PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT

Amendments

Children and youth: improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life (H.R. 669), S6218, S6219 [20NO]

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

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

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

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

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: authorize the interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products in final package form for human consumption between States that allow the sale of such products (see H.R. 4307), H2695 [26MR]

——— prohibit Federal interference in interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products in final package form for human consumption between States that allow the sale of such products (see H.R. 4308), H2695 [26MR]

Children and youth: improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life (see S. 2746), S5217 [31JY]

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

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

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

——— assist States in operating Restoring the Doctors of Our Country Through Scholarships (RDOCS) programs to increase availability of health care services in health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 5223), H6976 [28JY]

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

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

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

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

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

——— make grants to train elementary and secondary school nurses how to respond to a biological or chemical attack or an outbreak of pandemic influenza in a school building or on school grounds (see H.R. 5840), H9044 [10DE]

——— provide for a national program to conduct and support activities toward reducing the number of cases of overweight and obesity in the U.S. (see H.R. 4820), H5185 [9JN]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Diseases: continue progress toward the goal of eliminating tuberculosis (see H.R. 5835), H9044 [10DE]

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

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

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

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

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

——— build a stronger health care workforce (see H.R. 5458), H7454 [11SE]

——— limit liability of volunteers who provide health care services in response to a disaster (see S. 2196), S1923 [1AP]

Insurance: 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]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see S. 2844), S5698 [17SE] (see H.R. 5503), H7674 [17SE]

NIH: allocate additional funding through the Common Fund for research by emerging scientists (see H.R. 5820), H8931 [9DE]

——— ensure scientists are being funded at the age when they are most likely to make breakthroughs (see H.R. 5819), H8931 [9DE]

——— expand, intensify, and coordinate programs and activities relative to Tourette syndrome (see S. 2851), S5781 [18SE] (see H.R. 4221), H2360 [12MR]

——— funding (see H.R. 5724), H8033 [17NO]

——— research risks posed by dioxin, synthetic fibers, and other additives in feminine hygiene products and urge the FDA to monitor and disclose contaminants in all menstrual hygiene products (see H.R. 4746), H4909 [28MY]

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

——— extend health plan coverage to dependent children in the individual and group market if repealing legislation is enacted (see H.R. 5384), H7184 [31JY]

——— 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]

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

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

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

Cloture motions

Insurance: 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]

Motions

Insurance: 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]

Remarks in House

Children and youth: improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life (H.R. 669), H7341–H7343 [9SE], H8344 [3DE]

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

Dept. of HHS: assist States in operating Restoring the Doctors of Our Country Through Scholarships (RDOCS) programs to increase availability of health care services in health professional shortage areas (H.R. 5223), E1245 [28JY]

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

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

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

——— provide for a national program to conduct and support activities toward reducing the number of cases of overweight and obesity in the U.S. (H.R. 4820), E921 [9JN]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

——— reauthorize the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program (S. 2154), H7461, H7462 [15SE]

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]

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

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services and prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (H.R. 940), E74 [15JA]

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

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

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]

Insurance: 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]

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: observance, H2246 [6MR]

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

NIH: expand, intensify, and coordinate programs and activities relative to Tourette syndrome (H.R. 4221), H4483 [20MY]

——— research risks posed by dioxin, synthetic fibers, and other additives in feminine hygiene products and urge the FDA to monitor and disclose contaminants in all menstrual hygiene products (H.R. 4746), E847 [28MY]

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

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

Remarks in Senate

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

——— improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life (H.R. 669), S6219 [20NO]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Insurance: 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]

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

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

NIH: expand, intensify, and coordinate programs and activities relative to Tourette syndrome (S. 637), S3178 [20MY]

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

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

Reports filed

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Muscular Dystrophy Research Program Reauthorization and Extension: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 315), S4762 [23JY]

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

Sudden Unexpected Death Data Enhancement and Awareness Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 669) (H. Rept. 113–557), H6813 [24JY]

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

Texts of

H.R. 669, Sudden Unexpected Death Data Enhancement and Awareness Act, H7341 [9SE], H8345 [3DE]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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