DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Addresses

Partnership for Public Service (organization) Honoring Vicki Levin: Representative David E. Price, E791 [7MY]

Amendments

Medicare: reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), S737, S752 [24FE], H895 [25FE]

Social Services Block Grant Program: extend expenditure deadline for funds provided for recovery from Hurricane Ike (S. 3774), S7758, S7763 [29SE]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act: amend (S. 3751), S7650 [28SE]

Analyses

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act Amendments (S. 3751), S7652 [28SE]

Articles and editorials

End Run Denies Public a Debate on Health Care, S5770 [13JY]

Proposed Medicare Policy May Reduce Physical Therapy Services, S7200 [20SE]

Who Pays for ObamaCare? What Donald Berwick and Joe the Plumber Both Understand, S5756 [13JY]

Bills and resolutions

Administration on Aging: reauthorize Lifespan Respite Care Program (see H.R. 6350), H7392 [29SE]

AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP): provide for use of unobligated discretionary stimulus funds to address waiting lists and other cost containment measures impacting State programs (see S. 3401), S4143 [24MY] (see S. 4006), S8477 [3DE]

Appropriations: making supplemental (see H.R. 5745), H5674 [15JY]

Assets for Independence Act: reauthorize and approve applications to operate new demonstration programs, renew existing programs, and enhance program flexibility (see H.R. 6354), H7393 [29SE]

Autism: reauthorize and strengthen Combating Autism Act, establish a National Institute of Autism Spectrum Disorders, provide services to affected individuals, and increase public education and awareness (see S. 4044), S10514 [17DE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish and implement a birth defects prevention, risk reduction, and public awareness program (see S. 3479), S4849 [10JN] (see H.R. 5462), H4214 [28MY]

Charities: encourage pharmaceutical manufacturers and health care providers to donate prescription medications to nonprofit organizations that fill prescriptions for low-income individuals (see H. Res. 1311), H3078 [29AP]

Children and youth: award grants to local and tribal governments for hiring child protective services workers (see S. 4028), S10304 [15DE]

———carry out programs to provide youth in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities the information and skills needed to reduce teenage pregnancies (see H.R. 5033), H2639 [15AP]

———enhance Federal efforts focused on increasing public awareness of risks and dangers associated with Shaken Baby Syndrome (see S. 3003), S482 [4FE] (see H.R. 4642), H647 [22FE]

———examine and improve the child welfare workforce (see S. 3328), S3358 [6MY] (see H.R. 5246), H3272 [6MY]

Civil rights: ensure health service programs or surveys provide for voluntary collection of data on sexual orientation and gender identity of participants in such programs or surveys (see H.R. 6109), H6681 [14SE]

Colleges and universities: provide grants to eligible medical schools for constructing, renovating, or improving facilities to increase the supply of physicians (see S. 3133), S1670 [17MR] (see H.R. 4875), H1595 [17MR]

Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program: review prior to collection of premiums, notify individuals prior to enrollment, and terminate program in the event of actuarial unsoundness (see H.R. 5853), H6042 [26JY]

Community Services Block Grant Program: authorize appropriations for national or regional instructional programs for low-income youth (see H.R. 4480), H265 [20JA]

Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see S. 3504), S5112 [17JN] (see H.R. 5561), H4635 [17JN]

Controlled Substance Monitoring Program: amend and reauthorize (see S. 3575), S5786 [13JY] (see H.R. 5710), H5502 [1JY]

Council on Integration of Health Care Education: establish (see H.R. 5392), H3823 [25MY]

Crime: enhance law enforcement, support victims, and increase penalties relative to domestic sex trafficking of minors (see H. Res. 1379), H3658 [19MY]

Culture of Safety Hospital Accountability Study and Demonstration Program: establish (see S. 3596), S5964 [15JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 3686), S6584 [2AU]

Disabled: establish a commission to construct a comprehensive national strategy on how to increase the affordability, accessibility, and effectiveness of long-term care and community services (see H.R. 5187), H3077 [29AP]

———increase access to health care for disabled individuals and increase awareness of the need for health care facilities and examination rooms to be accessible for disabled individuals (see S. 3907), S7788 [29SE]

Diseases: 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 S. 3711), S6883 [5AU]

———establish research advisory committee and provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes (see H.R. 5354), H3701 [20MY]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see S. 3703), S6736 [4AU]

