DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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]

High Cost of Drug Caps, S7425 [12JY]

How Federalism Could Spur Bipartisan Action on the Uninsured, S4221-S4224 [9MY]

Bills and resolutions

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

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

Biodefense Injury Compensation Program: establish (see S. 2291), S1353 [15FE]

Children and youth: 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]

———improve outcomes for children in families affected by methamphetamine abuse and addiction and reauthorize the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program (see S. 3525), S5950 [15JN]

Dentists: 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]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 5647), H4327 [20JN]

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

Diseases: call for the declaration of lung cancer as a public health priority and the implementation of a comprehensive interagency program to reduce lung cancer mortality (see S. Res. 408), S2467 [28MR] (see H. Res. 739), H1196 [28MR]

———establish a 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]

Drug abuse: 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]

FDA: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 426), H3787 [12JN]

Government regulations: 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]

Health: establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity and eating disorders (see H.R. 5698), H4794 [28JN]

———provide innovation in health care through State initiatives that expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care system (see S. 2772), S4211 [9MY]

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

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

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

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 5312), H2337 [9MY]

Indian Health Service: maintain current operating hours of the Wagner Service Unit until a report is submitted that evaluates the impact of reduction of emergency room services (see S. Res. 358), S329 [30JA] (see H. Res. 656), H24 [31JA]

Medicare: change numerical identifier used to identify beneficiaries (see S. 2312), S1414 [16FE]

———encourage eligible beneficiaries who have not enrolled in the prescription drug benefit to review available options and determine whether enrolling best meets their prescription drug needs (see H. Res. 802), H2338 [9MY]

———extend annual coordinated election period for prescription drug plans (see H.R. 4715), H223 [8FE]

———extend eligibility period for ``Welcome to Medicare'' physical examination and eliminate coinsurance for screening mammography and colorectal cancer screening tests (see H.R. 5437), H2961 [19MY]

———extend enrollment period for prescription drug benefits and Medicare Advantage plans, negotiate fair prices for prescription drugs, and improve outreach and educational efforts with respect to such benefits (see H.R. 5297), H2173 [4MY]

———extend open enrollment period for prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans (see H.R. 4723), H224 [8FE]

———extend open enrollment period for prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans without any late enrollment penalty (see H.R. 5387), H2640 [16MY]

———improve implementation of prescription drug program (see H.R. 4796), H388 [16FE]

———include costs incurred by certain agencies, health centers, or drug assistance programs toward the out-of-pocket treshold of the prescription drug program (see S. 3650), S7415 [12JY]

———limit the penalty for late enrollment in the prescription drug program (see H.R. 5750), H4957 [10JY]

———permit beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare or Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans that change their formularies or increase prices to enroll in other plans (see S. 2313), S1414 [16FE]

———provide for a Medicare Prescription Drug Ombudsman (see H.R. 5433), H2961 [19MY]

———provide for counting expenses for nonformulary drugs against the annual out-of-pocket threshold for costs for covered drugs (see H.R. 4928), H867 [9MR]

———reform the prescription drug program (see S. 2240), S510 [2FE] (see H.R. 4792), H388 [16FE]

———replace the prescription drug benefit with a revised and simplified program for all beneficiaries (see H.R. 4697), H154 [1FE]

———require prescription drug plans to provide enrollee notice of less expensive part D covered drugs that may be substituted for dispensed drugs (see H.R. 4743), H273 [14FE]

———require prompt payment to pharmacies, restrict pharmacy co-branding on prescription drug cards, and provide guidelines for Medication Therapy Management Services programs under prescription drug program (see S. 2563), S3211 [6AP]

———require the sponsor of a prescription drug plan or an organization offering a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan to promptly pay submitted claims (see S. 2723), S4050 [4MY] (see H.R. 5182), H1741 [25AP] (see H.R. 5307), H2174 [4MY]

———waive monthly beneficiary premium under prescription drug plan or Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan during months in which an enrollee has a gap in coverage (see S. 3647), S7415 [12JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: assure uninterupted access to necessary medicines under the prescription drug benefit (see S. 2238), S446 [1FE] (see H.R. 4685), H153 [1FE]

