PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT

Amendments

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (S. 1855), S1475, S1484 [7MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), H221 [31JA], H333, H335, H337 [1FE]

Bills and resolutions

Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act: permanently extend and strengthen (see H.R. 4274), H1739 [28MR]

Dept. of HHS: assist States in operating Restoring the Doctors of Our Country Through Scholarships (RDOCS) programs to increase availability of health care services in health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 6400), H5999 [13SE]

——— authorize grants to States for demonstration projects to expand State registries on childhood immunization or health to include body mass index (BMI) (see H.R. 6402), H5999 [13SE]

——— clarify standards relative to suspension, revocation, and limitation of laboratory certification (see S. 3391), S5085 [17JY] (see H.R. 6118), H4863 [12JY]

——— ensure religious conscience protections relative to insurance coverage of certain women’s preventive health services (see S. 2043), S163 [30JA] (see S. 2092), S494 [9FE] (see H.R. 3897), H475 [3FE] (see H.R. 3982), H640 [8FE]

——— establish a National Pediatric Research Network (see S. 3461), S5732 [31JY] (see H.R. 6163), H5078 [19JY]

——— exempt employers from taxes, penalties, or suits for failure to offer insurance coverage for certain women’s preventive services on the basis of religious belief or moral conviction (see H.R. 6097), H4774 [10JY]

——— expedite research and drug development to combat the most deadly and costly chronic diseases (see S. 2069), S323 [2FE] (see H.R. 3891), H440 [2FE]

——— foster further innovation and entrepreneurship in the health information technology sector (see H.R. 6626), H6586 [3DE]

——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see S. 3407), S5211 [19JY] (see H.R. 6155), H5077 [19JY]

——— limit copayment, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a specialty drug tier to the amount applicable to drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tree (see H.R. 4209), H1390 [19MR]

——— limit the number and pay of individuals serving as special consultants, fellows, or other employees (see H.R. 6214), H5326 [26JY]

——— make grants to train elementary and secondary school nurses how to respond to a biological or chemical attack or an outbreak of pandemic influenza in a school building or on school grounds (see H.R. 5690), H2566 [9MY]

——— prohibit discrimination under the family planning program on the basis of separate provision of abortion (see H.R. 5650), H2565 [9MY]

——— protect and preserve access of Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers and extend discounts under the 340B Drug Pricing Program (see H.R. 5194), H2271 [27AP] (see H.R. 5624), H2443 [8MY]

——— provide a comprehensive approach to preventing and treating obesity (see H.R. 6666), H6806 [13DE]

——— provide cardiomyopathy education, awareness, and risk assessment materials and resources and disseminate such materials by State educational agencies to identify more at-risk families (see S. 2124), S909 [17FE]

——— provide for a national campaign to increase public awareness and knowledge of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (see S. 3396), S5133 [18JY]

——— 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. 4604), H2066 [24AP]

——— provide for public disclosure of charges for certain hospital and ambulatory surgical center treatment episodes (see H.R. 5709), H2644 [10MY]

——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see S. 2192), S1733 [15MR]

——— provide grants for community-based mental health infrastructure improvements (see S. 2256), S2242 [29MR]

——— provide grants for treatment of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, ecstasy, and PCP abuse (see H.R. 5711), H2644 [10MY]

——— reauthorize and extend the fetal alcohol syndrome prevention and services program (see S. 2262), S2242 [29MR]

——— reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (see H.R. 6672), H6828 [17DE]

——— reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see H.R. 6309), H5705 [2AU]

——— require States and their designees receiving grants for suicide early intervention and prevention strategies to consult with Indian tribes and organizations (see H.R. 4467), H2030 [19AP]

——— revise operations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (see H.R. 5998), H3974 [21JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate certain medical facilities as health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 4042), H801 [15FE]

Diseases: foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see S. 3430), S5381 [25JY]

——— improve asthma management, education, and research (see S. 3641), S6947 [27NO] (see H.R. 6608), H6469 [27NO]

——— increase immunization rates (see S. 3344), S4674 [27JN]

——— provide for scientific frameworks relative to recalcitrant cancers (see S. 3560, 3566), S6454 [19SE]

——— raise awareness of, and educate breast cancer patients anticipating surgery regarding the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options (see S. 3628), S6800 [14NO]

——— raise awareness of, and educate breast cancer patients anticipating surgery regarding, the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options (see H.R. 5937), H3699 [8JN]

Health: extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities (see H.R. 6043), H4156 [27JN]

——— make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see S. 3338), S4460 [25JN]

——— provide individual and group market reforms to protect health insurance consumers (see H.R. 4242), H1541 [22MR]

——— reauthorize certain programs for individuals with traumatic brain injury (see H.R. 4238), H1497 [21MR]

