HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

Amendments

Dept. of HHS: 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]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), H3268 [30MY], H3320, H3324, H3326, H3327, H3331, H3340, H3341, H3342, H3343, H3344, H3345, H3346, H3364 [31MY]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), consideration (H. Res. 667), H3287 [31MY]

Health: reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 5), H1392 [19MR], H1504, H1505, H1507, H1509, H1511 [22MR]

——— reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 5), consideration (H. Res. 591), H1449 [21MR]

Articles and editorials

Dennis Meyers Led Manchester Memorial to Growth, S6525 [20SE]

Pikeville Medical Center, S3271 [17MY]

Bills and resolutions

Arbitration: invalidate pre-dispute arbitration agreements between long-term nursing care facilities and residents of such facilities (see H.R. 6351), H5707 [2AU]

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]

Consumers: protect against abusive debt collectors by regulating medical debt collection practices, prohibit collectors from seeking arrest warrants to collect debts, and provide information about the debt (see S. 3350), S4674 [27JN]

Cope, Marianne: Catholic Church canonization (see H. Res. 823), H6535 [29NO]

David F. Winder Dept. of Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Mansfield, OH: designate (see S. 3238), S3631 [24MY]

Dept. of Defense: limit increases in certain costs of health care services under departmental health care programs (see S. 3203), S3280 [17MY] (see H.R. 6266), H5629 [1AU]

Dept. of HHS: 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]

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

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

——— 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]

——— 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]

——— 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]

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

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

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize certain major medical facility projects and leases and extend certain authorities (see H.R. 6375), H5859 [11SE]

——— authorize transport of individuals to and from health facilities in connection with rehabilitation, counseling, examination, treatment, and care (see S. 3511), S5977 [2AU]

——— award grants to nonprofit organizations for construction of facilities for temporary lodging in connection with the examination, treatment, or care of a veteran (see S. 3324), S4368 [20JN]

——— carry out a major medical facility project lease for an outpatient clinic at Ewa Plain, Oahu, HI (see S. 3336), S4418 [21JN]

——— consider the veteran’s best interest when making determinations about contracted health care and improve access to medical care for veterans with severe injuries or illnesses (see H.R. 6393), H5999 [13SE]

——— designate certain medical facilities as health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 4042), H801 [15FE]

——— expand eligibility for veteran reimbursement for emergency treatment provided in non-departmental facilities (see H.R. 4246), H1542 [22MR]

——— reimburse eligible veterans who are entitled to Medicare benefits for Medicare deductibles and other expenses owed by veterans for certain treatment provided in non-departmental facilities (see H.R. 4245), H1542 [22MR]

——— reorganize the Veterans Integrated Service Networks of the Veterans Health Administration (see S. 3084), S3084 [10MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (see S. 3215), S3422 [22MY] (see H.R. 5854), H3171 [25MY]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), consideration (see H. Res. 667), H3265 [30MY]

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

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

Education: reform graduate medical education payments (see S. 3201), S3280 [17MY]

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 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]

——— 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]

——— 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]

——— reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 5), consideration (see H. Res. 591), H1426 [20MR]

——— reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 5), return to House (see H. Res. 596), H1641 [27MR]

——— urge Members of Congress favoring a public, federally-run health insurance option to forgo participation in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and agree to enroll in such option (see H. Res. 615), H1845 [16AP]

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

——— expand home and community-based services waiver to include young individuals in need of services otherwise provided in psychiatric residential treatment facilities (see S. 3289), S4151 [13JN]

——— increase price transparency of hospital information and provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs (see H.R. 5800), H3102 [17MY]

Medicare: create incentives for innovative diagnostics by improving process for determining payment rates for new tests (see H.R. 6446), H6230 [20SE]

——— distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 6352), H5707 [2AU] (see H.R. 6562), H6284 [25SE]

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

——— extend Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and increase payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program (see S. 2620), S2924 [7MY] (see H.R. 5943), H3699 [8JN]

——— increase fines and penalties for Medicare fraud to augment Medicare fraud enforcement activities (see H.R. 6103), H4827 [11JY]

——— make publicly available on the official Medicare Internet site payment rates for frequently reimbursed hospital inpatient procedures, hospital outpatient procedures, and physicians’ services (see H.R. 5730), H2645 [10MY]

