DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES see also Surgeon General

Amendments

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: clarify waiver authority for Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) (S. 1362), S6425 [5AU]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (H.R. 6), H5035, H5069, H5071, H5072, H5074, H5076, H5077, H5078 [10JY]

——— accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 350), H4984 [9JY]

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

——— treatment of patient encounters in ambulatory surgical centers in determining meaningful electronic health records use (S. 1347), S6425 [5AU]

National Family Caregiving Project: establish (S. 1719), S8499 [8DE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding (S. 1881), S6243 [3AU]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), consideration (H. Res. 421), H6108 [17SE]

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

Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corp.: convey certain property (S. 230), S4655, S4656 [25JN]

Articles and editorials

Affordable Care Act Adds 16.4 Million to Health Insurance Rolls, S1560 [17MR]

Don’t Let the Senate Throw Away 40 Percent of America’s Homeless Youth, S1408 [11MR]

86 Percent of Health Law Enrollees Receive Subsidies, White House Says (excerpt), S1398 [11MR]

Price of Fetal Parts, E1141 [28JY]

Quantifying Planned Parenthood’s Critical Role in Meeting the Need for Publicly Supported Contraceptive Care, H6098 [17SE]

Bills and resolutions

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

——— prohibit Federal funding to entities that do not certify that they will not perform, or provide any funding to any other entity that performs, abortions (see H.R. 3197), H5466 [23JY]

——— prohibit Federal funding to entities that do not certify they will not perform, or provide any funding to any other entity that performs, abortions (H.R. 3197), call for committee and floor consideration (see H. Res. 399), H5769 [29JY]

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

Alcoholic beverages: 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]

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

Animals: establish a program to assist in importation and care for abused, injured, or abandoned nonhuman primates (see S. 1898), S6136 [29JY] (see H.R. 3294), H5763 [29JY]

Assets for Independence Act: reauthorize and approve applications to operate new demonstration programs, renew existing programs, and enhance program flexibility (see H.R. 3367), H5766 [29JY]

Border areas: establish grant programs to improve health of border area residents and for hazards preparedness in border areas including bioterrorism, infectious disease, and noncommunicable emerging threats (see S. 1537), S4021 [10JN]

Bureau of Prisons: provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons (see H.R. 768), H853 [5FE]

Cardiomyopathy: provide 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]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish a surveillance system relative to traumatic brain injury (see H.R. 1420), H1767 [18MR]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: adjust the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program in order to avoid disproportionate penalties for hospitals treating vulnerable populations (see S. 688), S1383 [10MR] (see H.R. 1343), H1625 [10MR]

——— clarify waiver authority for Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) (see S. 1362), S2971 [18MY] (see H.R. 3243), H5588 [28JY]

——— test effect of including telehealth services in Medicare health care delivery reform models (see S. 2343), S8306 [2DE] (see H.R. 4155), H8970 [2DE]

Childhood obesity: reduce (see H.R. 3772), H7026 [20OC]

Children and youth: address health, hygiene, and limited child care options available for infants and toddlers who lack sufficient diapers (see H.R. 4055), H8359 [18NO]

——— allow States that provide foster care for children up to age 21 to serve former foster youths through age 23 under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (see S. 1439), S3238 [21MY]

——— authorize grants to States that extend or eliminate unexpired statutes of limitation applicable to laws involving child sexual abuse (see S. 2397), S8602 [10DE]

——— award competitive grants to public and private entities to provide qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents (see S. 923), S2172 [14AP] (see H.R. 453), H479 [21JA]

——— 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]

——— enable State child protective services systems to improve identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking (see S. 656), S1302 [4MR] (see S. 1028), S2300 [21AP] (see H.R. 469), H530 [22JA]

——— 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]

——— identify and review certain preventive strategies, improve services for, and protect and assist in the recovery of runaway and homeless youth who are victims of trafficking (see S. 529), S983 [12FE]

——— increase knowledge concerning, and improve services for, runaway and homeless youth who are victims of trafficking (see H.R. 468), H530 [22JA]

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

——— provide for overall health and well-being of young people, including promotion of healthy relationships and prevention of unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and dating violence (see H.R. 1706), H2110 [26MR]

——— provide States with flexibility to use certain Federal foster care funding for child welfare programs to improve safety, permanency, and well-being outcomes for all children needing welfare services (see S. 1932), S6296 [4AU]

——— 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]

——— require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs (see H.R. 3060), H5172 [14JY]

——— require mandatory reporting of child abuse or neglect to law enforcement or State child protective services agencies and provide training on what constitutes child abuse or neglect (see S. 2352), S8378 [3DE]

——— 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]

Civil liberties: clarify circumstances under which health care providers and covered entities may disclose protected health information of patients with mental illness (see H.R. 2690), H4001 [9JN]

Climate: 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]

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

Community Services Block Grant Program: reauthorize and modernize (see H.R. 1655), H2108 [26MR]

Concussions: provide for research, surveillance, treatment, prevention, awareness, development of rules of play, standards, and dissemination of information relative to sports-related and other concussions (see H.R. 1271), H1610 [4MR]

Consumers: prohibit sharing of personally identifiable information obtained through the Federally Facilitated Marketplace for marketing (see H.R. 633), H667 [30JA]

Correctional institutions: include county and municipal 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]

Dept. of HUD: modernize and improve Family Unification Program (see S. 2289), S8020 [17NO]

Dept. of Justice: improve enforcement efforts relative to prescription drug diversion and abuse (see S. 483), S982 [12FE] (see H.R. 471), H530 [22JA]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1695), S4648 [25JN] (see S. 2132), S7124 [5OC] (see H.R. 3020), H5087 [10JY]

Depts. of Labor and HHS: draft disclosures describing the rights and liabilities of customers of domestic care services and require such services to provide such disclosures in their contracts (see H.R. 4170), H9010 [3DE]

Developing countries: promote use of clean cookstoves and fuels in order to create a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions (see S. 2194), S7470 [22OC]

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

——— 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]

Diseases: coordinate Federal research efforts for, and improve public education and awareness of, congenital heart disease (see S. 2248), S7814 [5NO] (see H.R. 3952), H8150 [5NO]