———improve diagnosis and treatment and promote public and clinician awareness of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) (see H. Res. 1438), H4424 [14JN]

———improve prostate cancer screening and treatment, particularly in medically underserved communities (see S. 3775), S7089 [14SE]

———modernize cancer research, increase access to preventative cancer services, and provide cancer treatment and survivorship initiatives (see H.R. 6224), H7153 (see H.R. 6224), H7211 [28SE]

———provide grants to schools for the development of asthma management plans and the purchase of asthma inhalers and spacers for emergency use (see H.R. 4836), H1396 [12MR]

———review uptake and utilization of diabetes screening benefits and establish an outreach program with respect to such benefits (see H.R. 6012), H6568 [30JY]

Drugs: establish an America Rx drug discount program for individuals without access to prescription drugs at discounted prices (see H.R. 5888), H6163 [27JY]

———provide grants for treatment of methamphetamine abuse (see H.R. 5678), H5501 [1JY]

FDA: ensure autonomy and eliminate conflicts-of-interest relative to drug company fees and advisory panels, improve postmarket drug safety, regulate off-label uses, and clarify liability for approved drugs (see H.R. 4816), H1323 [10MR]

———ensure safe use of cosmetics (see H.R. 5786), H5818 [20JY]

Fetal alcohol syndrome: reauthorize and extend prevention and services program (see S. 3154), S1873 [23MR]

Food Safety Administration: establish (see H.R. 6552), H8785 [17DE]

Gambling: include problem and pathological gambling in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration programs and establish grant program to address consequences of problem gambling (see S. 3418), S4212 [25MY]

Health: conduct programs to screen adolescents, and educate health professionals, with respect to bleeding disorders (see H.R. 4846), H1440 [15MR]

———disapprove rule relating to ``Health Insurance Issuers Implementing Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Requirements Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act'' (see H.J. Res. 103), H8286 [9DE]

———encourage use of medical checklists through research (see H.R. 5742), H5674 [15JY]

———enhance and further research of prevention and treatment of eating disorders and improve access to treatment (see S. 3260), S2642 [26AP]

———expand and accelerate genomics research and initiatives to improve the accuracy of disease diagnosis, increase drug safety, and identify novel treatments (see H.R. 5440), H4022 (see H.R. 5440), H4083 [27MY]

———provide for human stem cell research, including embryonic stem cell research (see S. 3766), S7033 [13SE] (see H.R. 4808), H1323 [10MR]

Health care professionals: develop a strategic plan to retrain displaced workers to become health care professionals serving areas with a shortage of such professionals (see H.R. 4799), H1220 [9MR]

Health Insurance Rate Authority: establish (see S. 3078), S1169 [4MR] (see H.R. 4757), H1167 [4MR]

House of Representatives: transmit documents, records, or communications relative to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (see H. Res. 1561), H6163 [27JY]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see S. 3901), S7787 [29SE]

Information technology: reauthorize telehealth and telemedicine grant programs (see H.R. 6110), H6681 [14SE]

Insurance: prohibit precluding of patients from entering into any contract with their health care providers (see H.R. 6170), H6879 [22SE]

Lawyers and attorneys: establish a program to award grants to, and enter into contracts with, medical-legal partnerships to assist patients to navigate health-related programs and activities (see S. 3668), S6520 [29JY] (see H.R. 5961), H6404 (see H.R. 5961), H6456 [29JY]

Malignant Hyperthermia Awareness and Training Month: designate (see H. Res. 1200), H1744 [19MR]

Medicaid: require approval of waivers relative to State provider taxes that exempt certain retirement communities (see H.R. 6163), H6878 [22SE]

———revise regulations implementing statutory reporting and auditing requirements for the disproportionate share hospital payment program to be consistent statutorily and avoid policy changes (see S. 2984), S481 [4FE]

Medicare: apply a consistent part B premium for all beneficiaries (see S. 3950), S7968 [17NO]

———clarify application of secondary payer rules (see H.R. 4796), H1220 [9MR]

———establish a fraud, waste, and abuse detection and mitigation program (see H.R. 5546), H4597 [16JN]

———establish an extended special enrollment period for part B (see H.R. 4473), H265 [20JA]

———extend the exceptions process relative to caps on payments for therapy services (see S. 2987, 2988), S481 [4FE]

