HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS

Addresses

Health Care Reform: Edward M. Kennedy, S13302-S13306 [16DE]

Agreements

Tobacco policy: Philip C. McMahill, S5921 [2JN]

Amendments

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]

Television: move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur (S. 328), S846, S848 [26JA], H584 [27JA]

Articles and editorials

Bike Safety Begins With a Helmet, E1128 [12MY]

Body Count at Home, H9706 [17SE]

Breast Cancer Preview, S11586 [19NO]

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

Dr. Tiller's Important Job, H6324 [9JN]

Edythe Salzberger, 99; Pioneer in Art Therapy, S301 [12JA]

5.7% of U.S. Households Still Unprepared for the Switch to Digital Television, H587 [27JA]

House To Vote on DTV Delay Bill, but Opposition Remains, H991 [4FE]

Malpractice Relief, S13775 [22DE]

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]

No Break for Students on Rescue Squad, S165 [7JA]

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

Protecting the Elderly From Abuse, S3375 [18MR]

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

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

Teaching Residents To Know Their Patients as Individuals—the Aliki Initiative at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, E2522-E2524 [14OC]

Time To Tell the Story—Local Physician Administers Dose of History With New Book on Methodist Hospital, S1120 [30JA]

What Happened to Medical Charity of Years Past?, E2143 [31JY]

Your E-Health Records, S1427 [3FE]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: impose admitting privilege requirements with respect to physicians who perform abortions (see S. 98), S42 [6JA]

———require parental notification and intervention for minors seeking an abortion (see H.R. 2061), H4731 [23AP]

American Dental Association: anniversary (see H. Res. 204), H2925 [3MR]

American Pharmacy Educator Week: designate (see H. Res. 857), H11712 [22OC]

Animals: enhance and increase the number of veterinarians trained in veterinary public health (see H.R. 2999), H7145 [23JN]

Antitrust policy: exempt from Federal antitrust laws in negotiations with health plans and health insurance issuers (see H.R. 1493), H3400 [12MR]

Armed Forces: allow members to sue the U.S. for damages for certain injuries caused by improper medical care (see S. 1347), S6993 [24JN] (see H.R. 1478), H3400 [12MR]

———improve diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury in members and former members and expand Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs telehealth and telemental health programs (see H.R. 667), H493 [23JA]

———reimburse State or local governments for losses when employees who perform public safety or first responder duties are also deployed members of the Reserves (see H.R. 1138), H2602 [23FE]

———require the use of only human-based methods for training members in the treatment of severe combat and chemical and biological injuries (see H.R. 4269), H14743 [10DE]

———specify the minimum rank requirement for officer serving as Chief of the Navy Dental Corps to correspond to Army and Air Force Dental Corps' requirements (see H.R. 1533), H3437 [16MR]

Army Medical Specialist Corps: modify appointment and grade of the Chief (see S. 1664), S9326 [14SE]

Aviation: increase safety of the crew and passengers in air ambulances (see S. 1199), S6255 [8JN]

———recognize and clarify State authority to regulate intrastate helicopter medical services (see S. 848), S4573 [22AP]

———recognize and clarify State authority to regulate intrastate helicopter medical services pursuant to their authority over public health, patient safety, and medical services and care (see H.R. 978), H1246 [11FE]

Binghamton, NY: express condolences for victims of shootings at the American Civic Association and gratitude to responders to the shootings, and commend services of the American Civic Association (see H. Res. 340), H4581 [21AP]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish a Wellness Trust (see H.R. 1940), H4522 [2AP]

———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]

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

———improve mental health and substance abuse services for juveniles by establishing new grant programs for increased training, technical assistance, and coordination of service providers (see H.R. 1931), H4521 [2AP]

———provide additional resources for efforts of community coalitions, health care providers, parents, and others to prevent and reduce underage drinking (see H.R. 1028), H1518 [12FE]

Children's Dental Health Month: support (see S. Con. Res. 8), S2474 [25FE] (see H. Con. Res. 56), H2602 [23FE]

Clarence Center, NY: express condolences for victims and gratitude to emergency responders of Continental Flight 3407 crash (see H. Res. 183), H2602 [23FE]

Colleges and universities: increase affordability of medical education (see H.R. 2332), H5398 [7MY]

Colorado Springs, CO: recognize as official site of the National EMS Memorial Service and the National EMS Memorial (see H. Con. Res. 161), H7836 [8JY]

Courts: reduce cost of health care and ensure patient access to doctors by ending excessive malpractice verdicts through common-sense lawsuit reform (see S. 1734), S9982 [30SE]

———reform the medical malpractice and liability system (see H.R. 3459), H9276 [31JY]

Crime: make killing of a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responder an aggravating factor for imposition of death penalty (see H.R. 3209), H8099 [14JY]

Dentists: enhance roles of dentists and allied dental personnel in the national disaster response framework (see H.R. 903), H1044 [4FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a grant program to promote efforts to develop, implement, and sustain veterinary services (see S. 1709), S9840 [24SE] (see H.R. 3519), H9279 [31JY]

Dept. of Defense: establish a neuroscience fellowship program (see H.R. 1536), H3437 [16MR]

———reform TRICARE program to make reimbursement rates the same as those offered under Medicare and contract for health care services with a teaching hospital in an urban area (see H.R. 241), H69 [7JA]

———require emergency contraception to be available at all military health care treatment facilities (see S. 2904), S13383 [17DE] (see H.R. 4386), H15501 [16DE]

Dept. of Education: award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see S. 1345), S6993 [24JN] (see H.R. 1526), H3437 [16MR]

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

———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 an Indian youth telemental health demonstration project (see S. 1635), S8993 [6AU]

———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]

———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]

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

———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]

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

———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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

———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]

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

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

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

———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 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]

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

———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]

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

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

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

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

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

Dept. of Homeland Security: make grants to first responders (see H.R. 121), H32 [6JA] (see H.R. 1187), H2834 [25FE]

———tribute to employees, partners at all levels of government, and other emergency response providers for efforts and contributions to protect and secure the Nation (see H. Res. 731), H9441 [10SE]

Dept. of Justice: provide grants to States for health care tribunals (see H.R. 2787), H6537 [10JN]

———transmit to the House of Representatives certain documents, records, memos, correspondence, and other communications regarding medical malpractice reform (see H. Res. 871), H11868 [27OC]

Dept. of Labor: establish a safe patient handling and injury prevention standard to reduce injuries to patients, direct-care registered nurses, and other health care workers (see S. 1788), S10486 [15OC] (see H.R. 2381), H5580 [13MY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish and carry out a highway emergency responders safety grant program (see H.R. 4104), H13265 [18NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow veterans enrolled in the health system the option of receiving covered health services through non-departmental facilities (see H.R. 2405), H5663 [14MY]

———authorize certain improvements in the Federal Recovery Coordinator Program (see H.R. 4041), H12586 [6NO]

———enhance capacity to recruit and retain nurses and other critical health care professionals (see S. 252), S598 [15JA] (see H.R. 919), H1079 [9FE]

———establish enhanced process for funding veterans health care programs and standards for access to health care (see H.R. 1004), H1248 [11FE]

———establish position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the Office of the Under Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Health (see S. 1155), S5820 [21MY] (see H.R. 1302), H2979 [4MR]

———establish standards for access to health care (see H.R. 84), H31 [6JA]

———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]

———improve collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees (see S. 362), S1124 [30JA] (see H.R. 949), H1157 [10FE]

———improve laws relative to educational assistance for health professionals (see H.R. 4166), H13385 [1DE]

———improve quality of care provided to veterans in departmental medical facilities and encourage highly qualified doctors to serve in hard-to-fill positions in such medical facilities (see S. 246), S388 [14JA] (see H.R. 568), H380 [15JA]

———provide for Indian veterans health care coordinators (see H.R. 4006), H12287 [3NO]

———provide medical care to family members of disabled veterans who serve as caregivers to such veterans (see H.R. 2734), H6264 [4JN]

———require provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all departmental medical centers (see S. 1204), S6255 [8JN] (see H.R. 1017), H1517 [12FE]

———revise certain requirements relative to the pilot program of enhanced contract care authority for health care needs of veterans in highly rural areas (see H.R. 3103), H7704 [26JN]

———submit quarterly reports on vacancies in mental health professional positions in medical facilities (see H.R. 784), H779 [28JA]

———waive charges for humanitarian care provided to family members accompanying severely injured veterans receiving medical care and provide assistance to family caregivers (see S. 801), S4310 [2AP]

Disasters: establish a comprehensive national system for skilled construction workers to assist first responders (see H.R. 652), H485 [22JA]

———establish a grant program to assist innovative natural disaster first responder programs (see H.R. 3028), H7250 [24JN]

Diseases: continue research into causes, treatment, education, and an eventual cure for diabetes, commend those involved, and support designation of Latino Diabetes Awareness Month (see H. Res. 69), H382 [15JA]

———encourage State and local public health departments and all health care providers to adhere to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines relative to H1N1 influenza (see H. Res. 932), H13354 [19NO]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see S. 1492), S7868 [22JY] (see H.R. 3286), H8584 [22JY]

———improve National Program of Cancer Registries through expansion of data collection and allowing data sharing for public health objectives, while preserving patient confidentiality (see S. 792), S4310 [2AP]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see S. 994), S5281 [7MY] (see H.R. 1740), H4061 [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 awareness program and study on a rare form of breast cancer (see H.R. 822), H921 [3FE]

———provide for enhanced treatment, support, services, and research for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (see S. 819), S4311 [2AP] (see H.R. 2413), H5664 [14MY]

———reauthorize and enhance programs to increase awareness and knowledge with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 2941), H7022 [18JN]

———recognize importance of autism awareness, increase funding for research into causes and treatment of autism, and improve training and support for individuals with autism and their caretakers (see H. Con. Res. 96), H4523 [2AP]

Education: establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members (see S. 1022), S5371 [12MY] (see H.R. 1460), H3399 [12MR]

———establish and carry out a pediatric specialty loan repayment program (see S. 1206), S6255 [8JN] (see H.R. 4273), H14743 [10DE]

———make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health professions loan programs (see S. 59), S41 [6JA]

———make social work students and schools eligible for certain programs and grants, and establish a social work training program (see S. 1403), S7192 [7JY]

———promote and improve allied health professionals (see S. 1176), S6030 [3JN]

———provide for a competitive loan repayment program for primary care physicians volunteering part-time at community health centers (see H.R. 1185), H2834 [25FE]

