INSURANCE see also Health

Addresses

State of the Union: President Obama, S521–S526 [28JA], H1473–H1478 [28JA]

Amendments

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

Dept. of the Treasury: extend termination date of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (S. 2244), S4427, S4428 [10JY], S4574, S4582, S4584, S4585 [17JY]

Employment: improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 727), H7690 [18SE]

FAA: extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 3547), S360, S361, S380 [15JA], S449, S450, S451, S452, S453, S454, S455 [16JA], H256 [15JA]

——— extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 3547), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 458), H253, H254 [15JA]

——— extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 3547), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 74)—consideration (H. Res. 458), H253, H254 [15JA]

FEMA: delay implementation of certain reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1926), S529, S530, S531, S542, S543, S545 [28JA], S565, S566, S568, S571, S573, S574, S577, S579, S604, S605 [29JA]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (S. 2270), S3382, S3383 [3JN]

Health: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (S. 2578), S4560 [16JY]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 487), H1958 [26FE]

——— allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 524), H2668 [26MR]

Medicare: repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4015), consideration (H. Res. 515), H2382 [13MR]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (S. 1926), S529, S530, S531, S542, S543, S545 [28JA], S565, S566, S568, S571, S573, S574, S577, S579, S604, S605 [29JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), S2958, S2959, S2976, S2978 [13MY], S3018, S3019, S3033, S3034, S3035, S3036, S3037, S3038, S3039, S3040, S3041 [14MY], S3082, S3083, S3084, S3086, S3088, S3089, S3090, S3092, S3093, S3094, S3095, S3096, S3097, S3098, S3101, S3102, S3103, S3104, S3105, S3106, S3107, S3108, S3109, S3110, S3111, S3113, S3114, S3115, S3117, S3119, S3120, S3124, S3132, S3133, S3134, S3135, S3136, S3137, S3138, S3139, S3140, S3141, S3142, S3143, S3144, S3145 [15MY], S3191, S3192 [20MY], S5271 [31JY]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to offer current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3522), consideration (H. Res. 717), H7407 [10SE]

——— clarify treatment of health plans in which expatriates are the primary enrollees (H.R. 4414), consideration (H. Res. 555), H3264 [29AP]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), consideration (H. Res. 497), H2165 [5MR]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S1860, S1874, S1877, S1879 [31MR], S1939, S1940, S1967, S1968, S1969, S1977, S1978, S1979, S1980, S1981, S1985, S2014, S2015, S2017, S2019, S2020, S2022, S2023, S2024, S2027, S2029, S2030, S2032, S2033, S2034, S2035, S2036, S2037 [1AP], S2097 [2AP], S2176 [7AP], S6438, S6453, S6454, S6456, S6457 [9DE], S6545, S6565, S6566, S6567, S6569, S6570, S6571, S6572, S6573, S6574, S6575, S6576, S6577, S6578 [10DE], S6637, S6643, S6645 [11DE], H8385, H8388 [4DE], H8826 [8DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 770), H8383 [4DE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), consideration (H. Res. 530), H2818 [2AP]

——— notify individuals if personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges has been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security (H.R. 3811), consideration (H. Res. 455), H94 [9JA]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 3362), consideration (H. Res. 455), H94 [9JA]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), S6454 [9DE], S6791, S6792 [12DE], S6924 [16DE]

Articles and editorials

CBO—Health-Care Law Will Reduce Jobs by Two Million, S728 [4FE]

CBO—O-Care Slowing Growth, Contributing to Job Losses, S729 [4FE]

Census Report Shows Rise in Full-Time Work, Undercutting Claims by Health Reform Opponents, H7816 [18SE]

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

Denver Physician—Red Tape Isn’t Health Care Reform (excerpt), S4731 [23JY]

E-B-F Reduces Hours for Para-Educators (excerpt), S2852 [8MY]

Health Insurers Make Late Push To Enroll Young People, S1851 [31MR]

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

Immigrant Families Benefit Significantly From Obamacare—Accounted for 42% of Medicaid Growth Since 2011 (excerpt), H8264 [2DE]

Koch Brothers’ Ads Shameful, S1160 [26FE]

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

ObamaCare and My Mother’s Cancer Medicine, S995 [24FE]

ObamaCare’s Hidden Hit on Businesses, S2084 [2AP]

ObamaCare’s Secret Mandate Exemption, H2382 [13MR]

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

Survey—Most Republicans Who Bought Obamacare Coverage Like Their Plans, H7061 [30JY]

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]

Armed Forces: allow servicemembers to keep their automobile insurance when they move from State to State (see H.R. 4669), H4475 [19MY]

——— ensure TRICARE beneficiaries receive written notice of any change to benefits received under TRICARE (see H.R. 4101), H2001 [26FE]

——— ensure women members and their families have access to contraception and family planning (see S. 2687), S5134 [30JY] (see H.R. 5524), H7675 [17SE]

——— improve access to mental health services under TRICARE (see S. 2276), S2613 [1MY] (see H.R. 4656), H4064 [13MY]

——— improve the TRICARE Program for adult children of members and former members (see H.R. 3974), H1511 [29JA]

——— provide for availability of breastfeeding support, supplies, and counseling under the TRICARE program (see S. 1994), S763 [4FE] (see H.R. 4492), H3240 [28AP]

——— provide for behavioral health treatment for developmental disabilities under TRICARE (see S. 2333), S3028 [14MY] (see H.R. 4630), H4058 [9MY]

Bankruptcy: improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies (see S. 2589), S4404 [10JY]

Business and industry: limit ability of companies in bankruptcy to reduce or terminate wages or benefits, require continuation of health benefits, and provide information on duration of health benefits (see S. 2418), S3367 [3JN]

CBO: report changes in direct spending and revenue associated with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (see S. 2446), S3475 [5JN]

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 (see H.R. 4543), H3407 [1MY]

Children and youth: increase maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA programs (see H.R. 5740), H8132 [19NO]

Contraceptives: ensure employers cannot prohibit access, call for an FDA study on whether prescriptions are necessary for contraceptives, and allow use of certain health accounts to purchase over-the-counter drugs (see S. 2605), S4502 [15JY]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: disclose crop insurance premium subsidies made on behalf of Members of Congress and Cabinet Secretaries and expenses covered and underwriting gains earned by private insurance providers (see H.R. 5634), H7885 [18SE]

——— limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer (see S. 2201), S2095 [2AP]

Dept. of Defense: conduct periodic mental health assessments and improve mental health services for Armed Forces members and submit reports relative to mental health (see S. 2300), S2796 [7MY]

Dept. of HHS: 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]

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

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

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

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

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]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend termination date of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see S. 2244), S2378 [10AP]

——— extend termination date of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (S. 2244), consideration (see H. Res. 775), H8930 [9DE]

——— require the Federal Insurance Office to carry out a study on illegal steering and redlining in the insurance industry (see H.R. 5067), H6106 [10JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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]

——— remove the maximum payment amount for certain qualified losses under the Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance Traumatic Injury Protection Program (see H.R. 4235), H2432 [13MR]

——— 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]

Economy: extend unemployment benefits, approve Keystone XL Pipeline, repeal medical device tax, restore 40-hour work week, and provide reemployment assessments (see H.R. 3885), H472 [15JA]

Employment: exempt employers hiring long-term unemployed from employer health insurance mandate, provide payroll tax holiday and relocation loans, and reform and strengthen workforce investment system (see S. 2038), S1048 [25FE]

——— improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (see H.R. 4), H7528 [15SE]

——— improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (H.R. 4), consideration (see H. Res. 727), H7616 [16SE]

FAA: extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 3547), consideration of Senate amendments (see H. Res. 458), H223 [14JA]

——— extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 3547), correction in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 74), H183 [13JA]

Federal agencies and departments: reduce duplication and increase efficiency (see H.R. 5152), H6398 [17JY]

Federal aid programs: reform verification and reporting processes for health care premium and cost-sharing subsidies (see H.R. 5557), H7883 [18SE]

FEMA: delay implementation of certain reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (see S. 1926), S325 [14JA]

——— delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program, establish a tax credit for flood mitigation expenses, and increase flood damage mitigation program funding (see H.R. 3924), H1246 [17JA]

——— delay increases in premium rates under National Flood Insurance Program until completion of affordability study, provide reimbursements, and accurately determine flood risk (H.R. 3370), technical corrections (see H. Con. Res. 93), H2433 [13MR]

——— ensure certain communities are granted exceptions for floodproofed residential basements for purposes of determining flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 3834), H134 [9JA]

——— ensure fairness in premium rates for coverage for business properties and second homes under the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 4313), H2695 [26MR]

——— ensure that holders of flood insurance policies under the National Flood Insurance Program do not receive premium refunds for coverage of second homes (see S. 2137), S1652 [13MR]

——— provide for flood insurance policies with higher deductibles and lower rates under the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 4071), H1880 [21FE]

——— require periodic GAO reviews of the flood insurance rates and flood insurance rate maps under the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 4352), H2801 [1AP]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see S. 2102), S1416 [10MR] (see S. 2270), S2470 [29AP] (see H.R. 4510), H3291 [29AP]

——— clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements and improve definitions of points and fees for mortgage transactions (see H.R. 5461), H7528 [15SE]

——— establish the prudential regulator of community and independent depository institutions as the conduit and arbiter of all Federal financial oversight, examination, and reporting (see S. 2242), S2378 [10AP]

Flood Insurance Reform Act: repeal (see H.R. 3815), H20 [7JA]

Floods: clarify State authority to regulate private flood insurance coverage in order to provide more flexibility and options (see H.R. 4558), H3407 [1MY]

——— clarify that any private flood insurance policy accepted by a State shall satisfy the mandatory purchase requirement (see S. 2381), S3293 [22MY]

GAO: conduct studies on enrollment by racial and ethnic minorities and by low-income seniors in Medicare Advantage program (see H.R. 4211), H2360 [12MR]

