PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT

Amendments

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2820), S8560 [9DE], H9333 [16DE]

Bills and resolutions

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

Agriculture: authorize the interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products in final package form for human consumption between States that allow the sale of such products (see H.R. 3563), H6178 [18SE]

——— prohibit Federal interference in interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products in final package form for human consumption between States that allow the sale of such products (see H.R. 3564), H6178 [18SE]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see S. 51), S57 [7JA] (see H.R. 217), H155 [8JA]

Courts: clarify liability protections regarding emergency use of automated external defibrillators (see H.R. 4152), H8970 [2DE]

Dept. of HHS: amend and reauthorize National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting (NASPER) Grant Program (see S. 480), S982 [12FE] (see H.R. 1725), H2111 [26MR]

——— authorize grants for mental health first aid training programs (see S. 711), S1438 [11MR] (see H.R. 1877), H2307 [16AP]

——— authorize grants for training and support services for Alzheimer’s disease patients and their families (see H.R. 3090), H5290 [16JY]

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

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

——— clarify that other agencies may not designate, appoint, or employ special consultants, fellows, or other employees of the Public Health Service to the Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 668), H754 [3FE]

——— condition receipt by States of preventive health services grants on the establishment of a State requirement for students in public elementary and secondary schools to be vaccinated (see H.R. 2232), H2792 [1MY]

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

——— enhance and further research prevention and treatment of eating disorders and improve access to treatment (see S. 1865), S5928 [27JY] (see H.R. 2515), H3559 [21MY]

——— ensure women who access federally funded family planning services are given pregnancy option counseling including professional adoption counseling (see H.R. 311), H357 [13JA]

——— 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 a National Pediatric Research Network (see H.R. 2548), H3560 [21MY]

——— establish a pilot program to test the impact of early intervention on prevention, management, and course of eating disorders (see H.R. 4153), H8970 [2DE]

——— establish and implement mild traumatic brain injury (concussion) management guidelines for school-aged children (see S. 307), S653 [29JA] (see H.R. 582), H660 [28JA]

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

——— establish grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals and families (see H.R. 1293), H1611 [4MR]

——— establish National Organ and Tissue Donor Registry Resource Center and authorize grants for State registries (see H.R. 2472), H3505 [20MY]

——— expand and intensify programs on translational research and related activities relative to cavernous angioma (see S. 1391), S3183 [20MY] (see H.R. 2480), H3506 [20MY]

——— 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]

——— 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]

——— limit copayment, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a specialty drug tier to the amount applicable to drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tier (see H.R. 1600), H2031 [25MR]

——— make grants to States for screening and treatment for maternal depression (see S. 2311), S8160 [19NO] (see H.R. 3235), H5588 [28JY]

——— prevent and treat diabetes, promote and improve care of individuals with diabetes, and reduce health disparities, relative to diabetes, within racial and ethnic minority groups (see H.R. 2651), H3913 [4JN]

——— prevent limiting access to excepted benefits (see H.R. 4299), H10710 [18DE]

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

——— prohibit certain research on human fetal tissue obtained pursuant to an abortion (see H.R. 3729), H6936 [8OC]

——— prohibit certain research on the transplantation of human fetal tissue obtained pursuant to an abortion (see H.R. 3171), H5402 [22JY]

——— prohibit sale or transactions involving human fetal tissue (see H.R. 3429), H5769 [29JY]

——— provide cardiomyopathy education, awareness, and risk assessment materials and resources and disseminate such materials by State educational agencies to identify more at-risk families (see H.R. 4015), H8240 [16NO]

——— provide for a national program to conduct and support activities toward reducing the number of cases of overweight and obesity in the U.S. (see H.R. 3207), H5466 [23JY]

——— 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 programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 1717), H2110 [26MR]

——— provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking and ban production, sale, or possession of powdered alcohol (see S. 728), S1494 [12MR]

——— 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]

——— provide protections for consumers against excessive, unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory increases in insurance premium rates (see S. 2172), S7272 [8OC] (see H.R. 3727), H6936 [8OC]

——— raise awareness of, and educate breast cancer patients anticipating surgery regarding the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options (see S. 1192), S2650 [5MY] (see H.R. 2540), H3560 [21MY]

——— reauthorize Administration on Aging Lifespan Respite Care Program (see H.R. 3913), H7624 [3NO]

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

——— reauthorize certain programs relative to national health security (see S. 2055), S6809 [17SE]

——— reauthorize certain trauma care programs (see S. 763), S1585 [17MR] (see H.R. 647, 648), H703 [2FE]

——— reauthorize program for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment for deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns (see S. 2424), S8883 [18DE] (see H.R. 1344), H1625 [10MR]

