PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT

Amendments

Disabled: enhance early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss (S. 3199), S8602 [7DE]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 847), S11039 [22DE], H8947 [22DE]

———extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 847), consideration (H. Res. 1674), H7227 [29SE]

Bills and resolutions

Children and youth: promote minimum State requirements for prevention and treatment of concussions caused by participation in school sports (see H.R. 6172), H6879 [22SE]

———revise and extend programs to support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (see S. 4043), S10514 [17DE]

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]

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

———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]

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

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

———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]

———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]

———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]

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

———provide a comprehensive approach to preventing and treating obesity (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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate certain medical facilities as health professional shortage areas (see S. 3179), S2115 [25MR] (see H.R. 4654), H754 [23FE]

Disabled: enhance early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss (see S. 3199), S2295 [14AP]

Diseases: improve quality of cancer care and quality of life for patients and survivors (see H.R. 5560), H4635 [17JN]

———increase gestational diabetes research and lower the rate of gestational diabetes (see S. 3966), S8062 [18NO]

———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]

———require group and individual health insurance coverage of screening for breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer (see H.R. 4563), H470 [2FE]

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

———restore application of the 340B drug discount program to orphan drugs for children's hospitals (see S. 11), S7618 [28SE]

Families and domestic relations: support and recognize achievements of certain Public Health Service Act family planning services programs (see S. Res. 565), S5439 [24JN]

Gulf of Mexico: ensure Government access to independent, peer-reviewed scientific data and information to assess health of oil spill clean-up workers and vulnerable residents resulting from Deepwater Horizon oil spill (see H.R. 6017), H6569 [30JY]

Health: allow the resell or transfer of covered outpatient drugs to individuals with HIV/AIDS in connection with medication regimen adherence services being provided by a licensed health care professional (see H.R. 6176), H6879 [22SE]

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

———ensure a national, coordinated approach to improving maternal and infant health (see H.R. 6318), H7391 [29SE]

———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 H. Con. Res. 305), H6163 [27JY]

———extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities (see S. 3709), S6882 [5AU] (see H.R. 5025), H2578 [14AP] (see H.R. 5040), H2640 [15AP]

———make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see S. 3737), S6883 [5AU]

———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: increase number of primary care physicians and medical residents serving health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 5889), H6163 [27JY]

Insurance: ensure transparency and proper operation of pharmacy benefit managers (see H.R. 5234), H3272 [6MY]

———provide parity under group health plans and insurance coverage in the provision of benefits for prosthetics and custom orthotics and benefits for other medical and surgical services (see S. 3220), S2377 [15AP] (see S. 3223), S2423 [19AP]

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

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 847), consideration (see H. Res. 1674), H7388 [29SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (see S. 3829), S7420 [23SE]

Cloture motions

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 847), motion to proceed, S8552 [6DE], S8669 [9DE]

Letters

Dental Emergency Responder Act: Representative Bennie G. Thompson, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H7198 [28SE]

———Representative Oberstar, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H7198 [28SE]

———Representative Waxman, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H7198, H7199 [28SE]

9/11 Health and Compensation Act: Catherine Schultz, National Foreign Trade Council, Inc., H7251 [29SE]

———Nancy L. McLernon, Organization for International Investment, H7250 [29SE]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H7250 [29SE]

Restore application of the 340B drug discount program to orphan drugs for children's hospitals: James Mandell and Robert K. Coughlin, S7621 [28SE]

———several Senators, S7621 [28SE]

Motions

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 847), S8552 [6DE], H7252 [29SE]

———extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 847), Senate amendment, H8958 [22DE]

Remarks in House

Animals: enhance and increase the number of veterinarians trained in veterinary public health (H.R. 2999), H7178 [28SE], H7379 [29SE]

Children and youth: establish and implement concussion management guidelines for school-aged children (H.R. 1347), H7183-H7185 [28SE], H7379 [29SE], E1877 [29SE]

Dentists: enhance roles of dentists and allied dental personnel in the national disaster response framework (H.R. 903), H7197-H7199 [28SE]

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

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

———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]

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

———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]

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

Disabled: enhance early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss (S. 3199), H8372-H8374 [15DE]

Diseases: 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]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (H.R. 1740), E1867 [29SE]

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

———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), H7192 [28SE]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (H.R. 1210), H7196, H7197 [28SE], H7380 [29SE], E1856, E1861 [29SE]

———provide for enhanced treatment, support, services, and research for individuals with autism, H5895 [21JY]

———provide for enhanced treatment, support, services, and research for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (H.R. 2413), H2920, H2922, H2923 [27AP]

———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 (H.R. 2366), E926 [25MY]

———require group and individual health insurance coverage of screening for breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer (H.R. 4563), E118 [2FE]

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: 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), H1496 [16MR], H1901, H1904 [21MR]

Health care professionals: address health workforce shortages, H3732 [24MY]

