DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Amendments

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S1265 [4MR], S1332 [7MR], S1413 [8MR], S1511 [9MR], H776, H777, H778, H779, H780, H781, H782, H783, H784, H785, H786, H787, H788, H789, H790, H791, H792, H793, H794, H795, H796 [14FE], H830, H844, H846, H849, H854, H855, H873, H875, H878, H881, H882, H886, H888, H889, H890, H893, H895, H897, H900, H901, H902, H903, H904, H908, H910, H924, H925, H926, H927, H928, H929, H930, H931, H933, H934, H935 [15FE], H968, H970, H976, H981, H982, H984, H986, H987, H988, H989, H990, H992, H999, H1001, H1002, H1003, H1007, H1014, H1016, H1020, H1023, H1024, H1025, H1028, H1031, H1032, H1033, H1036, H1041, H1045, H1051, H1055, H1056, H1057, H1060, H1063, H1064, H1067, H1071 [16FE], H1091, H1094, H1095, H1096, H1102, H1103, H1106, H1111, H1114, H1115, H1121, H1125, H1131, H1144, H1145, H1149, H1155, H1182, H1183, H1184, H1185, H1186 [17FE], H1202, H1213, H1215, H1217, H1220, H1221, H1222, H1223, H1224, H1226, H1231, H1243, H1245, H1246, H1247, H1249, H1257, H1258, H1261, H1262, H1265, H1268, H1269, H1271, H1272, H1273, H1275, H1277, H1279, H1280, H1281, H1282, H1284, H1285, H1286, H1287, H1288, H1289, H1290, H1291, H1308, H1310, H1311, H1312, H1313, H1314, H1315, H1316, H1317, H1318, H1319, H1320, H1322, H1323, H1324, H1325, H1327, H1328, H1342, H1345, H1346, H1349 [18FE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 92), H814 [15FE]

Combating Autism Act: reauthorize (S. 1094), S5785 [20SE]

Education: convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations (H.R. 1216), H3344, H3345 [23MY], H3368, H3369, H3371, H3398 [24MY]

———convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations (H.R. 1216), consideration (H. Res. 269), H3359 [24MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund (H.R. 1217), H2640, H2642, H2643 [13AP]

———repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund (H.R. 1217), consideration (H. Res. 219), H2630 [13AP]

Articles and editorials

Definition of Insanity, S6310 [6OC]

Entitlement Bandits, S4374 [6JY]

Parity for Kids' Mental Health, H6411 [22SE]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see S. 165), S126 [25JA] (see H.R. 361), H394 [20JA]

Administration on Aging: reauthorize Lifespan Respite Care Program (see H.R. 3266), H7133 [26OC]

Alzheimer's disease: authorize grants for training and support services for patients and their families (see H.R. 2798), H5895 [5AU]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to Planned Parenthood funding (see H. Con. Res. 36), H2575 [11AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to Planned Parenthood funding (H. Con. Res. 36), consideration (see H. Res. 218), H2602 [12AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (see H.R. 1), H722 [11FE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), consideration (see H. Res. 92), H773 [14FE]

Assets for Independence Act: reauthorize and approve applications to operate new demonstration programs, renew existing programs, and enhance program flexibility (see H.R. 1623), H2911 [15AP]

Border areas: establish grant programs to improve the health of border area residents and for hazards preparedness in border areas including bioterrorism and infectious disease (see S. 1257), S4024 [22JN] (see H.R. 2298), H4456 [22JN]

Cardiomyopathy: provide education, awareness, and risk assessment materials and resources and disseminate such materials by State educational agencies to identify more at-risk families (see H.R. 3625), H8318 [8DE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize funding for creation and implementation of infant mortality pilot programs in standard metropolitan statistical areas with high rates of infant mortality (see H.R. 2127), H4035 [3JN]

———establish and implement a birth defects prevention, risk reduction, and public awareness program (see S. 1131), S3427 [26MY] (see H.R. 2029), H3755 [26MY]

Child and family services program: extend (see S. 1542), S5499 [12SE] (see H.R. 2790), H5891 [2AU] (see H.R. 2883), H6096 [12SE]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Program: improve access to high quality early learning and child care for low income children and working families (see S. 1155), S3613 [8JN]

———provide diapers and diapering supplies (see S. 1778), S7005 [1NO] (see H.R. 3134), H6672 [6OC]

———require a criminal background check for a child care staff member of any child care provider in a State that receives funds (see S. 581), S1676 [15MR] (see H.R. 1711, 1726), H3060 [4MY]

Children and youth: award competitive grants to public and private entities to provide qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents (see H.R. 2874), H6010 [8SE]

———better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent human trafficking of children and serve the needs of victims under adoption assistance and foster care programs (see H.R. 2730), H5883 [1AU]

———carry out programs to provide youth in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities the information and skills needed to reduce teenage pregnancies (see S. 1437), S5017 [28JY] (see H.R. 2678), H5732 [28JY]

———implement demonstration projects at federally qualified community health centers to prevent child maltreatment and promote family well-being through parenting practices and skills (see S. 54), S123 [25JA]

———improve health of children, reduce occurrence of sudden unexpected infant death, and enhance public health activities relative to stillbirth (see S. 1862), S7451 [15NO] (see H.R. 3418), H7578 [14NO]

———make certain State social services funding contigent on enactment of laws making it a felony to fail to report child abuse to law enforcement or State child protective services agencies (see S. 1879), S7612 [16NO]

———make child abuse and neglect grant funding contigent on enactment of laws making it a felony to fail to report child abuse to law enforcement or State child protective services agencies (see H.R. 3486), H7890 [18NO]

———make child abuse and neglect grant funding contingent on enactment of laws making it a felony to fail to report child abuse to law enforcement or State child protective services agencies (see H.R. 3617), H8318 [8DE]

———provide incentives for States to improve the well-being of children in the child welfare system through reforms and innovations, collaboration between agencies, and increased accountability (see S. 1509), S5251 [2AU]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases by expanding comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education in schools (see S. 1782), S7066 [2NO] (see H.R. 3324), H7256 [2NO]

———reduce youth homelessness by extending foster care eligibility and programs and improving programs to keep families together (see S. 961), S2928 [12MY]

———require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs (see S. 1667), S6330 [6OC] (see H.R. 3126), H6671 [6OC]

———require mandatory reporting of child abuse or neglect to law enforcement or State child protective services agencies and provide training on what constitutes child abuse or neglect (see S. 1877), S7612 [16NO]

———require States to help alien children in the child welfare system apply for all available forms of immigration relief (see H.R. 3333), H7329 [3NO]

Climate: develop a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change (see H.R. 3314), H7255 [2NO]

Colleges and universities: establish a grant program to improve mental and behavioral health services on college campuses and develop a campaign to educate campus communities about mental health (see H.R. 1833), H3218 [11MY]

