HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

Amendments

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 465), H1456 [28JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters (S. 2450), S3609, S3619 [11JN], S3672 [12JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), H3243 [28AP], H3294 [29AP], H3320, H3326, H3328, H3329, H3332, H3334, H3337, H3339, H3343, H3344, H3349, H3350, H3351, H3352, H3353, H3354, H3355, H3365 [30AP]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), consideration (H. Res. 557), H3307 [30AP]

National Solidarity Day for Compassionate Patient Care: designate (S. Res. 350), S959, S963, S964 [12FE]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 3230, Veteran Access to Care Act, H5429 [18JN]

——— H.R. 3230, Veterans’ Access to Care Through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act, S3805 [18JN]

Articles and editorials

Big Labor’s VA Choke Hold, S3581 [11JN]

How a Vermont Hospital Fights the American Opioid Epidemic, S3362 [3JN]

Medicare Finances Improve Partly Due to ACA, Hospital Expenses, Trustee Report Says—Outlook for Social Security, However, Remains the Same, H7060 [30JY]

Study Ties Diabetic Crises to Dip in Food Budgets, H231 [15JA]

VA Employee—Wait List Data Was Manipulated in Austin, San Antonio, S2748 [7MY]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 3932), H1430 [27JA]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), consideration (see H. Res. 465), H1430 [27JA]

Bear Root Dept. of Veterans Affairs Clinic, Billings, MT: designate (see S. 2805), S5588 [15SE] (see H.R. 5763), H8169 [20NO]

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]

Children and youth: prohibit funding of any research or treatment in which wards of the State are subjected to greater than minimal risk to their health with no minimal prospect of direct benefit (see H.R. 4989), H5817 [26JN]

——— prohibit funding to medical institutions that conduct certain research on wards of the State or which threaten to disrupt families through allegations of child medical abuse (see H.R. 4518), H3292 [29AP]

——— provide for identification and dissemination of best practices for medical professionals and other health care providers relative to neonatal abstinence syndrome (see H.R. 4888), H5494 [18JN]

——— provide for identification and dissemination of evidence-informed recommendations for addressing maternal addiction and neonatal abstinence syndrome and study neonatal abstinence syndrome (see S. 2722), S5216 [31JY]

Commission on Access to Care: establish to evaluate and assess access to health care at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 4861), H5363 [12JN]

Contracts: prohibit awarding of Federal contracts to contractors responsible for delayed openings of Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 4394), H2913 [3AP]

Courts: prohibit recovery of damages in certain wrongful birth and wrongful life civil actions (see H.R. 4698), H4783 [21MY]

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

——— 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]

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

Dept. of Homeland Security: making supplemental appropriations to establish and maintain mobile hospital units for responding to an epidemic (see H.R. 5738), H8132 [19NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: adopt and implement a standard identification protocol for use in tracking and procurement of biological implants and tissue or bone grafts (see H.R. 4374), H2853 [2AP]

——— allow certain veterans to participate in the Patient-Centered Community Care program (see H.R. 5097), H6215 [14JY]

——— allow veterans of all service-connected disability levels to be reimbursed for travel when seeking care at a VA medical center (see H.R. 5115), H6296 [15JY]

——— assess staffing shortages at medical facilities (see H.R. 5007), H5818 [26JN]

——— carry out a pilot program entering into partnership agreements with non-Federal entities for construction of major medical facility projects (see H.R. 5042), H6034 [9JY]

——— carry out a pilot program under which eligible veterans may elect to receive health services at non-departmental facilities (see H.R. 4759), H5022 [29MY]

——— carry out pilot programs to reduce shortage of psychiatrists by repaying loans of certain psychiatrists to provide housing allowances to health care providers in rural clinics (see S. 2425), S3424 [4JN]

——— conduct annual surveys of veterans on experiences obtaining hospital care and medical services from departmental facilities (see H.R. 4971), H5768 [25JN]

——— ensure that all veterans are eligible to participate in hospice care programs (see H.R. 4725), H4828 [22MY]

——— ensure that service animals of patients receiving inpatient care at medical facilities are able to access such patients’ rooms (see H.R. 5333), H7182 [31JY]

——— ensure veterans who experience extended waiting times for appointments at departmental facilities may receive care at non-departmental facilities (see H.R. 4779), H5063 [30MY]

——— enter into contracts for provision of medical care at non-departmental facilities for certain patients, assess health care delivery system, and limit employee awards and bonuses (see H.R. 4810), H5185 [9JN]

——— enter into contracts for provision of medical care at non-departmental facilities if wait times for appointments at departmental facilities exceed a certain number of days (see H.R. 4898), H5494 [18JN]

——— enter into contracts with health care providers to improve health care access and care coordination for veterans (see H.R. 3858), H183 [13JA]

——— enter into enhanced-use leases for certain buildings at the West Los Angeles, CA, Medical Center to provide supportive housing for homeless veterans (see S. 1987), S763 [4FE] (see H.R. 4004), H1658 [5FE]

——— 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. 2738), S5217 [31JY] (see H.R. 4816), H5185 [9JN] (see H.R. 5484), H7617 [16SE]

——— establish a scholarship program to increase the availability of physicians who provide primary health care services at departmental medical facilities (see H.R. 5224), H6976 [28JY]

——— establish an Office of Whistleblower and Patient Protection (see H.R. 5054), H6105 [10JY]

——— establish standards for the provision of mammograms at health care facilities (see H.R. 4053), H1770 [11FE]

——— expand eligibility for reimbursement for emergency medical treatment and prevent insurance companies from limiting reimbursements based on the VA not being an in-network provider (see S. 2468), S3668 [12JN]

