HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS see also Public Health Service

Amendments

Abortion: prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (H.R. 3504), consideration (H. Res. 421), H6108 [17SE]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 42), H492 [22JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), S6851 [21SE]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), consideration (H. Res. 38), H451 [21JA]

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): establish a Select Investigative Panel to investigate matters relative to fetal tissue procurement and abortion practices (H. Res. 461), H6878 [7OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide resource flexibility for health care services (H.R. 3236), consideration (H. Res. 388), H5618 [29JY]

Medicaid: allow for greater State flexibility relative to excluding providers who are involved in abortions (H.R. 3495), consideration (H. Res. 444), H6322 [29SE]

Medicare: extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals (S. 1461), S6610 [10SE]

——— increase limit on length of an agreement under the Medicare independence at home medical practice demonstration program (S. 971), S2319, S2358 [22AP]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 2), S2156, S2158, S2159, S2176, S2178, S2179, S2180 [14AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 1191), S2358 [22AP], S2407, S2408, S2409, S2412, S2413, S2414 [23AP], S2434, S2435, S2436, S2437, S2438, S2439 [27AP], S2444, S2456, S2482, S2485, S2486 [28AP], S2505, S2511, S2540 [29AP], S2549, S2583, S2584, S2587 [30AP], S2694, S2695 [6MY], S2725, S2726, S2733 [7MY], H2972 [14MY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 33), S1205, S1206 [27FE], H1495 [27FE]

Announcements

Moment of silence to honor victims of the Boston Marathon bombings, S2202 [15AP]

Appointments

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) Select Investigative Panel, H7170 [23OC], H7741 [4NO]

Articles and editorials

Setting the Record Straight on Measuring Fetal Age and the ‘20-Week Abortion’, S6861 [22SE]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion (see H.R. 492), H531 [22JA]

——— impose admitting privilege requirements with respect to physicians who perform abortions (see S. 78), S58 [7JA]

——— prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (see S. 2066), S6893 [22SE] (see H.R. 3504), H5980 [15SE]

——— prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (H.R. 3504), consideration (see H. Res. 421), H6073 [16SE]

——— prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see S. 50), S57 [7JA]

——— prohibit discrimination and retaliation against individuals and health care entities that refuse to recommend, refer for, cover, pay for, provide, perform, assist, or participate in abortions (see S. 220), S347 [21JA]

——— prohibit dismemberment abortions (see H.R. 3515), H6074 [16SE]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see S. 582), S1161 [26FE] (see H.R. 7), H477 [21JA]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), consideration (see H. Res. 42), H477 [21JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see S. 1553), S4103 [11JN] (see H.R. 36), H37 [6JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), consideration (see H. Res. 38), H429 [20JA] (see H. Res. 255), H2875 [12MY]

——— require parental notification and intervention for minors seeking an abortion (see H.R. 1695), H2109 [26MR]

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: treat employment as field emergency medical service practitioner the same as employment as a firefighter (see H.R. 1440), H1768 [18MR]

Animals: expand workforce of veterinarians specialized in care and conservation of wild animals and ecosystems and develop educational programs focused on wildlife and zoological veterinary medicine (see H.R. 2269), H2876 [12MY]

Armed Forces: expand use of telehealth under TRICARE program for active servicemembers, their dependents, retirees, and veterans (see H.R. 2725), H4136 [10JN]

——— require the use of only human-based methods for training members in the treatment of severe combat injuries (see S. 587), S1161 [26FE] (see H.R. 1095), H1368 [26FE]

Armed Forces, Peace Officer, and First Responder Dual Service Recognition Day: designate (see H. Res. 516), H7742 [4NO]

Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC): anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 101), H9306 [11DE]

Bodai, Balazs (Ernie): award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1925), H2354 [21AP]

Capital punishment: provide additional aggravating factors for the imposition of the death penalty relative to killing law enforcement officers or first responders (see S. 2034), S6651 [15SE] (see H.R. 814), H866 [9FE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: delay enforcement of physician supervision regulations for critical access hospitals pending completion of analysis of impact of such regulations (see H.R. 170), H42 [6JA]

Children and youth: promote youth athletic safety (see S. 436), S900 [10FE] (see H.R. 829), H915 [10FE]

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): establish a Select Investigative Panel to investigate matters relative to fetal tissue procurement and abortion practices (see H. Res. 461), H6835 [6OC]

Courts: prohibit recovery of damages in certain wrongful birth and wrongful life civil actions (see H.R. 281), H224 [12JA]

Crime: denounce attacks on healthcare centers for women, providers of healthcare for women, and patients and affirm right of women to access reproductive services without fear of violence or intimidation (see H. Res. 558), H9079 [8DE]

Dept. of Defense: require military and civilian personnel mandated to report suspected instances of child abuse to also report such abuse directly to State child protective service agencies (see H.R. 3894), H7623 [3NO]

Dept. of Education: authorize Hispanic-serving institutions receiving certain Higher Education Act grants to use such amounts to assist students in entering medical schools (see H.R. 2927), H4770 [25JN]

——— award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see S. 251), S466 [26JA] (see H.R. 523), H581 [26JA]

——— establish fair and consistent eligibility requirements for graduate medical schools operating outside the U.S. and Canada (see S. 1374), S3059 [19MY] (see H.R. 2417), H3387 [19MY]

——— establish grant program to hire and retain school social workers in high-need local educational agencies (see H.R. 2988), H4955 [8JY]

——— increase Pell Grants for the children of fallen police officers, firefighters, and other public safety officers (see S. 1352), S2933 [14MY] (see H.R. 2350), H3251 [15MY]

——— make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 2375), H3252 [15MY]

Dept. of HHS: assure that a nonemergency department physician is available to hospital patients at all times in all non-Federal hospitals with a certain number of beds (see H.R. 1638), H2033 [25MR]

——— authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (see H.R. 4209), H9269 [10DE]

——— award grants for career support for skilled internationally-educated health professionals (see H.R. 2709), H4135 [10JN]

——— build a stronger health care workforce (see S. 2107), S7046 [30SE] (see H.R. 1006), H1069 [13FE]

——— carry out a grant program for co-prescribing opioid overdose reversal drugs (see H.R. 3680), H6787 [1OC]

——— consider, within the annual rulemaking processes, the effect of regulatory changes to certain Medicare payment systems on provider consolidation (see H.R. 1373), H1661 [16MR]

——— designate maternity care health professional shortage areas (see S. 628), S1246 [3MR] (see H.R. 1209), H1565 [3MR]

——— develop a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change (see H.R. 1275), H1611 [4MR]

——— develop and disseminate clinical practice guidelines and create a safe harbor for defendants in medical malpractice actions who demonstrate adherence to such guidelines (see S. 1475), S3456 [2JN] (see H.R. 2603), H3756 [2JN]

——— develop and disseminate evidence-based best practices for health care professionals to recognize victims of a severe form of trafficking and respond to such individuals appropriately (see S. 205), S347 [21JA] (see H.R. 398), H412 [16JA]

——— establish a demonstration program to facilitate physician reentry into clinical practice to provide required primary health services (see H.R. 4234), H9270 [10DE]

——— establish a National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission (see S. 586), S1161 [26FE] (see H.R. 1192), H1524 [2MR]

——— establish a National Mesothelioma Patient Registry (see H.R. 3284), H5762 [29JY]

——— establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see S. 864), S1891 [25MR] (see H.R. 1602), H2031 [25MR]

——— establish education programs for patients and health care providers on cell-free DNA prenatal screening (see H.R. 3441), H5787 [4AU]

——— establish Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1707), H2110 [26MR]

——— establish the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training pilot program to provide training to help identify and protect victims of human trafficking (see S. 1446), S3238 [21MY]

——— extend advanced education nursing grants to support clinical nurse specialist programs (see H.R. 2713), H4135 [10JN]

——— facilitate emergency medical services personnel training and certification curriculums for veterans (see S. 218), S347 [21JA]

——— improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 836), H916 [10FE]

——— improve essential oral health care for lower-income individuals (see H.R. 539), H638 [27JA]

——— improve field emergency medical services (see H.R. 2366), H3251 [15MY]

——— include county and municipal correctional facilities among medical facilities that qualify for designation as health professional shortage areas for purposes of the National Health Service Corps (see S. 1051), S2352 [22AP]

——— include occupational therapists in the National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 1761), H2152 [13AP]

——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic health care professional schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see H.R. 3119), H5329 [21JY]

——— issue guidelines relative to certain primary care Federal health professionals completing continuing medical education on nutrition and require Federal agencies to submit reports relative to such guidelines (see H.R. 3057), H5171 [14JY]

——— prioritize treatment of veterans with traumatic brain injuries through the National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 4052), H8280 [17NO]

——— prohibit replacement of existing coding system for disease and diagnosis classifications in implementing Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act standards (see H.R. 2126), H2767 [30AP]

——— provide for a grants program to develop and enhance integrated nutrition and physical activity curricula in medical schools (see H.R. 1411), H1721 [17MR]

——— provide for participation of doctors of chiropractic in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 542), H638 [27JA]

——— provide for participation of pediatric subspecialists in the National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 1859), H2306 [16AP]

——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see S. 898), S2110 [13AP] (see H.R. 1312), H1612 [4MR]

——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see S. 1426), S3237 [21MY] (see H.R. 2342), H3212 [14MY]

——— provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (see S. 453), S926 [11FE] (see H.R. 1818), H2268 [15AP]

——— provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers (see S. 2151), S7219 [7OC]

——— provide loan repayment incentives for the physician assistants (see H.R. 3943), H8150 [5NO]

——— reauthorize and extend the fetal alcohol syndrome prevention and services program (see S. 2060), S6809 [17SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: make anthrax vaccines and antimicrobials available to emergency response providers (see S. 1915), S6239 [3AU] (see H.R. 1300), H1612 [4MR]

——— study circumstances which may impact the effectiveness and availability of first responders before, during, or after a terrorist threat or event (see H.R. 2795), H4431 [16JN]

Dept. of Justice: incentivize State reporting systems that allow submittal of information by mental health professionals on individuals deemed dangerous relative to firearms possession (see H.R. 2917), H4770 [25JN]

Dept. of Labor: issue occupational safety and health standard to reduce injuries to patients, nurses, and other health care workers by establishing a safe patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention standard (see S. 2408), S8725 [16DE] (see H.R. 4266), H9374 [16DE]