———provide grants to eligible medical schools for constructing, renovating, or improving facilities to increase the supply of physicians (see S. 1480), S5250 [2AU]

———provide grants to newly accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools to increase the supply of physicians (see S. 1481), S5250 [2AU]

Combating Autism Act: reauthorize (see S. 1094), S3426 [26MY] (see H.R. 2005), H3753 [26MY]

Community Services Block Grant Program: authorize appropriations for national or regional instructional programs for low-income youth (see H.R. 2817), H5904 [12AU] (see H.R. 2817), H5931 [30AU]

Contraceptives: require public disclosure of audits conducted of entities receiving family planning grants (see S. 814), S2446 [13AP]

Controlled substance monitoring program: amend and reauthorize (see H.R. 866), H1455 [1MR]

Correctional institutions: provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons (see H.R. 3547), H8075 [1DE]

Dept. of Defense: establish a commission on urotrauma (see H.R. 1612), H2911 [15AP]

Dept. of State: establish the Eliminate and Stop Abuse, Frequent Exploitation, and Trafficking on the Internet (E-SAFETI) Task Force (see H.R. 2801), H5895 [5AU] (see H.R. 2801), H5938 [6SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1599), S5902 [22SE] (see H.R. 3070), H6467 [29SE]

Diabetes: authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (see H.R. 2799), H5895 [5AU]

Diseases: address HIV/AIDS in the African-American community (see S. 795), S2387 [12AP] (see H.R. 1462), H2570 [8AP]

———establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (see S. 752), S2188 [6AP] (see H.R. 1394), H2410 [6AP]

———establish a National Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Disease Registry and authorize research on acquired bone marrow failure diseases (see H.R. 640), H680 [10FE]

———establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see S. 425), S1060 [1MR] (see H.R. 2595), H5284 [20JY]

———expand and enhance adult day programs for people with multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases or conditions to improve respite services for caregivers (see S. 495), S1328 [7MR] (see H.R. 883), H1524 [2MR]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see S. 1350), S4517 [12JY] (see H.R. 2505), H4945 [12JY]

———extend authorization of appropriations for the sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program (see H.R. 2518), H5018 [13JY]

———foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see H.R. 2960), H6231 [15SE]

———improve and enhance research and programs on childhood cancer survivorship (see S. 1613), S5903 [22SE] (see H.R. 3015), H6413 [22SE]

———improve diagnosis and treatment of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (see S. 1167), S3683 [9JN] (see H.R. 2123), H4034 [3JN]

———provide for an evidence-based strategy for voluntary screening for HIV/AIDS and other common sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 1774), H3108 [5MY]

———provide for osteoporosis and related bone disease education, research, and surveillance (see S. 966), S2928 [12MY]

———provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes (see S. 1221), S3891 [16JN] (see H.R. 2194), H4277 [15JN]

———raise awareness, improve education, and encourage research and treatment of psychosocial needs of children, adolescents, and young adults diagnosed with a childhood cancer and their families (see H. Res. 262), H3160 [10MY]

———revise and extend program for viral hepatitis surveillance, education, and testing in order to prevent deaths from liver cancer (see H.R. 3381), H7397 [4NO]

———revise and extend the program for viral hepatitis surveillance, education, and testing to prevent deaths from liver cancer (see S. 1809), S7127 [3NO]

———support psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis data collection, leverage public and private investment in research, and focus on relationship between psoriasis and its comorbid conditions (see S. 1107), S3427 [26MY] (see H.R. 2033), H3755 [26MY]

Drugs: establish an America Rx drug discount program for individuals without access to prescription drugs at discounted prices (see H.R. 2296), H4456 [22JN]

———increase Federal oversight of prescription opioid treatment and assistance to States in reducing opioid abuse, diversion, and deaths (see S. 507), S1406 [8MR] (see H.R. 1925), H3302 [13MY]

Early Retiree Reinsurance Program: provide additional funding (see S. 1088), S3426 [26MY]

Education: assist States in establishing a universal prekindergarten program (see S. 1156), S3613 [8JN] (see H.R. 555), H550 [8FE] (see H.R. 2331), H4527 [23JN]

———convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations (see H.R. 1216), H2036 [29MR]

———reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals (see S. 958), S2928 [12MY] (see H.R. 1852), H3218 [11MY]

Epilepsy: collaborate with other departments on epilepsy education and awareness programs (see H. Res. 298), H4035 [3JN]

Ethnic groups: provide for health data regarding Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders (see S. 71), S124 [25JA] (see H.R. 2486), H4850 [11JY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend certain exemptions for direct care workers and improve systems for collection and reporting of data on the direct care workforce (see S. 1273), S4076 [23JN] (see H.R. 2341), H4527 [23JN]

Families and domestic relations: conduct study on recruitment and retention of foster parents (see H.R. 2022), H3754 [26MY]

FDA: allow manufacturers to distribute and cite scientific research on health benefits of foods and dietary supplements without affecting regulatory category of the product (see H.R. 1364), H2326 [5AP]

———ensure safe use of cosmetics (see H.R. 2359), H4573 [24JN]

———improve safety of dietary supplements by requiring manufacturers to register supplement products with the FDA and amending labeling requirements (see S. 1310), S4291 [30JN]

Field emergency medical services: improve (see H.R. 3144), H6676 [7OC]

Food: strengthen Federal consumer product safety programs and activities relative to commercially-marketed seafood (see S. 50), S123 [25JA]

Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program: establish (see H.R. 531), H549 [8FE]

Gambling: include problem and pathological gambling in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration programs and establish grant program to address consequences of problem gambling (see H.R. 2334), H4527 [23JN]

Health: conduct programs to screen adolescents, and educate health professionals, with respect to bleeding disorders (see H.R. 1919), H3301 [13MY]

———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. 19), H202 [12JA]

———eliminate certain entitlement programs in order to reduce the deficit (see H.R. 3243), H7007 [24OC]

———enhance and further research of prevention and treatment of eating disorders and improve access to treatment (see S. 481), S1219 [3MR] (see H.R. 1448), H2569 [8AP]

———establish performance-based quality measures under Medicare and affirmative defense in medical malpractice actions, and provide grants to States for administrative health care tribunals (see H.R. 2363), H4573 [24JN]

———improve understanding and coordination of critical care health services (see H.R. 971), H1664 [9MR]

———prohibit conditioning licensure of a health care provider upon participation in a health plan (see H.R. 969), H1664 [9MR]

———prohibit denial of coverage under Federal health care programs based on comparative effectiveness research data and ensure research accounts for advancements in health care and different treatment options (see S. 660), S1933 [29MR]

———provide for human stem cell research, including embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 2376), H4574 [24JN]

