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

Analyses

Rationale for an Allied Health Reinvestment Act: Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions, S1806 [28FE]

Articles and editorials

'91 Memo Warned of Mercury in Shots, H482 [9FE]

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of HHS: establish health empowerment zone programs in communities that disproportionately experience disparities in health status and health care (see H.R. 56), H73 [4JA]

Drugs: expand the clinical trials drug data bank (see S. 470), S1794 [28FE]

Education: establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program specializing in underserved treatment areas (see S. 92), S144 [24JA]

———make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health professions loan programs (see S. 89), S144 [24JA]

———make social work students and schools eligible for certain programs and grants, and establish a social work training program (see S. 91), S144 [24JA]

Health: declare adequate pain care research, education, and treatment as national health priorities (see H.R. 1020), H846 [1MR]

———improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to children with life-threatening conditions (see S. 174), S573 [26JA] (see H.R. 963), H795 [17FE]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see S. 424), S1622 [17FE] (see H.R. 583), H352 [2FE]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see S. 471), S1794 [28FE]

———support Federal and State funded in-home care for the elderly (see H. Res. 194), H1846 [6AP]

Health care professionals: establish a scholarship and loan repayment program for public health preparedness workforce development to eliminate critical public health preparedness workforce shortages (see S. 504, 506), S2003 [3MR]

———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. 473), S1794 [28FE]

Health Workforce Advisory Commission: establish (see S. 831), S3817 [18AP]

Insurance: require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (see H.R. 277), H137 [6JA]

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. 124), S4258 [26AP] (see H. Res. 158), H1509 [15MR]

———increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 1106), H982 [3MR]

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

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: provide funding for the study and prevention of breast cancer in younger women (see H.R. 987), H796 [17FE]

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (see H.R. 1297), H1507 [15MR]

Public Health Service Act: continue Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revitalization program (see H.R. 1570), H1894 [12AP]

———provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers (see H.R. 1313), H1508 [15MR]

Small business: improve affordability of health insurance coverage for small employers (see H.R. 490), H285 [1FE]

Lists

Organizations supporting S. 473, Allied Health Reinvestment Act, S1806 [28FE]

Remarks in House

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: hereditary blood disorders hemophilia research funding, H1270 [10MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish health empowerment zone programs in communities that disproportionately experience disparities in health status and health care (H.R. 56), H7928 [14SE]

Diseases: increase awareness and education about Kawasaki Disease, E883 [5MY]

Health: expand health care access to minorities, E819 [28AP]

———link between child vaccinations containing mercury and autism, H481 [9FE]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (H.R. 583), E151, E156 [2FE]

———support Federal and State funded in-home care for the elderly (H. Res. 194), E584 [7AP]

Public Health Service Act: provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers (H.R. 1313), H1678 [17MR], H8717 [6OC]

Remarks in Senate

Citizens' Health Care Working Group: implementation of proposals, S5037, S5038 [12MY]

Drugs: expand the clinical trials drug data bank (S. 470), S1797-S1804 [28FE], S13095 [17NO]

Education: establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program specializing in underserved treatment areas (S. 92), S259 [24JA]

———make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health professions loan programs (S. 89), S257 [24JA]

———make social work students and schools eligible for certain programs and grants, and establish a social work training program (S. 91), S258 [24JA]

Health: improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to children with life-threatening conditions (S. 174), S581-S583, S586 [26JA]

———provide for a public response to the public health crisis of pain, S3121 [4AP]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (S. 424), S1634 [17FE]

Health care professionals: establish a scholarship and loan repayment program for public health preparedness workforce development to eliminate critical public health preparedness workforce shortages (S. 506), S2010 [3MR]

———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. 473), S1805 [28FE]

Health Workforce Advisory Commission: establish (S. 831), S3823 [18AP]

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

Reports filed

Nomination of John O. Agwunobi To Be Public Health Service Regular Corps Medical Director: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S11559 [19OC]

Texts of

S. 89, Strengthen the Public Health Service Act, S257 [24JA]

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

S. 91, Strengthen Social Work Training Act, S259 [24JA]

S. 92, Psychologists in the Service of the Public Act, S259 [24JA]

S. 174, Children's Compassionate Care Act, S583-S586 [26JA]

S. 470, Fair Access to Clinical Trials (FACT) Act, S1798-S1803 [28FE]

S. 473, Allied Health Reinvestment Act, S1807-S1810 [28FE]

S. 831, Health Workforce Advisory Commission Act, S3824 [18AP]

S. Res. 124, increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals, S4264 [26AP]