——— reauthorize residential treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women and provide grants to State substance abuse agencies to promote innovative service delivery models for such women (see S. 2226), S7722 [3NO] (see H.R. 3691), H6835 [6OC]

——— reauthorize sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program and provide for sickle cell disease research, surveillance, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 1807), H2268 [15AP]

——— require certain family planning projects and programs to provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (see H.R. 3428), H5768 [29JY]

——— require certain health insurance premium increase information be disclosed to Congress (see H.R. 2696), H4001 [9JN]

——— require NIH to consider sex differences in medical research and direct FDA to guarantee clinical drug trials are sufficient to determine safety and effectiveness for both men and women (see H.R. 2101), H2653 [29AP]

——— require States and their designees receiving grants for suicide early intervention and prevention strategies to consult with Indian tribes and organizations (see H.R. 3166), H5402 [22JY]

——— revise and extend program for viral hepatitis surveillance, education, and testing in order to prevent deaths from chronic liver disease and liver cancer (see S. 1287), S2793 [12MY] (see H.R. 1101), H1368 [26FE]

——— revise and extend programs to support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (see S. 1299), S2794 [12MY] (see H.R. 938), H1034 [12FE]

——— revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see S. 1588), S4202 [16JN] (see H.R. 1211), H1565 [3MR]

——— revise operations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (see S. 1151), S2567 [30AP] (see H.R. 1151), H1498 [27FE]

——— strengthen accountability and improve transparency in health information technology systems (see S. 2141), S7160 [6OC]

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

Diseases: improve asthma management, education, and research (see S. 1064), S2400 [23AP]

——— improve coverage of colorectal cancer screening tests under Medicare and private health insurance (see S. 1079), S2400 [23AP] (see H.R. 2035), H2474 [27AP]

——— improve diagnosis and treatment of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (see H.R. 1849), H2306 [16AP]

——— require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than for cancer medications administered by a health care provider (see S. 1566), S4103 [11JN] (see H.R. 2739), H4241 [11JN]

Drugs: provide grants to improve treatment of substance use disorders (see S. 1410), S3237 [21MY]

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

Firearms: provide for better understanding of the epidemic of gun violence (see H.R. 3926), H7741 [4NO]

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

——— improve health care coverage under vision and dental plans for certain self-funded, non-Federal Government plans (see H.R. 3323), H5764 [29JY]

——— promote awareness of organ donation and need to increase pool of available organs (see S. 1435), S3238 [21MY]

——— 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]

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

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

Insurance: clarify treatment of pediatric dental coverage in the individual and group markets outside exchanges established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (see H.R. 3463), H5865 [9SE]

——— exclude from the definition of health insurance coverage certain medical stop-loss insurance obtained by certain plan sponsors of group health plans (see S. 775), S1628 [18MR] (see H.R. 1423), H1767 [18MR]

——— permit cooperative governing of public entity health benefits through local governments in secondary States (see H.R. 2869), H4650 [24JN]

——— preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see S. 1661), S4602 [24JN] (see H.R. 815), H866 [9FE]

——— provide for a special enrollment period for pregnant women (see S. 2220), S7655 [29OC] (see H.R. 2866), H4592 [23JN]

——— provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see S. 647), S1247 [3MR] (see H.R. 543), H638 [27JA]

——— require disclosure of the portion of health insurance premiums attributable to the health insurance tax (see S. 2432), S8883 [18DE]

Mental health: strengthen parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits (see H.R. 4276), H9374 [16DE]

National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative: reauthorize and update grants to address problems of individuals who experience trauma and violence related stress (see S. 1494), S3678 [3JN] (see H.R. 2632), H3877 [3JN]

National security: ensure preparedness for chemical, radiological, biological, and nuclear threats (see H.R. 3299), H5763 [29JY]

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: authorize a program of high-risk, high-reward research (see H.R. 2448), H3388 [19MY]

——— enhance the clinical trial registry data bank reporting requirements and enforcement measures (see H.R. 617), H662 [28JA]

——— ensure sharing of data generated from research with the public (see H.R. 2456), H3388 [19MY]

——— establish a National Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium (see H.R. 2069), H2497 [28AP]

——— expand, intensify, and coordinate programs and activities relative to Tourette syndrome (see S. 276), S589 [28JA] (see H.R. 619), H662 [28JA]

——— funding (see H.R. 777), H854 [5FE] (see H.R. 2419), H3387 [19MY]

——— improve, coordinate, and enhance rehabilitation research (see S. 800), S1660 [19MR] (see H.R. 1469), H1801 [19MR] (see H.R. 1631), H2033 [25MR]

——— increase accountability (see H.R. 2421), H3387 [19MY]

——— provide for a research strategic plan (see H.R. 2447), H3388 [19MY]

——— publish guidelines on appropriate age groupings to be included in clinical research studies involving human subjects (see H.R. 2436), H3387 [19MY]

