DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Amendments

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), S5152, S5155 [30JY], S5197, S5237, S5238, S5239, S5241, S5242, S5244, S5245, S5250, S5259, S5261, S5272 [31JY]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Program: reauthorize and improve (S. 1086), S1368 [6MR], S1419 [10MR], S1523, S1524, S1525 [11MR], S1539, S1545, S1554, S1555, S1556, S1559, S1562, S1566, S1568, S1587, S1588, S1589, S1590, S1591, S1593 [12MR], S1608, S1609, S1610, S1613, S1616, S1665 [13MR], S5772, S5836 [18SE]

Children and youth: reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (H.R. 1281), S6394, S6395 [8DE], H8994 [10DE]

——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (S. 1417), S605 [29JA]

Emergency Medical Services for Children Program: reauthorize (S. 2154), S5514 [10SE]

Immigration: making supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance (H.R. 5230), consideration (H. Res. 696), H7148 [31JY]

——— making supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance (H.R. 5230), consideration (H. Res. 710), H7212 [1AU]

Articles and editorials

Best State in America—Vermont, for Its Healthy Kids, S3926 [24JN]

Democrats on Hobby Lobby—‘‘Misspeaks’’ ‘‘Opinion’’ and Overheated Rhetoric, S4525 [16JY]

HHS Official Resigns, Pens a Must Read Rebuke of Federal Bureaucracy, H2474 [14MR]

Hobby Lobby Decision and Its Distortions, S4526 [16JY]

PA. Health Marketplace ‘‘Working’’ for Enrollees, S3927 [24JN]

Bills and resolutions

Administration on Aging: reauthorize Lifespan Respite Care Program (see H.R. 4683), H4684 [20MY]

Alzheimer’s disease: authorize grants for research (see H.R. 4798), H5068 [2JN]

Autism: provide for enhanced treatment, support, services, and research for individuals with autism spectrum disorders and their families (see H.R. 4010), H1686 [6FE]

——— reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (see S. 2449), S3507 [9JN] (see H.R. 4631), H4058 [9MY]

Border areas: establish grant programs to improve health of border area residents and for hazards preparedness in border areas including bioterrorism, infectious disease, and noncommunicable emerging threats (see S. 2268), S2470 [29AP] (see H.R. 5221), H6976 [28JY]

Caregiver Corps program: establish (see S. 2842), S5698 [17SE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize funding for creation and implementation of infant mortality pilot programs in standard metropolitan statistical areas with high rates of infant mortality (see H.R. 4639), H4058 [9MY]

——— establish a surveillance system relative to traumatic brain injury (see H.R. 4251), H2483 [14MR]

——— reauthorize education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and the occurrence of breast cancer (see S. 2655), S4903 [24JY] (see H.R. 5185), H6813 [24JY]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: adjust the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program in order to avoid disproportionate penalties for hospitals treating vulnerable populations (see S. 2501), S3863 [19JN] (see H.R. 4188), H2300 [11MR]

——— apply Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation waiver authority to Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) in order to foster innovation (see H.R. 4543), H3407 [1MY]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Program: improve the quality of infant and toddler care (see H.R. 4680), H4684 [20MY]

——— increase funding for child care for families with infants or toddlers (see H.R. 5000), H5817 [26JN]

Children and youth: address childhood obesity (see H.R. 4765), H5022 [29MY]

——— enable a State to be reimbursed for child welfare training expenditures made by a nonprofit educational institution in the State (see H.R. 5140), H6398 [17JY]

——— enable State child protective services systems to improve identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking (see H.R. 5081), H6135 [11JY]

——— expand authority of governmental social service agencies with child protection responsibilities to access the national crime information databases (see H.R. 3923), H1246 [17JA]

——— increase knowledge concerning, and improve services for, runaway and homeless youth who are victims of trafficking (see H.R. 5076), H6135 [11JY]

——— prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care (see H.R. 4058), H1776 [14FE]

——— prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care, extend and improve adoption incentives, and improve international child support recovery (see H.R. 4980), H5816 [26JN]

——— provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking (see S. 2935), S6022 [17NO]

——— require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs (see S. 2054), S1233 [27FE]

——— require mandatory reporting of child abuse or neglect to law enforcement or State child protective services agencies and provide training on what constitutes child abuse or neglect (see S. 2343), S3074 [15MY]

Climate: develop a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change (see S. 2864), S5782 [18SE]

Community Services Block Grant Program: reauthorize and modernize (see H.R. 3854), H182 [13JA]

Controlled Substance Monitoring Program: amend and reauthorize (see S. 2529), S4003 [25JN]

Death and dying: improve end-of-life care (see S. 3009), S6788 [12DE]

Dept. of Education: make grants to eligible local educational agencies to reduce the student-to-school nurse ratio in elementary and secondary schools (see S. 2297), S2796 [7MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop and provide risk-based, performance-based cybersecurity standards for information technology requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (see H.R. 3847), H162 [10JA]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 5464), H7528 [15SE]

Depts. of Labor and HHS: draft disclosures describing the rights and liabilities of customers of domestic care services and require such services to provide such disclosures in their contracts (see H.R. 3828), H134 [9JA]

Developing countries: promote the use of clean cookstoves in order to create a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions (see S. 2100), S1416 [10MR]

Diseases: direct the President to take action to protect against transmission of ebola virus from individuals traveling to the U.S. from abroad (see H.R. 5707), H7979 [13NO]

——— establish a Hospital Fund for the treatment of individuals with ebola or other specified infectious diseases (see S. 2942), S6148 [19NO]

——— improve asthma management, education, and research (see S. 2804), S5588 [15SE]

——— improve diagnosis and treatment of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (see H.R. 4592), H3939 [7MY]

