HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

Amendments

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a program to establish peer specialists in patient aligned care teams at departmental medical centers (S. 1873), S525 [25JA]

——— hire additional Veterans Justice Outreach specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans (S. 946), S1188, S1190 [15FE]

Douglas Fournet Dept. of Veterans Affairs Clinic, Lake Charles, LA: designate (S. 3444), S7805, S7820 [18DE]

FTC: prohibit marketing of bogus opioid treatment programs or products (S. 2842), S2776 [17MY]

Insurance: ensure that health insurance issuers and group health plans do not prohibit pharmacy providers from providing certain information to enrollees (S. 2554), S6062 [6SE], S6179 [17SE]

Medicaid: allow States to provide services for certain individuals with opioid use disorders in mental institutions (H.R. 5797), H5339, H5340, H5341 [20JN]

——— allow States to provide services for certain individuals with opioid use disorders in mental institutions (H.R. 5797), consideration (H. Res. 949), H5302 [20JN]

Medicare: prohibit health plans and pharmacy benefit managers from restricting pharmacies from informing individuals regarding prices for certain drugs and biologicals (S. 2553), S6030, S6033 [4SE]

Ray Hendrix Veterans Clinic, Statesboro, GA: designate (H.R. 3946), S7138, S7139, S7141 [27NO], H9802 [10DE]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 5895, energy and water development, legislative branch, and military construction and veterans’ services appropriations, S4891 [11JY]

Bills and resolutions

American College of Emergency Physicians (organization): anniversary (see S. Res. 723), S7431 [11DE] (see H. Res. 906), H4284 [21MY]

Chicago, IL: express condolences to friends and family of victims of shooting at Mercy Hospital & Medical Center, honor lives and memory of victims, and commend first responders (see S. Res. 720), S7431 [11DE] (see H. Res. 1171), H9767 [6DE]

Colleges and universities: provide online contact information for sexual assault response and support services and investigation processes and cooperate with local law enforcement on investigative responsibilities (see H. Res. 1064), H8726 [13SE]

Courts: protect interests of the intellectually disabled in intermediate care facilities in certain class action lawsuits and in Dept. of Justice actions that could result in moving residents from such facilities (see H.R. 6786), H8170 [12SE]

Crime: establish criminal penalties for unlawful payments for referrals to recovery homes, clinical treatment facilities, and laboratories (see H.R. 6878), H8884 [25SE]

——— establish criminal penalties for unlawful payments for referrals to recovery homes and clinical treatment facilities (see S. 3254), S5108 [19JY] (see H.R. 6902), H9089 [26SE]

——— plan, develop, and make recommendations to increase access to sexual assault examinations for survivors by holding hospitals accountable and supporting providers that serve them (see S. 3203), S4950 [12JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: award grants to tribal health programs located on reservations impacted by uranium mining or milling (see H.R. 5128), H1333 [27FE]

——— establish a Rural Health Liaison (see S. 2894), S2835 [22MY] (see H.R. 4945), H901 [6FE]

Dept. of Education: make grants to institutions of higher education for active assailant consulting and training programs (see H.R. 6803), H8724 [13SE]

Dept. of Energy: establish pilot program to award grants and loan guarantees to hospitals to reduce energy costs and increase resilience to improve security (see H.R. 4788), H172 [12JA]

Dept. of HHS: allow an individual to obtain a copy of their protected health information at no cost in certain circumstances (see H.R. 7295), H10209 [13DE]

——— authorize grants to health centers to expand access to evidence-based substance abuse treatment services (see H.R. 5456), H3095 [10AP]

——— award grants to nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other long-term care facilities to improve their preparedness for power outages (see H.R. 5832), H3977 [15MY]

——— clarify intent, enhance integrity, and protect and expand 340B discount drug program to meet the needs of the opioid drug crisis (see H.R. 6071), H5093 [12JN]

——— clarify that National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program participants may be assigned to serve in pediatric inpatient mental health facilities (see S. 2732), S2391 [24AP]

——— conduct a demonstration program to test alternative pain management protocols to limit use of opioids in emergency departments (see S. 2516), S1452 [7MR] (see H.R. 5197), H1476 [7MR] (see H.R. 5558), H3441 [18AP]

——— consider Margaret R. Pardee Memorial Hospital in Hendersonville, NC, as a covered entity for purposes of the 340B drug discount program (see H.R. 7266), H10168 [12DE]