———improve recruitment and retention of physicians (see S. 3915), S7788 [29SE]

———prevent the catastrophic loss of wage index reclassification (see H.R. 6512), H8286 [9DE]

———provide coverage of custom fabricated breast prostheses following a mastectomy (see S. 3255), S2587 [22AP] (see H.R. 5447), H4022 (see H.R. 5447), H4083 [27MY]

———provide for additional opportunities to enroll under part B (see H.R. 5588), H4779 [23JN]

———reduce costs of prescription drugs for beneficiaries and guarantee access to comprehensive prescription drug coverage (see S. 4024), S8786 [10DE]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), consideration of Senate amendments (see H. Res. 1109), H931 [25FE]

———require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see S. 3413, 3415), S4211 [25MY] (see H.R. 4752), H1103 [3MR]

———update physician fee schedule (see H.R. 6427), H7613 [18NO]

———update physician fee schedule and sunset application of sustainable growth rate formula (see S. 2997), S481 [4FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: amend disproportionate share hospital payment program (see H.R. 5417), H3870 [26MY]

Mental health: provide grants for community-based mental health infrastructure improvements (see S. 4035), S10410 [16DE]

———revise and extend substance use disorder and mental health programs (see H.R. 5466), H4214 [28MY]

National Disaster Medical System: reimburse States for expenses incurred in providing treatment for health conditions and illnesses resulting from the earthquake in Haiti (see H.R. 4577), H554 [3FE]

National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program: provide for participation of certain specialists needed to respond to environmental public health emergencies (see S. 3647), S6245 [26JY]

National Wear Red Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1039), H387 [26JA]

Native Americans: reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see S. 3058), S945 [2MR]

Obesity: provide a comprehensive approach to preventing and treating (see H.R. 5209), H3200 [5MY]

———provide for a national program to conduct and support activities toward reducing the number of cases of overweight and obesity in the U.S. (see H.R. 4452), H139 [13JA]

Office of the National Nurse: establish (see H.R. 4601), H601 [4FE]

Pancreatic Cancer Initiative: establish and implement (see S. 3320), S3358 [6MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow an earlier start for State health care coverage innovation waivers (see S. 3958), S7968 [17NO] (see S. 4057), S11037 [22DE]

———establish a public health insurance option (see H.R. 5808), H5920 [21JY]

———repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (see S. 3829), S7420 [23SE]

Pharmaceuticals: design, construct, and operate facilities to develop and produce biological products used to respond to potential bioterrorist attacks or naturally occurring pathogens (see S. 3140), S1750 [18MR]

———importation of prescription drugs (see S. 3415), S4211 [25MY]

Poverty: submit report on parasitic disease among poor Americans (see H.R. 5986), H6567 [30JY]

Projects for Assistance in Transition From Homelessness (PATH) Program: revise minimum allotments (see H.R. 5848), H5984 [22JY]

Public Health Service Act: tribute to family planning services provided under Title X (see H. Res. 1476), H4872 [24JN]

Public welfare programs: renew authority to approve demonstration projects designed to test innovative strategies in State child welfare programs (see H.R. 6156), H6803 [16SE]

Schools: make grants to eligible local educational agencies to reduce the student-to-nurse ratio in public elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 5335), H3540 [18MY]

Senior citizens: integrate mental health services for older adults into primary care settings and provide grants for geriatric mental health treatment outreach teams (see S. 3698), S6736 [4AU]

Social Security: prevent fraud, waste, and abuse under Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 2964), S340 [28JA] (see S. 3900), S7787 [29SE] (see H.R. 6378), H7393 [29SE]

Social Services Block Grant Program: extend expenditure deadline for funds provided for recovery from Hurricane Ike (see S. 3774), S7089 [14SE]

———extend expenditure deadline for funds provided for recovery from Hurricanes Ike and Rita (see H.R. 5790), H5818 [20JY]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act: amend (see S. 3751), S6884 [5AU] (see H.R. 6081), H6578 [9AU] (see H.R. 6083), H6626 [10AU]

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: prohibit recommendations from being used to deny or restrict health insurance coverage of items or services (see H.R. 4794), H1220 [9MR]

Utah: transfer administration of Federal education, transportation, and Medicaid programs to the State using Utah's portion of Federal revenues for such programs (see H.R. 5238), H3272 [6MY]