——— extend and modify the pilot program on assisted living services for veterans with traumatic brain injury (see S. 2607), S4502 [15JY] (see S. 3014), S6788 [12DE] (see H.R. 4276), H2488 [18MR]

——— extend eligibility for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home and domiciliary care for certain veterans who served in a theater of combat operations (see S. 2979), S6350 [4DE]

——— extend the pilot program on assisted living services for veterans with traumatic brain injury (see H.R. 3958), H1510 [29JA]

——— grant privileges to provide hospital care and medical services in departmental medical facilities to Armed Forces members who are health care providers (see H.R. 5342), H7182 [31JY]

——— improve ability of veterans to receive health care at private medical facilities (see H.R. 4760), H5022 [29MY]

——— improve provision of health care to veterans in rural and highly rural areas (see S. 2009), S852 [10FE]

——— increase number of graduate medical education residency positions at departmental hospitals (see S. 2639), S4705 [22JY] (see H.R. 4942), H5640 [23JN]

——— meet with certain advisory committees to receive administrative and policy recommendations to improve the health care system (see H.R. 4862), H5363 [12JN]

——— permit facilities to be designated as voter registration agencies (see S. 2145), S1653 [13MR]

——— prohibit altering availability and wait times for health care services based on the length of time since the veteran’s last visit to a VA facility (see S. 2467), S3668 [12JN] (see H.R. 5047), H6034 [9JY]

——— provide a more equitable geographic allocation of funds appropriated for medical care (see H.R. 5286), H7126 [30JY]

——— provide temporary care in the most cost effective manner when patients are relocated during medical facility construction and renovation projects (see S. 2428), S3424 [4JN]

——— provide veterans with the choice of medical providers, improve performance metrics for provided health care, and increase transparency and accountability of operations (see S. 2424), S3367 [3JN]

——— publish information on the provision of health care by departmental facilities (see H.R. 4875), H5398 [17JN]

——— reimburse non-departmental medical providers for provision of certain hospital care and medical services to veterans (see H.R. 5131), H6397 [17JY]

——— reinstate requirement for an annual report on the capacity to provide for specialized treatment and rehabilitative needs of disabled veterans (see H.R. 4198), H2301 [11MR]

——— require GAO audits of facilities on veterans’ access to health care, improve wait times for medical appointments, and prohibit payment of bonuses to certain executives (see S. 2423), S3367 [3JN]

——— require the Inspector General to submit a report on wait times for veterans seeking medical appointments and treatment at VA facilities and prohibit closure of such facilities (see S. 2316), S2910 [12MY]

——— review the dialysis pilot program and submit a report to Congress before expanding such program (see H.R. 3831), H134 [9JA]

——— revoke bonuses paid to employees involved in electronic medical appointment wait list manipulations (see S. 2545), S4153 [26JN] (see H.R. 5254), H7039 [29JY]

——— 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 H.R. 4561), H3408 [1MY]

——— terminate any employee who is found to have retaliated against a whistleblower (see S. 2606), S4502 [15JY]

——— use authorities to furnish health care at non-departmental facilities to veterans who live more than a certain distance from the closest departmental facility that furnishes the necessary care (see S. 3006), S6626 [11DE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (see H.R. 4486), H3239 [28AP]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), consideration (see H. Res. 557), H3291 [29AP]

Doris Miller Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Waco, TX: designate (see S. 2128), S1652 [13MR] (see H.R. 4199), H2301 [11MR]

Edward ‘Ed’ James O’Neal Dept. of Veterans Affairs Clinic, Hamlet, NC: designate (see H.R. 5265), H7125 [30JY]

GAO: study interoperability of computer systems used by hospitals to store and access electronic health records (see H.R. 5537), H7882 [18SE]

Health: clarify treatment of health care provider standards of care under Federal health care provisions (see H.R. 4750), H4909 [28MY]

——— develop and disseminate clinical practice guidelines and establish right of removal to Federal courts for defendants in medical malpractice actions involving Federal payors (see H.R. 4106), H2064 [27FE]

——— 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]

——— urge Members of Congress favoring a public, federally-run health insurance option to forgo participation in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and agree to enroll in such option (see H. Res. 615), H5248 [10JN]

Health care professionals: provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities or VA hospitals (see H.R. 4951), H5724 [24JN]

Lane A. Evans VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Galesburg, IL: designate (see S. 2921), S5993 [13NO] (see H.R. 5700), H7978 [13NO]

Lieutenant General Richard J. Seitz Community-Based Outpatient Clinic, Junction City, KS: designate (see H.R. 5788), H8365 [3DE]

Loren R. Kaufman Memorial Veterans’ Clinic, Dalles, OR: designate (see S. 2184), S1870 [31MR] (see H.R. 4273), H2484 [14MR]

Mayo Clinic: anniversary (see S. Res. 339), S486 [27JA] (see H. Res. 534), H2802 [1AP]

Medicaid: provide equitable treatment of primary care services (see H.R. 5353), H7183 [31JY]

Medicare: create incentives for healthcare providers to promote quality healthcare outcomes (see H.R. 5823), H8931 [9DE]

——— develop criteria for medically necessary short inpatient hospital stays (see S. 2082), S1315 [5MR]

——— enable hospital-based nursing programs that are affiliated with a hospital to maintain payments to hospitals for the costs of such programs (see H.R. 5227), H6976 [28JY]

——— establish Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration program to show that reduced copayments or coinsurance can increase utilization, improve clinical outcomes, and lower health care expenditures (see S. 2783), S5507 [10SE]

——— 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]

——— extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program (see S. 2187), S1870 [31MR] (see H.R. 4780), H5063 [30MY]

——— improve accountable care organization program (see H.R. 5558), H7883 [18SE]