——— expand and enhance adult day programs for people with multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological diseases or conditions to improve respite services for caregivers (see H.R. 263), H188 [9JA]

——— expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (see S. 1883), S6136 [29JY] (see H.R. 3381), H5766 [29JY]

——— 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]

——— 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]

——— improve understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease (see S. 598), S1161 [26FE] (see H.R. 1130), H1369 [26FE]

——— promote sickle cell trait research (see H. Res. 296), H3878 [3JN]

——— provide for enhanced Federal efforts on prevention, education, treatment, and research relative to Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases (see S. 1503), S3775 [4JN]

——— provide for research relative to Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases (see H.R. 789), H854 [5FE]

——— provide for systematic data collection and analysis and epidemiological research regarding multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological diseases (see S. 849), S1781 [24MR] (see H.R. 292), H356 [13JA]

——— provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes (see S. 84), S58 [7JA] (see H.R. 3658), H6749 [30SE]

——— 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 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]

——— 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]

——— strengthen care and support for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, declare goal to prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer’s is a national priority, and increase research funding (see S. Res. 74), S984 [12FE] (see H. Res. 237), H2770 [30AP]

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

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

——— conduct a pilot project to investigate how to improve medication adherence for individuals with chronic diseases (see H.R. 4292), H10710 [18DE]

——— conduct or support a comprehensive study comparing total health outcomes, including risk of autism, in vaccinated populations and unvaccinated populations (see H.R. 1636), H2033 [25MR]

——— establish a list of synthetic drugs known as analogues and prohibit most importation, amend sentencing for violations, and improve regulation relative to such analogues (see H.R. 4229), H9270 [10DE]

——— 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]

——— improve DEA scheduling process for new FDA-approved drugs under the Controlled Substances Act and registration process for use of controlled substances in clinical trials (see S. 481), S982 [12FE]

——— increase Federal oversight of prescription opioid treatment and assistance to States in reducing opioid abuse, diversion, and deaths (see S. 1431), S3237 [21MY]

——— 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]

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

——— prevent abuse of dextromethorphan by restricting over-the-counter sales and bulk distribution of cough medicines by teenagers (see H.R. 3250), H5588 [28JY]

——— prevent and treat prenatal opioid abuse and neonatal abstinence syndrome (see S. 799), S1660 [19MR] (see H.R. 1462), H1801 [19MR]

——— promulgate regulations on patient medication information to ensure patients receive consistent and high-quality information about prescription drugs (see S. 2214), S7594 [28OC]

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

——— reduce deaths occurring from overdoses (see S. 1654), S4544 [23JN] (see H.R. 2850), H4591 [23JN]

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

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

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

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see S. 1380), S3059 [19MY] (see H.R. 2411), H3386 [19MY]

——— 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]

Elder Justice Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 988), H1068 [13FE]

Emergency medical services: improve access (see H.R. 836), H916 [10FE]

Families and domestic relations: block any action from being taken to finalize or give effect to a certain proposed rule governing the Federal child support enforcement program (see S. 1525), S3860 [8JN] (see H.R. 2688), H4001 [9JN]

——— enhance pre- and post-adoptive support services (see H.R. 2068), H2497 [28AP]

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

——— provide grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families (see H.R. 3005), H5029 [9JY]

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

FDA: amend process for incorporation of medical device performance standards established by a nationally or internationally recognized standard organization (see H.R. 2425), H3387 [19MY]

——— amend the advisory committee process relative to regulatory approval of medical devices (see H.R. 2427), H3387 [19MY]

——— create a limited population pathway for approval of certain antibacterial drugs (see S. 185), S238 [16JA]

——— define types of valid scientific evidence appropriate for determining effectiveness of medical devices (see H.R. 2423), H3387 [19MY]

——— develop and use patient experience data to enhance structured risk-benefit framework in drug regulatory decisionmaking (see H.R. 2338), H3212 [14MY]

——— ease regulatory burden relative to certain class I and class II medical devices (see H.R. 2426), H3387 [19MY]

——— ease regulatory burden relative to certain medical devices (see S. 1622), S4298 [18JN]

——— establish a third-party quality system assessment program for medical devices (see S. 2187), S7413 [21OC] (see H.R. 2422), H3387 [19MY]

——— establish single, front-of-package labeling system for all foods required to bear nutrition labeling and eliminate deceptive claims and update existing nutrition labels (see S. 2301), S8079 [18NO]

——— improve training and oversight of employees involved in implementing the least burdensome appropriate means concept relative to regulatory approval of medical devices (see H.R. 2424), H3387 [19MY]

——— increase number of individuals allowed to use certain medical devices under the humanitarian device exemption (see S. 2188), S7413 [21OC] (see H.R. 2428), H3387 [19MY]

——— issue guidance on precision medicine (see H.R. 2455), H3388 [19MY]

Federal aid programs: prohibit obligation or expenditure of funds for grants to develop or evaluate a video game to train parents in food parenting practices (see H.R. 3405), H5767 [29JY]

Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Child Poverty: establish (see S. 2224), S7655 [29OC] (see H.R. 2408), H3386 [19MY]

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

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

Food: amend inspection laws to notify consumers of products produced from crops, livestock, or poultry raised on sewage sludge-treated land (see H.R. 737), H811 [4FE]

——— establish single, front-of-package labeling system for all foods required to bear nutrition labeling and eliminate deceptive claims and update existing nutrition labels (see H.R. 4061), H8359 [18NO]

——— strengthen Federal consumer product safety programs and activities relative to commercially-marketed seafood (see H.R. 3282), H5762 [29JY]

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

Head Start Program: anniversary (see H. Res. 92), H855 [5FE]

——— improve by authorizing block grants to States for prekindergarten education (see S. 2290), S8020 [17NO] (see H.R. 4120), H8411 [19NO]

——— require children enrolled in Head Start and Early Head Start programs be vaccinated (see S. 486), S982 [12FE] (see H.R. 933), H1033 [12FE]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (see H.R. 6), H3386 [19MY]

——— accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (H.R. 6), consideration (see H. Res. 350), H4954 [8JY]