Women: promote optimal maternity outcomes by making evidence-based maternity care a national priority (see H.R. 5807), H5919 [21JY]

Letters

Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Awareness Act: Cindy Brownstein, Spina Bifida Association, E1011 [28MY]

———Judith S. Palfrey, American Academy of Pediatrics, E1010 [28MY]

———Marina L. Weiss, March of Dimes Foundation, E1010 [28MY]

———Mark Ballow, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, E1011 [28MY]

———Sharon Voyer Lavigne, University of Connecticut Health Center, E1010 [28MY]

Dept. of HHS authority to approve demonstration projects designed to test innovative strategies in State child welfare programs: American Public Human Services Association and National Association of Public Child Welfare Administrators, H6897 [23SE]

———Mary Jane Wallner and Wes Keller, National Conference of State Legislatures, H6897 [23SE]

———Patrick Lawler, Youth Villages (organization), H6897 [23SE]

Extend expenditure deadline for Dept. of HHS Social Services Block Grant Program funds provided for recovery from Hurricane Ike: Kathleen Sebelius, Sec. of HHS, H7523 [17NO]

———Representative Jackson Lee, H7522 [17NO]

FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, S7402 [23SE]

HIV vaccine development: Senator Coburn, S3904 [18MY]

Medicare Advantage program: several Senators, S4882 [14JN]

Reform Medicare sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians: Louisiana congressional delegation, S469 [4FE]

———Louisiana State Dept. of Health and Hospitals, S468 [4FE]

———Nancy A. Leamond, AARP, H4177 [28MY]

———several physician organizations, H4177 [28MY]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act amendments: Jeffrey Chell, National Marrow Donor Program (organization), E1569, E1570 [10AU]

Memorandums

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S832 [1MR]

Motions

Medicare: reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), H895 [25FE]

Remarks in House

AIDS Drug Assistance Programs: funding, H6883 [23SE]

Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 5745), H6630 [14SE]

Berwick, Donald M.: appointment as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator, H5524, H5525 [13JY]

———nomination to be Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator, H3129 [5MY]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish and implement a birth defects prevention, risk reduction, and public awareness program (H.R. 5462), H7195, H7196 [28SE], H7380 [29SE], E1010 [28MY], E1827 [29SE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: impact of Administrator position vacancy, H316 [21JA]

———qualifications for receiving health information technology funding, H2847 [26AP]

Children and youth: enhance Federal efforts focused on increasing public awareness of risks and dangers associated with shaken baby syndrome, E194 [22FE]

Controlled Substance Monitoring Program: amend and reauthorize (H.R. 5710), H6850-H6852 [22SE]

Dept. of Defense: furnish the Dept. of HHS Toxic Substances and Disease Registry with information pertaining to the Camp Lejeune, NC, well water contamination, H4029, H4031 [27MY]

———establish a National Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Disease Registry and authorize research on acquired bone marrow failure diseases (H.R. 1230), H7193 [28SE], H7380 [29SE], E1849 [29SE]

———establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (H.R. 1362), H7185, H7186 [28SE], E1788 [29SE]

———establish research advisory committee and provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes (H.R. 5354), H7178-H7180 [28SE], H7379 [29SE], H7718 [30NO], E1789 [29SE]

———improve diagnosis and treatment and promote public and clinician awareness of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) (H. Res. 1438), H6860 [22SE]

———pediatric cancer research funding, E1871 [29SE]

———review uptake and utilization of diabetes screening benefits and establish an outreach program with respect to such benefits (H.R. 6012), H7185 [28SE], E1521 [30JY]

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 (H.R. 2818), H7180, H7181 [28SE], H7379 [29SE]

Health: request the President and the Dept. of HHS to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of documents, records, and communications relative to certain health care reform agreements, H2828 [22AP]

———request the President and the Dept. of HHS to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of documents, records, and communications relative to certain health care reform agreements (H. Res. 983), H19, H28 [12JA], H3110 [4MY], H6975 [23SE], H7488 [16NO]

Health care facilities: establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs (H.R. 914), H912 [25FE]

Health care professionals: provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers (H.R. 1745), H6848-H6850 [22SE]

Insurance: enable States to establish reinsurance programs or high risk pools to ensure that high risk individuals are able to access health insurance (H.R. 4020), H912 [25FE], H6978 [23SE]