——— develop guidance on pain management and prevention of opioid use disorder for hospitals receiving payments under Medicare (see H.R. 5699), H3833 [8MY] (see H.R. 5774), H3934 [11MY]

——— direct Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network to reform liver allocation criteria based on donor’s place of residence or listing, except to avoid wasting organs (see H.R. 6517), H7686 [25JY]

——— establish a grant program to create comprehensive opioid recovery centers (see S. 2589), S1947 [22MR] (see H.R. 5327), H1697 [19MR]

——— establish a moratorium on new enrollment of disproportionate share hospitals into the 340B discount drug program and require basic data reporting (see S. 2312), S187 [16JA]

——— establish a pilot program to study emergency medical response times and the best approaches for obtaining such information (see H.R. 6154), H5285 [19JN]

——— establish a public-private partnership for purposes of identifying health care waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 6753), H7941 [7SE]

——— establish and operate recovery home certification programs (see H.R. 5100), H1332 [27FE]

——— expand and improve health care services by health centers and the National Health Service Corps for individuals with a developmental disability (see H.R. 6611), H7723 [26JY]

——— expand and improve programs and activities for awareness, education, research, surveillance, diagnosis, and treatment of rare diseases and conditions (see H.R. 5115), H1333 [27FE]

——— expand authority to permit nurses to practice in health care facilities with critical nursing shortages through programs for loan repayment and scholarships (see S. 3685), S7241 [29NO]

——— extend floor on area wage index under inpatient prospective payment system and provide eligibility for discounted drug prices under 340B drug pricing program to certain sole community hospitals (see H.R. 5498), H3209 [12AP]

——— extend funding for certain public health programs (see H.R. 4820), H551 [18JA]

——— improve recruitment and retention of employees and restore accountability in the Indian Health Service and improve Indian health services (see H.R. 5874), H4242 [18MY]

——— include additional covered recipients for transparency reports required of manufacturers of opioids (see S. 3565), S6770 [10OC]

——— plan, develop, and make recommendations to increase access to sexual assault examinations for survivors by holding hospitals accountable and supporting providers that serve them (see S. 3203), S4950 [12JY] (see H.R. 6387), H6262 [16JY]

——— prevent surprise medical billing practices (see S. 3592), S6815 [11OC]

——— provide coordinated care to patients who have experienced a non-fatal overdose after emergency room discharge (see S. 2610), S1947 [22MR] (see H.R. 5176), H1441 [6MR]

——— provide for public disclosure of charges for certain hospital and ambulatory surgical center treatment episodes (see H.R. 6508), H7685 [25JY]

——— provide for sharing of health information concerning an individual’s substance abuse history and treatment by certain entities (see H.R. 5009), H1126 [13FE]

——— provide full-year appropriations for Indian Health Service in the event of a partial lapse in appropriations (see H.R. 7362), H10510 [20DE]

——— provide grants to State alcohol and drug agencies to use recovery coaches in hospital emergency rooms (see S. 2609), S1947 [22MR]

——— provide the Dept. of Justice certain notifications of improper prescribing of controlled substances under the Medicare program (see H.R. 7369), H10510 [20DE]

——— reauthorize a program of partnerships for State and regional hospital preparedness to improve surge capacity (see H.R. 4776), H168 [11JA]

——— reauthorize Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see S. 2597), S1947 [22MR] (see H.R. 5385), H2040 [22MR]

——— reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program (see H.R. 5329), H1698 [19MR]

——— reauthorize school-based health centers (see S. 3602), S6816 [11OC] (see H.R. 5899), H4284 [21MY]

——— reduce maternal deaths and complications by providing funding to States and hospitals to develop and implement standardized maternal safety best practices and review pregnancy-related deaths and complications (see S. 3392), S5991 [28AU]

——— require certain disproportionate share hospital (DSH) covered entities under the 340B drug discount program to submit reports on low-income utilization rates of outpatient hospital services furnished by such entities (see H.R. 5598), H3505 [24AP]

——— require certain disproportionate share hospitals to be Sexual Assault Forensic Exam (SAFE)-ready facilities, requiring a sexual assault forensic examiner be available at all times (see H.R. 6273), H5974 [28JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: address staffing and other issues at health care facilities, including underserved facilities (see S. 2356), S581 [30JA]