Government regulations: clarify definition of nonadmitted insurer (see S. 2726), S5216 [31JY] (see H.R. 5388), H7184 [31JY]

Health: clarify application of antitrust laws to negotiations between groups of health care professionals and health plans and health care insurance issuers (see H.R. 4077), H1937 [25FE]

——— 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]

——— ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (see S. 2578), S4336 [9JY] (see H.R. 5051), H6035 [9JY]

——— 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]

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

——— 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]

——— increase access to primary care services through training and accountability improvements (see S. 1978), S655 [30JA]

——— 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 protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 5523), H7675 [17SE]

——— repeal mandate that new employees of certain employers be automatically enrolled in the employer’s health benefits plan (see S. 2546), S4153 [26JN]

——— 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]

——— 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]

House of Representatives: bring an action seeking relief in response to the failure of the Sec. of the Treasury to faithfully execute the law relative to health insurance-related IRS reporting requirements (see H. Res. 655), H5830 [7JY]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (see H. Res. 487), H1937 [25FE] (see H. Res. 524), H2644 [25MR]

Immigration: expand access to health care services, including sexual, reproductive, and maternal health services, for immigrant women, men, and families by removing legal barriers to health insurance coverage (see H.R. 4240), H2432 [13MR]

International Association of Insurance Supervisors: disapprove proposed measure to eliminate public observers (see S. Res. 561), S5783 [18SE] (see H. Res. 735), H7887 [18SE]

Medicaid: ensure Medicare restriction on physician self-referral applies to Medicaid health services claims (see H.R. 4676), H4475 [19MY]

——— establish grant program to provide States with funds to detect waste, fraud, and abuse and to recover resulting improper payments (see H.R. 5841), H9044 [10DE]

——— extend application of Medicare payment rate floor to primary care services for women, children, and families (see S. 2694), S5134 [30JY] (see S. 3007), S6627 [11DE] (see H.R. 5723), H8033 [17NO]

——— protect enrollment of incarcerated youth for medical assistance (see S. 2211), S2161 [3AP] (see H.R. 4390), H2913 [3AP]

——— provide an option of States to cover a children’s program of all-inclusive coordinated care (ChiPACC) (see H.R. 4605), H4015 [8MY]

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

——— provide payment for patient navigator services (see H.R. 4168), H2255 [6MR]

Medicare: add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements (see S. 2818), S5628 [16SE]

——— add sleep apnea screening to the initial preventive physical examination (see H.R. 4695), H4783 [21MY]

——— allow individuals to elect to receive the Medicare Summary Notice electronically (see H.R. 4853), H5362 [12JN]

——— 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]

——— apply secondary payer rules to certain workers’ compensation settlement agreements and qualified set-aside provisions (see S. 2731), S5216 [31JY]

——— authorize coverage of post-mastectomy water-resistant coverings if they are determined to be consistent with clinical protocol or medically necessary to reduce risk of infection (see H.R. 4627), H4057 [9MY]

——— cover transitional care services to improve the quality and cost effectiveness of care for beneficiaries (see H.R. 4762), H5022 [29MY]

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

——— create a Medicare Advantage Improvement Fund (see H.R. 4196), H2301 [11MR]

——— 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]

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

——— 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]

——— enhance beneficiary and provider protections and improve transparency in the Medicare Advantage market (see S. 2552), S4153 [26JN] (see H.R. 4998), H5817 [26JN]

——— ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 4577), H3446 [6MY]

——— 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]

——— establish smart card pilot program (see S. 2586), S4404 [10JY]

——— 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] (see H.R. 5183), H6745 [23JY]

——— expand coverage to eyeglasses, hearing aids, and dental care (see H.R. 5853), H9302 [11DE]

——— 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]

——— improve audit effectiveness and efficiency in paying for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) (see H.R. 5083), H6135 [11JY]

——— improve integrity (see H.R. 5780), H8272 [2DE]

——— improve Medicare Advantage special needs plans (see H.R. 4484), H3196 [10AP]

——— 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]

——— increase access to ambulance services (see H.R. 5460), H7454 [11SE]

——— limit charges for contract health services provided to Indians by Medicare providers of services and suppliers (see H.R. 4843), H5318 [11JN]

——— modify durable medical equipment face-to-face encounter documentation requirement (see H.R. 3833), H134 [9JA]

——— modify payment for outpatient department procedures that utilize drugs as supplies (see S. 2980), S6350 [4DE] (see H.R. 4857), H5363 [12JN]

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

——— 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]

——— prohibit further action on the proposed rule on changes to prescription drug benefit programs (see H.R. 4160), H2255 [6MR]

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

——— protect relative to reconciliation involving changes to the program and prevent eligibility age increase, privatization, and conversion to a voucher system (see S. 2087), S1365 [6MR] (see S. 2491), S3811 [18JN]

——— provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see S. 2046), S1174 [26FE] (see H.R. 4035), H1769 [11FE]

——— 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 coverage for low vision devices (see H.R. 3975), H1511 [29JA]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4190), H2300 [11MR]

——— provide for a minimum payment rate for primary care services furnished by primary care physicians (see S. 2186), S1870 [31MR]

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

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

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see S. 2689), S5134 [30JY] (see H.R. 5644), H7886 [18SE]

——— provide for coverage of home as a site of care for infusion therapy (see H.R. 5435), H7433 [10SE]

——— 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 required hospice program surveys (see H.R. 5393), H7240 [1AU]

——— 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]

——— 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]

——— repeal requirement for employer disclosure of information on health care coverage of employees who are beneficiaries (see H.R. 5102), H6215 [14JY]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (see S. 2000), S821 [6FE] (see H.R. 4015), H1686 [6FE] (see H.R. 4209), H2360 [12MR]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4015), consideration (see H. Res. 515), H2360 [12MR]

——— 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]

——— require Medicare Advantage organizations to disclose changes made to plans required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (see H.R. 4201), H2301 [11MR]

——— require State licensure and bid surety bonds for entities submitting bids under the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program (see S. 2975), S6350 [4DE] (see H.R. 5809), H8868 [8DE]

——— require State licensure and performance guarantees for entities submitting bids under the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program (see H.R. 4920), H5557 [19JN]

——— restore access to diabetic testing supplies for beneficiaries (see S. 1935), S439 [16JA]

——— strengthen rules applied in case of competition for diabetic testing strips (see H.R. 5808), H8868 [8DE]

——— suspend application of rebasing of home health prospective payment amounts (see H.R. 4625), H4057 [9MY]

——— treat audiologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing services, improve access to audiology services available for coverage, and enable beneficiaries to have their choice of audiologists (see H.R. 5304), H7181 [31JY]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see S. 2348), S3074 [15MY]

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]

——— provide for equitable treatment of residents of territories relative to low-income subsidies under the Medicare prescription drug benefit program (see H.R. 3966), H1510 [29JA]

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

——— repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve payments (see S. 2110), S1519 [11MR]

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]

Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission: require a survey of Armed Forces members of their preferences relative to pay and benefits (see S. 2294), S2718 [6MY]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (see S. 1926), S325 [14JA]

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

National Credit Union Administration: provide pass-through share insurance for deposits or shares of any interest on lawyers trust accounts (see S. 2699), S5134 [30JY]

National Guard: eliminate inequities in the treatment of dual-status technicians (see S. 2312), S2875 [8MY]

National Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 542), S5564 [11SE]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see S. 2430), S3424 [4JN] (see H.R. 4158), H2255 [6MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employees’ dependents access to tax credits if the cost of family coverage through the employer is greater than a certain percentage of household income (see S. 2434), S3474 [5JN] (see H.R. 4865), H5363 [12JN]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (see S. 2190), S1923 [1AP]

——— allow sole proprietors and their spouses and domestic partners to purchase health insurance on the small business exchange (see H.R. 5313), H7181 [31JY]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (see S. 2808), S5588 [15SE] (see H.R. 5453), H7454 [11SE]

——— clarify treatment of health plans in which expatriates are the primary enrollees (see H.R. 4414), H2990 [7AP]

——— clarify treatment of health plans in which expatriates are the primary enrollees (H.R. 4414), consideration (see H. Res. 555), H3240 [28AP]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 4118), H2097 [28FE]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), consideration (see H. Res. 497), H2147 [4MR]

——— 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]

——— disapprove IRS rule relative to the individual mandate (see S.J. Res. 35), S1819 [27MR]

——— eliminate benefits under the Federal employees health benefit program for Members of Congress and require Members to purchase insurance through their States’ exchange (see H.R. 5177), H6745 [23JY]

——— eliminate health care exchange cost-sharing subsidies (see H.R. 4196), H2301 [11MR]

——— enhance access for independent agents and brokers to information regarding marketplace enrollment (see S. 2175), S1818 [27MR]

——— 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]

——— establish board of directors and chief executive officer to oversee Federal exchange and State exchanges and to provide health insurance oversight (see S. 2749), S5217 [31JY]

——— exclude alien agricultural seasonal workers when determining employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 5392), H7240 [1AU]

——— exempt certain educational institutions from employer health insurance mandate (see S. 2462), S3604 [11JN] (see H.R. 4775), H5063 [30MY]

——— exempt certain small businesses from employer health insurance mandate and modify definition of full-time employee relative to mandate (see S. 2205), S2161 [3AP]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3979), H1514 [31JA]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 770), H8365 [3DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), correction in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 121), H8669 [4DE] (see H. Con. Res. 123), H9044 [10DE]

——— exempt small businesses which are experiencing hardship from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 5651), H7886 [18SE]

——— extend health plan coverage to dependent children in the individual and group market if repealing legislation is enacted (see H.R. 5384), H7184 [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]

——— limit rescissions of coverage under health plans in the individual and group market if repealing legislation is enacted (see H.R. 5321), H7181 [31JY]

——— maintain preexisting condition coverage and guaranteed availability of health insurance if repealing legislation is enacted (see H.R. 5328), H7181 [31JY]

——— modify definition of applicable large employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see S. 2168), S1818 [27MR]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), consideration (see H. Res. 530), H2801 [1AP]