———dual eligible benefits continuity, off-label uses of certain prescription drugs and biological products, and determinations denying coverage and certain costs incurred by pharmacies (see H.R. 5193), H1741 [25AP]

———eliminate cost-sharing for certain dual eligible populations under the prescription drug benefit (see S. 2234), S446 [1FE] (see H.R. 4722), H224 [8FE]

———eliminate cost-sharing for dual eligible populations under the prescription drug benefit (see S. 2203), S211 [26JA]

———provide for continuity of coverage of prescription drugs under the prescription drug plans for full-benefit dual eligible individuals (see H.R. 4937), H867 [9MR]

———provide for necessary dual eligible beneficiary protections in order to ensure access to the prescription drug benefit program (see S. 2183), S19 [20JA] (see S. 2183), S123 [25JA] (see H.R. 4660), H23 [31JA]

———reduce cost-sharing for certain dual eligible populations under the prescription drug benefit (see S. 2409), S2122 [14MR]

———reimburse States for costs incurred by covering dual eligible populations under the Medicare prescription drug benefit plan (see S. 2181), S19 [20JA] (see S. 2181), S123 [25JA] (see H.R. 4663, 4665), H23 (see H.R. 4675), H24 [31JA] (see H.R. 4721), H223 [8FE]

Mental health: improve quality and availability of mental health services for children and adolescents (see S. 3449), S5490 [6JN]

Minimum wage: calculate based on Federal poverty guidelines published by the Dept. of HHS (see H.R. 5731), H4915 [29JN]

National Blood Reserve: establish (see H. Res. 716), H867 [9MR]

Native Americans: authorize an Indian youth telemental health demonstration project (see S. 2245), S728 [6FE]

Office of Health Information Technology: establish (see H.R. 4832), H508 [1MR]

Office of Men's Health: establish (see H.R. 5624), H4133 [15JN]

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

Older Americans Act: establish National Long-Term Care Choice Program (see S. 2620), S3378 [7AP]

Packaging: require the incorporation of counterfeit-resistant technologies into the packaging of prescription drugs (see S. 2668), S3703 [27AP] (see H.R. 4829), H508 [1MR]

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

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

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see H.R. 4993), H1128 [16MR]

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

Terrorism: require bioterrorism-related grants provided to States and political subdivisions of States to be distributed on the basis of a risk-based formula (see H.R. 5468), H3225 [24MY]

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]

Excerpts

Dept. of HHS indemnification clause in contract with Chiron Corp., S3778 [1MY]

Dept. of HHS special product liability and indemnification clause in contract with Sanofi Pasteur Inc., S3778 [1MY]

News reports on adult and non-embryonic stem cell research advances and updates, S4006 [4MY], S4202 [9MY]

Factsheets

Health Partnership Act (S. 2772), S4221 [9MY]

Letters

Adult stem cell research: Jacki Rabon, S6734 [29JN]

———Mary Schneider, S6733 [29JN]

———several doctors, S4203 [9MY]

Dept. of HHS appeal of Cookeville v. Thompson decision on Medicare disproportionate share hosital payments: Tennessee congressional delegation, E391 [16MR]

Dept. of HHS participation in National Conference on Methamphetamine, HIV, and Hepatitis: Representative Souder, Committee on Government Reform (House), H829, H830 [9MR]

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]

LIHEAP funding, H1048 [15MR]

———several Governors, S1058 [10FE]

———several Senators, S1059 [10FE]

Permit negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs and use resulting savings for budget deficit reduction: David P. Sloane, AARP, S2020 [13MR]

Request for a compulsory license for cancer drug Avastin: Respresentative Kucinich, E535 [6AP]

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

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

Lists

Current human clinical applications using adult stem cells, S4005 [4MY], S4203 [9MY]

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

AIDS Drug Assistance Program: funding, H3365 [6JN]

Appropriations: authorize for the health centers program (H.R. 5201), E629 [27AP]

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

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Tourette Syndrome Education and Research Program funding, E66 [1FE]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Program: funding, H1460 [5AP]

Children and youth: 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]

