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), S8052, S8073, S8084, S8085 [17DE], S8117, S8126, S8128, S8130, S8141, S8142, S8143, S8144, S8147, S8149, S8150, S8151 [18DE], S8164, S8178, S8184, S8195, S8207, S8208, S8212, S8223, S8224 [19DE], S8305, S8306, S8307 [20DE], S8366, S8368, S8369, S8372 [21DE], S8429, S8430, S8431, S8432, S8433, S8434, S8442 [27DE], S8462, S8463, S8469, S8472, S8476, S8496, S8508 [28DE]

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

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

Public welfare programs: disapprove rule relative to waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (H.J. Res. 118), consideration (H. Res. 788), H6172 [20SE]

Women: reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (S. 1440), S6860, S6868, S6869 [15NO], H7296 [19DE]

Analyses

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) Press Release Regarding Communities Putting Prevention to Work: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, H2607–H2609 [10MY]

Articles and editorials

HHS Signs $20M PR Contract To Promote Healthcare Law, S3391 [22MY]

More Time for Justice, S2894 [7MY]

No Longer Just ‘‘Adult-Onset’’, S2894 [7MY]

Bills and resolutions

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

Autoimmune Diseases Interdepartmental Coordinating Committee: establish (see H.R. 6218), H5326 [26JY]

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 S. 2124), S909 [17FE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: improve operations of recovery auditors under the Medicare Integrity Program to increase transparency and accuracy in audits conducted by contractors (see H.R. 6575), H6310 [16OC]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Program: authorize a national toll-free hotline and website to provide child care consumer education information to help parents access child care (see S. 2135), S1088 [28FE] (see H.R. 6707), H7435 [27DE]

——— ensure access to high-quality child care for homeless children and families (see S. 3476), S5870 [1AU]

——— improve the quality of infant and toddler care (see S. 3436), S5381 [25JY]

——— require a criminal background check for child care providers and adults residing with child care providers in a State that receives funds (see H.R. 3829), H181 [25JA]

——— require child care providers receiving funds to provide parents information on whether such providers carry current liability insurance (see H.R. 4283), H1739 [28MR]

Children and youth: 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]

——— award competitive grants to public and private entities to provide qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents (see S. 2185), S1576 [12MR]

——— establish a pilot program to reduce the increasing prevalence of overweight/obesity among 0-5 year-olds in child care settings (see S. 2119), S850 [16FE]

——— establish a public-private partnership program to provide child care (see S. 2182), S1540 [8MR] (see H.R. 5877), H3362 [31MY]

——— extend funding for family-to-family health information centers to help families of children with disabilities or special health care needs make informed choices about health care (see S. 2123), S909 [17FE] (see H.R. 4083), H943 [17FE]

——— implement demonstration projects at federally qualified community health centers to prevent child maltreatment and promote family well-being through parenting practices and skills (see H.R. 5841), H3162 [18MY]

——— provide grants for school-based mentoring programs for at-risk teenage girls to prevent and reduce teen pregnancy and provide student loan forgiveness for mentors participating in such programs (see H.R. 4034), H801 [15FE]

——— provide guaranteed child care assistance for low-income families (see H.R. 5188), H2271 [27AP]

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

Crime: encourage reporting of child abuse (see S. 3708), S8364 [21DE]

Dept. of Education: make grants to eligible local educational agencies to reduce the student-to-school nurse ratio in elementary and secondary schools and kindergarten (see S. 2047), S208 [31JA]

Depts. of HHS and Education: carry out a demonstration program to fund mental health first aid training programs at selected institutions of higher education to improve student mental health (see S. 3325), S4417 [21JN] (see H.R. 5996), H3974 [21JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 3295), S4203 [14JN]

Disabled: establish a working group to develop and disseminate best practices to ensure accessibility in prescription drug labeling for visually-impaired and blind individuals (see H.R. 4087), H950 [24FE]

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

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

——— provide for research and education to improve screening, detection, and diagnosis of prostate cancer (see S. 3345), S4674 [27JN] (see H.R. 6033), H4156 [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]

——— support goal of preventing and effectively treating Alzheimer’s disease by a certain date and other goals of the National Plan To Address Alzheimer’s Disease draft (see S. Res. 434), S2655 [24AP] (see H. Con. Res. 120), H2067 [24AP]