——— notify individuals if personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is known to have been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security (see S. 1902), S223 [9JA] (see H.R. 3811), H19 [7JA]

——— notify individuals if personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is known to have been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security (H.R. 3811), consideration (see H. Res. 455), H72 [8JA]

——— permit health insurance issuers to offer additional plan options (see S. 1915), S291 [13JA]

——— 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]

——— prohibit Government contributions under the Federal employees health benefit program towards exchange health insurance coverage of Members of Congress (see H.R. 3853), H162 [10JA]

——— provide a permanent path for the direct enrollment of individuals in qualified health plans (see S. 2173), S1818 [27MR]

——— 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 conditions on renewal of health insurance plans purchased through exchanges (see S. 2801), S5564 [11SE]

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

——— provide greater flexibility in offering health insurance coverage across State lines (see S. 2174), S1818 [27MR]

——— provide temporary shift in scheduled collection of transitional reinsurance program payments (see S. 2253), S2379 [10AP] (see H.R. 4735), H4829 [22MY]

——— provide that the individual health insurance mandate not apply until the employer health insurance mandate is enforced without exceptions (see S. 2106), S1519 [11MR] (see H.R. 4064), H1776 [14FE]

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

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see S. 2191), S1923 [1AP]

——— repeal if it is determined that the Act has resulted in more uninsured individuals than at the time of enactment (see H.R. 3849), H162 [10JA]

——— 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]

——— repeal the individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 5725), H8033 [17NO]

——— require full disclosure by health exchange plans of abortion coverage and abortion premium surcharges (see H.R. 3953), H1480 [28JA]

——— require new procedures for health care exchange websites relative to personal information (see H.R. 3835), H134 [9JA]

——— require States with failed health care exchanges to reimburse the Federal Government for amounts provided for establishment and operation of such exchanges (see S. 2339), S3029 [14MY] (see H.R. 4677), H4475 [19MY]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 3362), consideration (see H. Res. 455), H72 [8JA]

——— revise reporting requirements to preserve the privacy of individuals (see S. 2176), S1818 [27MR]

——— simplify treatment of seasonal positions relative to employer shared responsibility requirements (see S. 2881), S5782 [18SE] (see H.R. 5213), H6976 [28JY]

——— study impact on small businesses (see S. 2383), S3293 [22MY] (see H.R. 4728), H4828 [22MY]

——— 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]

——— temporarily exempt certain Medicare and Medicaid providers from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 5098), H6215 [14JY]

Peace Corps: subject volunteers to same limitations regarding coverage of abortion services as Peace Corps employees (see S. 2291), S2718 [6MY] (see H.R. 4578), H3446 [6MY]

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

——— provide for cost-of-living increases for certain Federal benefits programs based on increases in the Consumer Price Index for the elderly (see H.R. 4202), H2301 [11MR]

——— provide for outreach and coordination of services to veterans (see S. 1986), S702 [3FE]

Social Security: adjust age limitations for payment of child’s insurance benefits to certain disabled individuals and for calculation of recent work for determining eligibility for disability insurance benefits (see H.R. 5715), H7995 [14NO]

——— allow voluntary agreements for Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage of employees of Guam and American Samoa (see H.R. 5274), H7125 [30JY]

——— continue pre-Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act flexibility in providing State Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage (see H.R. 3931), H1430 [27JA]

——— eliminate civil money penalties for inducements to physicians to limit services that are not medically necessary (see H.R. 4658), H4064 [13MY]

——— extend and improve State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see S. 2461), S3604 [11JN] (see H.R. 5364), H7183 [31JY]

——— implement various reforms to the disability insurance program (see H.R. 4111), H2064 [27FE]

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

——— prohibit the display of account numbers on Government-issued identification cards issued in connection with benefits under Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4840), H5318 [11JN]

——— protect the Social Security Disability Insurance program and provide other support for working disabled individuals (see S. 3003), S6626 [11DE]

——— provide for 12-month continuous enrollment of individuals under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see S. 1980), S702 [3FE]

——— provide for equal treatment of individuals in same-sex marriages (see H.R. 5182), H6745 [23JY]

——— provide for immediate designation of substitute representative payees relative to Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits (see H.R. 4401), H2961 [4AP]

——— provide States with the option of providing services to children with medically complex conditions under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program through a care coordination program (see H.R. 4930), H5597 [20JN]

SSA: confer spousal benefits to any legally married individual regardless of marriage laws in the State of residence (see S. 2305), S2875 [8MY] (see H.R. 4664), H4434 [15MY]

States: provide notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength (see H.R. 4557), H3407 [1MY]

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

——— allow a deduction for health insurance premiums for anyone who purchases independent coverage for an individual or family (see H.R. 4600), H3940 [7MY]

——— allow increased contributions to health savings accounts and allow Medicare and VA health care participants to contribute to health savings accounts (see H.R. 3871), H223 [14JA]

——— allow Medicare beneficiaries participating in Medicare Advantage medical savings accounts to contribute their own money to their medical savings account (see H.R. 4177), H2256 [6MR]

——— allow small businesses to use pre-tax dollars for assistance to employees purchasing health care policies in the individual market and except certain health reimbursement arrangements from group plan requirements (see H.R. 5860), H9302 [11DE]

——— broaden special rules for certain governmental health reimbursement arrangements to include plans established by political subdivisions (see H.R. 4567), H3446 [6MY]

——— clarify special rules for accident and health plans of certain governmental entities (see S. 2660), S4903 [24JY]

——— exempt student workers from determination of higher education institutions’ employer health care shared responsibility (see H.R. 5262), H7125 (see H.R. 5298), H7126 [30JY]

——— expand and modify the credit for employee health insurance expenses of small employers (see S. 2069), S1233 [27FE] (see H.R. 4128), H2097 [28FE] (see H.R. 4244), H2433 [13MR]

——— expand eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan (see S. 2908), S5783 [18SE]

——— expand eligibility time period for credit for employee health insurance expenses of small employers (see H.R. 4133), H2097 [28FE]

——— expand health savings accounts (see H.R. 5465), H7528 [15SE]

——— expand the credit for employee health insurance expenses of small employers (see H.R. 4132), H2097 [28FE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (see H.R. 5771), H8225 [1DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), consideration (see H. Res. 766), H8272 [2DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), correction in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 124), H9044 [10DE]

——— extend deduction for mortgage insurance premiums (see H.R. 3941), H1479 [28JA] (see H.R. 3995), H1658 [5FE]

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

——— increase alternative tax liability limitation for small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 4647), H4059 [9MY]

——— make permanent the deduction for mortgage insurance premiums (see H.R. 4845), H5318 [11JN]

——— make permanent the threshold for medical expense deduction for people 65 or older (see H.R. 4104), H2064 [27FE]

——— modify Internal Revenue Code provisions relative to determinations of full-time equivalent employees under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (see S. 2166), S1818 [27MR]

——— modify rules relative to health savings accounts (see H.R. 4777), H5063 [30MY]

——— permit rollovers from health savings accounts to Medicare Advantage medical savings accounts (see H.R. 4180), H2256 [6MR]

——— provide a special change in status rule for employees who become eligible for TRICARE (see S. 1918), S325 [14JA]

——— provide a tax credit to businesses that invest in American jobs, provide fair wages and benefits, employ active duty personnel, recruit veterans, and maintain a diverse workforce (see S. 2540), S4153 [26JN] (see H.R. 5372), H7184 [31JY]

Terrorism Risk Insurance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4871), H5397 [17JN]

Veterans: promote identification of veterans and their health needs in furnishing items and services under Medicare, Medicaid, and other programs (see H.R. 5332), H7182 [31JY]

——— provide for coordination between TRICARE and eligibility to make contributions to health savings accounts (see S. 2707), S5135 [30JY] (see H.R. 4682), H4684 [20MY]

Cloture motions

FAA: extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 3547), S360 [15JA], S424 [16JA]

FEMA: delay implementation of certain reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1926), motion to proceed, S432 [16JA]

Health: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (S. 2578), motion to proceed, S4451 [14JY], S4535 [16JY]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (S. 1926), motion to proceed, S432 [16JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), S3019 [14MY], S3060 [15MY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), motion to proceed, S2850 [8MY], S2930 [13MY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S1860 [31MR], S2047 [2AP], S2150 [3AP], S6437 [9DE], S6589 [11DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), motion to proceed, S1770 [26MR], S1799 [27MR]

Comments

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act poll on Senator Cruz’s Facebook page, H2873–H2882 [3AP]

E-Mails

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation impact on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H2750 [1AP]

Explanations

Consolidated Appropriations (H.R. 3547), H475–H1215 [15JA]

Letters

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]

Capital Access for Small Community Financial Institutions Act, Credit Union Share Insurance Fund Parity Act, and CFPB Rural Designation Petition and Correction Act: Bill Cheney, Credit Union National Association, H3427 [6MY]

Clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements and improve definitions of points and fees for mortgage transactions: several trade associations, H7513 [15SE]

Credit Union Share Insurance Fund Parity Act: Brad Thaler, National Association of Federal Credit Unions, H3427 [6MY]

——— James R. Silkenat, ABA, H3427 [6MY]

——— Scott Earl, Mountain West Credit Union Association, H3428 [6MY]

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

Dept. of the Treasury Terrorism Risk Insurance Program termination date extension: Coalition To Insure Against Terrorism, S4579 [17JY]

——— David H. Stevens, Mortgage Bankers Association, S4579 [17JY]

——— Douglas M. Bibby, National Multifamily Housing Council and Douglas S. Culkin, National Apartment Association, S4578 [17JY]

——— Geoffrey Burr, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., S4578 [17JY]

——— Jacob J. Lew, Sec. of the Treasury, H8965 [10DE]

——— James D. Grande, National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, S4579 [17JY]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S4580 [17JY]

——— several organizations, S4580 [17JY]

——— Steve Brown, National Association of Realtors, S4579 [17JY]

