DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Amendments

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5591, S5595, S5598, S5602, S5629, S5641, S5642, S5643, S5644 [19MY], S5664, S5666, S5667, S5669, S5670, S5673, S5674, S5675, S5676, S5677, S5681, S5683, S5688, S5689, S5690, S5691, S5733, S5734, S5735, S5736, S5737, S5738, S5739, S5740, S5741, S5742, S5743, S5744 [20MY], S5799, S5879, S5880, S5881 [21MY], S5967 [2JN], H5486, H5487 [12MY], H5668 [14MY]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), consideration (H. Res. 434), H5605 [14MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3293), S9685 [22SE], H8709, H8710 [23JY], H8777, H8779, H8782, H8783, H8785 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3293), consideration (H. Res. 673), H8723 [24JY]

Diseases: revise and extend program for providing life-saving care for those with HIV/AIDS (S. 1793), S10524, S10525 [19OC]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (H.R. 2708), H9283 [31JY]

Medicare: reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), H13356 [19NO]

———update physician fee schedule and sunset application of sustainable growth rate formula (S. 1776), S10524 [19OC], S10581 [20OC], S10647, S10648 [21OC]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2346, supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response, S5804 [21MY], H6551 [11JN]

Articles and editorials

Breast Cancer Preview, S11586 [19NO]

Caring for the Caregivers, S1799 [6FE]

Doctors and Patients, Not Feds, Know Best, S13772, S13774 [22DE]

Intraparty Fights Pervade Agenda, S6485 [11JN]

Medicare Expansion Won't Get Us There—Proposal Would Not Increase Access to Health Care Services or Control Costs, S12854 [10DE]

Medicare Sausage?—The Emerging Buy-In Proposal Could Have Costly Unintended Consequences, S12853, S12868 [10DE]

Obama's False Medicare Claim, S12103 [2DE], S12493 [5DE]

Obama's `Science' Fiction, S3364 [18MR]

Pentagon To Offer Swine Flu Vaccine to Terror Suspects, H12122 [29OC]

PHRMA Defends Vulnerable Dems, S6233 [8JN]

Reform Measures Should Not Weaken Our Health Care, S6584 [15JN]

Ruin Your Health With the Obama Stimulus Plan, H1137 [10FE]

White House Affirms Deal on Drug Cost, S10184 [7OC], S12753 [9DE]

Bills and resolutions

Agency for Vaccine Safety Evaluation: establish (see H.R. 2618), H6011 [21MY]

Alzheimer's disease: authorize grants for treatment and support services for patients and their families (see S. 2809), S11883 [20NO] (see H.R. 4123), H13352 [19NO]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (see S. 1054), S5501 [14MY] (see H.R. 2346), H5483 [12MY]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), consideration (see H. Res. 434), H5580 [13MY]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 545), H6805 [15JN]

Center for Health Statistics: collect statistics from enhanced birth certificates (see H.R. 3334), H8808 [24JY]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish a grant program to provide vision care to children (see S. 259), S598 [15JA] (see H.R. 577), H380 [15JA]

———establish a Wellness Trust (see H.R. 1940), H4522 [2AP]

———establish and maintain an undiagnosed diseases registry (see H.R. 2538), H6008 [21MY]

———improve surveillance and reporting for diseases and conditions (see S. 1028), S5435 [13MY] (see H.R. 805), H920 [3FE]

———provide grants for the training of graduate medical residents in preventive medicine and public health (see S. 693), S3784 [25MR] (see H.R. 916), H1079 [9FE]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Program: improve access to high quality early learning and child care for low income children and working families (see H.R. 4358), H15499 [16DE]

———require a criminal background check for a child care staff member of any child care provider in a State that receives funds (see S. 2903), S13383 [17DE] (see H.R. 3287), H8584 [22JY] (see H.R. 3315), H8707 [23JY]

Children and youth: authorize grants to States for demonstration projects to expand State registries on childhood immunization or health to include data on body mass index (BMI) collected or submitted by health care providers (see H.R. 3955), H12044 [28OC]

———conduct a public education campaign on umbilical cord blood stem cells (see H.R. 2107), H4838 [27AP]

———conduct activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases (see S. 1158), S5820 [21MY] (see H.R. 2149), H4914 [28AP]

———conduct research on indicators of child well-being (see S. 1151), S5820 [21MY] (see H.R. 2558), H6009 [21MY]

———establish certain requirements relative to provision of services to minors by certain family planning projects (see H.R. 2752), H6305 [8JN]

———examine and improve the child welfare workforce (see S. 2837), S12413 [4DE]

———implement demonstration projects at federally qualified community health centers to prevent child maltreatment and promote family well-being through parenting practices and skills (see S. 1404), S7192 [7JY]

———improve health of children, reduce occurrence of sudden unexpected infant death, and enhance public health activities relative to stillbirth (see S. 1445), S7480 [14JY] (see H.R. 3212), H8099 [14JY]

———provide for acquisition, construction, and improvement of child care facilities (see S. 1002), S5281 [7MY] (see H.R. 1685), H3833 [24MR]

———require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs (see H.R. 911), H1079 [9FE]

Climate: develop a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change (see H.R. 2323), H5398 [7MY]

Colleges and universities: establish a grant program to improve mental and behavioral health services on college campuses and develop a campaign to educate campus communities about mental health (see S. 682), S3657 [24MR] (see H.R. 1704), H4025 [25MR]

Community health coalitions: make grants to assist in the development of integrated health care delivery (see S. 652), S3550 [19MR]

Critical care: optimize delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce (see S. 1020), S5371 [12MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out demonstration projects on alternatives for expanding care for veterans in rural areas (see H.R. 3281), H8495 [21JY]

———improve capacity to recruit and retain physicians in health professional shortage areas and improve provision of health care to veterans in rural areas (see S. 734), S3985 [30MR]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 3293), H8584 [22JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3293), consideration (see H. Res. 673), H8706 [23JY]

Disabled: help individuals with functional impairments to pay for services and supports needed to maximize independence and choices about community participation, education, and employment (see S. 697), S3784 [25MR] (see H.R. 1721), H4026 [25MR]

Diseases: authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (see H.R. 4404), H15501 [16DE]

———coordinate Federal research efforts on, and improve public education and awareness of, congenital heart disease (see S. 621), S3163 [17MR] (see H.R. 1570), H3526 [17MR]

———Depts. of HHS and Education asthma programs funding and authority (see S. 1577), S8864 [5AU] (see H.R. 2260), H5168 [5MY]

———develop comprehensive national HIV/AIDS strategy (see H. Con. Res. 24), H442 [21JA]

———enhance preparedness for outbreaks of infectious disease to protect homeland security (see S. 2864), S12909 [10DE]

———establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for viral hepatitis infection to reduce chronic viral hepatitis and liver cancer (see H.R. 3974), H12141 [29OC]

———establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (see S. 332), S894 [27JA] (see H.R. 2112), H4838 [27AP]

———establish a National Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Disease Registry and authorize research on acquired bone marrow failure diseases (see H.R. 1230), H2873 [26FE]

———establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see S. 1273), S6650 [16JN] (see H.R. 1362), H3054 [5MR]

———establish programs and activities to increase influenza vaccination rates through the provision of free vaccines (see S. 953), S5013 [1MY]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see H.R. 1079), H1605 [13FE]

———improve information in databases for individuals with cancer and provide increased coverage for uninsured individuals upon first diagnosis of cancer (see H.R. 3095), H7704 [26JN]

———increase immunization rates (see S. 1003), S5281 [7MY]

———modernize cancer research, increase access to preventative cancer services, and provide cancer treatment and survivorship initiatives (see S. 717), S3897 [26MR]

———provide for an evidence-based strategy for voluntary screening for HIV/AIDS and other common sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 4140), H13353 [19NO]

———provide for osteoporosis and related bone disease education, research, and surveillance (see H.R. 3856), H11514 [20OC]

———provide for prostate cancer imaging research and education (see S. 756), S4063 [31MR]

———provide grants to schools for the development of asthma management plans and the purchase of asthma inhalers and spacers for emergency use (see S. 2817), S12008 [30NO]

———revise and extend program for providing life-saving care for those with HIV/AIDS (see S. 1793), S10487 [15OC] (see H.R. 3792), H11297 [13OC]

———support prevention and treatment of diabetes (see S. 2734), S11205 [5NO] (see H.R. 4124), H13352 [19NO]

Drug abuse: improve residential treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women and programs to reduce substance abuse among nonviolent offenders (see H.R. 439), H161 [9JA]

Drugs: establish a drug-free workplace information clearinghouse, support residential treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women, and improve prevention and treatment of methamphetamine addiction (see H.R. 2818), H6617 [11JN]

———increase Federal oversight of methadone (see S. 754), S4063 [31MR]

Education: develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools and early childhood education programs, and establish school-based food allergy management grants (see S. 456), S2365 [23FE] (see H.R. 1378), H3077 [6MR]

Ethnic groups: provide for a health survey regarding Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders (see H.R. 2581), H6010 [21MY]

