8SE]

———recognize importance and ensure that reconciliation legislation reported by a conference committee does not have an adverse affect on beneficiaries (see S. 1969), S12447 [7NO]

———recognize importance of prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers (see S. Con. Res. 65), S13161 [17NO]

———require drug manufacturers to report the average manufacturer price and the best price of authorized generic drugs and any other drugs sold under a certain new drug application to the Dept. of HHS (see S. 1903), S11665 [20OC]

———require prorating of beneficiary contributions relative to partial coverage for nursing facility services during a month (see H.R. 4362), H10908 [17NO]

Medicare: improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see S. 635), S2846 [16MR] (see H.R. 1298), H1507 [15MR]

———improve the provision of telehealth services (see S. 1909), S11768 [24OC] (see H.R. 2807), H4295 [8JN]

———improve voluntary prescription drug benefit and provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 4395), H11033 [18NO]

Medicare/Medicaid: assist pharmacies in facilitating enrollment of dual eligible populations under the prescription drug benefit (see S. 2173), S14317 [21DE]

———improve implementation of the Medicare prescription drug benefit for individuals who are both Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries (see S. 1822), S11130 [5OC]

———require certain staffing in nursing facilities (see H.R. 4293), H10156 [10NO]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see S. 1580), S9467 [29JY]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see S. 1405), S8301 [14JY] (see H.R. 3373), H6326 [21JY]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see S. 90), S144 [24JA]

National Hunger Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 156), S5922 [25MY]

National School Lunch Act: permit certain summer food pilot programs to be carried out in all States and by all service institutions (see S. 1005), S4936 [11MY]

Poverty: improve lives of persons living in extreme poverty (see H. Con. Res. 233), H7673 [6SE]

Program Reform Commission: establish (see H.R. 973), H795 [17FE]

Public housing: repeal requirements for residents to engage in community service and complete economic self-sufficiency programs (see H.R. 1018), H846 [1MR]

Puerto Rico: eligibility of residents for the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see S. 1757), S10378 [22SE] (see H.R. 4451), H11109 [6DE]

Social Security: allow States to expand or add coverage of pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 710), S3201 [5AP] (see S. 740), S3358 [7AP]

———encourage large employers to make premium payments for their employees, spouses and dependents who are covered under the Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 3917), H8387 [27SE]

———improve provision of care under Medicare, Medicaid, and certain public welfare programs (see S. 2164), S14316 [21DE]

———increase payments to States for expenditures for short term training of certain child welfare agencies staff (see H.R. 876), H791 [17FE]

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 1104), S5778 [23MY] (see H.R. 1233), H1369 [10MR]

SSI: eliminate the unfair and disadvantageous treatment of cash military compensation other than basic pay (see H.R. 536), H349 [2FE]

———extend for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants (see S. 453), S1623 [17FE] (see H.R. 899), H792 [17FE]

———increase incentives for working, saving, and pursuing an education (see H.R. 1682), H2148 [19AP]

States: make grants to States to establish emergency assistance programs to help low-income households purchase gasoline (see H.R. 4010), H8734 [6OC]

Taxation: make permanent the welfare-to-work credit (see H.R. 3399), H6327 [21JY]

———modify the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (see S. 595), S2482 [10MR] (see H.R. 1272), H1416 [14MR]

———provide a credit to physicians who provide charity care (see H.R. 3614), H7561 [28JY]

———provide incentives for charitable contributions, improve public disclosure by certain organizations, and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (see S. 1780), S10594 [28SE]

———provide tax relief, improve certain welfare and child care programs, encourage charitable contributions, improve disclosure by certain organizations, and enhance financial security opportunities (see S. 6), S142 [24JA]

———treatment of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 180), H77 [4JA]

Teach for America, Inc.: authorize appropriations (see S. 1367), S7820 [30JN]

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program: allow State receipt of credit towards the work requirements for certain disabled recipients (see S. 456), S1623 [17FE]

———ensure fair treatment and due process protections for enhanced data collection and reporting requirements (see S. 1385), S8134 [12JY]

———exempt preparation for high-skilled, high-demand jobs from participation and time limits (see S. 1161), S6100 [6JN]

———increase limit on vocational education training to be counted as work activity (see S. 141), S145 [24JA]

———permit States to create a program that allows individuals to obtain post-secondary or vocational education (see S. 458), S1717 [18FE]