——— preserve the companionship services exemption for minimum wage and overtime pay and the live-in domestic services exemption for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (see S. 2221), S7655 [29OC] (see H.R. 3860), H7346 [29OC]

Dept. of State: expedite review of aliens applying for U.S. admission to participate in a graduate medical education or training program and provide relevant Foreign Service officers with training regarding such aliens (see H.R. 1921), H2354 [21AP]

——— provide relevant Foreign Service officers with training related to medical graduates in the countries in which such officers are serving (see H.R. 1920), H2354 [21AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: adopt and implement a standard identification protocol for use in tracking and procurement of biological implants and tissue or bone grafts (see S. 2334), S8191 [30NO] (see H.R. 1016), H1084 [20FE]

——— allow entrance into agreements with non-departmental health care providers if unable to provide health care in departmental facilities or through contracts or sharing agreements (see S. 2000), S6381 [5AU] (see S. 2179), S7272 [8OC]

——— allow the modification of hours of employment for full-time physicians and physician assistants (see S. 1450), S3238 [21MY] (see H.R. 4150), H8859 [1DE]

——— authorize health care providers to provide recommendations and opinions to veterans regarding participation in State marijuana programs (see H.R. 667), H754 [3FE]

——— authorize the transfer of funds among certain scholarship and debt reduction programs (see H.R. 2674), H3914 [4JN]

——— award grants to establish, or expand upon, master’s degree or doctoral degree programs in orthotics and prosthetics (see H.R. 1904), H2353 [21AP]

——— award grants to establish, or expand upon, master’s degree programs in orthotics and prosthetics (see S. 1021), S2300 [21AP]

——— carry out a pilot program to provide educational assistance to veterans for education and training as physician assistants and establish payment structure for physician assistants (see S. 2134), S7124 [5OC] (see H.R. 3974), H8151 [5NO]

——— carry out a pilot program under which eligible veterans may elect to receive health services at non-departmental facilities (see H.R. 763), H853 [5FE]

——— clarify distance requirements relative to eligibility of veterans to receive medical care and services at non-departmental facilities (see H.R. 1096), H1368 [26FE]

——— clarify role of podiatrists (see S. 2175), S7272 [8OC] (see H.R. 3016), H5029 [9JY]

——— clarify the amount and duration of scholarships under the Employee Incentive Scholarship Program (see H.R. 2672), H3914 [4JN]

——— clarify the amount of scholarships and duration of obligated service under the Health Professional Scholarship Program (see H.R. 2671), H3914 [4JN]

——— conduct annual surveys of veterans on experiences obtaining hospital care and medical services from departmental facilities (see H.R. 1319), H1613 [4MR]

——— designate certain medical facilities as health professional shortage areas (see S. 761), S1585 [17MR] (see H.R. 3639), H6704 [29SE]

——— designate graduate medical education residency positions specifically for the study of optometry (see H.R. 1688), H2109 [26MR]

——— eliminate sunset date and expand eligibility for the Veterans Choice Program (see S. 1991), S6381 [5AU] (see H.R. 3980), H8151 [5NO]

——— enter into a contract with a non-government entity for the conduct of audits of health care functions (see H.R. 3122), H5329 [21JY]

——— establish a continuing medical education program for non-departmental medical professionals who treat veterans and their families (see S. 2049), S6809 [17SE] (see H.R. 3580), H6178 [18SE]

——— establish a pain management board in each Veterans Integrated Service Network (see H.R. 1628), H2033 [25MR]

——— establish an Office of Whistleblower and Patient Protection (see H.R. 1129), H1369 [26FE]

——— establish an ombudsman within the Veterans Health Administration (see H.R. 3978), H8151 [5NO]

——— establish Office of Health Care Quality in the Veterans Health Administration (see H.R. 3951), H8150 [5NO]

——— establish the Physician Ambassadors Helping Veterans program (see S. 563), S1118 [25FE] (see H.R. 2145), H2767 [30AP]

——— evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (see S. 167), S201 [13JA] (see H.R. 203), H104 [7JA]

——— expand and make permanent the Veterans Choice Program (see H.R. 3183), H5465 [23JY]

——— expand authority to remove senior executives for performance or misconduct to include removal of certain other departmental employees (see S. 1117), S2473 [28AP] (see H.R. 2047), H2496 [28AP]

——— expand eligibility for, and benefits under, the family caregiver assistance program and enhance compensation for uniformed services members requiring assistance in everyday life (see S. 1085), S2400 [23AP] (see H.R. 1969), H2417 [22AP]

——— expand eligibility for certain health care benefits to include certain veterans seeking mental health care (see S. 841), S1709 [23MR]

——— 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. 1452), S3238 [21MY]

——— expand eligibility for the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers (see H.R. 2894), H4769 [25JN]

——— expand eligibility of employees to participate in the Education Debt Reduction Program (see H.R. 2673), H3914 [4JN]

——— expand Veterans Choice Program and provide for removal or demotion of employees based on performance or misconduct (see H.R. 3909), H7623 [3NO]

——— expand Veterans Choice Program to veterans who would otherwise receive medical care from a deficient VA medical facility (see H.R. 1863), H2306 [16AP]

——— extend authority to enter into contracts with private physicians to conduct medical disability examinations (see H.R. 2935), H4770 [25JN]

——— extend requirement to furnish health care at non-departmental facilities to veterans who live more than a certain distance from the closest departmental facility that furnishes the necessary care (see S. 374), S772 [4FE] (see H.R. 941), H1034 [12FE]

——— extend to all veterans with a serious service-connected injury eligibility to participate in the family caregiver services program (see S. 657), S1303 [4MR] (see H.R. 1899), H2353 [21AP]

——— identify mental health care and suicide prevention programs and metrics that are effective in treating women veterans for program evaluation purposes (see H.R. 2915), H4769 [25JN]

——— improve ability of health care professionals to treat veterans via telemedicine (see H.R. 2516), H3559 [21MY]

——— improve authority to enter into contracts with private physicians to conduct medical disability examinations (see H.R. 2214), H2791 [1MY]

——— improve certification and licensing of employees and medical laboratories that furnish prosthetic and orthotic services (see H.R. 3414), H5768 [29JY]

——— improve participation in State prescription drug monitoring programs (see H.R. 2046), H2496 [28AP]

——— improve private treatment of veterans who are victims of military sexual assault (see H.R. 1603), H2031 [25MR]

——— improve provision of adult day health care services for veterans (see H.R. 2460), H3388 [19MY]

——— improve provision of health care (see H.R. 3883), H7623 [3NO]

——— improve provision of health care to veterans in rural and highly rural areas (see S. 2265), S7912 [10NO]

——— improve treatment of medical evidence provided by non-departmental medical professionals in support of disability claims compensation (see S. 666), S1303 [4MR] (see H.R. 1331), H1613 [4MR]

——— improve use of opioids in treating veterans, improve patient advocacy, and expand availability of complementary and integrative health (see S. 1641), S4346 [22JN] (see H.R. 4063), H8359 [18NO]

——— include licensed hearing aid specialists as eligible for appointment in the Veterans Health Administration (see S. 564), S1118 [25FE] (see H.R. 353), H404 [14JA]

——— increase duration of follow-up care provided under the Veterans Choice Program (see H.R. 2974), H4955 [8JY]

——— increase efficiency in recruitment and hiring of health care workers separating from the Armed Forces and create uniform credentialing standards for certain health care professionals (see S. 2279), S7913 [10NO] (see H.R. 4134), H8645 [30NO]

——— increase number of graduate medical education positions and improve compensation of health care providers, medical directors, and directors of Veterans Integrated Service Networks (see S. 1676), S4602 [24JN] (see H.R. 4011), H8239 [16NO]

——— limit authority to award bonuses and revoke bonuses paid to employees involved in electronic medical appointment wait list manipulations (see H.R. 575), H639 [27JA]

——— make permanent the pilot program regarding enhanced contract care authority for the health care needs of veterans located in highly rural areas (see H.R. 3709), H6935 [8OC]

——— modify authorities relative to collective bargaining of employees in the Veterans Health Administration (see S. 1257), S2730 [7MY] (see H.R. 2193), H2769 [30AP]

——— provide for additional qualification requirements for individuals appointed to marriage and family therapist positions (see H.R. 2639), H3877 [3JN]

——— provide resource flexibility for health care services (see H.R. 3236), H5588 [28JY]

——— provide resource flexibility for health care services (H.R. 3236), consideration (see H. Res. 388), H5587 [28JY]

——— recoup certain bonuses or awards paid to departmental employees (see H.R. 280), H224 [12JA]

——— require provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all departmental medical centers (see S. 398), S833 [5FE] (see H.R. 1170), H1499 [27FE]

——— revive and expand the Intermediate Care Technician Pilot Program (see S. 297), S590 [28JA] (see H.R. 1247), H1609 [4MR]

——— revoke bonuses paid to employees involved in electronic medical appointment wait list manipulations (see S. 627), S1246 [3MR]

——— suspend and remove employees for performance or misconduct that is a threat to public health or safety and improve accountability of employees (see S. 1856), S5526 [23JY]

——— terminate any employee who is found to have retaliated against a whistleblower (see S. 788), S1629 [18MR]

——— transfer unobligated amounts to the medical accounts to improve the furnishing of health care to veterans (see H.R. 3200), H5466 [23JY]

——— use authorities to furnish health care at non-departmental facilities to veterans who live more than a certain distance from the closest departmental facility that furnishes the necessary care (see S. 207), S347 [21JA] (see H.R. 572, 577), H639 [27JA] (see H.R. 1909), H2354 [21AP]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: conduct a pilot program to assess feasibility and advisability of expanding use of physician assistants specializing in psychiatric medicine (see S. 714), S1438 [11MR]

——— designate certain non-departmental mental health care providers as providers who have particular knowledge of provision of mental health care to Armed Forces members and veterans (see S. 717), S1438 [11MR]

——— improve provision of mental health care to members of the Armed Forces and veterans (see S. 715), S1438 [11MR]

——— more effectively provide mental health resources for Armed Forces members and veterans at high risk of suicide (see H.R. 3972), H8151 [5NO]

Disasters: limit liability of volunteers who provide health care services in response to a disaster (see H.R. 865), H980 [11FE]

Drugs: address prescription opioid and heroin abuse (see S. 1134), S2530 [29AP] (see H.R. 2805), H4491 [17JN]

——— authorize physicians to transport controlled substances from a practice setting to another practice setting or disaster area (see H.R. 3014), H5029 [9JY]