Employee Health Care Protection Act: Brad Jones, Cornerstone Staffing, Inc., H7419 [10SE]

——— Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H7414 [10SE]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H7414 [10SE]

Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act: Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H3070 [9AP]

——— Council for Affordable Health Coverage, H3269 [29AP]

——— Gary Loveman, Business Roundtable (organization), H3270 [29AP]

——— Giev Kashkooli, United Farm Workers (organization), H3071 [9AP]

——— James A. Klein, American Benefits Council, H3071 [9AP], H3271 [29AP]

——— Janet Trautwein, National Association of Health Underwriters, H3270 [29AP]

——— Kate Hull, Corporate Health Care Coalition, H3272 [29AP]

——— Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center, H3071 [9AP], H3273 [29AP]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H3072 [9AP], H3272 [29AP]

——— several labor organizations, H3273 [29AP]

——— Steph Serling, Service Employees International Union, H3071 [9AP]

——— William Samuel, AFL–CIO, H3071 [9AP]

Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act: Representative Doc Hastings, Committee on Natural Resources (House), E130 [28JA]

——— Representative Lucas, Committee on Agriculture (House), E129 [28JA]

Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act: Senator Collins, S2473 [29AP]

Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts insurance coverage by National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund: Sheila A. Albin, National Credit Union Administration (2008), H3427 [6MY]

Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts maintenance by an attorney at a credit union: Richard S. Schulman, National Credit Union Administration (1996), H3426 [6MY]

Jobs for America Act: Americans for Financial Reform (organization), H7817 [18SE]

Medicaid expansion funding in Florida: Kathleen Voss Woolrich, E463 [27MR]

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

——— several Representatives, S3443 [5JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation impact on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility: Marlin Gill, H2649 [26MR]

Prohibit Dept. of Justice funding to prosecute discrimination cases that utilize disparate impact analysis in risk-based lending and insurance underwriting for housing: several banking organizations, H5000 [29MY]

——— several insurance trade organizations, H5001 [29MY]

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

Save American Workers Act: Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, H2883 [3AP]

——— David French, National Retail Federation, H2884 [3AP]

——— Employers for Flexibility in Health Care (E-FLEX) Coalition, H2883 [3AP]

——— Jeffrey D. Shoaf, Associated General Contractors of America, H2833 [2AP]

——— Mary Kusler, National Education Association, H2828 [2AP]

——— Mike Aitken, Society for Human Resource Management, H2865 [3AP]

——— Peter J. Cotter and Misty Chally, National Franchise Association, Inc., H2833 [2AP]

——— Peter J. Larkin, National Grocers Association, H2832 [2AP]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H2883 [3AP]

——— Scott DeFife, National Restaurant Association, H2829 [2AP]

——— Small Business Coalition for Affordable Health Care, H2884 [3AP]

——— Stephen J. Caldeira, International Franchise Association, H2829 [2AP]

Save American Workers Act and Forty Hours Is Full Time Act: Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H2827 [2AP]

——— William Samuel, AFL–CIO, H2827 [2AP]

SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act: Stephen L. Brotherton, Texas Medical Association, H2382 [13MR], H2460 [14MR]

Sustainable growth rate repeal and improved Medicare payments through delay of individual health insurance mandate: Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H2465 [14MR]

——— Karen Ignagni, America’s Health Insurance Plans (organization) and Scott P. Serota, BlueCross BlueShield Association, H2465 [14MR]

——— Richard E. Thorp, California Medical Association, H2466 [14MR]

——— Richard J. Fiesta, Alliance for Retired Americans, H2466 [14MR]

Lists

50 things the House could be doing instead of undermining the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H2162 [5MR]

Industry groups supporting H.R. 3370, Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, S1631 [13MR]

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

Senators cosponsoring H.R. 3370, Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, S1632 [13MR]

Supporters of S. 2244, Dept. of the Treasury Terrorism Risk Insurance Program termination date extension, S4580 [17JY]

Motions

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

Dept. of the Treasury: extend termination date of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (S. 2244), S4298 [9JY], S4588 [17JY]

Employment: improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (H.R. 4), H7854 [18SE]

FAA: extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 3547), S360 [15JA], H256 [15JA]

FEMA: delay implementation of certain reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1926), S383 [16JA], S467 [27JA], S573 [29JA]

Health: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (S. 2578), S4443 [14JY], S4461 [15JY], S4513 [16JY]

Medicare: repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4015), H2468 [14MR]

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

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (S. 1926), S383 [16JA], S467 [27JA], S573 [29JA]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3522), H7436 [11SE]

——— clarify treatment of health plans in which expatriates are the primary enrollees (H.R. 4414), consideration (H. Res. 555), H3264 [29AP]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), H2175 [5MR]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S1720 [25MR], S1741 [26MR], S1781 [27MR], S1860 [31MR], S2080 [2AP], S2148 [3AP], S6437, S6438 [9DE], S6726, S6738 [12DE], H8387 [4DE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), H2889 [3AP]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 3362), H1226 [16JA]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), S6823 [15DE], S6869 [16DE], H8341 [3DE]

Press releases

Congressman Faleomavaega Applauds CMS Decision To Increase Medicaid FMAP for Eligible Territories: Delegate Faleomavaega, E1729 [3DE]

Faleomavaega Stands With Democratic Colleagues To Fight for Territory’s Medicaid Funding: Delegate Faleomavaega (2012), E1728 [3DE]

House Passes Final Version of Health Care Legislation, Includes Increase in Medicaid and Health Insurance Exchange for American Samoa: Delegate Faleomavaega (2010), E1728 [3DE]

PCI Urges the Senate To Support the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2014: Eileen Gilligan, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, S4579 [17JY]

Remarks in House

Abortion: 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]

Americans for Prosperity (organization): analysis of advertising campaign in opposition to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H2154 [5MR]

Armed Forces: provide for availability of breastfeeding support, supplies, and counseling under the TRICARE program, H4710 [21MY], H8372 [4DE]

——— provide for behavioral health treatment for developmental disabilities under TRICARE, E876 [29MY], E1107 [3JY]

Budget: impact of Republican proposal on women, H3136–H3138 [9AP]

——— reform entitlement programs, H5762–H5764 [25JN], H6339–H6341 [16JY]

——— treatment of revenues generated from Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H3161 [10AP]

California: decision by Dept. of Managed Health Care to require health insurance plans to treat maternity care and legal abortion neutrally, H8228 [2DE]

CBO: release of report on economic impact of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H1600 [5FE], H1728, H1729 [11FE]

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House): requests for Chief Technology Officer to testify relative to security issues with Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation, H4953, H4954 [29MY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 113th Congress, H80 [9JA]

——— legislative priorities, H33 [8JA], H6804–H6809 [24JY]

Connecticut: implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H2811 [2AP]

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]

Credit unions: extend insurance coverage to amounts held in a member account on behalf of another person (H.R. 3468), H3426–H3428 [6MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program funding through reductions in Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration funding, H5296 [11JN]

——— limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer, H45 [8JA], H1425–H1428 [27JA], H1446 [28JA], H1492 [29JA]

——— reform crop insurance program, H1495 [29JA]

Dept. of Defense: extend eligibility period for the Transitional Assistance Management Program, H25 [8JA], H2439 [14MR]

——— prohibit funding to promulgate Dept. of Labor directive that certain recipients of health care-related Federal payments be treated as contractors by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, H5523, H5524 [19JN], E1069 [25JN]

——— require victims of attack at Fort Hood, TX, and their families be accorded the same treatment, benefits, and honors accorded to September, 11, 2001, terrorist attack victims and families, H1508 [29JA]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit Distressed Asset Stabilization Program funding to pay FHA mortgage insurance claims unless loans are compliant with loss mitigation requirements, H5226 [10JN]

——— prohibit funding to provide mortgage insurance for a principal residence of a mortgagor who provides only an individual taxpayer identification number, H5225 [10JN]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding to prosecute discrimination cases that utilize disparate impact analysis in risk-based lending and insurance underwriting for housing, H5000, H5001 [29MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend termination date of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program, H7984 [14NO]

——— extend termination date of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (S. 2244), H5258 [11JN], H6379 [17JY], H8975–H8991 [10DE]

——— extend termination date of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (S. 2244), consideration (H. Res. 775), H8962–H8967 [10DE]

——— extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (H.R. 508), H6847 [25JY], H7306 [9SE]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit funding to implement regulations that increase minimum levels of financial responsibility for the transportation of passengers or property, H5174, H5175 [9JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: expedite access to Federal lands for good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions (H.R. 2166), H1255–H1257 [27JA], E129 [28JA]

Diseases: require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than for cancer medications administered by a health care provider (H.R. 1801), H2699 [27MR]

Employment: improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (H.R. 4), H7773–H7819, H7854–H7858 [18SE], E1603 [17NO]

——— improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 727), H7684–H7691 [18SE]

——— improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (H.R. 4), motion to recommit, H7856, H7857 [18SE]

——— prevent modification of definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate if it results in increased deficit or a reduction in hours or wages for employees, H2889 [3AP]

FAA: extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 3547), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 458), H244–H255 [15JA]

——— extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 3547), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 74), H452 [15JA]

——— extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 3547), Senate amendments, H208 [14JA], H229, H232, H255–H452 [15JA], H1229, H1230 [16JA], E88, E94, E95, E96 [16JA], E140 [29JA]

FEMA: delay implementation of certain reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1926), H1554 [4FE], H1730 [11FE]

——— delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under National Flood Insurance Program until completion of affordability study, provide certain reimbursements, and determine flood risk (H.R. 3370), corrections in enrollment, H2142 [4MR]

——— delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program, H251 [15JA]

——— delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program until completion of affordability study, provide certain reimbursements, and accurately determine flood risk (H.R. 3370), H56–H62 [8JA], H1557–H1562 [4FE], H1601, H1606–H1608 [5FE], H1735–H1738 [11FE], H1955 [26FE], H2086 [28FE], H2102, H2128–H2139, H2143 [4MR], H2685 [26MR], E162 [4FE], E303, E306, E309 [5MR], E319, E320 [6MR], E339 [10MR], E347 [11MR]