——— permit pass-through payment of costs for nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals (see H.R. 6146), H5008 [18JY]

——— protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see H.R. 3859), H373 [1FE]

——— provide comprehensive cancer care planning coverage and grant programs for provider education (see S. 2097), S494 [9FE]

——— provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program to further fair audits of and payments to pharmacies (see H.R. 4215), H1426 [20MR]

——— provide parity to Puerto Rico hospitals relative to inpatient hospital payments (see H.R. 4065), H901 [16FE]

——— save and strengthen (see H.R. 6645), H6701 [11DE]

Medicare/Medicaid: amend certain requirements and penalties that would impede eligible professionals from adopting electronic health records to improve patient care (see H.R. 6598), H6428 [16NO]

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

Mental health: increase access to community behavioral health services and improve Medicaid reimbursement for such services (see S. 2257), S2242 [29MR] (see H.R. 5989), H3974 [21JN]

National Autism Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 413), S2243 [29MR]

National Convenient Care Clinic Week: designate (see S. Res. 540), S5871 [1AU]

National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 536), S5871 [1AU]

National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week: designate (see S. Res. 603), S7215 [29NO]

National Solidarity Day for Compassionate Patient Care: designate (see H. Res. 771), H5707 [2AU]

Northwest Kidney Centers (organization): anniversary (see H. Res. 530), H187 [27JA]

Oscar G. Johnson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility, Iron Mountain, MI: designate circle drive as Sergeant First Class James D. Priestap Drive (see H.R. 3861), H374 [1FE]

Pennsylvania State University: tribute to IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) to raise money for the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital Four Diamonds Fund (see S. Res. 411), S2243 [29MR]

Philadelphia, PA: encourage the Philadelphia VA Medical Center to form an advisory committee to consider naming the hospital in honor of an individual or group of veterans (see H. Res. 625), H2031 [19AP]

Sisters of Charity of Nazareth: anniversary (see S. Res. 606), S7303 [30NO]

Social Security: permit hospitals to make incentive payments to physicians to promote quality and efficiency (see H.R. 6176), H5201 [24JY]

Taxation: provide a credit for eldercare expenses (see S. 3226), S3516 [23MY]

Trinka Davis Veterans Village, Carrollton, GA: designate (see H.R. 6374), H5859 [11SE]

William ‘‘Bill’’ Kling VA Clinic, Sunrise, FL: designate (see S. 3603), S6546 [20SE] (see H.R. 6443), H6151 [19SE]

Explanations

Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act (H.R. 1627): Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate) and Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House), S5155–S5166 [18JY]

Letters

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]

Protecting Access to Healthcare Act: James T. Hay, California Medical Association, H1458 [21MR]

Rights of conscience protection relative to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requirements for coverage of specific items and services: Allison Herwitt, Human Rights Campaign (organization), S1133 [29FE]

——— Christopher W. Hansen, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Inc., S1133 [29FE]

——— Helen M. Alvaré and Kim Daniel, S1117 [29FE]

——— Jeffrey Levi, Trust for America’s Health (organization), S1133 [29FE]

——— Mary Kay Henry, Service Employees International Union, S1133 [29FE]

——— Patrick J. Kennedy, S1124 [29FE]

——— several organizations, S1133, S1134 [29FE]

——— several pediatric and adolescent health organizations, S1134 [29FE]

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

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

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), H3358 [31MY]

Health: reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 5), H1516 [22MR]

Obituaries

Chan, Chiu Moon: Houston (TX) Chronicle, E949 [1JN]

Remarks in House

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (H.R. 3), H103 [23JA], H3279 [31MY]

America’s Blood Centers (nonprofit organization): anniversary, E271 [28FE]

Asian Community Center of Sacramento Valley, Inc.: anniversary, E1426 [3AU]

Bangor, ME: inclusion of St. Joseph Hospital on Thomson Reuters (news service) Top 100 Hospitals list, E1632 [21SE]

Bellevue, NE: anniversary of Eastern Nebraska Veterans’ Home, E1239 [12JY]

Belzoni, MS: tribute to Mid-Delta Home Health and Hospice Center, E499 [29MR]

Chicago, IL: tribute to Edward Hines, Jr., Veteran Affairs Hospital, E168 [9FE]

——— tribute to Jesse Brown Veteran Affairs Medical Center, E168 [9FE]