———provide for a loan repayment program for faculty members at programs of general dentistry or pediatric dentistry to alleviate faculty shortages (see H.R. 1930), H4521 [2AP]

———provide improved training and primary care (see S. 1720), S9869 [25SE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: include family therapists on the list of professionals recognized to provide public school mental health services (see H.R. 1710), H4025 [25MR]

Employment: address health workforce shortages (see H.R. 1946), H4522 [2AP]

———establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals (see S. 1173), S6030 [3JN] (see H.R. 3234), H8302 [16JY]

———establish recruitment and retention programs for public health workers and eliminate critical workforce shortages in Federal, State, local, and tribal public health agencies (see H.R. 2620), H6011 [21MY]

———protect volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel responding to national emergencies or disasters from termination or demotion in their places of employment (see S. 1025), S5371 [12MY]

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

ERISA: preclude preemption of a State cause of action relating to a denial of a claim for benefits under a health care plan (see H.R. 3925), H11790 [26OC]

FAA: increase safety for crew and passengers on an aircraft providing emergency medical services (see H.R. 1201), H2835 [25FE]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: exclude certain small health care practices from Red Flag Guidelines (see H.R. 2345), H5483 [12MY]

Federal employees: authorize the use of clinical social workers to conduct evaluations to determine work-related emotional and mental illnesses (see S. 50), S40 [6JA]

———provide coverage of acupuncturist services under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 646), H485 [22JA]

FEMA: designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of the National Urban Search and Rescue System (see H.R. 119), H32 [6JA]

Flag—U.S.: provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of deceased firefighters, law enforcement officers, emergency medical technicians, and other rescue workers (see H.R. 415), H161 [9JA]

Foreign countries: withhold U.S. assistance equal to percentage of total costs incurred by U.S. hospitals and medical facilities for long-term care of unlawful aliens present from that country (see H.R. 4026), H12364 [4NO]

Garner, NC: express condolences to families and friends of victims of explosion at ConAgra Foods, Inc., plant and commend those who responded to the tragedy (see H. Res. 540), H6743 [12JN]

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]

———enhance adoption of a nationwide interoperable health information technology system to improve health care quality, reduce medical errors, and increase efficiency of care (see H.R. 1039), H1518 [12FE]

———enhance primary care workforce by modifying residency training programs and using qualified teaching health centers and State primary care scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 2930), H6972 [17JN]

———enhance primary care workforce through the establishment of a National Health Workforce Advisory Board and the provision of workforce data and analysis (see H.R. 2929), H6972 [17JN]

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

———enroll Members of Congress who participate in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program in any public plan (see S. Res. 243), S8865 [5AU]

———enroll Members of Congress who participate in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program in any public plan and subject them to tax increases levied as a result of health care reform (see H. Res. 626), H8008 [10JY] (see H. Res. 657), H8355 [17JY]

———ensure access to affordable and quality health care without exacerbating the Federal budget or contributing to market inflation while providing greater choices for consumers (see H. Res. 621), H7946 [9JY]

———ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers (see S. 1681), S9554 [17SE] (see H.R. 3596), H9729 [17SE]

———establish a health information technology and privacy system (see S. 444), S2322 [13FE]

———establish a registry to ensure that certain individuals who may have been exposed to formaldehyde have an opportunity to register and receive medical treatment (see H.R. 1661), H3747 [23MR]

———establish certain requirements for any national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3700), H10456 [1OC]

———establish Federal standards for resolution of medical malpractice claims (see S. 2662), S10990 [2NO]

———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]

———establish guidelines to enhance use and interoperability of electronic medical records with personal health records, including for purposes of Medicare and Medicaid payment incentives (see H.R. 4216), H13550 [7DE]

———establish health savings accounts for all citizens, provide health savings account and high deductible health plan payments in lieu of certain benefits, and require immigrants to have same such plans (see H.R. 3478), H9277 [31JY]

———give critical access hospitals health information technology grant priority, expand drug pricing program participation, study Medicaid pharmacy dispensing fees, and continue State rural health offices funding (see S. 2838), S12413 [4DE]

———guarantee rights of patients and doctors against Federal restrictions or delay in the provision of privately-funded health care (see H.R. 2516), H5890 [20MY]

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

———improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 1998), H4580 [21AP]

———improve access to emergency medical services and provide additional Medicare physician payments for such services (see S. 468), S2473 [25FE] (see H.R. 1188), H2834 [25FE]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see S. 45), S40 [6JA] (see H.R. 1086), H1605 [13FE]

———improve access to health care services in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas by addressing the supply and distribution of health professionals in areas of need (see S. 790), S4310 [2AP] (see H.R. 3109), H7704 [26JN]

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

———improve medical care by reducing the excessive burden the civil liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 2975), H7084 [19JN]

———improve medical justice system by encouraging prompt and fair resolution of disputes, fostering alternatives to litigation, and combating defensive medicine (see H.R. 4039), H12586 [6NO]

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

———improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to patients with life-threatening conditions (see S. 1150), S5819 [21MY] (see H.R. 2911), H6971 [17JN]

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

———increase number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and improve patient access to primary care services (see S. 1174), S6030 [3JN] (see H.R. 2350), H5483 [12MY]

———make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 3652), H9998 [25SE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 1099), S5700 [20MY] (see H.R. 2520), H5891 [20MY] (see H.R. 3067), H7703 [26JN] (see H.R. 3889), H11581 [21OC] (see H.R. 3970), H12140 [29OC] (see H.R. 4038), H12586 [6NO]

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

———permit an individual to be treated by a health care practitioner with any method of medical treatment such individual requests (see H.R. 3261), H8409 [20JY]

———prevent health care facility-acquired infections (see S. 1305), S6804 [18JN] (see H.R. 2937), H7021 [18JN]

———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]

———prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 169), H8809 [24JY]

———promote development of health care cooperatives to help businesses pool the health care purchasing power of employers (see S. 1165), S5943 [2JN]

———protect health care workers and first responders at risk of workplace exposure to infectious agents and drug resistant infections, such as MRSA (see S. 1299), S6804 [18JN]

———protect patient right to choose health care provider (see H. Con. Res. 162), H7836 [8JY]

———protect privacy of patients and physicians relative to electronic health records (see H.R. 2630), H6012 [21MY]

———provide for the establishment of pediatric research consortia (see S. 353), S1058 [29JA]

———provide for use of improved health information technology with respect to certain safety net health care providers (see S. 890), S4669 [23AP] (see H.R. 3124), H7836 [8JY]

———provide health care liability reform (see H.R. 1468), H3399 [12MR]

———recognize orthopedic industry for innovation in providing devices that relieve pain of, and restore mobility to, members of Armed Forces, veterans, and patients from all walks of life (see H. Res. 577), H7145 [23JN]

———terminate all Government-administered health benefits for Members of Congress until comprehensive health care reform is enacted into law (see H.R. 4230), H13628 (see H.R. 4230), H14371 [8DE]

———urge Members of Congress favoring a public, federally-run health insurance option to forgo participation in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and agree to enroll in such option (see H. Res. 615), H7837 [8JY] (see H. Res. 642), H8100 [14JY]

Health care facilities: assure that a nonemergency department physician is available to hospital patients 24-hours-a-day, seven days a week in all non-Federal hospitals with 100 or more beds (see H.R. 2388), H5580 [13MY]

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

———expand pilot program for national and State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities or providers (see S. 631), S3368 [18MR] (see H.R. 2223), H5061 [30AP]

———extend Federal Tort Claims Act medical malpractice coverage to non-physician employees and officers of free clinics (see S. 1578), S8864 [5AU]

———provide patient-centered medical homes to improve effectiveness and efficiency in medical assistance under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 1114), S5700 [20MY]

———reduce amount of paperwork and improve payment policies for health care services and prevent fraud and abuse through health care provider education (see H.R. 2785), H6537 [10JN]

———require public reporting of health care-associated infections data by hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 3104), H7704 [26JN]

Higher Education Act: amend definition of economic hardship for medical student loan deferments (see S. 646), S3550 [19MR] (see H.R. 1615), H3703 [19MR]

Housing: assist teachers and public safety officers in obtaining affordable housing (see H.R. 583), H381 [15JA]

———train public housing residents as home health aides and in home-based health services to provide such services to certain elderly or disabled public or federally-assisted housing residents (see H.R. 4224), H13627 (see H.R. 4224), H14371 [8DE]

Houston, TX: anniversary of Harris County Health District Thomas Street Health Center (see H. Res. 930), H13354 [19NO]

Immigration: create a new nonimmigrant visa category for registered nurses (see H.R. 1001), H1248 [11FE]

———extend certain programs (see H.R. 2679), H6154 [3JN]

———provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities (see S. 628), S3368 [18MR]

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

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

Insurance: require coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see S. 688), S3658 [24MR] (see H.R. 1691), H3834 [24MR]

———require group health plans and issuers of health insurance coverage to provide coverage for second opinions (see H.R. 2457), H5711 [18MY]

———require health plans to provide direct access to services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists without a referral (see H.R. 2940), H7022 [18JN]

Kirsner, Joseph B.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 304), H88 [8JA]

Law enforcement: improve health care fraud enforcement (see S. 1959), S10850 [28OC]

———provide increased penalties for health care fraud (see S. 1843), S10700 [22OC]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see S. 654), S3550 [19MR] (see H.R. 1625), H3704 [19MR]

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

———improve access to advanced practice nurses and physicians' assistants (see S. 63), S41 [6JA]

———provide coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics (see S. 53), S40 [6JA]

———provide funding to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 868), H1042 [4FE]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see S. 683), S3657 [24MR] (see H.R. 1670), H3748 [23MR]

———remove exclusion from medical assistance of items and services for patients in mental institutions (see H.R. 619), H442 [21JA]

———require coverage of professional services of optometrists (see H.R. 3176), H8008 [10JY]

———require coverage of professional services of optometrists that are otherwise covered when furnished by a physician (see H.R. 2697), H6262 [4JN]

———require States to report information on payments to abortion providers (see H.R. 1981), H4579 [21AP]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see S. 950), S4963 [30AP] (see H.R. 1829), H4250 [31MR]

———clarify intent of counting residents in a nonhospital setting (see S. 1300), S6804 [18JN]

———clarify use of private contracts by beneficiaries for professional services and allow individuals to opt out of certain benefits (see H.R. 3356), H8959 [28JY]