FHA: increase transparency in Federal budgeting to modify risk assessment in mortgage insurance programs, H2968, H2969, H2972 [7AP]

Financial institutions: allow privately insured credit unions to become members of the Federal Home Loan Bank system (H.R. 3584), H3418–H3420 [6MY]

——— clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements, H7510–H7515 [15SE]

——— clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (H.R. 4510), E1796 [12DE]

——— clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (S. 2270), H9019 [10DE], E975 [12JN]

——— clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements and improve definitions of points and fees for mortgage transactions (H.R. 5461), H7508–H7515 [15SE], E1423 [16SE], E1469 [19SE]

First American Financial Corp.: anniversary, E1327 [1AU]

Flood Insurance Reform Act: repeal (H.R. 3815), H56 [8JA]

Gruber, Jonathan: characterization of remarks relative to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H7904, H7925–H7927 [12NO], H7944, H7947 [13NO], H8002 [17NO], H8944 [10DE]

Health: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (H.R. 5051), H6238–H6240 [15JY], H6356, H6359–H6363 [17JY], E1186 [17JY]

——— 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]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H7442 [11SE]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 676), H7093, H7108 [30JY]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3121), H189 [14JA], H2173 [5MR], H2826, H2843 [2AP]

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

——— prohibit discrimination based on gender, including higher premiums for women or loss of contraception or maternity care, H7436 [11SE]

——— 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]

——— provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (H.R. 2300), H1585 [4FE], H2011, H2013 [27FE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2300), H1585 [4FE], H2011, H2013 [27FE]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2900), H138 [10JA], H2006, H2007 [27FE], H3384 [1MY]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 3121), H189 [14JA], H2173 [5MR], H2826, H2843 [2AP]

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]

——— legislative priorities, H3000 [8AP], H7532, H7533 [16SE]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 487), H1950–H1960 [26FE], E271 [27FE]

——— allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 524), H2660–H2670 [26MR]

Kentucky: implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H4926 [29MY]

Medicaid: anniversary, H7043 [30JY]

——— apply the primary care payment rate to additional physician providers of primary care services, H8926 [9DE]

——— ensure Medicare restriction on physician self-referral applies to Medicaid health services claims (H.R. 4676), E761 [19MY]

——— funding, H3032 [8AP], E1755 [9DE]

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

Medicare: anniversary, H7043, H7108 [30JY], E1271 [30JY]

——— cover transitional care services to improve the quality and cost effectiveness of care for beneficiaries (H.R. 4762), E871 [29MY]

——— establish a provider system under which providers of services and suppliers representing a low risk for submitting fraudulent claims are provided certain claim review protections (H.R. 3168), H27 [8JA]

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

——— funding, H3032 [8AP], H3078 [9AP]

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

——— importance of Part D generic drug pricing, H3138–H3141 [9AP]

——— improve Medicare Advantage special needs plans (H.R. 4484), E571 [10AP]

——— 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]

——— Medicare Advantage program funding, H2102 [4MR], H2310 [12MR], H2700 [27MR], H2787 [1AP], H2900–H2903 [3AP]

——— modify durable medical equipment face-to-face encounter documentation requirement (H.R. 3833), E37 [9JA]

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

——— protect guaranteed benefits and prohibit replacing such benefits with a voucher program, H2468–H2470 [14MR]

——— provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (H.R. 4035), E213 [14FE]

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

——— provide for coverage of home as a site of care for infusion therapy (H.R. 5435), E1378 [10SE]

——— 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]

——— reform, H2794 [1AP], H2900–H2903 [3AP], H3000, H3033 [8AP], H3065, H3077, H3085, H3126, H3134 [9AP]

——— reform payment for physicians’ services by eliminating sustainable growth rate system and adopting innovative payment and delivery models to improve quality and efficiency (H.R. 574), H2467 [14MR]

——— 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]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals, H2712, H2713 [27MR], H2865, H2866 [3AP]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4015), H1885 [25FE], H2244 [6MR], H2367 [13MR], H2439–H2470 [14MR], E402 [18MR], E432 [25MR], E462 [27MR]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4015), consideration (H. Res. 515), H2374–H2385 [13MR]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4015), motion to recommit, H2468–H2470 [14MR]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4209), H2316 [12MR]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals through caps on Dept. of Defense overseas contingency operations account funding, H2316 [12MR], H2376 [13MR]

Medicare Rights Center: anniversary, E1468 [19SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: anniversary, H7058 [30JY], E1281 [30JY]

——— curb waste, fraud, and abuse (H.R. 2305), H7391 [10SE]

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

——— provide coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation (H.R. 1173), H2171, H2172 [5MR], H2307 [12MR], H2648 [26MR], H7621 [17SE]

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]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (S. 1926), H1554 [4FE]

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

National Latino Enrollment Week: participation in enrollment for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H2014 [27FE]

National objectives: economic recovery, H5761–H5765 [25JN], H6339–H6341 [16JY], H9040 [10DE]

News media: allegations of media bias, E484 [1AP]

Nonprofits Insurance Alliance of California: anniversary, E1346 [8SE]

North Carolina: tribute to Moral Monday protests, H1886 [25FE]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, H2153 [5MR]

——— State of the Union Message, H1508 [29JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate, H7812, H7813 [18SE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), H2276–H2278 [11MR], H2309 [12MR], H7109 [30JY], E1024 [19JN]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to offer current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3522), motion to recommit, H7436 [11SE]

——— clarify treatment of health plans in which expatriates are the primary enrollees (H.R. 4414), H3067–H3072 [9AP], H3266–H3275 [29AP], H7110 [30JY], E678 [6MY]

——— clarify treatment of health plans in which expatriates are the primary enrollees (H.R. 4414), consideration (H. Res. 555), H3261–H3266 [29AP]

——— delay implementation of modification of definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate until U.S. has reached full employment economy, H2831 [2AP]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate, H1701 [10FE]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), H2170 [5MR]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate, H2376–H2380 [13MR], H2457–H2469 [14MR], E402 [18MR]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), H2086 [28FE], H2168–H2177 [5MR], H2261 [11MR], E339 [10MR], E356 [11MR], E368 [12MR]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), consideration (H. Res. 497), H2160–H2167 [5MR]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), motion to recommit, H2175, H2176 [5MR]

——— delay provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies until eligibility verification process for such subsidies is completed (H.R. 4805), H5251 [11JN]

——— encourage certain States to accept expanded Medicaid coverage, H2787 [1AP], H7396 [10SE]

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

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from employer health insurance mandate, H1760 [11FE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3685), H65–H68 [8JA], H86 [9JA], H174 [13JA], E25 [8JA], E29 [9JA]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), H2278–H2280 [11MR], H2309 [12MR], H2946, H2948–H2951 [4AP], H2964 [7AP], H3039 [8AP], H3394 [1MY], H4926 [29MY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 770), H8369–H8385 [4DE], E1771 [10DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), correction in engrossment, H8826 [8DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 121), H8652 [4DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 123), H8998 [10DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), Senate amendment, H8369, H8385–H8632, H8655, H8663 [4DE], H8871, H8876 [9DE], E1739 [4DE], E1749 [8DE], E1780, E1789 [10DE], E1848 [16DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), unanimous-consent agreement, H8385 [4DE]

——— express that President Obama has violated section 3 of article II of the Constitution by refusing to enforce employer mandate provisions, H114–H118 [9JA], H2850 [2AP]

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

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H6 [7JA], H138 [10JA], H189, H209 [14JA], H1231 [16JA], H1554, H1557, H1584–H1587 [4FE], H1704–H1707 [10FE], H1722 [11FE], H1923 [25FE], H1946 [26FE], H2011, H2013 [27FE], H2093 [28FE], H2154, H2174 [5MR], H2261, H2288 [11MR], H2371 [13MR], H2437, H2475 [14MR], H2568 [24MR], H2619, H2620 [25MR], H2649, H2657, H2658, H2659, H2684, H2690–H2693 [26MR], H2750, H2788 [1AP], H2815, H2817, H2822, H2823, H2825, H2829, H2833–H2839, H2842, H2845–H2847 [2AP], H2893 [3AP], H2964 [7AP], H2997, H3052 [8AP], H3202 [28AP], H3384 [1MY], H4917 [29MY], H5076, H5077 [9JN], H5601 [23JN], H6227 [15JY], H6342 [16JY], H6356, H6392 [17JY], H6987, H6989 [29JY], H7057 [30JY], H7442 [11SE], H7458 [15SE], H7535 [16SE], H7919, H7925–H7927 [12NO], H8152, H8153 [20NO], H8287 [3DE], H9048 [11DE], E278 [28FE], E1393 [11SE]

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

——— impact on job creation and hiring, H1529 [3FE], H1556 [4FE], H1597 [5FE], H2933 [4AP], H4483 [20MY]

——— impact on tax burden, H229 [15JA]

——— implementation, H30 [8JA], H1731 [11FE], H2007 [27FE], H2953 [4AP], H3263 [29AP], H7059–H7062, H7095, H7097 [30JY], H8136 [20NO], E626 [29AP]

——— include commuting time in computation of hours for purposes of the definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate, H2831 [2AP]

——— modify definition of applicable large employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2577), H2011 [27FE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), H1649 [5FE], H2731 [27MR], H2789–H2794 [1AP], H2810, H2813, H2821–H2833, H2836, H2837 [2AP], H2858–H2893 [3AP], H2918 [4AP], E507, E509, E510, E513 [3AP]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), consideration (H. Res. 530), H2813–H2820 [2AP]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), motion to recommit, H2889 [3AP]

——— open enrollment season, E1602 [17NO]

——— preserve provisions that protect consumers from premium increases, provide tax credits and rebates, and prohibit discrimination on the basis of pre-existing conditions, H2175, H2176 [5MR]