——— urge Federal agencies to designate funds for education, awareness outreach, and research specifically focused on how prostate cancer affects African-American men (see S. Res. 493), S4203 [14JN]

Drug-Free Communities Support Program: extend authorization (see S. 2159), S1422 [6MR]

Drugs: address critical drug shortages (see H.R. 3839), H218 [31JA]

——— 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]

——— promulgate regulations on patient medication information to ensure patients receive consistent and high-quality information about prescription drugs (see S. 3212), S3422 [22MY] (see H.R. 6514), H6275 [21SE]

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

Early Retiree Reinsurance Program: provide additional funding (see H.R. 3887), H440 [2FE]

Education: 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]

Families and domestic relations: ensure that immigration status alone is not a disqualification for foster child placement and clarify State and local laws on parental rights in foster care cases (see H.R. 6128), H4868 [13JY]

FDA: expedite approval of drugs for serious or life-threatening diseases or conditions (see H.R. 4132), H1152 [5MR]

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

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

Health: eliminate authority to limit ability of medical providers to conduct lawful businesses (see H.R. 6320), H5705 [2AU]

——— improve access to oral health care for vulnerable populations (see S. 3272), S3838 [7JN] (see H.R. 5909), H3660 [7JN]

——— improve provision of telehealth services under Medicare and other Federal health care programs (see H.R. 6719), H7469 [30DE]

——— make health care expenses tax deductible, reform health savings accounts, improve Medicare flexibility, reform emergency treatment practices, and allow interstate purchase of insurance (see H.R. 4224), H1427 [20MR]

——— 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]

——— protect privacy of protected health information by requiring health care providers to encrypt devices that store health information, restricting access, and improving congressional oversight (see S. 3351), S4674 [27JN]

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

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

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]

——— establish a demonstration program to facilitate physician reentry into clinical practice to provide required primary health services (see H.R. 5888), H3404 [1JN]

Holocaust survivors: provide preferences for certain services, designate an Administration on Aging individual responsible for support, and provide transportation services (see S. 3358), S4724 [28JN]

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

Insurance: develop a national model disclosure form to assist consumers in purchasing long-term care insurance (see S. 3229), S3516 [23MY]

——— enable States to establish reinsurance programs or high risk pools to ensure that high risk individuals are able to access health insurance (see H.R. 6283), H5704 [2AU]

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

Medicaid: encourage adoption and use of certified electronic health record technology by safety net providers and clinics (see S. 3539), S6339 [13SE]

Medicare: establish a market pricing program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) (see H.R. 6490), H6274 [21SE]

——— establish a program to provide incentive payments to participating beneficiaries who voluntarily establish and maintain better health (see S. 2243), S2166 [28MR] (see H.R. 6232), H5524 [31JY]

——— exempt certain hospice programs from the limitation applicable to payments for hospice care (see H.R. 6466), H6231 [20SE]

——— extend physician payment rates (see H.R. 6142), H5008 [18JY]

——— permit the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 6392), H5999 [13SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: implement prescriber education programs and establish requirements for administration of antipsychotics to residents of skilled nursing facilities (see S. 3604), S6546 [20SE]

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

Mining and mineral resources: place a moratorium on permitting for mountaintop removal coal mining until health studies are conducted by the Dept. of HHS (see H.R. 5959), H3806 [19JN]

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

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

Native Americans: deem certain claims presented to an Indian Health Service contracting officer pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act as timely presented (see S. 2389), S2821 [26AP] (see H.R. 4031), H726 [14FE]

——— 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]

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]

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

——— 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]

Older Americans Act: define care coordination, include care coordination as a fully restorative service, and detail such departmental functions (see S. 3465), S5870 [1AU] (see H.R. 6543), H6276 [21SE]

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]

Pharmaceuticals: grant provisional approval to fast-tracked drugs used in therapies and treatments for life-threatening diseases (see H.R. 6288), H5704 [2AU]

Poverty: assist low-income individuals in obtaining recommended dental care (see H.R. 4091), H965 [27FE]

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

Public welfare programs: disapprove rule relative to waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see S.J. Res. 50), S6107 [11SE] (see H.J. Res. 118), H5859 [11SE]

——— disapprove rule relative to waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (H.J. Res. 118), consideration (see H. Res. 788), H6150 [19SE]

——— repeal the program of block grants to States for social services (see H.R. 6442), H6151 [19SE]

Religion: 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]

——— 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]