———provide for health data regarding Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders (see S. 1732), S9982 [30SE] (see H.R. 3680), H10407 [30SE]

Families and domestic relations: provide services for birthparents who have placed a child for adoption (see H.R. 1505), H3401 [12MR]

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4116), H13351 [19NO]

FDA: establish a user fee for follow-up reinspections (see S. 1477), S7779 [21JY]

———establish standards for the inclusion of risks, benefits, and comparative clinical effectiveness information in drug and device labeling and advertising (see S. 1142), S5819 [21MY]

———study presence of contaminants and impurities in cosmetics and personal care products marketed to and used by children (see S. 925), S4891 [29AP]

Federal aid programs: carry out a demonstration grants program to provide for certain patient coordination, outreach, and assistance services to reduce barriers to health care and improve outcomes (see H.R. 1883), H4519 [2AP]

Fire prevention: make grants to promote professional retrofit installation of fire alarm detection systems and other fire detection and prevention technologies in nursing homes, hospice facilities and other appropriate facilities (see H.R. 1680), H3833 [24MR]

Fish and fishing: establish a program to strengthen activities ensuring that seafood sold or offered for sale to the public is fit for human consumption (see H.R. 1370), H3055 [5MR]

Food Safety Administration: establish (see H.R. 875), H1042 [4FE]

Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program: establish (see H.R. 2891), H6902 [16JN]

Gambling: include problem and pathological gambling in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration programs and establish grant program to address consequences of problem gambling (see H.R. 2906), H6903 [16JN]

Government regulations: expand authority to impose debarments in order to ensure the integrity of drug, biological product, and device regulation (see H.R. 3932), H11867 [27OC]

Hazardous substances: prohibit inclusion of brucella abortus in certain lists of dangerous biological agents and toxins (see H.R. 4215), H13550 [7DE]

———reauthorize the Select Agent Program and improve oversight of high containment laboratories (see S. 485), S2558 [26FE] (see H.R. 1225), H2873 [26FE]

Health: achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services and reform organization of primary care delivery through Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs expansion (see S. 486), S2558 [26FE] (see H.R. 1296), H2978 [4MR]

———codify and enhance existing regulations designed to promote healthy behaviors through voluntary participation in health promotion and disease prevention programs (see S. 2806), S11594 [19NO]

———designate health empowerment zones (see H.R. 2233), H5096 [4MY]

———develop an individual chronic disease prevention and wellness achievement matrix (see H.R. 3830), H11457 [15OC]

———enhance the conduct and support of federally funded comparative effectiveness research on health care treatment options (see H.R. 2824), H6617 [11JN]

———establish a comprehensive plan to prevent, treat, and reduce obesity and promote healthy nutritional choices (see S. 1060), S5555 [18MY]

———establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity and eating disorders (see S. 1503), S7869 [22JY] (see H.R. 2276), H5306 [6MY]

———facilitate State innovation in national health care reform (see H. Con. Res. 78), H3834 [24MR] (see H. Con. Res. 100), H4581 [21AP]

———implement best practices in the delivery of health care (see H.R. 2948), H7022 [18JN]

———improve emergency medical services for children (see S. 408), S2080 [10FE]

———improve Federal infrastructure for health care quality improvement (see S. 966), S5065 [4MY]

———improve oral health care for low-income individuals under the Maternal and Child Health Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 2220), H5061 [30AP]

———improve provision of Medicare telehealth services and provide grants for development of telehealth networks (see H.R. 2068), H4731 [23AP]

———improve quality in health care by providing incentives for adoption of modern information technology (see S. 179), S211 [8JA]

———increase research, coordination and expansion of health promotion programs (see S. 1001), S5281 [7MY] (see H.R. 2354), H5483 [12MY]

———optimize delivery of critical medicine and expand the critical care workforce (see H.R. 1581), H3640 [18MR]

———prohibit denial of coverage under Federal health care programs based on comparative effectiveness research data and ensure research accounts for advancements in health care and different treatment options (see S. 1259), S6580 [15JN] (see H.R. 3002), H7145 [23JN]

———provide for community projects that will reduce the number of uninsured individuals (see H.R. 2925), H6972 [17JN]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see S. 487), S2558 [26FE] (see H.R. 873), H1042 [4FE]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research and direct NIH to issue guidelines for such research (see H.R. 872), H1042 [4FE]

———request the President and the Dept. of HHS to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of documents, records, and communications relative to certain health care reform agreements (see H. Res. 983), H15502 [16DE]

———study use of financial and in-kind subsidies and rewards to encourage individuals and communities to promote wellness, adopt healthy behaviors, and use evidence-based preventive health services (see H.R. 3895), H11581 [21OC]

Health care facilities: establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs (see H.R. 914), H1079 [9FE]

———establish a small house nursing home loan program (see S. 776), S4172 [1AP]

———establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see S. 1031), S5435 [13MY] (see H.R. 2273), H5306 [6MY]

———include certain children's psychiatric hospitals under the program of payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs (see S. 830), S4445 [20AP] (see H.R. 2003), H4580 [21AP]

———provide assistance for graduate medical education funding for women's hospitals (see S. 1742), S10061 [1OC] (see H.R. 4235), H13628 (see H.R. 4235), H14371 [8DE]

———provide for public disclosure of charges for certain hospital and ambulatory surgical center services and drugs (see H.R. 2566), H6009 [21MY]

———provide loans and grants for fire sprinkler retrofitting in nursing facilities (see H.R. 1642), H3704 [19MR]

Health care professionals: authorize a grant to a qualified youth-serving organization for recruiting and preparing students for careers and volunteer opportunities as health care professionals (see H.R. 2946), H7022 [18JN]

———authorize a program for the training of medical residents in community-based settings (see H.R. 4409), H15508 [23DE]

———authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students (see S. 497), S2558 [26FE] (see H.R. 2043), H4686 [22AP]

———authorize grants to increase the number of qualified nursing faculty (see H.R. 724), H602 [27JA]

———establish a Nurse Faculty Education Program and a Nurse and Physical Therapist Distance Education Pilot Program (see S. 1161), S5943 [2JN]

———establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program (see S. 57), S41 [6JA]

———establish grants for newly accredited allopathic medical schools to increase the supply of physicians (see S. 1771), S10318 [8OC] (see H.R. 3778), H11166 [8OC]

———establish recruitment and retention programs for public health workers and eliminate critical workforce shortages in public health agencies and centers (see S. 1143), S5819 [21MY] (see H.R. 2810), H6538 [10JN]

———make grants to medical schools to establish programs to recruit physicians to practice in underserved rural communities (see S. 1628), S8993 [6AU] (see H.R. 3648), H9961 [24SE]

———provide grants or contracts to create prescription drug education and outreach academic detailing programs (see S. 767), S4172 [1AP] (see H.R. 1859), H4396 [1AP]

———provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers (see H.R. 1745), H4062 [26MR]

———provide relief for the shortage of nurses (see H.R. 2536), H5891 [20MY]

Healthcare Innovation Zone pilot program: establish (see H.R. 3134), H7836 [8JY] (see H.R. 3664), H10069 [29SE]

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see S. 1523), S8196 [28JY] (see H.R. 3636), H9899 [23SE]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: reauthorize and extend (see S. 1790), S10487 [15OC]

———revise and extend (see H.R. 2708), H6263 [4JN]

Insurance: develop a model disclosure form to assist consumers in purchasing long-term care insurance (see S. 1636), S8993 [6AU]

———develop a national model disclosure form to assist consumers in purchasing long-term care insurance (see H.R. 4078), H13001 [16NO]

———enable States to establish reinsurance programs or high risk pools to ensure that high risk individuals are able to access health insurance (see H.R. 4020), H12364 [4NO]

———establish Federal standards for health insurance forms and provide transparency and accountability in the group and individual health insurance markets (see S. 1050), S5501 [14MY]

———improve consumer protections for purchasers of long-term care insurance (see S. 1177), S6030 [3JN]

———require a minimum loss ratio of 90 percent for health insurance coverage (see S. 1730), S9982 [30SE] (see H.R. 3681), H10407 [30SE]

John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program: authorize States to use funds for private school tuition vouchers and public school transportation costs for foster children (see H.R. 2072), H4732 [23AP]

Local government: make grants to community health coalitions to assist in the development of integrated health care delivery (see H.R. 1614), H3703 [19MR]

Medicaid: establish programs to improve the quality, performance, and delivery of pediatric care (see S. 225), S337 [13JA] (see S. 314), S826 [26JA]

———make certain de-identified information collected under the Medicaid Statistical Information System publicly available on the Internet (see S. 974), S5127 [5MY]

———provide for payment for services furnished by certain HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act grantees under a cost-based prospective payment system (see H.R. 3665), H10069 [29SE]

———revise regulations implementing statutory reporting and auditing requirements for the disproportionate share hospital payment program to be consistent statutorily and avoid policy changes (see H.R. 4250), H14445 [9DE]

———use historical averages to calculate the Federal medical assistance percentage for disaster affected States (see H.R. 4047), H12587 [6NO]