——— allow veterans who live a certain distance from a VA organ transplant center to receive care at certain non-departmental facilities (see S. 2473), S1286 [28FE]

——— carry out a demonstration program to provide expanded access to medical services through partnerships between departmental medical centers and federally qualified health centers (see H.R. 5047), H1212 [15FE]

——— carry out a major medical facility project in Jacksonville, FL (see H.R. 6285), H5974 [28JN]

——— carry out a pilot program to enter into agreements for construction, renovation, improvement, and lease of facilities in order to address deferred capital backlog (see H.R. 7317), H10269 [17DE]

——— carry out a pilot program to improve ability of Members of Congress to assist constituents with veterans’ benefits within Phoenix, AZ, VA Health Care System (see H.R. 7013), H9413 [2OC]

——— carry out a program to establish peer specialists in patient aligned care teams at departmental medical centers (see H.R. 5830), H3977 [15MY]

——— conduct outreach to veterans on effect of certain delayed payments of claims for emergency medical care and submit to Congress an annual report on such delayed payments (see H.R. 5500), H3209 [12AP]

——— designate certain funding for hospital care and medical services in non-departmental facilities pursuant to contracts as changes in concepts and definitions for certain budgetary purposes (see H.R. 5805), H3976 [15MY]

——— ensure that certain medical centers have physical locations for disposal of controlled substances medications (see H.R. 6848), H8737 [20SE]

——— enter into contracts and agreements for the transfer of certain veterans unable to live independently to non-departmental medical foster homes (see H.R. 5693), H3782 [7MY]

——— establish a permanent community care program, improve recruitment of health care providers, and improve construction (see S. 2906), S2835 [22MY]

——— establish a permanent community care program and a commission on modernization or realignment of health facilities, and improve construction and home loan program laws (see H.R. 5674), H3749 [3MY]

——— establish Alzheimer’s disease research, education, and clinical centers (see H.R. 5191), H1475 [7MR]

——— expand eligibility of low-income veterans to receive dental care (see H.R. 6963), H9151 [27SE]

——— extend authority for operation of regional office in Manila, Philippines (see S. 3415), S6058 [6SE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of administered law (see S. 3479), S6223 [18SE]

——— furnish nursing home care and hospital care at State licensed or certified residential care facilities (see H.R. 5397), H2041 [22MR]

——— improve access of veterans to cancer treatment at non-departmental facilities (see H.R. 5095), H1266 [26FE]

——— improve Medical Surgical Prime Vendor program by using multiple regional prime vendors and medical professionals with relevant expertise to develop the medical-surgical formulary (see S. 3737), S7431 [11DE] (see H.R. 5418), H3052 [29MR]

——— improve scheduling of medical appointments, accountability of contractors for care scheduled on behalf of veterans, and payment of claims to providers (see H.R. 4783), H169 [11JA]

——— notify qualifying veterans of a covered change of service reducing or eliminating a medical service provided at a departmental medical facility (see H.R. 6151), H5284 [19JN]

——— permit Members of Congress use of departmental facilities for purposes of meeting with constituents (see H.R. 5413), H3049 [26MR]

——— provide for eligibility of certain individuals exposed to burn pits for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care (see H.R. 7287), H10169 [12DE]

——— report biennially on actions taken to address issues that led to inclusion of veterans health care on GAO High Risk List (see S. 2656), S2120 [12AP] (see H.R. 5683), H3781 [7MY]

——— require departmental medical facility directors to submit plans on how to improve such facilities (see S. 2622), S1948 [22MR] (see H.R. 5246), H1507 [9MR]

——— review health care providers whose licenses were terminated for care or services provided at non-departmental facilities and notify patients who received inadequate care from such providers (see S. 3501), S6341 [26SE]

——— review processes and requirements for scheduling health care appointments and conducting consultations (see S. 2357), S581 [30JA]

——— submit an annual report on performance awards and bonuses awarded to certain high-level employees (see S. 2807), S2594 [9MY]

——— support polices to maintain Veterans Health Administration, oppose privatization of veterans health services, and create integrated health care networks for veterans (see H. Res. 1025), H7155 [24JY]

——— update handbook on planning and activating community-based outpatient clinics to improve leasing projects and provide training on use of such handbook (see H.R. 6867), H8883 [25SE]