——— establish tax credits and improve the health insurance market to expand access if tax-credit subsidies for coverage are lost under King v. Burwell (see H.R. 2650), H3913 [4JN]

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

——— improve provision of telehealth services under Medicare and other Federal health care programs (see H.R. 691), H755 [3FE] (see H.R. 2066), H2497 [28AP]

——— prevent human health threats posed by the consumption of equines raised in the U.S. (see S. 1214), S2688 [6MY]

——— prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment in biomedical research (see S. 289), S590 [28JA] (see H.R. 2104), H2653 [29AP]

——— 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 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]

——— 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]

——— provide for an Institute of Medicine study on health disparities and direct the Dept. of HHS to develop guidelines on reducing health disparities (see S. 1903), S6186 [30JY] (see H.R. 3285), H5762 [29JY]

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

——— reform provision of insurance coverage by promoting health savings accounts, State-based alternatives, and price transparency if tax-credit subsidies for coverage are lost under King v. Burwell (see S. 1531), S3925 [9JN] (see H.R. 2756), H4343 [12JN]

——— require certain drug manufacturers entering into settlement agreements for violations of law to make supplemental payments to be used to increase medical research funding (see S. 320), S653 [29JA] (see H.R. 744), H812 [4FE]

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

——— 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]

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

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

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

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

——— 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]

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

Health care providers: 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]

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

Human rights: authorizing appropriations for domestic and foreign treatment centers for victims of torture (see S. 1670), S4602 [24JN] (see H.R. 2870), H4650 [24JN]

Immigration: expand access to health care services, including sexual, reproductive, and maternal health services, for immigrants by removing legal barriers to health insurance coverage (see H.R. 1974), H2417 [22AP]

——— expedite removal of unaccompanied alien children, implement tough ‘‘credible fear’’ standards, reduce asylum fraud, protect communities from gangs, and provide Border Patrol access to Federal lands (see H.R. 1153), H1498 [27FE]

——— prohibit admission of certain aliens as refugees until costs of admission and resettlement of such refugees have been addressed (see H.R. 4244), H9306 [11DE]

——— provide that no penalty may be imposed on a State for refusing to expend refugee resettlement assistance funds on certain refugees (see H.R. 4267), H9374 [16DE]

——— suspend admission and resettlement of aliens seeking refugee status because of the conflict in Syria until adequate protocols are established to protect U.S. national security (see S. 2284), S8020 [17NO] (see H.R. 4048), H8280 [17NO]

Indian Health Service: authorize advance appropriations by providing a 2-fiscal-year budget authority (see H.R. 395), H406 [14JA]

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

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: 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]

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

——— prohibit applicants from enrolling in a health plan on an exchange, in Medicaid, or in a child health plan if their self-attested personal information is inconsistent with Federal data sources (see S. 42), S57 (see S. 118), S59 [7JA]

——— prohibit entering into a contract with, awarding any assistance to, or making available technology that is used as part of the Federal health insurance exchange to a State (see H.R. 2707), H4001 [9JN]

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

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

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

John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program: allow States that provide foster care for children up to age 21 to serve former foster youths through age 23 (see H.R. 3160), H5402 [22JY]

LIHEAP: reauthorize (see H.R. 2194), H2770 [30AP] (see H.R. 2226), H2792 [1MY]

Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Programs: extend (see H.R. 1372), H1661 [16MR]

Medicaid: provide for the waiver of institutions for mental diseases (IMD) limitation in order to permit coverage for community-based inpatient substance use disorder treatment (see H.R. 1988), H2463 [23AP]

——— require approval of waivers relative to State provider taxes that exempt certain retirement communities (see S. 459), S926 [11FE] (see H.R. 536), H582 [26JA]

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

——— strengthen Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program clinics through improved reimbursement and expanded workforce and operations (see S. 2097), S7005 [29SE] (see H.R. 3637), H6704 [29SE]

Medicare: allow certain hospitals in Puerto Rico to qualify for incentives for adoption and meaningful use of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology (see S. 1602), S4250 [17JN] (see H.R. 1225), H1566 [3MR]

——— apply exceptions process fairly for tiered formulary drugs in prescription drug plans (see S. 1488), S3678 [3JN] (see H.R. 2624), H3877 [3JN]

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

——— ensure appropriate coverage of ventricular assist devices (see H.R. 3053), H5171 [14JY]

——— establish a Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program to target home and community-based care to eligible beneficiaries (see S. 704), S1438 [11MR] (see H.R. 2704), H4001 [9JN] (see H.R. 4212), H9269 [10DE]

——— establish smart card pilot program (see S. 1871), S5928 [27JY] (see H.R. 3220), H5523 [27JY]

——— expand access to stroke telehealth services (see S. 1465), S3310 [22MY] (see H.R. 2799), H4490 [17JN]

——— 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]

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

——— improve efficiency of appeals process (see S. 2368), S8494 [8DE]

——— improve risk adjustment under Medicare Advantage program (see S. 2197), S7470 [22OC] (see H.R. 2579), H3581 [29MY]

——— improve risk adjustment under Medicare Advantage program and delay authority to terminate Medicare Advantage contracts of plans failing to achieve minimum quality ratings (see H.R. 2582), H3581 [29MY]

——— increase access to data (see S. 679), S1336 [9MR] (see H.R. 804), H855 [5FE]

——— prevent surprise billing practices (see H.R. 3770), H7026 [20OC]

——— provide for a phased-in expansion of telehealth coverage (see H.R. 2948), H4861 [7JY]

——— 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]

——— require drug manufacturers to provide rebates for drugs dispensed to low-income individuals under the prescription drug benefit program (see S. 1083), S2400 [23AP] (see H.R. 2005), H2464 [23AP]

——— require the Dept. of HHS to determine covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 4207), H9205 [9DE]

——— require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see S. 31), S11 [6JA] (see H.R. 3061), H5172 [14JY]

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

——— treatment of patient encounters in ambulatory surgical centers in determining meaningful electronic health records use (see S. 1347), S2933 [14MY] (see H.R. 887), H981 [11FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: curb waste, fraud, and abuse (see S. 861), S1891 [25MR] (see H.R. 818), H866 [9FE] (see H.R. 3718), H6935 [8OC]

