HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

Amendments

Dept. of HHS: establish safeguards and standards of quality for research and transplantation of organs infected with HIV (S. 330), S4533, S4534 [17JN]

——— reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (S. 252), S6898, S6900 [24SE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2216), H3016, H3017 [3JN], H3057, H3058, H3061, H3063, H3064, H3065, H3067, H3072, H3073, H3074, H3075, H3077, H3078, H3079, H3080, H3097, H3098 [4JN]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2216), consideration (H. Res. 243), H3040 [4JN]

National Solidarity Day for Compassionate Patient Care: designate (S. Res. 21), S788, S789 [14FE]

Appointments

Commission on Long-Term Care, S477 [4FE]

Articles and editorials

Congratulations in Order for Dr. Hannah Gay, UMC, S1705 [12MR]

Dennis Meyers Led Manchester Memorial to Growth, S646 [12FE]

‘‘God Speed and Blue Skies’’ Air Evac 109 Crew Remembered, S6185 [1AU]

Obamacare Denies Hospital Choice for Blind Child With Rare Bone Disease (excerpt), H7339 [21NO]

ObamaCare’s Troubles Are Only Beginning—Be Prepared for Eligibility, Payment and Information Protection Debacles—And Longer Waits for Care, S8980 [18DE]

Pomerleau Gives to Health Centers—Community Health Centers of Burlington Receive $200,000 Gift, S1850 [14MR]

Second Wave of Health Plan Cancellations Looms, S8980 [18DE]

Time Has Come To Address the Challenges of Long-Term Care, S8358 [20NO]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices (see S. Res. 133), S3256 [8MY] (see H. Res. 206), H2533 [8MY]

——— limit restrictions on the provision of abortion services to protect a women’s right to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy (see S. 1696), S8000 [13NO] (see H.R. 3471), H7051 [13NO]

——— prohibit discrimination and retaliation against individuals and health care entities that refuse to recommend, refer for, cover, pay for, provide, perform, assist, or participate in abortions (see S. 143), S284 [24JA]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see S. 946), S3430 [14MY] (see H.R. 7), H2602 [14MY]

Anchorage, AK: convey certain property from the U.S. to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (see S. 235), S519 [7FE] (see H.R. 623), H454 [12FE]

Armed Forces: lift statutory ban preventing use of private funds for abortions at U.S. military facilities (see H.R. 1389), H1824 [21MR]

——— protect the privacy of servicewomen seeking abortions in cases of rape or incest and allow use of private funds for abortions at U.S. military facilities (see S. 777), S2896 [23AP]

C.W. Bill Young Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bay Pines, FL: designate (see S. 1576), S7574 [28OC] (see H.R. 3302), H6674 [22OC]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: delay enforcement of physician supervision regulations for critical access hospitals pending completion of analysis of impact of such regulations (see H.R. 3769), H8109 [12DE]

——— improve operations of recovery auditors under the Medicare Integrity Program to increase transparency and accuracy in audits conducted by contractors (see S. 1012), S3761 [22MY] (see H.R. 1250), H1629 [19MR]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see S. 135), S284 [24JA] (see H.R. 61), H29 [3JA] (see H.R. 217), H52 [4JA]

Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA: designate (see S. 229), S519 [7FE] (see H.R. 454), H341 [4FE]

Daniel Kahikina Akaka Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Oahu, HI: designate (see H.R. 3800), H8125 [19DE]

Dept. of Education: award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see S. 1126), S4058 [10JN]

Dept. of Energy: establish pilot program to award grants and loan guarantees to hospitals to reduce energy costs and increase resilience to improve security (see H.R. 1968), H2602 [14MY]

Dept. of HHS: assure that a nonemergency department physician is available to hospital patients at all times in all non-Federal hospitals with a certain number of beds (see H.R. 244), H85 [14JA]

——— eliminate authority to limit ability of medical providers to conduct lawful businesses (see H.R. 2833), H5088 [25JY]

——— encourage use of medical checklists through research (see H.R. 116), H31 [3JA]

——— establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see S. 739), S2684 [16AP] (see H.R. 1907), H2567 [9MY]

——— establish safeguards and standards of quality for research and transplantation of organs infected with HIV (see S. 330), S772 [14FE] (see H.R. 698), H545 [14FE]

——— 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. 973), H982 [5MR]

——— extend authorization of appropriations for operational grants under the School-Based Health Centers Program (see H.R. 2632), H4308 [9JY]

——— 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. 641), S2146 [21MR] (see H.R. 1339), H1822 [21MR]

——— integrate mental health services for older adults into primary care settings and provide grants for geriatric mental health treatment outreach teams (see S. 1119), S4021 [7JN]

——— making supplemental appropriations for awarding grants to States to promote universal access to trauma care services provided by trauma centers and trauma-related physician specialties (see H.R. 2660), H4482 [11JY]

——— provide for public disclosure of charges for certain hospital and ambulatory surgical center treatment episodes (see H.R. 2853), H5173 [30JY]

——— provide grants for community-based mental health infrastructure improvements (see S. 265), S520 [7FE]

——— reauthorize and extend the fetal alcohol syndrome prevention and services program (see S. 237), S519 [7FE]

——— reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program (see S. 1719), S8100 [18NO] (see H.R. 3527), H7187 [18NO]

——— reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children’s hospitals (see S. 1557), S7007 [27SE] (see H.R. 297), H170 [15JA]

——— reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see S. 252), S519 [7FE] (see H.R. 541), H411 [6FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize certain major medical facility leases (see S. 412), S1011 [28FE] (see S. 1740), S8360 [20NO] (see H.R. 902), H814 [28FE] (see H.R. 2913), H5341 [1AU] (see H.R. 3521), H7187 [18NO]

——— authorize transport of individuals to and from health facilities in connection with rehabilitation, counseling, examination, treatment, and care (see S. 455), S1127 [5MR]

——— carry out a grant program and a pilot program designed to improve the delivery of health care to veterans residing in rural areas (see H.R. 1134), H1395 [13MR]

——— conduct cost-benefit analyses for the provision of departmental medical care in certain geographic areas served by multiple departmental medical facilities (see H.R. 834), H659 [26FE]

——— consider the veteran’s best interest when making determinations about contracted health care (see H.R. 2412), H3758 [18JN]

——— cover costs associated with the care of veterans at medical foster homes (see S. 1578), S7574 [28OC]

——— designate certain medical facilities as health professional shortage areas (see S. 1061), S3844 [23MY] (see H.R. 3554), H7309 [20NO]

——— educate staff and inform veterans about the Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights (see H.R. 3408), H6952 [30OC]

——— ensure an up-to-date policy on reporting of cases of infectious diseases and require an independent assessment of Veterans Integrated Service Networks and medical centers (see S. 1589), S7574 [28OC]

——— ensure South Texas Veterans Affairs Health Care Center in Harlingen, TX, includes a full-service inpatient health care facility (see S. 800), S2960 [24AP] (see H.R. 552), H411 [6FE]

——— ensure veterans have access to services in at least one departmental full-service hospital or comparable contract services in their State (see S. 49), S43 [22JA] (see H.R. 257), H168 [15JA]

——— enter into contracts and agreements for the transfer of certain veterans unable to live independently to non-departmental medical foster homes (see H.R. 2726), H4724 [18JY]

——— establish a national center for diagnosis, treatment, and research of health conditions of descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during military service (see S. 1602), S7615 [29OC]

——— establish pay-for-performance compensation mechanisms for contracts with community-based outpatient health clinics (see S. 1662), S7927 [7NO]

——— establish standards for access to care for veterans seeking health care from departmental medical facilities (see H.R. 241), H84 [14JA]

——— expand and enhance eligibility for health care and services (see S. 1604), S7615 [29OC]

——— expand eligibility for reimbursement for emergency medical treatment to certain veterans unable to receive care in the 24-month period preceding the furnishing of such treatment (see S. 1588), S7574 [28OC]

——— improve construction of major medical facilities (see H.R. 3593), H7353 [21NO]

——— improve health care provided to World War II veterans at departmental facilities (see H.R. 2063), H2838 [21MY]

——— make certain grants to assist nursing homes for veterans located on tribal lands (see H.R. 2941), H5343 [1AU]

——— make permanent authority to transport individuals to and from health facilities in connection with rehabilitation, counseling, examination, treatment, and care (see H.R. 1702), H2297 [24AP]

——— modify commencement date of the period of service at Camp Lejeune, NC, for eligibility for hospital care and medical services in connection with exposure to contaminated water (see S. 529), S1710 [12MR]

——— prohibit the recording of a patient in a facility without the informed consent of the patient (see H.R. 1490), H1955 [11AP]

——— provide certain disabled veterans beneficiary travel program coverage for travel for certain special disabilities rehabilitation (see S. 633), S2146 [21MR] (see H.R. 1284), H1718 [20MR]

——— reorganize the Veterans Integrated Service Networks of the Veterans Health Administration (see S. 543), S1785 [13MR]

——— report cases of certain infectious diseases at departmental medical facilities (see S. 875), S3158 [7MY] (see H.R. 2153), H2953 [23MY]

——— report cases of reportable infectious diseases at departmental medical facilities in accordance with State laws (see H.R. 1792), H2392 [26AP]

——— require provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all departmental medical centers (see S. 422), S1012 [28FE] (see H.R. 921), H815 [28FE]

——— review the dialysis pilot program and submit a report to Congress before expanding such program (see S. 1547), S6886 [24SE]

——— specify requirements for updating the Office of Rural Health strategic plan for improving access to, and quality of, health care services for veterans in rural areas (see S. 1411), S6126 [31JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (see H.R. 2216), H3013 [3JN]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2216), consideration (see H. Res. 243), H3014 [3JN]

Diseases: foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see S. 539), S1710 [12MR] (see H.R. 1074), H1355 [12MR]

——— reduce disparities and improve access to diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer for underserved populations and men with a family history of prostate cancer (see S. 516), S1592 [11MR]

Dr. Cameron McKinley Dept. of Veterans Affairs Veterans Center, Prescott, AZ: designate (see H.R. 1216), H1547 [15MR]

Drugs: reschedule marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act and allow for medicinal use of marijuana in accordance with State laws (see H.R. 689), H545 [14FE]

General William H. Gourley Federal Outpatient Clinic—A Joint VA-DOD Health Care Facility, Marina, CA: designate (see H.R. 272), H169 [15JA]

Hazardous substances: exempt health care facilities, schools, and day care centers from laws requiring energy efficient lighting if such lighting contains mercury (see H.R. 643), H499 [13FE]

Health: condemn, prevent, and prosecute abusive, unsanitary, and illegal health care practices (see S. Res. 134), S3256 [8MY]

——— extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities (see S. 1517), S6597 [18SE] (see S. 1685), S7951 [12NO] (see H.R. 2957), H5343 [1AU]

——— improve access to emergency medical services (see S. 961), S3531 [15MY] (see H.R. 36), H28 [3JA]

