PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT

Amendments

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

Articles and editorials

Women's Heart Disease—It's the Leading Killer, but Patient Care Lags That for Men—As Cardiac Science Advances, Women Find Treatment Lagging, S2231 [12FE]

Your E-Health Records, S1427 [3FE]

Bills and resolutions

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

Automated Defibrillation in Adam's Memory (ADAM) Act: reauthorize (see S. 1164), S5943 [2JN]

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

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

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

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

Children and youth: establish and implement concussion management guidelines for school-aged children (see S. 2840), S12413 [4DE] (see H.R. 1347), H3054 [5MR]

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

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see S. 85), S41 [6JA] (see H.R. 614), H441 [21JA]

Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network: establish (see H.R. 3426), H9206 [30JY]

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

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

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

———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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

———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 an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 2115), H4839 [27AP]

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

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

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

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

———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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

———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 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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

———revise and expand the 340B Drug Pricing Program to improve provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers (see S. 1239), S6542 [11JN] (see H.R. 444), H162 [9JA]

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

———revise the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (see H.R. 2459), H5711 [18MY]

Disabled: enhance early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss (see H.R. 1246), H2886 [2MR]

———expand and intensify NIH and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention programs on translational research and related activities relative to Down syndrome (see S. 1762), S10217 [7OC] (see H.R. 3656), H9998 [25SE]

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

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

Diseases: amend relative to eating disorders (see H.R. 1193), H2834 [25FE]

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

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

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

———establish Centers for Disease Control and Prevention national screening program and allow States to provide medical assistance for individuals with colorectal cancer or polyps (see H.R. 1189), H2834 [25FE]

———extend preventive-health and research programs for prostate cancer (see H.R. 2949), H7022 [18JN]

———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 asthma management, education, and research (see S. 1760), S10217 [7OC] (see H.R. 3754), H11110 [7OC]

———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 Alzheimer's disease research funding and promote public awareness and risk reduction relative to Alzheimer's disease with particular emphasis in Hispanic populations (see H.R. 2987), H7085 [19JN]

———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]

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

———prevent, treat, and improve care of individuals with diabetes, and reduce health disparities within racial and ethnic minority groups relative to diabetes (see S. 844), S4513 [21AP] (see H.R. 1995), H4580 [21AP]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see S. 984), S5232 [6MY] (see H.R. 1210), H2873 [26FE]

———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]

———require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than coverage provided for intravenously administered anticancer medications (see H.R. 2366), H5484 [12MY]

———require group and individual health insurance coverage of screening for colorectal cancer (see H.R. 1330), H3053 [5MR]

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

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

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

Education: 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]

ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H3052 [5MR]

Federal employees: require health benefits coverage for infertility treatment (see S. 1258), S6580 [15JN] (see H.R. 697), H526 [26JA]

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

Health: authorize medical simulation enhancement programs (see S. 616), S3163 [17MR] (see H.R. 855), H1041 [4FE]

———encourage programs of health promotion or disease prevention (see H.R. 3688), H10455 [1OC]

———ensure victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services (see S. 957), S5014 [1MY] (see H.R. 2231), H5095 [4MY]

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

———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 nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed to offer a choice of health plans and make health coverage more affordable and accessible (see S. 979), S5128 [5MY] (see H.R. 2360), H5484 [12MY]

———expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions, and improve access to women's health care (see S. 21), S40 [6JA] (see H.R. 463), H194 [13JA]

———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]

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

———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] (see H.R. 479), H195 [13JA]

———improve health insurance coverage of dependents (see H.R. 3887), H11580 [21OC]

———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]

———promote obesity prevention, including proper nutrition and exercise (see H.R. 3144), H7945 [9JY]

———promote the use of prevention and wellness programs (see H.R. 3468), H9276 [31JY]

———provide additional health insurance options for unemployed individuals (see H.R. 4018), H12364 [4NO]

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

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

———provide for sex education and substance abuse treatment and prevention (see H.R. 1364), H3054 [5MR]

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

———provide for the licensure of biosimilar and interchangeable biological products (see S. 726), S3897 [26MR] (see H.R. 1427), H3337 [11MR] (see H.R. 1548), H3525 [17MR]

———provide grants to promote positive health behaviors in women and children (see S. 319), S826 [26JA]

———require group and individual insurer coverage of individuals participating in approved cancer clinical trials (see S. 488), S2558 [26FE] (see H.R. 716), H601 [27JA]

———require individual and group health insurance coverage and group health plans and Federal employees health benefit plans to provide coverage for routine HIV screening (see H.R. 2137), H4914 [28AP]

———set standards for medical diagnostic equipment and establish program to promote good health, disease prevention, and wellness and to prevent secondary conditions for individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 1938), H4521 [2AP]

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

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

———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 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]

———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]

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

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

Insurance: cover screening mammography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for women over 40 and for women at high risk for breast cancer if diagnostic mammography is covered (see H.R. 995), H1247 [11FE]

———coverage of bone mass measurements (see H.R. 3911), H11712 [22OC]