Health care professionals: attract and retain health providers trained in geriatrics and gerontology by providing loan forgiveness and career advancement opportunities (see H.R. 6710), H7435 [27DE]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see S. 2068), S323 [2FE] (see S. 2288), S2392 [17AP]

——— 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 H.R. 4175), H1304 [8MR]

——— require individual and group health insurance coverage and group health plans and Federal employees health benefit plans to provide coverage for routine HIV screening (see H.R. 4470), H2030 [19AP]

NIH: enhance the clinical trial registry data bank reporting requirements and enforcement measures (see H.R. 5283), H2273 [27AP] (see H.R. 6272), H5704 [2AU]

——— establish a National Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium (see H.R. 4138), H1153 [5MR]

——— expand, intensify, and coordinate programs and activities relative to Tourette syndrome (see S. 2321), S2545 [19AP]

Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act: extend limited antitrust exemption (see S. 3715), S8548 [30DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), consideration (see H. Res. 522), H158 [24JA]

Pediatric Research Equity Act: permanently extend and strengthen (see H.R. 4274), H1739 [28MR]

Veterans: provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (see H.R. 3884), H439 [2FE] (see H.R. 4124), H1133 [1MR]

Letters

Dept. of HHS programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons reauthorization: James C. Greenwood, Biotechnology Industry Organization, H7294 [19DE]

——— Maureen Donahue Hardwick, Alliance for Biosecurity, H7294 [19DE]

——— several public health organizations, H7295 [19DE]

——— Stephanie Silverman, Roundtable on Critical Care Policy (organization), H7295 [19DE]

——— Thomas K. McInerny, American Academy of Pediatrics, H7294 [19DE]

Dept. of HHS ruling on religious conscience protections relative to insurance coverage of certain women’s preventive health services: Kathleen Sebelius, Sec. of HHS, S1168 [1MR]

——— Senator Collins, S1168 [1MR]

Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act: Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H329 [1FE]

——— Representatives Boustany and Gingrey, H328 [1FE]

——— several organizations, H198 [31JA], H328 [1FE]

——— William L. Minnix, Jr., Leadership Council of Aging Organizations, H329 [1FE]

——— William L. Minnix, Jr., LeadingAge (organization), H329 [1FE]

Limit liability of volunteers who provide health care services in response to a disaster: David B. Hoyt, American College of Surgeons, H1512 [22MR]

——— several health care organizations, H1512 [22MR]

Scientific frameworks relative to recalcitrant cancers: Francis S. Collins, Dept. of HHS, S7163 [29NO]

Spending Reductions Through Innovations in Therapies Agenda (SPRINT) Act: Robert Egge, Alzheimer’s Association, S325 [2FE]

Lists

Catholic organizations joining lawsuits relative to Dept. of HHS mandate to provide insurance coverage of certain women’s preventive health services, E946 [1JN]

Motions

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), H352 [1FE]

Remarks in House

Abortion: prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (H.R. 361), H105 [23JA]

Dept. of HHS: assist States in operating Restoring the Doctors of Our Country Through Scholarships (RDOCS) programs to increase availability of health care services in health professional shortage areas (H.R. 6400), E1524 [13SE]

——— clarify standards relative to suspension, revocation, and limitation of laboratory certification (H.R. 6118), H6140–H6142 [19SE]

——— collaborate with other departments on epilepsy education and awareness programs (H. Res. 298), E502 [29MR]

——— ensure religious conscience protections relative to insurance coverage of certain women’s preventive health services, H223 [1FE], H380, H385, H430, H436–H438 [2FE], H469 [3FE], H520, H549 [7FE], H578, H582, H584, H586, H589, H591, H592, H593, H623, H625–H629 [8FE], H644, H664 [9FE], H713, H722 [14FE], H737, H738 [15FE], H808, H815 [16FE], H906, H929, H930 [17FE], H975, H1004, H1013 [28FE], H1028, H1029, H1030, H1031, H1091 [29FE], H1132 [1MR], H1270 [7MR], H1298, H1300 [8MR], H1537 [22MR], H5624–H5626 [1AU], E129 [3FE], E209 [16FE], E341 [8MR]

——— ensure that a majority of individuals above a certain age have access to private long-term care insurance, H335–H337 [1FE]

——— establish a National Pediatric Research Network (H.R. 6163), H6138–H6140 [19SE]

——— establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative, E2037 [2JA]

——— establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (H.R. 733), H6144–H6147 [19SE], E1612 [21SE], E1684 [5OC]

——— exempt employers from taxes, penalties, or suits for failure to offer insurance coverage for certain women’s preventive services on the basis of religious belief or moral conviction, H4732 [10JY]

——— increase flexibility for implementation of Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program, H338 [1FE]

——— lawsuits by Catholic organizations relative to mandate to provide insurance coverage of certain women’s preventive health services, E946 [1JN]

——— 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. 4604), E635 [24AP]

——— reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (H.R. 6672), H7282–H7296 [19DE]