——— improve understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease (see H.R. 4814), H5185 [9JN]

——— reauthorize sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program and provide for sickle cell disease research, surveillance, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 5124), H6351 [16JY]

——— revise and extend program for viral hepatitis surveillance, education, and testing in order to prevent deaths from chronic liver disease and liver cancer (see S. 2538), S4153 [26JN]

Drugs: address prescription opioid and heroin abuse (see S. 2504), S3863 [19JN]

——— improve DEA scheduling process for new FDA-approved drugs under the Controlled Substances Act and registration process for use of controlled substances in clinical trials (see S. 2862), S5782 [18SE]

——— prevent abuse of dextromethorphan by restricting over-the-counter sales and bulk distribution (see H.R. 3969), H1510 [29JA]

——— reduce deaths occurring from overdoses (see S. 2755), S5217 [31JY]

——— reduce opioid misuse and abuse (see H.R. 5587), H7884 [18SE]

Education: award grants to improve childhood care and education for local governments and local educational agencies (see H.R. 4965), H5767 [25JN]

——— improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see S. 2452), S3544 [10JN]

——— provide research, training, and navigator services to youth and young adults on the verge of aging out of the secondary education system (see H.R. 5436), H7433 [10SE]

Elder Justice Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5515), H7674 [17SE]

Emergency Medical Services for Children Program: reauthorize (see S. 2154), S1730 [25MR] (see H.R. 4290), H2644 [25MR]

Families and domestic relations: provide States with assistance in finding a permanent home for every child (see H.R. 4909), H5557 [19JN]

Federal aid programs: include certain areas within the frontier and remote areas levels designations (see H.R. 5592), H7884 [18SE]

Field emergency medical services: improve (see S. 2400), S3294 [22MY]

Head Start Program: improve by authorizing block grants to States for prekindergarten education (see S. 2119), S1584 [12MR] (see H.R. 4481), H3196 [10AP]

Health: appropriate funds for emergency care and trauma services (see H.R. 4181), H2256 [6MR]

——— authorize grants for the support of caregivers (see S. 2866), S5782 [18SE]

——— enhance efforts to address antimicrobial resistance (see S. 2236), S2378 [10AP]

——— improve provision of telehealth services under Medicare and other Federal health care programs (see S. 2662), S4903 [24JY]

——— improve understanding and coordination of critical care health services (see S. 2966), S6205 [20NO]

——— increase access to primary care services by supporting and expanding the primary care workforce, enhancing payments, and improving transparency of Federal training funds (see S. 2229), S2327 [9AP]

——— prohibit insurance companies from denying or limiting coverage or charging higher premiums for living organ donors and allow use of family and medical leave by such donors (see H.R. 5263), H7125 [30JY]

——— provide for an Institute of Medicine study on health disparities and direct the Dept. of HHS to develop guidelines on reducing health disparities (see S. 2841), S5698 [17SE] (see H.R. 5507), H7674 [17SE]

——— provide for recommendations for development and use of clinical data registries for improvement of patient care (see H.R. 5214), H6976 [28JY]

——— reauthorize certain programs related to traumatic brain injury and trauma research (see S. 2539), S4153 [26JN]

——— require Dept. of HHS to establish a Regenerative Medicine Coordinating Council and GAO to submit report identifying all Federal programs and activities relative to regenerative medicine (see S. 2126), S1652 [13MR]

Health care professionals: authorize grants for graduate medical education partnerships in States with a low ratio of medical residents relative to population (see H.R. 4282), H2565 [21MR]

——— develop and disseminate evidence-based best practices for health care professionals to recognize victims of a severe form of trafficking and respond to such individuals appropriately (see H.R. 5411), H7296 [8SE]

——— eliminate authority to limit ability of medical providers to conduct lawful businesses (see S. 2278), S2614 [1MY]

——— establish a demonstration program to facilitate physician reentry into clinical practice to provide required primary health services (see H.R. 5498), H7617 [16SE]

Health Professional Shortage Area: designate for maternity care (see H.R. 4385), H2913 [3AP]

House of Representatives: bring an action seeking relief in response to the failure of the Sec. of HHS to faithfully execute the law relative to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see H. Res. 654), H5830 [7JY]

Human rights: authorizing appropriations for domestic and foreign treatment centers for victims of torture (see H.R. 4987), H5817 [26JN]

Immigration: expedite removal of unaccompanied alien children, implement tough ‘‘credible fear’’ standards, reduce asylum fraud, protect communities from gangs, and provide Border Patrol access to Federal lands (see H.R. 5137), H6398 [17JY]

——— making supplemental appropriations for border security, law enforcement, and humanitarian assistance (see S. 2743), S5217 (see S. 2772, 2773), S5218 [31JY]

——— require notification of a Governor of a State if an unaccompanied alien child is transferred to the State (see S. 2600), S4454 [14JY] (see S. 2628), S4620 [17JY] (see S. 2633), S4662 [21JY] (see H.R. 5129), H6397 [17JY]

——— require notification of a Governor of a State if an unaccompanied alien child is transferred to the State and provide the Governor with the right-of-refusal of such transfers (see H.R. 5253), H7039 [29JY]

——— treat all unaccompanied alien children crossing the U.S. Southern border equally, allow for voluntary reunification with family, and expedite due process for claims to remain in the U.S. (see S. 2611), S4502 [15JY] (see H.R. 5114), H6296 [15JY] (see H.R. 5163), H6655 [22JY]

Insurance: conduct outreach efforts to provide certain health information to individuals enrolled in qualified health plans through exchanges or State plans under Medicaid (see H.R. 4796), H5068 [2JN]

——— establish universal access programs to improve high risk pools and reinsurance markets to ensure coverage for individuals with pre-existing conditions (see H.R. 4496), H3240 [28AP]