———provide for programs and activities on the prevention of underage drinking, H1436 [4AP]

———provide for programs and activities on the prevention of underage drinking (H.R. 864), H1874 [27AP], H3012 [22MY]

Dentists: 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]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, H2695, H2698, H2699 [17MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3010), conference report, E66 [1FE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5647), H4221, H4222, H4223, H4224, H4226 [20JN], H4332, H4333, H4334, H4335 [21JN], H4426, H4495, H4496 [22JN], E1209 [20JN]

Diseases: establish a 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]

FDA: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 426), H4357-H4359 [21JN]

Head Start Program: funding, E530 [6AP]

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]

———link between child vaccinations containing mercury and autism, H357 [16FE]

———provide for adult stem cell research, H164 [8FE]

———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]

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

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (H.R. 5312), E757 [9MY]

Indian Health Service: funding, H2782 [18MY]

LIHEAP: funding, H1087, H1088 [16MR]

———prohibit use of certain funding relative to Federal prohibition on Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas exploration, H1047 [15MR]

Medicaid: permit States to provide early and periodic screening diagnostic and treatment services to children through benchmark benefits coverage, H54 [1FE]

Medicare: encourage eligible beneficiaries who have not enrolled in the prescription drug benefit to review available options and determine whether enrolling best meets their prescription drug needs (H. Res. 802), H2472-H2480 [10MY], E801 [11MY], E825 [12MY], E916 [19MY]

———extend annual coordinated election period for prescription drug plans and eliminate prescription drug late enrollment penalty, H4965 [11JY]

———extend implementation of prescription drug program, H978, H979 [15MR], H1064, H1065, H1066, H1090-H1092 [16MR], H1133 [28MR], H1203, H1310, H1312 [29MR], H1628 [6AP], H1748 [26AP], H1873 [27AP], H1925 [2MY], H2186, H2187 [9MY], H2345, H2473-H2480 [10MY], H2507, H2559, H2581 [11MY], H2647, H2648 [17MY], E649 [27AP]

———implementation of prescription drug program, H3800 [13JN], H4373 [21JN]

———negotiate for lower prices for prescription drugs, eliminate gap in coverage of prescription drug benefits, and promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs, H147, H148 [1FE]

———permit negotiation of fair prices for, and allow the reimportation of, prescription drugs, H4333 [21JN]

———permit negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs, H4967 [11JY]

———prescription drug benefit coverage, H473 [1MR], H600 [7MR], H794, H795, H848 [9MR], H979 [15MR], H1134, H1135, H1136 [28MR], H1202, H1301-H1307, H1314 [29MR], H1326, H1369 [30MR], H1400, H1401 [4AP], H1455, H1459 [5AP], H1664-H1670 [6AP], H1683, H1684, H1685 [25AP], H1830-H1836 [26AP], H1884 [27AP], H1926 [2MY], H2341, H2344, H2345, H2495-H2499 [10MY], H2644, H2646, H2647 [17MY], H3231 [25MY], H4223 [20JN], H4686, H4687 [28JN], H5032, H5033 [11JY], E303 [8MR]

———prohibit negotiation of prices for prescription drugs, H1883 [27AP]

———reform the prescription drug program, H162 [8FE], H277, H278, H279, H300 [15FE], H436 [28FE], H468, H484 [1MR], H551 [2MR], H1164 [28MR], H1367 [30MR], H1425, H1428 [4AP], H1593 [6AP], H2644 [17MY]

———require the sponsor of a prescription drug plan or an organization offering a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan to promptly pay submitted claims (H.R. 5182), H1953 [2MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: assure uninterupted access to necessary medicines under the prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4685), E55, E57 [1FE]

National security: homeland security funding, H1596, H1600 [6AP]

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]

———funding, H1593 [6AP]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: submit report on Dept. of HHS participation in National Conference on Methamphetamine, HIV, and Hepatitis, H829 [9MR]

Older Americans Act: provide a non-binding formula for calculating annual increases in fuel costs for senior citizen programs, H4355 [21JN]

Public Health Service Act: expand and improve traumatic brain injury programs (H.R. 5738), E1321 [29JN]