Medicare: apply a consistent premium for all beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 3631), H9898 [23SE]

———apply a consistent premium for all beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner (H.R. 3631), allow consideration under suspension of the rules (see H. Res. 766), H9898 [23SE]

———apply exceptions process for tiered formulary drugs to specialty tier drugs (see H.R. 3418), H9205 [30JY]

———delay implementation of new hospital geographic wage reclassification criteria until the Dept. of HHS revises the hospital wage index classification system to address certain considerations (see H.R. 2753), H6305 [8JN]

———eliminate coinsurance for screening mammography and colorectal cancer screening tests (see H.R. 2291), H5307 [6MY]

———enter into agreements with States to resolve outstanding Medicare reimbursement claims relative to Special Disability Workload project (see S. 1111), S5700 [20MY] (see H.R. 2849), H6742 [12JN]

———enter into negotiated rulemaking to modernize Part B fee schedule for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests and adjust the fee for collecting specimens for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see H.R. 1452), H3338 [11MR]

———establish a loan repayment program for participating qualifying physicians and nurse practitioners (see H.R. 2784), H6537 [10JN]

———establish a prospective payment system for covered services provided by federally qualified health centers and expand such services to account for certain other expansions (see S. 648), S3550 [19MR] (see H.R. 1643), H3704 [19MR]

———establish a self-referral disclosure protocol to enable health care providers of services and suppliers to disclose violations of certain physician referral limits (see H.R. 3556), H9490 [14SE]

———include costs incurred by certain agencies, health centers, or drug assistance programs toward the out-of-pocket threshold of the prescription drug program (see S. 1201), S6255 [8JN] (see H.R. 2777), H6414 [9JN]

———limit prescription drug program premium increases to no more than Social Security cost-of-living adjustment and require Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 1832), H4250 [31MR]

———provide a senior housing facility plan option under the Medicare Advantage program (see S. 1384), S7070 [25JN]

———provide process for public comment and Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee review of certain national coverage determinations (see H.R. 3361), H8959 [28JY]

———reduce fraud (see S. 975), S5127 [5MY]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (see H.R. 3961), H12140 [29OC]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), consideration (see H. Res. 903), H12586 [6NO]

———reimburse certain midwife services (see S. 662), S3550 [19MR]

———update physician fee schedule and sunset application of sustainable growth rate formula (see S. 1776), S10362 [13OC]

Medicare Chronic Care Rapid Learning Network: establish (see H.R. 3340), H8809 [24JY]

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: provide for annual review of geographic access to services (see H.R. 2921), H6972 [17JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve transparency of information on nursing and skilled nursing facilities and clarify and improve enforcement of requirements on such facilities (see S. 647), S3550 [19MR]

———reduce cost-sharing for certain dual eligible populations under the prescription drug benefit (see S. 534), S2828 [5MR] (see H.R. 1407), H3144 [10MR]

Mental health: improve mental health and substance abuse health care (see H.R. 2369), H5484 [12MY]

———revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 2531), H5891 [20MY]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see S. 114), S42 [6JA]

National Donate Life Month: designate (see H. Res. 380), H4999 [29AP]

National Eye Institute: anniversary (see S. Res. 209), S7193 [7JY] (see H. Res. 366), H4840 [27AP]

National Health Corps Loan Repayment Program: count fellowship training in geriatric specialties as obligated service (see H.R. 1457), H3399 [12MR]

National Health Service Corps: provide for the participation of optometrists in the scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1884), H4519 [2AP]

———reauthorize scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 2957), H7022 [18JN]

National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program: provide for the participation of physical therapists (see S. 1057), S5502 [14MY] (see H.R. 988), H1247 [11FE]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see S. 2803), S11594 [19NO] (see H.R. 1030), H1518 [12FE]

National knee and hip replacement registry: establish (see H.R. 2813), H6538 [10JN]

National Neurotechnology Initiative: implement (see S. 586), S3073 [12MR] (see H.R. 1483), H3400 [12MR]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Registry Resource Center: establish and authorize grants for State registries (see S. 1463), S7639 [16JY] (see H.R. 3071), H7703 [26JN]

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: extend deadlines applicable to filing petitions for compensation (see H.R. 4096), H13068 [17NO]

———revise (see H.R. 2459), H5711 [18MY]

National Wear Red Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 112), H922 [3FE]

Native Americans: authorize an Indian youth telemental health demonstration project (see S. 1635), S8993 [6AU]

———establish health promotion and disease prevention education, outreach, and workforce development programs for tribal colleges and universities (see S. 633), S3368 [18MR]

———reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see H.R. 3668), H10069 [29SE]

NIH: establish Office of Mitochondrial Disease (see S. 2858), S12804 [9DE]

———establish Office of Mitochondrial Medicine (see H.R. 3502), H9278 [31JY]

Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Program: establish (see S. 1104), S5700 [20MY] (see H.R. 2754), H6305 [8JN]

Obesity: authorize a community-based overweight and obesity prevention program (see H.R. 3894), H11581 [21OC]

Office of Health Plan Management: establish to administer the Consumer Choice Health Plan to provide an affordable and accountable public option for consumers (see S. 1278), S6719 [17JN]

Office of Men's Health: establish (H.R. 1440) (see H.R. 2115), H4839 [27AP]

Office of Public Health and Science: establish the Office of Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention and Treatment (see H.R. 4053), H12587 [6NO]

Office of the Deputy Sec. for Health Care Fraud Prevention: establish (see S. 2128), S10916 [29OC] (see H.R. 4222), H13627 (see H.R. 4222), H14371 [8DE]

Offices of Women's Health: establish (see H.R. 3242), H8302 [16JY]

Pain care: improve research, education, access, and outreach (see S. 660), S3550 [19MR] (see H.R. 756), H778 [28JA]

Pancreatic Cancer Initiative: establish and implement (see H.R. 745), H777 [28JA]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see S. 80), S41 [6JA] (see S. 525), S2766 [4MR] (see S. 1232), S6452 [10JN] (see H.R. 1298), H2978 [4MR]

Pharmacies: ensure patient choice in pharmacies by regulating pharmacy benefit managers and improving access to prescription drugs for certain individuals (see H.R. 4199), H13519 [3DE]

Physical activity guidelines: publish for the general public (see S. 1810), S10570 [20OC] (see H.R. 3851), H11514 [20OC]

Primary and Public Health Scholarship Program: establish (see H.R. 1411), H3144 [10MR]

Product safety: provide authority to order a mandatory recall of any product that is regulated by the FDA (see H.R. 841), H921 [3FE]

Public welfare programs: ensure State support and retention of foster parents and award grants to improve foster care, kinship care, and adoptive parents (see S. 410), S2144 [11FE]

Research: develop an antimicrobial resistance research strategic plan (see H.R. 2400), H5581 [13MY]

———protect human subjects in research (see H.R. 1715), H4026 [25MR]

Safety: establish a grant program to assist in the provision of safety measures to protect social workers and other professionals who work with at-risk populations (see H.R. 1490), H3400 [12MR]

School-Based Health Clinic Program: establish (see H.R. 3003), H7145 [23JN]

Schools: carry out a demonstration program to test the feasibility of using elementary and secondary schools as influenza vaccination centers (see H.R. 2596), H6010 [21MY]

———make grants to eligible States to reduce the student-to-school nurse ratio in elementary and secondary schools and kindergarten (see S. 2750), S11253 [6NO] (see H.R. 2730), H6264 [4JN]

———make grants to train elementary and secondary school nurses how to respond to a biological or chemical attack or an outbreak of pandemic influenza in a school building or on school grounds (see H.R. 3798), H11297 [13OC]

Senior citizens: authorize additional appropriations for the family caregiver support program and for the National Clearinghouse for Long-Term Care Information (see H.R. 519), H324 [14JA]

———ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see S. 795), S4310 [2AP] (see H.R. 2006), H4580 [21AP]

———improve research, diagnosis, and treatment of musculoskeletal diseases, conditions, and injuries and conduct a longitudinal study on aging (see S. 1548), S8557 [30JY] (see H.R. 1021), H1517 [12FE]

———integrate mental health services for older adults into primary care settings and provide grants for geriatric mental health treatment outreach teams (see H.R. 3191), H8024 [13JY]

———protect seniors from elder abuse by improving prosecution, law enforcement, and assistance to victims (see S. 1821), S10635 [21OC] (see H.R. 448), H162 [9JA]

———support goals and ideals of senior caregiving and affordability (see S. Con. Res. 37), S8196 [28JY] (see H. Con. Res. 59), H2632 [24FE]

Social Security: apply a consistent premium for all Medicare beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner, provide economic recovery payments to recipients, and assess need for a consumer price index for elderly consumers (see S. 2926), S13883 [23DE]

———conduct comparative effectiveness research on health care treatment options by establishing a private Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (see S. 1213), S6364 [9JN]

———ensure States receive certain adoption incentive payments (see S. 735), S3985 [30MR] (see H.R. 1840), H4396 [1AP]