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

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

——— 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]

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

——— 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]

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

Mining and mineral resources: place a moratorium on permitting for mountaintop removal coal mining until health studies are conducted by the Dept. of HHS (see H.R. 912), H1032 [12FE]

Minorities: provide grants to health agencies and community and faith-based organizations for HIV/AIDS education, outreach, research and testing activities in minority communities (see H.R. 3396), H5767 [29JY]

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

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

National Care Corps: establish to provide care, companionship, and other services to seniors and the disabled by qualified volunteers (see H.R. 2668), H3914 [4JN]

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

National Family Caregiving Project: establish (see S. 1719), S4840 [8JY] (see H.R. 3099), H5290 [16JY]

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

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

——— provide for participation of pediatric subspecialists (see H.R. 1859), H2306 [16AP]

——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the 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 Loan Repayment Program (see S. 1426), S3237 [21MY] (see H.R. 2342), H3212 [14MY]

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

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

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

National Prostate Cancer Council on Screening, Early Detection, Assessment, and Monitoring of Prostate Cancer: establish (see S. 216, 222), S347 [21JA] (see H.R. 2730), H4241 [11JN]

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

Native Americans: exempt the Indian Health Service, BIA, and certain other programs for Indians from budget sequestration (see S. 1497), S3678 [3JN]

——— reauthorize program to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages (see S. 1163), S2568 [30AP] (see H.R. 2174), H2769 [30AP]

——— 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]

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

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

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

——— prioritize funding to discover treatments and cures, maintain global leadership in medical innovation, and restore purchasing power (see S. 318), S653 [29JA] (see H.R. 531), H581 [26JA]

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

Nutrition: 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]

Obesity: 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]

Office of Refugee Resettlement: reform and modernize (see S. 1615), S4298 [18JN] (see H.R. 2839), H4541 [18JN]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see S. 1368), S3059 [19MY] (see H.R. 2400), H3309 [18MY]

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

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow for certain third party payments (see H.R. 3742), H6973 [9OC]

——— delay provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies until eligibility verification process for such subsidies is completed (see H.R. 2711), H4135 [10JN]

——— establish a certification process for opting out of the individual health insurance mandate (see S. 121), S99 [8JA] (see H.R. 420), H430 [20JA]

——— establish a public health insurance option (see H.R. 265), H188 [9JA]

——— impose restrictions on risk corridor program (see S. 359), S771 [4FE] (see H.R. 724), H811 [4FE]

——— prevent a taxpayer bailout of health insurance issuers (see S. 123), S99 [8JA] (see H.R. 221), H155 [8JA]

——— prevent foreign diplomats from being eligible to receive health insurance premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions (see H.R. 1368), H1661 [16MR]

——— provide a transition plan for individuals impacted by implementation (see S. 673), S1303 [4MR]

——— repeal certain provisions that have the effect of rationing health care (see S. 1718), S4840 [8JY]

——— repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund (see H.R. 1085), H1163 [25FE]

——— require that when health insurance coverage is cancelled due to requirements under such Act that cancellation notices include a statement that cancellation is because of such Act (see H.R. 4058), H8359 [18NO]

——— streamline the employer reporting process and strengthen the eligibility verification process for health care premium tax credit and cost-sharing subsidy (see H.R. 2712), H4135 [10JN]

Pharmaceuticals: allow personal importation and reimportation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 2623), H3877 [3JN]

——— allow personal importation of safe and affordable drugs from approved pharmacies in Canada (see S. 122), S99 [8JA] (see H.R. 2228), H2792 [1MY]

——— allow personal importation of safe and affordable drugs from certain countries (see S. 1790), S5170 [16JY]

——— ensure greater affordability of prescription drugs (see S. 2023), S6604 [10SE] (see H.R. 3513), H6074 [16SE]

——— grant provisional approval to fast-tracked drugs used in therapies and treatments for life-threatening diseases (see H.R. 1376), H1661 [16MR]

Physical activity recommendations: publish (see S. 1793), S5170 [16JY] (see H.R. 1499), H1802 [19MR]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding (see S. 1861), S5682 [24JY] (see S. 1881), S6073 [28JY] (see H.R. 3301), H5763 [29JY]

——— prohibit funding pending congressional review of GAO report on activities (see H.R. 3443), H5847 [8SE]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (see S. 1836), S5455 [22JY] (see H.R. 3134), H5330 [21JY]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), call for committee and floor consideration (see H. Res. 399), H5769 [29JY]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), consideration (see H. Res. 421), H6073 [16SE]

Poverty: submit report on parasitic disease among poor Americans (see H.R. 2897), H4769 [25JN]

Power resources: conduct study on public health and environmental impacts of production, transportation, storage, and use of petroleum coke (see S. 1763), S5061 [14JY] (see H.R. 2636), H3877 [3JN]

Pregnancy Assistance Fund: authorize additional funding (see S. 221), S347 [21JA]

Product safety: require a safety assessment of food containers composed of bisphenol A and require food packaging containing bisphenol A to be labeled as such (see S. 821), S1660 [19MR]

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

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

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

Public welfare programs: amend purposes of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to include reducing poverty by increasing employment entry, retention, and advancement (see H.R. 2966), H4954 [8JY]

——— clarify authority of tribal governments relative to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3026), H5088 [10JY]

——— conduct demonstration projects to provide coordinated case management services for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program recipients (see H.R. 2968), H4954 [8JY]

——— conduct demonstration projects to test the effectiveness of subsidized employment for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program recipients (see H.R. 2990), H5028 [9JY]

Pulmonary hypertension: establish an interagency coordinating committee (see H.R. 3520), H6074 [16SE]

Refugees: suspend admission into the U.S. in order to examine costs of providing benefits to such individuals (see H.R. 3314), H5764 [29JY]

Research: intensify stem cell research showing evidence of substantial clinical benefit to patients (see H.R. 2921), H4770 [25JN]

——— 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]

——— require issuance of guidance on the application of the Federal policy for the protection of human subjects relative to clinical data registries (see H.R. 965), H1066 [13FE]

——— 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]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 262), S541 [27JA] (see H.R. 1779), H2209 [14AP]