——— include recreational therapy among the therapy modalities that constitute an intensive rehabilitation therapy program in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital or unit (see H.R. 4755), H5022 [29MY]

——— permit certain nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, physician assistants, and certified nurse-midwives to provide certain certifications relative to inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 4663), H4434 [15MY]

——— permit the phase-in for changes in hospital wage index classification from rural to urban without requiring waiver of a wage index increase (see H.R. 5531), H7882 [18SE]

——— protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see S. 2359), S3184 [20MY]

——— provide community-based medical education payments to primary care teaching centers, provide for an indirect medical education performance adjustment, and increase graduate medical education transparency (see S. 2728), S5216 [31JY]

——— provide for bundled payments for post-acute care services (see H.R. 4673), H4475 [19MY]

——— provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see S. 2353), S3074 [15MY]

——— provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program and transparency of payment methodology of pharmacies (see H.R. 4437), H3143 [9AP] (see H.R. 5815), H8931 [9DE]

——— provide for standardized post-acute care assessment data for quality, payment, and discharge planning (see S. 2553), S4154 [26JN] (see H.R. 4994), H5817 [26JN]

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

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see S. 2037), S1001 [24FE] (see H.R. 3991), H1592 [4FE]

——— require hospitals to provide certain notifications to individuals classified by such hospitals under observation status rather than admitted as inpatients of such hospitals (see H.R. 5232), H7039 [29JY]

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

Medicare/Medicaid: continue use of quarterly reporting period for health care providers to demonstrate meaningful uses under electronic health records incentive payment programs (see H.R. 5481), H7617 [16SE]

——— end increased Federal funding for Medicaid expansion for inmates’ hospital care and apply savings to Medicare Advantage stabilization program to help protect seniors’ choices (see H.R. 5113), H6296 [15JY]

——— establish minimum direct care registered nurse staffing levels at nursing and skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 5373), H7184 [31JY]

——— extend certain payments, programs, and services (see H.R. 4302), H2694 [26MR]

Mental health: maximize access of individuals with mental illness to community-based services and strengthen the impact of such services (see H.R. 4574), H3446 [6MY]

National Case Management Week: designate (see S. Res. 518), S4903 [24JY]

National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 673), H6398 [17JY]

National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week: designate (see S. Res. 514), S4763 [23JY]

National Solidarity Day for Compassionate Patient Care: designate (see S. Res. 350), S821 [6FE]

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

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: ensure religious conscience protections relative to insurance coverage of certain women’s preventive health services (see H.R. 4396), H2913 [3AP]

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. 379), S1519 [11MR]

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. 588), S6205 [20NO]

Senior citizens: provide access to health and financial support services (see S. 2763), S5217 [31JY]

Shinseki, Sec. of Veterans Affairs.: call for resignation relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefit claims backlog and delays in providing emergency health care (see H. Con. Res. 98), H4434 [15MY]

Social Security: expand permissive exclusion from Federal health programs to individuals and entities affiliated with sanctioned entities and provide penalties for illegal distribution of beneficiary identity information (see H.R. 5340), H7182 [31JY]

Taxation: increase access for the uninsured to high quality physician care by providing incentives for doctors to provide uncompensated care (see S. 2492), S3811 [18JN]

——— prevent extension of tax collection period merely because the taxpayer is a member of the Armed Forces who is hospitalized as a result of combat zone injuries (see S. 2686), S5134 [30JY]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (see S. 2413), S3341 [2JN]

Veterans Expedited Recovery Commission: establish to examine mental health treatment models and potential benefits of incorporating certain alternative treatments (see H.R. 4977), H5816 [26JN]

Women: recognize that cardiovascular disease continues to be an overwhelming threat to women’s health and the importance of providing basic, preventive heart screenings to women (see S. Res. 454), S3237 [21MY] (see H. Res. 619), H5318 [11JN]

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

Letters

Certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs major medical facility leases reauthorization: several veterans organizations, S2757 [7MY]

Delays in medical care and clandestine wait lists for veterans appointments at Oakland, CA, VA medical facilities, H4820, H4821 [22MY]

Encourage continued use of the Orlando, FL, Baldwin Park Clinic: Representative Mica, H3322 [30AP]

——— several Representatives, H3322 [30AP]

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]

Omaha, NE, VA Medical Center current condition and new facility construction: Nebraska congressional delegation, H3333 [30AP]

Protecting Access to Medicare Act: several physician organizations, H2717 [27MR]

VA Construction Assistance Act: Lloyd O. Caldwell, Corps of Engineers, H7583 [16SE]

Veterans health care access: several veterans organizations, S4739 [23JY], S4855 [24JY]

Lists

Organizations opposed to H.R. 7, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, H1468 [28JA]

Southeast Texas organizations and schools that participated in and sponsored the Christmas card project for overseas troops, H8824 [8DE]

Memorandums

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Resource Requirements: Sloan D. Gibson, Acting Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S4540 [16JY]

Motions

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), H1470 [28JA]

Medicare/Medicaid: extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), S1855 [31MR]

Obituaries

McKinley, Cameron K.: Prescott (AZ) Daily Courier, H5386 [17JN]

Press releases

CARES Commission Agrees With Faleomavaega; VA Clinic Should Be Established in American Samoa: Delegate Faleomavaega (2004), E1654 [20NO]

Corrine Brown Grateful for the Service of VA Secretary Shinseki: Representative Brown, H5059 [30MY]

First Step in Establishing a VA Medical Clinic in American Samoa Is Underway: Delegate Faleomavaega (2000), E1654 [20NO]

U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Approves Faleomavaega’s Request To Establish VA Clinic in American Samoa: Delegate Faleomavaega (2004), E1655 [20NO]