——— use on-site regulated medical waste treatment systems at certain facilities (see H.R. 5974), H4731 [25MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (see S. 3024), S3293 [7JN] (see H.R. 5786), H3934 [11MY]

Douglas Fournet Dept. of Veterans Affairs Clinic, Lake Charles, LA: designate (see S. 3444), S6189 [17SE] (see H.R. 6839), H8732 [17SE]

Drugs: authorize hospitals to dispose of controlled substances on behalf of patients who die at the hospital (see H.R. 6205), H5580 [22JN]

——— increase number of cannabis manufacturers registered under Controlled Substances Act for legitimate research purposes and allow VA health care providers to recommend federally-approved cannabis clinical trials (see H.R. 5634), H3705 [26AP]

——— provide for a technical expert panel to provide recommendations on reducing opioid use in the surgical setting and on best practices for pain management (see H.R. 5718), H3884 [9MY]

——— provide for delivery of a controlled substance by a pharmacy to an administering practitioner (see H.R. 5202), H1476 [7MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5895), correction in enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 46), S6143 [12SE]

Federal agencies and departments: disclose incident report on false ballistic missile event in Hawaii, review current missile threat notification protocols, and strenthen public health readiness for various weapon attacks (see H.R. 4949), H901 [6FE]

FTC: prohibit marketing of bogus opioid treatment programs or products (see S. 2842), S2678 [15MY]

GAO: evaluate and report on inpatient and outpatient treatment capacity, availability, and needs (see S. 3048), S3601 [11JN]

GSA: carry out a pilot program to enter into agreements for construction, renovation, improvement, and lease of facilities in order to address deferred capital backlog of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 7352), H10336 [19DE]

Health: accelerate adoption of value-based payment and delivery arrangements among health care stakeholders intended to coordinate care, improve patient outcomes, share accountability, or lower costs (see H.R. 7177), H9667 [27NO]

——— improve regional health care emergency preparedness and response systems (see S. 2851), S2679 [15MY]

——— increase awareness of sepsis and the importance of early diagnosis and appropriate intervention (see H. Res. 1175), H10103 [11DE]

——— promote transparency in health care pricing (see H.R. 4808), H403 [16JA]

Hurricanes: provide additional disaster recovery assistance for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands in response to Hurricanes Irma and Maria (see H.R. 4782), H169 [11JA]

Insurance: ensure that health insurance issuers and group health plans do not prohibit pharmacy providers from providing certain information to enrollees (see S. 2554), S1735 [14MR] (see H.R. 6143), H5284 [19JN]

——— limit amount hospitals and physicians can charge uninsured patients and out-of-network patients who have individual market coverage (see S. 3541), S6495 [3OC]

Jerry Donnellan VA Community Clinic, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 7108), H9460 [30OC]

Las Cruces Bataan Memorial Clinic, Las Cruces, NM: designate (see H.R. 6863), H8742 [24SE]

Law enforcement: develop and identify indicators of potentially fraudulent and disreputable recovery housing operators (see S. 2828), S2623 [10MY] (see H.R. 6092), H5152 [13JN]

Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the VA New York Harbor Health Care System, New York, NY: designate (see S. 3694), S7242 [29NO] (see H.R. 7240), H9819 [10DE]

Medicaid: allow States to provide medical assistance at a residential pediatric recovery center to infants under 1 year of age with neonatal abstinence syndrome and their families (see S. 2899), S2835 [22MY] (see H.R. 6004), H4776 [5JN]

——— allow States to provide services for certain individuals with opioid use disorders in mental institutions (see H.R. 5797), H3975 [15MY]

——— allow States to provide services for certain individuals with opioid use disorders in mental institutions (H.R. 5797), consideration (see H. Res. 949), H5283 [19JN]

——— determine State allotments for disproportionate share hospital payments based on State poverty levels and require States to prioritize such payments based on inpatient and low-income utilization rates (see S. 3763), S7790 [18DE]

——— ensure coverage of inpatient treatment services furnished in mental institutions (see S. 2921), S2835 [22MY]

——— impose restrictions on opioid prescriptions (see H.R. 5635), H3705 [26AP]

——— permanently extend spousal impoverishment protections for beneficiaries receiving long-term care in a home or community care setting (see H.R. 7149), H9568 [16NO]

——— provide for a demonstration project to increase substance use provider treatment capacity (see S. 3383), S5932 [23AU] (see H.R. 5477), H3146 [11AP]