Schweiker, Richard S.: tribute (see S. Res. 250), S6533 [9SE]

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

——— facilitate responsible dissemination of scientific and medical information not included in the approved labeling of drugs and devices (see H.R. 2414), H3387 [19MY]

——— publish revised Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) waiver study design guidance for manufacturers of in vitro diagnostic devices (see H.R. 2443), H3387 [19MY]

Senior citizens: include court-appointed guardianship and oversight activities under elder justice programs (see S. 1614), S4298 [18JN]

Social Security: require States to follow certain procedures in placing a child who has been removed from the custody of his or her parents (see H.R. 1868), H2306 [16AP]

Social Services Block Grants Program: provide grants to support job creation initiatives (see H.R. 3368), H5766 [29JY]

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

Sports: conduct a study on the causes of deaths related to high school football and formulate recommendations to prevent such deaths (see H.R. 3986), H8151 [5NO]

——— establish grant programs to improve the health and positive youth development impacts of youth sports participation (see H.R. 2932), H4770 [25JN]

SSA: enhance pre- and post-adoptive support services (see S. 369), S772 [4FE]

——— prevent disability fraud (see S. 1929), S6296 [4AU] (see H.R. 2359), H3251 [15MY]

States: award grants to States for development of innovative long-term services and support programs (see S. 2338), S8241 [1DE]

——— engage more Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program recipients in activities leading to employment and self-sufficiency and simplify State administration of work requirements (see H.R. 2991), H5028 [9JY]

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

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

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: award grants to States to expand access to clinically appropriate services for opioid abuse, dependence, or addiction (see H.R. 3676), H6787 [1OC]

Taxation: adjust the phaseout of the health insurance tax credit for geographic variations in the cost-of-living (see H.R. 1341), H1623 [6MR]

——— 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]

Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (see S. 1503), S3775 [4JN] (see H.R. 665), H703 [2FE]

Transition to Independence Medicaid Buy-In Option demonstration program: establish (see S. 1604), S4297 [18JN]

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

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

Veterans: allow Indian Health Service to pay for Indian or Alaska Native veterans’ copayments at Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see S. 2417), S8793 [17DE]

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

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

——— 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]

Vietnamese Conflict: provide assistance to individuals affected by exposure to Agent Orange (see H.R. 2114), H2653 [29AP]

Women: ensure access to screening mammography (see S. 1926), S6296 [4AU]

——— expand health programs (see S. 674), S1303 [4MR] (see H.R. 3652), H6749 [30SE]

——— provide for a national public outreach and education campaign to raise public awareness of women’s preventive health (see H.R. 2355), H3251 [15MY]

——— 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]

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

Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corp.: convey certain property (see H.R. 521), H532 [22JA]

Cloture motions

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding (S. 1881), motion to proceed, S6161 [30JY], S6227 [3AU]

Comparisons

Background check requirements for child care and school employees in Dept. of HHS Child Care and Development Block Grant program and Senator Toomey’s legislation on agencies receiving Elementary and Secondary Education Act funds, S1429 [11MR]

Letters

Budget aggregate and allocation revisions: Representative Tom Price, Committee on the Budget (House), H5115 [13JY]

Defund Planned Parenthood Act: National Health Law Program (organization) and National Women’s Law Center, H6326 [29SE]

——— several organizations, H6163 [18SE]

Dept. of HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement activities relative to children in custody: Representative Blackburn, H8286 [18NO]

Dept. of HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement activities report: Representative Blackburn, H8286 [18NO]

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]

Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H2330 [21AP]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H2330 [21AP]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., funding prohibition: Andie Martinez Patterson, California Primary Care Association, S6226 [3AU]

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]

Recognize, Assist, Include, Support, and Engage (RAISE) Family Caregivers Act: Joyce A. Rogers, AARP (organization), S4843 [8JY]

Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act relative to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., funding: Carol Tobias, David N. O’Steen, and Douglas D. Johnson, National Right to Life Committee, Inc., H7161 [23OC]

——— Charmaine Yoest, Americans United for Life (organization), H7162 [23OC]

——— David Christensen, Family Research Council, H7161 [23OC]

——— Marjorie Dannenfelser, Susan B. Anthony List, Inc., H7160 [23OC]

Strengthen care and support for those with Alzheimer’s, declare goal to prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer’s is a national priority, and increase research funding: George Vradenburg, USAgainstAlzheimers (organization), S1005 [12FE]

——— Ian Kremer, Leaders Engaged on Alzheimer’s Disease (organization), S1004 [12FE]

——— Robert Egge, Alzheimer’s Association, S1005 [12FE]

21st Century Cures Act: Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H5009 [9JY]

——— Representative Paul Ryan, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H5009 [9JY]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H5009 [9JY]

U.S. refugee resettlement program: several human rights and religious organizations, H8372 [19NO]

Lists

Legislation associated with Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., H6086 [17SE]

Organizations supporting S. 262, Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act, S1359 [10MR]

Memorandums

Moratorium on Federal Funding for Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., Relative to Provision of Abortion Services: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) Democratic Staff, H6100 [17SE]

Motions

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding (S. 1881), S6161 [30JY]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), H6165 [18SE]

Press releases

Planned Parenthood Inspections Find Deficiencies at Clinics: Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (final version), H6157 [18SE]

——— Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (original version), H6156 [18SE]

Remarks in House

Abortion: prohibit Federal funding to entities that do not certify that they will not perform, or provide any funding to any other entity that performs, abortions (H.R. 3197), H5534 [28JY]

——— prohibit Federal funding to entities that do not certify they will not perform, or provide any funding to any other entity that performs, abortions (H.R. 3197), H6126 [17SE]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions, H4982, H5013, H5014 [9JY], H5072, H5073 [10JY], E1046 [13JY], E1069 [15JY]

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

Biodefense Injury Compensation Program: establish, E1835 [18DE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: clarify waiver authority for Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) (S. 1362), H7079, H7080 [21OC]

Chambersburg, PA: tribute to Franklin County Head Start Program, E1416 [2OC]

Children and youth: enable State child protective services systems to improve identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking (H.R. 469), H549–H553, H563 [26JA], H672 [2FE], E117, E123 [27JA], E135 [30JA]