Remarks in House

Abortion: 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 (S. 1696), H1442 [28JA]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions, H1704 [10FE]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), H241, H457, H460 [15JA], H1433, H1439, H1440, H1441, H1442, H1443, H1459–H1472 [28JA], H5357 [12JN], H7629 [17SE], H7873 [18SE], E135, E139, E143 [29JA], E153 [3FE], E162 [4FE]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 465), H1443–H1458 [28JA]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), motion to recommit, H1470, H1471 [28JA]

Augusta, GA: quality of health care delivery at Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, H84 [9JA]

Aurora, IL: tribute to Presence Mercy Medical Center Safety and Security Dept., E864 [29MY]

Bangor, ME: anniversary of Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center, E1426 [16SE]

Batayola, Teresita: White House Champion of Change honoree, E866 [29MY]

Bateman, Kenneth: Somerset County, NJ, Business Partnership Outstanding Citizen of the Year award recipient, E625 [29AP]

Batesville, MS: tribute to Dignity & Mercy Adult Daycare Services, LLC, E1517 [12NO]

Budget: prohibit cuts in budget baseline for education, health, and safety protections, H3020 [8AP]

Caribou, ME: anniversary of Cary Medical Center, E1385 [10SE]

CCS Oncology, LLC: Amherst, NY, Chamber of Commerce Innovation Award recipient, E1591 [14NO]

Children and youth: provide for identification and dissemination of best practices for medical professionals and other health care providers relative to neonatal abstinence syndrome (H.R. 4888), H5882 [9JY]

Child’s Play (organization): tribute to Johnny Strong charity ride, E838 [23MY]

Contracts: prohibit awarding of Federal contracts to contractors responsible for delayed openings of Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities, H3319 [30AP]

Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA: designate (S. 229), H8857–H8859 [8DE]

Dallas, TX: Children’s Medical Center of Dallas recipient of Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Davies Enterprise Award of Excellence, E617 [29AP]

——— Parkland Health and Hospital System Stroke Program recipient of American Heart Association and American Stroke Association Get With the Guidelines-Stroke Gold-Plus Achievement Award and the Target—Stroke Honor Roll, E509 [3AP]

Davis, CA: Sutter Davis Hospital recipient of Dept. of Commerce Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, E1481 [19SE]

Dept. of Defense: Defense Health Program post-traumatic stress disorder treatment funding, H5448–H5450 [18JN]

——— Defense Health Program study on challenges of caring for wounded warriors funding through reductions in Navy aircraft procurement funding, H5460 [18JN]

——— include additional community partnerships through a competitive and merit-based process to enhance mental health programs for National Guard and Reserve components, H5442 [18JN]

——— post-traumatic stress disorder treatment funding, H4500 [20MY], H5409 [18JN]

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

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow certain veterans to participate in the Patient-Centered Community Care program (H.R. 5097), H6586 [22JY]

——— Aurora, CO, VA Medical Center funding, H3349 [30AP]

——— authorize certain major medical facility leases, H6334–H6338 [16JY]

——— authorize certain major medical facility leases (H.R. 3521), H5428 [18JN]

——— complete nation-wide access review auditing all medical centers and clinics, H4690 [21MY]

——— complete nationwide access review auditing all medical centers and clinics, E721 [8MY]

——— conduct annual surveys of veterans on experiences obtaining hospital care and medical services from departmental facilities (H.R. 4971), H5735 [25JN], H8901 [9DE]

——— eliminate backlog of benefit claims and delays in receipt of medical care, H4696 [21MY], H5601 [23JN], H5649 [24JN], E956 [11JN]

——— encourage continued use of the Orlando, FL, Baldwin Park Clinic, H3321, H3322 [30AP]

——— ensure veterans who experience extended waiting times for appointments at departmental facilities may receive care at non-departmental facilities (H.R. 4779), H5060 [30MY]

——— enter into contracts and agreements for the transfer of certain veterans unable to live independently to non-departmental medical foster homes, H5132 [9JN]

——— establish a pilot program for veteran medics to expand opportunities for physcian assistant training at historically Black colleges and universities, H3317 [30AP]

——— establish a scholarship program to increase the availability of physicians who provide primary health care services at departmental medical facilities (H.R. 5224), E1251 [28JY]

——— extend and modify the pilot program on assisted living services for veterans with traumatic brain injury (H.R. 4276), H7585–H7587 [16SE], E1428 [17SE]

——— funding, H5133 [9JN]

——— hiring of additional health care professionals funding, H6847–H6851 [25JY]

——— improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters, H5407–H5413, H5424–H5429 [18JN], H6334–H6338 [16JY], H6361, H6380–H6383 [17JY], H6735–H6737 [23JY], H6792–H6796 [24JY], H6818, H6847–H6851 [25JY], H6988, H6989 [29JY], H7056, H7078–H7085 [30JY], H7132 [31JY], E1316 [1AU]

——— improve construction of major medical facilities (H.R. 3593), H7581–H7585 [16SE]

——— increase medical residency programs at hospitals in areas facing a physician shortage, H5199 [10JN]

——— investigate delays in medical care and clandestine wait lists for veterans appointments at VA medical facilities, H3342 [30AP], H3457 [7MY], H4460 [19MY], H4485, H4486 [20MY], H4690, H4694–H4699 [21MY], H4787, H4788, H4816, H4819–H4821 [22MY], H4841, H4842, H4843, H4903, H4904 [28MY], H4914, H4921 [29MY], H5132 [9JN], H5257 [11JN], H6668 [23JY], E833, E834 [23MY]

——— limitation on executive bonuses at VA medical centers, H1526 [3FE], E652 [1MY]