———establish Federal Reinsurance Program for Catastrophic Health Care Costs (see S. 79), S41 [6JA]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see S. 686), S3658 [24MR] (see H.R. 795), H919 [3FE]

States: make grants to establish medical malpractice tribunal pilot programs (see H.R. 4007), H12287 [3NO]

Stillbirths: provide for national collection of data in a standardized manner (see H.R. 521), H324 [14JA]

Technology: encourage dissemination, security, confidentiality, and usefulness of health information technology (see H.R. 1031), H1518 [12FE]

340B Drug Pricing Program: ensure that safety net family planning centers are eligible for assistance (see S. 310), S787 [22JA]

———revise and expand to improve provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers (see S. 1239), S6542 [11JN] (see H.R. 444), H162 [9JA]

Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (see S. 1352), S7070 [25JN] (see H.R. 1179), H2834 [25FE]

Tobacco Harm Reduction Center: establish (see H.R. 1261), H2923 [3MR]

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: prohibit recommendations from being used to deny health insurance coverage of mammography services and other items or services (see H. Res. 971), H14981 [15DE]

Vaccinations: conduct or support a comprehensive study comparing total health outcomes, including risk of autism, in vaccinated populations with such outcomes in unvaccinated populations (see H.R. 3069), H7703 [26JN]

Women: ensure fairness in the coverage of women in the individual health insurance market (see S. 969), S5127 [5MY] (see H.R. 2402), H5581 [13MY]

———establish a women's medical home demonstration project (see S. 1303), S6804 [18JN]

———make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such services (see H.R. 195), H35 [6JA]

Cloture motions

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5607 [19MY], S5771 [21MY]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), conference report, S6710 [17JN]

Medicare: update physician fee schedule and sunset application of sustainable growth rate formula (S. 1776), motion to proceed, S10465 [15OC], S10614 [21OC]

Conference reports

Supplemental Appropriations for Military and Stabilization Activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and Pandemic Influenza Response (H.R. 2346), H6683-H6741 [12JN]

E-mails

Importance of breast self-exams and mammograms, S11539 [19NO]

Letters

Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program funding: several Senators, S12389, S12394 [4DE], S13566 [20DE]

Dept. of HHS medical insurance rate authority establishment to monitor premium costs and require insurance companies to submit justifications and explanations for premium increases: several California organizations, S13755 [22DE]

Elder Abuse Victims Act: Thomas M. Susman, ABA, H1122 [10FE]

Establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to address inequalities in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement in rural areas: Beth Landon, National Rural Health Association, S4154 [1AP]

———Lou Ann Wilroy, Colorado Rural Health Center, S4154 [1AP]

Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act: several former Federal health officials, S6408 [10JN]

Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act: Hugh A. Sampson, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, S2370 [23FE]

———Julia E. Bradsher, Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network, S2370 [23FE]

Importation of prescription drugs: Margaret A. Hamburg, FDA, S12778 [9DE], S13227 [15DE]

Medicare Advantage program funding: several Senators, S12385 [4DE]

Medicare funding cuts: Addison B. Rand, Alliance for Retired Americans, S12289 [3DE]

———Barbara B. Kennelly, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S12041, S12050 [1DE], S12290 [3DE]

———Barbara J. Easterling, Ruben Burks, and Edward F. Coyle, Alliance for Retired Americans, S12289 [3DE]

———several Hispanic organizations, S12043 [1DE]

Medicare home health services cuts: Jane Kelly, Kansas Heine Care Association, S12482 [5DE]

———Judy Adams, Georgia Association for Home Health Agencies, Inc., S12468 [5DE]

———Mari Irelan, Home Health Care Alliance of Wyoming, S12484, S12495 [5DE]

———Mark Wheeler, Iowa Alliance in Home Care, S12406 [4DE]

———several Senators (2007), S12407 [4DE]

———Val J. Halamandaris, National Association for Home Care & Hospice, S12406 [4DE]

Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act: J. James Rohack, AMA, H13296 [19NO]

Medicare Premium Fairness Act: Barbara B. Kennelly, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, H9912 [24SE]

———Chris Koyanagi, Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, H9911 [24SE]

———Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, H9912 [24SE]

———Edward F. Coyle, Alliance for Retired Americans, H9912 [24SE]

———Margaret L. Baptiste, National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, H9912 [24SE]

———Vicki Gottlich, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc., H9913 [24SE]

Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act: Senator Reid, S10184 [7OC]

———Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, S9714 [23SE]

Prohibit reduction of guaranteed Medicare benefits and extend solvency, reduce premiums, expand benefits, and protect access to providers: Barbara B. Kennelly, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S12289 [3DE]

Protecting Incentives for the Adoption of Children With Special Needs Act: Allie Phillips and Patty Chavez, American Humane Association, H4960 [29AP]

———Jerry Friedman, American Public Human Services Association, H4960 [29AP]

Support goals and ideals of American Heart Month and National Wear Red Day: Sue A. Nelson, American Heart Association, H1268 [12FE]

Support goals and ideals of senior caregiving and affordability: Sheila McMackin, National Private Duty Association, H9454 [14SE]

———Suzanne Mintz, National Family Caregivers Association, H9455 [14SE]

———Val J. Halamandaris, National Association for Home Care & Hospice, H9455 [14SE]

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations on breast self-exams and mammograms: Gerald F. Joseph, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, H14867 [14DE]

Lists

Congressional and executive branch staff working on H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S11966 [21NO]

Earmarks and unrequested congressional adds in conference report to H.R. 2346, supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response, S6791 [18JN]

National organizations supporting a single-payer health care system, S13291 [16DE]

Organizations supporting Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program provisions of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S12381 [4DE]

Organizations supporting H.R. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act, H13297 [19NO]

State organizations supporting a single-payer health care system, S13291 [16DE]

Memorandums

Ban on Mailings Sent by Medicare Advantage Providers Relative to the Effect of Health Care Reform Proposals on the Quality and Cost of Such Plans: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, H9882 [23SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Definition of Term ``Congressional Staff'': Ida Brudnick and Todd B. Tatelman, Congressional Research Service, S13804 [23DE]

Public and Private Expenditures for Health Care: Thomas L. Hungerford, Congressional Research Service, S12480 [5DE]

Messages

National Emergency Relative to H1N1 Influenza Pandemic: President Obama, S10733 [26OC], H11755 [26OC]

Motions

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), H5630 [14MY], H6545 [11JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3293), H8791 [24JY]

Medicare: reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), H13308, H13316, H13317 [19NO]

Press releases

AARP Applauds New Bill To Help Seniors Struggling in Tough Economy: AARP, H9912 [24SE]

Medicare Issues New Guidance to Insurance Companies on Medicare Mailings: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, H9882 [23SE]

Proposals

Amend H. Res. 673, consideration of H.R. 3293, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, to include Representative Steve King amendment on Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN), H8713 [24JY]

Remarks in House

Agency for Vaccine Safety Evaluation: establish (H.R. 2618), E1240 [21MY]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response, H5372 [7MY]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), H5554 [13MY], H5585, H5587, H5607-H5632, H5636, H5638 [14MY], H5693 [18MY], H6240, H6241, H6258-H6260 [4JN], H6292 [8JN], H6316 [9JN], H6417 [10JN], H6544, H6597 [11JN], H6622, H6662-H6665, H6667 [12JN], E1180 [15MY], E1181 [18MY], E1390 [12JN]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), conference report, H6815, H6829, H6865-H6885 [16JN], H8066 [14JY], H8685 [23JY], E1471, E1474, E1477, E1478 [17JN], E1485 [18JN]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), consideration (H. Res. 434), H5594-H5607 [14MY], E1189 [18MY]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 545), H6850-H6854 [16JN]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), corrections in engrossment, H5632 [14MY]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), earmark declaration, E1179 [15MY]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), motion to instruct conferees, H6545-H6550 [11JN]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), motion to recommit, H5630, H5631 [14MY]

———revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Appropriations (House), H5640 [14MY], H6129 [3JN], H8687 [23JY], H9918 [24SE]

Area Health Education Centers: tribute, E778 [25MR]

Benjamin, Regina M.: nomination to be Surgeon General, E2200 [8SE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish a grant program to provide vision care to children (H.R. 577), H4090-H4093 [30MR]

———provide grants for the training of graduate medical residents in preventive medicine and public health (H.R. 916), H7950 [10JY]

———World Trade Center health programs funding, H8760 [24JY]

Children and youth: conduct activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases (H.R. 2149), E993 [28AP]

———establish certain requirements relative to provision of services to minors by certain family planning projects, H11150 [8OC]

———provide for acquisition, construction, and improvement of child care facilities (H.R. 1685), E757 [24MR]

———require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs (H.R. 911), H1629-H1634 [23FE], E312 [24FE], E396 [25FE]

Correctional institutions: vaccination of inmates at Texas correctional institutions, E2872 [2DE]

Critical Access Hospital program: funding, H8782 [24JY]

Dept. of Defense: determine whether use of therapy animals to treat wounded warriors should be expanded to additional facilities, H7362 [25JN]

———vaccination of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, against H1N1 influenza, H12122 [29OC], H12592 [7NO]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H8785-H8788 [24JY]

