PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT

Amendments

Health: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), S4225, S4226, S4230, S4231, S4232, S4234, S4237, S4238, S4239 [9MY], S4262, S4285, S4286, S4294, S4295, S4343, S4344, S4345, S4347, S4356, S4357, S4358, S4361, S4365, S4368, S4369, S4370, S4371, S4372, S4373, S4374, S4375, S4377, S4378 [10MY], S4479, S4480, S4481, S4494, S4497, S4498, S4499, S4500, S4501, S4502 [11MY]

Articles and editorials

Compare and Contrast, S4312 [10MY]

Bills and resolutions

Automated Defibrillation in Adam's Memory (ADAM) Act: reauthorize (see S. 2428), S2312 [16MR]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see S. 2206), S249 [27JA]

Davis-Bacon Act: ensure that projects funded through NIH comply with wage rate requirements (see H.R. 5545), H3496 [7JN]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H1851 [26AP] (see H.R. 5573), H3723 [9JN]

———establish a dental education loan repayment program to encourage dentists to serve at facilities with a critical shortage of dentists in areas with a high incidence of HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 5243), H1916 [27AP]

———establish a national center for public mental health emergency preparedness (see S. 3537), S6154 [20JN]

———establish comprehensive prevention, education, research, and medical management program to reduce liver cirrhosis and liver cancer caused by chronic hepatitis B infection (see S. 3558), S6419 [22JN]

———establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see S. 2663), S3703 [27AP] (see H.R. 5397), H2641 [16MY]

———establish Office of the National Nurse (see H.R. 4903), H790 [8MR]

———expand and intensify research programs concerning elder falls (see H.R. 5608), H4008 [14JN]

———improve residential treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women and programs to reduce substance abuse among nonviolent offenders (see S. 3055), S5226 [25MY] (see H.R. 5493), H3307 (see H.R. 5493), H3359 [25MY]

———promulgate regulations on protections for residents of certain facilities relative to the use of restraints and involuntary seclusion (see H. Con. Res. 363), H1129 [16MR]

———reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals (see H.R. 5574), H3723 [9JN]

———reauthorize the HIV Health Care Services Program (see S. 2339), S1540 [28FE] (see H.R. 5009), H1129 [16MR]

———require Senate confirmation for appointees to position of Assistant Sec. for Public Health Emergency Preparedness (see H.R. 5109), H1562 [5AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: improve and expedite assessment and determination of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear material threats under the Project BioShield program (see H.R. 5028), H1196 [28MR]

Disabled: amend relative to early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss (see H.R. 5250), H1916 [27AP]

Disasters: amend to transfer the National Disaster Medical System to the Dept. of HHS (see H.R. 5438), H3015 [22MY]

Diseases: provide waivers relating to grants for preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers (see H.R. 5472), H3226 [24MY]

Drugs: establish a federally-supported education and awareness campaign for the prevention of methamphetamine use (see S. 2315), S1414 [16FE]

———impose requirements on Internet pharmacies, require manufacturers to implement chain-of-custody procedures, and restrict exemption on importation of controlled substances for personal use (see H.R. 4769), H387 [16FE]

Health: make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see S. 2322), S1461 [17FE]

———permit health insurance issuers an alternative to guaranteed coverage in the small group market to promote affordable access to portable health insurance (see H.R. 5475), H3226 [24MY]

———provide for community projects that will reduce the number of uninsured individuals (see H.R. 5171), H1741 [25AP]

———provide State grants for developing trauma care systems (see H.R. 5555), H3641 [8JN]

Health care professionals: authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students (see S. 3588), S6634 [28JN]

———provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 5134), H1677 [6AP]

Health care providers: increase physician manpower in the areas of primary care, psychiatric care, and emergency medicine in federally designated physician shortage areas (see H.R. 5770), H5127 [12JY]

National security: improve preparedness for and response to bioterrorism and other public health emergencies (see S. 3042), S5226 [25MY]

Research: protection of human subjects (see H.R. 5578), H3723 [9JN]

Traumatic brain injury programs: expand and improve (see H.R. 5738), H4915 [29JN]

Cloture motions

Health: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), S4326 [10MY], S4459 [11MY]

———expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), motion to proceed, S4095 [5MY], S4165 [9MY]

Letters

Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act: Christine Gregoire, Governor of Washington, S4200 [9MY]

———Christopher F. Koller, S4452 [11MY]

———Cleve L. Killingsworth, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, S4458 [11MY]

———Janet Trautwein, National Association of Health Underwriters, S4313 [10MY]

———Mila Kofman, Georgetown University, S4326 [10MY]

———Peter J. Dunbar, Washington State Medical Association, S4200 [9MY]

Small Employers Health Benefits Program Act: National Association of Insurance Commissioners, S4312 [10MY]

Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act: several Senators, S3999 [4MY]

Lists

Organizations oppposed to S. 1955, Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act, S4197 [9MY]

Motions

Health: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), S4095 [5MY], S4286 [10MY]

Remarks in House

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (H.R. 5201), E629 [27AP]

———authorize appropriations for the health centers program (H.R. 5573), H4359-H4365 [21JN], E1257, E1263 [23JN], E1286 [27JN]

———establish a dental education loan repayment program to encourage dentists to serve at facilities with a critical shortage of dentists in areas with a high incidence of HIV/AIDS (H.R. 5243), E652 [27AP]