——— provide requirements relative to use of qualified prescription drug monitoring programs and prescribing of certain controlled substances (see H.R. 5801), H3976 [15MY]

——— provide States with an option to provide medical assistance to individuals between ages of 21 and 64 for inpatient services to treat substance use disorders at certain facilities (see S. 3462), S6223 [18SE]

——— reauthorize Money Follows the Person Demonstration Program, extend spousal impoverishment protections for beneficiaries receiving long-term care, and reduce certain Federal medical assistance percentages and funds (see H.R. 7397), H10593 [22DE]

——— require States to report information on payments to abortion providers (see H.R. 4849), H581 [19JA]

——— streamline enrollment of certain providers and suppliers across State lines to facilitate access to out-of-State pediatric care for children and their families (see S. 2415), S875 [12FE] (see H.R. 6524), H7686 [25JY]

Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission: conduct study and report on requirements applicable to, and practices of, mental institutions (see H.R. 5800), H3975 [15MY]

Medicare: allow individuals to choose to opt out of part A benefit (see S. 3560), S6731 [9OC] (see H.R. 6703), H7870 [5SE]

——— allow qualified group practices to furnish certain items and services at qualified skilled nursing facilities to individuals entitled to certain benefits to reduce unnecessary hospitalizations (see H.R. 6502), H7685 [25JY]

——— codify and permanently extend hospital wage index imputed rural floor (see S. 3599), S6816 [11OC] (see H.R. 6855), H8738 [20SE]

——— deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 6575), H7722 [26JY]

——— ensure equitable payment for, and beneficiary access to, diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals under hospital outpatient prospective payment system (see H.R. 6948), H9150 [27SE]

——— establish Medicare for America program to provide comprehensive health insurance coverage for all U.S. residents (see H.R. 7339), H10336 [19DE]

——— establish rules for payment for graduate medical education (GME) costs for hospitals that establish a new medical residency training program after hosting resident rotators for short durations (see S. 3305), S5517 [31JY] (see H.R. 6056), H5020 [8JN]

——— expand access to addiction treatment in federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 5769), H3929 [10MY]

——— extend or renew certain reasonable cost reimbursement contracts (see H.R. 6341), H6111 [11JY]

——— identify and notify outlier prescribers of opioids (see S. 2920), S2835 [22MY] (see H.R. 5716), H3884 [9MY]

——— increase hospital competition (see H.R. 7084), H9443 [23OC]

——— minimize costs and burdens by considering removal of certain measures applicable to inpatient hospitals and post-acute care inpatient providers and providing for meaningful measures (see H.R. 7253), H10102 [11DE]

——— modify payments for certain outpatient surgical services (see H.R. 5804), H3976 [15MY]

——— permit review of certain payment determinations for disproportionate share hospitals (see S. 2690), S2218 [17AP] (see H.R. 5985), H4736 [29MY]

——— prohibit health plans and pharmacy benefit managers from restricting pharmacies from informing individuals regarding prices for certain drugs and biologicals (see S. 2553), S1735 [14MR] (see H.R. 6144), H5284 [19JN]

——— prohibit health plans and pharmacy benefit managers from restricting pharmacies from informing individuals regarding prices for certain drugs and biologicals (S. 2553), correction in enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 49), S6388 [28SE]

——— provide for ambulatory surgical center representation during review of hospital outpatient payment rates (see H.R. 6138), H5284 [19JN]

——— provide for coverage of rural emergency medical access services (see H.R. 7391), H10586 [21DE]

——— provide for coverage of rural emergency medical center services (see H.R. 5678), H3781 [7MY]

——— provide for distribution of additional residency positions to help combat the opioid crisis (see S. 2843), S2678 [15MY] (see H.R. 5818), H3976 [15MY]

——— provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see S. 2446), S1164 [15FE] (see H.R. 5052), H1212 [15FE]

——— provide for temporary stabilization of Medicare Advantage payments following Hurricane Maria (see H.R. 6809), H8725 [13SE]

——— reform treatment of certain cancer hospitals (see S. 3693), S7241 [29NO]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see S. 3768), S7790 [18DE] (see H.R. 5507), H3315 [13AP]

——— require hospitals to provide information on acquisition costs for drugs in the 340B discount drug program and total revenues received by the hospital for such drugs (see S. 2453), S1243 [27FE]