Research: repeal Patient-Centered Outcomes Research program and comparative effectiveness research funding (see H.R. 3827), H181 [25JA]

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

Schools: 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]

Social Security: require States to follow certain procedures in placing a child who has been removed from the custody of his or her parents (see H.R. 6021), H4063 [26JN]

States: recognize authority to regulate air ambulance medical standards (see S. 2376), S2821 [26AP]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: exempt from sequestration (see H.R. 6692), H7424 [20DE]

Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children: establish (see H.R. 6207), H5326 [26JY]

Taxation: extend, expand, and improve the qualifying therapeutic discovery project credit (see S. 3232), S3516 [23MY]

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

Briefings

Impact of Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment (PACE) Head Start program: Benjamin Alcaraz, E770 [10MY]

——— Estella Navarrette, E770 [10MY]

——— Kimberly Hua, E772 [10MY]

——— Patrick Martinez, E772 [10MY]

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), S8195 [19DE], S8340 [21DE]

Letters

Child tax credit eligibility and Dept. of HHS Social Services Block Grant Program funding: Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs, H2618 [10MY]

Dept. of HHS memorandum on waivers relative to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements: Lynn H. Gibson, GAO, S6047 [10SE], H6179 [20SE]

Dept. of HHS Prevention and Public Health Fund funding: A. Barry Rand, AARP, H2616 [10MY]

——— Joseph A. Antolin, Heartland Human Care Services, Inc., S842 [16FE]

——— Judy Sherman and Emily J. Holubowich, Coalition for Health Funding, S840 [16FE]

——— Margo G. Wootan, Center for Science in the Public Interest, S841 [16FE]

——— Miriam A. Alexander, American College of Preventive Medicine, S840 [16FE]

——— Nancy A. Brown, American Heart Association, S841 [16FE]

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]

Dept. of HHS Social Services Block Grant Program funding: Christine James-Brown, Child Welfare League of America (CWLA), H2618 [10MY]

——— Katherine Beh Neas, Easter Seals, Inc., H2615 [10MY]

——— National Foster Care Coalition, H2617 [10MY]

——— several religious organizations, H2615 [10MY]

Expedite approval of drugs for serious or life-threatening diseases or conditions: several health advocacy organizations, H3225 [30MY]

Faster Access to Specialized Treatments (FAST) Act: several health organizations, E975 [5JN]

FDA medical device user-fee program, S8277–S8295 [20DE]

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]

Improve safety of dietary supplements by requiring manufacturers to register supplement products with the FDA and amending labeling requirements: Chuck Bell and Ioana Rusu, Consumers Union, S3552 [24MY]

——— Michael F. Jacobson, Center for Science in the Public Interest, S3552 [24MY]

Interest Rate Reduction Act elimination of Dept. of HHS Prevention and Public Health Fund: Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H2243 [27AP]

——— Christopher W. Hansen, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Inc., H2241 [27AP]

——— Debbie I. Chang, Nemours Foundation, H2240, H2244 [27AP]

——— Debra L. Ness, National Partnership for Women & Families, H2239 [27AP]

——— Georges C. Benjamin, American Public Health Association, H2243 [27AP]

——— Jeffrey Levi, Trust for America’s Health (organization), H2241 [27AP]

——— Kristor W. Cowan, American Federation of Teachers, H2242 [27AP]

——— L. Hunter Limbaugh, American Diabetes Association, H2239 [27AP]

——— Mary Kay Henry, Service Employees International Union, H2244 [27AP]

——— Matthew L. Myers, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (organization), H2243 [27AP]

——— Pamela Banks and Ioana Rusu, Consumers Union, H2240 [27AP]

——— Paul Jarris, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials and Robert Pestronk, National Association of County and City Health Officials, H2242 [27AP]

——— Robert L. Borosage, Campaign for America’s Future (organization), H2242 [27AP]

——— William Samuel, AFL–CIO, H2243 [27AP]

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]

Organizations supporting the Dept. of HHS Prevention and Public Health Fund, H2247–H2250 [27AP]

Memorandums

Waivers Relative to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program Work Requirements: Earl S. Johnson, Dept. of HHS, S6048–S6050 [10SE]

Motions

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8016 [13DE], S8195 [19DE], S8341, S8342 [21DE], S8464, S8482 [28DE]

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

Press releases

Congress Must Find a Truly Bipartisan Solution To Keep Student Loan Rate From Doubling: Campus Progress Action (organization), H2240 [27AP]