———making appropriations, earmark declaration, E1774 [15JY], E1809, E1812 [16JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3293), H8499 [22JY], H8727-H8793 [24JY], H9603 [16SE], E2087 [29JY], E2134 [31JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3293), consideration (H. Res. 673), H8713-H8723 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3293), earmark declaration, E1850, E1851 [20JY], E1864 [21JY], E1879, E1894 [22JY], E1903, E1909, E1911 [23JY], E1914, E1917, E1918, E1919, E1921, E1922, E1925, E1926, E1927, E1928, E1933, E1934, E1935, E1936, E1937, E1939, E1940, E1941, E1942, E1943, E1944, E1946, E1948, E1949, E1950, E1951, E1952, E1953, E1954, E1960, E1962, E1963, E1964, E1965, E1967, E1968, E1969, E1970, E1974, E1975, E1976, E1977, E1978, E1979, E1980, E1981, E1982, E1983, E1984, E1985, E1986, E1987, E1988, E1989, E1990, E1991, E1992, E1993, E1994, E1995, E1996, E1997, E1998, E1999, E2000, E2001, E2004, E2005, E2006, E2008 [24JY], E2014, E2018, E2020, E2023, E2024 [27JY], E2040, E2046 [28JY], E2062 [29JY], E2091, E2133, E2153, E2161, E2171 [31JY], E2204, E2207 [8SE], E2219 [9SE], E2237, E2238, E2240, E2242, E2243 [10SE], E2251 [14SE], E2293 [16SE], E2321 [21SE], E2435 [1OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3293), motion to recommit, H8791, H8792 [24JY]

Disabled: help individuals with functional impairments to pay for services and supports needed to maximize independence and choices about community participation, education, and employment (H.R. 1721), H9248 [31JY]

Diseases: develop comprehensive national HIV/AIDS strategy, H13445 [2DE]

———establish a National Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Disease Registry and authorize research on acquired bone marrow failure diseases (H.R. 1230), E2584 [20OC]

———establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (H.R. 1362), E565 [5MR]

———provide for an evidence-based strategy for voluntary screening for HIV/AIDS and other common sexually transmitted infections (H.R. 4140), E2824 [19NO]

———revise and extend program for providing life-saving care for those with HIV/AIDS (S. 1793), H11523-H11533, H11556 [21OC], H11586 [22OC], H11834 [27OC], E2603, E2605, E2607, E2609, E2610 [22OC], E2622 [23OC], E2652 [28OC], E2870 [2DE]

———support prevention and treatment of diabetes (H.R. 4124), E2826 [19NO]

Drug abuse: improve residential treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women and programs to reduce substance abuse among nonviolent offenders (H.R. 439), H5173 [6MY]

———prohibit funding for needle exchange programs, H8779-H8782 [24JY]

Ethnic groups: provide for a health survey regarding Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders (H.R. 2581), E1253 [21MY]

Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research: establish, H1592 [13FE]

Gambling: include problem and pathological gambling in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration programs and establish grant program to address consequences of problem gambling (H.R. 2906), E1448 [17JN]

Hazardous substances: reauthorize the Select Agent Program and improve oversight of high containment laboratories (H.R. 1225), E495 [26FE]

Health: enhance the conduct and support of federally funded comparative effectiveness research on health care treatment options (H.R. 2824), H6909 [17JN]

———impact of economic stimulus legislation on health care, H1136 [10FE], H1219 [11FE], H1592 [13FE]

———improve quality in health care by providing incentives for adoption of modern information technology, H6390, H6391 [9JN]

———provide for adult stem cell research, H2958-H2964 [4MR]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research, H2958-H2964 [4MR], H3472 [17MR]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (S. 487), E1107 [7MY]

———purchase, replenish, and expand Federal and State stockpiles of influenza vaccines, antiviral drugs, masks, ventilators and vaccine delivery devices, H5618 [14MY]

———reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform and apply savings to establish a Seniors Protection and Medicare Regional Payment Equity Fund, H12966, H12967 [7NO]

Health care facilities: establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs (H.R. 914), H3744 [23MR], H4125 [30MR], H7950 [10JY], H11379 [14OC]

———include certain children's psychiatric hospitals under the program of payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs (H.R. 2003), E896 [21AP]

Health care professionals: authorize grants to increase the number of qualified nursing faculty, H1561 [13FE]

Healthcare Innovation Zone pilot program: establish (H.R. 3134), H7950 [10JY], H10074 [30SE]

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (H.R. 3636), E2338 [23SE], E2364 [24SE]

Indian Health Service: assessment of quality of care and services provided to Native Americans, H8345 [17JY], H8392 [20JY]

LIHEAP: funding, H4766 [27AP]

Medicare: apply a consistent premium for all beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner (H.R. 3631), H9908-H9915, H9917 [24SE], E2379 [25SE]

———apply a consistent premium for all beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner (H.R. 3631), allow consideration under suspension of the rules (H. Res. 766), H9905-H9907 [24SE]

———eliminate funding cuts, H14378 [9DE], H14883 [15DE]

———Medicare Advantage program funding, H8431 [21JY], H11522 [21OC], H11821, H11822 [27OC], H12262 [3NO], H12477 [6NO], H13270, H13271 [19NO], H14884 [15DE]

———provide a 2-year adjustment to sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, H13317, H13318 [19NO]

———reduce fraud, H8849 [27JY]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians and provide deficit protection and fiscal responsibility, H13316 [19NO]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), H13132 [18NO], H13289-H13319, H13323, H13331-H13334 [19NO], E2855, E2857 [1DE], E2892 [3DE]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), consideration (H. Res. 903), H12598-H12622 [7NO]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), motion to recommit, H13316, H13317, H13318 [19NO]

———update physician fee schedule and sunset application of sustainable growth rate formula (S. 1776), H11794, H11796 [27OC]

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: provide for annual review of geographic access to services (H.R. 2921), E1477 [17JN]

National Donate Life Month: designate (H. Res. 380), H4920 [29AP], E1014 [29AP]

National Eye Institute: anniversary (H. Res. 366), H6843-H6845 [16JN]

National Health Corps Loan Repayment Program: count fellowship training in geriatric specialties as obligated service (H.R. 1457), E662 [12MR]

National Wear Red Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 112), H1267-H1269 [12FE], H1589 [13FE]

Native Americans: programs funding, H12060, H12061 [29OC]

———reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (H.R. 3668), E2810 [19NO], E2872 [2DE]

NIH: funding, H8756 [24JY]

———prohibit funding for certain HIV/AIDS studies, H8782, H8783 [24JY]

Nursing Workforce Development programs: funding, H8759 [24JY]

Obama, President: Executive order to allow Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, H3080, H3090 [9MR], H3111 [10MR], H3148, H3149, H3330-H3336 [11MR], H6527 [10JN], E632 [11MR]

Office of Public Health and Science: establish the Office of Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention and Treatment (H.R. 4053), E2748 [6NO]

Offices of Women's Health: establish (H.R. 3242), E1819 [16JY]

Pain care: improve research, education, access, and outreach (H.R. 756), H4079-H4081 [30MR], E832 [31MR]

Pancreatic Cancer Initiative: establish and implement (H.R. 745), H4067 [30MR]

Pharmacies: ensure patient choice in pharmacies by regulating pharmacy benefit managers and improving access to prescription drugs for certain individuals (H.R. 4199), E2890 [3DE]

Physical activity guidelines: publish for the general public (H.R. 3851), E2868 [2DE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit Federal family planning funding, H8499 [22JY], H8720, H8756, H8783-H8785 [24JY], H10146, H10147 [30SE]

Research: develop an antimicrobial resistance research strategic plan (H.R. 2400), E1142 [13MY]

School-Based Health Clinic Program: establish, H13012 [17NO]

Senior citizens: protect seniors from elder abuse by improving prosecution, law enforcement, and assistance to victims (H.R. 448), H1120-H1123 [10FE]

———support goals and ideals of senior caregiving and affordability (H. Con. Res. 59), H9453-H9455 [14SE]

Social Security: ensure States receive certain adoption incentive payments (S. 735), H4959, H4960 [29AP]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (H.R. 795), E232-E234 [10FE]

Tobacco Harm Reduction Center: establish, H4311-H4317, H4339, H4341, H4365-H4368 [1AP]

———establish (H.R. 1261), H3800-H3805 [24MR]

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: prohibit recommendations from being used to deny health insurance coverage of mammography services and other items or services (H. Res. 971), H14910-H14916 [15DE]

———recommendations on breast self-exams and mammograms, H14862-H14867 [14DE], H14952 [15DE]

Vaccinations: conduct or support a comprehensive study comparing total health outcomes, including risk of autism, in vaccinated populations with such outcomes in unvaccinated populations (H.R. 3069), E1612 [26JN]

Women: ensure fairness in the coverage of women in the individual health insurance market (H.R. 2402), E1139 [13MY]