——— improve understanding and coordination of critical care health services (see H.R. 2651), H4369 [10JY]

——— limit establishment of standards or duties of care owed by health care providers to patients in medical malpractice or medical product liability actions or claims (see S. 1769), S8457 [21NO]

——— 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. 2900), H5341 [1AU]

——— make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see S. 642), S2146 [21MR] (see H.R. 1146), H1396 [13MR]

——— prevent establishment of Federal health care provider standards of care in medical malpractice cases (see H.R. 1473), H1909 [10AP]

——— prohibit misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services and require identification of the license of health care professionals (see H.R. 1427), H1856 [9AP]

——— promote development of meaningful treatments for patients (see H.R. 3091), H5546 [12SE] (see H.R. 3116), H5588 [17SE]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services and prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see S. 1204), S4792 [20JN] (see H.R. 940), H949 [4MR]

——— provide for medical neutrality protecting medical facilities and personnel during armed conflict and establish accountability for violations of the principle of medical neutrality (see H.R. 2033), H2717 [16MY]

——— reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (see S. 44), S43 [22JA]

——— reform medical liability system, improve access to health care for rural and indigent patients, and enhance access to affordable prescription drugs (see S. 1860), S9051 [19DE]

Health care professionals: impose admitting privilege requirements with respect to physicians who perform abortions (see S. 139), S284 [24JA]

Insurance: require coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1531), H1991 [12AP]

Lieutenant General Richard J. Seitz Community-Based Outpatient Clinic, Junction City, KS: designate (see S. 1434), S6206 [1AU]

Lyle C. Pearson Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Mankato, MN: designate (see H.R. 3682), H7607 [9DE]

Medicaid: encourage adoption and use of certified electronic health record technology by safety net providers and clinics (see S. 1286), S5667 [11JY] (see H.R. 2676), H4483 [11JY]

——— extend to physician assistants eligibility for incentive payments for adoption and use of certified electronic health records (see H.R. 1790), H2391 [26AP]

——— increase price transparency of hospital information and provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs (see H.R. 1326), H1821 [21MR]

——— remove exclusion from medical assistance of items and services for patients in mental institutions (see H.R. 2757), H4825 [19JY]

——— require States to report information on payments to abortion providers (see H.R. 2993), H5396 [2AU]

Medicare: adjust wage index determination for certain hospitals near State borders to ensure they are treated in the same manner as nearby facilities in other States (see S. 1791), S8601 [10DE]

——— allow certain critical access and sole community hospitals to use interactive telecommunications systems to satisfy available physician requirements for emergency medical conditions (see S. 328), S772 [14FE]

——— allow certain hospitals in Puerto Rico to qualify for incentives for adoption and meaningful use of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology (see S. 636), S2146 [21MR] (see H.R. 1379), H1824 [21MR]

——— apply budget neutrality on a State-specific basis in the calculation of hospital wage index floor for non-rural areas (see H.R. 2053), H2802 [20MY]

——— clarify policy relative to physician supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient services (see S. 1143), S4405 [12JN] (see H.R. 2801), H4978 [23JY]

——— count a period of outpatient observation in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (see S. 569), S1853 [14MR] (see H.R. 1179), H1426 [14MR]

——— coverage of extended care services without regard to 3-day prior hospitalization requirement (see H.R. 3144), H5766 [19SE]

——— create incentives for innovative diagnostics by improving process for determining payment rates for new tests (see H.R. 2085), H2910 [22MY]

——— delay enforcement of two-midnight rule for short inpatient hospital stays until the implementation of a new payment methodology for short inpatient hospital stays (see H.R. 3698), H7687 [11DE]

——— deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see S. 408), S1011 [28FE] (see H.R. 928), H815 [28FE]

——— distribute additional residency positions (see S. 577), S1853 [14MR] (see H.R. 1180), H1426 (see H.R. 1201), H1427 [14MR]

——— eliminate 3-day prior hospitalization requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services in qualified skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 3531), H7251 [19NO]

——— encourage use of dispensing techniques that foster efficiency and reduce wasteful dispensing of outpatient prescription drugs in long-term care facilities (see S. 1493), S6327 [10SE]

——— ensure eligibility of certain professionals practicing in rural health clinics for electronic health records and quality improvement incentives (see H.R. 986), H1318 [6MR]

——— establish payment parity for ambulatory cancer care services furnished in hospital outpatient departments and physician office settings (see H.R. 2869), H5259 [31JY]

——— exempt certain long-term care hospitals operating in a single-hospital metropolitan statistical area from threshold payment adjustment policy for long-term care hospitals (see H.R. 3365), H6900 [29OC]

——— extend Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and increase payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program (see S. 842), S3029 [25AP] (see H.R. 1787), H2391 [26AP]

——— extend the Frontier Extended Stay Clinic demonstration in Alaska (see S. 239), S519 [7FE]

——— extend the hold harmless provision for small rural hospitals and sole community hospitals under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (see H.R. 2578), H4173 [28JN]

——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (see H.R. 1507), H1956 [11AP]

——— 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. 1484), H1955 [11AP]

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see S. 1137), S4212 [11JN] (see H.R. 2500), H4038 [25JN]

——— modify hospital requirements to qualify for the rural provider and hospital exception to physician ownership or investment prohibition in order take into account certain hospitals (see H.R. 2027), H2717 [16MY]

——— preserve access to rehabilitation innovation centers (see S. 1220), S5149 [25JN]

——— preserve access to urban Medicare-dependent hospitals (see H.R. 1390), H1824 [21MR]