———continue ability of hospitals to supply a needed workforce of nurses and allied health professionals by preserving funding for hospital operated nursing and allied health education programs (see H.R. 2176), H4999 [29AP]

———continue using current practice expense relative value units for certain cardiology services (see H.R. 4371), H15500 [16DE]

———create a value indexing mechanism for the physician work component of the physician fee schedule (see S. 1249), S6542 [11JN] (see H.R. 2844), H6742 [12JN]

———create a value indexing mechanism for the physician work component of the physician hospital service and for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 3074), H7703 [26JN]

———deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see S. 330), S894 [27JA] (see H.R. 684), H525 [26JA] (see H.R. 2860), H6743 [12JN]

———distribute additional residency positions (see S. 973), S5127 [5MY] (see H.R. 2251), H5168 [5MY]

———ensure access to quality home health services (see H.R. 3495), H9278 [31JY]

———ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see S. 2814), S11883 [20NO]

———ensure that home health agencies assign the most appropriate skilled service to make the initial assessment visit for home health services for beneficiaries requiring rehabilitation therapy (see H.R. 1094), H1606 [13FE]

———establish a demonstration project to examine whether community-level public health interventions can result in lower rates of chronic disease for individuals entering the program (see S. 1181), S6185 [4JN]

———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]

———establish an accountable care organization pilot program to reduce the growth of expenditures and improve health outcomes (see H.R. 2959), H7022 [18JN]

———establish collaborative care networks to reduce use of expensive hospital and provider resources and to provide more comprehensive and coordinated care to low-income individuals (see H.R. 3430), H9206 [30JY]

———establish Independence at Home Chronic Care Coordination Demonstration Project (see S. 1131), S5819 [21MY]

———establish shared decision making standards and requirements and a pilot program for the implementation of shared decision making (see S. 1133), S5819 [21MY] (see H.R. 2580), H6010 [21MY]

———exclude certain advanced diagnostic imaging services from the in-office ancillary services exception to the prohibition on physician self-referral (see H.R. 2962), H7084 [19JN]

———exempt pharmacies and pharmacists from certain accreditation requirements in the same manner as such exemption applies to certain professionals (see S. 511), S2691 [3MR] (see H.R. 616), H442 [21JA]

———expand coverage of paramedic intercept services (see H.R. 1915), H4520 [2AP]

———expand development of quality measures for inpatient hospital services and implement a performance-based payment methodology for such services (see H.R. 1776), H4128 [30MR]

———improve access to health care for beneficiaries in rural areas (see S. 318), S826 [26JA] (see S. 1355), S7070 [25JN] (see H.R. 3896), H11581 [21OC]

———improve access to physical medicine and rehabilitation services (see H.R. 1137), H2602 [23FE]

———improve fairness and reduce regional inequities in reimbursement payments to providers (see S. 382), S1542 [4FE]

———improve payment methodology for radiopharmaceuticals under hospital outpatient prospective payment system and ensure equitable payment and access to certain radiopharmaceuticals (see H.R. 3917), H11712 [22OC]

———improve quality and efficiency through measurement of readmission rates and resource use and provide payments to certain groups of providers and suppliers for hospitalization relative to high cost diagnoses (see S. 295), S719 [21JA]

———improve quality of care in skilled nursing facilities through requiring the reporting of expenditures for nursing (see H.R. 1125), H2601 [23FE]

———improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (see H.R. 902), H1043 [4FE]

———improve the provision of services to beneficiaries in rural areas (see S. 712), S3897 [26MR]

———increase per resident payment floor for direct graduate medical education payments to hospitals (see H.R. 2094), H4733 [23AP]

———modernize quality improvement organization (QIO) program (see H.R. 2858), H6743 [12JN]

———modify designation of accreditation organizations for orthotics and prosthetics, apply accreditation and licensure requirements and modify payment methodology for such devices (see H.R. 2479), H5790 [19MY]

———modify physician reimbursement policies to ensure a future physician workforce (see H.R. 3693), H10455 [1OC]

———permit pass-through payment of costs for nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals (see S. 1585), S8864 [5AU] (see H.R. 3151), H7946 [9JY]

———permit physical therapy services to be furnished to individuals under the care of a dentist (see H.R. 1430), H3337 [11MR]

———preserve access to ambulance services (see S. 1066), S5555 [18MY] (see H.R. 2443), H5665 [14MY]

———prevent payments being lost to fraud, waste, or abuse (see S. 2774), S11382 [16NO]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see S. 1157), S5820 [21MY]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see S. 54), S40 [6JA]

———provide a certain limit for the practice expense and the work expense geographic practice cost indices (GPCI) (see H.R. 2201), H5060 [30AP]

———provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 3024), H7249 [24JN]

———provide certain beneficiaries suffering from multiple chronic conditions with access to medical services in lower cost treatment settings under a professionally developed care plan (see H.R. 2560), H6009 [21MY]

———provide coverage for consultations regarding orders for life sustaining treatment and provide grants for development and expansion of programs for such orders (see H.R. 1898), H4519 [2AP]

———provide coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 646), H485 [22JA]

———provide coverage of intensive lifestyle treatment (see S. 1640), S8993 [6AU]

———provide coverage of services of qualified respiratory therapists performed under the general supervision of a physician (see S. 343), S1057 [29JA] (see H.R. 1077), H1605 [13FE]

———provide for a pilot program to improve the quality of oncology care (see H.R. 2939), H7021 [18JN]

———provide for an update under the physician fee schedule to be fully paid for through medical liability reform, a pathway for biosimilar biological products, and other means (see H.R. 4138), H13352 [19NO]

———provide payment for anesthesia services by anesthesiologists in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as for services by anesthesiologist assistants and certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 2204), H5060 [30AP]

———provide payment to hospitals for costs of expanded advanced practice nurse training programs (see H.R. 3185), H8024 [13JY]

———provide payments for unscheduled physician telephone consultation services when such payments are cost and quality effective (see H.R. 3826), H11457 [15OC]

———provide physician incentive payments for efficient areas (see H.R. 2919), H6971 [17JN]

———provide that initial preventive physical examinations not be required for referrals for ultrasound screenings for abdominal aortic aneurysms and for such screenings for at-risk beneficiaries (see H.R. 1213), H2873 [26FE]

———recognize certain certified diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services (see H.R. 2425), H5665 [14MY]

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

———reform payments and coverage for hospice care (see H.R. 3454), H9276 [31JY]

———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] (see H.R. 1101), H1606 [13FE]

———remove limiting charges for non-participating physicians with beneficiary notice and preempt State laws that prohibit balance billing (see H.R. 1384), H3103 [9MR]

———remove restrictions on clinical psychologists or social workers providing services in outpatient rehabilitation facilities (see S. 56), S41 [6JA]

———transition to use of metropolitan statistical areas as fee schedule areas for physician fee schedule in California (see S. 1236), S6542 [11JN] (see H.R. 2820), H6617 [11JN]

———treatment of certain physician pathology services (see S. 947), S4963 [30AP] (see H.R. 2534), H5891 [20MY]

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

Medicare/Medicaid: amend qualifications of the director of food services of a skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 1636), H3704 [19MR]

———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]

———promote use of advance directives (see H.R. 3253), H8355 [17JY]

———provide the authorized representative of a deceased beneficiary full access to information with respect to the deceased beneficiary's benefits (see S. 1680), S9554 [17SE]

———require provider payments to be made through direct deposit or electronic funds transfer (EFT) at insured depository institutions (see S. 1521), S8196 [28JY] (see H.R. 3369), H8959 [28JY]

Mental health: establish national centers of excellence for the treatment of depressive and bipolar disorders (see S. 1857), S10700 [22OC] (see H.R. 4204), H13519 [3DE]

———increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see S. 999), S5281 [7MY] (see H.R. 1932), H4521 [2AP]

———increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (see S. 538), S2828 [5MR] (see H.R. 1361), H3054 [5MR]

———integrate services with physical health services, improve access to underserved areas, and provide grants to recruit mental health professionals (see S. 1188), S6185 [4JN] (see H.R. 1011), H1517 [12FE]

Mental Health America (organization): anniversary (see H. Res. 160), H1248 [11FE]

National Autism Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 349), H4582 [21AP]

National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 592), H7705 [26JN]

National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week: designate (see S. Res. 228), S8272 [29JY]

National Hydrocephalus Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 373), H4915 [28AP]

National Memory Screening Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 185), S6650 [16JN] (see H. Res. 910), H13069 [17NO]

National Nurses Week: recognize (see H. Res. 192), H2835 [25FE]

National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day: designate (see S. Res. 78), S3369 [18MR] (see H. Res. 247), H3438 [16MR]

National School Psychology Week: designate (see S. Res. 210), S7261 [8JY] (see S. Res. 351), S11344 [10NO] (see H. Res. 700), H9206 [30JY]

NIH: establish a pediatric research consortia (see H.R. 758), H778 [28JA]

Nurses: expand the advanced practice registered nurse workforce (see S. 1569), S8681 [3AU]

———fund comprehensive programs to ensure an adequate supply of nurses (see S. 1512), S8039 [23JY] (see H.R. 2731), H6264 [4JN]

———improve training and workforce development, promote and facilitate academic-practice collaborations, and enhance recruitment and retention of home healthcare nurses (see H.R. 1928), H4521 [2AP]

Occupational safety and health: encourage safe patient handling to reduce injuries to patients, direct-care registered nurses, and other health care workers (see H. Res. 510), H6265 [4JN]

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: include certain nongovernmental and volunteer firefighters, ground and air ambulance crew members, and first responders for certain benefits (see H.R. 2485), H5791 [19MY]

———include nonprofit and volunteer firefighters, ground and air ambulance crew members, and first responders for certain benefits (see S. 1353), S7070 [25JN]

———provide adequate benefits for public safety officers injured or killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 2441), H5665 [14MY]

Pharmaceuticals: 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]

Portland, ME: tribute to servicemen for rescue and Maine Medical Center staff for performance of open-heart surgery on Iraqi girl (see S. Res. 127), S5065 [4MY]

Public safety officers: authorize Federal payment to first responders for costs associated with providing emergency services at international borders (see H.R. 670), H525 [26JA]

———provide adequate benefits to officers injured or killed in the line of duty (see S. 1037), S5501 [14MY] (see S. 2885), S13319 [16DE] (see H.R. 4338), H15499 [16DE]

———provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see S. 1611), S8993 [6AU] (see H.R. 413), H161 [9JA]

———provide enhanced benefits to survivors of Federal officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 3833), H11457 [15OC]

———provide immunity from civil liability to first responders engaged in lawful efforts to prevent acts of terrorism (see H.R. 1343), H3054 [5MR]

Rural areas: provide practitioners with training in preventive health care (see S. 113), S42 [6JA]

Rural Health Quality Advisory Commission: establish (see H.R. 2599), H6011 [21MY]

School Social Work Week: designate (see S. Res. 58), S2558 [26FE] (see H. Res. 182), H2602 [23FE]

Senate: provide point of order on legislation that eliminates or reduces ability to keep health plan or choice of doctor or decreases enrollment in private insurance while increasing enrollment in government plan (see S. 1572), S8765 [4AU]

Senior citizens: attract and retain trained health care professionals and direct care workers dedicated to providing quality care to the growing population of older Americans (see S. 750), S4062 [31MR] (see H.R. 3098), H7704 [26JN]

———expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals (see S. 245), S388 [14JA] (see H.R. 468), H194 [13JA]

———provide greater health care freedom (see H.R. 164), H34 [6JA]

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

———credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service (see H.R. 769), H778 [28JA]

———enhance program and provider protections under the Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance programs (see H.R. 4390), H15501 [16DE]

———establish AmeriCare program to assure health insurance coverage to all residents (see H.R. 193), H35 [6JA]

———promote use of health information technology to better coordinate health care (see H.R. 3987), H12287 [3NO]

———provide additional resources for primary care services, create new Medicare service payment models, and expand provision of non-institutionally-based long-term services (see S. 1262), S6580 [15JN]

———provide equal coverage of mental health services under State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 77), S41 [6JA]

———provide transparency between physicians and manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologicals, or supplies paid for under Medicare, Medicaid, or the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 301), S786 [22JA] (see H.R. 3138), H7945 [9JY]

———report on access to primary care and efforts to avoid displacement of private coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance Program and urge use of surveys to measure physician access (see H.R. 298), H88 [8JA]

Society of Thoracic Surgeons: anniversary of National Database (see H. Con. Res. 202), H11712 [22OC]

States: allow voluntary development of qualifying best practices for health care and provide differential rates of payment favoring treatment consistent with such practices under Medicare and Medicaid (see S. 438), S2322 [13FE]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for volunteer members of volunteer firefighting and emergency medical service organizations (see S. 857), S4573 [22AP] (see H.R. 2601), H6011 [21MY]

———allow bad debt deduction to doctors to partially offset the cost of providing uncompensated care required under Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act amendments (see H.R. 1678), H3833 [24MR]

———allow credit for cost of insurance against negative outcomes from surgery and malpractice of a physician (see H.R. 1498), H3401 [12MR]

———allow medical care providers a credit for uncompensated emergency medical care and to allow hospitals a deduction for such care (see H.R. 1497), H3400 [12MR]

———allow refunds of Federal motor fuel excise taxes on fuels used in mobile mammography vehicles (see S. 2051), S10915 [29OC] (see H.R. 2964), H7084 [19JN]

———allow reimbursement from flexible spending accounts for certain dental procedures (see H.R. 1948), H4522 [2AP]

———allow tax-exempt bond financing for fixed-wing emergency medical aircraft (see S. 1497), S7868 [22JY] (see H.R. 880), H1043 [4FE]

———extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 3666), H10069 [29SE]

———improve ability of medical professionals to practice medicine and provide quality care to patients by providing a tax deduction for patient bad debt (see H.R. 2786), H6537 [10JN]

———increase deduction for the purchase of qualified health care information technology by medical care providers (see H.R. 1087), H1605 [13FE]

———modify exception from penalty for early withdrawals from government retirement plans for Federal and State qualified public safety employees (see H.R. 4239), H13628 (see H.R. 4239), H14371 [8DE]

———modify exception from penalty for early withdrawals from government retirement plans for qualified public safety employees (see S. 1657), S9186 [9SE] (see H.R. 721), H602 [27JA]

———provide a Federal income tax exclusion for assistance provided to participants in State student loan programs for certain health professionals (see S. 860), S4573 [22AP]

———provide more help to Alzheimer's disease caregivers (see H.R. 1192), H2834 [25FE]

———provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers (see H.R. 1792), H4128 [30MR]

Television: move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur (see S. 328), S826 [26JA] (see S. 352), S1057 [29JA]

———move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur (S. 352), consideration (see H. Res. 108), H919 [3FE]

———move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur and improve the digital-to-analog converter box program (see H.R. 681), H525 [26JA]

Tiller, George: condemn murder, express condolences to family, and reject intolerance and the use of violence as a response to a difference in beliefs (see H. Res. 505), H6265 [4JN]

———express condolences to family and reject the use of violence to prevent access to reproductive health care or as a response to a difference in beliefs (see S. Res. 187), S6720 [17JN]

U.S. Health Service: establish (see H.R. 3000), H7145 [23JN]

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]

Veterans: establish a commission to oversee services for post-traumatic stress and other mental health disorders, the Heroes-to-Healers Program, and grants for mental health provider recruitment (see S. 1429), S7317 [9JY]

———facilitate emergency medical services personnel training and certification curriculums (see S. 1154), S5820 [21MY]

———provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (see H.R. 3199), H8099 [14JY]

Veterans Health Administration: establish position of Director of Physical Therapy Service and a fellowship program for physical therapists in geriatrics, rehabilitation, and polytrauma care (see H.R. 1036), H1518 [12FE]

Volunteer workers: support recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel (see S. 822), S4311 [2AP]

Bulletins

Tell Congress—Remove Abortion Funding & Mandates From Needed Health Care Reform: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H12437 [5NO]

Cloture motions

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

E-mails

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

Eulogies

Kenneth P. (Joshua) Gorelick, S8032 [23JY]

Letters

Advanced practice registered nurse workforce expansion: several organizations, S8688 [3AU]

DTV Delay Act: Bob Wise, H589 [27JA]

———Brian Fontes, National Emergency Number Association, H989 [4FE]

———Chris Fischer, Association of Public-Safety Communications Officers-International, Russell B. Laine, International Association of Chiefs of Police, and Larry J. Grorud, International Association of Fire Chiefs, H989 [4FE]

———Christopher T. Gallu, NPG of Oregon, Inc., H589 [27JA]

———Chuck Canterbury, Fraternal Order of Police, H588 [27JA], H980, H992 [4FE]

———David K. Rehr, National Association of Broadcasters, H989 [4FE]

———Gary D. Jones, KMVU-TV (Medford, OR), H590 [27JA]

———Jerry Upham, KOHD-TV (Bend, OR), H589 [27JA]

———Kingsley Kelley, KTVL-TV (Medford, OR), H590 [27JA]

———Renard N. Maiuri, H589 [27JA]

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]

Health care choices for veterans: Raymond C. Kelley, AMVETS, H12556 [6NO]

———Thomas Zampieri, Blinded Veterans Association, H12557 [6NO]

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]

National centers of excellence for the treatment of depressive and bipolar disorders establishment: Charles F. Reynolds III, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, S10704 [22OC]

———David L. Shern, Mental Health America (organization), S10704 [22OC]

———Robert Gebbia and Paula J. Clayton, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, S10705 [22OC]

———Robert L. Hendren, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, S10705 [22OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Diann Howland and William Samuel, AFL-CIO, S13081 [12DE]

———several Palm Beach Cardiovascular Clinic physicians, S13606 [20DE]

———several State and national speciality medical societies, S12857 [10DE]

———several surgeon and anethesiologist organizations, S12857 [10DE]

Physicians with whom Medtronic, Inc., has consulting agreements for INFUSE (medical device): Senator Grassley, Committee on Finance (Senate), S5609 [19MY]

Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act: Carlo J. DiMarco, American Osteopathic Association, S6045 [3JN]

———Jan D. Zieren, American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, S6045 [3JN]

———Rose Gonzalez, American Nurses Association, S6045 [3JN]

Prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan: C. Everett Koop, S11087 [4NO]

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]

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 Black Caucus Health and Wellness Taskforce benchmarks for the 111th Congress, H5695 [18MY]

Deaths of individuals attributed to not seeking treatment due to a lack of health insurance identified by congressional districts, H12351-H12353 [4NO]

Minnesota and national organizations supporting S. 2904, Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act, S13389 [17DE]

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

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

Organizations supporting S. 1173, Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act, S6035 [3JN]

Physician organizations opposing H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S12857 [10DE]

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

Motions

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

Television: move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur (S. 352), H995 [4FE]

Press releases

Alaska Physicians' Group—Senator Erred on Tort Reform: Alaska State Medical Association, S13775 [22DE]

Health Care Reform Is About Saving Lives, Not Destroying Them: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H12437 [5NO]

MAG in Group Representing 92,000 Doctors Opposing Senate Health Bill: Medical Association of Georgia, S13562 [20DE]

More Americans Acquiring Medical Infections and Experiencing Medical Errors: Consumer Reports (publication), S4138 [1AP]

Proclamations

Tribute to Texas Nurses Association: Representative Cuellar, E1034 [30AP]

Remarks in House

Abortion: require parental notification and intervention for minors seeking an abortion, H6526 [10JN]

Advisory Committee on Health Workforce Evaluation and Assessment: monitor adequacy of health care workforce and report workforce shortages, H14861 [14DE]

Alexandria, LA: inclusion of Rapides Regional Medical Center on Thomson Reuters (company) 100 Top Hospitals list, E3050 [17DE]

American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin: tribute, E1332 [8JN]

American Dental Association: anniversary (H. Res. 204), H5420-H5422 [12MY]

American Red Cross: anniversary of Inland Northwest Chapter, E1446 [17JN]

American University of Beirut: tribute to Medical Center designation as magnet facility by American Nurses Credentialing Center, E2855 [1DE]

Antitrust policy: exempt from Federal antitrust laws in negotiations with health plans and health insurance issuers (H.R. 1493), E655 [12MR]

Athletic trainers: tribute, E559 [5MR], E758 [24MR]

Baddoura, Walid J.: St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center Foundation Kendrick P. Lance, MD Distinguished Physician Award recipient, E2585 [20OC]

Baltimore, MD: tribute to Johns Hopkins Center for Innovative Medicine Aliki Initiative, E2522 [14OC]