Remarks in Senate

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5544 [18MY], S5565, S5589-S5600, S5602, S5607 [19MY], S5649-S5683, S5685-S5691 [20MY], S5767-S5777, S5780-S5790, S5793, S5794, S5797-S5804 [21MY], S6484, S6485 [11JN]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), conference report, S6691, S6704-S6706, S6710 [17JN], S6772-S6793 [18JN], S6844 [19JN], S6935 [23JN]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S6772 [18JN]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), earmark declaration, S6536 [11JN]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), unanimous-consent agreement, S5798 [21MY]

Benjamin, Regina M.: nomination to be Surgeon General, S10869-S10871, S10942 [29OC]

———nomination to be Surgeon General, unanimous-consent request, S10891 [29OC]

BIA: Indian safety, health, and water development emergency funding, S9647 [22SE]

Biological weapons: biodefense medical countermeasures development and production funding, S2019, S2020 [9FE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish a grant program to provide vision care to children (S. 259), S648 [16JA]

———improve surveillance and reporting for diseases and conditions (S. 1028), S5437 [13MY]

———provide grants for the training of graduate medical residents in preventive medicine and public health (S. 693), S3787 [25MR]

Children and youth: conduct research on indicators of child well-being (S. 1151), S5872 [21MY]

———implement demonstration projects at federally qualified community health centers to prevent child maltreatment and promote family well-being through parenting practices and skills (S. 1404), S7196 [7JY]

Colleges and universities: establish a grant program to improve mental and behavioral health services on college campuses and develop a campaign to educate campus communities about mental health (S. 682), S3673 [24MR]

Committee on the Budget (Senate): appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, S5607 [19MY], S6934 [23JN], S9834 [24SE]

Daschle, Thomas A.: nomination to be Sec. of HHS, S195 [8JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve capacity to recruit and retain physicians in health professional shortage areas and improve provision of health care to veterans in rural areas (S. 734), S3988 [30MR]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3293), S9834 [24SE], S9952 [30SE]

Disabled: help individuals with functional impairments to pay for services and supports needed to maximize independence and choices about community participation, education, and employment, S8160 [28JY], S11847 [20NO], S11936, S11938, S11959 [21NO]

———help individuals with functional impairments to pay for services and supports needed to maximize independence and choices about community participation, education, and employment (S. 697), S10262 [8OC], S10797 [28OC], S12136 [2DE]

Diseases: coordinate Federal research efforts on, and improve public education and awareness of, congenital heart disease (S. 621), S3180 [17MR]

———enhance preparedness for outbreaks of infectious disease to protect homeland security (S. 2864), S12911 [10DE]

———establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (S. 332), S896 [27JA]

———establish programs and activities to increase influenza vaccination rates through the provision of free vaccines (S. 953), S5019 [1MY]

———increase immunization rates (S. 1003), S5287 [7MY]

———lift ban rendering individuals having HIV inadmissible to the U.S., S7550 [15JY]

———modernize cancer research, increase access to preventative cancer services, and provide cancer treatment and survivorship initiatives (S. 717), S3905-S3915 [26MR]

———pediatric cancer research funding, S9952 [30SE]

———prohibit adjustment of the formula for the allocation of HIV/AIDS funding, S2883-S2889, S2899, S2901 [9MR], S3020 [11MR]

———revise and extend program for providing life-saving care for those with HIV/AIDS (S. 1793), S10524, S10525 [19OC], S10548, S10568 [20OC], S12069 [1DE]

———support prevention and treatment of diabetes (S. 2734), S11212 [5NO]

Drugs: increase Federal oversight of methadone (S. 754), S4080 [31MR]

Education: develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools and early childhood education programs, and establish school-based food allergy management grants (S. 456), S2368 [23FE]

Emergency Fund for Indian Safety and Health: funding, S2620 [2MR], S2676 [3MR], S2798-S2801, S2807, S2813 [5MR]

FDA: establish a user fee for follow-up reinspections (S. 1477), S7783 [21JY]

———establish standards for the inclusion of risks, benefits, and comparative clinical effectiveness information in drug and device labeling and advertising (S. 1142), S5848 [21MY]

———increase access to lower-cost, generic versions of biologic drugs, S7180 [7JY], S7335 [10JY], S7391 [13JY], S7593-S7595 [16JY], S8186 [28JY]

———study presence of contaminants and impurities in cosmetics and personal care products marketed to and used by children (S. 925), S4910 [30AP]

Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research: establish, S2044 [10FE]

FTC: establish an interagency working group responsible for creating a national strategy to combat obesity, S2949 [10MR]

Hamburg, Margaret A.: confirmation as FDA Commissioner, S5608, S5609 [19MY]

———nomination to be FDA Commissioner, S5561 [18MY]

Hazardous substances: reauthorize the Select Agent Program and improve oversight of high containment laboratories (S. 485), S2559 [26FE]

Health: achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services and reform organization of primary care delivery through Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs expansion, S11465 [18NO]

———achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services and reform organization of primary care delivery through Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs expansion (S. 486), S2561 [26FE]

———Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program funding, S12389, S12390, S12393-S12395 [4DE], S13565, S13566, S13620 [20DE], S13744 [22DE], S13840 [23DE]

———establish a comprehensive plan to prevent, treat, and reduce obesity and promote healthy nutritional choices (S. 1060), S5556 [18MY]

———establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to address inequalities in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement in rural areas, S4154 [1AP]

———establish dedicated trust fund with mandatory spending for community health centers and National Health Service Corps, S12573 [7DE], S12697 [8DE]

———impact of economic stimulus legislation on health care, S2197, S2199 [12FE]

———improve emergency medical services for children (S. 408), S2084 [10FE], S3110 [16MR]

———improve Federal infrastructure for health care quality improvement (S. 966), S5076 [4MY]

———improve quality in health care by providing incentives for adoption of modern information technology (S. 179), S226-S228 [8JA]

———prohibit denial of coverage under Federal health care programs based on comparative effectiveness research data and ensure research accounts for advancements in health care and different treatment options (S. 1259), S6582-S6585 [15JN], S13731 [22DE]

———prohibit use of comparative effectiveness research data for payment, coverage, or treatment decisions, S6837-S6839 [19JN]

———provide access to comprehensive primary health care services and improve primary health care delivery through expansion of community health center and National Health Service Corps programs, S980 [28JA]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (S. 487), S2562-S2564 [26FE]

———require guidelines relative to coverage of women's preventive services to be based on recommendations of relevant professional medical organizations, S12122, S12127-S12131, S12143 [2DE], S12267-S12277 [3DE], S13348, S13349 [17DE]

———require Members of Congress to enroll in a community health insurance option and forgo participation in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, S12368, S12376, S12390, S12391 [4DE], S12502 [5DE]

Health care facilities: establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (S. 1031), S5441 [13MY]

Health care professionals: authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students (S. 497), S2567 [26FE]

———establish a Nurse Faculty Education Program and a Nurse and Physical Therapist Distance Education Pilot Program (S. 1161), S5945 [2JN]

———establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program (S. 57), S62 [6JA]

———establish recruitment and retention programs for public health workers and eliminate critical workforce shortages in public health agencies and centers (S. 1143), S5850 [21MY]

———make grants to medical schools to establish programs to recruit physicians to practice in underserved rural communities (S. 1628), S9025 [6AU]

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (S. 1523), S8198 [28JY]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: reauthorize and extend, S13181 [14DE], S13626 [20DE]

———reauthorize and extend (S. 1790), S10493 [15OC]

———revise and extend, S10404, S10405 [14OC]

Indian Health Service: direct the Schurz, NV, Service Unit to use unobligated contract funds to pay obligations to private health providers who treat Nevadans, S9635 [22SE]

———funding, S4279 [2AP]

Information technology: establish an online database of enrollee satisfaction information relative to health plans offered through the health insurance exchange, S12570, S12592, S12596, S12597, S12599 [7DE]

Insurance: establish a medical insurance rate authority to monitor premium costs and require insurance companies to submit justifications and explanations for premium increases, S13754 [22DE]

———establish Federal standards for health insurance forms and provide transparency and accountability in the group and individual health insurance markets (S. 1050), S5523 [14MY]

———improve consumer protections for purchasers of long-term care insurance (S. 1177), S6046 [3JN]

———require a minimum loss ratio of 90 percent for health insurance coverage, S12504 [5DE]

———require a minimum loss ratio of 90 percent for health insurance coverage (S. 1730), S9983 [30SE], S11036 [3NO]

LIHEAP: funding, S4135, S4148 [1AP]

Long-Term Care Worker Recruitment and Investment Demonstration Program: establish, S1798, S1799 [6FE]

Medicare: allow all enrollees in the Medicare Advantage program to maintain current level of benefits, S12604-S12607, S12609 [7DE], S12649, S12655-S12659, S12663, S12667-S12669, S12683, S12684, S12691 [8DE], S12797 [9DE]

———allow patients the right to privately contract for medical services with the physician of their choice, S13670 [21DE]

———allow plan providers to provide information to senior citizens about possible changes to the program, S10501 [19OC]

———apply a consistent premium for all beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner (H.R. 3631), S10204 [7OC]