Radioactive substances: study health effects of exposure to depleted uranium munitions, H2531, H2532 [11MY]

Samuels, Robert J.: Dept. of HHS, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of Minority Health Minority Health Leadership Award recipient, E10 [31JA]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, H4355 [21JN]

Technology: encourage dissemination, security, confidentiality, and usefulness of health information technology (H.R. 4157), H2311 [9MY]

Terrorism: verify that proposed food safety legislation will pose no additional risk to public health or safety from terrorist attacks on the food supply, H746 [8MR]

Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (H.R. 3427), H5050 [12JY]

Women: tribute to Strong Women Stand Tall osteoporosis awareness program, E903 [19MY]

Remarks in Senate

Biodefense Injury Compensation Program: establish (S. 2291), S1360 [15FE]

Budget: increase advance appropriations allowance for health, education and training, and low-income programs, S2096-S2100 [14MR], S2184 [15MR], S2254 [16MR]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Tourette Syndrome Education and Research Program funding, S9 [18JA]

Children and youth: 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]

Dept. of Defense: establish Troops to Nurse Teachers Pilot Program, S5910-S5913 [15JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), conference report, S9 [18JA]

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

Diseases: call for the declaration of lung cancer as a public health priority and the implementation of a comprehensive interagency program to reduce lung cancer mortality (S. Res. 408), S3918 [2MY]

FDA: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 426), S7180, S7181 [29JN]

———condemn delay of decision on the approval of over-the-counter emergency contraceptives, S7181 [29JN]

Geriatric Education Centers: funding, S2184 [15MR]

Global Avian Influenza Network for Surveillance (GAINS) Program: funding, S3888 [2MY], S4017, S4018 [4MY], S5907 [15JN]

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]

———provide for adult stem cell research, S4005, S4006, S4039 [4MY], S4201-S4204 [9MY], S6731-S6735 [29JN]

———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]

———provide innovation in health care through State initiatives that expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care system (S. 2772), S4215, S4219 [9MY], S4252 [10MY]

———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]

Immigration: provide assistance to State and local governments for health care and educational costs related to immigration, S4771-S4774 [18MY]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (S. 1057), S5988-S5990 [16JN]

LIHEAP: funding, S1056, S1058, S1059 [10FE], S1458 [17FE]

Medicaid: funding, S723 [6FE]

Medicare: extend implementation of prescription drug program, S2148-S2154, S2177, S2178 [15MR], S4176 [9MY], S4247-S4250, S4256, S4298, S4382 [10MY], S4427-S4430, S4434, S4447, S4451, S4454, S4455 [11MY], S4543 [15MY]

———improve implementation of the prescription drug benefit, S482-S484, S490, S491 [2FE], S1086 [13FE]

———include costs incurred by certain agencies, health centers, or drug assistance programs toward the out-of-pocket treshold of the prescription drug program (S. 3650), S7424 [12JY]

———permit beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare or Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans that change their formularies or increase prices to enroll in other plans (S. 2313), S1526-S1528 [28FE]

———permit negotiation of fair prices for, and allow the reimportation of, prescription drugs, S4101 [5MY], S6470 [26JN]

———permit negotiation of fair prices for, and allow the reimportation of, prescription drugs (S. 239), S358 [31JA]

———permit negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs, S4298 [10MY]

———permit negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs and use resulting savings for budget deficit reduction, S2020 [13MR], S2165-S2168, S2178, S2179 [15MR]

———prescription drug benefit coverage, S1493 [27FE], S1514 [28FE], S4190 [9MY]

———provide a prescription drug benefit program which is administered directly through Medicare, S2266 [16MR]

———reform the prescription drug program, S1340-S1342 [15FE]

———reform the prescription drug program (S. 2240), S512 [2FE]

———require prompt payment to pharmacies, restrict pharmacy co-branding on prescription drug cards, and provide guidelines for Medication Therapy Management Services programs under prescription drug program (S. 2563), S3220-S3222 [6AP]

———require the sponsor of a prescription drug plan or an organization offering a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan to promptly pay submitted claims (S. 2723), S4454 [11MY]

———State health insurance assistance programs funding, S4456 [11MY]