———establish comprehensive prevention, education, research, and medical management program to reduce liver cirrhosis and liver cancer caused by chronic hepatitis B infection (H.R. 4550), E810, E823 [12MY]

———establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (H.R. 5397), H2600 [16MY]

———reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals (H.R. 5574), H4365-H4368 [21JN]

Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (H.R. 4033), E915 [19MY]

———improve preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic, H1984, H1988 [3MY], H3708 [9JN], E812 [12MY]

FDA: provide for Alzheimer's disease research and demonstration grants, E1372 [11JY]

Health: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace, H1384 [30MR]

———expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), H2308 [9MY]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors, H793 [9MR]

———provide for collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and research and authorize the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program (H.R. 2520), H2645 [17MY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), H3022, H3023, H3024 [23MY], H3146 [24MY], H4383-H4389 [21JN], H5036, H5038 [11JY], E979, E986, E994, E998 [26MY]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (H.R. 898), H2646 [17MY]

Health care professionals: provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers (H.R. 1313), H4361 [21JN]

Insurance: coverage of screening mammography (H.R. 4540), E309 [8MR]

———provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (H.R. 2355), H611 [7MR]

Mental health: combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education, H4534 [26JN]

———combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education (H.R. 2421), H5014 [11JY]

National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: amend (S. 655), H5003-H5005 [11JY]

NIH: conduct and support research for the derivation and use of human pluripotent stem cells by means that will not create or harm human embryos (H.R. 3144), H426-H432 [28FE]

Senior citizens: provide mental health screening and treatment services, integration of mental health services and mental health treatment outreach teams, H4354 [21JN]

Traumatic brain injury programs: expand and improve (H.R. 5738), E1321 [29JN]

Remarks in Senate

Automated Defibrillation in Adam's Memory (ADAM) Act: reauthorize (S. 2428), S2320 [16MR]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish a program on children and the media to study the role and impact of electronic media in the development of children (S. 1902), S1888 [8MR]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (S. 2206), S250 [27JA]

Dept. of HHS: establish a national center for public mental health emergency preparedness (S. 3537), S6157 [20JN]

———establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (S. 2663), S3706-S3708 [27AP]

Diseases: improve and secure an adequate supply of influenza vaccine (S. 1828), S5629-S5631 [8JN]

———improve preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic, S969 [9FE]

Drugs: establish a federally-supported education and awareness campaign for the prevention of methamphetamine use (S. 2315), S1433 [16FE]

Health: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), S4241, S4242, S4247-S4327, S4382 [10MY], S4415, S4425-S4430, S4434, S4446-S4462 [11MY], S4518 [12MY]

———expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), motion to proceed, S4095, S4096 [5MY], S4127, S4137, S4140, S4147-S4149 [8MY], S4163-S4185, S4187-S4204 [9MY]

———expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), unanimous-consent agreement, S4390 [11MY]

———expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), unanimous-consent request, S4426, S4427 [11MY]

———improve the quality and efficiency of health care delivery through improvements in health care information technology, S358 [31JA]

———make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (S. 2322), S1462 [17FE]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research, S4128 [8MY], S4177 [9MY], S4298 [10MY], S4428, S4434 [11MY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), S1668, S1669 [3MR], S3998-S4002 [4MY], S4124 [8MY], S4189, S4190, S4194, S4195 [9MY], S4249, S4256, S4382 [10MY], S4447, S4452, S4453, S4455 [11MY], S4572 [16MY], S5467 [6JN], S6449 [23JN], S6596, S6612-S6615 [28JN], S6731-S6736, S7170-S7173 [29JN], S7261 [10JY], S7364-S7366 [12JY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), unanimous-consent agreement, S7169, S7170 [29JN]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (S. 471), S7279 [10JY]

———require small business health plans to comply with the benefits adopted by a majority of States, S4449 [11MY]

Health care professionals: authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students (S. 3588), S6635 [28JN]

Insurance: extend Federal funding for operation of State high risk health insurance pools (H.R. 4519), S460 [1FE]

Mental health: combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education (S. 843), S3206 [6AP]

———extend provisions requiring parity in the application of certain limits to mental health benefits, S2275 [16MR]

NIH: conduct and support research for the derivation and use of human pluripotent stem cells by means that will not create or harm human embryos, S1050-S1053 [10FE]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (S. 658), S1050-S1053 [10FE]

Reports filed

Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5574) (H. Rept. 109-508), H4327 [20JN]

Health Care Choice Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2355) (H. Rept. 109-378), H387 [16FE]

Health Centers Renewal Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5573) (H. Rept. 109-509), H4327 [20JN]

Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1955), S3703 [27AP]

Public Health Service Act Amendments Relative to the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (S. 655) (H. Rept. 109-510), H4327 [20JN]

Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 265) (S. Rept. 109-215), S510 [2FE]

Texts of

H.R. 5573, Health Centers Renewal Act, H4359 [21JN]

H.R. 5574, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act, H4365 [21JN]

S. 655, amend Public Health Service Act relative to the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, H5003 [11JY]

S. 1955, Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act, S4277-S4285 [10MY]

S. 2322, Consumer Assurance of Radiologic Excellence Act, S1463 [17FE]

S. 2428, Automated Defibrillation in Adam's Memory (ADAM) Act reauthorization, S2321 [16MR]

S. 2663, Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act, S3708-S3710 [27AP]

S. 3537, Public Mental Health Emergency Preparedness Act, S6157-S6159 [20JN]

S. 3588, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act, S6636 [28JN]