———apply a consistent premium for all beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner (H.R. 3631), unanimous-consent request, S10203 [7OC]

———eliminate cuts to home health services, S12397, S12400-S12403, S12405 [4DE], S12466-S12472, S12474, S12477, S12482, S12484, S12488-S12490, S12494-S12496 [5DE], S12532, S12551 [6DE], S12612 [7DE]

———eliminate funding cuts, S11997-S12001, S12003-S12005 [30NO], S12020-S12025, S12028-S12030, S12033-S12041, S12043-S12058, S12064, S12065 [1DE], S12094-S12108, S12112, S12114-S12119, S12123-S12126, S12139, S12144-S12146, S12148 [2DE], S12263, S12264, S12268-S12271, S12279-S12297 [3DE], S12376-S12379, S12399, S12407 [4DE], S12466, S12467, S12471, S12475-S12477, S12480, S12491 [5DE], S12523, S12524, S12526 [6DE], S12575-S12577 [7DE], S12856 [10DE], S13009, S13022 [11DE], S13482 [19DE], S13562, S13579, S13580 [20DE], S13656-S13660, S13668 [21DE], S13718, S13729 [22DE]

———enter into agreements with States to resolve outstanding Medicare reimbursement claims relative to Special Disability Workload project (S. 1111), S5727 [20MY]

———establish a prospective payment system for covered services provided by federally qualified health centers and expand such services to account for certain other expansions (S. 648), S3556, S3557 [19MR]

———implement single-payer health care system, S13290-S13294 [16DE], S13577 [20DE]

———include costs incurred by certain agencies, health centers, or drug assistance programs toward the out-of-pocket threshold of the prescription drug program (S. 1201), S6265 [8JN]

———long-term care insurance reform, S13862 [23DE]

———Medicare Advantage program funding, S10173-S10177 [7OC], S11072-S11074, S11085-S11088 [4NO], S11393-S11395 [17NO], S11855-S11861 [20NO], S11951 [21NO], S11983, S11986 [30NO], S12294-S12300, S12305-S12311 [3DE], S12356, S12361-S12369, S12371-S12375, S12379, S12384-S12386, S12391-S12393, S12396, S12403-S12405 [4DE], S12462, S12466, S12471, S12474, S12482-S12484, S12491, S12515 [5DE], S12584-S12592 [7DE], S12851 [10DE], S13122 [12DE], S13719, S13760 [22DE], S13858 [23DE]

———offer certain individuals a buy-in option, S12693 [8DE], S12793 [9DE], S12853-S12855, S12868 [10DE]

———physician referrals to hospitals in which doctors have a financial interest, S13669 [21DE]

———prohibit establishment of Medicare Advisory Board, S12113 [2DE]

———prohibit use of trust fund revenues to establish new entitlement programs, S12530-S12532, S12534-S12536, S12538, S12549-S12551 [6DE], S12565-S12570, S12575-S12586, S12588, S12590-S12593, S12596-S12599 [7DE], S13803 [23DE]

———reduce fraud (S. 975), S6869 [22JN], S10312 [8OC], S10827 [28OC]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, S13432-S13435 [18DE], S13576, S13594, S13595 [20DE]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), S14140 [24DE]

———reimburse certain midwife services (S. 662), S3574 [19MR]

———remove prompt payment discount on prescription drugs, S1674 [5FE]

———update physician fee schedule and sunset application of sustainable growth rate formula (S. 1776), S10366, S10382 [13OC], S10385 [14OC], S10589, S10592, S10616 [21OC], S10659, S10689 [22OC]

———update physician fee schedule and sunset application of sustainable growth rate formula (S. 1776), motion to proceed, S10604-S10609, S10611-S10614 [21OC]

———update physician fee schedule and sunset application of sustainable growth rate formula (S. 1776), unanimous-consent agreement, S10517 [19OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve transparency of information on nursing and skilled nursing facilities and clarify and improve enforcement of requirements on such facilities (S. 647), S3554-S3556 [19MR]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (S. 114), S87 [6JA]

National Eye Institute: anniversary (S. Res. 209), S7214 [7JY]

National Health Service Corps program: funding, S13653-S13655 [21DE]

National Neurotechnology Initiative: implement (S. 586), S3079 [12MR]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Registry Resource Center: establish and authorize grants for State registries (S. 1463), S7643 [16JY]

Native Americans: authorize an Indian youth telemental health demonstration project (S. 1635), S9038 [6AU]

———establish health promotion and disease prevention education, outreach, and workforce development programs for tribal colleges and universities (S. 633), S3376 [18MR]

Nazario, Carmen R.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of HHS for Family Support, S9126 [8SE]

NIH: establish Office of Mitochondrial Disease (S. 2858), S12808 [9DE]

Obama, President: Executive order to allow Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, S2874, S2905 [9MR], S3063 [12MR], S3364 [18MR]

———issuance of administration guidelines for implementing Executive order to allow Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, S7295 [9JY]

Office of Deputy Sec. for Health Care Fraud Prevention: establish (S. 2128), S10950 [30OC], S10973 [2NO]

Office of Health Plan Management: establish to administer the Consumer Choice Health Plan to provide an affordable and accountable public option for consumers (S. 1278), S6722 [17JN]

Office of the Deputy Sec. for Health Care Fraud Prevention: establish, S13768, S13769 [22DE]

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology: establish, S1795 [6FE]

Pain care: improve research, education, access, and outreach (S. 660), S3571 [19MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: condition implementation on Dept. of HHS certification that a certain number of premiums would not be raised as compared to projections under current law, S13777 [22DE]

———definition of ``full time'' employment, S13849, S13850 [23DE]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs, S5927-S5929 [2JN], S6171 [4JN], S6233, S6234, S6246, S6247 [8JN], S6415 [10JN], S7299 [9JY], S10182-S10188, S10192 [7OC], S10404 [14OC], S10687-S10689 [22OC], S10804 [28OC], S10955 [30OC], S11876 [20NO], S12546, S12547 [6DE], S12686-S12688 [8DE], S12751-S12759, S12765, S12770-S12774, S12776-S12780, S12784-S12789, S12792 [9DE], S12870-S12872 [10DE], S12978 [11DE], S13082, S13083 [12DE], S13167, S13168, S13177 [14DE], S13212, S13216, S13219, S13221-S13235, S13238, S13239 [15DE], S13622 [20DE]

———importation of prescription drugs (S. 525), S2780 [5MR]

———importation of prescription drugs (S. 1232), S6478 [10JN], S6481 [11JN], S6866 [22JN], S8216 [29JY], S9713-S9715 [23SE], S9898 [29SE]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S5245 [6MY], S5561 [18MY], S7109 [25JN], S9092 [7AU], S9690 [22SE], S11887 [20NO]

Safety: clarify public health emergency screening and medical care requirements to residents at Superfund site, S13650 [21DE], S13761, S13762 [22DE]

Sebelius, Kathleen: confirmation as Sec. of HHS, S4885 [29AP]

———evaluation of nomination to be Sec. of HHS relative to positions on abortion, S4767, S4772 [28AP]

———nomination to be Sec. of HHS, S2609 [2MR], S4766-S4769, S4772-S4774, S4782-S4795 [28AP]

———nomination to be Sec. of HHS, unanimous-consent agreement, S4657, S4658 [23AP]

———nomination to be Sec. of HHS, unanimous-consent request, S4604 [23AP]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, S12699 [8DE]

———ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (S. 795), S4331 [2AP]

———protect seniors from elder abuse by improving prosecution, law enforcement, and assistance to victims (S. 1821), S10641 [21OC]

———protect seniors from elder abuse by improving prosecution, law enforcement, and assistance to victims and encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the U.S, S12699 [8DE]

———support goals and ideals of senior caregiving and affordability (H. Con. Res. 59), S9757, S9758 [23SE]

———support goals and ideals of senior caregiving and affordability (S. Con. Res. 37), S8204 [28JY]

Social Security: conduct comparative effectiveness research on health care treatment options by establishing a private Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, S11888 [20NO]

———conduct comparative effectiveness research on health care treatment options by establishing a private Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (S. 1213), S6371-S6380 [9JN]

———ensure States receive certain adoption incentive payments (S. 735), S4397 [2AP]

———establish Federal Reinsurance Program for Catastrophic Health Care Costs (S. 79), S84 [6JA]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (S. 686), S3686 [24MR]

340B Drug Pricing Program: revise and expand to improve provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers (S. 1239), S6546 [11JN]

Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (S. 1352), S7076 [25JN]

Tobacco products: grant standby authority to regulate tobacco warehouses, S6499 [11JN]

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: nullify recommendations on breast self-exams and mammograms, S12119-S12121, S12151, S12152 [2DE], S12587 [7DE]

———prohibit recommendations from being used to deny health insurance coverage of items or services, S12122, S12127-S12131 [2DE], S12271-S12277 [3DE]

———recommendations on breast self-exams and mammograms, S11536, S11537, S11539, S11585 [19NO], S11838 [20NO], S11954 [21NO]

Women: ensure fairness in the coverage of women in the individual health insurance market (S. 969), S5130 [5MY]