Congress Must Not Eliminate Prevention and Public Health Fund: Erica Sward, American Lung Association, H2240 [27AP]

Don’t Play Politics With Student Loan Hike: Victor Sanchez, U.S. Student Association, H2241 [27AP]

House GOP Student Interest Rate Bill Offers Young Adults a Choice—Your Health or an Affordable Education? Young Invincibles (organization), H2241 [27AP]

President’s Budget Presents Dangerous, Costly Setback to Obesity Epidemic, Campaign Warns: Campaign To End Obesity Action Fund (organization), S841 [16FE]

Remarks in House

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

Aeras (nonprofit organization): tribute to tuberculosis vaccine research, E429 [22MR]

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: release of draft report on Vieques, PR, identified health problems relative to Navy activities conducted there, H1158 [6MR]

American Center for Cures: establish, H4069 [27JN], H7571 [2JA]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H5945 [13SE], H7478 [31DE], H7567–H7578 [2JA]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation grant funding, H3408 [5JN]

Child and family services program: extend (H.R. 2883), H3275 [31MY]

Children and youth: 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 (H.R. 3486), H2145 [26AP]

——— provide guaranteed child care assistance for low-income families (H.R. 5188), H3581 [7JN], E694 [27AP]

Combating Autism Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2005), E1303 [24JY]

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

Congress: accomplishments of the 112th Congress, H5934 [13SE]

Crime: enhance law enforcement, support victims, and increase penalties relative to sex trafficking, H1276 [8MR]

Dept. of Defense: reduce funding and redirect savings to domestic priorities, H4915 [18JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, H5014 [19JY]

Diseases: address HIV/AIDS in the African-American community (H.R. 1462), H4914 [18JY]

——— cancer research funding, H229 [1FE]

——— establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (H.R. 1394), E1735 [6NO]

——— expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (H.R. 2505), E48 [19JA], E1648 [21SE]

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

——— support goal of preventing and effectively treating Alzheimer’s disease by a certain date and other goals of the National Plan To Address Alzheimer’s Disease draft, H2825 [17MY]

Drugs: address critical drug shortages, H3281 [31MY]

——— address critical drug shortages (H.R. 3839), H387 [2FE]

——— allow to cause destruction of any drug refused admission due to reasonable probability of causing serious adverse health consequences or death or valued below a certain amount, H3228 [30MY]

——— encourage development of prescription drug monitoring programs to track the dispensing of controlled drugs to patients, H2335 [8MY]

——— increase Federal oversight of prescription opioid treatment and assistance to States in reducing opioid abuse, diversion, and deaths (H.R. 1925), H5529 [1AU]

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

Families and domestic relations: ensure that immigration status alone is not a disqualification for foster child placement and clarify State and local laws on parental rights in foster care cases (H.R. 6128), E1249 [13JY]

FDA: expedite approval of drugs for serious or life-threatening diseases or conditions, H3225 [30MY], H3864 [20JN], E974 [5JN]

Health: delay enactment of medical malpractice tort reform until the Dept. of HHS has submitted a report on the potential effect on health care premium reductions, H1505–H1507 [22MR]

——— importance of disease and vaccine research, E2021–E2023 [31DE]

——— make health care expenses tax deductible, reform health savings accounts, improve Medicare flexibility, reform emergency treatment practices, and allow interstate purchase of insurance (H.R. 4224), H2025–H2027 [19AP], H3814 [20JN], H5185 [24JY]

——— maternal and child health programs funding, E74 [25JA]

——— 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]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: preserve reauthorization, H4752 [10JY], E1254 [17JY]

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

——— implement a voluntary insurance program to provide long-term care services for seniors with Alzheimer’s disease and other disabled individuals, H352, H353 [1FE]

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

Medicare: clarify application of secondary payer rules, H7304–H7306 [19DE], E1998 [21DE]

——— clinical laboratory services payment rates, H924 [17FE]

——— extend physician payment rates (H.R. 6142), H5337 [31JY]

——— home health care providers and caregivers funding, E1487 [12SE]

——— Medicare Advantage program funding, H701, H702 [14FE]

——— reform, H48, H67 [18JA], H433, H436 [2FE], H701 [14FE], H788–H796 [15FE], H1384–H1388 [19MR], H1441, H1461 [21MR], H3798, H3803 [19JN], H5913–H5917 [12SE]

——— reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, H738 [15FE], H811 [16FE], H908, H909, H913, H914, H916, H919, H924, H925 [17FE], H1422 [20MR], H5915 [12SE]

——— tribute to hospice care workers, H3735 [19JN]

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

NIH: anniversary of National Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, E1056 [18JN]

——— anniversary of release of Women’s Health Initiative study, E1208 [9JY]

Obesity: provide for a national program to conduct and support activities toward reducing the number of cases of overweight and obesity in the U.S. (H.R. 4604), E635 [24AP]

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

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

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]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: funding, H106 [23JA]

Prevention and Public Health Fund: funding, H2229–H2250, H2252 [27AP], H2335 [8MY], H2602, H2604, H2606–H2609 [10MY], H2825 [17MY], H3736 [19JN], H3960 [21JN], E705 [7MY], E721 [8MY]

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

Public welfare programs: disapprove rule relative to waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (H.J. Res. 118), H6174–H6185 [20SE], E1618, E1621 [21SE], E1657 [25SE]

——— disapprove rule relative to waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (H.J. Res. 118), consideration (H. Res. 788), H6165–H6174 [20SE]

Religion: 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, H819 [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], E305 [1MR], E341 [8MR]

——— 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]

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

Research: tribute to global health research efforts, E462 [28MR]

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

Social Security: require States to follow certain procedures in placing a child who has been removed from the custody of his or her parents (H.R. 6021), E1139 [26JN]

Social Services Block Grant Program: funding, H2606, H2613 [10MY]

Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children: establish (H.R. 6207), E1342 [26JY]

Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (H.R. 2557), E1303 [24JY]

Women: reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (S. 1440), H7296–H7301 [19DE]

Remarks in Senate

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8050–S8060, S8062 [17DE], S8112, S8116–S8118, S8124–S8131, S8133–S8135 [18DE], S8161, S8163, S8164, S8177, S8178, S8184–S8197 [19DE], S8236, S8243–S8245, S8261 [20DE], S8341, S8342 [21DE], S8425–S8427, S8429–S8445 [27DE], S8462–S8474, S8476–S8497, S8519 [28DE], S8544 [30DE], S8639, S8640 [2JA]

——— 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, S8340 [21DE], S8445 [27DE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Tourette Syndrome Public Health Education Research Outreach Program funding, S4867 [11JY]

Children and youth: establish a pilot program to reduce the increasing prevalence of overweight/obesity among 0-5 year-olds in child care settings (S. 2119), S852 [16FE]

——— establish a public-private partnership program to provide child care (S. 2182), S1542 [8MR]

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

Depts. of Agriculture and HHS: establish dietary guidelines for pregnant women and children from birth until the age of 2, S4334 [20JN]

Depts. of HHS and Education: carry out a demonstration program to fund mental health first aid training programs at selected institutions of higher education to improve student mental health (S. 3325), S4419 [21JN]

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

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

——— provide for research and education to improve screening, detection, and diagnosis of prostate cancer (S. 3345), S4676 [27JN]

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

——— urge Federal agencies to designate funds for education, awareness outreach, and research specifically focused on how prostate cancer affects African-American men (S. Res. 493), S4206 [14JN]

Drug-Free Communities Support Program: extend authorization (S. 2159), S1423, S1424 [6MR]

Drugs: fine prescription drug manufacturers for failure to notify the FDA of a known discontinuance of a lifesaving drug, S3396 [22MY]

——— promulgate regulations on patient medication information to ensure patients receive consistent and high-quality information about prescription drugs, S3564 [24MY]

Education: 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]

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

FDA: develop standardized protocols for obtaining authorization for administering an antipsychotic for non-FDA approved use, S3418 [22MY]

——— improve safety of dietary supplements by requiring manufacturers to register supplement products with the FDA and amending labeling requirements, S3413 [22MY], S3466, S3467, S3482–S3485 [23MY], S3552, S3563 [24MY]

——— prohibit FDA employees from carrying firearms and making arrests without warrants, S3501 [23MY], S3561 [24MY]

——— require report on issues with respect to small business, S3500 [23MY]

Holocaust survivors: provide preferences for certain services, designate an Administration on Aging individual responsible for support, and provide transportation services (S. 3358), S4726 [28JN]

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

Medicaid: encourage adoption and use of certified electronic health record technology by safety net providers and clinics (S. 3539), S6342 [13SE]