——— prohibit applicants from enrolling in a health plan on an exchange, in Medicaid, or in a child health plan if their self-attested personal information is inconsistent with Federal data sources (see S. 2701), S5135 [30JY]

——— require certain health insurance premium increase information be disclosed to Congress (see H.R. 4633), H4058 [9MY]

——— require employers to notify employees and prospective employees if the employer is exempted or excepted from covering certain health services (see S. 2629), S4620 [17JY]

Medicaid: establish a demonstration project under which payment may be made to States for expenditures for medical assistance for substance use disorder treatment services (see H.R. 5136), H6397 [17JY]

Medicare: apply competitive bidding to vacuum erection systems and require Dept. of HHS to establish national mail order program for such devices (see S. 2144), S1652 [13MR]

——— crack down on fraud to protect seniors and people with disabilities (see S. 2361), S3184 [20MY] (see H.R. 5732), H8071 [18NO]

——— distribute additional information to beneficiaries to prevent health care fraud (see S. 1944), S439 [16JA]

——— establish Medicare Better Care Program to provide integrated care for beneficiaries with chronic conditions (see S. 1932), S372 [15JA] (see H.R. 3890), H472 [15JA]

——— extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals (see S. 1954), S439 [16JA] (see H.R. 4067), H1780 [18FE]

——— increase access to data (see H.R. 4418), H2990 [7AP]

——— modify the surety bond requirement applicable to home health agencies as a condition of participation (see H.R. 3832), H134 [9JA]

——— provide for a phased-in expansion of telehealth coverage (see H.R. 5380), H7184 [31JY]

——— provide for the reporting of certain hospital payment data (see S. 2005), S821 [6FE]

——— repeal rebasing of payments for home health services and replace such rebasing with a home health value-based purchasing program (see H.R. 5110), H6296 [15JY]

——— treatment of patient encounters in ambulatory surgical centers in determining meaningful electronic health records use (see H.R. 5556), H7883 [18SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve Medicare and Medicaid payments (see S. 2122), S1584 [12MR] (see S. 2157), S1731 [25MR]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Registry Resource Center: establish and authorize grants for State registries (see H.R. 5218), H6976 [28JY]

Native Americans: ensure funding for certain health care services payments to Indian tribes and tribal organizations (see S. 2669), S4903 [24JY]

——— reauthorize program to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages (see S. 2299), S2796 [7MY] (see H.R. 5765), H8169 [20NO]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 5503), H7674 [17SE]

NIH: prioritize funding to discover treatments and cures, maintain global leadership in medical innovation, and restore purchasing power (see H.R. 5580), H7884 [18SE]

——— prioritize funding to discover treatments and cures, maintain global leadership in medical innovation, restore purchasing power (see S. 2658), S4903 [24JY]

Nutrition: issue guidelines relative to certain primary care Federal health professionals completing continuing medical education on nutrition and require Federal agencies to submit reports relative to such guidelines (see H.R. 4378), H2853 [2AP]

——— provide for a grants program to develop and enhance integrated nutrition curricula in medical schools (see H.R. 4427), H3057 [8AP]

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. (see H.R. 4820), H5185 [9JN]

Older Americans Act: define care coordination, include care coordination as a fully restorative service, and detail such departmental functions (see H.R. 5200), H6814 [24JY]

Oral health: improve essential oral health care for lower-income individuals (see H.R. 4395), H2913 [3AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies until eligibility verification process for such subsidies is completed (see H.R. 4805), H5072 [5JN]

——— ensure religious conscience protections relative to insurance coverage of certain women’s preventive health services (see H.R. 4396), H2913 [3AP]

——— establish a certification process for opting out of the individual health insurance mandate (see S. 2733), S5217 [31JY]

——— extend open enrollment period for health care plans (see H.R. 4210), H2360 [12MR]

——— impose restrictions on risk corridor program (see H.R. 4406), H2961 [4AP]

——— prevent a taxpayer bailout of health insurance issuers (see S. 2214), S2194 [7AP] (see H.R. 4354), H2801 [1AP]

——— prevent foreign diplomats from being eligible to receive health insurance premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions (see H.R. 5825), H9043 [10DE]

——— provide certain uninsured individuals a special enrollment period after tax filing for enrollment in qualified health plans offered through an exchange (see H.R. 5147), H6398 [17JY]

——— provide for recoupment and reallocation of unspent State grant funds (see H.R. 3884), H472 [15JA]

——— repeal certain provisions that have the effect of rationing health care (see S. 2064), S1233 [27FE]

——— repeal provisions establishing a transitional reinsurance program and risk corridors for health plans to prevent taxpayer bailout of health insurance issuers (see H.R. 3812), H20 [7JA] (see H.R. 3851), H162 [10JA]

——— repeal risk corridor program (see H.R. 5175), H6744 [23JY]

——— sunset provisions establishing a transitional reinsurance program and risk corridors, and repeal risk adjustment for health plans to prevent bailout of health insurance issuers (see H.R. 3985), H1544 [3FE]

Pharmaceuticals: allow personal importation of safe and affordable drugs from approved pharmacies in Canada (see S. 2549), S4153 [26JN]

Poverty: submit report on parasitic disease among poor Americans (see H.R. 4944), H5723 [24JN]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see S. 2572), S4336 [9JY] (see H.R. 5033), H6034 [9JY]

Public Health Emergency Fund: make a supplemental appropriation (see H.R. 5797), H8668 [4DE]

Research: require NIH to consider sex differences in medical research and direct FDA to guarantee clinical drug trials are sufficient to determine safety and effectiveness for both men and women (see H.R. 4879), H5398 [17JN]

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. 5223), H6976 [28JY]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize (see S. 2646), S4762 [23JY]

Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program: ensure effectiveness by ensuring funding allocations are evidence-based and by promoting greater utilization of patient-centered care (see H.R. 4260), H2484 [14MR]

Safety: ensure certain safety measures are utilized in the interest of public health security relative to labeling and transporting of human tissue specimens or collection of specimens into interstate commerce (see H.R. 5318), H7181 [31JY]

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. 5840), H9044 [10DE]

Social Security: prevent disability fraud (see H.R. 5260), H7125 [30JY]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: award grants to States to expand access to clinically appropriate services for opioid abuse, dependence or addiction (see H.R. 5339), H7182 [31JY]

——— incentivize States to improve youth outcomes and avoid using incarceration by awarding grants to organizations that get at-risk youth on the right track (see S. 2531), S4003 [25JN]

Taxation: adjust the phaseout of the health insurance tax credit for geographic variations in the cost-of-living (see H.R. 3986), H1591 [4FE]

——— exclude major professional sports leagues from qualifying as tax-exempt organizations and use such funds generated for domestic violence prevention and victims’ services programs (see S. 2816), S5628 [16SE]

Trauma: expand the definition of trauma to include thermal, electrical, chemical, radioactive, and other extrinsic agents (see S. 2406), S3294 [22MY]

——— reauthorize certain trauma care programs (see S. 2405), S3294 [22MY] (see H.R. 4080), H1937 [25FE]

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: require compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (see S. 2574), S4336 [9JY]

Women: provide grants to States to establish maternal mortality review committees on pregnancy-related deaths, define severe maternal morbidity, and eliminate maternal health disparities (see H.R. 4216), H2360 [12MR]

——— require breast density reporting to physicians and patients by facilities that perform mammograms (see S. 2622), S4620 [17JY] (see H.R. 5145), H6398 [17JY]

Cloture motions

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), S5197 [31JY]

Burwell, Sylvia Mathews: nomination to be Sec. of HHS, S3286 [22MY], S3398 [4JN]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Program: reauthorize and improve (S. 1086), S5963 [13NO]

——— reauthorize and improve (S. 1086), House amendment, S5772 [18SE]

——— reauthorize and improve (S. 1086), motion to proceed, S1225 [27FE]

Murthy, Vivek H.: nomination to be Surgeon General and Public Health Service Medical Director, S6799 [13DE], S6849 [15DE]

Factsheets

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act (S. 1086), S6009 [17NO]

Letters

Address needs of unaccompanied children crossing the border: several religious organizations, H7198, H7226 [1AU]

Allegations of waste and mismanagement against a contractor operating a processing center to handle health insurance applications: Marilyn Tavenner, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, S3962 [25JN]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: Celia Hartman Sims, Knowledge Universe (organization), H7478 [15SE]

——— Gerald M. Cutts, First Children’s Finance (organization), H7479 [15SE]

——— Grace Reef, Early Learning Policy Group, LLC, H7478 [15SE]

——— Helen Blank and Joan Entmacher, National Women’s Law Center, H7476, H7480 [15SE]

——— Janet Singerman, Child Care Resources Inc., H7479 [15SE]

——— Katy Beh Neas, Easter Seals Inc., H7479 [15SE]

——— Lynette M. Fraga, L. Carol Scott, Michelle Noth McCready, and Nicholas P. Vucic, Child Care Aware of America (organization), H7476, H7481 [15SE]

——— M.-A. Lucas, Early Care and Education Consortium, H7478 [15SE]

——— Mary Kusler, National Education Association, H7479 [15SE]

——— Matthew Melmed, Zero to Three—National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families, H7477 [15SE]

——— Olivia Golden, Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), H7477 [15SE]

——— Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers, H7475, H7480 [15SE]

——— Rhian Evans Allvin, National Association for the Education of Young Children, H7479 [15SE]

——— Richard Bland, Save the Children Federation, Inc., H7475, H7480 [15SE]

——— Sharon Veatch, Child Care Aware of Virginia (organization), H7476 [15SE]

Medicare enforcement instruction extension of supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals: Dennis A. Hachenberg, H7340 [9SE]

——— Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, H7340 [9SE]

——— Tom Bell, Kansas Hospital Association, H7340 [9SE]

Nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell to be Sec. of HHS: Senator Vitter, S3444 [5JN]

——— several Representatives, S3443 [5JN]

Nomination of Vivek H. Murthy to be Surgeon General and Public Health Service Medical Director: Richard Carmona, S6824 [15DE]

Supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance: Eusebio Elizondo, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H7220, H7224, H7225 [1AU]

——— Thomas M. Susman, ABA, H7226 [1AU]

Lists

Organizations supporting H.R. 4980, Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act, H6724 [23JY]

Organizations supporting S. 2658, Accelerating Biomedical Research Act, S4907 [24JY]

Motions

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), S4988 [28JY], S5075 [30JY], S5159, S5197, S5204 [31JY]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Program: reauthorize and improve (S. 1086), S1169 [26FE], S1187 [27FE], S1257 [4MR], S1371 [10MR], S1487 [11MR], S1531 [12MR], S5772 [18SE], S5964 [13NO]

Press releases

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: Results for America (organization), H7479 [15SE]

Remarks in House

Alzheimer’s disease: authorize grants for training and support services for patients and their families (H.R. 2975), H4682 [20MY], H5871–H5873 [8JY], E791 [20MY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense, H6845, H6847 [25JY]

——— making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), H6865 [28JY]

Autism: reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (H.R. 4631), H5688–H5693 [24JN], E1062 [24JN], E1067, E1069 [25JN], E1079 [26JN], E1095 [30JN]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: reauthorize education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and the occurrence of breast cancer (H.R. 5185), H8889–H8891 [9DE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: apply Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation waiver authority to Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) in order to foster innovation (H.R. 4543), H4682 [20MY], H5873 [8JY]