———promote financial education and allow such education to count as a work activity under that program (see S. 923), S4397 [27AP]

———provide an option to extend current waivers and create additional waiver authority (see H.R. 3663), H7673 [6SE]

———provide assistance to families affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3672), H7741 [7SE]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States (see S. 105), S144 [24JA] (see S. 667), S2995 [17MR] (see S. 2119), S13786 [16DE] (see H.R. 240), H136 [6JA] (see H.R. 1160), H1024 [8MR] (see H.R. 3021), H4984 [22JN] (see H.R. 4635), H12289 [18DE]

———reauthorize and improve by promoting work, family, and opportunity (see H.R. 751), H582 [10FE]

———reform block grants to States (see H.R. 4067), H8846 [17OC]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (see H.R. 3185), H5602 [30JN]

———promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (see S. 1796), S10724 [29SE]

Factsheets

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid (S. 338), S1213 [9FE]

Medicaid Indian Health Act (S. 2074), S13385 [18NO]

Letters

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid establishment: A. Gene Copello, AIDS Institute, S1209 [9FE]

———Daniel R. Hawkins, Jr., National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc., S1210 [9FE]

———Hal Daub, American Health Care Association, S1208 [9FE]

———James Firman, National Council on the Aging, S1210 [9FE]

———James H. Scully, Jr., American Psychiatric Association, S1211 [9FE]

———Larry S. Gage, National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems, S1210 [9FE]

———Lawrence A. McAndrews, National Association of Children's Hospitals, S1209 [9FE]

———Margaret A. Murray, Association for Community Affiliated Plans, S1209 [9FE]

———Michael J. Fitzpatrick, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, S1210 [9FE]

———Michael Rodgers, Catholic Health Association, S1210 [9FE]

———Richard Haught and James B. Bramson, American Dental Association, S1211 [9FE]

———Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, S1211 [9FE]

Deficit Reduction Act: Nicholas DiMarzio and John Ricard, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, E2447 [6DE]

Deficit Reduction Act Medicaid and Medicare provisions: William D. Novelli, AARP, S14083, S14157 [20DE]

Deficit Reduction Act Medicaid provisions: Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities, S14157 [20DE]

———Daniel E. Smith and Wendy K.D. Selig, American Cancer Society, S14157 [20DE]

———Janet Murguia, National Council of La Raza, S14158 [20DE]

———Miriam A. Rollin, Fight Crime—Invest in Kids (organization), S14158 [20DE]

———several organizations, S14082 [20DE]

———several Senators, S13530 [14DE]

Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act: Mark S. Hanson, Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, S12145 [1NO]

Early Treatment for HIV Act: A. Gene Copello, AIDS Institute, S1120 [8FE]

———American Academy of HIV Medicine, S1120 [8FE]

———Jim Pickett, AIDS Foundation of Chicago, S1122 [8FE]

———Julie M. Scofield, National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors, S1121 [8FE]

———Lynda Dee, AIDS Action Baltimore, Inc., S1122 [8FE]

———Marsha A. Martin, AIDS Action Council, S1120, S1122 [8FE]

———Rick Stoller, Partnership Project (organization), S1121 [8FE]

———Ryan Clary, Project Inform (organization), S1121 [8FE]

———Thomas Bruner, Cascade AIDS Project (organization), S1121 [8FE]

———William E. Arnold, Title II Community AIDS National Network (organization), S1121 [8FE]

Extend eligibility for certain Federal benefits to citizens of the Freely Associated States: Lillian B. Koller, Hawaii Dept. of Human Services, S13183 [17NO]

Fiscal year 2006 Federal budget reconciliation process: several religious leaders, E1856 [15SE]

Head Start Program hiring protections for faith-based organizations: Anna Burger, Service Employees International Union, H8279 [22SE]

———Barbara Pickney, Louisiana Head Start Association, H8272 [22SE]

———Barry W. Lynn, Americans United for Separation of Church and State (organization), H8275 [22SE]

———C. Welton Gaddy, Interfaith Alliance, H8279 [22SE]

———Caroline Fredrickson and Terri A. Schroeder, ACLU, H8276 [22SE]

———Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, H8274 [22SE]

———David M. Smith and Christopher Labonte, Human Rights Campaign (organization), H8280 [22SE]

———David Saperstein, Union for Reform Judaism, H8282 [22SE]