Bay Pines, FL: Bay Pines Hospital recipient of Dept. of Veterans Affairs Robert W. Carey Trophy for Performance Excellence Award, E2645 [28OC]

Beaverton, OR: tribute to Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center, E2115 [31JY]

Big Sur, CA: anniversary of Big Sur Health Center, E1706 [9JY]

Binghamton, NY: express condolences for victims of shootings at the American Civic Association and gratitude to responders to the shootings, and commend services of the American Civic Association (H. Res. 340), H4655 [22AP], H4848-H4850 [28AP]

Bisbee, AZ: anniversary of Copper Queen Community Hospital, E2410 [1OC]

Blood Management Awareness Week: support goals and ideals, E2681 [2NO]

Bronxville, NY: anniversary of Lawrence Hospital Center, E988 [27AP]

Buck, Meredith: International Committee of the Red Cross Florence Nightingale Award recipient, E1409 [15JN]

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

Children and youth: establish certain requirements relative to provision of services to minors by certain family planning projects, H11150 [8OC]

———provide additional resources for efforts of community coalitions, health care providers, parents, and others to prevent and reduce underage drinking (H.R. 1028), H1277 [12FE]

Clarence Center, NY: express condolences for victims and gratitude to emergency responders of Continental Flight 3407 crash, H1588 [13FE]

———express condolences for victims and gratitude to emergency responders of Continental Flight 3407 crash (H. Res. 183), H2806-H2808 [25FE], E465, E466 [26FE]

Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act: impact on facilities, H3743 [23MR]

Columbus, OH: tribute to American Red Cross Greater Columbus chapter, E970 [23AP]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H5695-H5700 [18MY]

Courts: reform the medical malpractice and liability system, H9554, H9555, H9557 [16SE]

Cowart, Roger: Scottsdale Healthcare (organization) ``Salute to Military'' honoree, E2967 [11DE]

Crisislink (organization): anniversary, E944 [22AP]

Dallas, TX: anniversary of White Rock Lake Doctors Hospital, E2341 [23SE]

Demler, Tammie L.: Pharmacists Society of the State of New York Bowl of Hygeia award recipient, E1843 [20JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a grant program to promote efforts to develop, implement, and sustain veterinary services (H.R. 3519), H9917 [24SE]

Dept. of Defense: assess feasibility and efficacy of providing service members with post-deployment mental health screening, H7373 [25JN]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants to increase the number of qualified nursing faculty, H1561 [13FE]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

———tribute to Area Health Education Centers, E778 [25MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: make grants to first responders, H11403, H11404 [15OC]

———Metropolitan Medical Response System funding, H7183 [24JN]

———tribute to employees, partners at all levels of government, and other emergency response providers for efforts and contributions to protect and secure the Nation (H. Res. 731), H10078-H10080 [30SE], H10433 [1OC], H11080 [7OC], E2401 [30SE], E2421, E2423 [1OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Education and Debt Reduction Program funding, H7983 [10JY]

———establish position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the Office of the Under Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Health, H8817 [27JY]

———establish position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the Office of the Under Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Health (H.R. 1302), E548 [4MR]

———quality of health care administered at health care facilities, H7114 [23JN]

Diseases: continue research into causes, treatment, education, and an eventual cure for diabetes, commend those involved, and support designation of Latino Diabetes Awareness Month (H. Res. 69), H8451-H8455 [21JY]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (H.R. 3286), H11373 [14OC], E1887 [22JY], E2335 [22SE]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in women, H14846 [14DE]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (H.R. 1740), H3720 [23MR], H11093-H11101 [7OC], H11388 [15OC], E2666 [29OC]

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

———reauthorize and enhance programs to increase awareness and knowledge with respect to gynecologic cancers (H.R. 2941), E1491 [18JN]

District of Columbia: Whitman-Walker Clinic funding, E204 [4FE]

Doctors: replacement rate, H8188 [16JY]

Education: provide for a competitive loan repayment program for primary care physicians volunteering part-time at community health centers (H.R. 1185), E413 [25FE]

———provide for a loan repayment program for faculty members at programs of general dentistry or pediatric dentistry to alleviate faculty shortages (H.R. 1930), E855 [2AP]

FAA: increase safety for crew and passengers on an aircraft providing emergency medical services, H5922, H5923 [21MY]

Garner, NC: express condolences to families and friends of victims of explosion at ConAgra Foods, Inc., plant and commend those who responded to the tragedy (H. Res. 540), H6776, H6778 [15JN]

Gatlin, Chris: Louisana State Nurses Association Nurse of the Year award recipient, E900 [21AP]

Ged, Eugene C.: St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center Foundation William F. Johnson Award recipient, E2575 [20OC]

Germany: tribute to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Hospital personnel, E2766 [16NO]

Grand Blanc, MI: tribute to staff of Genesys Regional Medical Center, E1207 [19MY]

Health: address critical shortages of primary care physicians, H3741-H3744 [23MR]

———deaths of individuals attributed to not seeking treatment due to a lack of health insurance, H11558 [21OC], H12031-H12034 [28OC], H12350-H12355 [4NO], H13119 [18NO]

———encourage use of electronic medical records, H6614 [11JN]

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

———ensure benefits be provided to first responders directly impacted by the terrorist attack in New York, NY, H13269 [19NO]

———ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers, H12889 [7NO]

———ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers (H.R. 3596), E2318 [17SE]

———establish certain requirements for any national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3700), H10443-H10445 [1OC], H11578 [21OC]

———establish guidelines to enhance use and interoperability of electronic medical records with personal health records, including for purposes of Medicare and Medicaid payment incentives (H.R. 4216), E2897 [7DE]

———establish health savings accounts for all citizens, H11577 [21OC], H13038-H13042 [17NO]

———establish health savings accounts for all citizens, provide health savings account and high deductible health plan payments in lieu of certain benefits, and require immigrants to have same such plans (H.R. 3478), H12134, H12137 [29OC]

———guarantee rights of patients and doctors against Federal restrictions or delay in the provision of privately-funded health care, H6608, H6609 [11JN]

———guarantee rights of patients and doctors against Federal restrictions or delay in the provision of privately-funded health care (H.R. 2516), H5897 [21MY], H8160 [15JY], H11823 [27OC], E1222 [20MY]

———health information technology funding, H1293, H1294 [12FE], H3511, H3512 [17MR]

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

———impact of preventative care on cancer rates, H8191 [16JY]

———improve access to emergency medical services and provide additional Medicare physician payments for such services (H.R. 1188), E2868 [2DE]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system, H6606, H6607 [11JN], H8065 [14JY]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 1086), H9712-H9715 [17SE]

———improve access to health care services in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas by addressing the supply and distribution of health professionals in areas of need, H10074 [30SE]

———improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to patients with life-threatening conditions, H9261 [31JY]

———improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to patients with life-threatening conditions (H.R. 2911), E1474 [17JN]

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

———increase number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and improve patient access to primary care services (H.R. 2350), H6612 [11JN], H7744 [8JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2520), H9798 [22SE], H11808 [27OC], H12260 [3NO], E2045 [28JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3889), H11574 [21OC], H11802 [27OC], H12276 [3NO], H12592 [7NO], H13331 [19NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 4038), H12859, H12860, H12888 [7NO]

———prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan, H8104 [15JY], H8281-H8287 [16JY], H8571, H8572 [22JY], H8590, H8701 [23JY], H12221, H12222, H12229, H12231 [3NO], H12338 [4NO], H12434-H12441 [5NO], H12551, H12562 [6NO], H12921-H12927 [7NO], E2775 [16NO], E2779 [17NO], E2823 [19NO]

———promote adoption of health information technology, H517 [26JA]

———protect privacy of patients and physicians relative to electronic health records (H.R. 2630), E1242 [21MY]

———protect rights of patients and health care providers relative to provision of health care without violating their religious beliefs or moral convictions, H12224 [3NO]

———provide for use of improved health information technology with respect to certain safety net health care providers (H.R. 3124), H14861 [14DE]

———provide health care liability reform (H.R. 1468), H7727 [7JY]

———provide health insurance education and outreach, in coordination with the SBA, to hard-to-reach communities, H12844 [7NO]

———reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform, H8907 [28JY], H9499 [15SE], H9638 [16SE], H11293, H11294 [13OC], H11377 [14OC], H11565-H11567 [21OC], H11779, H11780, H11782 [26OC], H12260, H12265, H12285 [3NO], H12337 [4NO], H12369, H12446 [5NO], H12606, H12620, H12841, H12856, H12882, H12888, H12956 [7NO], H13048, H13050, H13056 [17NO], E2151 [31JY]

———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]

———require Federal elected officials favoring a public, federally-run health insurance option to forgo participation in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and enroll in such option, H8421 [21JY]

———restore reliability to the medical justice system by fostering alternatives to medical tort litigation, H8885 [28JY]

———strengthen privacy protections for consumer access to electronic medical records, H1027 [4FE], H3740 [23MR]

———terminate all Government-administered health benefits for Members of Congress until comprehensive health care reform is enacted into law (H.R. 4230), H13523 [7DE], E2911 [8DE]

———urge Members of Congress favoring a public, federally-run health insurance option to forgo participation in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and agree to enroll in such option, H8440 [21JY], H12222 [3NO], H12368 [5NO]

———urge Members of Congress favoring a public, federally-run health insurance option to forgo participation in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and agree to enroll in such option (H. Res. 615), H7840, H7930, H7931 [9JY], H8014 [13JY], H8104 [15JY], H8887 [28JY], H9183, H9184 [30JY], H9348 [9SE], H9956 [24SE], H11823, H11863 [27OC]

Health care facilities: prohibit physician ownership in new hospitals and limit the growth of existing physician-owned hospitals, H8559 [22JY]

———support physician-owned hospitals, H12853 [7NO]

HealthSouth Corp.: tribute to HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospitals of New Jersey, E1282 [2JN]

Home health care service; funding, H12122 [29OC]

House of Representatives: moment of silence in memory of victims of shootings at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, NY, H4655 [22AP]

Insurance: require coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (H.R. 1691), H3759 [24MR], E2456 [6OC], E2666 [29OC]

———require group health plans and issuers of health insurance coverage to provide coverage for second opinions (H.R. 2457), E1182 [18MY]

———require health plans to provide direct access to services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists without a referral (H.R. 2940), E1497 [18JN]

Jhpiego (organization): anniversary, E1290 [3JN]