——— prevent budget sequestration from impacting payment for physician-administered drugs (see H.R. 1416), H1856 [9AP]

——— provide additional penalties applicable to psychiatric hospitals and units that fail to comply with certain discharge planning process requirements (see H.R. 3128), H5654 [18SE]

——— provide comprehensive cancer care planning coverage and coordination (see H.R. 2477), H4037 [25JN]

——— provide coverage options for beneficiaries under the original fee-for-service program through a Medicare Link program (see H.R. 3567), H7310 [20NO]

——— provide flexibility in the counting of hospital beds to determine designation of critical access hospitals (see H.R. 3444), H6954 [30OC]

——— provide for a change in payment for certain hospitals (see H.R. 3613), H7354 [21NO]

——— provide for bundled payments for certain episodes of care surrounding a hospitalization (see H.R. 3796), H8125 [19DE]

——— provide for fairness in hospital payments (see S. 183), S400 [30JA]

——— provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see H.R. 1821), H2400 [30AP]

——— provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program, establish basic audit standards and transparency of payment methodology of pharmacies, and provide recoupment returns (see S. 867), S3091 [6MY]

——— provide payments to Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facilities for items and services provided to eligible veterans for non-service-connected conditions (see H.R. 2953), H5343 [1AU]

——— reduce administrative burdens and narrow filing periods for hospitals and providers while ensuring payment accuracy (see H.R. 2329), H3355 [12JN]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 367), S773 [14FE] (see H.R. 713), H546 [14FE]

——— require hospitals to establish and implement security procedures to reduce the likelihood of infant patient abduction and baby switching (see H.R. 82), H30 [3JA]

——— strengthen and protect hospice programs (see S. 1053), S3843 [23MY] (see H.R. 2302), H3251 [6JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: amend certain requirements and penalties that would impede eligible professionals from adopting electronic health records to improve patient care (see H.R. 1331), H1822 [21MR]

——— amend qualifications of the director of food services of a skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 473), H341 [4FE] (see H.R. 2181), H2954 [23MY]

——— delay implementation schedule of the reductions of disproportionate share hospital payments (see S. 1555), S6960 [26SE] (see H.R. 1920), H2567 [9MY]

——— ensure that unintentional billing disputes involving health care facilities or professionals are not penalized as fraud (see H.R. 2931), H5342 [1AU]

——— establish an exception from the physician self-referral prohibition and a safe harbor from Federal antikickback sanctions for certain incentive payments made by hospitals (see H.R. 1487), H1955 [11AP]

——— implement a demonstration project to examine costs and benefits of providing payments for health care services provided by purpose-built, continuing care retirement communities to beneficiaries (see H.R. 2376), H3652 [14JN]

——— improve oversight of nursing facilities by preventing inappropriate influence over surveyors (see H.R. 2864), H5173 [30JY]

——— make permanent the exemption of grandfathered long-term care hospitals from Medicare threshold payment percentage adjustment (see H.R. 3668), H7566 [5DE]

Mental health: expand access to community mental health centers and improve the quality of mental health care (see S. 264), S520 [7FE]

——— increase access to community behavioral health services and improve Medicaid reimbursement for such services (see H.R. 1263), H1630 [19MR]

National Case Management Week: designate (see S. Res. 214), S6208 [1AU]

National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 84), H659 [26FE]

National Solidarity Day for Compassionate Patient Care: designate (see S. Res. 21), S400 [30JA]

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. 68), S1229 [6MR] (see H. Res. 103), H1320 [6MR]

PFC Floyd K. Lindstrom Dept. of Veterans Affairs Clinic, Colorado Springs, CO: designate (see S. 1606), S7615 [29OC] (see H.R. 3375), H6901 [29OC]

Pharmacies: ensure and foster safety and quality of care and competitive marketplace by exempting independent pharmacies from antitrust laws in negotiations with health and health insurance providers (see H.R. 1188), H1426 [14MR]

Rural areas: recognize that access to hospitals and other health care providers for patients in rural areas is essential to the survival and success of communities (see S. Res. 26), S520 [7FE] (see H. Res. 356), H5833 [25SE]

Sabin Vaccine Institute: anniversary (see H. Res. 114), H1396 [13MR]

Senior citizens: establish a Home Care Consumer Bill of Rights and State Home Care Ombudsman Programs, and provide quality assurance for home and community-based services (see S. 998), S3657 [21MY]

Social Security: establish a procedure to safeguard the surpluses of the Social Security and Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Funds (see H.R. 1713), H2297 [24AP]

——— expand permissive exclusion from participation in Federal health care programs to individuals and entities affiliated with sanctioned entities (see H.R. 2925), H5342 [1AU]

——— reform (see H.R. 1374), H1824 [21MR]

Taxation: allow refunds of Federal motor fuel excise taxes on fuels used in mobile mammography vehicles (see S. 490), S1269 [7MR] (see H.R. 1697), H2297 [24AP]

——— allow veterans a deduction for certain travel expenses to Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical centers for examinations or treatments relating to service-connected disabilities (see S. 1255), S5498 [27JN]

——— provide a credit for eldercare expenses (see S. 1485), S6208 [1AU]

Veterans: include contracts and grants for residential care for veterans in the exception to the requirement that the Federal Government recover a portion of the value of certain projects (see H.R. 3180), H5832 [25SE]

——— issue veterans health care stamp (see H.R. 3396), H6951 [30OC]

Letters

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act: Representative Doc Hastings, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H6853 [29OC]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H6852 [29OC]

HIV Organ Policy Equity Act: John P. Roberts, United Network for Organ Sharing, H6970 [12NO]

——— Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H6970 [12NO]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H6970 [12NO]

——— several HIV/AIDS advocacy, treatment, research, and transplant groups, H6970 [12NO]

Medicare and Medicaid budget cuts: Alliance for a Just Society, S1017 [28FE]

Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act: Max Richtman, National Committee To Preserve Social Security & Medicare, S1018 [28FE]

Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers Who Deliver Infants Early (PREEMIE) reauthorization and Dept. of HHS National Pediatric Research Network establishment: Daniel Hayden and Michael Calise, FightSMA (organization), H6965 [12NO]

——— Jim Kaufman, Children’s Hospital Association, H6965 [12NO]

——— Nick Manetto, Coalition for Pediatric Medical Research, H6965 [12NO]

Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers Who Deliver Infants Early (PREEMIE) reauthorization and Prematurity Awareness Month observance: Jennifer L. Howse, March of Dimes Foundation, H6966 [12NO]

——— several health organizations, H6966 [12NO]

Lists

Community health centers awarded Dept. of HHS funds in Houston, TX, H4541 [17JY]

Motions

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2216), H3086 [4JN]

Obituaries

Kapen, Sheldon: South End (Wayne State University publication), E15 [4JA]

Press releases

Detroit VAMC Sleep Clinic Honors Dr. Kapen: Alysse Mengason, John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Detroit, MI, E15 [4JA]

Proclamations

International Plasma Awareness Week: Representative Jenkins, E1490 [11OC]

Remarks in House

Abortion: investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices (H. Res. 206), E624 [8MY]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), H2752–H2754 [17MY]

Allentown, PA: anniversary of Sacred Heart Hospital, E588 [3MY]

Anchorage, AK: convey certain property from the U.S. to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (H.R. 623), H6852, H6853 [29OC]

Armed Forces: lift statutory ban preventing use of private funds for abortions at U.S. military facilities (H.R. 1389), E360 [21MR]

Baldwin, NY: tribute to nurses at South Nassau Communities Hospital, E525 [24AP]

Bay City, MI: anniversary of Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center, Inc., HIV/AIDS Care Program, E1353 [20SE]

Bedford, TX: anniversary of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford, E1663 [14NO]

Boardman, OH: Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley recipient of American Nurses Association Outstanding Nursing Quality Award, E435 [12AP]

Brooklyn, NY: anniversary of New York Methodist Hospital Nursing School graduating class of 1963, E477 [17AP]

Buffalo, NY: tribute to Community Health Center of Buffalo, E1304 [12SE]

C.W. Bill Young Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bay Pines, FL: designate (H.R. 3302), H6660–H6664 [22OC], H6818 [28OC], E1565 [23OC]

Cheektowaga, NY: Sisters of Charity Hospital, St. Joseph Campus, recipient of Cheektowaga Chamber of Commerce Large Business of the Year Award, E1297 [12SE]

Columbia, SC: anniversary of Providence Hospital, E743 [23MY]

Community Health Care, Inc.: Robert Young Center recipient of URAC (organization) Gold Best Practice Award, E1655 [14NO]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (H.R. 217), H64 [14JA], H185, H219 [22JA]

——— prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (H.R. 61), H76 [14JA], H219 [22JA]

Dallas, TX: anniversary of Children’s Medical Center Dallas, E660 [14MY]

Decatur, GA: address issues relative to reports of negligence and mismanagement at Atlanta VA Medical Center, H3054 [4JN]

Denville, NJ: anniversary of St. Clare’s Health System, E1054 [11JY]

Dept. of Defense: post-traumatic stress disorder treatment funding, H4913 [23JY]

——— traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder treatment funding, H3061 [4JN], E885 [17JN]

——— traumatic brain injury funding, E1130 [24JY]

Dept. of HHS: eliminate authority to limit ability of medical providers to conduct lawful businesses, H534 [14FE]

——— ensure religious conscience protections relative to insurance coverage of certain women’s preventive health services, H5421 [9SE]

——— establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative, H4149 [28JN], H5273 [1AU], E939 [20JN], E1005 [28JN], E1207 [2AU]

——— establish safeguards and standards of quality for research and transplantation of organs infected with HIV (S. 330), H6967–H6971 [12NO], H7377 [2DE]

——— extend authorization of appropriations for operational grants under the School-Based Health Centers Program (H.R. 2632), H4222 [9JY]

——— reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children’s hospitals (H.R. 297), H319–H322 [4FE], E111 [6FE]

——— reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (S. 252), H6959, H6961–H6967 [12NO], E1656 [14NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize certain major medical facility leases (H.R. 3521), H7612–H7614 [10DE]

——— eliminate backlog of benefit claims and delays in receipt of medical care, H2335 [25AP], H3053, H3054, H3086, H3087 [4JN], E816 [6JN]

——— enter into contracts and agreements for the transfer of certain veterans unable to live independently to non-departmental medical foster homes (H.R. 2726), E1089 [18JY]

——— establish standards for access to care for veterans seeking health care from departmental medical facilities (H.R. 241), H2070 [17AP]

——— information technology systems funding through reductions in conferences funding, H3079 [4JN]

——— prohibit increased funding for any major medical facility currently under construction, H3078 [4JN]

——— prohibit the recording of a patient in a facility without the informed consent of the patient (H.R. 1490), E423 [11AP]

——— reduce salary of senior officials if disability compensation claims are not reduced by a certain amount, H3074, H3075 [4JN]

——— report to Congress a plan to eliminate backlog of benefit claims, H3023 [4JN]