——— prohibit coverage for abortion under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program except under certain circumstances, H6045 [10JY]

——— provide for criminal penalties for aggravated identity theft facilitated by employment at an implementing agency (H.R. 3652), H85 [9JA]

——— provide for disclosure of lower costs and additional health benefits to individuals and families enrolled in health exchanges, H1226, H1227 [16JA]

——— provide that the individual health insurance mandate not apply until the employer health insurance mandate is enforced without exceptions (H.R. 4064), H1926 [25FE]

——— repeal, H2657, H2658 [26MR], H2794 [1AP], H2847 [2AP], H4486 [20MY], H8021, H8025–H8027 [17NO]

——— repeal (H.R. 2300), H1585 [4FE], H2011, H2013 [27FE]

——— repeal (H.R. 2900), H138 [10JA], H2006, H2007 [27FE], H3384 [1MY]

——— repeal (H.R. 3121), H189 [14JA], H2173 [5MR], H2826, H2843 [2AP]

——— 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]

——— repeal the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 5725), H8036 [18NO]

——— require full disclosure by health exchange plans of abortion coverage and abortion premium surcharges, H7629 [17SE]

——— require new procedures for health care exchange websites relative to personal information (H.R. 3835), H112 [9JA]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges, H6180 [14JY]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 3362), H241 [15JA], H1218–H1228 [16JA], E76 [15JA], E101 [17JA]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 3362), consideration (H. Res. 455), H87–H96 [9JA]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 3362), motion to recommit, H1226, H1227 [16JA]

——— study impact on small businesses (H.R. 4728), E818 [22MY]

——— temporarily exempt certain Medicare and Medicaid providers from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 5098), H6314 [16JY]

Postal Service: recalculate and restore retirement annuity obligations, eliminate Retiree Health Benefits Fund prefunding requirement, restrict closure of facilities, create innovation incentives, and maintain level of service (H.R. 630), H7981 [14NO]

Republican Party: national agenda, H3368 [1MY]

Roth, Jill: Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers Association of America, Inc., Young Agent of the Year award recipient, E624 [29AP]

Social Security: allow voluntary agreements for Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage of employees of Guam and American Samoa (H.R. 5274), E1272 [30JY]

——— eliminate civil money penalties for inducements to physicians to limit services that are not medically necessary (H.R. 4658), E746 [13MY]

——— prevent disability fraud (H.R. 5260), H7054 [30JY]

——— prohibit the display of account numbers on Medicare cards (H.R. 781), H31 [8JA]

——— 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]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), H8323–H8343 [3DE], H8872 [9DE], E1734, E1737, E1745 [4DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), consideration (H. Res. 766), H8305–H8310 [3DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 124), H8998 [10DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), motion to recommit, H8341, H8342 [3DE]

——— provide a credit for costs of certain infertility treatments (H.R. 1851), H2660 [26MR]

——— provide a credit for costs of certain infertility treatments (S. 881), H1538 [3FE]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (H.R. 1814), H2273–H2276, H2288 [11MR], H2309 [12MR]

——— provide for comprehensive tax reform (H.R. 1), E1800 [12DE]

——— provide for continued eligibility for the health care tax credit for Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., pension recipients eligible for the credit, H2464 [14MR]

Terrorism Risk Insurance Act: reauthorize, H7003 [29JY]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 4871), H5592 [20JN], H5733 [25JN], H6123 [11JY], H6665 [23JY], H8230 [2DE], H8653, H8654 [4DE]

Unemployment: rates, H1690 [10FE]

Women: 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]

Zurich Insurance Group, Ltd.: tribute to groundbreaking of new headquarters in Schaumburg, IL, E1126 [9JY]

Remarks in Senate

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

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

Americans for Prosperity (organization): analysis of advertising campaign in opposition to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S1160 [26FE], S1257 [4MR], S1759 [26MR], S2409 [28AP]

Armed Forces: improve access to mental health services under TRICARE (S. 2276), S2586 [1MY]

BLM: Abandoned Mine Land Program funding, S5113 [30JY]

Business and industry: impact of Government regulations on hiring and job loss, S1493 [11MR]

CBO: release of report on economic impact of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S781–S783, S809–S811 [6FE]

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

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

Climate: impact of climate change on Connecticut, S1446–S1450 [10MR]

——— impact of climate change on insurance industry, S1472 [10MR]

——— impact of global warming on the economy, S1422, S1454, S1481–S1483 [10MR], S6257–S6259 [2DE]

Congress: legislative priorities, S5159 [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, S4725 [23JY], S4982 [28JY]

Credit unions: extend insurance coverage to amounts held in a member account on behalf of another person (H.R. 3468), S6608 [11DE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S1782–S1785 [27MR], S3698 [17JN], S5596 [16SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish Aggregate Risk and Revenue Management Program, S713 [4FE]

——— limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer, S675, S676, S678 [3FE], S711 [4FE]

——— modify crop insurance eligibility requirements to include compliance with conservation laws, S630, S631 [30JA]

——— promote local and regional farm and food systems, S713 [4FE]

——— reform commodity subsidy programs, S514 [28JA], S695 [3FE]

Dept. of HHS: establish income verification procedures for Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act premium subsidy eligibility, S3356 [3JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish Advisory Committee on Risk-Sharing Mechanisms, S4581, S4582, S4588 [17JY]

——— extend deadline for Terrorism Risk Insurance Program to collect terrorism loss risk-spreading premiums if mandatory recoupment is more than a billion dollars, S4585, S4587 [17JY]

——— extend termination date of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (S. 2244), S4574–S4595 [17JY]

——— extend termination date of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (S. 2244), motion to proceed, S4298, S4299 [9JY], S4367 [10JY]

——— extend termination date of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (S. 2244), unanimous-consent agreement, S4392 [10JY], S4545 [16JY]

——— extend termination date of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (S. 2244), unanimous-consent request, S6905 [16DE]

——— prohibit from enforcing health care reform (H.R. 2009), S351 [15JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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]

——— 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]

Economy: extend unemployment benefits, approve Keystone XL Pipeline, and restore 40-hour work week, S1907 [1AP]

——— importance of job creation, S2175 [7AP], S2219 [8AP]

——— national objectives priority assignments, S4448 [14JY], S5484 [10SE]

——— restore 40-hour work week, S2294 [9AP], S2334 [10AP]

Employment: exempt employers hiring long-term unemployed from employer health insurance mandate, S2927 [13MY]

——— exempt employers hiring long-term unemployed from employer health insurance mandate, provide employer payroll tax holiday, provide employment relocation loans, and reform and strengthen workforce investment system, S191 [9JA], S307 [14JA]

——— exempt employers hiring long-term unemployed from employer health insurance mandate, provide payroll tax holiday and relocation loans, and reform and strengthen workforce investment system, S1785 [27MR], S1889 [1AP]

——— improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (H.R. 4), S5957 [12NO], S5996 [13NO]

FAA: extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 3547), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 74), S425 [16JA]

——— extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 3547), House amendment, S300 [14JA], S345–S348, S360, S361 [15JA], S384–S387, S390–S392, S394–S425, S427 [16JA]

——— extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 3547), unanimous-consent agreement, S419 [16JA]

——— extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 3547), unanimous-consent request, S423 [16JA]

FEMA: adjust phase-in increases in flood insurance premium rates, S566, S567, S575–S581 [29JA], S615–S617 [30JA]

——— assess voluntary community-based flood insurance options, S574 [29JA]

——— clarify that any private flood insurance policy accepted by a State shall satisfy the mandatory purchase requirement, S569 [29JA], S618 [30JA]

——— delay implementation of certain reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1926), S334 [14JA], S335 [15JA], S565–S582, S584, S587–S589 [29JA], S612–S627 [30JA], S1399 [10MR]

——— delay implementation of certain reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1926), motion to proceed, S383, S432 [16JA], S467, S470, S471, S473, S474, S476–S479 [27JA], S493, S495–S498, S512–S514 [28JA], S565 [29JA]

——— delay implementation of certain reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1926), unanimous-consent agreement, S555 [28JA], S567, S581, S593 [29JA]

——— delay increases in flood insurance premium rates until completion of affordability study, provide certain reimbursements, and accurately determine flood risk (H.R. 3370), unanimous-consent agreement, S1627 [13MR]

——— ensure that holders of flood insurance policies under the National Flood Insurance Program do not receive premium refunds for coverage of second homes (S. 2137), S1632 [13MR]

——— ensure that holders of flood insurance policies under the National Flood Insurance Program do not receive premium refunds for coverage of second homes (S. 2137), unanimous-consent agreement, S1627 [13MR]

——— exempt natural resource agencies from fees for flood insurance rate map change requests, S571, S588 [29JA]

——— issue guidelines for methods, other than building elevation, that owners of certain urban residential buildings may implement to mitigate against flood risk, S566, S588 [29JA]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (S. 2270), S2471 [29AP], S3383 [3JN], S6530, S6531 [10DE]

Floods: establish limitations on force-placed insurance, S579 [29JA], S618 [30JA]

Government regulations: clarify definition of nonadmitted insurer (S. 2726), S5222 [31JY]

Health: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (S. 2578), S4365 [9JY], S4368 [10JY], S5401 [9SE], S5481, S5493 [10SE]

——— ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (S. 2578), motion to proceed, S4443, S4451 [14JY], S4461–S4468, S4474–S4476, S4480–S4483, S4489–S4491, S4495 [15JY], S4513, S4516, S4519–S4535, S4537 [16JY]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S471 [27JA], S508 [28JA], S630 [30JA]

Medicaid: anniversary, S5303 [31JY]

——— impact of increased funding obligations on States, S3449 [5JN]

——— reform, S95 [8JA]

Medicare: anniversary, S5079, S5093 [30JY]

——— 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]

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

——— improve payments under the clinical laboratory fee schedule, S2860 [8MY]

——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (S. 709), S518 [28JA]

——— Medicare Advantage program funding, S1012–S1016, S1023, S1033 [25FE], S1135–S1142, S1160 [26FE], S1192, S1216 [27FE]