Johnson, Everett: Stanislaus Medical Society John Darroch Memorial Award for Outstanding Physician recipient, E1267 [2JN]

Johnson, Nancy J.: Scottsdale Healthcare (organization) ``Salute to Military'' honoree, E2782 [17NO]

Johnson, Steven P.: American Hospital Association Grassroots Champion Award for Pennsylvania recipient, H5272 [6MY]

Johnson City, TN: anniversary of Appalachian Christian Village Inc., E1836 [17JY]

Kaltenborn, K.C.: Congregation Beth Shalom, Anchorage, AK, Shining Lights Award recipient, E1050 [4MY]

Kirsner, Joseph B.: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 304), E48 [8JA]

Laredo, TX: anniversary of Ruthe B. Cowl Rehabilitation Center, E2989 [14DE]

Livonia, MI: anniversary of St. Mary Mercy Hospital, H10488 [6OC]

Mayo Clinic: tribute, H10525 [7OC]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (H.R. 1625), E2810 [19NO], E2872 [2DE]

———ensure adequate numbers of physicians to meet needs of patients, H8065 [14JY]

———require States to report information on payments to abortion providers (H.R. 1981), H4589 [22AP]

Medicare: allow for certain physician-owned hospitals, H260, H261 [14JA]

———create a value indexing mechanism for the physician work component of the physician fee schedule, H6976 [18JN], H7151 [24JN], H7745 [8JY], H8492 [21JY], H12207 [3NO]

———deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices (H.R. 684), H7130 [23JN]

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

———eliminate gap in coverage of prescription drug benefit, H7025 [19JN], H7130 [23JN]

———establish shared decision making standards and requirements and a pilot program for the implementation of shared decision making (H.R. 2580), E1236 [21MY]

———home health services funding, H11715 [23OC], H12339 [4NO], E2225 [9SE]

———improve fairness and reduce regional inequities in reimbursement payments to providers, H8033 [14JY], H8438, H8490, H8492 [21JY], H12262 [3NO], H12882, H12884, H12900, H12955 [7NO], E2155 [31JY]

———modernize quality improvement organization (QIO) program (H.R. 2858), H7841 [9JY]

———modify physician reimbursement policies to ensure a future physician workforce, H517, H521 [26JA], H3744 [23MR], H11574, H11575 [21OC], H11725 [23OC], H12121 [29OC]

———preserve access to ambulance services (H.R. 2443), E1158 [14MY]

———preventative services insurance coverage, H11699 [22OC]

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

———provide certain beneficiaries suffering from multiple chronic conditions with access to medical services in lower cost treatment settings under a professionally developed care plan (H.R. 2560), E1236 [21MY]

———provide coverage for consultations regarding orders for life sustaining treatment and provide grants for development and expansion of programs for such orders (H.R. 1898), H4065 [30MR], E865 [2AP]

———provide coverage for end-of-life planning consultations, H8811 [27JY]

———provide physician incentive payments for efficient areas (H.R. 2919), E1477 [17JN]

———recognize certain certified diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services (H.R. 2425), E2810 [19NO], E2872 [2DE]

———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/Medicaid: amend qualifications of the director of food services of a skilled nursing facility (H.R. 1636), E728 [19MR]

Mental health: establish national centers of excellence for the treatment of depressive and bipolar disorders (H.R. 4204), E2888 [3DE]

———increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (H.R. 1932), E872 [2AP]

———increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (H.R. 1361), E578 [5MR], E583 [6MR]

Middletown Township, PA: anniversary of Penndel-Middletown Emergency Squad, E1199 [19MY]

Minnesota: tribute to Children's Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota, H9538 [15SE]

Mitchell, Gary: Asian American Medical Association Crystal Glove Award recipient, E2692 [3NO]

Murphy, Patricia: Union County, NJ, Commission on the Status of Women Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E750 [24MR]

National Autism Awareness Month: designate (H. Res. 349), E1043 [30AP]

———observance, H4917 [29AP]

National Hydrocephalus Awareness Month: designate (H. Res. 373), H8842, H8843 [27JY], H9016 [29JY], E1000 [28AP]

National Nurses Week: observance, E856 [2AP], E1096 [7MY], E1141 [13MY]

———recognize (H. Res. 192), H5418-H5420 [12MY]

National Public Safety Telecommunications Week: observance, E1153 [14MY]

National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day: designate (H. Res. 247), H4612, H4613 [22AP], H4719 [23AP]

National School Psychology Week: designate (H. Res. 700), H12487, H12488 [6NO], E2755 [9NO]

National Therapeutic Recreation Week: observance, H9247 [31JY]

New England College of Optometry: tribute, E1621 [26JN]

New Haven, CT: anniversary of Hill Health Center, E1111 [11MY]

New York, NY: anniversary of United Healthcare Workers East Local 1199 of the Service Employees International Union, E3035 [17DE]

Northern Mariana Islands: lack of proper health care equipment, H9554 [16SE]

Nurses: tribute, H5448 [12MY]

Ohio State University Medical Center: inclusion in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ``Honor Roll'' hospital list, E1882 [22JY]

O'Rourke, Melinda: Golden, CO, Rotary Club Ethics in Business Award recipient, E1107 [7MY]

Ottawa County, MI: tribute to American Red Cross Ottawa County chapter, E2541 [15OC]

Patient Safety Day: observance, E1909 [23JY]

Pennsylvania: anniversary of Volunteer Medical Services Corps of Lower Merion, Narberth and the Conshohockens, E894 [21AP]

Pikeville College: inclusion of School of Osteopathic Medicine in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ``Best Rural Medicine Medical Schools'' list, E2983 [11DE]

Pomeroy, Claire: United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Sacramento, CA, Humanitarian of the Year award recipient, E1160 [14MY]

Port Jefferson, NY: anniversary of Port Jefferson Volunteer Ambulance Corps, E46 [8JA]

Prince William County, VA: tribute to Prince William Regional Chamber of Commerce Valor Award recipients, E730, E731 [19MR]

Public safety officers: authorize Federal payment to first responders for costs associated with providing emergency services at international borders (H.R. 670), E160 [28JA]

RxIMPACT Day: tribute, E1448 [17JN]

SBA: extend Small Business Health Information Technology Financing Program participation eligibility period, H12105 [29OC]

School Social Work Week: designate (H. Res. 182), H3769, H3770 [24MR]

Schumacher, Cathie: Congregation Beth Shalom, Anchorage, AK, Shining Lights Award recipient, E1050 [4MY]

Senior citizens: provide greater health care freedom (H.R. 164), E15 [6JA]

Social Security: establish AmeriCare program to assure health insurance coverage to all residents (H.R. 193), E22 [6JA]

———require States modify physician reimbursement policies relative to State Children's Health Insurance Program, H931 [4FE]

Southampton, NY: anniversary of Southampton Hospital, E1007 [29AP]

St. Cloud, MN: inclusion of St. Cloud Hospital on Thomson Reuters (company) 100 Top Hospitals list, E1249, E1253 [21MY]

St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing: anniversary, H4721 [23AP]

Stillwater, MN: inclusion of Lakeview Hospital on Thomson Reuters (company) 100 Top Hospitals list, E1249, E1253 [21MY]

Taxation: allow credit for cost of insurance against negative outcomes from surgery and malpractice of a physician (H.R. 1498), E665 [12MR]

———allow medical care providers a credit for uncompensated emergency medical care and to allow hospitals a deduction for such care (H.R. 1497), E657 [12MR]

———increase deduction for the purchase of qualified health care information technology by medical care providers (H.R. 1087), H10442 [1OC], H12105 [29OC]

Television: move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur (S. 328), H584-H593 [27JA], H606 [28JA], E161, E164 [28JA], E172 [2FE]

———move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur (S. 352), H984-H997 [4FE], E219, E223 [9FE], E240 [11FE], E271 [13FE]

———move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur (S. 352), consideration (H. Res. 108), H976-H984 [4FE]

———move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur (S. 352), motion to commit, H995 [4FE]

———move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur and improve the digital-to-analog converter box program (H.R. 681), E164 [28JA]

———require stations currently using spectrum that will interfere with or become public safety spectrum to relinquish spectrum by previously established transition date, H995 [4FE]

Texas: tribute to portable inflatable hospitals for role in disaster preparedness, E914 [21AP]

Tiller, George: condemn murder, express condolences to family, and reject intolerance and the use of violence as a response to a difference in beliefs (H. Res. 505), H6318, H6320-H6325, H6328 [9JN], E1375 [11JN], E1395 [12JN]

Tucson, AZ: tribute to El Rio Community Health Center nursing staff, E1069 [6MY]

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]

University of Minnesota: tribute to Medical Devices Center, H13375 [1DE]

University of Washington: inclusion of medical school in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ``Best Primary Care Medical Schools'' list, E1040 [30AP]

Veterans: health care choices, H12556 [6NO], H12848 [7NO]

———health care funding, H3698-H3700 [19MR], H4421 [2AP], H6142, H6144 [3JN], H14465, H14466 [10DE]

———provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (H.R. 3199), E1760 [14JY]

Virginia, MN: tribute to Virginia Regional Medical Center RehabCare team bicycle helmet safety outreach program, E1128 [12MY], E1195 [19MY]

Visiting Nurse Services of Connecticut, Inc.: anniversary, E1334 [8JN]

Whaley, Diana: International Red Cross Florence Nightingale Medal recipient, E1527 [23JN]

Winter Haven, FL: Winter Haven Hospital designated an American Nurses Credentialing Center nursing magnet hospital, E651 [12MR]

Woodbridge, VA: Greater Prince William Community Health Center funding, H5102 [5MY]

Remarks in Senate

American Academy of Ophthalmology: anniversary of ethics code, S9729 [23SE]

Arkansas: improve access, quality, and affordability of health care for State residents, S4626 [23AP]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: 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]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: actuarial report on impact of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, on Medicare and Medicaid programs, S13088-S13092 [12DE]

Children's Dental Health Month: support (S. Con. Res. 8), S2501 [25FE]

Clarence Center, NY: express condolences for victims and gratitude to emergency responders of Continental Flight 3407 crash, S2262, S2263 [13FE]

Cleveland, OH: commend efforts of health care professionals and volunteers to provide free health care to the underinsured and uninsured, S8526 [30JY]

Dean, Tom: National Rural Health Association Practitioner of the Year award recipient, S5905 [1JN]

Dept. of Defense: require emergency contraception to be available at all military health care treatment facilities (S. 2904), S13388 [17DE]