——— Southern Arizona VA Health Care System recipient of Robert W. Carey Performance Excellence Award, E833 [11JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2216), H3022, H3023, H3044–H3088 [4JN], H3226 [6JN], H6128 [2OC], H6201, H6202, H6204–H6207 [3OC], E799, E801, E806 [5JN], E816 [6JN], E865 [14JN]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2216), consideration (H. Res. 243), H3032–H3042 [4JN], E839 [11JN]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2216), motion to recommit, H3086, H3087 [4JN]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2216), unanimous-consent agreement, H3069 [4JN]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: clarify implementation of electronic health records, H3067 [4JN]

Diseases: foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes, H2752 [17MY]

——— pancreatic cancer research funding, H5179 [31JY], H5273 [1AU], H5516 [12SE], H7194 [19NO], E1207 [2AU], E1777 [3DE]

——— provide for scientific frameworks relative to recalcitrant cancers, E1631 [12NO]

Dominican Health Care Association of Florida, Inc.: tribute, E586 [3MY]

Drugs: reschedule marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act and allow for medicinal use of marijuana in accordance with State laws (H.R. 689), E150 [14FE]

Durham, NC: Duke University Hospital recipient of NIST Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award, E1720 [20NO]

Edison, NJ: anniversary of Auxiliary of the JFK Medical Center Foundation, E547 [25AP]

Ellensburg, WA: tribute to Kittitas Valley Community Hospital, E458 [15AP]

Emergency Medical Services Week: observance, E753 [23MY]

Fisher House Foundation, Inc.: tribute, E1503 [12OC]

Furgenson, Misty: American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living Silver National Quality Award recipient, E1442 [4OC]

General William H. Gourley Federal Outpatient Clinic—A Joint VA-DOD Health Care Facility, Marina, CA: designate (H.R. 272), H99 [15JA]

Gosnell, Kermit: trial of women’s health clinic doctor for murder and violation of State law forbidding late term abortions, H1914, H1932, H1933–H1939 [11AP], H1986 [12AP], H2074 [17AP], H2276, H2283 [24AP], H2313, H2327, H2328, H2329, H2330, H2346 [25AP], H2377, H2381 [26AP], H2476 [7MY], H2623 [15MY], H2708 [16MY], H2754 [17MY], H3229–H3233 [6JN], H3677 [17JN], H3713, H3733, H3740–H3742 [18JN], H5556 [17SE], E624 [8MY]

Gray, Edmund: Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center, Spokane, WA, Sister Peter Claver Award recipient, E1643 [13NO]

Health: make health care expenses tax deductible, reform health savings accounts, improve Medicare flexibility, reform emergency treatment practices, and allow interstate purchase of insurance, H2675 [16MY]

——— 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. 2900), H5269 [1AU], H6986 [12NO], H7198 [19NO]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services, H6162 [2OC]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services and prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (H.R. 940), H955 [5MR], H1435 [15MR], H3106 [5JN], H3347–H3354 [12JN], E1727 [21NO]

——— provide for medical neutrality protecting medical facilities and personnel during armed conflict and establish accountability for violations of the principle of medical neutrality (H.R. 2033), E684 [16MY]

——— reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform, H533, H534 [14FE], H2463 [7MY]

Health Delivery, Inc.: anniversary, E1205 [2AU]

Hendersonville, NC: anniversary of Margaret R. Pardee Hospital, E960 [25JN]

Home Care and Hospice Month: observance, E1732 [21NO]

Houston, TX: inclusion of MD Anderson Cancer Hospital in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ‘‘Best Hospitals’’ list, E1126 [24JY]

Kaiser Permanente (company): anniversary of Southern California Permanente Medical Group, E1341 [19SE], E1373 [25SE]

Leonardtown, MD: Medstar St. Mary’s Hospital named a Truven Health Analytics Inc., Nation’s 100 Top Hospital, E345 [20MR]

LifeServe Blood Center (company): tribute, E1888 [16DE]

Los Angeles, CA: anniversary of White Memorial Medical Center, E1407 [30SE], E1618 [30OC]

Major General William H. Gourley VA-DOD Outpatient Clinic, Marina, CA: designate (H.R. 272), H7165–H7168 [18NO]

Medicaid: extend to physician assistants eligibility for incentive payments for adoption and use of certified electronic health records (H.R. 1790), E574 [26AP]

Medicare: coverage of extended care services without regard to 3-day prior hospitalization requirement (H.R. 3144), E1349 [19SE]

——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (H.R. 1507), H5624 [18SE], H7008 [13NO]

——— prevent budget sequestration from impacting payment for physician-administered drugs (H.R. 1416), H1867 [10AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish an exception from the physician self-referral prohibition and a safe harbor from Federal antikickback sanctions for certain incentive payments made by hospitals (H.R. 1487), E429 [11AP]

Memphis, TN: inclusion of St. Jude’s Research Hospital in National Society of High School Scholars career survey list, H2590 [14MY]

Monroe, LA: anniversary of St. Francis Medical Center, E1071 [17JY]

——— tribute to St. Francis Medical Center volunteers, E291 [13MR]

National Autism Awareness Month: observance, H2231 [23AP], H2312 [25AP], E576 [26AP]

National Health Center Week: observance, E1194 [1AU], E1216 [2AU]

National Healthcare Quality Week: observance, E1566 [23OC]

New York, NY: anniversary of Hospital for Special Surgery, E532 [24AP]

NewBridge Services (nonprofit organization): anniversary, E358 [21MR]