Medicare: establish a program to provide incentive payments to participating beneficiaries who voluntarily establish and maintain better health (S. 2243), S2233 [29MR]

——— Medicare Advantage program funding, S2675 [25AP]

——— reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, S833 [16FE], S890 [17FE], S4875 [11JY]

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

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

Older Americans Act: define care coordination, include care coordination as a fully restorative service, and detail such departmental functions (S. 3465), S5872 [1AU]

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, S1180 [1MR]

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]

——— contract with public relations firm for advertising campaign to promote preventive health benefits, S3467 [23MY]

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

Pharmaceuticals: allow importation of prescription drugs from Canada, S3467 [23MY], S3537, S3540–S3545, S3557, S3559, S3562 [24MY], S4441–S4446 [25JN], S4849 [11JY]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: funding, S1126 [29FE]

Poverty: assist low-income individuals in obtaining recommended dental care, S1083–S1085 [28FE], S1180 [1MR]

Prevention and Public Health Fund: funding, S840–S842 [16FE], S2893–S2896, S2899–S2906 [7MY], S2933–S2935, S2937–S2944, S2947, S2955 [8MY], S2996–S2998, S3004, S3006–S3008, S3013, S3015, S3016, S3024–S3028, S3030, S3031, S3034, S3035 [9MY], S3054–S3057, S3060 [10MY], S3263, S3268 [17MY], S3410 [22MY], S3536 [24MY]

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

Public welfare programs: disapprove rule relative to waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements, S8158–S8160 [19DE]

——— disapprove rule relative to waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (S.J. Res. 50), S6086 [11SE], S6407–S6409 [19SE]

——— disapprove rule relative to waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (S.J. Res. 50), unanimous-consent request, S6407, S6408 [19SE]

Religion: 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]

Veterans: facilitate emergency medical services personnel training and certification curriculums, S6256 [12SE]

Whistleblowing: provide whistleblower protections for the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service Act, S3468, S3491 [23MY]

Women: reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (S. 1440), S6868–S6870 [15NO]

Reports

Least Costly Alternative Policies—Impact on Prostate Cancer Drugs Covered Under Medicare Part B (excerpt), E1929 [13DE]

Reports filed

Commercial Seafood Consumer Protection Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 50) (S. Rept. 112–131), S131 [26JA]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 118, Disapprove Rule Relative to Waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program Work Requirements: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 788) (H. Rept. 112–680), H6150 [19SE]

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

Deem Certain Claims Presented to an Indian Health Service Contracting Officer Pursuant to Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act as Timely Presented: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 2389), S6339 [13SE]

——— Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 2389) (S. Rept. 112–228), S6545 [20SE]

Dept. of HHS Reduction of Preterm Labor, Delivery, Risk of Pregnancy-Related Deaths and Complications Due to Pregnancy, and Infant Mortality Caused by Prematurity: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1440), S6451 [19SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3295) (S. Rept. 112–176), S4203 [14JN]

Disapprove Rule Relative to Waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program Work Requirements: Committee on Education and Workforce (House) (H.J. Res. 118) (H. Rept. 112–677), H6068 [18SE]

——— Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.J. Res. 118) (H. Rept. 112–677), H6068 [18SE]

Drug-Free Communities Support Program Authorization Extension: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2159), S2242 [29MR]

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]

Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1063) (H. Rept. 112–715), H7423 [20DE]

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

Rulings of the Chair

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8464, S8482 [28DE]

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]

Summaries

Ensuring Child Care for Working Families Act (H.R. 5188), E694 [27AP]

Texts of

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

H. Res. 788, consideration of H.J. Res. 118, disapprove rule relative to waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements, H6165 [20SE]

H.J. Res. 118, disapprove rule relative to waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirement, H6175 [20SE]

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

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

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. 1440, Dept. of HHS activities to reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity, S6869 [15NO], H7296–H7298 [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. 2159, Drug-Free Communities Support Program authorization extension, S1424 [6MR]

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

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

S. 3708, Stop Abuse for Every (SAFE) Child Act, S8365 [21DE]

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

S. Res. 434, support goal of preventing and effectively treating Alzheimer’s disease by a certain date and other goals of the National Plan To Address Alzheimer’s Disease draft, S2659 [24AP]

S. Res. 493, urge Federal agencies to designate funds for education, awareness outreach, and research specifically focused on how prostate cancer affects African-American men, S4206 [14JN]