———waive monthly beneficiary premium under prescription drug plan or Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan during months in which an enrollee has a gap in coverage (S. 3647), S7421 [12JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: eliminate cost-sharing for dual eligible populations under the prescription drug benefit (S. 2203), S230 [26JA]

———funding, S1083-S1086 [13FE], S1137 [14FE]

———provide for necessary dual eligible beneficiary protections in order to ensure access to the prescription drug benefit program, S482-S485, S491 [2FE]

———reduce cost-sharing for certain dual eligible populations under the prescription drug benefit (S. 2409), S2124, S2125 [14MR]

———reimburse States for costs incurred by covering dual eligible populations under the Medicare prescription drug benefit plan (S. 2181), S23-S25 [20JA], S130, S131 [25JA]

Mental health: improve quality and availability of mental health services for children and adolescents (S. 3449), S5495-S5497 [6JN]

National Children's Study: funding, S2286 [16MR]

National security: homeland security programs funding, S2228, S2229, S2247, S2248, S2256, S2290 [16MR]

Native Americans: authorize an Indian youth telemental health demonstration project (S. 2245), S729 [6FE], S4504 [11MY]

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]

Older Americans Act: establish National Long-Term Care Choice Program (S. 2620), S3390 [7AP]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs, S4194 [9MY]

———importation of prescription drugs (S. 334), S7301 [11JY]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (S. 2010), S5946 [15JN]

Reports filed

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

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5647) (H. Rept. 109-515), H4327 [20JN]

FDA Anniversary: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H. Res. 426) (H. Rept. 109-511), H4327 [20JN]

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]

Improving Outcomes for Children Affected by Meth Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 3525), S5949 [15JN]

———Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 3525) (S. Rept. 109-269), S6457 [23JN]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act Revision and Extension: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1057) (S. Rept. 109-222), S2311 [16MR]

Indian Youth Telemental Health Demonstration Project Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 2245) (S. Rept. 109-248), S3419 [24AP]

Statements

Increase in Advance Appropriations Allowance for Health, Education and Training, and Low-Income Programs: Senator Specter, S2098 [14MR]

Permit States To Provide Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening Diagnostic and Treatment Services to Children Through Benchmark Benefits Coverage: Mark B. McClellan, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, H54 [1FE]

Tables

Total Federal funding for NIH stem cell research, S4005 [4MY], S6735 [29JN]

Testimonies

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Resiliency Act: Several Families, S5495 [6JN]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 426, FDA anniversary, H4357 [21JN]

H. Res. 802, encourage eligible beneficiaries who have not enrolled in the Medicare prescription drug benefit to review available options and determine whether enrolling best meets their prescription drug needs, H2472 [10MY]

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

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

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

S. 2181, Medicare State Reimbursement Act, S24 [20JA], S130 [25JA]

S. 2183, Requiring Emergency Pharmaceutical Access for Individual Relief (REPAIR) Act, S25-S27 [20JA], S132-S134 [25JA]

S. 2240, Medicare Part D Reform Act, S512 [2FE]

S. 2245, Indian Youth Telemental Health Demonstration Project Act, S729 [6FE], S4504 [11MY]

S. 2312, Social Security Number Protection Act, S1432 [16FE]

S. 2313, Medicare Drug Honest Pricing Act, S1432 [16FE]

S. 2563, Pharmacist Access and Recognition in Medicare (PhARM) Act, S3220 [6AP]

S. 2620, Community-Based Choices for Older Americans Act, S3391-S3394 [7AP]

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

S. 2772, Health Partnership Act, S4216-S4219 [9MY]

S. 3449, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Resiliency Act, S5497-S5504 [6JN]

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

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

S. 3647, Prescription for Fairness Act, S7422 [12JY]

S. 3650, Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act, S7425 [12JY]

S. Res. 358, maintain current operating hours of the Wagner Service Unit until a report is submitted that evaluates the impact of reduction of emergency room services, S330 [30JA]

S. Res. 408, call for the declaration of lung cancer as a public health priority and the implementation of a comprehensive interagency program to reduce lung cancer mortality, S2473 [28MR], S3918 [2MY]