——— end Federal ban of medical marijuana, allow importation of certain derivatives, allow banks to work with medical marijuana businesses, enable medicinal research, and allow prescription to veterans (see S. 683), S1383 [10MR] (see H.R. 1538), H1847 [23MR]

——— establish programs for health care provider training in Federal health care and medical facilities, establish Federal co-prescribing guidelines, and establish a grant program relative to naloxone (see S. 2256), S7814 [5NO]

——— increase access to opioid addiction treatment by expanding ability of medical professionals to provide medication-assisted therapies (see S. 1455), S3309 [22MY] (see H.R. 2536), H3560 [21MY]

——— making appropriations to address heroin and opioid drug abuse epidemic (see S. 2423), S8883 [18DE]

——— provide certain protections from civil liability for individuals prescribing or administering opioid overdose drugs (see S. 707), S1438 [11MR] (see H.R. 1821), H2269 [15AP]

——— provide comprehensive approach to eradicate heroin epidemic (see H.R. 3719), H6935 [8OC]

——— provide for legitimate use of medicinal marijuana in accordance with State laws (see H.R. 2373), H3252 [15MY]

——— reduce opioid misuse and abuse (see H.R. 3677), H6787 [1OC]

——— require certain practitioners authorized to prescribe controlled substances to complete continuing education (see S. 1392), S3183 [20MY] (see H.R. 3889), H7623 [3NO]

Education: authorize grants for graduate medical education partnerships in States with a low ratio of medical residents relative to population (see H.R. 1117), H1369 [26FE]

——— exempt continuing medical education events and the distribution of medical textbooks and peer-reviewed journals from manufacturer transparency reporting requirements (see H.R. 293), H356 [13JA]

——— improve educational opportunities for physician assistants (see H.R. 3944), H8150 [5NO]

FDA: modify hiring and retention authority of Silvio O. Conte Senior Biomedical Research Service (see H.R. 2439), H3387 [19MY]

Flag—U.S.: provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of firefighters, law enforcement officers, members of rescue squads or ambulance crews, and public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 723), H811 [4FE]

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 3378), H5766 [29JY]

Government regulations: prohibit conditioning health care provider licensure on participation in a health plan or the meaningful use of electronic health records (see H.R. 3100), H5290 [16JY]

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. 105), H39 [6JA]

——— enhance and expand infrastructure and activities to track the epidemiology of hydrocephalus (see H.R. 2313), H2957 [13MY]

——— ensure access to qualified acupuncturist services for military members and dependents, veterans, and Medicare beneficiaries, and allow acupuncturists as officers in the Public Health Service (see H.R. 3849), H7331 [28OC]

——— improve access to emergency medical services (see S. 884), S2041 [26MR]

——— improve access to oral health care for vulnerable populations (see S. 570), S1118 [25FE] (see H.R. 1055), H1162 [25FE]

——— improve access to primary care services (see S. 1989), S6381 [5AU]

——— prohibit denial of coverage under Federal health care programs based on comparative effectiveness research data and ensure research accounts for advancements in health care and different treatment options (see S. 484), S982 [12FE]

——— prohibit misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services and require identification of the license of health care professionals (see H.R. 1741), H2152 [13AP]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services and prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see S. 1919), S6296 [4AU] (see H.R. 940), H1034 [12FE]

——— recognize importance of frontline health workers toward accelerating progress on global health and saving lives of women and children (see H. Res. 419), H5980 [15SE]

——— recognize right of individuals to have personal control over medical assistance and treatment necessary to alleviate intolerable physical suffering (see S. 2204), S7470 [22OC]

Honoring the Nation’s First Responders Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 87), H7189 [26OC]

Housing: train public housing residents to enable such residents to provide covered home-based health services to residents of public housing and federally-assisted rental housing, who are elderly and disabled (see H.R. 3467), H5865 [9SE]

Immigration: expedite naturalization processes for alien spouses of first responders who die as a result of their employment (see H.R. 3159), H5402 [22JY]

——— provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities (see S. 1189), S2650 [5MY]

——— provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities or VA hospitals (see H.R. 1272), H1610 [4MR]

Institute of Medicine: provide for a study on gaps in mental health services and how these gaps can increase the risk of violent acts (see H.R. 826), H915 [10FE]

Insurance: prohibit anti-competitive activities and provide that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers are subject to U.S. antitrust laws (see H.R. 99), H39 [6JA]

Lafayette, LA: condemn attack and offer condolences to community, families, and victims of movie theater shooting and commend first responders and those caring for the injured and investigating the incident (see S. Res. 231), S5928 [27JY]

Medicaid: allow for greater State flexibility relative to excluding providers who are involved in abortions (see S. 2159), S7219 [7OC] (see H.R. 3495), H5974 [11SE]

——— allow for greater State flexibility relative to excluding providers who are involved in abortions (H.R. 3495), consideration (see H. Res. 444), H6306 [28SE]

——— allow States to determine if providers are qualified under Medicaid State plans to perform services (see H.R. 3597), H6227 [24SE]

——— cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see S. 626), S1246 [3MR] (see H.R. 1221), H1565 [3MR]

——— ensure Medicare restriction on physician self-referral applies to Medicaid health services claims (see H.R. 1083), H1163 [25FE]

——— extend application of Medicare payment rate floor to primary care services for women, children, and families (see S. 737), S1495 [12MR] (see S. 2118), S7102 [1OC] (see H.R. 2253), H2876 [12MY]

——— extend to physician assistants eligibility for incentive payments for adoption and use of certified electronic health records (see H.R. 1345), H1625 [10MR]

——— provide greater clarity for States relative to excluding providers whose actions a State suspects causes termination of fetuses born alive (see H.R. 3494), H5974 [11SE]

——— require publication of a provider directory in the case of States providing for medical assistance on a fee-for-service basis or through a primary care case-management system (see H.R. 3821), H7174 [23OC]

——— require States to provide to the Dept. of HHS certain information with respect to provider terminations (see H.R. 3716), H6935 [8OC]

——— require States to report information on payments to abortion providers (see H.R. 489), H531 [22JA]

——— transition the thresholds applied for determining acceptable provider taxes (see H.R. 1400), H1721 [17MR]

Medicare: add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements (see S. 313), S653 [29JA] (see H.R. 556), H638 [27JA]

——— adjust wage index determination for certain hospitals near State borders to ensure they are treated in the same manner as nearby facilities in other States (see H.R. 2513), H3559 [21MY]

——— allow chiropractors to provide items and services through private contracts (see H.R. 3745), H6974 [9OC]

——— allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs (see S. 488), S982 [12FE] (see H.R. 3355), H5765 [29JY]

——— apply budget neutrality on a State-specific basis in the calculation of hospital wage index floor for non-rural areas (see H.R. 1479), H1802 [19MR]

——— authorize a blanket significant hardship exception for meaningful electronic health records use due to delay in timely publication of certain meaningful use rules (see H.R. 3940), H8150 [5NO]

——— clarify policy relative to physician supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient services (see S. 257), S541 [27JA] (see H.R. 1611), H2032 [25MR]

——— create alternative sanctions for technical noncompliance with the Stark rule limiting certain physician referrals (see H.R. 776), H854 [5FE]

——— deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see S. 1884), S6136 [29JY] (see H.R. 3261), H5589 [28JY]

——— disregard certain resident slots that include Dept. of Veterans Affairs training in determining payments for direct graduate medical education costs (see H.R. 3755), H6974 [9OC]

——— distribute additional residency positions (see S. 1148), S2567 [30AP] (see H.R. 2124), H2767 [30AP]

——— enable hospital-based nursing programs that are affiliated with a hospital to maintain payments to hospitals for the costs of such programs (see S. 629), S1246 [3MR] (see H.R. 977), H1067 [13FE] (see H.R. 1784), H2209 [14AP]

——— enhance beneficiary and provider protections and improve transparency in the Medicare Advantage market (see S. 2392), S8602 [10DE] (see H.R. 4227), H9270 [10DE]

——— ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see S. 1020), S2300 [21AP] (see H.R. 2043), H2496 [28AP]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see S. 578), S1161 [26FE] (see H.R. 1342), H1623 [6MR]

——— establish a national Oncology Medical Home Demonstration Project to change the Medicare payment for cancer care in order to enhance the quality of care and to improve cost efficiency (see H.R. 1934), H2415 [22AP]

——— establish a payment option to freely contract, without penalty, for fee-for-service items and services, while allowing beneficiaries to use their benefits (see S. 1849), S5526 [23JY] (see H.R. 1650), H2107 [26MR]

——— establish annual rulemaking schedule for payment rates under Medicare Advantage (see H.R. 2507), H3558 [21MY]

——— 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. 1396), S3183 [20MY]

——— extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals (see S. 1461), S3309 [22MY] (see H.R. 2878), H4650 [24JN]

——— extend the rural add-on payment in the home health benefit (see S. 839), S1708 [23MR] (see S. 2389), S8602 [10DE]

——— improve access to, and utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under part B by establishing a minimum payment amount under such part for bone mass measurement (see H.R. 2461), H3505 [20MY]

——— improve access to hospice care (see H.R. 3037), H5116 [13JY]

——— improve how beneficiaries are assigned under the shared savings program by also basing such assignment on primary care services from federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see S. 2261), S7860 [9NO]

——— improve how beneficiaries are assigned under the shared savings program by also basing such assignment on primary care services from nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and clinical nurse specialists (see S. 2259), S7860 [9NO]

——— improve process of recovery audit contractors and recovery of overpayments (see H.R. 2568), H3573 [22MY]

——— improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (see H.R. 1012), H1073 [17FE]

——— improve the way beneficiaries are assigned under the shared savings program by also basing such assignment on primary care services furnished by certain Federally qualified providers (see S. 1456), S3309 [22MY]

——— increase limit on length of an agreement under the Medicare independence at home medical practice demonstration program (see S. 971), S2244 [16AP] (see H.R. 2196), H2791 [1MY]

——— make publicly available on the official Medicare Internet site payment rates for frequently reimbursed hospital inpatient procedures, hospital outpatient procedures, and physicians’ services (see H.R. 795), H855 [5FE]

——— modify payment for outpatient department procedures that utilize drugs as supplies (see S. 1466), S3310 [22MY] (see H.R. 1178), H1499 [27FE]

——— modify requirements for payment for ambulance services furnished by critical access hospitals (see H.R. 3609), H6227 [24SE]