———reauthorize certain public health preparedness programs (see S. 1814), S7155 [7NO]

Health care facilities: establish a demonstration program to test the viability of community integrated small house nursing care homes (see S. 2022), S8734 [16DE]

———include certain children's psychiatric hospitals under the program of payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs (see H.R. 2558), H5125 [15JY]

Health care professionals: attract and retain health providers trained in geriatrics and gerontology by providing loan forgiveness and career advancement opportunities (see S. 1095), S3426 [26MY]

———establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program (see S. 43), S123 [25JA]

———establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see S. 992), S2929 [12MY] (see H.R. 2187), H4277 [15JN]

———provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers (see S. 1059), S3338 [25MY] (see H.R. 1629), H2912 [15AP]

———provide relief for the shortage of nurses (see H.R. 1929), H3302 [13MY]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see S. 332), S682 [14FE]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: preserve reauthorization (see H.R. 215), H134 [7JA]

———revise and extend (see H.R. 536), H549 [8FE]

Insurance: exempt licensed independent insurance producer remuneration from the medical loss ratio (see H.R. 3183), H6919 [13OC]

———improve consumer protections for purchasers of long-term care insurance (see S. 159), S126 [25JA]

———provide protections for consumers against excessive, unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory increases in premium rates (see S. 137), S125 [25JA] (see H.R. 416), H468 [25JA]

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. 1609), S5902 [22SE]

Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant: convert funding for personal responsibility education programs from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations (see H.R. 1215), H2036 [29MR]

Medicaid: require approval of waivers relative to State provider taxes that exempt certain retirement communities (see S. 1101), S3427 [26MY] (see H.R. 2841), H5936 [2SE] (see H.R. 2841), H5939 [6SE]

Medicare: apply exceptions process fairly for tiered formulary drugs in prescription drug plans (see H.R. 3613), H8318 [8DE]

———authorize the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see S. 31), S122 [25JA]

———clarify application of secondary payer rules (see S. 1718), S6600 [17OC] (see H.R. 1063), H1796 [14MR]

———create additional residency slots in participating teaching hospitals, expand primary care bonus to certain underserved specialties, and provide tax incentives for practicing-teaching physicians (see H.R. 2224), H4326 [16JN]

———establish accreditation requirements for suppliers and providers of air ambulance services (see S. 1407), S4845 [22JY]

———issue regulations to make available a searchable claims and payment database (see S. 756), S2266 [7AP]

———prevent dismantling of program and establishment as a voucher program (see S. 789), S2387 [12AP]

———provide coverage of custom fabricated breast prostheses following a mastectomy (see S. 1217), S3891 [16JN] (see H.R. 2233), H4327 [16JN]

———provide for a primary care graduate medical education pilot project to improve access to the primary care workforce (see H.R. 3667), H8966 [14DE]

———provide for additional opportunities to enroll under part B (see H.R. 1654), H2913 [15AP]

———reduce the costs of prescription drugs (see S. 1699), S6461 [12OC]

———repeal reduction in disproportionate share hospital payments (see H.R. 3633), H8727 [12DE]

———require drug manufacturers to provide rebates for drugs dispensed to low-income individuals under the prescription drug benefit program (see S. 1206), S3813 [15JN] (see H.R. 2190), H4277 [15JN]

———require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see S. 44), S123 [25JA] (see H.R. 2248), H4363 [21JN]

———strengthen and protect hospice programs (see S. 722), S2087 [4AP] (see H.R. 3506), H7898 [22NO]

Medicare/Medicaid: amend disproportionate share hospital payment program (see H.R. 342), H354 [19JA]

———curb waste, fraud, and abuse (see S. 1251), S4023 [22JN] (see H.R. 3399), H7405 [10NO]

———prevent misuse, overutilization, and trafficking of prescription drugs by limiting access to such drugs by high-risk beneficiaries (see S. 882), S2686 [4MY]

Mental health: revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 751), H1176 (see H.R. 751), H1195 [17FE]

National Autism Spectrum Disorders Initiative: establish (see S. 1128), S3427 [26MY] (see H.R. 2006), H3753 [26MY]

National Childhood Brain Tumor Prevention Network: establish (see S. 1052), S3274 [24MY] (see H.R. 1970), H3409 [24MY]

National Health Service Corps: include occupational therapists as behavioral and mental health professionals (see H.R. 3762), H10015 [20DE]

———provide for the participation of optometrists in the scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1195), H1984 [17MR]

———provide for the participation of pharmacists in programs (see S. 48), S123 [25JA]

National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program: provide for participation of certain specialists needed to respond to environmental public health emergencies (see S. 1505), S5251 [2AU]

———provide for the participation of physical therapists (see S. 975), S2928 [12MY] (see H.R. 1426), H2533 [7AP]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see S. 775), S2348 [8AP] (see H.R. 1810), H3159 [10MY]

National Office of Social Work Research: establish (see S. 41), S123 [25JA]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Registry Resource Center: establish and authorize grants for State registries (see H.R. 3514), H7927 [29NO]

National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan: implement (see H.R. 2600), H5285 [20JY]

NIH: establish and maintain an undiagnosed diseases network (see H.R. 2671), H5660 [27JY]

Office of Refugee Resettlement: reform and modernize (see H.R. 1475), H2602 [12AP]

Office of the National Nurse: establish (see H.R. 3679), H9430 [15DE]

Oral health: make grants to volunteer dental projects, improve oral health education and dental disease prevention, and enhance Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program dental services (see H.R. 1666), H2933 [2MY]

Pancreatic Cancer Initiative: establish and implement (see S. 362), S791 [16FE] (see H.R. 733), H1038 (see H.R. 733), H1069 [16FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow an earlier start for State health care coverage innovation waivers (see S. 73), S124 [25JA] (see S. 248), S411 [1FE] (see H.R. 439), H469 [25JA] (see H.R. 844), H1390 [28FE]

———apply Early Innovator grant funds returned by States to deficit reduction (see H.R. 2961), H6231 [15SE]

———ensure that all Americans have access to waivers (see S. 1395), S4802 [21JY]

———establish a public health insurance option (see H.R. 191), H40 [5JA]

———repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (see S. 720), S2087 [4AP] (see H.R. 1173), H1983 [17MR]

———repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund (see H.R. 1217), H2036 [29MR]

———repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund (H.R. 1217), consideration (see H. Res. 219), H2602 [12AP]

———require greater transparency on criteria used to grant certain waivers and ensure such waivers are treated in a fair and consistent manner (see S. 650), S1827 [17MR] (see H.R. 1184), H1983 [17MR]

Pharmaceuticals: allow importation of prescription drugs (see S. 319), S642 [10FE]

Poverty: submit report on parasitic disease among poor Americans (see H.R. 528), H549 [8FE]