——— revise certain measures used under the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey relating to pain management (see H.R. 5719), H3884 [9MY]

——— solicit information from providers and suppliers on ways to reduce administrative and regulatory burdens and provide for transparency and public feedback to evaluate post-acute care prospective payment system (see H.R. 7248), H10102 [11DE]

Medicare/Medicaid: modify skilled nursing facility training lockout penalties to allow certain facilities to continue certified nurse assistant training (see H.R. 6986), H9405 [28SE]

——— provide coverage of services furnished by freestanding emergency centers (see S. 3531), S6388 [28SE]

——— provide for a demonstration program and pilot project to expand choice for inpatient psychiatric services (see H.R. 6343), H6172 [12JY]

Mental health: establish a pilot program to provide grants to community mental health centers for placement of social workers with law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 6604), H7723 [26JY]

National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1004), H6588 [19JY]

National Pressure Ulcer/Injury Prevention Day: designate (see H. Res. 1133), H9448 [26OC]

Remote Area Medical (organization): grant Federal charter (see H.R. 5488), H3209 [12AP]

Robert Maxwell VA Clinic, Bend, OR: designate (see H.R. 6632), H7724 [26JY]

Social Security: expand permissive exclusion from Federal health programs to individuals and entities affiliated with sanctioned entities and provide penalties for illegal distribution of beneficiary identity information (see H.R. 5757), H3929 [10MY]

——— reform (see H.R. 7195), H9743 [29NO]

Stephens, Don and Deyon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2714), S2321 [19AP]

Taxation: provide a credit for eldercare expenses (see S. 3028), S3293 [7JN]

University of California: anniversary (see S. Res. 438), S1790 [19MR]

Veterans: include federally qualified health centers and primary care associations in efforts to help homeless veterans (see H.R. 6572), H7722 [26JY]

——— modify requirements for applications for construction of State home facilities to increase maximum percentage of nonveterans allowed to be treated at such facilities (see S. 3184), S4843 [9JY]

Women: oppose efforts to interfere with personal health care decisions or to prevent health care providers from offering their full medical recommendations to patients (see S. Res. 526), S2924 [24MY]

——— support access to comprehensive, convenient, compassionate, life-affirming, high-quality health care and recognize high standards established by Pro Women’s Healthcare Centers consortium (see H. Res. 1033), H7724 [26JY]

Conference reports

Energy and Water Development, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans’ Services Appropriations (H.R. 5895), H7946–H8106 [10SE]

Letters

Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment Transparency Act: Representative Kevin Brady, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H7117 [24JY]

——— Representative Walden, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H7116, H7117 [24JY]

Dept. of Agriculture Community Facilities Direct Loan and Guarantee Loan Program and Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program permission for rural hospitals to refinance existing debt: Alan Morgan, National Rural Health Association, H4126 [16MY]

Florida proposal to revise Medicaid enrollment regulations: several Florida Senators and Representatives, S2609 [10MY]

Know the Lowest Price Act: David Mitchell, Patients for Affordable Drugs, Inc., S2665 [15MY]

——— Karry K. La Violette, National Community Pharmacists Association, H8798 [25SE]

——— several health organizations, S2666 [15MY]

——— Tom O’Donnell, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, H8798 [25SE]

Opioid drug abuse prevention legislation: Representative Kevin Brady, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H5252, H5256 [19JN]

——— Representative Walden, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H5252, H5256 [19JN]

Patient Right To Know Drug Prices Act: David Mitchell, Patients for Affordable Drugs, Inc., S2665 [15MY]

——— Karry K. La Violette, National Community Pharmacists Association, H8798 [25SE]

——— Saul Levin, American Psychiatric Association, H8798 [25SE]

——— several health organizations, S2666 [15MY]

——— Thomas E. Menighan, American Pharmacists Association, S2665 [15MY]

VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (VA MISSION) Act funding: several veterans and military organizations, S4362 [25JN]

VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (VA MISSION) Act: several organizations, H4040 [16MY]

Lists

National Unconscious Patient’s Bill of Rights and historical grounds for its existence, E1661 [12DE]

20 programs that have Hyde protections, prohibiting taxpayer funded abortions, in consolidated appropriations legislation, S1912 [22MR]