——— protect relative to reconciliation involving changes to the program and prevent eligibility age increase, privatization, and conversion to a voucher system (S. 2087), S1504 [11MR]

——— protect relative to reconciliation involving changes to the program and prevent eligibility age increase, privatization, and conversion to a voucher system (S. 2491), S3824 [18JN], S3884 [19JN], S5040 [29JY], S5079 [30JY]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (S. 2689), S5137 [30JY]

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

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

——— release of Committee on Aging (Senate, Special) report, ‘‘Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit—Increasing Use and Access of Affordable Prescription Drugs’’, S6864 [15DE]

——— 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]

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

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals, S1793 [27MR]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (S. 2000), S1552, S1566 [12MR]

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]

——— impact of implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S5173–S5175 [31JY]

——— 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]

——— repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve payments (S. 2110), S1528 [11MR], S1531, S1566–S1568 [12MR]

Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission: require a survey of Armed Forces members of their preferences relative to pay and benefits (S. 2294), S2721 [6MY]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: allow States to opt out of participation, S573, S581 [29JA], S617 [30JA]

——— reform, S4576, S4577, S4581, S4582, S4589 [17JY], S6905 [16DE]

——— reform (S. 1926), S334 [14JA], S335 [15JA], S565–S582, S584, S587–S589 [29JA], S612–S627 [30JA], S1399 [10MR]

——— reform (S. 1926), motion to proceed, S383, S432 [16JA], S467, S470, S471, S473, S474, S476–S479 [27JA], S493, S495–S498, S512–S514 [28JA], S565 [29JA]

——— reform (S. 1926), unanimous-consent agreement, S555 [28JA], S567, S581, S593 [29JA]

National Guard: eliminate inequities in the treatment of dual-status technicians (S. 2312), S2878 [8MY]

National objectives: economic recovery, S6244 [2DE]

National Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 542), S5571 [11SE]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, S493, S509–S512 [28JA], S5087 [30JY], S6279–S6281 [3DE]

——— evaluation of administration relative to alleged abuse of power, intimidation, and lack of accountability by Federal agencies, S2549–S2552 [30AP]

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

——— evaluation of economic policies, S728 [4FE], S3349 [3JN], S3906 [24JN]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (S. 2430), S3426–S3428 [4JN]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate, S2139 [3AP]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), S1669 [13MR], S1679 [24MR], S3018–S3020 [14MY], S3050–S3056, S3059–S3063 [15MY], S3153 [20MY], S3196, S3221 [21MY], S3245–S3249 [22MY], S3350 [3JN], S6173 [20NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), motion to commit, S3018 [14MY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), motion to proceed, S2831 [8MY], S2889 [12MY], S2923, S2925, S2927–S2930 [13MY], S2984–S2986, S2999–S3007, S3013, S3016 [14MY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), unanimous-consent agreement, S2946 [13MY], S3020 [14MY], S3064 [15MY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), unanimous-consent request, S3059 [15MY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (S. 2190), S5601 [16SE]

——— anniversary, S1711 [25MR]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to sell current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3522), unanimous-consent request, S5669 [17SE]

——— clarify treatment of health plans in which expatriates are the primary enrollees, S6771 [12DE]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate, S195 [9JA], S860, S874, S875 [11FE]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate, S36, S39 [7JA], S88, S90, S92–S94 [8JA], S195, S202 [9JA], S274 [13JA], S302 [14JA]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), S1369, S1370 [6MR], S1371 [10MR]

——— delay provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies until eligibility verification process for such subsidies is completed, S3440, S3441 [5JN]

——— encourage certain States to accept expanded Medicaid coverage, S3281 [22MY]

——— ensure that personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is secured with proper privacy and data security safeguards, S99 [8JA], S801 [6FE]

——— exempt certain small businesses from employer health insurance mandate and modify definition of full-time employee relative to mandate, S4756 [23JY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S1669 [13MR], S1679 [24MR], S1859, S1860 [31MR], S1883, S1886, S1889–S1903, S1906–S1912 [1AP], S2044–S2049, S2055, S2056, S2059–S2064, S2069, S2076–S2081 [2AP], S2136–S2143, S2145, S2148–S2150, S2154 [3AP], S2173–S2178, S2181–S2183 [7AP]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 121), S6681 [11DE], S6739 [12DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 123), S6681 [11DE], S6739 [12DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), House amendment, S6341 [4DE], S6437, S6440 [9DE], S6470–S6474, S6492–S6496, S6504, S6518–S6528 [10DE], S6584, S6589, S6610, S6644, S6653–S6655, S6673–S6678, S6680, S6681 [11DE], S6716–S6719, S6722–S6739, S6744, S6766, S6773, S6774 [12DE], S6814, S6815 [13DE], S6846 [15DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), motion to proceed, S1720 [25MR], S1741 [26MR], S1781, S1785, S1786, S1800 [27MR], S1840–S1842, S1850, S1859 [31MR]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), unanimous-consent agreement, S1793, S1809 [27MR]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), unanimous-consent request, S2045, S2056, S2059, S2063, S2068, S2078, S2079 [2AP]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S4 [6JA], S37, S41, S51 [7JA], S95, S114 [8JA], S192–S194 [9JA], S306 [14JA], S348–S354 [15JA], S422, S423, S427–S430 [16JA], S472 [27JA], S562–S564, S569 [29JA], S627 [30JA], S728, S755 [4FE], S782, S801 [6FE], S873–S876 [11FE], S919, S920, S931 [12FE], S994, S995 [24FE], S1012–S1016, S1023, S1034 [25FE], S1133, S1135–S1142, S1160 [26FE], S1192, S1212–S1218, S1221 [27FE], S1264 [4MR], S1332, S1351 [6MR], S1495–S1498 [11MR], S1532, S1533, S1534–S1536 [12MR], S1599–S1601 [13MR], S1678 [24MR], S1700 [25MR], S1744, S1747, S1756–S1758, S1763–S1767 [26MR], S1783–S1785 [27MR], S1850, S1851 [31MR], S1885, S1887 [1AP], S2049–S2051, S2054, S2055, S2057, S2060, S2069, S2072–S2077 [2AP], S2135 [3AP], S2295, S2301–S2303 [9AP], S2341, S2351 [10AP], S2430 [29AP], S2586, S2599–S2601 [1MY], S2755 [7MY], S2850–S2853 [8MY], S2893 [12MY], S2924, S2927 [13MY], S3001, S3007–S3011 [14MY], S3159, S3171 [20MY], S3197, S3202–S3204 [21MY], S3281–S3284 [22MY], S3347 [3JN], S3390, S3392–S3394, S3401–S3403, S3408, S3411 [4JN], S3434–S3446 [5JN], S3489 [9JN], S3518 [10JN], S3557 [11JN], S3853–S3855 [19JN], S3995–S3997 [25JN], S4234, S4244–S4248, S4251–S4256 [8JY], S4442 [10JY], S4443 [14JY], S4462, S4468–S4470, S4477 [15JY], S4514, S4524, S4529, S4530 [16JY], S4647 [21JY], S4674 [22JY], S4731 [23JY], S5098–S5101 [30JY], S5173–S5178 [31JY], S5387 [9SE], S5526 [11SE], S5603–S5606 [16SE], S5656 [17SE], S5897 [12NO], S5980 [13NO], S6123 [19NO], S6183–S6186 [20NO], S6243, S6254 [2DE], S6316 [4DE], S6434 [9DE], S6494 [10DE]

——— impact of implementation on the diagnosis and treatment of autism, S2090 [2AP]

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

——— impact on job creation and hiring, S45 [7JA], S746 [4FE], S781, S789, S802, S809–S811 [6FE], S930 [12FE], S1743 [26MR], S2084 [2AP], S2529–S2532 [30AP], S2695 [6MY], S2852 [8MY], S3996 [25JN], S5605 [16SE]

——— impact on women, S1502 [11MR]

——— implementation, S726 [4FE], S1744 [26MR], S1796 [27MR], S3169 [20MY], S3450 [5JN], S4725–S4727 [23JY]

——— improvement in treatment of patients with certain cancers and in preventative cancer testing and screenings, S1353–S1355 [6MR]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate, S195 [9JA], S2139, S2145 [3AP], S6435 [9DE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), S2202 [7AP], S2203 [8AP]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (S. 1188), S48 [7JA], S344 [15JA], S408 [16JA], S2412 [28AP], S2431 [29AP], S2548 [30AP], S2927 [13MY], S3775 [18JN], S3906 [24JN], S4477 [15JY], S5601 [16SE]

——— notify individuals if personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is known to have been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security (S. 1902), S303 [14JA]

——— permit health insurance issuers to offer additional plan options, S2069 [2AP]

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

——— prohibit funding to implement and apply savings to restoring working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment, S423 [16JA]

——— prohibit funding to implement as long as implementation has negative impact on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S423 [16JA]

——— provide for participation in health care exchanges by the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, political appointees, and congressional staff and limit subsidies, S4 [6JA], S2543 [30AP], S2587, S2589 [1MY], S2682, S2686 [6MY], S3443 [5JN], S5539 [11SE]

——— provide that the individual health insurance mandate not apply until the employer health insurance mandate is enforced without exceptions (S. 2106), S3007 [14MY]

——— repeal, S471 [27JA], S562–S564 [29JA], S920 [12FE], S1502 [11MR], S5603 [16SE], S5980 [13NO]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (S. 603), S48 [7JA]

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

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (S. 2191), S1934 [1AP]

——— repeal implementation of the employer health insurance mandate, S2056 [2AP], S4879 [24JY]

——— require States with failed health care exchanges to reimburse the Federal Government for amounts provided for establishment and operation of such exchanges (S. 2339), S3031 [14MY], S3450 [5JN]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges, S3649 [12JN]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (S. 1590), S351 [15JA]

Republican Party: national agenda, S3483 [9JN], S3698 [17JN], S6880 [16DE]