——— increase knowledge concerning, and improve services for, runaway and homeless youth who are victims of trafficking (H.R. 468), H548, H549 [26JA], E121 [27JA]

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

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

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

Congenital Heart Futures Act: reauthorize, H7200 [27OC]

Courts: Federal court ruling to allow House of Representatives v. Burwell to continue relative to the use of funding not appropriated by Congress to implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H5945 [11SE]

Dept. of Education: help States develop and improve qualifications and training of early childhood educator workforce, H1298 [26FE]

Dept. of Justice: improve enforcement efforts relative to prescription drug diversion and abuse (H.R. 471), H2329–H2332 [21AP]

Diseases: address multistate measles outbreak, H686 [2FE]

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

——— provide for research relative to Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases, H5014 [9JY]

——— provide for systematic data collection and analysis and epidemiological research regarding multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological diseases, H4977 [9JY]

——— provide for systematic data collection and analysis and epidemiological research regarding multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological diseases (H.R. 292), H4425 [16JN]

——— 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]

——— strengthen care and support for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, declare goal to prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer’s is a national priority, and increase research funding (H. Res. 237), H4424 [16JN]

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

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

——— prevent and treat prenatal opioid abuse and neonatal abstinence syndrome (H.R. 1462), H5798–H5801 [8SE], H7031 [21OC]

——— prevent and treat prenatal opioid abuse and neonatal abstinence syndrome (S. 799), H8180–H8182 [16NO]

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

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

——— reduce deaths occurring from overdoses (H.R. 2850), E964 [24JN]

Elder Justice Act: anniversary, E384 [23MR]

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

Families and domestic relations: enhance pre- and post-adoptive support services (H.R. 2068), H2491, H2492 [28AP]

FDA: issue a report on the risks and benefits associated with a two-tiered approval process that would permit certain medical devices to provisionally come to market if they have demonstrated safety but not efficacy, H5077, H5078 [10JY]

Head Start Program: anniversary, H3296 [18MY], H3320 [19MY], H3401, H3403, H3405 [20MY], H3511, H3545 [21MY], E736, E739 [18MY], E756 [20MY], E790 [22MY], E1416 [2OC]

——— anniversary (H. Res. 92), H3510 [21MY], E172 [5FE], E774 [21MY]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (H.R. 6), H3399 [20MY], H3650 [2JN], H4476 [17JN], H4656 [25JN], H4972, H5008–H5016 [9JY], H5034, H5035–H5082, H5083, H5084 [10JY], H5094 [13JY], H5179, H5219 [15JY], H6219 [24SE], H7266 [28OC], H7399 [3NO], E1031, E1032, E1036–E1038 [10JY], E1045, E1046, E1047 [13JY], E1060, E1061 [14JY], E1069 [15JY]

——— accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 350), H4976–H4985 [9JY]

——— importance of immunizations, H709 [3FE], H765 [4FE]

——— support the recording of Unique Device Identifiers at the point-of-care in electronic health record systems to enhance the availability of medical device data for post-market surveillance purposes, H5076, H5077 [10JY]

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

——— 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]

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

Immigration: expedite removal of unaccompanied alien children, implement tough ‘‘credible fear’’ standards, reduce asylum fraud, protect communities from gangs, and provide Border Patrol access to Federal lands (H.R. 1153), H9061 [8DE]

——— suspend admission and resettlement of aliens seeking refugee status because of the conflict in Syria until adequate protocols are established to protect U.S. national security, H8286 [18NO]

LIHEAP: funding, H4547 [23JN]

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

——— improve risk adjustment under Medicare Advantage program and delay authority to terminate Medicare Advantage contracts of plans failing to achieve minimum quality ratings (H.R. 2582), H4447, H4485–H4487 [17JN]

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

——— treatment of patient encounters in ambulatory surgical centers in determining meaningful electronic health records use, H4480, H4481 [17JN]

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]

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

Minorities: 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]

National Academy of Sciences: child poverty analysis funding, H9190 [9DE]

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

National Prostate Cancer Council on Screening, Early Detection, Assessment, and Monitoring of Prostate Cancer: establish (H.R. 2730), H4388 [16JN], H6292 [28SE]

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: establish medical prize program to incentivize health innovation by offering competitors the chance to win a prize for creating breakthrough research and technology, H5071, H5072 [10JY]

——— funding, H110 [8JA]

——— make NIH and Cures Innovation Fund a discretionary spending program, H5069, H5070, H5075 [10JY], E1069 [15JY]

——— prioritize funding to discover treatments and cures, maintain global leadership in medical innovation, and restore purchasing power (H.R. 531), H789 [4FE], H4425 [16JN]

Obesity: 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]

Office of Refugee Resettlement: improve transparency, H8285 [18NO]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (H.R. 2400), H7150 [23OC]

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

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding, H5323, H5325 [21JY], H5534, H5536, H5584 [28JY], H5985, H5986, H5987 [16SE], H6083, H6085 [17SE], H6142 [18SE], H6314, H6318, H6319, H6321, H6324–H6334 [29SE], H7145–H7163, H7165, H7167 [23OC], E1395 [30SE]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services, H6213 [24SE], H6728, H6729, H6734, H6738–H6742 [30SE], H8871 [2DE], H9686 [17DE], E1401 [1OC]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), H5320, H5327 [21JY], H5607, H5608 [29JY], H5969 [11SE], H6083, H6123, H6124, H6125, H6126, H6131–H6133 [17SE], H6152–H6167 [18SE], H6316 [29SE], E1327 [18SE], E1335 [22SE], E1339 [24SE], E1362 [25SE]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), consideration (H. Res. 421), H6096–H6109 [17SE]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), motion to recommit, H6165 [18SE]

——— use of budget reconciliation to prohibit funding, H6781 [1OC]

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

Refugees: suspend admission into the U.S. in order to examine costs of providing benefits to such individuals (H.R. 3314), H7322–H7326 [28OC], H8251 [17NO]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize, H621 [27JA]

Science: facilitate responsible dissemination of scientific and medical information not included in the approved labeling of drugs and devices, H4977 [9JY]

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

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

Step It Up! The Surgeon General’s Call to Action To Promote Walking and Walkable Communities: tribute, E1336 [22SE]