Civilian Property Realignment Commission: exempt certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities from decommissioning, H531, H532 [7FE]

Cleveland, OH: anniversary of the Hospice of the Western Reserve, E988 [6JN]

——— tribute to Federally Qualified Health Centers, E1369 [1AU]

Concord, NC: anniversary of Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast, E1335 [26JY]

Cope, Marianne: Catholic Church canonization (H. Res. 823), H6511 [29NO]

Critical Path Institute: tribute, E1404 [3AU]

Dallas, TX: tribute to Dallas VA Medical Center for participation in Valentines to Veterans program, H228 [1FE]

Dept. of Defense: provide VA medical personnel access to medical records of soldiers in order to coordinate care and treatment, H3316, H3317 [31MY]

——— traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder treatment funding, H4957, H4958 [18JY], H5062 [19JY], E1288 [19JY]

——— vision and eye injury research programs funding, H4958, H4959 [18JY]

Dept. of HHS: 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]

——— 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]

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

——— 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]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: address delays in expansion of medical facility in Lafayette, LA, and construction of new medical facility in Lake Charles, LA, H1369 [19MR]

——— address issues in management of Orlando, FL, VA Medical Center construction project, H3277, H3319 [31MY]

——— allow veterans in rural areas to visit an approved non-departmental health care provider in their area, H3327, H3328 [31MY]

——— authorize certain major medical facility projects and leases and extend certain authorities (H.R. 6375), H6094–H6096 [19SE], E1605 [21SE]

——— consider the veteran’s best interest when making determinations about contracted health care and improve access to medical care for veterans with severe injuries or illnesses (H.R. 6393), H5970 [13SE]

——— construction of VA health care center offsite from Butler, PA, Medical Center, H3318 [31MY]

——— eliminate backlog of benefit claims and delays in receipt of medical care, H2140 [26AP]

——— ensure timely payments to non-VA medical providers, H3317 [31MY]

——— expedite delivery of health care to veterans at VA community-based outpatient clinics in Lafayette, LA, and Lake Charles, LA, H2143 [26AP]

——— implement plan to address Oakland, CA, VA regional office disability claims backlog and inaccuracy rates, H2145 [26AP]

——— medical and prosthetic research funding through reductions in Dept. of Defense base closure account funding, H3358 [31MY]

——— permit Office of Inspector General to review practices relative to collection and content of bids for certain veterans’ hospital construction projects, H3326, H3327 [31MY]

——— report to Congress a plan to eliminate backlog of benefit claims, H3317 [31MY]

——— require a policy on reporting and tracking sexual assaults and other safety incidents occurring at departmental medical facilities, H5428, H5429 [31JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: exempt from certain requirements on the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels, H3344 [31MY]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2055), conference report, H603 [8FE]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), H3180 [30MY], H3277, H3309–H3346, H3356–H3360 [31MY], E957, E958, E963, E965, E966 [1JN], E1024 [7JN]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), consideration (H. Res. 667), H3281–H3289 [31MY]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), motion to recommit, H3358 [31MY]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), unanimous-consent agreement, H3331 [31MY]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: make payments for certain treatments of traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder, H3129 [18MY]

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

Dr. Arenia C. Mallory Community Health Center, Inc.: tribute, E197 [15FE]

Falmouth, MA: Gosnold on Cape Cod recipient of Massachusetts Mental Health Counselors Association Mental Health Agency of the Year award, E1455 [10SE]

Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program: anniversary, E1477 [11SE]

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: cap court-awarded damages in medical negligence claims, H1460, H1461 [21MR]

——— 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]

——— improve access to emergency medical services, H1508, H1509 [22MR]

——— 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]

——— preserve joint and several liability for damages in medical malpractice, H1465 [21MR]

——— preserve liability for damages for serious and irreversible injuries, E427 [22MR]

——— reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform, H2623, H2629 [10MY], H7407 [20DE]

——— reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 5), H1369, H1370, H1384–H1388 [19MR], H1399, H1400, H1420–H1425 [20MR], H1439, H1440, H1441, H1453–H1490, H1494 [21MR], H1499, H1500, H1501–H1519, H1521, H1522, H1524 [22MR], E415, E416, E418, E421, E423, E425, E427, E429, E431, E433, E434, E435, E436 [22MR], E442 [26MR], E481 [29MR]

——— reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 5), consideration (H. Res. 591), H1443–H1452 [21MR]

——— reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 5), motion to recommit, H1516 [22MR]

——— reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 5), return to House (H. Res. 596), H1593 [27MR]

Health care professionals: prohibit exemption of health care professionals who intentionally harm patients from medical malpractice liability, H1482 [21MR]

——— tribute to Central Service Technicians, E1873 [4DE]

Houston, TX: inclusion of University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ‘‘Best Hospitals’’ for cancer list, H5139 [24JY]

——— tribute to American Red Cross, the Texas Arrhythmia Institute (organization), and the Methodist Hospital DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center for Save a Life Community Heart Training Day, H663 [9FE]

——— tribute to Texas Children’s Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ‘‘Wall of Hope’’, E1935 [13DE]

——— tribute to Texas Children’s Hospital pediatric tissue engineering research, H200 [31JA]

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

Indiana Blood Center (organization): anniversary, E458 [27MR]

Information technology: importance of electronic medical records and health information technology, H6711 [12DE]

Kansas City, KS: University of Kansas Cancer Center designated as NIH National Cancer Institute, H4789 [11JY]

King City, CA: anniversary of Mee Memorial Hospital, E1686 [5OC]

Leesburg, VA: anniversary of Inova Loudoun Hospital, E1997 [21DE]

Little Rock, AR: anniversary of Arkansas Children’s Hospital, H1264 [7MR]

Livonia, MI: anniversary of Marycrest Manor Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, E220 [16FE]

Los Angeles, CA: anniversary of APAIT Health Center, E1631 [21SE]

Madison, WI: St. Mary’s Hospital designation as magnet facility by American Nurses Credentialing Center, E134 [3FE]

Mann-Grandstaff Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Spokane, WA: designate (H.R. 3197), H7330, H7331 [19DE]

Medicaid: funding, H1669, H1670 [28MR]

——— increase price transparency of hospital information and provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs (H.R. 5800), H3409 [5JN]

Medicare: provide coverage of comprehensive Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia diagnosis and services to improve care and outcomes by increasing detection, diagnosis, care, and planning (H.R. 1386), E1640 [21SE]

——— provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program to further fair audits of and payments to pharmacies (H.R. 4215), H2144 [26AP], E673 [26AP], E713 [7MY]

——— provide parity to Puerto Rico hospitals relative to inpatient hospital payments (H.R. 4065), H818 [16FE]

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

Memphis, TN: anniversary of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, H810, H813 [16FE], E711 [7MY]

Mental health: treatment programs funding, H5138 [24JY], H7280 [19DE], E1951 [19DE]

Miami, FL: Bruce W. Carter Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center operating room construction funding, E1605 [21SE]

——— tribute to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Friends of St. Jude (network) Miami, FL, chapter, E1650 [21SE]

Minden, LA: tribute to charity auction benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, H787 [15FE]

Monroe, LA: tribute to St. Francis Medical Center auxiliary members, E285 [29FE]

National Autism Awareness Month: observance, E530 [16AP]

National Health Center Week: observance, E1369 [1AU]

National Hydrocephalus Awareness Month: observance, E1648 [21SE]

New York, NY: tribute to Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center ‘‘Stepping Up for HIV and AIDS’’ Community Events Week, E1552 [19SE]

Northeast Counseling Services (organization): anniversary, E1712 [19OC]

Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services, Inc.: anniversary, E1743 [13NO]

Oakland County, MI: opening of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., facility, E506 [29MR]

Ocoee, FL: anniversary of Health Central Hospital, E1603 [21SE]

Orlando, FL: tribute to Nemours Children’s Hospital, E1616 [21SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of repeal on enrollment of Members of Congress in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, H4748 [10JY]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services, H1221 [7MR]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services (H.R. 1179), H430 [2FE], H887–H894 [16FE]

Pennsylvania State University: tribute to IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) to raise money for the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital Four Diamonds Fund, H1289 [8MR]

Plymouth, MA: opening of Veterans Outreach Clinic, E1412 [3AU]

Presque Isle, ME: anniversary of Aroostook Medical Center, E931 [31MY]

Renton, WA: inclusion of Valley Medical Center in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ‘‘Best Hospitals in the Puget Sound’’ list, E1640 [21SE]

Roswell Park Cancer Institute: cancer vaccine research funding, H129 [24JA], H6472 [28NO]