——— standards and protocols relative to security breach notification, H145 [10JA]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Program: improve the quality of infant and toddler care (H.R. 4680), H4482 [20MY]

——— reauthorize and improve (S. 1086), H7465–H7481 [15SE], E1431, E1432 [17SE], E1452 [19SE]

Children and youth: address childhood obesity (H.R. 4765), E891 [30MY]

——— better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent human trafficking of children and serve the needs of victims under adoption assistance and foster care programs (H.R. 1732), E537 [7AP], E1226 [24JY]

——— enable State child protective services systems to improve identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking (H.R. 5081), H6664, H6670, H6704–H6709 [23JY], E1216 [23JY], E1242 [25JY]

——— increase knowledge concerning, and improve services for, runaway and homeless youth who are victims of trafficking (H.R. 5076), H6664, H6703, H6704 [23JY], E1216 [23JY]

——— prevent and address sex trafficking of youth, H5806 [26JN]

——— prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care, extend and improve adoption incentives, and improve international child support recovery (H.R. 4980), H6664, H6711–H6724 [23JY], E1216 [23JY], E1226, E1232 [24JY], E1649 [20NO]

——— prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care (H.R. 4058), H4486, H4522–H4529 [20MY], H4692 [21MY]

——— provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking (H.R. 498), E1495 [19SE]

——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (H.R. 1281), H5696–H5699 [24JN], E1062 [24JN], E1067 [25JN], E1095 [30JN]

——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (H.R. 1281), Senate amendment, H8994 [10DE]

Committee on Foreign Affairs (House): Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations hearing on global impact of autism spectrum disorders, E1293 [31JY]

Courts: U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit decision in Halbig v. Burwell relative to offering subsidies in Federal health insurance exchanges, H6587 [22JY], H6980 [29JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, H441 [15JA], H4813 [22MY]

Diseases: raise awareness of breast cancer and encourage women to get mammograms, H1760 [11FE]

Drugs: funding to combat heroin epidemic, H1649 [5FE]

Education: award grants to improve childhood care and education for local governments and local educational agencies (H.R. 4965), H5736 [25JN]

——— improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (H.R. 3461), H77 [9JA], H1928 [25FE], H7689 [18SE]

——— reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children’s hospitals (S. 1557), H2782–H2784 [1AP], E495 [2AP]

Emergency Medical Services for Children Program: reauthorize (H.R. 4290), H7343, H7344 [9SE]

——— reauthorize (S. 2154), H7461, H7462 [15SE]

Hazardous substances: reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program (H.R. 3527), H36–H39 [8JA]

Head Start Program: funding, H49 [8JA], H212 [14JA]

Health: improve access to oral health care for vulnerable populations (H.R. 3120), H2004 [27FE]

——— 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), H138 [10JA], H2006, H2007 [27FE], H3384 [1MY]

——— promote development of meaningful treatments for patients (H.R. 3091), H2004 [27FE]

——— promote development of meaningful treatments for patients (H.R. 3116), H4480 [20MY]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services and prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities, H1704 [10FE]

——— 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), E74 [15JA]

——— reauthorize certain programs related to traumatic brain injury and trauma research (H.R. 1098), H5699, H5700 [24JN], E1062 [24JN], E1095 [30JN]

——— reauthorize certain programs related to traumatic brain injury and trauma research (S. 2539), H7964 [13NO]

Health care professionals: develop and disseminate evidence-based best practices for health care professionals to recognize victims of a severe form of trafficking and respond to such individuals appropriately (H.R. 5411), E1362 [9SE]

House of Representatives: call for civil action in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge certain executive branch actions (H. Res. 442), H114–H118 [9JA]

——— remove discretion of Border Patrol in determining whether unaccompanied alien children shall be returned to their home country, H7221 [1AU]

——— request for emergency funds to address the increase in unaccompanied alien children attempting to cross illegally into the U.S., H6650 [22JY]

Information technology: foster further innovation and entrepreneurship in the health information technology sector (H.R. 2363), E1447 [17SE]

LIHEAP: funding, H2657 [26MR]

Medicare: establish Medicare Better Care Program to provide integrated care for beneficiaries with chronic conditions (H.R. 3890), H1229 [16JA]

——— extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals (H.R. 4067), H7339–H7341 [9SE]

——— modify the surety bond requirement applicable to home health agencies as a condition of participation (H.R. 3832), E37 [9JA]

——— reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, H1683, H1684 [6FE], H1739–H1741 [11FE], H2712–H2718, H2733 [27MR], H2946, H2947 [4AP], H3394 [1MY], H8320 [3DE]

——— repeal rebasing of payments for home health services and replace such rebasing with a home health value-based purchasing program (H.R. 5110), H6355 [17JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: curb waste, fraud, and abuse (H.R. 2305), H7391 [10SE]

Mental health: address rising rates of autism, H4482 [20MY]

——— make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis, H2714 [27MR]

——— make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (H.R. 3717), H26 [8JA], H1601 [5FE], H5252, H5254 [11JN], H6749, H6778 [24JY], H6981 [29JY], H7302 [9SE]

Mining and mineral resources: place a moratorium on permitting for mountaintop removal coal mining until health studies are conducted by the Dept. of HHS (H.R. 526), H2624 [25MR]

Native Americans: Federal funding for certain adoption and foster care programs, E1649 [20NO]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (H.R. 5503), H7428–H7431 [10SE], E1432 [17SE]

NIH: funding, H2813 [2AP], H3066 [9AP], H4813 [22MY]

——— prioritize funding to discover treatments and cures, maintain global leadership in medical innovation, and restore purchasing power (H.R. 5580), H8043 [18NO]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration relative to alleged abuse of power, intimidation, and lack of accountability by Federal agencies, H2477 [14MR]