Maddox, Wendell: National Afterschool Association and Afterschool Alliance (organization) Afterschool for All Challenge ``Breakfast of Champions'' honoree, E558 [15AP]

Medicaid: reform reimbursement payment system for physicians, H1705, H1709 [19MR], H3875 [27MY]

———use historical averages to calculate the Federal medical assistance percentage for disaster affected States, H1715 [19MR]

Medicare: apply a consistent premium for all beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner (H.R. 3631), H1578 [17MR]

———combat waste, fraud, and abuse, H2480 [13AP]

———extension of work geographic adjustment floor, H8271 [9DE]

———Medicare Advantage program funding, H4411 [14JN]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, H372 [26JA], H567 [4FE], H1306-H1308 [10MR], H1550, H1551 [17MR], H2618 [15AP], H2830 [22AP], H3754 [25MY], H4091, H4169, H4170, H4176-H4182, H4208 [28MY], H4438 [15JN], H4836-H4841 [24JN], H7489 [16NO], H7619-H7621, H7626 [29NO], H8269-H8273 [9DE], E969 [28MY]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), H2217 [23MR], H4838 [24JN], E1247 [30JN]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 1109), H845-H848 [25FE]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), Senate amendments, H895-H901 [25FE]

———update physician fee schedule (H.R. 6427), H7621 [29NO]

National Influenza Vaccination Week: observance, E28 [13JA]

National Wear Red Day: support goals and ideals, E167 [4FE]

———support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1039), H617, H618 [22FE]

Obama, President: Executive order to allow Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, H1225 [10MR]

Obesity: provide for a national program to conduct and support activities toward reducing the number of cases of overweight and obesity in the U.S. (H.R. 4452), E26 [13JA]

OPM: authority to provide oversight and set premiums of multi-State health insurance plans, H1906 [21MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program funding, H2832 [22AP]

———impact on Medicare Advantage program funding, E1793 [29SE]

———impact on Medicare funding, H2855 [26AP], H2883, H2884, H2885, H2886, H2889 [27AP], H2941, H2990-H2996 [28AP]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs, H1365 [12MR]

Poverty: submit report on parasitic disease among poor Americans (H.R. 5986), H7191, H7192 [28SE], E1789 [29SE]

Public welfare programs: renew authority to approve demonstration projects designed to test innovative strategies in State child welfare programs (H.R. 6156), H6896-H6898 [23SE], E1676 [16SE], E1751 [28SE]

Social Services Block Grant Program: extend expenditure deadline for funds provided for recovery from Hurricane Ike (S. 3774), H7378 [29SE], H7521-H7524 [17NO]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act: amend (H.R. 6081), E1569 [10AU]

———amend (S. 3751), H7186-H7189 [28SE], H7380 [29SE], E1853 [29SE]

West Palm Beach, FL: Foundcare Health Center designation as the first federally qualified health center look-alike in Florida, E2052 [2DE]

Women: promote optimal maternity outcomes by making evidence-based maternity care a national priority (H.R. 5807), H5895 [21JY]

Remarks in Senate

Berwick, Donald M.: appointment as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator, S5722-S5729 [12JY], S5754-S5758, S5760, S5768-S5770 [13JY], S5836 [14JY], S7932 [17NO]

———nomination to be Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator, S2488 [21AP], S3613-S3616 [12MY], S3953 [19MY], S4843 [10JN], S4871 [14JN]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish and implement a birth defects prevention, risk reduction, and public awareness program (S. 3479), S4851 [10JN]

Children and youth: enhance Federal efforts focused on increasing public awareness of risks and dangers associated with Shaken Baby Syndrome (S. 3003), S495 [4FE]

———examine and improve the child welfare workforce (S. 3328), S4522 [27MY]

Controlled Substance Monitoring Program: amend and reauthorize (S. 3575), S5791, S5792 [13JY]

Culture of Safety Hospital Accountability Study and Demonstration Program: establish (S. 3596), S5968 [15JY]

Disabled: help individuals with functional impairments to pay for services and supports needed to maximize independence and choices about community participation, education, and employment, S2679 [27AP]

Diseases: development of an HIV vaccine, S3904 [18MY]

———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 (S. 3711), S6886 [5AU]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (S. 3703), S6738 [4AU]

Esquea, Jim R.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of HHS for Legislation, S4882 [14JN]