———Diane Shust and Randall Moody, National Education Association, H8278 [22SE]

———Donald J. Borut, National League of Cities, H8277 [22SE]

———Gary Bass, OMB Watch (organization), H8282 [22SE]

———Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP, H8275 [22SE]

———Janet Murguia, National Council of La Raza, H8281 [22SE]

———K. Hollyn Hollman, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, H8276 [22SE]

———Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund (organization), H8280 [22SE]

———Mel Lipman, American Humanist Association, H8278 [22SE]

———Michael Lieberman and Jess N. Hordes, Anti-Defamation League, H8274 [22SE]

———Phyllis Snyder, National Council of Jewish Women, H8281 [22SE]

———Ralph G. Neas and Tanya M. Clay, People for the American Way (organization), H8281 [22SE]

———Richard T. Foltin, American Jewish Committee, H8275 [22SE]

———Robert C. Keithan, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, H8279 [22SE]

———Sarah M. Greene, National Head Start Association, H8273 [22SE]

———several religious, civil rights, labor, education, health, and advocacy organizations, H8278 [22SE]

———several religious organizations, H8282 [22SE]

———Timothy McDonald, African American Ministers in Action (organization), H8273 [22SE]

———Wade Henderson and Nancy Zirkin, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, H8274 [22SE]

Head Start Program joint governance structure preservation: Barbara L. Jones, H8303 [22SE]

———Chris Wallace, Sr., H8303 [22SE]

———Dee Jones, Indiana PTA, H8303 [22SE]

Improving Long-Term Care Choices Act: Kimberly Ruff-Wilbert, United Spinal Association, S9522 [29JY]

———Lynn Breedlove, National Disability Rights Network, S9522 [29JY]

———Paul Marchand, Disability Policy Collaboration, S9522 [29JY]

———Robert Bacon and Lucille Zeph, Association of University Centers on Disabilities, S9523 [29JY]

———Suellen R. Galbraith, American Network of Community Options and Resources, S9522 [29JY]

Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Care Act: Carol Carothers, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Maine, S9514 [29JY]

———Dennis P. King, Spring Harbor Hospital, Westbrook, ME, S9513 [29JY]

———Larry E. Naake, National Association of Counties, and Melissa Staats, National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors, S9512 [29JY]

———Mark Covall, National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems, S9513 [29JY]

———Michael J. Fitzpatrick, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, S9512 [29JY]

———Rick Pollack, National Hospital Association, S9512 [29JY]

———Robert E. Suter, American College of Emergency Physicians, S9513 [29JY]

———Steven R. Michaud, Maine Hospital Association, S9513 [29JY]

———Steven S. Sharfstein, National Psychiatric Association, S9512 [29JY]

Medicaid funding: Mark R. Warner and Mike Huckabee, National Governors Association, H2517 [26AP]

Medicaid funding and Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid establishment: several organizations, S2810 [16MR]

Pathways to Independence Act: Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, S1677 [17FE]

———several organizations, S1677 [17FE]

Prohibit funding to implement requirements for public housing residents to engage in community service and complete economic self-sufficiency programs: Saul N. Ramirez, Jr., National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, H5532 [30JN]

Lists

Organizations supporting S. 338, Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid establishment, S1208 [9FE]

Press releases

National Council of Jewish Women Urges New National Priorities in Katrina's Wake: Phyllis Snyder, National Council of Jewish Women, E1856 [15SE]

Remarks in House

Arlington Food Assistance Center: tribute, E1197 [9JN]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish, H2509-H2520 [26AP], E875 [4MY]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (H.R. 3373), E1563 [21JY]

Dept. of HHS: Community Services Block Grant funding, H8534 [29SE]

Dept. of HUD: Homeless Assistance Grants funding through reductions in Amtrak funding, H5408-H5412 [29JN]

Disasters: require Federal, State, and local agencies to comply with public health, environmental, and environmental justice laws and regulations (H. Res. 477), E2000 [29SE]

Drugs: promote fairer prescription drug pricing through Internet sites supported by public-private partnerships, H11658 [15DE]

Federal aid programs: extend Medicare cost-sharing for qualifying individuals and Medicaid transitional medical assistance programs, H8948, H8950 [19OC]

Federal Youth Development Council: establish to improve the administration and coordination of Federal youth programs, H605 [15FE]