———establish standards for health insurance forms, quality, fair marketing, and honesty in out-of-network coverage, improve transparency and accountability, and establish Federal Office of Health Insurance Oversight (see H.R. 2427), H5665 [14MY]

———extend coverage under group health plans and under group and individual health insurance coverage for dependent, unmarried, uninsured children under the age of 30 (see H.R. 2831), H6617 [11JN]

———improve prescription drug coverage under Medicare and private health insurance (see S. 1630), S8993 [6AU] (see H.R. 3799), H11297 [13OC]

———limit pre-existing condition exclusions in the individual health insurance market to those permitted in the group health insurance market (see H.R. 4019), H12364 [4NO]

———prohibit gender rating in the group and individual markets for health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2635), H6012 [21MY]

———prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions for children in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (see S. 643), S3550 [19MR] (see H.R. 1619), H3703 [19MR]

———prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (see S. 623), S3163 [17MR] (see H.R. 1092), H1606 [13FE] (see H.R. 1558), H3526 [17MR]

———provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see S. 1459), S7639 [16JY] (see H.R. 3217), H8099 [14JY]

———require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (see H.R. 323), H89 [8JA]

———require coverage of preventive care for children (see H.R. 2292), H5307 [6MY]

———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 cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see S. 1235), S6542 [11JN] (see H.R. 1339), H3053 [5MR]

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

———require reinstatement upon payment of all premiums due of group or individual health insurance coverage terminated by reason of nonpayment of premiums (see H.R. 3584), H9670 [16SE]

Medicaid: provide a screening and treatment program for prostate cancer in the same manner as is provided for breast and cervical cancer (see H.R. 4383), H15500 [16DE]

Mental health: 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]

———promote mental and behavioral health services for underserved populations (see S. 811), S4310 [2AP] (see H.R. 2066), H4731 [23AP]

National Cancer Institute: make grants for the discovery and validation of biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer (see S. 755), S4063 [31MR] (see H.R. 1816), H4249 [31MR]

National Childhood Brain Tumor Prevention Network: establish (see S. 305), S787 [22JA] (see H.R. 653), H485 [22JA]

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

National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities: designate (see H.R. 2778), H6414 [9JN]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of multidisciplinary research centers focusing on women's health and disease prevention (see H.R. 4161), H13385 [1DE]

———authorize development of research program on hormone disruption (see H.R. 4160), H13385 [1DE]

———conduct research program on endocrine disruption and reduce exposure to chemicals that undermine development of children before they are born (see S. 2828), S12322 [3DE] (see H.R. 4190), H13519 [3DE]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (see S. 1334), S6993 [24JN] (see H.R. 847), H1041 [4FE]

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

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

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

———expand, intensify, and coordinate research and other activities relative to primary lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 804), H920 [3FE]

———increase funding for medical research with greatest potential for near-term clinical benefit (see H.R. 3475), H9277 [31JY]

Poverty: provide for an improved method to measure poverty to enable a better assessment of the effects of certain programs (see S. 1625), S8993 [6AU]

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]

Veterans: 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]

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

———improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see S. 422), S2229 [12FE] (see H.R. 1032), H1518 [12FE]

Letters

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

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act funding: Marcia Crosse, GAO, S2884-S2889 [9MR]

Heart Disease Education, Analysis and Research, and Treatment (HEART) for Women Act: David A. Josserand and Timothy J. Gardner, American Heart Association, S2231 [12FE]

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]

Lists

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

Remarks in House

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: ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance coverage, H10495 [6OC]

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

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions, H7858 [9JY]

———prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (H.R. 614), H427, H428 [21JA], H446 [22JA], H13471 [3DE]

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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Disabled: enhance early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss (H.R. 1246), H4078, H4079 [30MR]

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

Diseases: authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's disease patients and their families, E2335 [22SE]

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

———establish Centers for Disease Control and Prevention national screening program and allow States to provide medical assistance for individuals with colorectal cancer or polyps (H.R. 1189), H3799 [24MR]

———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]

———improve asthma management, education, and research, H11685 [22OC]

———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]

———prevent, treat, and improve care of individuals with diabetes, and reduce health disparities within racial and ethnic minority groups relative to diabetes (H.R. 1995), E2810 [19NO], E2872 [2DE]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (H.R. 1210), E2497 [8OC]

———require group and individual health insurance coverage of screening for colorectal cancer (H.R. 1330), H3798, H3800 [24MR]

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

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

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

Health: ensure every American has access to affordable choices of public or private health care coverage, H5409 [12MY]

———ensure victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services (H.R. 2231), H5173 [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 (H.R. 4216), E2897 [7DE]

———establish nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed to offer a choice of health plans and make health coverage more affordable and accessible (H.R. 2360), H6125, H6144 [3JN]

———expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions, and improve access to women's health care (H.R. 463), E86 [14JA]

———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 emergency medical services for children (H.R. 479), H4084-H4086 [30MR], E73 [13JA]