——— permit certain providers licensed in a State to provide telemedicine services to certain beneficiaries in a different State (see S. 1778), S5129 [15JY] (see H.R. 3081), H5236 [15JY]

——— permit occupational therapists to conduct initial assessment visits under a home health plan of care for certain rehabilitation cases (see S. 2364), S8494 [8DE]

——— prevent application of budget sequestration to payment for certain physician-administered drugs (see H.R. 1416), H1767 [18MR]

——— provide comprehensive audiology services to beneficiaries (see H.R. 1116), H1369 [26FE]

——— provide comprehensive cancer care planning coverage and coordination (see H.R. 2846), H4591 [23JN]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see S. 314), S653 [29JA] (see H.R. 592), H660 [28JA]

——— provide for an established provider system under which providers of services and suppliers representing a low risk for submitting fraudulent claims are provided certain claim review protections (see H.R. 4077), H8360 [18NO]

——— provide for bundled payments for certain episodes of care surrounding a hospitalization (see H.R. 2502), H3558 [21MY]

——— provide for bundled payments for post-acute care services (see H.R. 1458), H1801 [19MR]

——— provide for expert advisory panel regarding relative value scale process under the physician fee schedule (see H.R. 2614), H3757 [2JN]

——— provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see S. 1132), S2530 [29AP] (see H.R. 2083), H2652 [29AP]

——— provide for site-of-service price transparency (see H.R. 2299), H2957 [13MY]

——— provide for transparent testing to assess the transition under the fee-for-service claims processing system from the ICD–9 to the ICD–10 standard (see H.R. 2247), H2876 [12MY]

——— provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (see H.R. 4277), H9374 [16DE]

——— provide for value-based purchasing of post-acute care services (see H.R. 3298), H5763 [29JY]

——— provide payment for anesthesia services by anesthesiologists in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as for services by anesthesiologist assistants and certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 2138), H2767 [30AP]

——— provide payment incentives to transition from traditional x-ray imaging to digital radiography (see H.R. 2550), H3560 [21MY]

——— recognize attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients (see S. 1354), S2933 [14MY] (see H.R. 1202), H1525 [2MR]

——— recognize certain certified diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services (see S. 1345), S2933 [14MY] (see H.R. 1726), H2111 [26MR]

——— reform practices of recovery audit contractors (see H.R. 2156), H2768 [30AP]

——— remove enrollment restriction on certain physicians and practitioners prescribing covered outpatient drugs under the prescription drug program (see H.R. 4062), H8359 [18NO]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see S. 258), S541 [27JA] (see H.R. 169), H42 [6JA]

——— repeal changes to exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals (see H.R. 976), H1067 [13FE]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (see S. 810), S1660 [19MR] (see H.R. 2), H1898 [24MR] (see H.R. 1470), H1801 [19MR]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 2), consideration (see H. Res. 173), H2031 [25MR]

——— strengthen and protect hospice programs (see H.R. 2208), H2791 [1MY]

——— sunset certain penalties relating to meaningful electronic health records use by eligible professionals and hospitals (see H.R. 3780), H7088 [21OC]

——— 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. 2519), H3559 [21MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: amend qualifications of the director of food services of a skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 3356), H5765 [29JY]

——— continue use of quarterly reporting period for health care providers to demonstrate meaningful uses under electronic health records incentive payment programs (see H.R. 270), H223 [12JA]

——— enhance payments to rural health care providers (see H.R. 3225), H5523 [27JY]

——— establish minimum direct care registered nurse staffing levels at nursing and skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 952), H1035 [12FE]

——— improve electronic health records meaningful use programs (see H.R. 3309), H5764 [29JY]

——— improve payments for complex rehabilitation technology and radiation therapy services, extend hardship exemptions from electronic health record meaningful use requirements, and strengthen Medicaid integrity (see S. 2425), S8883 [18DE]

——— provide a grace period for physicians and other health care providers in transitioning from the ICD–9 to the ICD–10 standard (see H.R. 2652), H3913 [4JN]

——— provide a safe harbor period for physicians and other health care providers in transitioning from the ICD–9 to the ICD–10 standard (see H.R. 3018), H5088 [10JY]

Mental health: make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (see S. 1945), S6379 [5AU] (see H.R. 2646), H3912 [4JN]

——— protect minors from efforts by practitioners to change their sexual orientation or gender identity or expression (see S. Res. 184), S3238 [21MY] (see H. Con. Res. 36), H2210 [14AP]

National Case Management Week: designate (see S. Res. 261), S6894 [22SE]

National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 366), H5291 [16JY]

National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week: designate (see S. Res. 245), S6381 [5AU]

National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia and its environs (see H.R. 2274), H2877 [12MY]

National Federal Nurse Recognition Week: designate (see H. Res. 438), H6227 [24SE]

National Institute of Nursing Research: anniversary (see H. Res. 470), H6936 [8OC]

National 9-1-1 Education Month: designate (see S. Res. 159), S2568 [30AP]

National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week: designate (see S. Res. 303), S7722 [3NO]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 178), S2794 [12MY] (see H. Res. 257), H2877 [12MY]

National Pregnancy Center Week: designate (see S. Res. 312), S7913 [10NO] (see H. Res. 510), H7624 [3NO]

National Public Health Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 133), S2110 [13AP] (see H. Res. 187), H2112 [26MR]

National School Psychology Week: designate (see H. Res. 521), H8152 [5NO]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see S. 928), S2172 [14AP] (see H.R. 1786), H2209 [14AP]

NIH: improve loan repayment programs (see H.R. 2440), H3387 [19MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: establish a public health insurance option (see H.R. 265), H188 [9JA]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (see S. 420), S899 [10FE] (see H.R. 33), H37 [6JA] (see H.R. 1191), H1524 [2MR] (see H.R. 2658), H3913 [4JN]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see S. 2045), S6809 [17SE] (see H.R. 2050), H2496 [28AP]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage and ensure resulting revenue loss is offset (see S. 2075), S6938 [24SE]

Public Health Service: appoint doctors of chiropractic to regular and reserved corps (see H.R. 3851), H7331 [28OC]

——— designate the Chief Nurse Officer as the National Nurse for Public Health (see S. 1205), S2687 [6MY] (see H.R. 379), H405 [14JA]

Public safety officers: change the date of retroactive application of the provision of certain benefits to injured rescue squad or ambulance crew members (see H.R. 3254), H5588 [28JY]

——— expand benefits to families of officers who suffer fatal climate-related injuries in the line of duty (see S. 1321), S2849 [13MY]

Rural areas: recognize that access to hospitals and other health care providers for patients in rural areas is essential to the survival and success of communities (see H. Res. 398), H5769 [29JY]

School Social Work Week: designate (see H. Res. 146), H1614 [4MR]

Social Security: credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service (see H.R. 3377), H5766 [29JY]

——— reform (see H.R. 1756), H2152 [13AP]

——— require applicable manufacturers to include information on payments made to physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and other advance practice nurses in certain transparency reports (see S. 2153), S7219 [7OC]

Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 103), S1629 [18MR] (see H. Res. 157), H1769 [18MR]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see S. 789), S1629 [18MR] (see H.R. 1378), H1661 [16MR]

Sports: protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see S. 689), S1383 [10MR] (see H.R. 921), H1033 [12FE]

——— provide additional safety standards for professional boxing (see H.R. 2351), H3251 [15MY]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for volunteer members of volunteer firefighting and emergency medical service organizations (see H.R. 2535), H3560 [21MY]

——— allow refunds of Federal motor fuel excise taxes on fuels used in mobile mammography vehicles (see S. 91), S58 [7JA] (see H.R. 4112), H8411 [19NO]

——— clarify treatment of locum tenens physicians as independent contractors to help alleviate physician shortages in underserved areas (see S. 2371), S8494 [8DE]

——— exclude certain compensation received by public safety officers and their dependents from gross income (see S. 279), S589 [28JA] (see S. 322), S653 [29JA] (see S. 916), S2172 [14AP] (see H.R. 606), H661 [28JA]

——— exclude from gross income payments under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and certain amounts received under the Indian Health Professions Scholarship Program (see S. 536), S1074 [24FE] (see H.R. 1842), H2305 [16AP]

——— extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see S. 609), S1201 [27FE] (see H.R. 2752), H4343 [12JN]

——— increase access for the uninsured to high quality physician care by providing incentives for doctors to provide uncompensated care (see S. 1521), S3776 [4JN]

——— provide a charitable deduction for service of volunteer firefighters and emergency medical and rescue personnel (see H.R. 343), H403 [14JA]

——— provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (see S. 440), S900 [10FE] (see H.R. 3095), H5290 [16JY]

——— provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers (see S. 616), S1201 [27FE]

——— provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 1171), H1499 [27FE]

Telecommunications: prohibit interference with communication frequencies used by emergency response providers (see H.R. 3749), H6974 [9OC]

University of Pennsylvania: anniversary of Perelman School of Medicine (see S. Res. 127), S2041 [26MR]

Veterans: improve ability of health care professionals to treat veterans through the use of telemedicine (see S. 2170), S7272 [8OC]

——— provide for qualified physicians to perform a medical certification for an operator of a commercial motor vehicle who is a veteran (see H.R. 3739), H6973 [9OC]

Women: provide transportation of dependent patients relative to obstetrical anesthesia services (see H.R. 3966), H8151 [5NO]

——— require breast density reporting to physicians and patients by facilities that perform mammograms (see S. 370), S772 [4FE] (see H.R. 716), H810 [4FE]

World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 103), S1629 [18MR] (see H. Res. 157), H1769 [18MR]

World War II: provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 2248), H2876 [12MY]

Cloture motions

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), motion to proceed, S6798 [17SE], S6864 [22SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 1191), S2644 [5MY], S2725 [7MY]

Essays

Congressional Youth Advisory Council Project: Yussra Hamid, E472 [13AP]

Miracle Micah: Danielle Pickering, H2934 [13MY]

Letters

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) hearing on Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: Representatives Van Hollen, DeLauro, and Slaughter, H6873 [7OC]

Dept. of HHS outreach to minority-serving institutions and rural colleges to ensure that health professionals from under-represented populations are aware of research opportunities: Michael L. Lomax, United Negro College Fund, Inc., H5079 [10JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs recoupment of certain bonuses or awards paid to departmental employees: Representative Chaffetz, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H1507 [2MR]

——— Representative Jeff Miller, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House), H1507 [2MR]

Ensure more timely access to home health services for Medicare beneficiaries: several organizations, S1163 [26FE]