Supreme Court: decision in King v. Burwell relative to IRS promulgation of regulations to extend tax-credit subsidies for coverage purchased through Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges, H4762–H4765 [25JN], H5019 [9JY]

Trauma: 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]

Women: ensure funding for women’s health services, H6165 [18SE]

——— expand health programs (H.R. 3652), H6711 [30SE]

Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corp.: convey certain property (S. 230), H6002, H6003 [16SE]

Remarks in Senate

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

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: clarify waiver authority for Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) (S. 1362), S6425 [5AU]

Children and youth: better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent human trafficking of children and serve the needs of victims under adoption assistance and foster care programs, S1408 [11MR]

——— enable State child protective services systems to improve identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking, S1368 [10MR], S1420 [11MR], S2292 [21AP], S2336 [22AP]

——— identify and review certain preventive strategies, improve services for, and protect and assist in the recovery of runaway and homeless youth who are victims of trafficking (S. 529), S997 [12FE], S2325 [22AP]

——— 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]

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate): release of Innovation for Healthier Americans Report to improve innovation in cutting-edge treatments, drugs, and devices, S626–S629 [29JA]

Community Health Center Fund: funding, S2513, S2514 [29AP]

Dept. of HUD: modernize and improve Family Unification Program (S. 2289), S8023 [17NO]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 2132), S7127 [5OC], S7130 [6OC]

Developing countries: promote use of clean cookstoves and fuels in order to create a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions (S. 2194), S7472 [22OC]

Diseases: coordinate Federal research efforts for, and improve public education and awareness of, congenital heart disease (S. 2248), S7816 [5NO]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase funding for Alzheimer’s disease research, S1969, S1970 [26MR]

——— expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (S. 1883), S6138 [29JY]

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

——— improve understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease (S. 598), S1166–S1168 [26FE]

——— strengthen care and support for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, declare goal to prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer’s is a national priority, and increase research funding (S. Res. 74), S1004–S1006 [12FE]

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

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

——— 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]

——— prevent and treat prenatal opioid abuse and neonatal abstinence syndrome (S. 799), S1662 [19MR], S7368 [21OC], S7439–S7441 [22OC]

——— reduce deaths occurring from overdoses (S. 1654), S4548 [23JN]

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children, S4936 [9JY], S5025, S5029–S5033, S5044 [14JY], S5098, S5111, S5114 [15JY], S5142, S5143 [16JY]

Families and domestic relations: block any action from being taken to finalize or give effect to a certain proposed rule governing the Federal child support enforcement program (S. 1525), S4011 [10JN]

Federal aid programs: restore program integrity funding to combat waste, fraud, and abuse, S1973 [26MR], S2424, S2425 [27AP]

Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Child Poverty: establish (S. 2224), S7893 [10NO]

Health: prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment in biomedical research, S1849 [25MR]

——— prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment in biomedical research (S. 289), S744 [4FE], S1401 [11MR], S2188 [15AP], S2632 [5MY], S8063 [18NO]

——— reform provision of insurance coverage by promoting health savings accounts, State-based alternatives, and price transparency if tax-credit subsidies for coverage are lost under King v. Burwell (S. 1531), S3928–S3931 [9JN]

——— require certain drug manufacturers entering into settlement agreements for violations of law to make supplemental payments to be used to increase medical research funding (S. 320), S657 [29JA]

Health care compact pilot program: establish, S8259 [2DE]

Health care professionals: 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]

Healthy Indiana Plan: approval of expansion to provide health insurance to more low-income Indiana residents, S502 [27JA]

Immigration: suspend admission and resettlement of aliens seeking refugee status because of the conflict in Syria until adequate protocols are established to protect U.S. national security (S. 2284), S8022 [17NO]

——— treat all unaccompanied alien children crossing the U.S. Southern border equally, allow for voluntary reunification with family, and expedite due process for claims to remain in the U.S., S8123 [19NO], S8201 [1DE]

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

LIHEAP: funding, S381 [22JA]

Lopez, Rafael J.: nomination to be Dept. of HHS Commissioner on Children, Youth, and Families, S6355 [5AU]

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

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

——— improve efficiency of appeals process (S. 2368), S8496 [8DE]

——— increase access to data, S6171 [30JY]

——— treatment of patient encounters in ambulatory surgical centers in determining meaningful electronic health records use (S. 1347), S6425 [5AU]

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]

——— 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]

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

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]

National Family Caregiving Project: establish (S. 1719), S4843 [8JY], S8499, S8500 [8DE]

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: Alzheimer’s disease research funding, S2922–S2924 [14MY]

——— prioritize funding to discover treatments and cures, maintain global leadership in medical innovation, and restore purchasing power (S. 318), S656 [29JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: establish a certification process for opting out of the individual health insurance mandate (S. 121), S8339 [3DE]

Pharmaceuticals: allow personal importation of safe and affordable drugs from approved pharmacies in Canada, S8351 [3DE]

——— ensure greater affordability of prescription drugs (S. 2023), S6997, S6998 [29SE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding, S5710 [26JY], S6830, S6832 [21SE], S6863, S6881–S6883 [22SE], S7011 [30SE]

——— prohibit funding (S. 1861), S5699 [24JY], S5701 [26JY], S6116, S6119 [29JY]

——— prohibit funding (S. 1881), S6087 [28JY], S6089, S6090, S6106, S6111–S6113, S6121, S6126 [29JY], S6157, S6158 [30JY], S6523 [9SE], S6692 [16SE], S6846 [21SE], S6882 [22SE]

——— prohibit funding (S. 1881), motion to proceed, S6161, S6178–S6180 [30JY], S6214–S6228, S6231, S6234, S6241 [3AU], S6279 [4AU]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services, S6837 [21SE], S6869, S6876, S6888 [22SE], S6910, S6911, S6913–S6918, S6930, S6931 [24SE], S6961, S6967–S6972 [28SE], S6991 [29SE], S7020 [30SE], S8182 [30NO], S8232 [1DE], S8255–S8257, S8259, S8260, S8269 [2DE], S8329, S8330, S8343, S8371 [3DE]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), S6855 [21SE], S6859, S6860 [22SE]