Sonora, CA: closure of Tuolumne General Hospital, E13 [13JA]

Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center: tribute, E270 [28FE]

Texas: tribute to southeast Texas children, schools, and organizations for participation in and sponsorship of Christmas card project for overseas troops, H6609 [4DE]

Thunder Bay Community Health Service, Inc.: anniversary, E1356 [31JY]

Trinka Davis Veterans Village, Carrollton, GA: designate, H7446 [30DE]

——— designate (H.R. 6374), H6477, H6478 [28NO]

——— opening, E1500 [12SE], E1660 [28SE]

Truckee, CA: tribute to Gene Upshaw Memorial Tahoe Forest Cancer Center, E1273 [18JY]

Veterans: health care funding, H3235 [30MY]

——— provide veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan access to health and mental health services, H1394 [20MR], E425 [22MR]

West Columbia, SC: tribute to Lexington Medical Center, E1741 [13NO]

William ‘‘Bill’’ Kling VA Clinic, Sunrise, FL: designate (H.R. 6443), H7331–H7333 [19DE]

Remarks in Senate

Arkansas: inclusion of Arkansas hospitals in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ‘‘Best Hospitals’’ high-performing list, S563 [13FE]

Armed Forces: lift statutory bans on denying servicewomen coverage for abortions in cases of rape or incest and preventing use of private funds for abortions at U.S. military facilities, S4141 [13JN]

Boston, MA: inclusion of Massachusetts General Hospital in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ‘‘Best Hospitals’’ list, S5083 [17JY], S5131 [18JY]

Chicago, IL: tribute to St. Bernard Hospital free mammogram program, S5202 [19JY]

Children’s Leukemia Foundation of Michigan: anniversary, S6530 [20SE]

Cincinnati, OH: inclusion of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ‘‘Best Children’s Hospitals’’ list, S4817 [10JY]

——— tribute to University of Cincinnati Cancer Institute, S4458 [25JN]

Cleveland, OH: tribute to Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, S4457 [25JN]

Columbus, OH: inclusion of Nationwide Children’s Hospital in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ‘‘Best Children’s Hospitals’’ list, S4817 [10JY]

——— tribute to Ohio State University James Cancer Hospital and Solove Reseach Institute, S4457 [25JN]

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate): investigation of fungal meningitis outbreak resulting from tainted medication, S6846 [15NO]

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: conditions of Heal Africa Hospital in Goma treating women for obstetric fistula, S1783 [19MR]

Connecticut: tribute to EPA Environmental Merit Award recipients, S8504 [28DE]

Cope, Marianne: Catholic Church canonization, S6539 [20SE]

David F. Winder Dept. of Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Mansfield, OH: designate (S. 3238), S4780 [29JN]

Dept. of HHS: 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]

——— 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]

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

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

——— 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]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: anniversary of Veterans’ Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Caribou, ME, S4148 [13JN]

——— authorize certain major medical facility projects and leases and extend certain authorities (H.R. 6375), S6671 [21SE]

——— carry out a major medical facility project lease for an outpatient clinic at Ewa Plain, Oahu, HI (S. 3336), S4422 [21JN]

——— expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, S2078 [27MR]

——— furnish hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to veterans who were stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC, when the well water was contaminated (S. 277), S4619 [26JN]

——— reorganize the Veterans Integrated Service Networks of the Veterans Health Administration (S. 3084), S3416 [22MY]

——— report to Congress a plan to eliminate backlog of benefit claims, S7143–S7145 [29NO]

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

Drexel University: tribute to 11th Street Family Health Services Center, S1419 [6MR]

Education: reform graduate medical education payments (S. 3201), S3286 [17MY]

Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program: anniversary, S6619 [21SE]

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]

——— reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 5), S2007 [22MR], S2009 [26MR], S2282 [29MR], S2288 [16AP]

——— reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 5), unanimous-consent agreement, S2113 [27MR]

Holdrege, NE: tribute to renovation and expansion of Phelps Memorial Health Center, S1382 [5MR]

Kansas City, KS: University of Kansas Cancer Center application for National Cancer Institute designation, S3703 [5JN]

——— University of Kansas Cancer Center designated as NIH National Cancer Institute, S4923 [12JY]

Leonardtown, MD: anniversary of MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital, S1144 [29FE]

Little Rock, AR: anniversary of Arkansas Children’s Hospital, S1086 [28FE], S1610 [13MR]