Extend condolences to victims of airstrike in Afghanistan at Doctors Without Borders (organization) hospital: Representative Waters, E1472 [9OC]

First Responder Anthrax Preparedness Act: Representative McCaul, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H5505 [27JY]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H5505 [27JY]

First Responder Identification of Emergency Needs in Disaster Situations (FRIENDS) Act: Alvin W. White, Jr., Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association, H9260 [10DE]

——— Annise D. Parker, Mayor of Houston, TX, H9260 [10DE]

——— Dwayne A. Crawford, National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, H9260 [10DE]

——— Paul R. Patrick, National Association of State EMS Officials, H9260 [10DE]

——— Rhoda Mae Kerr, International Association of Fire Chiefs, H9260 [10DE]

Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act: Darla Bardine, National Network for Youth, S1477 [12MR]

——— David Stacy, Human Rights Campaign, S1477 [12MR]

——— Donna Barry, Center for American Progress, S1478 [12MR]

——— Edith Klimoski, Give Way to Freedom (organization), S1478 [12MR]

——— Kreig Pinkham, Vermont Coalition of Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs, S1477 [12MR]

——— several religious organizations, S2328 [22AP]

Medicare budget sequestration elimination extension: several health organizations, H4266 [12JN]

Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: several medical and public health organizations, H446 [21JA]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., women’s health care services funding redirection to general health care centers: Carmela Castellano Garcia, California Primary Care Association, H6157 [18SE]

Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act: Alastair M. Fitzpayne, Dept. of the Treasury, H1648 [16MR]

Repeal Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals and extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program: Mary Kay Henry, Service Employees International Union, H2043 [26MR]

——— Rich Umbdenstock, American Hospital Association, H2043 [26MR]

——— Richard C. Pieters, Massachusetts Medical Society, H2042 [26MR]

Suspend and remove Dept. of Veterans Affairs employees for performance or misconduct that is a threat to public health or safety and improve accountability of employees: Max Stier, Partnership for Public Service (organization), S5530 [23JY]

Volunteer employees exemption from employer health insurance mandate: Dept. of the Treasury (excerpt), H203 [12JA]

Women’s Public Health and Safety Act: Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP, H6318 [29SE]

——— Karin Johanson and Georgeanne M. Usova, ACLU, H6317 [29SE]

——— Mark S. DeFranceso, American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, H6317 [29SE]

——— Reid B. Blackwelder, American Academy of Family Physicians, H6325 [29SE]

Lists

Organizations supporting H.R. 2, repeal Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals and extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program, S2152 [14AP], H2042, H2079 [26MR]

Motions

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), H509 [22JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), S6798 [17SE], H2936 [13MY]

Medicaid: allow for greater State flexibility relative to excluding providers who are involved in abortions (H.R. 3495), H6334 [29SE]

Medicare: repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 2), S2158, S2159, S2160, S2161 [14AP]

Press releases

Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act: Legal Momentum (organization), S1478 [12MR]

Planned Parenthood Condemns Effort To Insert Extreme Anti-Abortion Agenda Into Bill on Human Trafficking: Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., S1477 [12MR]

Repeal Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate and Improve Payments for Physicians and Other Professionals and Extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program: Bipartisan Policy Center (organization), H2044 [26MR]

——— Massachusetts Hospital Association, H2042 [26MR]

Proclamations

Mr. Marion Jordan Day: Representative Henry C. ‘‘Hank’’ Johnson, Jr., E1311 [17SE]

Mr. Richard Berelle Ash Day: Representative Henry C. ‘‘Hank’’ Johnson, Jr., E1277 [15SE]

Remarks in House

Abortion: extend exception for incest to all women regardless of age relative to efforts to protect pain-capable unborn children, H451 [21JA]

——— prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (H.R. 3504), H6124, H6125 [17SE], H6143–H6152, H6174 [18SE], H8349 [18NO], E1327 [18SE], E1335 [22SE], E1362 [25SE]

——— prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (H.R. 3504), consideration (H. Res. 421), H6096–H6109 [17SE]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions, H2040, H2041, H2045, H2072, H2074, H2081, H2082, H2091 [26MR], H4982, H5013, H5014 [9JY], H5072, H5073 [10JY], E1046 [13JY], E1069 [15JY]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), H483, H484, H494–H511 [22JA], H2894 [13MY], H5760 [29JY], E110 [26JA]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 42), H485–H494 [22JA]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), motion to recommit, H509 [22JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), H441, H442, H443, H461, H462–H467, H471 [21JA], H484, H485–H490, H501–H503, H508 [22JA], H2882, H2883, H2885, H2889, H2890, H2891, H2892, H2923–H2939, H2949–H2951 [13MY], H2970 [14MY], H5324, H5326, H5327 [21JY], H5345 [22JY], H5760 [29JY], E701, E706, E712 [14MY], E762 [20MY]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), consideration (H. Res. 38), H443–H453 [21JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), consideration (H. Res. 255), H2892–H2901 [13MY]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), motion to recommit, H2936, H2937 [13MY]

Aging and In-Home Services of Northeast Indiana, Inc.: anniversary, E1547 [27OC]

Alff, Cathie: Iowa Hospital Association Hospital Hero award recipient, E1820 [17DE]

Allison, James: Lasker Foundation Lasker-Debakey Clinical Medical Research Award recipient, E1300 [16SE]

American Pharmacists Month: observance, H6846 [7OC]

Anderson, James P.: Lasker Foundation Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award recipient, E1348 [24SE]

Anderson, Sami: Caring for Military Families—Elizabeth Dole Foundation Illinois Fellow designee, E737 [18MY]

Animals: expand workforce of veterinarians specialized in care and conservation of wild animals and ecosystems and develop educational programs focused on wildlife and zoological veterinary medicine (H.R. 2269), E675 [12MY]

Arizona: tribute to Southern Arizona Heroes Day winners, E1477 [16OC]

Armed Forces: tribute to Army 946th Forward Surgical Team, E688 [13MY]

Ball-Cook, Margie: West Chamber (organization) Celebrate Women Award recipient, E1660 [19NO]

Bascom, Steven: Iowa Pharmacy Association Patient Care Partner Award recipient, E1005 [7JY]

Beck, Susan: Business Record (publication) Women of Influence honoree, E1187 [29JY]

Bipartisan Task Force To Combat the Heroin Epidemic: establishment, H7013 [20OC]

Bodai, Balazs (Ernie): award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 1925), H7196 [27OC]

Brower, Roy G.: American Thoracic Society Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E733 [18MY]

Bruno, Anthony D.: Italian American Association of Luzerne County, PA, Person of the Year award recipient, E1471 [9OC]

Burke, VA: tribute to Burke Volunteer Fire and Rescue Dept. Installation of Officers Banquet honorees, E643 [1MY]

California Northstate University: opening of College of Medicine, E1355 [24SE]

Caribou, ME: Caribou Fire and Ambulance Dept., recipient of Congressional Fire Services Institute/Masimo Excellence in Fire Service-Based Emergency Medical Services Award, E499 [15AP]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: conduct study to determine how efforts to incentivize development of new antibiotics may impact antibiotic resistance, H5074, H5075 [10JY]

Chattanooga, TN: express condolences for victims of, and commend first responders for efforts in response to, shootings at military sites, H5299, H5303 [21JY], E1089 [21JY]

Children and youth: promote youth athletic safety (H.R. 829), H5986 [16SE], E1324 [18SE], E1336 [22SE]

Children’s National Health System: observance of International Day of Radiology, E1488 [20OC]

Chmielewski, Linda: Minnesota March of Dimes Nurse of the Year award recipient, H7350 [2NO]

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): establish a Select Investigative Panel to investigate matters relative to fetal tissue procurement and abortion practices (H. Res. 461), H6846, H6869–H6879 [7OC]

Community Health Centers (organization): anniversary, E1625 [16NO]

Dallas, TX: Parkland Health and Hospital System inclusion in Leapfrog Group (organization) Top Hospitals list, E1711 [3DE]

Danville, PA: anniversary of Geisinger Health System, E1252 [10SE]

DEA: prohibit funding to investigate physicians prescribing certain narcotic drugs for maintenance or detoxification treatment, H3734, H3735 [2JN]

Dept. of Defense: require military and civilian personnel mandated to report suspected instances of child abuse to also report such abuse directly to State child protective service agencies (H.R. 3894), H7399 [3NO]

——— traumatic brain injury program funding, H4075 [10JN]

Dept. of HHS: award grants for career support for skilled internationally-educated health professionals (H.R. 2709), H4010 [10JN]

——— conduct outreach to minority-serving institutions and rural colleges to ensure that health professionals from under-represented populations are aware of biomedical research opportunities, H5078–H5080 [10JY]

——— develop and disseminate evidence-based best practices for health care professionals to recognize victims of a severe form of trafficking and respond to such individuals appropriately (H.R. 398), H618–H620 [27JA], H2422 [23AP]

——— establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (H.R. 1602), H2825 [12MY]

——— extend advanced education nursing grants to support clinical nurse specialist programs (H.R. 2713), H5187 [15JY]

——— improve essential oral health care for lower-income individuals (H.R. 539), H2135 [13AP], H8139 [5NO]

——— provide for a grants program to develop and enhance integrated nutrition and physical activity curricula in medical schools (H.R. 1411), H5855 [9SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: make anthrax vaccines and antimicrobials available to emergency response providers (H.R. 1300), H5504–H5506 [27JY]

——— study circumstances which may impact the effectiveness and availability of first responders before, during, or after a terrorist threat or event (H.R. 2795), H9257–H9262, H9266 [10DE], E1272 [11SE], E1783 [11DE]

Dept. of Justice: incentivize State reporting systems that allow submittal of information by mental health professionals on individuals deemed dangerous relative to firearms possession (H.R. 2917), H6797 [6OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: adopt and implement a standard identification protocol for use in tracking and procurement of biological implants and tissue or bone grafts, H5308 [21JY]

——— authorize health care providers to provide recommendations and opinions to veterans regarding participation in State marijuana programs (H.R. 667), H8284 [18NO], E153 [3FE]

——— eliminate backlog of benefit claims and delays in receipt of medical care, H1120 [25FE], H2670 [30AP], H2952 [13MY], H5242 [16JY]

——— ensure veterans health care records are available to health care providers digitally, H2617 [29AP]

——— evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (H.R. 203), H196–H201 [12JA], H788 [4FE], H5759 [29JY], H6214–H6219 [24SE], E60, E61 [13JA], E215 [13FE]