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. 4820), E921 [9JN]

Office of Refugee Resettlement: allegations of abuse of immigrant minors detained in Federal custody by Federal employees, H4843 [28MY]

——— ensure religious conscience protections relative to insurance coverage of certain women’s preventive health services, H4823 [22MY]

——— impact of fines on for-profit corporations for not fulfilling health insurance coverage requirements to offer contraceptives, H2638–H2641 [25MR]

——— repeal provisions establishing a transitional reinsurance program and risk corridors for health plans to prevent taxpayer bailout of health insurance issuers (H.R. 3812), H137 [10JA]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: funding, H2810 [2AP]

Public welfare programs: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funding, H7554 [16SE]

Social Security: prevent disability fraud (H.R. 5260), H7054 [30JY]

Supreme Court: decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., v. Burwell relative to requirements for health insurance coverage of contraceptives by for-profit corporations, H5862 [8JY], H6238–H6240 [15JY], H6312 [16JY], H6356, H6359–H6361 [17JY]

——— hearing of arguments in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., v. Sebelius relative to requirements for health insurance coverage of contraceptives by for-profit corporations, H2370, H2371, H2372, H2373, H2374 [13MR], H2592, H2600–H2609 [24MR], H2615, H2619, H2620, H2636–H2642 [25MR], H2658, H2684 [26MR], H2735 [27MR], E399 [14MR]

Trauma: expand the definition of trauma to include thermal, electrical, chemical, radioactive, and other extrinsic agents (H.R. 3548), H5695, H5696 [24JN], E1062 [24JN], E1095 [30JN]

——— reauthorize certain trauma care programs (H.R. 4080), H5693–H5695 [24JN], E1062 [24JN], E1095 [30JN]

Women: require mammography reports contain a breast density summary and a statement on the benefit of supplementary screening tests for patients with dense breast tissue (H.R. 3404), E63 [14JA]

Wright, David: resignation as Dept. of HHS Director of Office of Research Integrity, H2474 [14MR]

Remarks in Senate

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), S4746, S4752, S4846 [23JY], S4851, S4869, S4877, S4880, S4887, S4893 [24JY], S4975–S4980 [28JY], S5197–S5205, S5290, S5310 [31JY], S5323 [1AU]

——— making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), motion to proceed, S4988 [28JY], S5005–S5015, S5019, S5041 [29JY], S5075, S5081, S5083–S5087, S5093–S5095, S5102–S5107, S5117–S5121 [30JY], S5159, S5164–S5169, S5172, S5181, S5186–S5188, S5193, S5194 [31JY]

Autism: reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (H.R. 4631), S5312 [31JY]

Burwell, Sylvia Mathews: confirmation as Sec. of HHS, S3489 [9JN]

——— nomination to be Sec. of HHS, S3171, S3174 [20MY], S3285 [22MY], S3356 [3JN], S3394, S3398, S3400–S3403, S3408, S3411, S3415–S3417, S3420 [4JN], S3434–S3446, S3449–S3454 [5JN]

——— nomination to be Sec. of HHS, unanimous-consent agreement, S3419 [4JN]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: reauthorize education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and the occurrence of breast cancer (H.R. 5185), S6840 [15DE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: allegations of waste and mismanagement against a contractor operating a processing center to handle health insurance applications, S3961 [25JN]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Program: allow Native American tribes to temporarily reduce services in order to improve or replace facilities, S1570 [12MR]

——— allow use of funds to improve child safety and reduce incidence of preventable infant deaths in child care settings, S1560 [12MR]

——— clarify Federal definition of homelessness relative to eligibility, S6011, S6012 [17NO]

——— clarify that certain parental rights provisions do not favor the use of grants or contracts over child care certificates, S1566 [12MR]

——— clarify that individuals convicted of certain crimes are prohibited from working at program-funded childcare facilities, S1611 [13MR]

——— clarify that reauthorization and improvement maintains existing Federal and State childcare services regulations, S1614 [13MR]

——— ensure that all child care programs on Federal facilities conduct the same background check on child care providers that are required on State land, S1563 [12MR], S2309 [9AP]

——— grant authority to withhold funds from States failing to comply with a low-income or special needs priority requirement, S1613, S1614 [13MR]

——— Indian tribes and tribal organizations funding, S1556, S1560 [12MR]

——— prohibit eligibility for high-income families, S1608–S1610 [13MR]

——— provide for evidence-based training in efforts to promote early language and literacy development, S1611 [13MR]

——— reauthorize and improve (S. 1086), S1539–S1563, S1566, S1568–S1572 [12MR], S1601–S1617 [13MR], S2309 [9AP]

——— reauthorize and improve (S. 1086), House amendment, S5772 [18SE], S5895, S5896, S5940–S5944, S5951 [12NO], S5965 [13NO], S6005–S6007 [17NO], S6084 [18NO], S6192 [20NO]

——— reauthorize and improve (S. 1086), motion to proceed, S1169 [26FE], S1187, S1225 [27FE], S1257 [4MR], S1329 [6MR], S1371 [10MR], S1487 [11MR], S1531 [12MR]

——— reauthorize and improve (S. 1086), unanimous-consent agreement, S1305 [5MR], S1377 [10MR], S1556 [12MR], S1609 [13MR]

——— reauthorize and improve (S. 1086), unanimous-consent request, S5940 [12NO]

Children and youth: better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent human trafficking of children and serve the needs of victims under adoption assistance and foster care programs (S. 1823), S4294 [9JY]

——— expand and improve the provision and insurance coverage of pediatric dental services to medically underserved populations, S1360–S1362 [6MR]

——— prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care, extend and improve adoption incentives, and improve international child support recovery (H.R. 4980), S5877 [18SE]