———establish to improve the administration and coordination of Federal youth programs (H.R. 856), H10179-H10182 [15NO]

———establish to improve the administration and coordination of Federal youth programs (S. 409), H6415 [25JY]

Funding, H12237 [18DE]

Head Start Program: allow centers that have vacant slots to use funding to serve eligible infants and toddlers through the Early Head Start programs, H8267, H8269 [22SE]

———clarify financial audit requirements, H8300 [22SE]

———funding, H8258 [22SE], E1021 [19MY]

———improve access for homeless and foster care children, H8311, H8312 [22SE]

———Indian Head Start Program funding, H8265 [22SE]

———management reforms, H8309 [22SE]

———migrant and seasonal Head Start programs funding, H8270 [22SE]

———permit certain for-profit entities which demonstrate a higher level of service at a lower cost to retain certain administration savings as profit, H8312, H8313 [22SE]

———permit Head Start centers to recruit and train college students as reading mentors for preschool children, H8304, H8305 [22SE]

———preserve joint governance structure by allowing parents' policy councils to approve or disapprove most program planning and operation activities along with the board of directors, H8271, H8302-H8304 [22SE]

———provide hiring protections for faith-based organizations providing Head Start services, H8254-H8262, H8264, H8265, H8267, H8269-H8287, H8314-H8320 [22SE], E1976 [28SE]

———provide technical assistance, guidance, and resources to Head Start agencies which provide services to children impacted by Hurricane Katrina, H8313, H8314 [22SE]

———reauthorize and improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children, H10518 [17NO]

———reauthorize and improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children (H.R. 2123), H8264-H8324 [22SE], E1943 [22SE], E1964 [27SE], E1968, E1976, E1977 [28SE], E2001 [29SE]

———reauthorize and improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children (H.R. 2123), amendment process, H8057 [15SE]

———reauthorize and improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children (H.R. 2123), consideration (H. Res. 455), H8253-H8263 [22SE]

———reauthorize and improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children (H.R. 2123), corrections in engrossment, H8324 [22SE]

———require faith-based organizations providing Head Start services to establish separate bank accounts for Federal funding, E1977 [28SE]

———submit report on teacher retention levels, H8310, H8311 [22SE]

———suspend implementation of National Reporting System while the National Academy of Sciences studies appropriate standards for school readiness, H8268, H8307, H8308 [22SE]

Health: expand access to affordable health care, strengthen health care safety net, and make services more available in rural and underserved areas, H5222 [27JN]

———improve accessibility to immunizations against vaccine-preventable diseases, study Medicare and Medicaid influenza immunization usage, and amend Federal employee immunization services (H.R. 3598), H6939 [28JY], E1662 [29JY]

Hurricanes: simplify process for Hurricane Katrina victims to request disaster-related assistance, H7650 [6SE]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws, H5710 [12JY], H6178 [20JY]

Medicaid: extend the qualified individual program for cost-sharing assistance to low-income Medicare beneficiaries, H8949 [19OC]

———extend the qualified individual program for cost-sharing assistance to low-income Medicare beneficiaries (H.R. 3800), H8516 [29SE], H8949 [19OC]

———funding, H1558 [16MR], H2509-H2520 [26AP], H2656, H2708, H2712, H2715, H2716 [28AP], H2787 [3MY], H9606 [3NO], H9938, H9945, H9946 [7NO], H10150 [10NO], E875 [4MY]

———improve documentation requirements for applicants, H12276 [18DE], E2561, E2576 [17DE]

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (H.R. 1426), E508 [17MR]

———provide temporary disaster relief in response to Hurricane Katrina, H7701 [7SE]

———reform, H3248 [12MY]

Medicaid Commission: funding, H5117, H5118 [24JN]

Medicare: improve implementation of the Medicare prescription drug benefit, H8651 [6OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: funding, H10007, H10008 [8NO]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (H.R. 3373), E1563 [21JY]

National Hunger Awareness Day: observance, H4207 [8JN], E1197 [9JN]

Poverty: improve lives of persons living in extreme poverty, H9031-H9037 [20OC], H11660 [15DE], E1856 [15SE]

Public housing: prohibit funding to implement requirements for residents to engage in community service and complete economic self-sufficiency programs, H5531, H5532 [30JN]

Social Security: State Children's Health Insurance Program funding, H2787 [3MY]