——— Patient-Centered Community Care program funding, H3316 [30AP]

——— prohibit closure of rural hospitals in high-need areas that are designated as historic landmarks, H3355 [30AP]

——— prohibit funding for administrative expenses until the Sec. of Veterans Affairs meets with the Nebraska congressional delegation relative to the Omaha VA Medical Center, H3332–H3334 [30AP]

——— prohibit funding for creating or maintaining any unofficial patient recordkeeping system, H3350 [30AP]

——— prohibit funding for senior executive bonuses, H3339–H3343 [30AP]

——— prohibit funding to implement directive prohibiting access to clinical programs for veterans participating in State-approved marijuana programs, H3344–H3349 [30AP], H8035 [18NO]

——— provide transparency and accountability in deaths of veterans from Legionnaires disease at Pittsburgh, PA, VA medical facility, H3339 [30AP]

——— report cases of reportable infectious diseases at departmental medical facilities in accordance with State laws, H1524–H1526 [3FE]

——— require staff to update congressional office caseworkers on constituents’ claims that have been brokered to other VA offices, H3334, H3335 [30AP]

——— resolve backlog of disability claims and expand educational benefits for veterans and families, H4922 [29MY]

——— review mismanagement occuring in the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System and develop a plan for reform, H7045 [30JY]

——— revoke bonuses paid to employees involved in electronic medical appointment wait list manipulations (H.R. 5254), E1262 [29JY]

——— traumatic brain injury funding, H3349 [30AP]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services, H443 [15JA]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), H3308–H3358 [30AP], E652, E653 [1MY], E682 [6MY]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), consideration (H. Res. 557), H3301–H3308 [30AP], E660 [1MY]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: develop and implement shared electronic health records, H3315, H3316 [30AP], H4484 [20MY], H5076 [9JN]

Doris Miller Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Waco, TX: designate (H.R. 4199), H5383, H5384 [17JN]

Dr. Cameron McKinley Dept. of Veterans Affairs Veterans Center, Prescott, AZ: designate (H.R. 1216), H5385–H5387 [17JN]

Drugs: reschedule marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act and allow for medicinal use of marijuana in accordance with State laws, H2995 [8AP], H4053–H4055 [9MY]

Duarte, CA: anniversary of City of Hope National Medical Center, E46 [10JA]

East Moline, IL: tribute to Hope Creek Care Center staff, E475 [1AP]

Edgewater Systems for Balanced Living, Inc.: anniversary, E1511 [12NO]

El Cajon, CA: tribute to Cottonwood Golf Club for support of Duncan L. Hunter Wounded Marines Golf Classic and other community and charitable events, E625 [29AP]

EPA: exempt certain rules that protect children and seniors from cancer-causing pollution or cause small business job loss from certain air quality standards, H8144 [20NO]

Euless, TX: anniversary of Mid Cities Pregnancy Center, E1340 [8SE]

Faleomavaega, Delegate: personal account of October, 2013, medical episode and expression of gratitude to those who assisted, E1772–E1774 [10DE]

Farrell, Edna: Alabama Nursing Home Association Ms. Alabama Nursing Home award recipient, E1355 [8SE]

Garland, TX: anniversary of Baylor Medical Center, E431 [25MR]

Gateway Foundation: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers renewed Joint Commission accreditation, E200 [11FE]

Georgia Society of Hospital Engineers: anniverasry, E704 [7MY]

Gibson, Sloan D.: visit of Acting Sec. of Veterans Affairs to several VA hospitals, H6109 [11JY]

Gosnell, Kermit: trial of women’s health clinic doctor for murder and violation of State law forbidding late term abortions, H467 [15JA], H3952 [8MY]

Guerneville, CA: anniversary of the Russian River Health Center, E1287 [31JY]

Health: 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]

——— prevent establishment of Federal health care provider standards of care in medical malpractice cases, H2457 [14MR]

——— 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]

Health care professionals: provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities or VA hospitals (H.R. 4951), H6849 [25JY]

——— tribute to nurses, E832 [22MY]

Health Wagon, Inc.: tribute, E328 [6MR]

Houston, TX: Memorial Hermann Texas Trauma Institute recipient of Texas Dept. of State Health Services Air Medical Service of the Year award, E1703 [2DE]

Indiana, PA: anniversary of Indiana Regional Medical Center, E1458 [19SE]

Insurance: protect medical privacy of all women, including victims of rape or incest, relative to her choice of or use of comprehensive health insurance coverage, H1470, H1471 [28JA]

International Plasma Awareness Week: observance, E1383 [10SE]

Iowa Donor Network (organization): anniversary, E319 [6MR]

Jackson, MS: tribute to Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center, E47 [10JA]

Lakewood, CO: St. Anthony Hospital recipient of West Chamber Serving Jefferson County, CO (organization) Large Business of the Year Award, E298 [4MR]

Lane A. Evans VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Galesburg, IL: designate (S. 2921), H8859, H8860 [8DE]

Langhorne, PA: St. Mary Medical Center named to Truven Health Analytics Inc., 100 Top Hospitals list, E633 [30AP]

Lexington, MS: tribute, E1035 [20JN]

Lieutenant General Richard J. Seitz Community-Based Outpatient Clinic, Junction City, KS: designate (S. 1434), H8856, H8857 [8DE]

Logan, UT: anniversary of Logan Regional Hospital, H1947 [26FE]

Lyle C. Pearson Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Mankato, MN: designate (H.R. 3682), H5387, H5388 [17JN]

Medicaid: States voluntary expansion of coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H6666, H6667, H6670 [23JY], H7043, H7048 [30JY], H7400 [10SE]

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

——— impact of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation on solvency, E1302 [1AU]