Insurance: limit pre-existing condition exclusions in the individual health insurance market to those permitted in the group health insurance market (H.R. 4019), H912 [25FE], H6978 [23SE]

———prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions for children in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (H.R. 1619), H6884 [23SE]

———provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce, H1352 [11MR], H1431 [15MR]

———provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (H.R. 3217), H912 [25FE]

———require health plans to provide direct access to services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists without a referral (H.R. 2940), H2891 [27AP]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 847), H5723 [20JY], H6166, H6167 [28JY], H6286, H6382-H6400, H6409-H6412 [29JY], H6563 [30JY], H6633, H6648 [14SE], H7215, H7230-H7257 [29SE], H8777 [17DE], E1046 [9JN], E1505, E1509, E1511, E1512 [30JY], E1621 [15SE], E1863 [29SE]

———extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 847), Senate amendment, H8945, H8946, H8947-H8966, H8981 [22DE]

———extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 847), consideration (H. Res. 1674), H7219-H7230 [29SE]

———extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 847), motion to recommit, H7255 [29SE]

NIH: establish a pediatric research consortia (H.R. 758), H7177 [28SE], H7379 [29SE], E1822 [29SE]

9/11 Health and Compensation Act: finance legislation through spending cuts instead of tax increases, H7255 [29SE]

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

Veterans: provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training, H3880 [27MY]

———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), H6839-H6842 [22SE], E1732 [23SE]

Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (H.R. 1032), H7189, H7190 [28SE], H7380 [29SE]

Remarks in Senate

Children and youth: revise and extend programs to support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (S. 4043), S10514, S10515 [17DE]

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

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

———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]

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

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

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

Disabled: enhance early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss (S. 3199), S8601, S8602 [7DE]

———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: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (S. 1492), S7261 [21SE]

Drugs: restore application of the 340B drug discount program to orphan drugs for children's hospitals (S. 11), S7620 [28SE], S8343 [1DE]

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]

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce, S2075, S2076 [25MR]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 847), S7774 [29SE], S7871 [15NO], S8550-S8552 [6DE], S10980-S10982, S10990, S10995 [22DE]

———extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 847), motion to proceed, S8552 [6DE], S8615 [8DE], S8663, S8664 [9DE], S8968 [14DE], S10475 [17DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program, S1958, S2000 [24MR]

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]

Arthritis Prevention, Control, and Cure Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1210) (H. Rept. 111-638), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

Concussion Treatment and Care Tools (ConTACT) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1347) (H. Rept. 111-632), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

Consideration of H.R. 847, 9/11 Health and Compensation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1674) (H. Rept. 111-648), H7388 [29SE]

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

Dental Emergency Responder Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 903) (H. Rept. 111-647), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 3199), S8554 [6DE]

Emergency Medic Transition (EMT) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3199) (H. Rept. 111-608), H6803 [16SE]

Enhance and Increase the Number of Veterinarians Trained in Veterinary Public Health: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2999) (H. Rept. 111-634), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

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

Heart Disease Education, Analysis Research, and Treatment (HEART) for Women Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1032) (H. Rept. 111-639), 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]

9/11 Health and Compensation Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 847) (H. Rept. 111-560), H5983 [22JY]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 847) (H. Rept. 111-560), H5983 [22JY]

Pediatric Research Consortia Establishment Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 758) (H. Rept. 111-640), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

Statements

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

Tables

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 847, 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, S10980 [22DE], H6452 [29JY], H7387 [29SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 1674, consideration of H.R. 847, 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, H.R. 2378, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act, and Senate amendment to H.R. 2701, intelligence services appropriations, H7219 [29SE]

H.R. 758, Pediatric Research Consortia Establishment Act, H7177 [28SE]

H.R. 847, 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, H8947-H8958 [22DE], H6382-H6394 [29JY], H7230-H7242 [29SE]

H.R. 903, Dental Emergency Responder Act, H7197 [28SE]

H.R. 1032, Heart Disease Education, Analysis Research, and Treatment (HEART) for Women Act, H7189 [28SE]

H.R. 1210, Arthritis Prevention, Control, and Cure Act, H7196 [28SE]

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

H.R. 1347, Concussion Treatment and Care Tools (ConTACT) Act, H7183 [28SE]

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

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

H.R. 1995, Diabetes in Minority Populations Evaluation Act, H7192 [28SE]

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

H.R. 2999, enhance and increase the number of veterinarians trained in veterinary public health, H7178 [28SE]

H.R. 3199, Emergency Medic Transition (EMT) Act, H6839 [22SE]

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

S. 11, restore application of the 340B drug discount program to orphan drugs for children's hospitals, S7621 [28SE]

S. 3199, Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act, H8372 [15DE]

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

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

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

S. Res. 565, support and recognize achievements of certain Public Health Service Act family planning services programs, S5447 [24JN]