——— expand eligibility for the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers (H.R. 2894), H7631 [4NO]

——— expand Veterans Choice Program and provide for removal or demotion of employees based on performance or misconduct (H.R. 3909), H7640 [4NO]

——— funding, H2708, H2709 [30AP]

——— identify mental health care and suicide prevention programs and metrics that are effective in treating women veterans for program evaluation purposes (H.R. 2915), H6215 [24SE]

——— improve ability of health care professionals to treat veterans via telemedicine (H.R. 2516), H3648 [2JN]

——— improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters, H3646 [2JN], H8427 [30NO]

——— improve accountability of employees, H3646 [2JN], H4371, H4372 [15JN]

——— improve use of opioids in treating veterans, improve patient advocacy, and expand availability of complementary and integrative health (H.R. 4063), H8656 [1DE]

——— include number of unprocessed informal claims in performance metrics report, H2598 [29AP]

——— include outstanding payments owed to certain contracted entities in quarterly reports on the financial status of the Veterans Health Administration and report on national call center effectiveness, H2593 [29AP]

——— prohibit employment of uncertified orthotists and prosthetists at VA health care facilities, H2618 [29AP]

——— prohibit funding to implement prohibition on health care providers providing recommendations and opinions to veterans regarding participation in State marijuana programs, H2607–H2609 [29AP], E636 [30AP], E640 [1MY]

——— provide resource flexibility for health care services (H.R. 3236), H5535, H5539 [28JY], H5599, H5640–H5650, H5654 [29JY]

——— provide resource flexibility for health care services (H.R. 3236), consideration (H. Res. 388), H5610–H5623 [29JY]

——— provide veterans with the choice of medical providers, improve performance metrics for provided health care, and increase transparency and accountability of operations, H3764, H3765 [3JN]

——— recoup certain bonuses or awards paid to departmental employees (H.R. 280), H1507–H1509, H1511 [2MR], H1576 [4MR], E302 [4MR], E314 [6MR]

——— tribute to maketheconnection.net (Internet site) for mental health care, H2969 [14MY]

——— Veterans Choice Program funding, H5573 [28JY], H5648, H5649 [29JY]

Detroit, MI: anniversary of Henry Ford Health System, E1793 [15DE]

Doctors Without Borders (organization): extend condolences to victims of airstrike at hospital in Afghanistan, E1472 [9OC]

Drugs: address prescription drug and heroin abuse, H7031 [21OC]

——— address prescription opioid and heroin abuse (H.R. 2805), H4778 [7JY]

——— end Federal ban of medical marijuana, allow cultivation, allow importation of hemp, enable medicinal research, and reform Federal enforcement relative to State and local laws, H3584 [1JN]

——— end Federal ban of medical marijuana, allow importation of certain derivatives, allow banks to work with medical marijuana businesses, enable medicinal research, and allow prescription to veterans (H.R. 1538), E385 [23MR]

——— increase access to opioid addiction treatment by expanding ability of medical professionals to provide medication-assisted therapies (H.R. 2536), H6845 [7OC]

——— provide certain protections from civil liability for individuals prescribing or administering opioid overdose drugs (H.R. 1821), E501 [15AP]

——— provide comprehensive approach to eradicate heroin epidemic, H7267 [28OC]

——— provide comprehensive approach to eradicate heroin epidemic (H.R. 3719), H7013 [20OC]

Flag—U.S.: provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of firefighters, law enforcement officers, members of rescue squads or ambulance crews, and public safety officers killed in the line of duty (H.R. 723), H2856, H2857 [12MY]

Florida: tribute to 16th District Congressional Fire and Rescue and EMS Awards recipients, E1305 [17SE], E1391 [30SE], E1446 [7OC]

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (H.R. 3378), E1165 [29JY]

Galena, IL: tribute to firefighters and local and Federal response to train derailment and crude oil fire, E353 [18MR]

Gosnell, Kermit: anniversary of conviction for murder and violation of State law forbidding late-term abortions, H2889, H2950 [13MY]

——— trial of women’s health clinic doctor for murder and violation of State law forbidding late-term abortions, H520 [22JA]

Health: enhance and expand infrastructure and activities to track the epidemiology of hydrocephalus (H.R. 2313), E782 [21MY]

——— ensure access to qualified acupuncturist services for military members and dependents, veterans, and Medicare beneficiaries, and allow acupuncturists as officers in the Public Health Service (H.R. 3849), H7266 [28OC]

Health care facilities: tribute to community health centers, E707 [14MY]

Holy Angels, Inc.: anniversary, H9088 [9DE]

Houston, MO: tribute to Texas County Memorial Hospital, E814 [2JN]

Houston, TX: tribute to Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University for scientific discovery about the structure of human genetic material, H7013 [20OC]

Iglewski, Barbara: National Women’s Hall of Fame inductee, E1428 [6OC]

Joliet, IL: anniversary of East Joliet Fire Protection District, E107 [22JA]

Kaiser Permanente (company): anniversary of Sacramento, CA, Medical Center, E676 [12MY]

Katy, TX: Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital nursing staff recipients of American Nursing Credentialing Center Pathway to Excellence designation, E1301 [16SE]

——— Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital recipient of American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program meritorious ranking, E1635 [17NO]

La Gamma, Edmund F.: Eastern Society for Pediatric Research Mentor of the Year Award recipient, E132 [28JA]

Lafayette, LA: condemn attack and offer condolences to community, families, and victims of, and commend first responders for response to, movie theater shooting, E1150 [28JY]

Lewisville, TX: anniversary of Denco Area 9-1-1 District, E1247 [10SE]

Lincoln Park, NJ: anniversary of Lincoln Park Emergency Medical Services, E816 [2JN]

Los Angeles, CA: tribute to VA West Los Angeles Medical Center, E1313 [17SE]

Marsh, John (Rob): Staff Care (company) Country Doctor of the Year award recipient, E138 [30JA]

Medicaid: allow for greater State flexibility relative to excluding providers who are involved in abortions (H.R. 3495), H6160 [18SE], H6324–H6337 [29SE], E1395 [30SE]

——— allow for greater State flexibility relative to excluding providers who are involved in abortions (H.R. 3495), consideration (H. Res. 444), H6316–H6324 [29SE]

——— allow for greater State flexibility relative to excluding providers who are involved in abortions (H.R. 3495), motion to recommit, H6334, H6335 [29SE]

——— ensure Medicare restriction on physician self-referral applies to Medicaid health services claims (H.R. 1083), E251 [25FE]

Medicare: ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (H.R. 1342), H7199 [27OC]

——— establish annual rulemaking schedule for payment rates under Medicare Advantage (H.R. 2507), H4447, H4481–H4483 [17JN]

——— extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals (S. 1461), H9062 [8DE]

——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes, H904 [10FE]

——— increase limit on length of an agreement under the Medicare independence at home medical practice demonstration program (S. 971), H5217–H5219 [15JY]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (H.R. 592), H7017, H7019, H7021 [20OC]

——— provide for expert advisory panel regarding relative value scale process under the physician fee schedule (H.R. 2614), E820 [2JN]

——— reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, H1087 [24FE]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 2), H2038, H2045–H2084, H2091, H2098 [26MR], H2118, H2133 [13AP], H2293 [16AP], H2321 [21AP], E451 [13AP]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 173), H2038–H2045 [26MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish minimum direct care registered nurse staffing levels at nursing and skilled nursing facilities (H.R. 952), H2825 [12MY]

——— improve payments for complex rehabilitation technology and radiation therapy services, extend hardship exemptions from electronic health record meaningful use requirements, and strengthen Medicaid integrity (S. 2425), H10706 [18DE]

——— provide coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation, H108 [8JA], H739 [3FE], H4959 [9JY]

Mental health: make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis, H52 [7JA], H362 [14JA], H1177 [26FE], H3402 [20MY]

——— make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (H.R. 2646), H4008 [10JN], H4166 [11JN], H4963 [9JY], H5537 [28JY], H5985 [16SE], H6217 [24SE], H6826–H6832 [6OC], H7039 [21OC], H7261 [28OC], H8655 [1DE], H9086 [9DE], H10694 [18DE]

Napa County, CA: anniversary of Children’s Health Initiative, E989 [25JN]

National Autism Awareness Month: observance, E566 [23AP]

National Clinical Nurse Specialist Recognition Week: observance, E1201 [31JY]

National EMS Week: observance, E701 [14MY]

National Family Caregivers Month: observance, E1667 [19NO]

National Medical Assistants Week: observance, E1500 [21OC]

National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week: observance, E533 [21AP]

National Nurses Week: observance, H2824 [12MY]

National Rural Health Day: observance, H8400 [19NO]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, H6168 [18SE], H9215 [10DE], H9386, H9387 [17DE]

——— reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (H.R. 1786), H5880 [10SE], H5972 [11SE], H6898 [8OC], H7638 [4NO], H8656, H8657 [1DE], H9002 [3DE], H9033 [8DE], H9275 [11DE], E488 [14AP], E1272 [11SE]

NIH: funding, H8288, H8292 [18NO]

Nurses: tribute, H2481 [28AP]

Oncology Nursing Society: anniversary, H2274 [16AP], H2323 [21AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 1191), H1647–H1649 [16MR], H4876 [8JY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 1191), Senate amendments, H2962, H2964, H2965, H2966, H2972–H2983, H3208–H3210 [14MY], H3218, H3238 [15MY], H3314 [19MY], H4647 [24JN], E719, E727 [15MY], E775 [21MY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 33), H201–H204 [12JA], E62 [13JA]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 33), Senate amendment, H1495–H1497 [27FE]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions, H4339 [12JN]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (H.R. 2050), H7105 [22OC]

Pharmacists: tribute, H7016–H7023 [20OC]

Philadelphia, PA: express condolences for victims of, and commend first responders for efforts in response to, Amtrak train derailment, H2885 [13MY], H2971, H3207 [14MY], E712 [14MY]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: tribute, H6846 [7OC]

——— tribute to Santa Monica Health Center, E1489 [20OC]

——— women’s health care services funding, H6153–H6160 [18SE]

Puckett Emergency Management Services: tribute, H1898 [24MR]

Rhode Island: tribute to State and local leaders, first responders, and emergency service organizations for assistance rendered during major snowstorm and request Federal disaster assistance, E119 [27JA]

Rosenberg, Chuck: question of fitness to serve as DEA Administrator relative to comments on medical marijuana, H8284 [18NO]