SSI: eliminate the unfair and disadvantageous treatment of cash military compensation other than basic pay (H.R. 536), E154 [2FE]

———increase incentives for working, saving, and pursuing an education (H.R. 1682), E688 [19AP]

States: make grants to States to establish emergency assistance programs to help low-income households purchase gasoline (H.R. 4010), E2051 [7OC]

Taxation: provide a credit to physicians who provide charity care (H.R. 3614), E1693 [29JY]

———treatment of Social Security benefits (H.R. 180), E5 [4JA]

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program: provide assistance to families affected by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 3672), H7766-H7773 [8SE]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States, H10001 [8NO]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States (H.R. 1160), H1387, H1388 [14MR]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States (H.R. 240), E20 [4JA]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States (H.R. 3021), H5373-H5376 [29JN]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States (H.R. 4635), H12285 [18DE]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (H.R. 3185), E2645 [22DE]

Remarks in Senate

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish, S2801, S2809-S2817 [16MR], S2876-S2886, S2919, S2946 [17MR]

———establish (S. 338), S1208, S1211-S1214 [9FE], S1257 [10FE]

Budget: allocation of funds, S9712-S9715 [7SE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (S. 1405), S8318 [14JY]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: provide incentive grants to improve the quality of child care (S. 526), S2037, S2040 [3MR]

———reauthorize and improve early learning opportunities and school preparedness (S. 525), S2031, S2037 [3MR], S2063 [4MR]

Children and youth: impose a tax surcharge to eliminate child poverty, S13093, S13124, S13125 [17NO]

Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets, S13117 [17NO]

Comprehensive Entitlement Reform Commission: establish (S. 1889), S11564 [19OC]

Congressional Commission on Expanding Social Service Delivery Options: establish, S11882, S11883 [26OC]

———establish (S. 1560), S9476 [29JY]

Courts: strengthen courts for at-risk children (S. 1679), S9932, S9939 [12SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: food assistance programs funding, S10328 [22SE]

———provide additional authority and funding to provide emergency food relief, in coordination with the Dept. of Homeland Security, to victims of Hurricane Katrina and related conditions (S. 1643), S9773, S9847 [8SE]

Dept. of HHS: collect and disseminate information on quality child care, develop child care training infrastructure, and establish small business child care grant program (S. 233), S743 [1FE]

———conduct research on indicators of child well-being (S. 415), S1629 [17FE]

———revise minimum allotments under the Projects for Assistance in Transition From Homelessness (PATH) Program (S. 319), S1134 [8FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: reauthorize programs servicing the needs of homeless veterans (S. 1180), S6159 [7JN]

District of Columbia: reduce crime, provide scholarship vouchers for school choice, and establish Marriage Development Accounts, S11454-S11458 [18OC]

Families and domestic relations: increase child support money to families leaving welfare and improve assignment, distribution, and collection of certain child support, S14212 [21DE]

———increase child support money to families leaving welfare and improve assignment, distribution, and collection of certain child support (S. 321), S1136 [8FE]

———promote healthy marriages and responsible fatherhood, S11883-S11885 [26OC]

Federal aid programs: extend eligibility for certain Federal benefits to citizens of the Freely Associated States (S. 2051), S13181 [17NO]

———extend Medicare cost-sharing for qualifying individuals, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, Medicaid transitional medical assistance, and related programs (S. 1778), S10517 [27SE], S10696 [29SE]

Federal Youth Development Council: establish to improve the administration and coordination of Federal youth programs (S. 409), S1554 [16FE]

Head Start Program: funding, S11866-S11869, S11892 [26OC]

———reauthorize (S. 1107), S5790 [23MY], S5841 [24MY]

Health: expand access to affordable health care, strengthen health care safety net, and make services more available in rural and underserved areas (S. 1225), S6407-S6409 [13JN]

Hurricanes: provide emergency health care relief for survivors of Hurricane Katrina, S12106-S12114 [1NO], S12301 [3NO]

———provide emergency relief to meet the immediate health care, housing, education, and financial needs of survivors of Hurricane Katrina (S. 1637), S9895 [12SE], S13407 [18NO]

———reallocate certain unspent emergency relief funding to meet the immediate health care, housing, education, and financial needs of survivors of Hurricane Katrina, S11167-S11172 [5OC]

Insurance: enhance long-term care insurance benefits (S. 1602), S9520-S9523 [29JY]