Diseases: provide for scientific frameworks relative to recalcitrant cancers, H6144–H6147 [19SE]

——— 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. 2746), H4076 [27JN]

FDA: create a pathway for premarket notification and review of laboratory-developed tests (H.R. 3207), H952 [27FE]

Gingrich, Newt: characterization of remarks on insurance coverage of certain women’s preventive health services relative to health policies of the Obama administration, H808 [16FE]

Health: provide individual and group market reforms to protect health insurance consumers (H.R. 4242), H3799 [19JN], H4749 [10JY]

——— study impact of not having long-term care insurance on Federal, State, and local governments before repeal of Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program, H333–H335 [1FE]

Health care professionals: limit liability of volunteers who provide health care services in response to a disaster, H1511–H1513 [22MR]

Insurance: ensure transparency and proper operation of pharmacy benefit managers (H.R. 1971), E673 [26AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: prevent Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program repeal if failure to implement program would increase Medicaid spending, H337 [1FE]

——— repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program, H3607, H3608 [7JN]

——— repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), H322–H354 [1FE], H428, H432 [2FE], H469 [3FE], H590 [8FE], H4785 [11JY], E117, E125 [2FE], E141 [6FE]

——— repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), consideration (H. Res. 522), H192–H200 [31JA]

——— repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), motion to recommit, H352, H353 [1FE]

Pediatric Research Equity Act: permanently extend and strengthen, E1162 [27JN]

Veterans: provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (H.R. 4124), H6142–H6144 [19SE]

Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women, H3865 [20JN]

——— improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (H.R. 3526), H817 [16FE]

Remarks in Senate

Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act: permanently extend and strengthen, S3400–S3402 [22MY], S3477 [23MY]

Dept. of HHS: clarify standards relative to suspension, revocation, and limitation of laboratory certification (H.R. 6118), S6827 [14NO]

——— ensure religious conscience protections relative to insurance coverage of certain women’s preventive health services, S316 [2FE], S330 [6FE], S370, S372–S374, S376–S379, S381 [7FE], S398–S400, S412, S413, S485, S489 [9FE], S549, S559 [13FE], S818 [16FE], S880, S882–S885, S898–S900 [17FE]

——— establish a National Pediatric Research Network (S. 3461), S5735 [31JY]

——— expedite research and drug development to combat the most deadly and costly chronic diseases (S. 2069), S324, S325 [2FE]

——— facilitate emergency medical services personnel training and certification curriculums for veterans, S6256 [12SE]

——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (S. 3407), S5214 [19JY]

——— 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, S1180 [1MR]

——— provide for a national campaign to increase public awareness and knowledge of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (S. 3396), S5135 [18JY]

——— provide grants for community-based mental health infrastructure improvements (S. 2256), S2247 [29MR]

——— reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (S. 1855), S1476, S1484 [7MR]

——— reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children’s hospitals, S8191, S8192 [19DE]

Diseases: increase immunization rates (S. 3344), S4675 [27JN]

——— provide for scientific frameworks relative to recalcitrant cancers, S7162–S7164 [29NO]

Health: make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (S. 3338), S4685 [27JN]

Insurance: ensure transparency and proper operation of pharmacy benefit managers (S. 1058), S3080 [10MY]

Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act: extend limited antitrust exemption (S. 3715), S8552 [30DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program funding, S1880, S1881 [21MR]

——— repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), S234, S250 [1FE], S287–S289 [2FE], S1062 [27FE], S1063 [28FE]

Pediatric Research Equity Act: permanently extend and strengthen, S3400–S3402 [22MY], S3477 [23MY]

Reports filed

Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1206) (H. Rept. 112–694), H6396 [15NO]

Consideration of H.R. 1173, Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 522) (H. Rept. 112–375), H158 [24JA]

Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1173) (H. Rept. 112–342), H113 [23JA]

Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 3566), S6451 [19SE]

Taking Essential Steps for Testing (TEST) Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 3391), S6451 [19SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), H348 [1FE]

Statements

Parity for Kids’ Mental Health: Gregory Fritz, S8191 [19DE]

Texts of

H. Res. 522, consideration of H.R. 1173, Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act, H192 [31JA]

H.R. 733, Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act, H6144 [19SE]

H.R. 1173, Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act, H333 [1FE]

H.R. 4124, Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act, H6142 [19SE]

H.R. 6118, Taking Essential Steps for Testing Act, H6140 [19SE]

H.R. 6163, National Pediatric Research Network Act, H6138 [19SE]

H.R. 6672, Dept. of HHS programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons reauthorization, H7282–H7292 [19DE]

S. 1855, Dept. of HHS programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons reauthorization, S1476, S1484–S1493 [7MR]

S. 2256, Community-Based Mental Health Infrastructure Improvements Act, S2247 [29MR]

S. 3407, Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act, S5215 [19JY]

S. 3715, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act limited antitrust exemption extension, S8552 [30DE]