Fetal alcohol syndrome: reauthorize and extend prevention and services program (S. 3154), S1875 [23MR], S3533 [11MY]

Health: Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program funding, S1324 [10MR], S6240 [26JY]

———enhance and further research of prevention and treatment of eating disorders and improve access to treatment (S. 3260), S2650 [26AP]

———provide for human stem cell research, including embryonic stem cell research (S. 3766), S7036-S7038 [13SE], S7874 [15NO], S8209 [29NO]

Health care facilities: Presidential Memorandum on respecting rights of hospital patients to receive visitors and to designate surrogate decisions makers for medical emergencies, S2417 [19AP]

Health Insurance Rate Authority: establish, S1954 [24MR]

———establish (S. 3078), S1172-S1174 [4MR], S2561 [22AP], S5184-S5186 [21JN], S5533 [29JN]

HIV Vaccine Awareness Day: observance, S3904 [18MY]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (S. 3901), S7804-S7807 [29SE]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: reauthorize and extend, S6179 [22JY]

Medicare: apply a consistent part B premium for all beneficiaries (S. 3950), S7971 [17NO]

———establish a fraud, waste, and abuse detection and mitigation program, S6384 [28JY]

———extend the exceptions process relative to caps on payments for therapy services, S977 [3MR]

———impact of sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians on outpatient therapy services, S7200 [20SE]

———Medicare Advantage program funding, S1133 [4MR], S1274, S1275 [9MR], S1853 [23MR], S1937-S1940, S1969, S1997 [24MR], S5227 [22JN]

———prohibit use of trust fund revenues to establish new entitlement programs and require any savings to be reinvested back into Medicare, S1825-S1829 [23MR], S1993 [24MR]

———reduce costs of prescription drugs for beneficiaries and guarantee access to comprehensive prescription drug coverage (S. 4024), S8787, S8788 [10DE]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, S468 [4FE], S777 [25FE], S976, S995, S998 [3MR], S1135 [4MR], S1275-S1277, S1294 [9MR], S1422 [11MR], S1706, S1707 [18MR], S1971-S1975, S1977, S2002 [24MR], S4641 [8JN], S5063, S5085, S5096 [17JN], S5226, S5253 [22JN], S5416 [24JN]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), S5 [20JA], S736, S737 [24FE], S793 [25FE]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), unanimous-consent request, S559 [11FE]

———require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (S. 3415), S4218 [25MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: eliminate fraudulent payments for prescription drugs and prohibit Federal coverage of erectile dysfunction drugs for child molesters and rapists and of drugs to induce abortion, S1942 [24MR]

Mental health: provide grants for community-based mental health infrastructure improvements (S. 4035), S10411 [16DE]

Native Americans: reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (S. 3058), S7412 [23SE]

Office of the Deputy Sec. for Health Care Fraud Prevention: establish (S. 2128), S767 [25FE], S1333 [10MR], S1508 [15MR]

Pancreatic Cancer Initiative: establish and implement (S. 3320), S6383 [28JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow an earlier start for State health care coverage innovation waivers (S. 3958), S8006-S8008 [18NO]

———condition implementation on Dept. of HHS certification that premiums will not increase higher than projected, S1852-S1855 [23MR], S1995 [24MR]

———repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program, S1958, S2000 [24MR]

———importation of prescription drugs (S. 3415), S4218 [25MY]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S587 [11FE], S1113 [3MR], S5217 [22JN]

Public Health Service Commissioned Corps: tribute, S7262 [21SE]

Public welfare programs: ensure State support and retention of foster parents and award grants to improve foster care, kinship care, and adoptive parents (S. 410), S4522 [27MY]

Senate: executive calendar, unanimous-consent request, S3390 [7MY]

Senior citizens: integrate mental health services for older adults into primary care settings and provide grants for geriatric mental health treatment outreach teams (S. 3698), S6738 [4AU]

Social Security: prevent fraud, waste, and abuse under Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 2964), S345 [28JA]

———prevent fraud, waste, and abuse under Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 3900), S7804 [29SE]

Social Services Block Grant Program: extend expenditure deadline for funds provided for recovery from Hurricane Ike (S. 3774), S7762 [29SE]

Sorian, Richard: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of HHS for Public Affairs, S4882 [14JN]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act: amend (S. 3751), S6900-S6902 [5AU], S7650-S7653 [28SE]