——— research risks posed by dioxin, synthetic fibers, and other additives in feminine hygiene products and urge the FDA to monitor and disclose contaminants in all menstrual hygiene products (see H.R. 1708), H2110 [26MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt insurance plans in States that do not have exchanges from certain regulations (see H.R. 2819), H4541 [18JN]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding pending congressional review of GAO report on activities (see H.R. 3443), H5847 [8SE]

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

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act: reauthorize (see S. 2282), S7966 [16NO] (see H.R. 2820), H4541 [18JN]

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

Remarks in House

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act: reauthorize, H8653 [1DE]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (H.R. 217), H397 [14JA], H5320, H5322, H5323, H5325 [21JY]

Dept. of HHS: amend and reauthorize National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting (NASPER) Grant Program (H.R. 1725), H4778 [7JY], H5796–H5798 [8SE]

——— authorize grants for training and support services for Alzheimer’s disease patients and their families, H905 [10FE], H4424 [16JN]

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

——— establish grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals and families (H.R. 1293), E307 [4MR]

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

——— make grants to States for screening and treatment for maternal depression (H.R. 3235), H5531 [28JY]

——— provide for a national program to conduct and support activities toward reducing the number of cases of overweight and obesity in the U.S. (H.R. 3207), E1117 [23JY]

——— reauthorize certain trauma care programs (H.R. 647), H1641, H1642 [16MR], E331 [16MR]

——— reauthorize certain trauma care programs (H.R. 648), H1642, H1643 [16MR], E331 [16MR]

——— reauthorize program for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment for deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns (H.R. 1344), H5794–H5796 [8SE]

——— reauthorize sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program and provide for sickle cell disease research, surveillance, prevention, and treatment (H.R. 1807), H6719 [30SE]

Diseases: improve coverage of colorectal cancer screening tests under Medicare and private health insurance (H.R. 2035), E592 [28AP]

——— require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than for cancer medications administered by a health care provider (H.R. 2739), H4970 [9JY]

EPA: prohibit compensation of employees using a special pay-scale intended for healthcare industry leaders, H4851, H4852 [7JY]

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

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, H908 [10FE], H6087 [17SE], H9665 [17DE]

——— neuroscience funding, H10694 [18DE]

——— research risks posed by dioxin, synthetic fibers, and other additives in feminine hygiene products and urge the FDA to monitor and disclose contaminants in all menstrual hygiene products (H.R. 1708), E441 [26MR]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2820), H5801–H5804 [8SE]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 2820), Senate amendment, H9333–H9335 [16DE]

Remarks in Senate

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

——— provide protections for consumers against excessive, unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory increases in insurance premium rates (S. 2172), S7275 [8OC]

——— reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative, S1334 [9MR]

——— reauthorize certain trauma care programs (S. 763), S1588 [17MR]

——— revise and extend programs to support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (S. 1299), S2797 [12MY]

——— revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs, S4935 [9JY]

Diseases: improve coverage of colorectal cancer screening tests under Medicare and private health insurance (S. 1079), S2403 [23AP]

Mental health: expand access to community mental health centers and improve the quality of mental health care, S3277 [22MY], S6119 [29JY], S7239 [8OC], S7887 [10NO], S8516 [9DE], S8566 [10DE]

National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative: reauthorize and update grants to address problems of individuals who experience trauma and violence related stress (S. 1494), S3681 [3JN]

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: funding, S8066 [18NO], S8698 [16DE]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2820), S8560 [9DE]

——— reauthorize (S. 2282), S7968, S7969 [16NO]

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

Reports filed

Access to Life-Saving Trauma Care for All Americans Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 647) (H. Rept. 114–42), H1660 [16MR]

Dept. of HHS National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting (NASPER) Grant Program Amendment and Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1725) (H. Rept. 114–245), H5846 [8SE]

Dept. of HHS Trauma Care Programs Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 648) (H. Rept. 114–43), H1660 [16MR]

Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1344) (H. Rept. 114–241), H5846 [8SE]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2820) (H. Rept. 114–242), H5846 [8SE]

——— Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (H.R. 2820), S8378 [3DE]

Texts of

H.R. 647, Access to Life-Saving Trauma Care for All Americans Act, H1641 [16MR]

H.R. 648, Dept. of HHS trauma care programs reauthorization, H1642 [16MR]

H.R. 1344, Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act, H5794 [8SE]

H.R. 1725, Dept. of HHS National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting (NASPER) Grant Program amendment and reauthorization, H5796 [8SE]

H.R. 2820, Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act reauthorization, S8560 [9DE], H5801 [8SE]

S. 1079, Supporting Colorectal Examination and Education Now (SCREEN) Act, S2403–S2405 [23AP]