Pregnancy Assistance Fund: authorize additional funding (see S. 1490), S5250 [2AU]

Privacy: remove Social Security account numbers from Medicare identification cards and communications provided to beneficiaries (see S. 1275), S4076 [23JN]

Projects for Assistance in Transition From Homelessness (PATH) Program: revise minimum allotments (see H.R. 3141), H6672 [6OC]

Promoting Safe and Stable Families program: reauthorize grants to assist children affected by methamphetamine or other substance abuse (see S. 1234), S3924 [20JN]

Public health: reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (see S. 1855), S7368 [10NO] (see H.R. 2405), H4580 [28JN]

Public Health Service: clarify that other agencies may not designate, appoint, or employ special consultants, fellows, or other employees to the Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 2791), H5892 [2AU]

Public welfare programs: renew authority to approve demonstration projects designed to test innovative strategies in State child welfare programs (see S. 1013), S3052 [17MY] (see H.R. 1194), H1984 [17MR]

Research: encourage use of medical checklists through research (see H.R. 3386), H7397 [4NO]

———improve protections for human research subjects and, where appropriate because of the type research involved, reduce regulatory burdens (see H.R. 2625), H5398 [22JY]

Safety: enhance medical surge capacity by enabling issuance of waivers for certain public health emergency response requirements (see S. 1854), S7368 [10NO]

Schools: make grants to eligible local educational agencies to reduce the student-to-school nurse ratio in elementary and secondary schools and kindergarten (see H.R. 2229), H4326 [16JN]

———provide States with incentives to require elementary and secondary schools to maintain, and permit school personnel to administer, epinephrine (see S. 1884), S7702 [17NO] (see H.R. 3627), H8318 [8DE]

Senior citizens: establish a Home Care Consumer Bill of Rights, establish State Home Care Ombudsman Programs, and provide quality assurance for home and community-based services (see S. 1750), S6871 [20OC]

———integrate mental health services for older adults into primary care settings and provide grants for geriatric mental health treatment outreach teams (see S. 525), S1502 [9MR]

Social Security: prevent fraud, waste, and abuse under Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 454), S1120 [2MR]

Social Services Block Grants Program: provide grants to support job creation initiatives (see H.R. 3701), H9925 [16DE]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see S. 584), S1677 [15MR] (see H.R. 1106), H1842 [15MR]

Statistics: allocate funds for collection of statistics from most recent versions of the Standard Certificates of Live Birth and Death and Standard Report of Fetal Death (see H.R. 666), H723 [11FE]

Stillbirths: provide for national collection of data in a standardized manner (see H.R. 1037), H1768 [11MR]

340B Drug Pricing Program: revise and expand to improve provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers (see H.R. 2674), H5660 [27JY]

Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (see S. 1381), S4641 [18JY] (see H.R. 2557), H5125 [15JY]

Veterans: facilitate emergency medical services personnel training and certification curriculums (see S. 1553), S5624 [14SE]

Women: make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such services (see H.R. 165), H39 [5JA]

———promote optimal maternity outcomes by making evidence-based maternity care a national priority (see H.R. 2141), H4035 [3JN]

———provide grants to States to establish maternal mortality review committees on pregnancy-related deaths (see H.R. 894), H1573 [3MR]

———reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see S. 1440), S5017 [28JY] (see H.R. 2679), H5732 [28JY]

———require mammography reports contain a breast density summary and a statement on the benefit of supplementary screening tests for patients with dense breast tissue (see H.R. 3102), H6624 [5OC]

Cloture motions

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), motion to proceed, S1247 [4MR]

Excerpts

Setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34): Medicare policy statement, H3823 [1JN]

Letters

Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Awareness Act: Cindy Brownstein, Spina Bifida Association, E979 [27MY]

———Dennis K. Ledford, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology, E979 [27MY]

———Lori Wolf, Organization of Teratology Information Specialists, E980 [27MY]

———Marina L. Weiss, March of Dimes Foundation, E980 [27MY]

———Matthew E. Melmed, ZERO TO THREE—National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families, E980 [27MY]

———O. Marion Burton, American Academy of Pediatrics, E980 [27MY]

———Richard N. Waldman, American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, E980 [27MY]

Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act: Barry C. Melancon, American Institute of CPAs, H6303 [21SE]

———Bruce Lesley, First Focus Campaign for Children (organization), H6297 [21SE]

———Christine James-Brown, Child Welfare League of America, H6297 [21SE]

———Eric T. Washington, Conference of Chief Justices and Rosalyn W. Frierson, Conference of State Court Adminstrators, H6303 [21SE]

———Jack F. Trope, Association on American Indian Affairs, H6302 [21SE]

———Joe Kroll, North American Council on Adoptable Children, H6302 [21SE]

———John Sciamanna, American Humane Association, H6302 [21SE]

———Matthew E. Melmed, ZERO TO THREE—National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families, H6298 [21SE]

———National Foster Care Coalition, H6296 [21SE]

———Nicole Dobbins, Voice for Adoption (organization), H6301 [21SE]

———Patrick Lawler, Youth Villages (organization), H6301 [21SE]

———Public Children Services Association of Ohio, H6296 [21SE]

———several child welfare organizations, H6298 [21SE]

———Terry L. Cross, National Indian Child Welfare Association, H6301 [21SE]

———Tracy L. Wareing, American Public Human Services Association, H6303 [21SE]

———William T. Pound, National Conference of State Legislatures, H6301 [21SE]

Dept. of HHS integration of mental health services for older adults into primary care settings and provide grants for geriatric mental health treatment outreach teams: several organizations, S1508 [9MR]

Dept. of HHS renewal of authority to approve demonstration projects designed to test innovative strategies in State child welfare programs: Mary Jane Wallner and Wes Keller, National Conference of State Legislatures, H3785 [31MY]

———Patrick Lawler, Youth Villages (organization), H3785 [31MY]

Government regulations impact on health care: Senator Roberts, S1534-S1536 [10MR]

Health care reform funding: Kathleen Sebelius, Sec. of HHS, E731 [15AP]

Medicare funding: Kathleen Sebelius, Sec. of HHS, S1484 [9MR]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., funding: Sarah Stoesz, Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, E621 [4AP]

Presidential requirement to submit proposed legislation relative to Medicare Trustees funding warning: Representative Paul Ryan, Committee on the Budget (House) and Senator Sessions, Committee on the Budget (Senate), S3759 [14JN]

———several Senators, S3802 [15JN]

Require mammography reports contain a breast density summary and a statement on the benefit of supplementary screening tests for patients with dense breast tissue: Eleanor Hinton Hoytt, Black Women's Health Imperative (organization), E1778 [5OC]

———JoAnn Pushkin, Are You Dense Advocacy, Inc., E1778 [5OC]