——— include recreational therapy among the therapy modalities that constitute an intensive rehabilitation therapy program in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital or unit (H.R. 4755), H5401 [18JN]

——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (H.R. 1507), H4681 [20MY], H5649 [24JN], H5872, H5873 [8JY]

——— provide comprehensive cancer care planning coverage and coordination (H.R. 2477), H3457 [7MY]

——— provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program and transparency of payment methodology of pharmacies (H.R. 4437), H3138–H3141 [9AP]

——— provide for standardized post-acute care assessment data for quality, payment, and discharge planning (H.R. 4994), H7605–H7612 [16SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), H2700–H2718, H2730, H2733 [27MR], H2865, H2866 [3AP]

Mental health: maximize access of individuals with mental illness to community-based services and strengthen the impact of such services (H.R. 4574), H3437 [6MY], H6778 [24JY]

Miller’s Health Systems, Inc.: anniversary, E1315 [1AU]

National Autism Awareness Month: observance, H2808, H2812 [2AP], H3249 [29AP], E420 [24MR]

National Case Management Week: observance, H7540 [16SE]

National HIV Testing Day: observance, E1084 [26JN]

National Patient Safety Awareness Week: observance, E325 [6MR], E376 [13MR]

National Patient Safety Foundation: tribute, E325 [6MR], E376 [13MR]

National Rural Health Day: observance, H8077, H8079 [19NO], H8148 [20NO]

News media: allegations of media bias, E820 [22MY]

NIH: funding, E1629 [19NO]

North Tonawanda, NY: DeGraff Memorial Hospital recipient of Chamber of Commerce of the Tonawandas Business of the Year award, E1683 [2DE]

Orlando, FL: inclusion of Arnold Palmer Medical Center in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ‘‘Best Children’s Hospitals’’ list, E1157 [15JY]

——— tribute to Orlando Regional Medical Center Air Care Team, E1815 [12DE]

Palm Beach County, FL: anniversary of Health Care District of Palm Beach County, E113 [23JA]

Park Hills, MO: anniversary of Serenity Hospice Care, E1570 [13NO]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: ensure religious conscience protections relative to insurance coverage of certain women’s preventive health services, H4823 [22MY]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H5077 [9JN]

——— impact of implementation on Medicare payments to critical access hospitals, H2287 [11MR]

Pennsylvania State University: tribute to IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) to raise money for the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital Four Diamonds Fund, H2055 [27FE]

PFC Floyd K. Lindstrom Dept. of Veterans Affairs Clinic, Colorado Springs, CO: designate (H.R. 3375), H5381–H5383 [17JN]

Pleasanton, CA: tribute to Axis Community Health Clinic, E1466 [19SE]

Pontiac, MI: tribute to opening of St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital South Patient Tower, E600 [28AP]

Rochester, MN: inclusion of Mayo Clinic in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ‘‘Best Hospitals’’ list, H6635 [22JY]

Rockford, IL: tribute to OSF St. Anthony Medical Center Theodor Lang May Day Medical Conference, E585 [28AP]

San Leandro, CA: opening of Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center, E1477 [19SE]

Schriver, Lou: Chamber of Commerce of the Tonawandas, NY, Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E1685 [2DE]

Servicemen’s Readjustment Act: anniversary, H5650 [24JN], E1053 [23JN], E1093 [30JN]

Shinseki, Eric K.: resignation as Sec. of Veterans Affairs relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefit claims backlog and clandestine wait lists for appointments at VA medical facilities, H5058, H5059 [30MY]

Shinseki, Sec. of Veterans Affairs: call for resignation relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefit claims backlog, H4471 [19MY], H4695 [21MY], H4815 [22MY], H5028 [30MY], E737 [9MY]

St. Cloud, MN: anniversary of Pregnancy Resource Center, E1583 [14NO]

St. James, MO: Golden LivingCenter recipient of American Health Care Association Gold-Excellence in Quality national Quality Award, E1696 [2DE]

Taylor, Susan: America Health Care Association National Quality Award recipient, E1679 [1DE]

Texas: tribute to southeast Texas children, schools, and organizations for participation in and sponsorship of Christmas card project for overseas troops, H8824 [8DE]

Tucson, AZ: tribute to El Rio Community Health Center, E1453 [19SE]

Tyrone, PA: anniversary of Tyrone Hospital, E1455 [19SE]

University of California, Davis: anniversary of Women’s Cardiovascular Medicine Program, E187 [10FE]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits, H4927 [29MY]

Vienna, VA: anniversary of Stroke Comeback Center, E1551 [12NO]

Warminster, PA: tribute to Ann’s Choice senior living community Knit Wits club for knitting stockings for military veterans recuperating at Walter Reed Medical Center, E607 [28AP]

West Palm Beach, FL: history of Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, E1177 [16JY]

Winn, Walter: Fort Bragg, NC, Warrior Transition Battalion Wounded Warrior of the Year award recipient, E993 [17JN]

Winston-Salem, NC: tribute to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma, H7350 [9SE]

World Autism Awareness Day: observance, H2812 [2AP]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: 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 (S. 1696), S502–S504 [28JA], S2935–S2938 [13MY]

——— 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 (S. 1696), unanimous-consent request, S2935 [13MY]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), S502, S503 [28JA]

Alaska: success of Dept. of Veterans Affairs health care programs, S3394 [4JN]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that Reserve component members who perform inactive-duty training continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3230), insert S. 2450 language in lieu, S3564 [11JN]

Bluefield, WV: tribute to Beckley VA Medical Center mobile health clinic, S888 [11FE]

Cincinnati, OH: tribute to Center for Closing the Health Gap, S6 [1DE]

Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA: designate, S1200 [27FE]