Oscar G. Johnson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility, Iron Mountain, MI: designate circle drive as Sergeant First Class James D. Priestap Drive, H2446 [7MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of decisions of Independent Payment Advisory Board on Medicare reimbursement to doctors and hospitals, H973 [5MR]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H7454 [4DE]

——— impact of implementation on residency program funding, H6989 [12NO]

——— prevent from establishing health care provider standards of care in medical malpractice or medical product liability cases, H534 [14FE]

Patient Safety, Science & Technology Movement (organization): tribute to Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit commitment to eliminate preventable patient deaths, H2029 [16AP]

Pharmacies: ensure and foster safety and quality of care and competitive marketplace by exempting independent pharmacies from antitrust laws in negotiations with health and health insurance providers (H.R. 1188), H5040–H5044 [24JY]

Philadelphia, PA: Aria Health System recipient of Greater Northeast Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce Crystal Vision Award, E1643 [13NO]

——— inclusion of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ‘‘Best Children’s Hospitals’’ list, H3639 [14JN]

Phoenixville, PA: tribute to Clinic of Phoenixville for reaching medical care milestone, E1537 [22OC]

Plano, TX: Baylor Regional Medical Center recipient of NIST Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award, H7198 [19NO]

Pontiac, IL: inclusion of OSF St. James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center in Consumer Reports (publication) ‘‘Safest Hospitals’’ list, E1537 [22OC]

Presque Isle, ME: tribute to Aroostook Medical Center conversion to compressed natural gas, E635 [9MY]

PRS, Inc.: anniversary, E1453 [8OC]

Raritan, NJ: anniversary of Hunterdon Medical Center, E1004 [28JN]

Richmond, ME: anniversary of Richmond Area Health Center Star Program, E1581 [28OC]

Salinas, CA: anniversary of Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System, E318 [15MR]

Sigma House of Springfield, Inc.: tribute, E314 [15MR]

Social Security: expand permissive exclusion from participation in Federal health care programs to individuals and entities affiliated with sanctioned entities (H.R. 2925), E1200 [1AU]

——— reform, H2715 [16MY]

Syracuse, NY: anniversary of Syracuse VA Medical Center, E862 [14JN]

Texas: tribute to southeast Texas children, schools, and organizations for participation in and sponsorship of Christmas card project for overseas troops, E1887 [16DE]

Van Duzer Foundation: tribute, E1249 [6SE]

Veterans: benefits funding, H5786 [20SE]

——— HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program funding, H5154, H5155, H5161–H5164 [30JY]

Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice of the Florida Keys, Inc.: tribute, E1732 [21NO]

Visiting Nurse Association of Porter County, IN: anniversary of Hospice Program, E920 [19JN]

Woods, Susan: American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living Silver National Quality Award recipient, E1442 [4OC]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices (S. Res. 133), S3239–S3241 [8MY], S3553–S3555 [16MY], S3807 [23MY]

——— investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices (S. Res. 133), unanimous-consent request, S3239 [8MY], S3553 [16MY], S3806 [23MY]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections, S4630 [19JN]

Anchorage, AK: convey certain property from the U.S. to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (H.R. 623), S9068 [19DE]

Benefits: improve mental health care, reduce backlog of benefits claims, and provide education and employment opportunities for all veterans, S7910 [7NO]

Biddeford, ME: anniversary of Biddeford Free Clinic, S6439 [12SE]

C.W. Bill Young Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bay Pines, FL: designate (H.R. 3302), S7778 [31OC]

Civil rights: include primarily secular activities of religious organizations in exemption from regulations prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, S7900–S7902 [7NO]

Clay County, KY: tribute to victims of medical helicopter crash, S6185 [1AU]

Community Mental Health Act: anniversary, S7710–S7712 [31OC]

Dept. of Education: award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (S. 1126), S4060 [10JN]

Dept. of HHS: Community Health Center Program funding, S2137 [21MR]

——— establish safeguards and standards of quality for research and transplantation of organs infected with HIV (S. 330), S4533, S4534 [17JN]

——— 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. 641), S2149 [21MR]

——— integrate mental health services for older adults into primary care settings and provide grants for geriatric mental health treatment outreach teams (S. 1119), S4023 [7JN]

——— provide grants for community-based mental health infrastructure improvements (S. 265), S526 [7FE]

——— reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children’s hospitals (S. 1557), S7963 [12NO]

——— reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (S. 252), S6900 [24SE], S8069 [14NO], S9047 [19DE], S9095 [20DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize certain major medical facility leases, S2288 [22MR]

——— authorize certain major medical facility leases (H.R. 3521), S8597 [10DE], S8804 [13DE]

——— eliminate backlog of benefit claims and delays in receipt of medical care, S2838 [22AP]

——— expand eligibility for reimbursement for emergency medical treatment to certain veterans unable to receive care in the 24-month period preceding the furnishing of such treatment (S. 1588), S7668 [30OC]

——— funding, S7295 [8OC]

——— improve health care access, S7136 [2OC]

——— improve the delivery of health care to veterans residing in rural areas, S2123 [21MR]

——— tribute to Southern Arizona VA Health Care System staff, S697 [13FE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services, S1692 [12MR]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2216), S7668 [30OC]

Diseases: pancreatic cancer research funding, S5781, S5782 [18JY]

Economy: impact of budget sequestration, S6631 [19SE]

Gosnell, Kermit: trial of women’s health clinic doctor for murder and violation of State law forbidding late term abortions, S3239 [8MY]

Health: condemn, prevent, and prosecute abusive, unsanitary, and illegal health care practices (S. Res. 134), S3239–S3241 [8MY], S3553–S3555 [16MY]