Dept. of Education: award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (S. 1345), S7009 [24JN]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dept. of Labor: establish a safe patient handling and injury prevention standard to reduce injuries to patients, direct-care registered nurses, and other health care workers (S. 1788), S10488 [15OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance ability to recruit and retain health care administrators and providers in underserved rural areas, S11326 [10NO]

———enhance capacity to recruit and retain nurses and other critical health care professionals (S. 252), S599 [15JA], S11544 [19NO]

———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]

———improve collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees (S. 362), S1127 [30JA]

———improve quality of care provided to veterans in departmental medical facilities and encourage highly qualified doctors to serve in hard-to-fill positions in such medical facilities, S11023 [3NO]

———improve quality of care provided to veterans in departmental medical facilities and encourage highly qualified doctors to serve in hard-to-fill positions in such medical facilities (S. 246), S394 [14JA]

———waive charges for humanitarian care provided to family members accompanying severely injured veterans receiving medical care and provide assistance to family caregivers (S. 801), S4350 [2AP], S11262 [9NO], S11544 [19NO]

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (S. 1492), S7884 [22JY], S9584 [21SE]

Durham, NC: tribute to the Duke Eye Center, S3367 [18MR]

Education: establish and carry out a pediatric specialty loan repayment program (S. 1206), S6266 [8JN]

———make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health professions loan programs (S. 59), S63 [6JA]

———provide improved training and primary care (S. 1720), S9870 [25SE]

Employment: establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals (S. 1173), S6033 [3JN]

———protect volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel responding to national emergencies or disasters from termination or demotion in their places of employment (S. 1025), S5375 [12MY]

Federal employees: authorize the use of clinical social workers to conduct evaluations to determine work-related emotional and mental illnesses (S. 50), S58 [6JA]

Foreign countries: analysis of universal health care coverage plans, S12501-S12504 [5DE]

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]

———collect and analyze data through a key national indicator system to provide greater transparency and accountability for health care spending, S11138 [5NO]

———eligibility of physician group practices for electronic medical records technology incentives, S1670, S1671 [5FE]

———enhance adoption of a nationwide interoperable health information technology system to improve health care quality, reduce medical errors, and increase efficiency of care, S11133, S11134 [5NO]

———ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers, S11075 [4NO], S11908 [21NO], S12030 [1DE], S13694 [21DE]

———ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers (S. 1681), S9556 [17SE], S10628-S10630 [21OC]

———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]

———exempt nonprofit organizations with high payout rates from health insurance provider annual fees, S13692 [21DE]

———health information technology funding, S1242 [2FE], S1510-S1512 [4FE], S1783, S1793, S1834, S1859 [6FE], S2197-S2199 [12FE]

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

———improve access to health care services in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas by addressing the supply and distribution of health professionals in areas of need, S12654 [8DE], S13626 [20DE]

———improve access to health care services in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas by addressing the supply and distribution of health professionals in areas of need (S. 790), S4320 [2AP]

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

———improve health care fraud enforcement, S13692 [21DE]

———improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to patients with life-threatening conditions (S. 1150), S5862 [21MY]

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

———increase number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and improve patient access to primary care services (S. 1174), S6035 [3JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S5899 [1JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1099), S5715 [20MY], S10300-S10306 [8OC], S10807 [28OC], S11939 [21NO], S12037, S12038, S12060 [1DE], S12106 [2DE], S12513, S12514 [5DE], S13140 [13DE], S13483 [19DE], S13577 [20DE]

———prohibit abortions from being defined a preventive service, S12130 [2DE], S12274, S12277 [3DE]

———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 Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan, S11087 [4NO], S11822 [19NO]

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

———promote development of health care cooperatives to help businesses pool the health care purchasing power of employers (S. 1165), S5948 [2JN]

———protect rights of patients and health care providers relative to provision of health care without violating their religious beliefs or moral convictions, S4287 [2AP]

———provide a point of order against legislation that eliminates the ability to keep health plans or choice of doctor, S4286 [2AP]

———provide a point of order against legislation that eliminates the ability to keep health plans or choice of doctor and prohibit legislation that increases enrollment in Government-managed health care, S4648-S4650, S4656 [23AP]

———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 use of improved health information technology with respect to certain safety net health care providers (S. 890), S4694 [23AP]

———reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform, S8242 [29JY], S10415 [14OC], S10533, S10538-S10542, S10560 [20OC], S11837 [20NO], S11954 [21NO], S11996 [30NO], S12109-S12112, S12125, S12137-S12139, S12146 [2DE], S12496-S12501, S12504, S12505, S12508 [5DE], S12523-S12528, S12532-S12543 [6DE], S13774 [22DE]

———require Federal elected officials favoring a public, federally-run health insurance option to forgo participation in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and enroll in such option, S13804-S13806 [23DE]

———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]

———strengthen privacy protections for consumer access to electronic medical records, S1426 [3FE], S2016 [9FE], S2303 [13FE]

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

———expand pilot program for national and State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities or providers, S12699 [8DE]

———expand pilot program for national and State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities or providers (S. 631), S3375 [18MR]

———extend Federal Tort Claims Act medical malpractice coverage to non-physician employees and officers of free clinics, S13692 [21DE]

———extend Federal Tort Claims Act medical malpractice coverage to non-physician employees and officers of free clinics (S. 1578), S8866 [5AU]

———provide patient-centered medical homes to improve effectiveness and efficiency in medical assistance under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 1114), S5729 [20MY]

Immigration: provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities, S7242 [8JY]

———provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities (S. 628), S3373 [18MR]

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]

Insurance: repeal antitrust exemption for health insurance and medical malpractice insurance, S13073 [12DE]

———review mergers and repeal antitrust exemption for health insurance companies and establish a medical insurance rate authority, S10976 [2NO]

Jhpiego (organization): anniversary, S5610 [19MY]

Law enforcement: improve health care fraud enforcement, S11908 [21NO], S12689, S12690 [8DE], S13363 [17DE]

———improve health care fraud enforcement (S. 1959), S10852-S10854 [28OC]

———provide increased penalties for health care fraud (S. 1843), S10703 [22OC]

Lewis, Cathy: Voices of Ohio's Children (organization) Champion for Children Award recipient, S5063 [4MY]

Marion, IL: allegations of malpractice at Marion VA Medical Center, S11023 [3NO]

McDowell, Ephraim: anniversary of first successful ovariotomy, S11285 [9NO]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (S. 654), S3565 [19MR]

———improve access to advanced practice nurses and physicians' assistants (S. 63), S66 [6JA]

———pharmacy reimbursement rate for certain generic drugs, S13778 [22DE]

———physician reimbursement rate, S11835, S11836, S11837 [20NO]

———provide coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics (S. 53), S59 [6JA]

———provide for optional coverage of nurse home visitation services, S13008 [11DE]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (H.R. 1670), S8121-S8124 [27JY]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (S. 683), S3675 [24MR]

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

———create a value indexing mechanism for the physician work component of the physician fee schedule, S11036 [3NO], S11865 [20NO]

———create a value indexing mechanism for the physician work component of the physician fee schedule (S. 1249), S9361-S9363 [15SE]

———deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices (S. 330), S894 [27JA]

———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]

———ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (S. 2814), S11885 [20NO]

———establish a demonstration project to examine whether community-level public health interventions can result in lower rates of chronic disease for individuals entering the program (S. 1181), S6189 [4JN]

———establish an accountable care organization pilot program to reduce the growth of expenditures and improve health outcomes, S11133, S11137, S11138 [5NO]

———establish Independence at Home Chronic Care Coordination Demonstration Project, S11910 [21NO], S13852 [23DE]

———establish Independence at Home Chronic Care Coordination Demonstration Project (S. 1131), S5829 [21MY]

———establish shared decision making standards and requirements and a pilot program for the implementation of shared decision making (S. 1133), S5836 [21MY]

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

———improve access to health care for beneficiaries in rural areas, S10599 [21OC]

———improve access to health care for beneficiaries in rural areas (S. 318), S835 [26JA]

———improve access to health care for beneficiaries in rural areas (S. 1355), S7077 [25JN], S7185 [7JY]

———improve fairness and reduce regional inequities in reimbursement payments to providers, S13773 [22DE], S13849 [23DE]

———improve quality and efficiency through measurement of readmission rates and resource use and provide payments to certain groups of providers and suppliers for hospitalization relative to high cost diagnoses (S. 295), S723 [21JA]

———improve the provision of services to beneficiaries in rural areas (S. 712), S3899 [26MR]

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

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

———permit pass-through payment of costs for nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals (S. 1585), S8871 [5AU]

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

———prevent payments being lost to fraud, waste, or abuse (S. 2774), S11385 [16NO]

———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]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers, S7608 [16JY]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (S. 1157), S5898 [1JN], S5994 [3JN], S8756 [4AU]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (S. 54), S59 [6JA]

———provide coverage of intensive lifestyle treatment (S. 1640), S9043 [6AU]

———reduce coverage gap in prescription drug coverage through savings resulting from medical malpractice tort reform, S13592 [20DE]

———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 restrictions on clinical psychologists or social workers providing services in outpatient rehabilitation facilities (S. 56), S61 [6JA]

———transition to the use of metropolitan statistical areas as fee schedule areas for the physician fee schedule in California (S. 1236), S6545 [11JN]

———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]

Meharry Medical College: tribute, S6181 [4JN]

Mental health: establish national centers of excellence for the treatment of depressive and bipolar disorders (S. 1857), S10704 [22OC]

———increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (S. 999), S5284 [7MY]

———increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (S. 538), S2836 [5MR]

———integrate services with physical health services, improve access to underserved areas, and provide grants to recruit mental health professionals (S. 1188), S6201 [4JN]

Moore, Andrew: American Red Cross, Bluegrass Chapter Fayette County, KY, Hero of the Year award recipient, S5278 [7MY]

Moultrie, GA: anniversary of Colquitt Regional Medical Center, S10680 [22OC]

National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week: designate (S. Res. 228), S8499 [29JY]

National Memory Screening Day: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 185), S6655 [16JN]

National Nurses Week: observance, S5279 [7MY], S5346 [12MY]

National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day: designate (S. Res. 78), S3379 [18MR]

National School Psychology Week: designate (S. Res. 351), S11355 [10NO]

Nurses: expand the advanced practice registered nurse workforce (S. 1569), S8688 [3AU]