——— designate (S. 229), S6305 [3DE]

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

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize certain major medical facility leases (H.R. 3521), S1330, S1332 [6MR], S2064–S2066 [2AP], S2143 [3AP], S2309–S2312 [9AP], S2756–S2759 [7MY], S3412, S3413 [4JN]

——— authorize certain major medical facility leases (H.R. 3521), unanimous-consent request, S1331 [6MR], S1506 [11MR], S1758, S1759 [26MR], S2064 [2AP], S2310 [9AP], S2757, S2758 [7MY]

——— carry out a pilot program to assess feasibility of electronic exchange of health information with State health information exchanges, S3597 [11JN]

——— conduct nationwide investigation of scheduling practices and procedures and prohibit payment of performance bonuses to administrators until investigation is completed and reforms are instituted, S3166 [20MY]

——— delay expansion of medical services to veterans with no service-connected disability or income above means-tested threshold until GAO certifies that resources can accommodate increased enrollment, S1024–S1032 [25FE], S1146, S1161–S1163 [26FE], S1205 [27FE]

——— eliminate backlog of benefit claims and delays in receipt of medical care, S2686 [6MY], S2748, S2774 [7MY], S3048 [15MY], S3286 [22MY], S3417 [4JN], S3448 [5JN], S4321 [9JY]

——— enter into enhanced-use leases for certain buildings at the West Los Angeles, CA, Medical Center to provide supportive housing for homeless veterans (S. 1987), S765 [4FE]

——— establish a national center for diagnosis, treatment, and research of health conditions of descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during military service, S1143 [26FE]

——— establish a national center for diagnosis, treatment, and research of health conditions of descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during military service (S. 2738), S5186 [31JY]

——— establish a pilot program under which veterans in Alaska may receive health care benefits at non-departmental medical facilities, S3646 [12JN]

——— expand availability of medical care by allowing veterans to see health care providers participating in Medicare, S3578 [11JN]

——— extend and modify the pilot program on assisted living services for veterans with traumatic brain injury (H.R. 4276), S6841 [15DE]

——— extend and modify the pilot program on assisted living services for veterans with traumatic brain injury (S. 2607), S4504 [15JY], S5170, S5171 [31JY]

——— improve access of veterans to medical services, S3462 [5JN]

——— improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters, S3553–S3560, S3563, S3575, S3578, S3582, S3583, S3586–S3594, S3597 [11JN], S3622, S3623, S3645–S3647 [12JN], S3702 [17JN], S3805 [18JN], S4131–S4133 [26JN], S4248–S4251, S4258 [8JY], S4639 [21JY], S4737–S4740 [23JY], S4854–S4858 [24JY], S5005, S5006, S5012–S5020 [29JY], S5125 [30JY], S5170, S5171, S5175, S5178, S5188 [31JY]

——— improve provision of health care to veterans in rural and highly rural areas (S. 2009), S930 [12FE]

——— investigate delays in medical care and clandestine wait lists for veterans appointments at VA medical facilities, S2574 [1MY], S2748, S2756, S2757 [7MY], S2984, S2999 [14MY], S3048, S3061 [15MY], S3159, S3161, S3165 [20MY], S3217, S3228 [21MY], S3249, S3259, S3260 [22MY], S3394 [4JN], S3448 [5JN], S4099 [26JN]

——— mental health care funding, S4539 [16JY]

——— permit facilities to be designated as voter registration agencies (S. 2145), S1658 [13MR]

——— provide temporary care in the most cost effective manner when patients are relocated during medical facility construction and renovation projects (S. 2428), S3426 [4JN]

——— require GAO audits of facilities on veterans’ access to health care, improve wait times for medical appointments, and prohibit payment of bonuses to certain executives (S. 2423), S3715 [17JN]

——— require publication of certain quality of care data for health care facilities, S1161 [26FE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services, S410, S411 [16JA]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), S3166 [20MY], S3286 [22MY], S5033 [29JY]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), unanimous-consent request, S5034 [29JY]

Doris Miller Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Waco, TX: designate (H.R. 4199), S6463 [9DE]

Dr. Cameron McKinley Dept. of Veterans Affairs Veterans Center, Prescott, AZ: designate (H.R. 1216), S4364 [9JY]

Golden Living (company): anniversary, S3180 [20MY]

Government regulations: prohibit medical device manufacturers from requiring hospitals and buyers from signing a confidentiality agreement to prevent them from revealing medical device prices to third parties, S350 [3JN]

Harkin, Senator: impact of Senate achievements on Buena Vista County, IA, S2645 [5MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Clay County, IA, S2715 [6MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Sac County, IA, S2715 [6MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Sioux County, IA, S2645 [5MY]

——— report on trip to Cuba, S981–S985 [24FE]

Lane A. Evans VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Galesburg, IL: designate (S. 2921), S6305 [3DE]

Lieutenant General Richard J. Seitz Community-Based Outpatient Clinic, Junction City, KS: designate (S. 1434), S333 [14JA]

Lyle C. Pearson Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Mankato, MN: designate (H.R. 3682), S6305 [3DE]

Major General William H. Gourley VA-DOD Outpatient Clinic, Marina, CA: designate (H.R. 272), S4364 [9JY]

Mayo Clinic: anniversary (S. Res. 339), S855, S856 [10FE]

Medicare: 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]

——— impact of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation on solvency, S5093 [30JY]

——— provide for standardized post-acute care assessment data for quality, payment, and discharge planning (H.R. 4994), S5862 [18SE]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services, S1843 [31MR]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (S. 2037), S1007 [24FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), S1793 [27MR], S1839, S1843–S1849, S1851–S1857, S1859, S1862–S1866 [31MR], S2860 [8MY]

——— extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), unanimous-consent agreement, S1809 [27MR]

——— extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), unanimous-consent request, S1855 [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]

National Healthcare Decisions Day: observance, S2375 [10AP]

National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week: designate (S. Res. 514), S4846 [23JY]

National Rural Health Day: observance, S6172 [20NO]

National Solidarity Day for Compassionate Patient Care: designate (S. Res. 350), S963 [12FE]

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]

Orlando, FL: tribute to Grace Medical Home, S5860 [18SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S114 [8JA]

——— impact of regulations on rural health care, S6663–S6665 [11DE]

Pennsylvania State University: tribute to IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) to raise money for the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital Four Diamonds Fund (S. Res. 379), S1527 [11MR]

PFC Floyd K. Lindstrom Dept. of Veterans Affairs Clinic, Colorado Springs, CO: designate (H.R. 3375), S6305 [3DE]

Rockefeller, Senator: legislative accomplishments, S6331–S6334 [4DE]

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 (S. Res. 588), S6221 [20NO], S6663 [11DE]

Shinseki, Sec. of Veterans Affairs: call for resignation relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefit claims backlog, S2687 [6MY], S2748 [7MY], S3161 [20MY]

Supreme Court: decision in McCullen v. Coakley relative to requiring a buffer zone at Massachusetts health care facilities providing abortion services, S4118 [26JN]

Taxation: increase access for the uninsured to high quality physician care by providing incentives for doctors to provide uncompensated care (S. 2492), S3813 [18JN]

University of South Florida: tribute to Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, S2324 [9AP]

Veterans: benefits funding, S3264–S3266 [22MY]

——— improve provision of medical services, S3228 [21MY]

——— improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 2413), S3395 [4JN], S3434, S3457–S3460 [5JN]

Women: access to family planning and reproductive services under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S1503 [11MR]

——— recognize that cardiovascular disease continues to be an overwhelming threat to women’s health and the importance of providing basic, preventive heart screenings to women (S. Res. 454), S3244 [21MY]

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

Reports filed

Ask Veterans Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 4971) (H. Rept. 113–645), H8365 [3DE]

Consideration of H.R. 7, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, and Conference Report on H.R. 2642, Agricultural Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 465) (H. Rept. 113–334), H1430 [27JA]

Consideration of H.R. 4486, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans’ Services: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 557) (H. Rept. 113–426), H3291 [29AP]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans’ Services: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4486) (H. Rept. 113–416), H3239 [28AP]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 4486) (S. Rept. 113–174), S3293 [22MY]

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]

No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 7) (H. Rept. 113–332), H1252 [23JA]

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

VA Construction Assistance Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 3593) (H. Rept. 113–586), H7527 [15SE]

Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 3230) (H. Rept. 113–564), H6975 [28JY]

Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 4276) (H. Rept. 113–598), H7527 [15SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 465), H1443, H1445 [28JA]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), H3344, H3350, H3354 [30AP]

Tables

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), H3310–H3313 [30AP]

Testimonies

VA Construction Assistance Act: Stella S. Fiotes, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, H7584 [16SE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 111, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 3230, Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act, H7087 [30JY]

H. Res. 465, consideration of H.R. 7, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act and conference report on H.R. 2642, Agricultural Act, H1443 [28JA]

H. Res. 557, consideration of H.R. 4486, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services, H3301 [30AP]

H.R. 7, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, H1459 [28JA]

H.R. 1216, Dr. Cameron McKinley Dept. of Veterans Affairs Veterans Center, Prescott, AZ, H5385 [17JN]

H.R. 3230, Veterans’ Access to Care Through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act, S3565–S3575 [11JN]

H.R. 3375, PFC Floyd K. Lindstrom Dept. of Veterans Affairs Clinic, Colorado Springs, CO, H5381 [17JN]

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

H.R. 3593, VA Construction Assistance Act, H7581 [16SE]

H.R. 3682, Lyle C. Pearson Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Mankato, MN, H5387 [17JN]

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. 4199, Doris Miller Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Waco, TX, H5383 [17JN]

H.R. 4276, Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act, H7585 [16SE]

H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act, H2700–H2712 [27MR]

H.R. 4810, Veteran Access to Care Act, H5196 [10JN]

H.R. 4994, Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act, H7605–H7610 [16SE]

S. 229, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, S6305 [3DE], H8857 [8DE]

S. 1434, Lieutenant General Richard J. Seitz Community-Based Outpatient Clinic, Junction City, KS, S333 [14JA], H8856 [8DE]

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

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. 2128, Doris Miller Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Waco, TX, S1656 [13MR]

S. 2422, Ensuring Veterans Access to Care Act, S3370–S3379 [3JN]

S. 2686, Wounded Warrior Tax Equity Act, S5137 [30JY]

S. 2722, Protecting Our Infants Act, S5221 [31JY]

S. 2921, Lane A. Evans VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Galesburg, IL, S5995 [13NO], S6305 [3DE], H8859 [8DE]

S. Res. 339, Mayo Clinic anniversary, S490 [27JA]

S. Res. 350, National Solidarity Day for Compassionate Patient Care, S825 [6FE], S964 [12FE]

S. Res. 379, tribute to Pennsylvania State University IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) to raise money for the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital Four Diamonds Fund, S1521 [11MR]

S. Res. 454, recognize that cardiovascular disease continues to be an overwhelming threat to women’s health and the importance of providing basic, preventive heart screenings to women, S3242 [21MY]

S. Res. 514, National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week, S4770 [23JY]

S. Res. 518, National Case Management Week, S4908 [24JY]

S. Res. 588, recognize that access to hospitals and other health care providers for patients in rural areas is essential to the survival and success of communities, S6211 [20NO]