Rural areas: importance of hospitals and other health care providers in rural areas, H1179 [26FE]

San Bernardino, CA: express condolences for victims of, and commend first responders for efforts in response to, shooting at Inland Regional Center, H9323 [15DE], H9664 [17DE]

Senior citizens: importance of family caregivers, H5184 [15JY]

Southwest Iowa Mental Health Center: anniversary, E893 [15JN]

Sugar Land, TX: tribute to Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital hospital safety score, E1639 [17NO]

Swanson, Jill: DAISY Foundation DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses recipient, E1119 [23JY]

Syria: tribute to American assistance to refugees, H2478 [28AP]

Taxation: exclude certain compensation received by public safety officers and their dependents from gross income (H.R. 606), H2846–H2848 [12MY], E706 [14MY]

Texas: commend 4th Congressional District first responders and community for cleanup and recovery efforts in response to flooding, H5574 [28JY]

University of Colorado, Denver: anniversary of Nurse Practitioner program, E1460 [9OC]

University of Kentucky: tribute to Sanders-Brown Center on Aging research on age-related neurodegenerative diseases, H2665 [30AP]

University of Michigan: opening of School of Nursing new academic building, E1326 [18SE]

Uthman, Ed: OakBend Medical Center, Richmond, TX, Physician of the Year award recipient, E1837 [18DE]

Victor Valley College: opening of Dr. Prem Reddy Health and Sciences Building, E1231 [8SE]

Washington (state): anniversary of Valley Cities Behavioral Health Counseling, E930 [18JN]

Washington (State): commend first responders on anniversary of landslide, H1835 [23MR]

Wayne, Peter K.: Yonkers, NY, St. Joseph’s Medical Center Oustanding Service Award recipient, E1640 [17NO]

West Virginia: address prescription opioid and heroin abuse, H7036 [21OC]

Women: allow continued access to healthcare services, H6334, H6335 [29SE]

Yonkers, NY: St. Joseph’s Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program Outstanding Service Award recipient, E135 [30JA]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (H.R. 3504), S6855 [21SE], S6859 [22SE]

——— prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (S. 2066), S6992 [29SE], S7021 [30SE]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions, S1371–S1374 [10MR], S1398, S1404, S1412, S1415, S1416, S1419, S1420, S1426, S1427 [11MR], S1452–S1454, S1458–S1463, S1472–S1474, S1476–S1478 [12MR], S1511–S1515, S1517 [16MR], S1559–S1565, S1570 [17MR], S1591, S1597, S1615–S1618, S1620, S1623–S1625 [18MR], S1637–S1648, S1651–S1653 [19MR], S2144, S2162 [14AP], S2185, S2186, S2192 [15AP], S2227–S2232 [16AP], S2260 [20AP], S2312 [22AP], S2392 [23AP]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), S6660 [15SE], S6662, S6674 [16SE], S6782, S6788 [17SE], S6868, S6875–S6877 [22SE]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), motion to proceed, S6798 [17SE], S6821, S6824–S6826, S6828–S6847 [21SE], S6859–S6866 [22SE]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (S. 1553), S7021 [30SE]

American Medical Women’s Association: anniversary, S8238 [1DE]

Behrens, Mary: Wyoming Nurses Association Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, S6891 [22SE]

Boston, MA: anniversary of Boston Marathon bombings, S2201, S2202 [15AP]

Carson City, NV: anniversary of Carson Tahoe Health Center, S8599 [10DE]

Chattanooga, TN: express condolences for victims of, and commend first responders for efforts in response to, shootings at military sites, S5166 [16JY], S5181, S5185, S5186 [21JY]

Cleveland, OH: tribute to Hospice of the Western Reserve, S7293 [19OC]

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): establish a Select Investigative Panel to investigate matters relative to fetal tissue procurement and abortion practices, S8182 [30NO]

Congress: accomplishments of the 114th Congress, S8433–S8435 [7DE], S8469 [8DE]

Dept. of Defense: prevent abuse and provide accountability in approval process for compound pharmaceuticals, S6366 [5AU]

Dept. of Education: award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities, S4673 [7JY], S8457 [8DE]

——— award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (S. 251), S467 [26JA]

——— establish fair and consistent eligibility requirements for graduate medical schools operating outside the U.S. and Canada (S. 1374), S3301 [22MY]

——— increase Pell Grants for the children of fallen police officers, firefighters, and other public safety officers, S179 [13JA]

Dept. of HHS: build a stronger health care workforce (S. 2107), S7048 [30SE]

——— develop and disseminate evidence-based best practices for health care professionals to recognize victims of a severe form of trafficking and respond to such individuals appropriately, S1366 [10MR], S2337 [22AP]

Dept. of Justice: create publicly accessible database for sex trafficking victim advocates that contains information about services for sex trafficking survivors, S2336 [22AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: eliminate sunset date and expand eligibility for the Veterans Choice Program, S7062–S7064 [1OC]

——— eliminate sunset date and expand eligibility for the Veterans Choice Program (S. 1991), S6391 [5AU]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relative to prohibition of Veterans Benefits Administration executive bonuses until the backlog of disability claims for veterans is eliminated, S1876 [25MR]

——— evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (H.R. 203), S678, S680–S682, S690 [2FE], S707, S716–S720, S730, S734 [3FE], S872 [9FE], S907 [11FE], S7901 [10NO]

——— evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (H.R. 203), unanimous-consent agreement, S633 [29JA], S677 [2FE]

——— evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (S. 167), S667 [30JA]

——— expand eligibility for certain health care benefits to include certain veterans seeking mental health care (S. 841), S1716 [23MR]

——— expand the deficit-neutral reserve fund for veterans and servicemembers, S1881 [25MR], S2003 [26MR]

——— extend to all veterans with a serious service-connected injury eligibility to participate in the family caregiver services program (S. 657), S1305 [4MR], S4943 [9JY], S7856 [9NO]

——— funding, S7073–S7075 [1OC], S8141 [19NO]

——— improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters, S383 [22JA], S730–S732 [3FE], S7448, S7449 [22OC]

——— improve health care to veterans, S7085–S7087 [1OC]

——— improve use of opioids in treating veterans, improve patient advocacy, and expand availability of complementary and integrative health (S. 1641), S4539 [23JN]

——— provide resource flexibility for health care services (H.R. 3236), S6117–S6119 [29JY], S6147, S6164–S6166, S6181 [30JY]

——— provide resource flexibility for health care services (H.R. 3236), unanimous-consent agreement, S6144 [29JY]

——— revoke bonuses paid to employees involved in electronic medical appointment wait list manipulations (S. 627), S5507–S5510, S5529 [23JY]

——— suspend and remove employees for performance or misconduct that is a threat to public health or safety and improve accountability of employees (S. 1856), S5528–S5530 [23JY]

——— use authorities to furnish health care at non-departmental facilities to veterans who live more than a certain distance from the closest departmental facility that furnishes the necessary care (S. 207), S383, S384 [22JA], S730 [3FE], S1465 [12MR], S1848 [25MR], S3277 [22MY]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: conduct a pilot program to assess feasibility and advisability of expanding use of physician assistants specializing in psychiatric medicine, S4014 [10JN]

——— designate certain non-departmental mental health care providers as providers who have particular knowledge of provision of mental health care to Armed Forces members and veterans, S4014 [10JN]

——— improve provision of mental health care to members of the Armed Forces and veterans, S4014 [10JN]

Detroit, MI: anniversary of Henry Ford Health System, S8600 [10DE]

Drugs: address prescription drug and heroin abuse, S7368 [21OC]

——— address prescription opioid and heroin abuse (S. 1134), S6276 [4AU]

——— end Federal ban of medical marijuana, allow importation of certain derivatives, allow banks to work with medical marijuana businesses, enable medicinal research, and allow prescription to veterans (S. 683), S1385 [10MR]

——— establish programs for health care provider training in Federal health care and medical facilities, establish Federal co-prescribing guidelines, and establish a grant program relative to naloxone (S. 2256), S7819 [5NO]

Edgewater, NJ: commend first responders for efforts in response to apartment fire, S2213 [15AP]

Galena, IL: tribute to firefighters and local and Federal response to train derailment and crude oil fire, S1434 [11MR]

Johnson County, KY: tribute to response to floods, S5091, S5092 [15JY]

Lafayette, LA: condemn attack and offer condolences to community, families, and victims of movie theater shooting and commend first responders and those caring for the injured and investigating the incident (S. Res. 231), S5906 [27JY]

——— condemn attack and offer condolences to community, families, and victims of theater shooting and commend first responders and those caring for injured and investigating incident (S. Res. 231), unanimous-consent agreement, S5907 [27JY]

Landon, Bill: Air and Surface Transport Nurses Association Lynn Stevens Excellence in Safety Award recipient, S8375 [3DE]

Medicaid: States voluntary expansion of coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S733 [3FE]

Medicare: deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices (S. 1884), S7119 [5OC]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (S. 578), S1163 [26FE]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relative to reforming sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, S1855, S1870 [25MR]

——— extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals (S. 1461), S6610 [10SE]

——— extend the rural add-on payment in the home health benefit (S. 839), S1711 [23MR]

——— extend the rural add-on payment in the home health benefit (S. 2389), S8604 [10DE]

——— improve access to curative care and hospice care, S6171 [30JY]

——— improve how beneficiaries are assigned under the shared savings program by also basing such assignment on primary care services from federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (S. 2261), S8834, S8835 [17DE]

——— increase limit on length of an agreement under the Medicare independence at home medical practice demonstration program (S. 971), S2318 [22AP]

——— permit occupational therapists to conduct initial assessment visits under a home health plan of care for certain rehabilitation cases (S. 2364), S8496 [8DE]

——— provide steady updates of payment rates under the Medicare physician fee schedule, S2159 [14AP]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals, S1974–S1976, S2022 [26MR]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 2), S2094, S2100–S2103 [13AP], S2141, S2144, S2145–S2152, S2154–S2161, S2163, S2164 [14AP], S2392 [23AP]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 2), unanimous-consent agreement, S2156 [14AP]

——— repeal the therapy cap and provide for medical review of outpatient therapy services, S2154, S2160 [14AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: anniversary, S6108 [29JY]

——— deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices, S6171 [30JY]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries, S6171 [30JY]

——— improve payments for complex rehabilitation technology and radiation therapy services, extend hardship exemptions from electronic health record meaningful use requirements, and strengthen Medicaid integrity (S. 2425), S8859 [18DE]