——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (H.R. 1281), S6395 [8DE], S6531 [10DE]

——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (S. 1417), S605 [29JA]

Courts: U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit decision in Halbig v. Burwell relative to offering subsidies in Federal health insurance exchanges, S4725 [23JY], S4982 [28JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, S412 [16JA], S3647–S3649 [12JN]

Developing countries: promote the use of clean cookstoves in order to create a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions (S. 2100), S1418 [10MR]

Drugs: reduce deaths occurring from overdoses (S. 2755), S5233 [31JY]

Education: conduct review in conjunction with Dept. of Education of Federal early learning and care programs and make recommendations to consolidate and streamline such programs, S1554–S1556 [12MR], S1608 [13MR]

——— improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (S. 1697), S106 [8JA], S3177 [20MY]

——— reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children’s hospitals (S. 1557), S1914 [1AP]

Emergency Medical Services for Children Program: reauthorize (S. 2154), S5514 [10SE]

Frank, Richard G.: nomination to be Assistance Sec. of HHS for Planning and Evaluation, S3273 [22MY]

——— nomination to be Assistant Sec. of HHS for Planning and Evaluation, unanimous-consent agreement, S3260 [22MY]

Hazardous substances: reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program (H.R. 3527), S333 [14JA]

Health: reauthorize certain programs related to traumatic brain injury and trauma research (S. 2539), S4214 [7JY], S4755 [23JY], S5643 [16SE]

Immigration: making supplemental appropriations for border security, law enforcement, and humanitarian assistance (S. 2772), S5317 [1AU]

——— making supplemental appropriations for border security, law enforcement, and humanitarian assistance (S. 2773), S5203, S5315 [31JY], S5317 [1AU]

——— treat all unaccompanied alien children crossing the U.S. Southern border equally, allow for voluntary reunification with family, and expedite due process for claims to remain in the U.S. (S. 2611), S4517 [16JY], S4639, S4643–S4645 [21JY], S4730 [23JY], S4858–S4860 [24JY], S5077–S5079 [30JY], S5186–S5188, S5199 [31JY]

Medicare: crack down on fraud to protect seniors and people with disabilities (S. 2361), S3190 [20MY]

——— establish Medicare Better Care Program to provide integrated care for beneficiaries with chronic conditions (S. 1932), S373 [15JA], S1847 [31MR]

——— extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals, S1843 [31MR]

——— extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals (H.R. 4067), S6219 [20NO]

——— extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals (S. 1954), S855 [10FE], S6664 [11DE]

——— reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, S932 [12FE], S1844–S1849, S1853–S1857, S1859, S1863 [31MR], S2375 [10AP]

——— repeal sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians and improve beneficiary access (S. 1871), S1566 [12MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve Medicare and Medicaid payments (S. 2122), S1595 [12MR], S1669 [13MR]

——— repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve Medicare and Medicaid payments (S. 2122), unanimous-consent request, S1844, S1855 [31MR]

——— repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve Medicare and Medicaid payments (S. 2157), S1740 [25MR], S1742 [26MR], S1809 [27MR], S1839, S1846, S1854 [31MR]

——— repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve Medicare and Medicaid payments (S. 2157), unanimous-consent request, S1844 [31MR]

Mental health: expand access to community mental health centers and improve the quality of mental health care, S1852, S1853, S1855, S1856, S1862, S1865 [31MR], S3391 [4JN]

——— expand access to community mental health centers and improve the quality of mental health care (S. 264), S3623 [12JN]

Murthy, Vivek H.: nomination to be Surgeon General and Public Health Service Medical Director, S6772 [12DE], S6823–S6826, S6841, S6845, S6846, S6848–S6850, S6859 [15DE]

Native Americans: reauthorize program to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages (S. 2299), S2797 [7MY]

NIH: funding, S708 [4FE], S2743 [7MY]

——— medical reseach funding, S2553 [30AP]

——— prioritize funding to discover treatments and cures, maintain global leadership in medical innovation, restore purchasing power (S. 2658), S4906 [24JY]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration relative to alleged abuse of power in implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S3171–S3174 [20MY], S3443 [5JN]

——— establish income verification procedures for premium subsidy eligibility, S3356 [3JN]

——— prevent a taxpayer bailout of health insurance issuers (S. 1726), S430 [16JA]

——— repeal certain provisions that have the effect of rationing health care (S. 2064), S1235 [27FE]

Prevention and Public Health Fund: funding, S6287–S6289 [3DE]

Research: ensure oversight of Federal research grants and exercise authority to investigate allegations of research misconduct and recover funds obtained by fraud, S4260 [8JY]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize (S. 2646), S4764–S4767 [23JY], S5981 [13NO], S6381 [8DE]

Supreme Court: decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., v. Burwell relative to requirements for health insurance coverage of contraceptives by for-profit corporations, S4205 [7JY], S4388 [10JY], S4451 [14JY], S4461–S4468, S4474–S4476, S4481–S4483, S4489–S4491, S4495 [15JY], S4516, S4519–S4529, S4531, S4533–S4535, S4537 [16JY], S5401 [9SE], S5493 [10SE]

Trauma: expand the definition of trauma to include thermal, electrical, chemical, radioactive, and other extrinsic agents (H.R. 3548), S5312 [31JY]

——— reauthorize certain trauma care programs (S. 2405), S3298 [22MY]

Vermont: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ranking as State having healthiest children in the nation, S3925 [24JN]

Women: require breast density reporting to physicians and patients by facilities that perform mammograms (S. 2622), S4621 [17JY]

Reports

Risk Management Handbook Volume III—Standard 7.1—Incident Handling and Breach Notification: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (excerpt), H146 [10JA]