Messages

Legislative Outline for Rebuilding Infrastructure in America: President Trump, S872 [12FE], H1103 [13FE]

Motions

Medicaid: allow States to provide services for certain individuals with opioid use disorders in mental institutions (H.R. 5797), H5342 [20JN]

Press releases

Children’s Hospitals to Congress—Kids Can’t Wait, Fund CHIP Now: Children’s Hospital Association, H508 [18JA]

Know the Lowest Price Act: CVS Health Corp., S2666 [15MY]

——— Express Scripts Holding Co., S2666 [15MY]

Patient Right To Know Drug Prices Act: CVS Health Corp., S2666 [15MY]

——— Express Scripts Holding Co., S2666 [15MY]

——— Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, S2666 [15MY]

Proclamations

National Health Center Week: Representative Barragan, E1150 [14AU]

Remarks in House

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions, H576 [19JA]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), H468 [17JA], H480 [18JA]

Afya Foundation: anniversary, E1742 [31DE]

Aly, Sarfraz: OakBend Medical Center, Richmond, TX, Physician of the Year award recipient, E108 [29JA]

Avery, Annie: Alabama Nursing Home Association Ms. Alabama Nursing Home award recipient, E1155 [17AU]

Better Life in Recovery (nonprofit organization): tribute, E1211 [5SE]

Broward Community & Family Health Centers, Inc.: tribute, E1067 [25JY]

Bryan, TX: tribute to CHI St. Joseph’s Hospital Air Med 12 team, H9398 [28SE]

Buffalo, NY: anniversary of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, H3403 [18AP], E536 [25AP]

Burlington, NC: tribute to Hospice and Palliative Care Center of Alamance-Caswell, E436 [11AP]

California: tribute to Golden Valley Health Centers, E1160 [17AU]

Carthage, NY: tribute to Elizabeth Wende Breast Care Center, E1062 [25JY]

Chicago, IL: call for investigation of Wentworth Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, H5204 [15JN]

Cincinnati, OH: inclusion of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ‘‘Best Children’s Hospitals’’ list, E939 [28JN]

Cinco Charities, Inc.: tribute to Ballard House, H3085 [10AP]

Congress: accomplishments of the 115th Congress, H27 [9JA]

——— legislative priorities, H422 [17JA], H495, H498 [18JA]

Coon Rapids, MN: Mercy Hospital recipient of Healthgrades Operating Co., Inc., Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence, H1545 [14MR]

Crime: establish criminal penalties for unlawful payments for referrals to recovery homes and clinical treatment facilities, H9244, H9249 [28SE]

Dallas, TX: inclusion of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ‘‘Best Hospitals’’ list, E1199 [4SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: modify Community Facilities Direct Loan and Guarantee Loan Program and Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program to permit rural hospitals to refinance existing debt, H4125, H4126 [16MY]

Dept. of Defense: Sexual Assault Special Victims’s Counsel Program funding, H5803 [27JN]

Dept. of HHS: conduct a demonstration program to test alternative pain management protocols to limit use of opioids in emergency departments (H.R. 5197), H5067–H5069 [12JN], H5157 [14JN], E975 [6JY]

——— develop guidance on pain management and prevention of opioid use disorder for hospitals receiving payments under Medicare (H.R. 5774), H5254–H5256 [19JN]

——— establish a grant program to create comprehensive opioid recovery centers (H.R. 5327), H3434 [18AP], H5026, H5055–H5057 [12JN]

——— establish a public-private partnership for purposes of identifying health care waste, fraud, and abuse (H.R. 6753), H9671–H9673 [28NO]

——— establish Military Trauma Team Placement Program and Military Trauma Care Provider Placement Program, H8780 [25SE]

——— establish Military Trauma Team Placement Program and Military Trauma Care Provider Placement Program (H.R. 880), H1236–H1238 [26FE]

——— expand and improve programs and activities for awareness, education, research, surveillance, diagnosis, and treatment of rare diseases and conditions (H.R. 5115), E232 [27FE]

——— extend funding for certain public health programs, H614 [22JA], H824, H826, H891, H893–H895 [6FE]

——— extend funding for certain public health programs (H.R. 4820), H499, H506, H507, H533 [18JA]

——— improve access to emergency medical services (H.R. 548), H4271 [21MY]

——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (H.R. 1676), H6602–H6605 [23JY]