———fund comprehensive programs to ensure an adequate supply of nurses (S. 1512), S8042 [23JY]

———workforce development programs funding, S5346 [12MY]

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: include nonprofit and volunteer firefighters, ground and air ambulance crew members, and first responders for certain benefits, S10285 [8OC]

———include nonprofit and volunteer firefighters, ground and air ambulance crew members, and first responders for certain benefits (S. 1353), S7077 [25JN]

Perez, Thomas E.: impact of views on immigration and limited English-proficiency individuals' health care services on suitability to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, S10126-S10129 [6OC]

Portland, ME: tribute to servicemen for rescue and Maine Medical Center staff for performance of open-heart surgery on Iraqi girl (S. Res. 127), S5085 [4MY]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (S. 1611), S9012 [6AU]

Rural areas: home health agencies funding, S1800 [6FE]

———improve access to and delivery of health services, S2012 [9FE]

———provide practitioners with training in preventive health care (S. 113), S86 [6JA]

San Francisco, CA: anniversary of San Francisco VA Medical Center, S9178 [9SE]

School Social Work Week: designate (S. Res. 58), S2595 [27FE]

Senate: provide point of order on legislation that eliminates or reduces ability to keep health plan or choice of doctor or decreases enrollment in private insurance while increasing enrollment in government plan (S. 1572), S8779 [4AU], S8786 [5AU]

Senior citizens: attract and retain trained health care professionals and direct care workers dedicated to providing quality care to the growing population of older Americans (S. 750), S4073 [31MR], S9584 [21SE]

———expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals (S. 245), S393 [14JA]

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]

———provide additional resources for primary care services, create new Medicare service payment models, and expand provision of non-institutionally-based long-term services (S. 1262), S6589 [15JN]

———provide equal coverage of mental health services under State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 77), S83 [6JA]

———provide transparency between physicians and manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologicals, or supplies paid for under Medicare, Medicaid, or the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 301), S787-S789 [22JA], S9729 [23SE]

St. Michael's College: tribute to St. Michael's Fire and Rescue student volunteers, S165 [7JA]

States: impact of national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures on State employees' self-insurance plans, S13774 [22DE]

———permit use of tax credits to negotiate health care premium rates, S13862 [23DE]

Taxation: allow tax-exempt bond financing for fixed-wing emergency medical aircraft (S. 1497), S7887 [22JY]

———prohibit excise tax on certain health insurance plans, S13011 [11DE]

Television: move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur (S. 328), S847-S849 [26JA]

———move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur (S. 352), S1050, S1051 [29JA]

———move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur, unanimous-consent request, S657 [16JA]

Tiller, George: express condolences to family and reject the use of violence to prevent access to reproductive health care or as a response to a difference in beliefs (S. Res. 187), S6770 [18JN]

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]

University of Maryland, Baltimore County: tribute to first graduating class of Erickson School for Management of Aging Services, S1863 [6FE]

Veterans: facilitate emergency medical services personnel training and certification curriculums (S. 1154), S11361 [16NO]

———health care funding, S4247, S4266 [2AP], S11316 [10NO]

Reports filed

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]

Consideration of S. 352, DTV Delay Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 108) (H. Rept. 111-11), H919 [3FE]

Dept. of Justice Transmittal of Certain Documents, Records, Memos, Correspondence, and Other Communications Regarding Medical Malpractice Reform: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Res. 871) (H. Rept. 111-341), H13265 [18NO]

Emergency Medical Service Providers Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1353), S12321 [3DE]

Enhance Capacity of Dept. of Veterans Affairs To Recruit and Retain Nurses and Other Critical Health Care Professionals: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 252) (S. Rept. 111-60), S8094 [24JY]

Fallen Heroes Flag Act: Committee on House Administration (House) (H.R. 415) (H. Rept. 111-132), H6154 [3JN]

Family Caregiver Program Act: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate) (S. 801) (S. Rept. 111-80), S9868 [25SE]

Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3596) (H. Rept. 111-322), H12197 [2NO]

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

Resolutions by organizations

Commend Margaret Tyler on her service to the men and women of the Army, their families, and the Senate: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S780 [22JA]

Rulings of the Chair

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

Statements

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

Perspective on Current Health Reform Issues: Mayo Clinic, S11948 [21NO]

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

AmeriCare Health Care Act (H.R. 193), E23 [6JA]

Tables

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]

Physicians with whom Medtronic, Inc., has consulting agreements for INFUSE (medical device), S5610 [19MY]

Testimonies

Medicare Reimbursement Formula Improvement: Erin Murphy, E2156 [31JY]

———Maria Rudd, E2157 [31JY]

———Shane Davis, E2157 [31JY]

———Thomas Huntley, E2156 [31JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 69, continue research into causes, treatment, education, and an eventual cure for diabetes, commend those involved, and support designation of Latino Diabetes Awareness Month, H8451 [21JY]

H. Res. 108, consideration of S. 352, DTV Delay Act, H976 [4FE]

H. Res. 182, School Social Work Week, H3769 [24MR]

H. Res. 183, express condolences for victims and gratitude to emergency responders of Continental Flight 3407 crash in Clarence Center, NY, H2806 [25FE]

H. Res. 192, National Nurses Week, H5418 [12MY]

H. Res. 204, American Dental Association anniversary, H5421 [12MY]

H. Res. 247, National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day, H4612 [22AP]

H. Res. 340, express condolences for victims of shootings at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, NY, and gratitude to responders to the shootings, and commend services of the American Civic Association, H4848 [28AP]

H. Res. 373, National Hydrocephalus Awareness Month, H8842 [27JY]

H. Res. 505, condemn murder of George Tiller, express condolences to family, and reject intolerance and the use of violence as a response to a difference in beliefs, H6320 [9JN]

H. Res. 540, express condolences to families and friends of victims of explosion at ConAgra Foods, Inc., plant in Garner, NC, and commend those who responded to the tragedy, H6776 [15JN]

H. Res. 700, National School Psychology Week, H12487 [6NO]

H. Res. 731, tribute to employees, partners in government, and other emergency response providers for efforts and contributions to protect and secure the Nation and support goals and ideals of National Preparedness Month, H10078 [30SE]

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

S. 50, Clinical Social Workers' Recognition Act, S58 [6JA]

S. 53, Nursing School Clinics Act, S59 [6JA]

S. 54, Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act, S60 [6JA]

S. 56, Autonomy for Psychologists and Social Workers Act, S62 [6JA]

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

S. 59, Strengthen the Public Health Service Act, S63 [6JA]

S. 63, Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act, S67 [6JA]

S. 113, Rural Preventive Health Care Training Act, S86 [6JA]

S. 252, enhance capacity of Dept. of Veterans Affairs to recruit and retain nurses and other critical health care professionals, S599-S612 [15JA]

S. 295, Medicare Quality and Payment Reform Act, S724-S726 [21JA]

S. 328, DTV Delay Act, H584 [27JA]

S. 330, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act, S895 [27JA]

S. 352, DTV Delay Act, S1050 [29JA], H984 [4FE]

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

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

S. 538, Increased Student Achievement Through Increased Student Support Act, S2836-S2838 [5MR]

S. 683, Community Choice Act, S3676-S3680 [24MR]

S. 712, Rural Medicare Equity Act, S3899 [26MR]

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

S. 790, Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (HAHPSA), S4321-S4331 [2AP]

S. 801, Family Caregiver Program Act, S4350-S4353 [2AP]

S. 819, Autism Treatment Acceleration Act, S4379-S4385 [2AP]

S. 890, Health Information Technology (IT) Public Utility Act, S4694-S4696 [23AP]

S. 999, Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act, S5285-S5287 [7MY]

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

S. 1114, Medical Homes Act, S5729-S5732 [20MY]

S. 1131, Independence at Home Act, S5830-S5834 [21MY]

S. 1133, Empowering Medicare Patient Choices Act, S5836-S5840 [21MY]

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

S. 1150, Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act, S5863-S5872 [21MY]

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

S. 1165, Promoting Health Care Purchasing Cooperatives Act, S5949 [2JN]

S. 1173, Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act, S6034 [3JN]

S. 1174, Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act, S6036-S6045 [3JN]

S. 1181, Healthy Living and Healthy Aging Demonstration Project Act, S6190 [4JN]

S. 1188, Community Mental Health Services Improvement Act, S6202-S6204 [4JN]

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

S. 1236, GPCI Justice Act, S6545 [11JN]

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

S. 1262, Medical Efficiency and Delivery Improvement of Care (MEDIC) Act, S6590-S6607 [15JN]

S. 1345, Prescribe a Book Act, S7009 [24JN]

S. 1353, Emergency Medical Service Providers Protection Act, S7077 [25JN]

S. 1492, Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act, S7885-S7887 [22JY]

S. 1497, allow tax-exempt bond financing for fixed-wing emergency medical aircraft, S7888 [22JY]

S. 1512, Nurse Training and Retention Act, S8043 [23JY]

S. 1578, extend Federal Tort Claims Act medical malpractice coverage to non-physician employees and officers of free clinics, S8867 [5AU]

S. 1585, permit Medicare pass-through payment of costs for nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals, S8871 [5AU]

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

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

S. 1681, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act, S9556 [17SE]

S. 1720, Health Professions and Primary Care Reinvestment Act, S9870 [25SE]

S. 1788, Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act, S10489 [15OC]

S. 2904, Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act, S13388 [17DE]

S. Con. Res. 8, Children's Dental Health Month, S2489, S2501 [25FE]

S. Res. 58, School Social Work Week, S2573 [26FE], S2595 [27FE]

S. Res. 78, National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day, S3378, S3379 [18MR]

S. Res. 127, tribute to servicemen for rescue and Maine Medical Center staff for performance of open-heart surgery on Iraqi girl, S5085 [4MY]

S. Res. 185, support goals and ideals of National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month and National Memory Screening Day, S6654 [16JN]

S. Res. 187, express condolences to family of George Tiller and reject the use of violence to prevent access to reproductive health care or as a response to a difference in beliefs, S6730 [17JN]

S. Res. 210, National School Psychology Week, S7268 [8JY]

S. Res. 228, National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week, S8278, S8499 [29JY]

S. Res. 243, enroll Members of Congress who participate in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program in any public plan, S8873 [5AU]

S. Res. 351, National School Psychology Week, S11350, S11355 [10NO]

Tributes

Bolton, Frances Payne, E1096 [7MY]

Tyler, Margaret, S780 [22JA]