Reports filed

Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support (Autism CARES) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4631) (H. Rept. 113–490), H5639 [23JN]

——— Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2449), S4153 [26JN]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1086) (S. Rept. 113–138), S1048 [25FE]

Consideration of H.R. 5230, Supplemental Appropriations To Address Border Crisis, Border Security and Law Enforcement, and Humanitarian and Repatriation Assistance: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 696) (H. Rept. 113–567), H7124 [30JY]

——— Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 710) (H. Rept. 113–571), H7240 [1AU]

Dept. of HHS Emergency Medical Services for Children Program Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4290) (H. Rept. 113–559), H6813 [24JY]

——— Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2154), S4762 [23JY]

Dept. of HHS Grant Programs for Education and Outreach on Newborn Screening and Coordinated Followup Care Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1281) (H. Rept. 113–478), H5556 [19JN]

Dept. of HHS Recommendations for Development and Use of Clinical Data Registries for Improvement of Patient Care: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5214) (H. Rept. 113–683), H10333 [2JA]

Dept. of HHS Trauma Care Programs Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4080) (H. Rept. 113–459), H4683 [20MY]

——— Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2405), S4762 [23JY]

Dept. of HHS Traumatic Brain Injury and Trauma Research Programs Reauthorization: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2539), S4762 [23JY]

Ensure the Survival and Continuing Vitality of Native American Languages Program Reauthorization: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 2299) (S. Rept. 113–266), S5918 [12NO]

Improving Trauma Care Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3548) (H. Rept. 113–458), H4683 [20MY]

——— Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2406), S4762 [23JY]

Medicare Enforcement Instruction Extension on Supervision Requirements for Outpatient Therapeutic Services in Critical Access and Small Rural Hospitals: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4067) (H. Rept. 113–582), H7387 [9SE]

Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2810) (H. Rept. 113–257), H2483 [14MR]

Nomination of Maria Cancian To Be Assistant Sec. of HHS for Family Support: Committee on Finance (Senate), S5216 [31JY]

Nomination of Richard G. Frank To Be Assistant Sec. of HHS for Planning and Evaluation: Committee on Finance (Senate), S761 [4FE]

Nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell To Be Sec. of HHS: Committee on Finance (Senate), S3236 [21MY]

Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 531), S4762 [23JY]

Poison Center Network Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3527) (H. Rept. 113–321), H19 [7JA]

Preventing Sex Trafficking and Improving Opportunities for Youth in Foster Care Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4058) (H. Rept. 113–441), H3939 [7MY]

Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2646), S5918 [12NO]

SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1871) (S. Rept. 113–135), S438 [16JA]

Strong Start for America’s Children Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2452), S3544 [10JN]

Survival and Continuing Vitality of Native American Languages Program Reauthorization: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 2299), S5373 [8SE]

Traumatic Brain Injury and Trauma Research Programs Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1098) (H. Rept. 113–456), H4683 [20MY]

Rulings of the Chair

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), S5205 [31JY]

Statements

Ebola in West Africa—A Global Challenge and Public Health Threat: Senator Alexander, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S5689 [17SE]

Tables

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 81, corrections in enrollment of S. 25, South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act, H1759 [11FE]

H. Res. 696, consideration of H.R. 5230, supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance, H7133 [31JY]

H. Res. 710, consideration of H.R. 5230, supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance, H7206 [1AU]

H.R. 1098, traumatic brain injury and trauma research programs reauthorization, H5699 [24JN]

H.R. 1281, Dept. of HHS grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted reauthorization, H5696 [24JN]

H.R. 3527, Poison Center Network Act, H36 [8JA]

H.R. 3548, Improving Trauma Care Act, H5695 [24JN]

H.R. 4058, Preventing Sex Trafficking and Improving Opportunities for Youth in Foster Care Act, H4522–H4525 [20MY]

H.R. 4067, Medicare enforcement instruction extension on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals, H7339 [9SE]

H.R. 4080, Dept. of HHS trauma care programs reauthorization, H5693 [24JN]

H.R. 4290, Dept. of HHS Emergency Medical Services for Children Program reauthorization, H7343 [9SE]

H.R. 4631, Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support (Autism CARES) Act, H5688–H5690 [24JN]

H.R. 4980, Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act, H6711–H6720 [23JY]

H.R. 5076, Enhancing Services for Runaway and Homeless Victims of Youth Trafficking Act, H6703 [23JY]

H.R. 5081, Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act, H6704 [23JY]

H.R. 5185, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and the occurrence of breast cancer reauthorization, H8889 [9DE]

H.R. 5230, supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance, H7153–H7158 [31JY], H7213–H7216 [1AU]

S. 25, South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act, S934 [12FE], H1739 [11FE]

S. 1086, Child Care and Development Block Grant Act, S1539–S1545 [12MR], S1617–S1627 [13MR], H7465–H7473 [15SE]

S. 1417, Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act, S605–S607 [29JA]

S. 1557, Dept. of HHS support for graduate medical education programs in children’s hospitals, H2782 [1AP]

S. 1932, Better Care, Lower Cost Act, S374–S379 [15JA]

S. 1954, extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals under Medicare, S855 [10FE]

S. 2154, Dept. of HHS Emergency Medical Services for Children Program reauthorization, H7461 [15SE]

S. 2539, traumatic brain injury and trauma research programs reauthorization, S5643 [16SE], H7964 [13NO]

S. 2611, Helping Unaccompanied Minors and Alleviating National Emergency (HUMANE) Act, S4504–S4509 [15JY]

S. 2629, Preventive Care Coverage Notification Act, S4622 [17JY]

S. 2646, Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act, S4764–S4766 [23JY]

S. 2743, supplemental appropriations for border security, law enforcement, and humanitarian assistance, S5224–S5233 [31JY]