Reports

Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items in Conference Report on H.R. 2346, Supplemental Appropriations for Military and Stabilization Activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and Pandemic Influenza Response, S6788 [18JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, S13000 [11DE]

Reports filed

Allow Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules of H.R. 3631, Medicare Premium Fairness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 766) (H. Rept. 111-264), H9898 [23SE]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2346, Supplemental Appropriations for Military Activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and Pandemic Influenza Response: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 545) (H. Rept. 111-156), H6805 [15JN]

Consideration of H.R. 2346, Supplemental Appropriations for Military and Stabilization Activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and Pandemic Influenza Response: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 434) (H. Rept. 111-107), H5580 [13MY]

Consideration of H.R. 3293, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 673) (H. Rept. 111-222), H8706 [23JY]

Consideration of H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, and H.R. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 903) (H. Rept. 111-330), H12586 [6NO]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3293) (H. Rept. 111-220), H8584 [22JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 3293) (S. Rept. 111-66), S8759 [4AU]

HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3792) (H. Rept. 111-305), H11514 [20OC]

———Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1793), S10486 [15OC]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act Reauthorization and Extension: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1790), S13319 [16DE]

National Pain Care Policy Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 756) (H. Rept. 111-47), H3747 [23MR]

Nomination of Bryan H. Samuels To Be Dept. of HHS Administration on Children, Youth, and Families Commissioner: Committee on Finance (Senate), S13882 [23DE]

Nomination of Carmen R. Nazario To Be Assistant Sec. of HHS for Family Support: Committee on Finance (Senate), S8038 [23JY]

Nomination of Ellen Gloninger Murray To Be Assistant Sec. of HHS for Resources and Technology: Committee on Finance (Senate), S13882 [23DE]

Nomination of Howard K. Koh To Be Assistant Sec. of HHS for Health: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S6452 [10JN]

Nomination of Jim R. Esquea To Be Assistant Sec. of HHS for Legislation: Committee on Finance (Senate), S13882 [23DE]

Nomination of Kathleen Sebelius To Be Sec. of HHS: Committee on Finance (Senate), S4513 [21AP]

Nomination of Kathy J. Greenlee To Be Assistant Sec. of HHS for Aging: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S6845 [19JN]

Nomination of Margaret A. Hamburg To Be FDA Commissioner: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S5435 [13MY]

Nomination of Nicole Lurie To Be Public Health Service Medical Director and Assistant Sec. of HHS for Preparedness and Response: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S7261 [8JY]

Nomination of Pamela S. Hyde To Be Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Administrator: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S11492 [18NO]

Nomination of Regina M. Benjamin To Be Surgeon General: Committee on Heath, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S10217 [7OC]

Nomination of William V. Corr To Be Deputy Sec. of HHS: Committee on Finance (Senate), S5127 [5MY]

Nomination of Yvette Roubideaux To Be Indian Health Service Director: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate), S5013 [1MY]

Supplemental Appropriations for Military and Stabilization Activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and Pandemic Influenza Response: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2346) (H. Rept. 111-151), H6742 [12JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2346) (H. Rept. 111-105), H5483 [12MY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1054) (S. Rept. 111-20), S5501 [14MY]

Vision Care for Kids Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 577) (H. Rept. 111-46), H3747 [23MR]

Rulings of the Chair

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3293), H8791 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3293), consideration (H. Res. 673), H8714 [24JY]

Medicare: reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), H13316 [19NO]

Statements

Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Program: AARP, S12383 [4DE]

Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act: Thomas R. Reardon, AMA, H13298-H13300 [19NO]

Require Guidelines Relative to Coverage of Women's Preventive Services To Be Based on Recommendations of Relevant Professional Medical Organizations: Nancy Brown, American Heart Association, S12268 [3DE]

Summaries

Defense Against Infectious Diseases Act (S. 2864), S12912 [10DE]

Tables

Budget aggregates, H9918 [24SE]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, S5607, S5608 [19MY], S6935 [23JN], S9834 [24SE]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of conference report to H.R. 2346, supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response, S6776 [18JN]

Correction to the table of sponsors and cosponsors of earmark requests for H.R. 1105, omnibus appropriations, H2791 [25FE]

``Coverage Facts'' label for health insurance, S5528 [14MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 3293), H8728-H8752 [24JY]

Estimated effects of Medicare Advantage provisions of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans and Federal subsidies for plan enrollees' benefits not covered by Medicare, S12124 [2DE]

Medicare Advantage enrollment by State, S12657 [8DE]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Appropriations (House), H5640 [14MY], H6129 [3JN], H8687 [23JY], H9919 [24SE]

Supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346): conference report, S6788 [18JN], H6871-H6881 [16JN]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 59, support goals and ideals of senior caregiving and affordability, H9453 [14SE]

H. Res. 112, support goals and ideals of American Heart Month and National Wear Red Day, H1267 [12FE]

H. Res. 366, National Eye Institute anniversary and Decade of Vision designation, H6843 [16JN]

H. Res. 434, consideration of H.R. 2346, supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response, H5594 [14MY]

H. Res. 545, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2346, supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response, H6850 [16JN]

H. Res. 673, consideration of H.R. 3293, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H8713 [24JY]

H. Res. 766, allow consideration under suspension of the rules of H.R. 3631, Medicare Premium Fairness Act, H9905 [24SE]

H. Res. 903, consideration of H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act and H.R. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act, H12598 [7NO]

H. Res. 971, prevent U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations from being used to deny health insurance coverage of mammography services and other items or services, H14910 [15DE]

H.R. 448, Elder Abuse Victims Act, H1120-H1122 [10FE]

H.R. 577, Vision Care for Kids Act, H4090 [30MR]

H.R. 756, National Pain Care Policy Act, H4079-H4081 [30MR]

H.R. 911, Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act, H1629-H1632 [23FE]

H.R. 2346, supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response, S5967-S5980 [2JN], H5608-H5616 [14MY]

H.R. 3293, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H8762-H8777 [24JY]

H.R. 3631, Medicare Premium Fairness Act, H9908 [24SE]

H.R. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act, H13289-H13291 [19NO]

S. 57, Psychologists in the Service of the Public Act, S62 [6JA]

S. 114, National Center for Social Work Research Act, S87 [6JA]

S. 332, Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act, S897 [27JA]

S. 408, improve emergency medical services for children, S2084 [10FE]

S. 456, Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act, S2369 [23FE]

S. 487, Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, S2562 [26FE]

S. 497, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act, S2568 [26FE]

S. 621, Congenital Heart Futures Act, S3180-S3182 [17MR]

S. 648, Medicare Access to Community Health Centers (MATCH) Act, S3556 [19MR]

S. 682, Mental Health on Campus Improvement Act, S3673-S3675 [24MR]

S. 686, Social Work Reinvestment Act, S3687-S3690 [24MR]

S. 717, 21st Century Cancer Access to Life-Saving Early Detection, Research and Treatment (ALERT) Act, S3906-S3914 [26MR]

S. 734, Rural Veterans Health Care Access and Quality Act, S3989-S3991 [30MR]

S. 735, Protecting Incentives for the Adoption of Children With Special Needs Act, S4397 [2AP], H4959 [29AP]

S. 966, National Health Care Quality Act, S5076-S5080 [4MY]

S. 1003, Immunization Improvement Act, S5288-S5290 [7MY]

S. 1028, Strengthening America's Public Health System Act, S5437-S5439 [13MY]

S. 1050, Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act, S5524-S5527 [14MY]

S. 1060, Obesity Prevention, Treatment, and Research Act, S5557-S5561 [18MY]

S. 1111, Special Disability Workload Liability Resolution Act, S5727 [20MY]

S. 1142, Informed Health Care Decision Making Act, S5849 [21MY]

S. 1143, Public Health Workforce Development Act, S5850-S5852 [21MY]

S. 1151, State Child Well-Being Research Act, S5873 [21MY]

S. 1161, Nurse Faculty and Physical Therapist Education Act, S5945-S5947 [2JN]

S. 1177, Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act, S6046-S6050 [3JN]

S. 1201, Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act, S6265 [8JN]

S. 1213, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Act, S6372-S6378 [9JN]

S. 1239, 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act, S6546-S6548 [11JN]

S. 1259, Preserving Access to Targeted, Individualized, and Effective New Treatments and Services (PATIENTS) Act, S6585 [15JN]

S. 1278, Consumers Health Care Act, S6723-S6727 [17JN]

S. 1404, Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act, S7196-S7199 [7JY]

S. 1628, Rural Physician Pipeline Act, S9026 [6AU]

S. 1635, 7th Generation Promise—Indian Youth Suicide Prevention Act, S9039-S9041 [6AU]

S. 1730, Fairness in Health Insurance Act, S9984 [30SE]

S. 1793, HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act, S10525-S10530 [19OC], H11523-H11528 [21OC]

S. Con. Res. 37, support goals and ideals of senior caregiving and affordability, S8204 [28JY]

S. Res. 209, National Eye Institute anniversary and Decade of Vision designation, S7199, S7215 [7JY]