——— women’s health care services funding, S8216 [1DE], S8269 [2DE]

Product safety: require a safety assessment of food containers composed of bisphenol A and require food packaging containing bisphenol A to be labeled as such (S. 821), S1667 [19MR]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize and amend, S1358 [10MR], S1407, S1414, S1415 [11MR], S1453, S1456, S1457, S1464 [12MR], S1651 [19MR], S2327–S2331 [22AP], S2560 [30AP], S3232 [21MY]

——— reauthorize and amend (S. 262), S544 [27JA], S1268, S1270 [4MR]

Schweiker, Richard S.: tribute (S. Res. 250), S6540 [9SE]

Social Security: prevent disability fraud, S4126 [15JN], S8208 [1DE]

SSA: enhance pre- and post-adoptive support services (S. 369), S8059 [18NO]

——— prevent disability fraud (S. 1929), S6298 [4AU]

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

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

Supreme Court: decision in King v. Burwell relative to IRS promulgation of regulations to extend tax-credit subsidies for coverage purchased through Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges, S4621–S4625, S4628, S4633, S4634, S4638–S4640 [25JN]

——— hearing of arguments in King v. Burwell relative to IRS promulgation of regulations to extend tax-credit subsidies for coverage purchased through Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges, S1235, S1242 [3MR], S1264, S1270–S1272, S1287, S1291–S1293 [4MR], S1398, S1399, S1401 [11MR], S3096 [20MY], S4068 [11JN], S4209 [16JN], S4219, S4243 [17JN], S4260–S4262, S4279–S4282 [18JN], S4336, S4340, S4341 [22JN], S4561, S4563, S4576–S4582 [24JN]

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

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

Women’s Health Care and Clinic Security and Safety Fund: establish, S8253, S8255–S8257, S8260–S8264 [2DE], S8341 [3DE]

Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corp.: convey certain property (S. 230), S4656 [25JN]

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]

Audit & Appeals Fairness, Integrity, and Reforms in Medicare (AFIRM) Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 2368) (S. Rept. 114–177), S8492 [8DE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Waiver Authority Clarification: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1362) (S. Rept. 114–108), S6186 [30JY]

Community Based Independence for Seniors Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 704) (S. Rept. 114–103), S6186 [30JY]

Consideration of H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 350) (H. Rept. 114–193), H4954 [8JY]

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]

Dept. of HHS Conveyance of Certain Property to Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corp.: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 230) (S. Rept. 114–38), S2758 [11MY]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 521) (H. Rept. 114–217), H5401 [22JY]

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]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3020) (H. Rept. 114–195), H5087 [10JY]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1695) (S. Rept. 114–74), S4646 [25JN]

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

Electronic Health Fairness Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1347) (S. Rept. 114–106), S6186 [30JY]

——— Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 887) (H. Rept. 114–40), H1635 [13MR]

Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 471) (H. Rept. 114–85), H2318 [20AP]

Improving Regulatory Transparency for New Medical Therapies Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 481), S7101 [1OC]

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]

Nomination of Karen Bollinger DeSalvo To Be Assistant Sec. of HHS for Health: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S6379 [5AU]

Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures (PRIME) Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 861) (S. Rept. 114–104), S6186 [30JY]

Protecting Our Infants Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1462) (H. Rept. 114–244), H5846 [8SE]

——— Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 799), S7101 [1OC]

Recognize, Assist, Include, Support, and Engage (RAISE) Family Caregivers Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1719), S8241 [1DE]

Securing Care for Seniors Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2579) (H. Rept. 114–160), H4430 [16JN]

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]

21st Century Cures Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 6) (H. Rept. 114–190), H4860 [7JY]

Rules

Segregation of insurance premium payments for coverage of abortion services under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H507 [22JA]

Statements

Continuing America’s Leadership in Medical Innovation for Patients: Senator Alexander, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S1490 [12MR]

Elder Justice Coalition: Bob Blancato, E384 [23MR]

Nomination of Robert M. Califf To Be FDA Commissioner: Senator Alexander, S8153 [19NO]

Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act Relative to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., Funding: Representative Castor, E1542 [27OC]

Summaries

Innovation for Healthier Americans Report: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S627 [29JA]

Tables

Budget aggregates, H5115 [13JY]

Committee on Appropriations (House) budget authority and outlay allocations revisions, H5115 [13JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 350, consideration of H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act, H4976 [9JY]

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.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act, H5035–H5069 [10JY]

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

H.R. 468, Enhancing Services for Runaway and Homeless Victims of Youth Trafficking Act, H548 [26JA]

H.R. 469, Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act, H550 [26JA]

H.R. 471, Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act, H2329 [21AP]

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. 1462, Protecting Our Infants Act, H5798 [8SE]

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

H.R. 2582, Seniors’ Health Care Plan Protection Act, H4485 [17JN]

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

H.R. 3134, Defund Planned Parenthood Act, H6152 [18SE]

S. 230, Dept. of HHS conveyance of certain property to Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corp., S4656 [25JN], H6002 [16SE]

S. 289, American Cures Act, S600 [28JA]

S. 598, Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act, S1166–S1168 [26FE]

S. 799, Protecting Our Infants Act, S1662 [19MR], S7439 [22OC], H8180 [16NO]

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

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

S. 1347, Electronic Health Fairness Act, S6425 [5AU]

S. 1362, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) waiver authority clarification, S6425 [5AU]

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. 1719, Recognize, Assist, Include, Support, and Engage (RAISE) Family Caregivers Act, S8499 [8DE]

S. 1763, Petroleum Coke Transparency and Public Health Protection Act, S5063 [14JY]

S. 2248, coordinate Federal research efforts for, and improve public education and awareness of, congenital heart disease, S7817 [5NO]

S. 2397, Dept. of HHS grants authorization to States that extend or eliminate unexpired statutes of limitation applicable to laws involving child sexual abuse, S8609 [10DE]

S. Res. 74, strengthen care and support for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, declare goal to prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer’s is a national priority, and increase research funding, S1003 [12FE]

S. Res. 250, tribute to Richard S. Schweiker, S6538 [9SE]

Tributes

Schweiker, Richard S., S6371 [5AU]