———Nancy M. Cappello, Are You Dense, Inc., E1778 [5OC]

———Rhonda F. Turner, American Association of Breast Care Professionals, E1778 [5OC]

Motions

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S1247 [4MR], H1355 [18FE]

Education: convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations (H.R. 1216), H3386 [24MY], H3432 [25MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund (H.R. 1217), H2645 [13AP]

Press releases

HHS Announces New Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education Program, H3370 [24MY]

Remarks in House

AIDS Drug Assistance Program: funding, H1185, H1186 [17FE]

American Health Benefit Exchanges: require posting on website a notice of the amount of funds rescinded by repeal, H2962, H2963 [3MY]

Appropriations: direct CBO and BLS to conduct a joint study on effect of full-year continuing appropriations legislation on job levels and report findings in the Employment Situation Report, H1243, H1244 [18FE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H727, H746, H750-H754 [14FE], H801, H803, H804, H817-H913 [15FE], H937, H941, H942, H944, H948, H949, H950, H951, H955, H957-H1036, H1043-H1068 [16FE], H1074, H1080-H1175, H1181-H1189 [17FE], H1201, H1202-H1249, H1255-H1357 [18FE], H1366, H1378-H1382 [28FE], H1395, H1398, H1404, H1405, H1406-H1415, H1417-H1419, H1425, H1429, H1442-H1445 [1MR], H1460, H1463, H1464, H1485, H1502, H1503, H1517 [2MR], H1527, H1528, H1554-H1557, H1561 [3MR], H1627, H1628, H1629, H1643-H1649 [9MR], H1672, H1673, H1676, H1699, H1712 [10MR], H1751-H1761 [11MR], H1773 [14MR], H1805-H1810, H1821, H1822, H1828, H1836 [15MR], H1849, H1850, H1859, H1901 [16MR], H1980 [17MR], H2004, H2007 [29MR], H2046, H2048, H2049, H2050, H2063, H2065-H2067, H2092 [30MR], H2113, H2118, H2119 [31MR], H2217, H2218, H2225, H2228, H2230, H2248 [1AP], H2272 [4AP], H2299, H2301, H2302, H2314 [5AP], H2331, H2336, H2392, H2395, H2401 [6AP], H2414, H2453 [7AP], H2541, H2544, H2547, H2549, H2550 [8AP], H2598 [12AP], H2739, H2743, H2789 [14AP], H2903 [15AP], H5739 [29JY], H5860 [1AU], H6677 [11OC], E222 [14FE], E238, E239, E240, E241, E242, E243, E245, E247, E248, E249, E250, E251 [16FE], E253, E254, E255, E257, E258, E259 [17FE], E261, E262, E269, E270, E271, E272, E273, E275, E276, E277, E278, E279, E280, E281, E282, E283, E284, E286, E287, E288, E289, E290, E291, E292, E293, E295, E296, E297, E298, E299, E300, E301, E302, E303, E305, E308, E310, E312, E317, E318, E319 [18FE], E321, E322, E324, E333, E336 [28FE], E388, E389 [1MR], E396 [2MR], E413, E414, E415, E416 [3MR], E500 [16MR]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), motion to recommit, H1355 [18FE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, H1174, H1175 [17FE]

Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight: personnel funding, H1323 [18FE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish and implement a birth defects prevention, risk reduction, and public awareness program (H.R. 2029), E979 [27MY]

Child and family services program: extend (H.R. 2790), E1504 [5AU]

———extend (H.R. 2883), H6292-H6304 [21SE], E1602 [12SE], E1695 [22SE]

Child Care and Development Block Grant: funding, H2049 [30MR]

Children and youth: award competitive grants to public and private entities to provide qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents (H.R. 2874), H6105 [13SE]

———carry out programs to provide youth in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities the information and skills needed to reduce teenage pregnancies (H.R. 2678), H5583 [27JY]

———require States to help alien children in the child welfare system apply for all available forms of immigration relief (H.R. 3333), E1993 [3NO]

Children's Mental Health Awareness Day: observance, E788 [3MY]

Colet, Venancia R.: Dept. of HHS Administration on Aging Outstanding Senior Volunteer Award recipient, E1461 [1AU]

Combating Autism Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2005), H6249-H6254 [20SE]

Community health centers: funding, H878 [15FE], H944, H1015 [16FE], H2050 [30MR], E249 [16FE], E254 [17FE], E296 [18FE]

Community Services Block Grant Program: funding, H1016-H1018 [16FE]

Congressional Review Act: use to reduce the impact of executive branch regulations on the economy, H2026, H2027 [29MR]

Controlled substance monitoring program: amend and reauthorize (H.R. 866), E385 [1MR]

Crime: enhance law enforcement, support victims, and increase penalties relative to sex trafficking, H6124-H6127 [13SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, H9897 [16DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3070), H6522 [4OC], H7236 [2NO]

Diseases: address HIV/AIDS in the African-American community (H.R. 1462), H2615 [13AP], E2158 [1DE]

———establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (H.R. 1394), H4739 [7JY]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (H.R. 2505), H6258 [20SE]

———provide for an evidence-based strategy for voluntary screening for HIV/AIDS and other common sexually transmitted infections (H.R. 1774), E826 [5MY]

Early Retiree Reinsurance Program: funding, H2797 [14AP]

Education: assist States in establishing a universal prekindergarten program (H.R. 2331), E1181 [23JN]

———convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations (H.R. 1216), H3361-H3388, H3396-H3401 [24MY], H3430, H3432-H3434 [25MY], E947, E950 [25MY], E1124 [16JN]

———convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations (H.R. 1216), motion to recommit, H3432-H3434 [25MY]

———prohibit graduate medical education funding from being used to provide abortions, abortion training, or distributed to organizations that discriminate against pro-life healh care providers, H3371-H3373 [24MY]

———reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals (H.R. 1852), H3362, H3364 [24MY], H6254, H6255 [20SE], H6411 [22SE], E1680 [21SE]

EPA: maintain existing standards for cement manufacturing facilities if proposed changes impede Dept. of HHS mercury reduction goals, H6597 [5OC]

Ethnic groups: provide for health data regarding Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders (H.R. 2486), E1282 [11JY]

Family planning services: funding, H1005, H1006, H1010-H1018, H1022 [16FE], E249, E251 [16FE], E272, E277, E284, E288 [18FE]

FDA: Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition funding, H4164 [14JN]

Federal agencies and departments: ensure agency rule reform does not create regulatory burdens for providing low-cost prescription drugs for seniors, veterans, servicemen, and their families, H8103 [2DE]

Federal aid programs: require a certain percentage of funds be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty counties, H1271 [18FE]

GAO: conduct a study on the number of primary care physicians trained as a result of converting funding for graduate medical education from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations, H3365, H3368-H3370 [24MY]