Reports filed

Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Disease Research and Treatment Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1230) (H. Rept. 111-637), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Awareness Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5462) (H. Rept. 111-642), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

Consideration of H.R. 5072, FHA Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1424) (H. Rept. 111-503), H4246 [8JN]

Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1109) (H. Rept. 111-420), H931 [25FE]

Controlled Substance Monitoring Program Amendment and Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5710) (H. Rept. 111-616), H6878 [22SE]

Dept. of HHS Document Transmittal Relative to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Regarding Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H. Res. 1561) (H. Rept. 111-649), H7388 [29SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3686) (S. Rept. 111-243), S6583 [2AU]

Family Health Care Accessibility Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1745) (H. Rept. 111-607), H6803 [16SE]

Gestational Diabetes (GEDI) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5354) (H. Rept. 111-633), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

Methamphetamine Education, Treatment, and Hope Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2818) (H. Rept. 111-641), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

National Neurological Diseases Surveillance Systems Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1362) (H. Rept. 111-636), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

Nomination of Lillian A. Sparks To Be Dept. of HHS Adminstration for Native Americans Commissioner: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate), S569 [11FE]

Nomination of Richard Sorian To Be Assistant Sec. of HHS for Public Affairs: Committee on Finance (Senate), S5699 [30JN]

Nomination of Sherry Glied To Be Assistant Sec. of HHS for Planning and Evaluation: Committee on Finance (Senate), S4528 [27MY]

Request the President and Dept. of HHS Transmit to House of Representatives Copies of Documents, Records, and Communications on Health Care Reform Agreements: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H. Res. 983) (H. Rept. 111-408), H426 [29JA]

7th Generation Promise—Indian Youth Suicide Prevention Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1635) (S. Rept. 111-166), S2115 [25MR]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act Amendments: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 6081) (H. Rept. 111-643), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

———Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 3751), S7420 [23SE]

Statements

Stem Cell Research Advancement Act: Senator Specter, S7036-S7038 [13SE]

Tables

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 6156, renew Dept. of HHS authority to approve demonstration projects designed to test innovative strategies in State child welfare programs, H6986 [23SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 1039, support goals and ideals of American Heart Month and National Wear Red Day, H617 [22FE]

H. Res. 1109, consideration of Senate amendments to H.R. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act, H845 [25FE]

H.R. 1230, Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Disease Research and Treatment Act, H7193 [28SE]

H.R. 1362, National Neurological Diseases Surveillance Systems Act, H7185 [28SE]

H.R. 1745, Family Health Care Accessibility Act, H6848 [22SE]

H.R. 2818, Methamphetamine Education, Treatment, and Hope Act, H7180 [28SE]

H.R. 5354, Gestational Diabetes (GEDI) Act, H7178 [28SE]

H.R. 5462, Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Awareness Act, H7195 [28SE]

H.R. 5710, Controlled Substance Monitoring Program amendment and reauthorization, H6850 [22SE]

H.R. 5986, Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act, H7191 [28SE]

H.R. 6012, Dept. of HHS review of uptake and utilization of diabetes screening benefits and establish an outreach program with respect to such benefits, H7185 [28SE]

H.R. 6156, renew Dept. of HHS authority to approve demonstration projects designed to test innovative strategies in State child welfare programs, H6896 [23SE]

S. 3078, Health Insurance Rate Authority Act, S1174 [4MR]

S. 3260, Federal Response To Eliminate Eating Disorders Act, S2650-S2654 [26AP]

S. 3418, Comprehensive Problem Gambling Act, S4220 [25MY]

S. 3575, National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act, S5791 [13JY]

S. 3668, Medical-Legal Partnership for Health Act, S6525 [29JY]

S. 3751, Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act amendments, S6901 [5AU], S7650 [28SE], H7186-H7188 [28SE]

S. 3774, extend expenditure deadline for Dept. of HHS Social Services Block Grant Program funds provided for recovery from Hurricane Ike, H7521 [17NO]

S. 3774, extend expenditure deadline for Social Services Block Grant Program funds provided for recovery from Hurricane Ike, S7763 [29SE]

S. 3901, Strengthening Our Commitment to Legal Immigration and America's Security Act, S7807-S7809 [29SE]

S. 4035, Community-Based Mental Health Infrastructure Improvements Act, S10411 [16DE]