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

———promote obesity prevention, including proper nutrition and exercise (H.R. 3144), H7841 [9JY], H8106 [15JY]

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

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

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

Health care professionals: 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]

———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]

HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act: reauthorize, H9303 [8SE]

Insurance: cover screening mammography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for women over 40 and for women at high risk for breast cancer if diagnostic mammography is covered (H.R. 995), H14913 [15DE]

———coverage of bone mass measurements (H.R. 3911), E2611 [22OC]

———establish standards for health insurance forms, quality, fair marketing, and honesty in out-of-network coverage, improve transparency and accountability, and establish Federal Office of Health Insurance Oversight (H.R. 2427), H6144 [3JN]

———extend coverage under group health plans and under group and individual health insurance coverage for dependent, unmarried, uninsured children under the age of 30 (H.R. 2831), H6908 [17JN], H11114 [8OC]

———prohibit gender rating in the group and individual markets for health insurance coverage, E2836 [19NO]

———prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (H.R. 1092), H3447 [17MR]

———provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce, H12260 [3NO]

———provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (H.R. 3217), H8090 [14JY], H11291 [13OC], H11778 [26OC]

———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]

Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans, H8105 [15JY], H8187 [16JY], H8877, H8906 [28JY], H10524 [7OC], E2039 [28JY]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of multidisciplinary research centers focusing on women's health and disease prevention (H.R. 4161), E2848 [1DE]

———authorize development of research program on hormone disruption (H.R. 4160), E2848 [1DE]

———conduct research program on endocrine disruption and reduce exposure to chemicals that undermine development of children before they are born (H.R. 4190), E2885 [3DE]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 847), H4387 [1AP], H8760 [24JY], H9303 [8SE], H9373 [9SE], H12324 [4NO], E201 [4FE]

Veterans: 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]

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

Remarks in Senate

Automated Defibrillation in Adam's Memory (ADAM) Act: reauthorize (S. 1164), S5947 [2JN]

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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

———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]

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

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

———provide for arthritis research and public health (S. 984), S5234 [6MY]

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

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

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

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

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

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

———establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care, S11252 [6NO]

———establish nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed to offer a choice of health plans and make health coverage more affordable and accessible, S12994 [11DE]

———establish nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed to offer a choice of health plans and make health coverage more affordable and accessible (S. 979), S5133-S5135 [5MY], S11311 [10NO]

———expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions, and improve access to women's health care (S. 21), S46 [6JA]

———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]

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

———provide for the licensure of biosimilar and interchangeable biological products (S. 726), S6793 [18JN]

———provide grants to promote positive health behaviors in women and children (S. 319), S836 [26JA]

———require group and individual insurer coverage of individuals participating in approved cancer clinical trials (S. 488), S2564 [26FE]

———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]

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

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

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

HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act: reauthorize, S9768 [24SE]

Insurance: improve prescription drug coverage under Medicare and private health insurance (S. 1630), S9027 [6AU]

———prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets, S10601 [21OC]

———prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (S. 623), S3183 [17MR]

———provide enhanced health insurance marketplace pooling and relating market rating, S13681 [21DE]

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

National Cancer Institute: make grants for the discovery and validation of biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer (S. 755), S4080 [31MR]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: conduct research program on endocrine disruption and reduce exposure to chemicals that undermine development of children before they are born (S. 2828), S12324 [3DE]

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

Poverty: provide for an improved method to measure poverty to enable a better assessment of the effects of certain programs (S. 1625), S9022 [6AU]

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]

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

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

———improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (S. 422), S2230 [12FE], S2316 [13FE]

Reports filed

Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1246) (H. Rept. 111-44), H3747 [23MR]

Emergency Medical Services for Children Improvement: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 479) (H. Rept. 111-43), H3747 [23MR]

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

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

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

Statements

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

Tables

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

Texts of

H.R. 479, emergency medical services for children improvement, H4084 [30MR]

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

H.R. 1246, Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act, H4078 [30MR]

S. 21, Prevention First Act, S47-S53 [6JA]

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

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

S. 319, Community Health Workers Act, S836-S838 [26JA]

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

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

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

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

S. 623, Preexisting Condition Patient Protection Act, S3183, S3185 [17MR]

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

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

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

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

S. 957, Public Health Emergency Response Act, S5020-S5022 [1MY]

S. 979, Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Act, S5135-S5142 [5MY]

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

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

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

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

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

S. 1164, Automated Defibrillation in Adam's Memory (ADAM) Act reauthorization, S5948 [2JN]

S. 1174, Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act, S6036-S6045 [3JN]

S. 1188, Community Mental Health Services Improvement Act, S6202-S6204 [4JN]

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

S. 1334, 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, S6995-S7006 [24JN]

S. 1492, Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act, S7885-S7887 [22JY]

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

S. 1630, Affordable Access to Prescription Medications Act, S9027-S9029 [6AU]

S. 1720, Health Professions and Primary Care Reinvestment Act, S9870 [25SE]

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