——— condemn, prevent, and prosecute abusive, unsanitary, and illegal health care practices (S. Res. 134), unanimous-consent request, S3239 [8MY], S3553 [16MY], S3806, S3807 [23MY]

——— impact of budget sequestration on health care, S1673 [12MR]

——— improve long-term care assistance, S8357 [20NO]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services, S2268 [22MR], S6774 [24SE], S6926 [26SE], S6980 [27SE]

——— reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform, S2300, S2301 [22MR], S8940 [18DE]

Lexington, KY: tribute to Chrysalis House, S2141 [21MR]

Medicaid: encourage adoption and use of certified electronic health record technology by safety net providers and clinics (S. 1286), S5671 [11JY]

——— funding relative to individuals with neurological or cognitive impediment, S1681 [12MR]

Medicare: adjust wage index determination for certain hospitals, S2268, S2269 [22MR]

——— deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices (S. 408), S1015 [28FE]

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (S. 1137), S4215 [11JN]

——— strengthen and protect hospice programs (S. 1053), S3852 [23MY]

Mental health: expand access to community mental health centers and improve the quality of mental health care, S2633–S2635 [15AP]

——— expand access to community mental health centers and improve the quality of mental health care (S. 264), S7710–S7712 [31OC]

Monroe, LA: anniversary of St. Francis Medical Center, S5837 [23JY]

National Case Management Week: designate (S. Res. 214), S7008 [27SE]

National Rural Health Day: observance, S8450 [21NO]

National Solidarity Day for Compassionate Patient Care: designate (S. Res. 21), S788 [14FE]

NIH: impact of budget sequestration on pancreatic cancer research, S5781 [18JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact, S6056–S6060 [30JY]

Presque Isle, ME: tribute to Aroostook Medical Center conversion to compressed natural gas, S3252 [8MY]

Republican Party: national agenda, S6630 [19SE]

University of Michigan: tribute to C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital for use of high-resolution imaging and 3-D printing to treat a life-threatening condition, S4473 [13JN]

University of Pennsylvania: anniversary of Abramson Cancer Center, S8184 [19NO]

Veterans: benefits funding, S7033, S7034 [30SE]

——— improve mental health care, reduce backlog of benefits claims, and provide education and employment opportunities for all veterans, S7910 [7NO]

Walsenburg, CO: anniversary of Colorado State Veterans Home, S3324 [9MY]

Willisburg, KY: tribute to Isaiah House, S2141 [21MR]

Reports filed

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 623) (H. Rept. 113–248), H6674 [22OC]

Consideration of H.R. 2216, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans’ Services: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 243) (H. Rept. 113–95), H3014 [3JN]

Dept. of HHS Graduate Medical Education Programs in Children’s Hospitals Support Reauthorization: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1557), S7673 [30OC]

Dept. of HHS Support for Graduate Medical Education Programs in Children’s Hospitals Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 297) (H. Rept. 113–3), H340 [4FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Certain Major Medical Facility Leases Authorization: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 3521) (H. Rept. 113–284), H7607 [9DE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans’ Services: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2216) (H. Rept. 113–90), H3013 [3JN]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 2216) (S. Rept. 113–48), S5497 [27JN]

HIV Organ Policy Equity Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 698) (H. Rept. 113–181), H5172 [30JY]

——— Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 330), S3657 [21MY]

Poison Center Network Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1719), S9051 [19DE]

Reduce Preterm Labor, Delivery, and Risk of Pregnancy-Related Deaths and Complications Due to Pregnancy, and Reduce Infant Mortality Caused by Prematurity: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 252), S771 [14FE]

Tables

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2216), H3046–H3050 [4JN]

Texts of

H.R. 272, Major General William H. Gourley VA-DOD Outpatient Clinic, Marina, CA, H7165 [18NO]

H.R. 297, Dept. of HHS support for graduate medical education programs in children’s hospitals reauthorization, H319 [4FE]

H.R. 623, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act, H6852 [29OC]

H.R. 3302, C.W. Bill Young Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bay Pines, FL, H6660 [22OC]

H.R. 3521, Dept. of Veterans Affairs major medical facility leases authorization, H7612 [10DE]

S. 252, Dept. of HHS reduction of preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity, S6900 [24SE]

S. 252, Dept. of HHS reduction of preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduction of infant mortality caused by prematurity, H6961–H6963 [12NO]

S. 330, HIV Organ Policy Equity Act, S4534 [17JN], H6967 [12NO]

S. 408, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act, S1016 [28FE]

S. 800, Treto Garza Far South Texas Veterans Inpatient Care Act, S2963 [24AP]

S. 1053, Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act, S3852 [23MY]

S. 1137, Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act, S4215 [11JN]

S. 1557, Dept. of HHS graduate medical education programs in children’s hospitals support reauthorization, S7963 [12NO]

S. 1662, Veterans Health Care Improvement Act, S7929 [7NO]

S. Res. 21, National Solidarity Day for Compassionate Patient Care, S406 [30JA], S789 [14FE]

S. Res. 26, recognize that access to hospitals and other health care providers for patients in rural areas is essential to the survival and success of communities, S527 [7FE]

S. Res. 68, tribute to Pennsylvania State University IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) to raise money for the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital Four Diamonds Fund, S1237 [6MR]

S. Res. 133, investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices, S3263 [8MY]

S. Res. 134, condemn, prevent, and prosecute abusive, unsanitary, and illegal health care practices, S3263 [8MY]

S. Res. 214, National Case Management Week, S6236 [1AU]