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

Senate: legislative priorities, S5498–S5502 [10SE], S5674 [17SE], S6435 [9DE]

——— legislative process, S3905 [24JN]

Social Security: extend and improve State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S. 2461), S3804 [18JN]

——— protect the Social Security Disability Insurance program and provide other support for working disabled individuals (S. 3003), S6627 [11DE], S6891 [16DE]

——— solvency, S6834 [15DE]

——— State Children’s Health Insurance Program funding, S756 [4FE]

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, S4212 [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]

Taxation: expand and permanently extend health care tax credit available to laid-off employees receiving trade adjustment assistance and retirees receiving Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., payments, S3017 [14MY]

——— expand eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan (S. 2908), S5795 [18SE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections, S6254 [2DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), S6281 [3DE], S6336–S6339 [4DE], S6396 [8DE], S6400, S6439 [9DE], S6506 [10DE], S6887, S6898–S6903, S6911 [16DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 124), S6903 [16DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), motion to proceed, S6823, S6832, S6833, S6836 [15DE], S6869 [16DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), unanimous-consent agreement, S6898 [16DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), unanimous-consent request, S6739 [12DE]

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

——— repeal increase in threshold on the deduction for medical expenses, S3052 [15MY]

Unemployment: unemployment compensation program reform, S2061–S2063 [2AP]

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

Reports

Impact on Premiums for Individuals and Families With Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance From Guaranteed Issue and Renewal, and Fair Health Insurance Premiums Provisions of Affordable Care Act: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, H1923–H1925 [25FE]

Labor Market Effects of the Affordable Care Act: CBO, H2886–H2888 [3AP]

Reports filed

Consideration of H. Con. Res. 74, Corrections in Enrollment of H.R. 3547, Consolidated Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 458) (H. Rept. 113–327), H223 [14JA]

Consideration of H.R. 4, Jobs for America Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 727) (H. Rept. 113–601), H7616 [16SE]

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. 2575, Save American Workers Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 530) (H. Rept. 113–397), H2801 [1AP]

Consideration of H.R. 3362, Exchange Information Disclosure Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 455) (H. Rept. 113–322), H72 [8JA]

Consideration of H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 717) (H. Rept. 113–584), H7387 [9SE]

Consideration of H.R. 3811, Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 455) (H. Rept. 113–322), H72 [8JA]

Consideration of H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act and H.R. 4118, Suspending the Individual Mandate Penalty Law Equals (SIMPLE) Fairness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 497) (H. Rept. 113–373), H2147 [4MR]

Consideration of H.R. 4015, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 515) (H. Rept. 113–379), H2360 [12MR]

Consideration of H.R. 4414, Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 555) (H. Rept. 113–422), H3240 [28AP]

Consideration of H.R. 5771, Tax Increase Prevention Act and H.R. 647, Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 766) (H. Rept. 113–643), H8272 [2DE]

Consideration of Motions To Suspend House Rules and Consider Certain Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 487) (H. Rept. 113–361), H1937 [25FE]

——— Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 524) (H. Rept. 113–385), H2644 [25MR]

Consideration of S. 2244, Dept. of the Treasury Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Termination Date Extension: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 775) (H. Rept. 113–654), H8930 [9DE]

Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 3547, Consolidated Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 458) (H. Rept. 113–327), H223 [14JA]

Dept. of the Treasury Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Termination Date Extension: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 2244), S3898 [23JN]

——— Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 2244) (S. Rept. 113–199), S4153 [26JN]

Employee Health Care Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3522) (H. Rept. 113–580), H7295 [8SE]

Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2166) (H. Rept. 113–331), H1252 [23JA]

Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit—Increasing Use and Access of Affordable Prescription Drugs: Committee on Aging (Senate, Special) (S. Rept. 113–306), S6626 [11DE]

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

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

Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3979) (H. Rept. 113–360), H1937 [25FE]

Save American Workers Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2575) (H. Rept. 113–386), H2694 [26MR]

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

TRIA Reform Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4871) (H. Rept. 113–523), H6351 [16JY]

Rulings of the Chair

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

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S2081 [2AP], S6738 [12DE]

Statements

Clarify Treatment of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Health Plans in Which Expatriates Are the Primary Enrollees: Senators Wyden, Hatch, Harkin, Alexander, Sessions, Carper, Toomey, Coons, and Rubio, S6772 [12DE]

Employee Health Care Protection Act: Executive Office of the President, H7416 [10SE]

Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act: Executive Office of the President, H3273 [29AP]

Jobs for America Act: Executive Office of the President, H7816 [18SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Implementation Impact on Health Care, Coverage, Costs, and Accessibility, H7416 [10SE]

——— Justin Carter, C&C Fabrication Co., Inc., H2154 [5MR]

Representative DeFazio’s Local Mosquito Control District Permit Application: American Mosquito Control Association, H7101 [30JY]

Save American Workers Act: Executive Office of the President, H2825 [2AP]

Summaries

Protecting Social Security Disability Act (S. 3003), S6628–S6630 [11DE]

Senate Republican Omnibus Alternative to Unemployment Benefits Extension, S2175 [7AP]

Tables

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) budget authority and outlay allocations revisions, S4547 [16JY], S5619 [16SE]

Local communities by State with the authority to adopt and enforce flood plan management regulations, S474 [27JA]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 74, correction in enrollment of H.R. 3547, consolidated appropriations, H452 [15JA]

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

H. Con. Res. 93, technical corrections to H.R. 3370, Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, H2401 [13MR]

H. Con. Res. 121, correction in enrollment of H.R. 3979, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, H8652 [4DE]

H. Con. Res. 123, correction in enrollment of H.R. 3979, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, H8998 [10DE]

H. Con. Res. 124, correction in enrollment of H.R. 5771, Tax Increase Prevention Act, H8998 [10DE]

H. Res. 455, consideration of H.R. 3362, Exchange Information Disclosure Act, H87 [9JA]

H. Res. 455, consideration of H.R. 3811, Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act, H87 [9JA]

H. Res. 458, consideration of Senate amendments to H.R. 3547, and H. Con. Res. 74, correction in enrollment of H.R. 3547, consolidated appropriations, and House proceedings and actions during January district work period, H244 [15JA]

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. 487, consideration of H.R. 3865, Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act, H.R. 2804, Achieving Less Excess in Regulation and Requiring Transparency (ALERRT) Act, and suspension of House Rules to consider legislation, H1950 [26FE]

H. Res. 497, consideration of H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act and H.R. 4118, Suspending the Individual Mandate Penalty Law Equals (SIMPLE) Fairness Act, H2160 [5MR]

H. Res. 515, consideration of H.R. 3189, Water Rights Protection Act, H.R. 4015, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act, and clarify House proceedings and actions during March district work period, H2374 [13MR]

H. Res. 524, consideration of H.R. 1459, Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act and consideration of motions to suspend House Rules and consider certain legislation, H2660 [26MR]

H. Res. 530, consideration of H.R. 2575, Save American Workers Act, H2813 [2AP]

H. Res. 555, consideration of H.R. 4414, Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act, H3261 [29AP]

H. Res. 717, consideration of H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act, H7402 [10SE]

H. Res. 727, consideration of H.R. 4, Jobs for America Act, H7684 [18SE]

H. Res. 766, consideration of H.R. 5771, Tax Increase Prevention Act and H.R. 647, Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act, H8305 [3DE]

H. Res. 770, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 3979, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, H8369 [4DE]

H. Res. 775, consideration of S. 2244, Dept. of the Treasury Terrorism Risk Insurance Program termination date extension, H8962 [10DE]

H.R. 4, Jobs for America Act, H7773–H7807 [18SE]

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

H.R. 1814, Equitable Access to Care and Health (EACH) Act, H2273 [11MR]

H.R. 2166, Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act, H1255 [27JA]

H.R. 2575, Save American Workers Act, H2821 [2AP]

H.R. 3362, Exchange Information Disclosure Act, H1219 [16JA]

H.R. 3370, Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, H2128–H2132 [4MR]

H.R. 3468, Credit Union Share Insurance Fund Parity Act, H3426 [6MY]

H.R. 3474, Hire More Heroes Act, H2276 [11MR]

H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act, H7413 [10SE]

H.R. 3547, consolidated appropriations, H256–H437 [15JA]

H.R. 3584, Capital Access for Small Community Financial Institutions Act, H3418 [6MY]

H.R. 3811, Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act, H139 [10JA]

H.R. 3979, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, S2176–S2178 [7AP]

H.R. 3979, Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act, H2278 [11MR]

H.R. 4015, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act, H2439–H2457 [14MR]

H.R. 4118, Suspending the Individual Mandate Penalty Law Equals (SIMPLE) Fairness Act, H2168 [5MR]

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

H.R. 4414, Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act, H3067 [9AP], H3266 [29AP]

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

H.R. 5461, clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements and improve definitions of points and fees for mortgage transactions, H7508–H7510 [15SE]

H.R. 5771, Tax Increase Prevention Act, H8323–H8335 [3DE]

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

S. 1926, delay FEMA implementation of certain reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program, S619–S626 [30JA]

S. 1926, National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers reform, S619–S626 [30JA]

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

S. 2137, ensure that holders of flood insurance policies under the FEMA National Flood Insurance Program do not receive premium refunds for coverage of second homes, S1632 [13MR]

S. 2244, Dept. of the Treasury Terrorism Risk Insurance Program termination date extension, H8975–H8982 [10DE]

S. 2244, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program termination date extension, S4574, S4589–S4595 [17JY]

S. 2270, Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act, S2472 [29AP], H9019 [10DE]

S. 2540, Patriot Employer Tax Credit Act, S4156–S4158 [26JN]

S. 2589, Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act, S4410–S4414 [10JY]

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

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

S. Res. 542, support goals and ideals of National Save for Retirement Week, S5565 [11SE]

S. Res. 561, disapprove proposed measure by International Association of Insurance Supervisors to eliminate public observers, S5796 [18SE]

S.J. Res. 35, disapprove IRS rule relative to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act individual mandate, S1831 [27MR]