Major Charles R. Soltes, Jr., O.D. Dept. of Veterans Affairs Blind Rehabilitation Center, Long Beach, CA: dedication, S122 [26JA]

Massachusetts: anniversary of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, S6444 [19SE]

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

——— expand home and community-based services waiver to include young individuals in need of services otherwise provided in psychiatric residential treatment facilities (S. 3289), S4153 [13JN]

——— funding, S2896–S2898, S2904 [7MY], S2940 [8MY], S3192 [16MY]

National Convenient Care Clinic Week: designate (S. Res. 540), S5898, S5900 [1AU]

National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 536), S5898 [1AU]

National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week: designate (S. Res. 603), S7277 [29NO]

Northwest Kidney Centers (organization): anniversary, S4820 [10JY], S5728 [31JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services, S1077–S1082 [28FE], S1104–S1110, S1112, S1113, S1115–S1129, S1132–S1139, S1141, S1156 [29FE], S1159–S1173 [1MR]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services (S. 1467), S330 [6FE], S550 [13FE], S2162 [28MR]

Pikeville, KY: Pikeville Medical Center recipient of American Alliance of Healthcare Providers Hospital of the Year award, S3271 [17MY]

Presque Isle, ME: anniversary of Aroostook Medical Center, S3726 [5JN]

Rural Health Education Network: anniversary, S3625 [24MY]

Sisters of Charity of Nazareth: anniversary (S. Res. 606), S7309 [30NO]

Social Security: prevent fraud and restore fiscal accountability by improving improper payment rates, S2946 [8MY]

Reports

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Impact on Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage: Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds Boards of Trustees, H4715 [10JY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 5, Protecting Access to Healthcare Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 591) (H. Rept. 112–416), H1426 [20MR]

Consideration of H.R. 5854, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans’ Services: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 667) (H. Rept. 112–504), H3265 [30MY]

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 Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans’ Services: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5854) (H. Rept. 112–491), H3171 [25MY]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3215) (S. Rept. 112–168), S3422 [22MY]

Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5) (H. Rept. 112–39), H1366 [16MR]

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

Rulings of the Chair

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), H3341 [31MY]

Statements

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

Protecting Access to Healthcare Act: Several Representatives and Scholars, H1504 [22MR]

Tables

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), H3311–H3314 [31MY]

Testimonies

Rights of Conscience Protection Relative to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Requirements for Coverage of Specific Items and Services: Sandra Fluke, Georgetown University Law Students for Reproductive Justice, S1135 [29FE]

Texts of

H. Res. 591, consideration of H.R. 5, Protecting Access to Healthcare Act, H1443 [21MR]

H. Res. 596, return to House of H.R. 5, Protecting Access to Healthcare Act, H1593 [27MR]

H. Res. 667, consideration of H.R. 5854, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services, H3282 [31MY]

H.R. 5, Protecting Access to Healthcare Act, H1501–H1503 [22MR]

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

H.R. 3197, Mann-Grandstaff Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Spokane, WA, H7330 [19DE]

H.R. 6374, Trinka Davis Veterans Village, Carrollton, GA, H6477 [28NO]

H.R. 6375, VA Major Construction Authorization and Expiring Authorities Extension Act, H6094 [19SE]

H.R. 6443, William ‘‘Bill’’ Kling VA Clinic, Sunrise, FL, H7331 [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. 2256, Community-Based Mental Health Infrastructure Improvements Act, S2247 [29MR]

S. 2257, Excellence in Mental Health Act, S2248–S2250 [29MR]

S. 3238, David F. Winder Dept. of Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Mansfield, OH, S4780 [29JN]

S. 3336, carry out a major Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facility project lease for an outpatient clinic at Ewa Plain, Oahu, HI, S4422 [21JN]

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

S. Res. 411, tribute to Pennsylvania State University IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) to raise money for the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital Four Diamonds Fund, S2257 [29MR]

S. Res. 413, National Autism Awareness Month, S2258 [29MR]

S. Res. 536, National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day, S5883, S5899 [1AU]

S. Res. 540, National Convenient Care Clinic Week, S5884, S5900 [1AU]

S. Res. 603, National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week, S7220, S7277 [29NO]

S. Res. 606, Sisters of Charity of Nazareth anniversary, S7305, S7309 [30NO]