Melanie Massey Physical Therapy (business): tribute, S6806 [17SE]

Mental health: make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (S. 1945), S6924 [24SE], S7235 [8OC], S7381–S7383 [21OC]

National Case Management Week: designate (S. Res. 261), S7366 [20OC]

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: observance, S2033 [26MR]

National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week: designate (S. Res. 245), S6403 [5AU], S6659 [15SE]

National Healthcare Decisions Day: observance, S2241 [16AP]

National 9-1-1 Education Month: designate (S. Res. 159), S2589 [30AP]

National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week: designate (S. Res. 303), S7843 [5NO]

National Pregnancy Center Week: designate (S. Res. 312), unanimous-consent request, S7871, S7872 [10NO]

National Public Health Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 133), S2139 [13AP]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, S8872 [18DE]

——— reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (S. 928), S6986, S6994 [29SE], S7061, S7064, S7072 [1OC], S7444 [22OC], S8073 [18NO], S8526 [9DE]

NIH: tribute to employees, S1365 [10MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 1191), S1634 [18MR], S1637 [19MR], S2361, S2362, S2379, S2381–S2389, S2392 [23AP], S2420, S2425–S2427 [27AP], S2441–S2444, S2447–S2463, S2466–S2468 [28AP], S2491–S2493, S2495–S2509, S2511–S2513 [29AP], S2544–S2557, S2560 [30AP], S2593 [4MY], S2627, S2644 [5MY], S2660, S2663–S2666, S2672–S2676 [6MY], S2700, S2702, S2703, S2715–S2728 [7MY], S2818 [13MY], S4810, S4819 [8JY], S6443, S6446 [8SE], S6493, S6502, S6519 [9SE], S6544, S6559, S6561, S6562, S6582, S6584, S6585, S6595, S6596 [10SE], S6617, S6620, S6623 [15SE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 1191), unanimous-consent agreement, S2239 [16AP], S2371 [23AP], S2721 [7MY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 1191), unanimous-consent request, S2669, S2670, S2675 [6MY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 33), S217 [13JA], S221 [16JA], S1206 [27FE]

——— impact on job creation and hiring, S321 [21JA]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage, S8344 [3DE]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (S. 2045), S7248 [8OC], S7977 [17NO], S8535–S8538 [9DE]

Philadelphia, PA: express condolences for victims of, and commend first responders for efforts in response to, Amtrak train derailment, S2815, S2816, S2829, S2837 [13MY], S2898, S2905 [14MY], S4642 [25JN]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: women’s health care services funding, S8216 [1DE], S8269 [2DE]

Quincy, IL: commend first responders and community for cleanup and recovery efforts in response to severe storms, S5166 [16JY]

Salt Lake City, UT: anniversary of Intermountain Healthcare, S6433 [6AU]

Social Security: reform, S1482 [12MR], S4821 [8JY]

Taxation: exclude certain compensation received by public safety officers and their dependents from gross income (H.R. 606), S2913 [14MY]

——— provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (S. 440), S902 [10FE]

——— provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers (S. 616), S1203 [27FE]

University of Nevada, Las Vegas: anniversary of School of Nursing, S5451 [22JY]

University of Pennsylvania: anniversary of Perelman School of Medicine (S. Res. 127), S2088 [26MR]

Washington (State): commend first responders on anniversary of landslide, S1649–S1651 [19MR]

Women: require breast density reporting to physicians and patients by facilities that perform mammograms (S. 370), S775 [4FE]

Reports

Health Insurance Exchanges—Coverage of Non-Excepted Abortion Services by Qualified Health Plans: GAO (excerpt), H500 [22JA]

Reports filed

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) Select Investigative Panel To Investigate Certain Matters Relative to Fetal Tissue Procurement and Abortion Practices: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 461) (H. Rept. 114–288), H6835 [6OC]

Consideration of H.R. 2, Repeal Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate and Improve Payments for Physicians and Other Professionals and Extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 173) (H. Rept. 114–50), H2031 [25MR]

Consideration of H.R. 7, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 42) (H. Rept. 114–4), H477 [21JA]

Consideration of H.R. 36, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 255) (H. Rept. 114–111), H2875 [12MY]

Consideration of H.R. 161, Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act and H.R. 36, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 38) (H. Rept. 114–3), H429 [20JA]

Consideration of H.R. 3134, Defund Planned Parenthood Act and H.R. 3504, Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 421) (H. Rept. 114–262), H6073 [16SE]

Consideration of H.R. 3236, Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act and H.R. 1994, VA Accountability Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 388) (H. Rept. 114–234), H5587 [28JY]

Consideration of H.R. 3495, Women’s Public Health and Safety Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 444) (H. Rept. 114–269), H6306 [28SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Recoupment of Certain Bonuses or Awards Paid to Departmental Employees: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 280) (H. Rept. 114–32), H1523 [2MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Revoking of Bonuses Paid to Employees Involved in Electronic Medical Appointment Wait List Manipulations: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate) (S. 627) (S. Rept. 114–148), S6974 [28SE]

Don’t Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 916) (S. Rept. 114–26), S2171 [14AP]

Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 2915) (H. Rept. 114–365), H9010 [3DE]

First Responder Anthrax Preparedness Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 1300) (H. Rept. 114–222), H5401 [22JY]

First Responder Identification of Emergency Needs in Disaster Situations (FRIENDS) Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 2795) (H. Rept. 114–370), H9025 [7DE]

Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2507) (H. Rept. 114–159), H4430 [16JN]

Medicare Enforcement Instruction on Supervision Requirements for Outpatient Therapeutic Services in Critical Access and Small Rural Hospitals Extension: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1461) (S. Rept. 114–109), S6186 [30JY]

Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (S. 971) (H. Rept. 114–172), H4591 [23JN]

Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 313) (S. Rept. 114–98), S6186 [30JY]

Suicide Prevention for American Veterans (SAV) Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 203), S347 [21JA]

——— Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 203) (S. Rept. 114–34), S2400 [23AP]

Veterans Employment, Education, and Healthcare Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 3016) (H. Rept. 114–358), H8859 [1DE]

Statements

ATEST Urges Senate To Reach Bipartisan Compromise on Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, S1427 [11MR]

Health Information Exchange—A Path Towards Improving the Quality and Value of Health Care for Patients: Senator Alexander, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S4100 [11JN]

No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: Executive Office of the President, H507 [22JA]

Repeal Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate and Improve Payments for Physicians and Other Professionals and Extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program: Center for American Progress, H2043 [26MR]

——— Executive Office of the President, H2040 [26MR]

——— Speaker Boehner, S2152 [14AP]

Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act: Several Veterinary and Animal Organizations, S902 [10FE]

Texts of

H. Res. 38, consideration of H.R. 161, Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act and H.R. 36, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, H443 [21JA]

H. Res. 42, consideration of H.R. 7, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act, H485 [22JA]

H. Res. 173, consideration of H.R. 2, repeal Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals and extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program, H2038 [26MR]

H. Res. 255, consideration of H.R. 36, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, H2892 [13MY]

H. Res. 388, consideration of H.R. 1994, VA Accountability Act and H.R. 3236, Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act, H5610 [29JY]

H. Res. 421, consideration of H.R. 3134, Defund Planned Parenthood Act and H.R. 3504, Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, H6096 [17SE]

H. Res. 444, consideration of H.R. 3495, Women’s Public Health and Safety Act and same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation, H6316 [29SE]

H. Res. 461, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) Select Investigative Panel to investigate matters relative to fetal tissue procurement and abortion practices, H6869 [7OC]

H.R. 2, repeal Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals and extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program, H2045–H2070 [26MR]

H.R. 7, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act, H494 [22JA]

H.R. 33, Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act, H201 [12JA]

H.R. 36, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, H2924–H2926 [13MY]

H.R. 203, Suicide Prevention for American Veterans (SAV) Act, H196–H198 [12JA]

H.R. 280, Dept. of Veterans Affairs recoupment of certain bonuses or awards paid to departmental employees, H1507 [2MR]

H.R. 398, Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act, H618 [27JA]

H.R. 606, Don’t Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act, H2846 [12MY]

H.R. 723, Fallen Heroes Flag Act, H2856 [12MY]

H.R. 1191, Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act, H1647 [16MR]

H.R. 1300, First Responder Anthrax Preparedness Act, H5504 [27JY]

H.R. 2507, Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act, H4481 [17JN]

H.R. 2795, First Responder Identification of Emergency Needs in Disaster Situations (FRIENDS) Act, H9257 [10DE]

H.R. 3236, Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act, H5640–H5647 [29JY]

H.R. 3495, Women’s Public Health and Safety Act, H6324 [29SE]

H.R. 3504, Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, H6143 [18SE]

S. 657, Caregivers Expansion and Improvement Act, S1306 [4MR]

S. 971, increase limit on length of an agreement under the Medicare independence at home medical practice demonstration program, S2319 [22AP]

S. 971, Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act, H5217 [15JY]

S. 1021, Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act, S2302 [21AP]

S. 1051, National Health Service Corps Expansion Act, S2354 [22AP]

S. 1374, Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act, S3063 [19MY]

S. 1461, extend Medicare enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals, S6610 [10SE]

S. 1461, Medicare enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals extension, H9063 [8DE]

S. 1884, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act, S6139 [29JY]

S. 2261, Rural ACO Provider Equity Act, S8835 [17DE]

S. 2364, Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act, S8496 [8DE]

S. 2425, Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act, S8859–S8861 [18DE], H10706 [18DE]

S. Res. 103, support goals and ideals of Social Work Month and World Social Work Day, S1633 [18MR]

S. Res. 127, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine anniversary, S2054 [26MR]

S. Res. 133, support goals and ideals of National Public Health Week, S2112 [13AP]

S. Res. 159, National 9-1-1 Education Month, S2580 [30AP]

S. Res. 178, support goals and ideals of National Nurses Week, S2798 [12MY]

S. Res. 184, Stop Harming Our Kids Resolution, S3245 [21MY]

S. Res. 231, condemn attack and offer condolences to community, families, and victims of movie theater shooting and commend first responders and those caring for the injured and investigating the incident in Lafayette, LA, S5932 [27JY]

S. Res. 245, National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week, S6403 [5AU]

S. Res. 261, National Case Management Week, S6898 [22SE]

S. Res. 303, National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week, S7726 [3NO]

S. Res. 312, National Pregnancy Center Week, S7917 [10NO]

Tributes

Paul, Senator, S1592 [18MR]