———determine that there is no primary care physician shortage before converting funding for graduate medical education from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations, H3399 [24MY]

———study impact of Prevention and Public Health Fund on States and local communities, H2643, H2644 [13AP]

———study impact of Prevention and Public Health Fund on the prevention of chronic diseases and promoting health, H2642, H2643 [13AP]

Head Start Program: funding, H1557 [3MR], H1646 [9MR], H2049, H2066 [30MR], H2550 [8AP], H7005 [24OC], E310 [18FE], E388 [1MR], E471 [14MR]

Health: disapprove rule relating to ``Health Insurance Issuers Implementing Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Requirements Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act'' (H.J. Res. 19), H1787 [14MR]

———improve understanding and coordination of critical care health services (H.R. 971), H8159 [6DE], E1000 [31MY]

———prioritize graduate medical education funding to qualified teaching health centers in underserved areas, H3432, H3433 [25MY]

———proposal to require all health plans to cover certain birth control procedures and drugs, H7382 [4NO]

———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, H1774 [14MR]

———societal impact of health care service cuts, H825 [15FE]

Health care facilities: include certain children's psychiatric hospitals under the program of payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs (H.R. 2558), H6411 [22SE]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws, H3942 [2JN]

Indian Health Service: dental health programs funding through reductions in Dept. of the Interior Solicitor General funding, H5575 [26JY]

———Sanitation Facilities Construction Program funding through reductions in BLM oil and gas and grazing management programs funding, H5443-H5445 [25JY]

Indiana: denial of waiver relative to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H7941 [30NO]

Insurance: funding for implementation of medical loss ratio requirements for health insurers to spend a certain percentage of premiums on clinical services, H1261, H1262 [18FE]

LIHEAP: funding, H8743 [13DE]

Medicaid: reform, H2808 [14AP]

Medicare: authorize the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries, H5289 [21JY]

———prevent fraud, waste, and abuse, H1583 [8MR]

———provide for a primary care graduate medical education pilot project to improve access to the primary care workforce (H.R. 3667), H8914 [14DE]

———reform, H2301, H2302, H2303 [5AP], H2333 [6AP], H2419-H2422, H2508-H2514, H2522-H2524 [7AP], H2537, H2539, H2545, H2550 [8AP], H2589, H2594-H2597 [12AP], H2611, H2614, H2615, H2616, H2621, H2648, H2651, H2652 [13AP], H2671, H2672, H2674, H2675, H2681-H2684, H2795, H2797, H2805-H2818, H2820-H2835, H2837, H2848 [14AP], H2860, H2879-H2882, H2892, H2893, H2898, H2900, H2903 [15AP], H2925 [2MY], H3009 [4MY], H3169 [11MY], H3230, H3231, H3265, H3275 [12MY], H3351, H3352, H3371, H3374-H3385, H3396, H3401 [24MY], H3423 [25MY], H3685, H3686 [26MY], H3765, H3767, H3768, H3770, H3773, H3787, H3788, H3799, H3800, H3803 [31MY], H3814, H3815, H3816, H3818-H3828 [1JN], H3925, H3927, H3978-H3980 [2JN], H3989, H3990, H4027-H4031 [3JN], H4094, H4095, H4096 [14JN], H4190, H4192, H4196 [15JN], H4282 [16JN], H4472, H4474, H4475, H4511-H4515, H4517 [23JN], H5031 [14JY], H5134 [18JY], H5167 [19JY], H5277-H5282 [20JY], H5298 [21JY], H5388 [22JY], H5481-H5487 [25JY], H5499, H5501 [26JY], H5666, H5677 [28JY], H6188, H6189 [15SE], E639 [5AP], E761 [15AP], E773 [2MY], E900 [13MY], E990 [27MY], E1078 [13JN]

———reform physicians reimbursement rates, H8058 [1DE], H8201 [7DE], H8352 [12DE], H10000 [20DE]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, H371, H372 [20JA], H4028 [3JN], H8801, H8806, H8807 [13DE], H9933 [19DE], H9967, H9970, H9971, H9976, H9980, H10008 [20DE], E2342 [23DE]

Medicare/Medicaid: prevent fraud, waste, and abuse, H2527 [7AP]

National Health Service Corps program: funding, H450 [25JA]

Native Americans: programs funding, H5440 [25JY]

NIH: establish and maintain an undiagnosed diseases network (H.R. 2671), E1459 [1AU]

———funding, H408 [24JA], H1009, H1013 [16FE], H1529 [3MR]

North Carolina: cost of upgrading Medicaid billing system, H8994 [15DE]

Pancreatic Cancer Initiative: establish and implement (H.R. 733), H7719 [17NO]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: essential benefits provisions funding, H1327 [18FE]

———repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program, H6989 [24OC]

———repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund (H.R. 1217), H2282 [4AP], H2612, H2614, H2633-H2647 [13AP], E716 [14AP], E807 [4MY]

———repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund (H.R. 1217), consideration (H. Res. 219), H2624-H2632 [13AP]

———repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund (H.R. 1217), motion to recommit, H2646 [13AP]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: allegations of mishandling of Federal funding, H8974 [15DE]

———funding, H518 [8FE], H611, H612 [10FE], H685 [11FE], H802 [15FE], H945, H1006, H1015 [16FE], H1156-H1174 [17FE], H1405, H1443 [1MR], H1833-H1836 [15MR], H2046 [30MR], H2544, H2546 [8AP], H3033 [4MY], H9918, H9920 [16DE], E262, E288, E289, E290 [18FE], E333 [28FE], E413 [3MR], E507 [16MR], E621 [4AP]

Prevention and Public Health Fund: post on website a notice of the amount of funds rescinded by repeal, H2640-H2642 [13AP]

———preserve for activities for senior citizens, H2646 [13AP]

Public health: reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (H.R. 2405), H8153-H8159 [6DE], E2205 [7DE]

Public welfare programs: renew authority to approve demonstration projects designed to test innovative strategies in State child welfare programs (H.R. 1194), H3784-H3787 [31MY], E518 [17MR]

———Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program reform, H7426 [14NO]

Schools: require posting on website of notice of rescission of unobligated funding for school-based health center construction, H2983-H2985 [3MY]

Social Security: court decision requiring participation in Medicare to receive retirement benefits, H2260, H2261 [1AP]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (H.R. 1106), E489 [15MR]

SSA: funding, H1032-H1035 [16FE]

States: health insurance exchange regulations or guidelines development funding, H1285, H1286 [18FE]

———proposal to grant loans in order to launch health insurance co-ops in each State, H5167 [19JY]

———study possible delays and potential enrollment reductions into Health Benefit Exchanges resulting from repeal of mandatory funding provided to States to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges, H2964-H2966 [3MY]