LSC: increase funding for nationwide legal services field programs and for legal assistance to victims impacted by Hurricane Katrina, S9779-S9783 [8SE]

Medicaid: clarify treatment of prescription drug distributor service fees, S14205 [21DE]

———coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics (S. 66), S245 [24JA]

———eliminate increase in rebate for generic drugs, S12318, S12319 [3NO]

———funding, S2604, S2609, S2611, S2618 [14MR], S2709 [15MR], S2801, S2809 [16MR], S2876-S2886, S2919, S2946 [17MR], S4500, S4520, S4522, S4523 [28AP], S12194-S12196 [2NO], S13479-S13483, S13494 [13DE], S13527-S13530 [14DE], S14097, S14104-S14108, S14150-S14156 [20DE], S14209, S14215 [21DE]

———impact of budget reconciliation legislation on the health and well-being of children (S. Res. 302), S12690 [10NO]

———include pharmacy benefit managers as liable third party payors, S14205 [21DE]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV, S12217 [2NO], S12323 [3NO]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (S. 311), S1119 [8FE], S1602 [17FE], S6732 [16JN]

———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. 1592), S9511 [29JY]

———provide complete reimbursement for medical assistance provided to Native Hawaiians by federally qualified health centers or Native Hawaiian health care systems (S. 68), S246 [24JA]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage, S14117 [20DE], S14219 [21DE]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (S. 183), S592, S593 [26JA]

———provide for fair treatment of services furnished to Native Americans (S. 2074), S13381-S13384 [18NO], S14155 [20DE]

———provide temporary disaster relief in response to Hurricane Katrina, S9776-S9778, S9783 [8SE], S11522-S11524 [19OC]

———recognize importance and ensure that reconciliation legislation reported by a conference committee does not have an adverse affect on beneficiaries (S. 1969), S12460 [7NO], S12551 [8NO]

———recognize importance of prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers (S. Con. Res. 65), S13185 [17NO]

Medicare: improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (S. 635), S2849 [16MR]

———improve the provision of telehealth services (S. 1909), S11769 [24OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: assist pharmacies in facilitating enrollment of dual eligible populations under the prescription drug benefit (S. 2173), S14334 [21DE]

———improve implementation of the Medicare prescription drug benefit for individuals who are both Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, S12202-S12207 [2NO], S12309 [3NO]

———improve implementation of the Medicare prescription drug benefit for individuals who are both Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries (S. 1822), S11139 [5OC], S11853-S11855 [26OC]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (S. 1580), S9498, S9499, S9508 [29JY]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (S. 1405), S8318 [14JY]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (S. 90), S257 [24JA]

National Hunger Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 156), S5939 [25MY]

———observance, S6129-S6133 [7JN], S6221 [8JN]

Social Security: allow States to expand or add coverage of pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 740), S3359-S3361 [7AP]

———improve provision of care under Medicare, Medicaid, and certain public welfare programs (S. 2164), unanimous-consent request, S14290 [21DE]

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 1104), S5788 [23MY]

SSI: extend for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants (S. 453), S1672 [17FE]

Taxation: modify the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (S. 595), S2488-S2490 [10MR]

———provide incentives for charitable contributions, improve public disclosure by certain organizations, and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (S. 1780), S10597 [28SE]

———provide tax relief, improve certain welfare and child care programs, encourage charitable contributions, improve disclosure by certain organizations, and enhance financial security opportunities (S. 6), S109 [24JA], S14206 [21DE]

———provide tax relief, improve certain welfare and child care programs, encourage charitable contributions, improve disclosure by certain organizations, and enhance financial security opportunities (S. 6), star print, S2197 [7MR]

Teach for America, Inc.: authorize appropriations (S. 1367), S7865-S7867 [30JN]

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program: allow State receipt of credit towards the work requirements for certain disabled recipients (S. 456), S1676-S1679 [17FE]

———ensure fair treatment and due process protections for enhanced data collection and reporting requirements (S. 1385), S8139 [12JY]

———increase limit on vocational education training to be counted as work activity (S. 141), S363 [24JA]

———permit States to create a program that allows individuals to obtain post-secondary or vocational education (S. 458), S1719 [18FE]

———promote financial education and allow such education to count as a work activity under that program (S. 923), S4418 [27AP]