———submit a report outlining the difficulties States will face setting up health care exchanges without Federal assistance, H2964 [3MY]

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops: failure to renew grant for program to aid victims of human trafficking due to refusal to refer victims for contraceptives or abortion, H7269 [3NO]

Women: promote optimal maternity outcomes by making evidence-based maternity care a national priority (H.R. 2141), H3921 [2JN]

———require mammography reports contain a breast density summary and a statement on the benefit of supplementary screening tests for patients with dense breast tissue (H.R. 3102), E1776, E1778 [5OC]

Remarks in Senate

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S822 [17FE], S1022 [28FE], S1023-S1028 [1MR], S1087 [2MR], S1179, S1185-S1193, S1204, S1206-S1208 [3MR], S1245-S1247 [4MR], S1415-S1419, S1421-S1495 [9MR], S1515, S1533, S1544 [10MR], S1591 [14MR], S1614, S1650 [15MR], S1728 [16MR], S1908 [29MR], S1950 [30MR], S2005, S2014, S2035-S2037 [31MR], S2114 [5AP], S2157, S2181, S2186 [6AP], S2236, S2254 [7AP], S2293, S2304 [8AP], S2438, S2439 [13AP], S3717 [13JN]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), motion to proceed, S1247-S1250 [4MR], S1309-S1313, S1315-S1318, S1320 [7MR], S1336-S1348, S1350-S1360, S1394-S1398 [8MR]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), unanimous-consent request, S1247 [4MR]

Child and family services program: extend (H.R. 2883), S5833 [21SE], S5920 [22SE], S5924, S5942 [23SE]

Children and youth: carry out programs to provide youth in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities the information and skills needed to reduce teenage pregnancies (S. 1437), S5019 [28JY]

———reduce youth homelessness by extending foster care eligibility and programs and improving programs to keep families together (S. 961), S2933 [12MY]

———require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs (S. 1667), S6334 [6OC]

———tribute to Emergency Medical Services for Children program, S3767 [14JN]

Combating Autism Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2005), S6004 [26SE]

———reauthorize (S. 1094), S5676 [15SE]

———reauthorize (S. 1094), unanimous-consent request, S5745-S5747 [20SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, S8757 [17DE]

Diseases: address minority health disparities relative to causes and treatment of asthma, S1532 [10MR]

———establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (S. 752), S2208 [6AP]

———improve and enhance research and programs on childhood cancer survivorship (S. 1613), S5909 [22SE]

———revise and extend the program for viral hepatitis surveillance, education, and testing to prevent deaths from liver cancer (S. 1809), S7137 [3NO]

Drugs: increase Federal oversight of prescription opioid treatment and assistance to States in reducing opioid abuse, diversion, and deaths (S. 507), S1408 [8MR]

Early Retiree Reinsurance Program: funding, S8620 [15DE]

———provide additional funding (S. 1088), S3431 [26MY]

Education: reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals (S. 958), S2932 [12MY]

Family planning services: funding, S1482 [9MR], S2223, S2261 [7AP], S2287-S2295, S2308-S2310, S2312, S2319, S2321, S2322, S2326-S2332 [8AP], S2433 [13AP], S2460, S2473 [14AP]

FDA: improve safety of dietary supplements by requiring manufacturers to register supplement products with the FDA and amending labeling requirements (S. 1310), S4294 [30JN]

Food: strengthen Federal consumer product safety programs and activities relative to commercially-marketed seafood (S. 50), S163 [25JA]

Government regulations: impact on health care, S1534-S1537 [10MR]

Health: disapprove rule relating to ``Health Insurance Issuers Implementing Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Requirements Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act'', S7289 [9NO]

———enhance and further research of prevention and treatment of eating disorders and improve access to treatment (S. 481), S1228 [3MR]

Health care professionals: attract and retain health providers trained in geriatrics and gerontology by providing loan forgiveness and career advancement opportunities (S. 1095), S3434 [26MY]

———establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (S. 992), S2954 [12MY]

———express concerns over plan to conduct stealth survey on accessiblity of health care providers, S4137 [28JN]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (S. 332), S684 [14FE], S5472 [9SE]

Insurance: provide protections for consumers against excessive, unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory increases in premium rates (S. 137), S204-S206 [25JA]

LIHEAP: funding, S8711 [16DE], S8757 [17DE]

Medicaid: require approval of waivers relative to State provider taxes that exempt certain retirement communities (S. 1101), S3436 [26MY]

Medicare: clarify application of secondary payer rules (S. 1718), S6602-S6604 [17OC]

———funding, S1484 [9MR]

———issue regulations to make available a searchable claims and payment database (S. 756), S2268, S2269 [7AP]

———prevent dismantling of program and establishment as a voucher program (S. 789), S2430 [13AP]

———reform, S2377 [12AP], S2409, S2433, S2440 [13AP], S2465, S2473, S2483, S2486, S2488 [14AP], S2667 [4MY], S2906 [12MY], S3099 [18MY], S3205 [23MY], S3252-S3257 [24MY], S3289, S3295-S3300, S3302, S3306-S3310, S3316-S3319, S3323-S3331, S3333, S3335 [25MY], S3380-S3386, S3408-S3411 [26MY], S3508 [6JN], S3516 [7JN], S3669 [9JN], S3757-S3759 [14JN], S3797, S3798, S3801, S3803 [15JN], S4118 [27JN], S4689, S4693 [20JY], S5209 [2AU], S8707 [16DE]

———require drug manufacturers to provide rebates for drugs dispensed to low-income individuals under the prescription drug benefit program (S. 1206), S3836 [15JN]

———require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (S. 44), S2369 [12AP]

———strengthen and protect hospice programs (S. 722), S2089, S2090 [4AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: curb waste, fraud, and abuse, S4372 [6JY]

———prevent misuse, overutilization, and trafficking of prescription drugs by limiting access to such drugs by high-risk beneficiaries (S. 882), S6592 [17OC]

Mental health: consolidate duplicative and overlapping Federal autism funding, S5747 [20SE]

National Health Service Corps: provide for the participation of pharmacists in programs (S. 48), S160 [25JA]

Office of Health Plan Management: establish to administer the Consumer Choice Health Plan to provide an affordable and accountable public option for consumers, S389 [1FE]

Pancreatic Cancer Initiative: establish and implement (S. 362), S3165 [19MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow an earlier start for State health care coverage innovation waivers (S. 248), S417 [1FE], S619 [7FE]

———ensure that all Americans have access to waivers (S. 1395), S4803 [21JY], S5351 [7SE]

———financial assessment of Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program, S6072 [4OC]

———repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program, S447 [2FE], S6310-S6312 [6OC], S6568-S6571 [17OC], S6705 [19OC], S6909 [31OC], S7038 [2NO], S7274, S7275 [9NO]

———repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (S. 720), S7046-S7049 [2NO]

———repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (S. 720), unanimous-consent request, S7045, S7046 [2NO]

Pharmaceuticals: allow importation of prescription drugs (S. 319), S644 [10FE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: funding, S1187-S1191 [3MR], S1482 [9MR]

Privacy: remove Social Security account numbers from Medicare identification cards and communications provided to beneficiaries (S. 1275), S4101 [23JN]

Promoting Safe and Stable Families program: reauthorize grants to assist children affected by methamphetamine or other substance abuse (S. 1234), S3930 [20JN]

Public health: reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (S. 1855), S7382-S7384 [10NO]

Public welfare programs: renew authority to approve demonstration projects designed to test innovative strategies in State child welfare programs (S. 1013), S3057, S3058 [17MY]

Safety: enhance medical surge capacity by enabling issuance of waivers for certain public health emergency response requirements (S. 1854), S7382 [10NO]

Senior citizens: integrate mental health services for older adults into primary care settings and provide grants for geriatric mental health treatment outreach teams (S. 525), S1508 [9MR]

Social Security: prevent fraud, waste, and abuse under Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 454), S1140 [2MR]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (S. 584), S1680 [15MR]

Reports filed

Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2883) (H. Rept. 112-210), H6237 [19SE]

Combating Autism Act Reauthorization: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1094), S5498 [12SE]

Consideration of H. Con. Res. 36, Correction in Enrollment of H.R. 1473, Dept. of Defense and Continuing Appropriations for Other Federal Departments and Agencies: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 218) (H. Rept. 112-60), H2602 [12AP], H2664 [13AP]

Consideration of H.R. 1, Dept. of Defense and Other Departments and Agencies Appropriations, Unobligated Stimulus Funds Rescission, and Discretionary Spending Reduction: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 92) (H. Rept. 112-13), H773 [14FE]

Consideration of H.R. 1216, Dept. of HHS Graduate Medical Education in Qualified Teaching Health Centers Funding Conversion to an Authorization of Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 269) (H. Rept. 112-86), H3341 [23MY]

Consideration of H.R. 1217, Prevention and Public Health Fund Repeal: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 219) (H. Rept. 112-61), H2602 [12AP]

Dept. of HHS Graduate Medical Education in Qualified Teaching Health Centers Funding Conversion From Direct Appropriations to an Authorization of Appropriations: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1216) (H. Rept. 112-64), H2932 [2MY]

Dept. of HHS Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Personal Responsibility Education Programs Funding Conversion to Authorization of Appropriations: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1215) (H. Rept. 112-63), H2932 [2MY]

Dept. of HHS Programs To Protect Against Pandemics and Attacks From Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Weapons Reauthorization: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1855), S8733 [16DE]

Dept. of HHS Reauthorization of Programs To Protect Against Pandemics and Attacks From Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Weapons: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2405) (H. Rept. 112-286), H7712 [16NO]

Dept. of HHS Support for Graduate Medical Education Programs in Children's Hospitals Reauthorization: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 958), S5498 [12SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1599) (S. Rept. 112-84), S5902 [22SE]

Energy Tax Prevention Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1852) (H. Rept. 112-205), H6096 [12SE]

Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1173) (H. Rept. 112-342), H10026 [23DE]

Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 528) (H. Rept. 112-23), H1523 [2MR]

Prevention and Public Health Fund Repeal: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1217) (H. Rept. 112-57), H2575 [11AP]

Public Health Service Nominations: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S791 [16FE], S3105 [18MY]

Rulings of the Chair

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H879, H883, H890, H897 [15FE], H970, H984, H988, H991, H994, H1008, H1025, H1028, H1029, H1033, H1034, H1044, H1064 [16FE], H1103, H1111, H1115 [17FE], H1203, H1215, H1222, H1232, H1244, H1271, H1282, H1288 [18FE]

Education: convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations (H.R. 1216), H3399 [24MY]

Tables

Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2055): Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies, H9852-H9876 [16DE]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 1194, Dept. of HHS renewal of authority to approve demonstration projects designed to test innovative strategies in State child welfare programs, H3785 [31MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 36, correction in enrollment of H.R. 1473, Dept. of Defense and continuing appropriations for other Federal departments and agencies relative to Planned Parenthood funding, H2798 [14AP]

H. Res. 92, consideration of H.R. 1, Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies appropriations, unobligated stimulus funds rescission, and discretionary spending reduction, H804 [15FE]

H. Res. 218, consideration of H. Con. Res. 36, correction in enrollment of H.R. 1473, Dept. of Defense and continuing appropriations for other Federal departments and agencies relative to Planned Parenthood funding, H2616 [13AP]

H. Res. 219, consideration of H.R. 1217, Prevention and Public Health Fund repeal, H2624 [13AP]

H. Res. 269, consideration of H.R. 1216, Dept. of HHS graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers funding conversion from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations, H3353 [24MY]

H.R. 1194, Dept. of HHS renewal of authority to approve demonstration projects designed to test innovative strategies in State child welfare programs, H3784 [31MY]

H.R. 1216, Dept. of HHS graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers funding conversion from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations, H3368 [24MY]

H.R. 1852, Dept. of HHS support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals reauthorization, H6254 [20SE]

H.R. 2005, Combating Autism Act reauthorization, H6249 [20SE]

H.R. 2405, Dept. of HHS programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons reauthorization, H8153-H8157 [6DE]

H.R. 2883, Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act, H6292-H6295 [21SE]

S. 31, Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act, S151 [25JA]

S. 48, Pharmacist Student Loan Repayment Eligibility Act, S160 [25JA]

S. 50, Commercial Seafood Consumer Protection Act, S163 [25JA]

S. 137, Health Insurance Rate Review Act, S206 [25JA]

S. 248, Empowering States to Innovate Act, S417 [1FE]

S. 481, Federal Response To Eliminate Eating Disorders Act, S1228-S1232 [3MR]

S. 660, Preserving Access to Targeted, Individualized, and Effective New Treatments and Services (PATIENTS) Act, S1935 [29MR]

S. 722, Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act, S2089 [4AP]

S. 752, Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act, S2209 [6AP]

S. 756, Medicare Data Access for Transparency and Accountability Act, S2269 [7AP]

S. 1257, Border Health Security Act, S4031 [22JN]

S. 1275, Social Security Number Protection Act, S4102 [23JN]

S. 1310, Dietary Supplement Labeling Act, S4294 [30JN]

S. 1609, Medical-Legal Partnership for Health Act, S5907 [22SE]

S. 1613, Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancer Survivorship Research and Quality of Life Act, S5909 [22SE]

S. 1667, Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act, S6335-S6338 [6OC]

S. 1718, Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act, S6602 [17OC]

S. 1884, School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act, S7704 [17NO]