———provide assistance to families affected by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 3672), S10149 [15SE]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States, S13469-S13471 [13DE], S13528 [14DE], S14117, S14120, S14152, S14154 [20DE], S14206, S14210, S14213, S14217 [21DE]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States (H.R. 1160), S2754 [15MR]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States (H.R. 3021), S7786 [30JN]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States (S. 105), S264 [24JA]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States (S. 2119), S13788 [16DE]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States (S. 667), unanimous-consent request, S9586 [29JY]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (S. 1796), S10737 [29SE], S11123 [5OC], S11817 [25OC], S14173 [20DE]

Reports filed

Caring for Children Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 525) (S. Rept. 109-130), S9599 [1SE]

Consideration of H.R. 2123, School Readiness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 455) (H. Rept. 109-229), H8247 [21SE]

Head Start Improvements for School Readiness Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1107) (S. Rept. 109-131), S9599 [1SE]

Personal Responsibility and Individual Development for Everyone (PRIDE) Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 667), S2993 [17MR]

School Readiness Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 2123) (H. Rept. 109-136), H4654 [16JN]

Summaries

Hurricane Katrina Food Assistance Relief Act (S. 1643), S9773 [8SE]

Improving Long-Term Care Choices Act (S. 1602), S9521 [29JY]

Tables

Illegal immigration costs, H5711 [12JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 455, consideration of H.R. 2123, School Readiness Act, H8253 [22SE]

H.R. 856, Federal Youth Coordination Act, H10179 [15NO]

H.R. 1160, Welfare Reform Extension Act, H1387 [14MR]

H.R. 2123, School Readiness Act, H8287-H8299 [22SE]

H.R. 3021, TANF Extension Act, H5372 [29JN]

H.R. 3614, Charity Care for the Uninsured Act, E1693 [29JY]

H.R. 3672, TANF Emergency Response and Recovery Act, H7766 [8SE]

H.R. 4635, TANF and Child Care Continuation Act, H12285 [18DE]

S. 66, Nursing School Clinics Act, S245 [24JA]

S. 68, Native Hawaiian Medicaid Coverage Act, S246 [24JA]

S. 90, National Center for Social Work Research Act, S257 [24JA]

S. 105, Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act, S264-S278 [24JA]

S. 141, increase limit on vocational education training to be counted as work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, S363 [24JA]

S. 233, Caring for Children Act, S743 [1FE]

S. 311, Early Treatment for HIV Act, S1122 [8FE]

S. 319, Projects for Assistance in Transition From Homelessness (PATH) Program minimum allotments revision, S1134 [8FE]

S. 409, Federal Youth Coordination Act, S1554 [16FE]

S. 415, State Child Well-Being Research Act, S1630 [17FE]

S. 456, Pathways to Independence Act, S1678 [17FE]

S. 525, Caring for Children Act, S2032-S2037 [3MR]

S. 526, Child Care Quality Incentive Act, S2038 [3MR]

S. 740, Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act, S3361 [7AP]

S. 923, TANF Financial Education Promotion Act, S4418 [27AP]

S. 1107, Head Start Improvements for School Readiness Act, S5791-S5804 [23MY]

S. 1385, Fair Treatment and Due Process Protection Act, S8140-S8142 [12JY]

S. 1405, Preserving Patient Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals Act, S8319 [14JY]

S. 1637, Katrina Emergency Relief Act, S9838-S9844 [8SE]

S. 1643, Hurricane Katrina Food Assistance Relief Act, S9847 [8SE]

S. 1679, Working to Enhance Courts for At-Risk and Endangered Kids Act, S9933-S9939 [12SE]

S. 1778, Medicare Cost-Sharing and Welfare Extension Act, S10696 [29SE]

S. 1796, Security and Financial Empowerment (SAFE) Act, S10738-S10746 [29SE]

S. 2051, extend eligibility for certain Federal benefits to citizens of the Freely Associated States, S13182 [17NO]

S. 2074, Medicaid Indian Health Act, S13384 [18NO]

S. Con. Res. 65, recognize importance of Medicaid prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers, S13184 [17NO]

S. Res. 156, National Hunger Awareness Day, S5938, S5939 [25MY]

S. Res. 261, require Federal, State, and local agencies to comply with public health, environmental, and environmental justice laws and regulations, S10760 [29SE]

S. Res. 302, impact of Medicaid budget reconciliation legislation on the health and well-being of children, S12689 [10NO]