——— provide coordinated care to patients who have experienced a non-fatal overdose after emergency room discharge (H.R. 5176), H5026, H5047–H5049 [12JN]

——— provide for sharing of health information concerning an individual’s substance abuse history and treatment by certain entities (H.R. 5009), H3435 [18AP], H5042, H5043 [12JN]

——— reauthorize and extend funding for community health centers and National Health Service Corps, H482 [18JA], H656 [29JA], H824, H892–H895 [6FE]

——— reauthorize Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (H.R. 5385), H6600–H6602 [23JY], E1062 [25JY]

——— reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program (H.R. 5329), H5057–H5059 [12JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow veterans who live a certain distance from a VA organ transplant center to receive care at certain non-departmental facilities, H4044 [16MY]

——— carry out a pilot program on the use of medical scribes in medical centers, H3996 [16MY]

——— carry out a pilot program to improve private health care for veterans who are survivors of military sexual trauma (H.R. 3642), H1421 [6MR], H4248–H4250 [21MY]

——— Center for Innovation for Care and Payment funding, E804 [8JN]

——— Community Care Program funding, H4998, H4999 [8JN]

——— create an opioid abuse health care kit for community health centers, H4986, H4987 [8JN]

——— designate certain funding for hospital care and medical services in non-departmental facilities pursuant to contracts as changes in concepts and definitions for certain budgetary purposes (H.R. 5805), H3998 [16MY], H4866 [7JN]

——— develop hospice care standards tailored to the needs of combat veterans, H4975 [7JN]

——— Electronic Health Record Modernization Program funding, H4867 [7JN]

——— ensure employee labor union activities do not interfere with performance of their assigned work duties, H1450 [7MR]

——— ensure health care providers at VA medical facilities complete a continuing education course in pain management, H4987 [8JN]

——— ensure the VA phone system allows veterans to directly call their local community-based outpatient center for appointments, H4975, H4976 [7JN]

——— enter into contracts and agreements for the transfer of certain veterans unable to live independently to non-departmental medical foster homes (H.R. 5693), H7172–H7175 [25JY]

——— establish a permanent community care program and a commission on modernization or realignment of health facilities, and improve construction and home loan program laws, H3913 [10MY], H3994, H3996, H3998, H4005, H4014–H4046 [16MY], H4236 [18MY], H9536 [15NO], E694, E695 [21MY]

——— establish clinical observation pilot program for pre-med students preparing to attend medical school (H.R. 2787), H7132, H7133 [24JY]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of administered law (S. 3479), H8754–H8759 [25SE]

——— hire additional Veterans Justice Outreach specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans (H.R. 2147), H5133–H5135, H5138 [13JN]

——— improve Medical Surgical Prime Vendor program by using multiple regional prime vendors and medical professionals with relevant expertise to develop the medical-surgical formulary, H9800 [10DE]

——— improve Medical Surgical Prime Vendor program by using multiple regional prime vendors and medical professionals with relevant expertise to develop the medical-surgical formulary (H.R. 5418), H4257, H4258 [21MY]

——— Inspector General oversight over Washington, DC, VA Medical Center funding, H4988–H4990 [8JN]

——— provide documents on oversight of Electronic Health Record Modernization Program to ensure medical records are available electronically and are easily transferrable between medical facilities, H9799, H9800 [10DE]

——— provide documents on oversight of Electronic Health Record Modernization Program to ensure medical records are available electronically and are easily transferrable between medical facilities (H.R. 4245), H4253, H4254 [21MY]

——— provide for certain reporting requirements relative to medical care for women veterans provided by departmental and non-departmental medical providers (H.R. 4334), H4265–H4267 [21MY]

——— redesignate certain clinics in Montana (S. 1282), H4260, H4261, H4263 [21MY]

——— use on-site regulated medical waste treatment systems at certain facilities (H.R. 5974), H7144, H7145 [24JY]

——— Veterans Transportation Program funding, H4986 [8JN]

——— waive copayment requirement for medical and hospital services in the case of certain billing errors and inform veterans of payment plan and waiver rights relative to untimely billing (H.R. 1972), H4247, H4248 [21MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services, H2024 [22MR], H4786–H4792 [6JN], H4862–H4869, H4884–H4977 [7JN], H4984, H4985–H5000 [8JN], H7937 [7SE], H8181–H8184, H8239–H8245 [13SE], E832 [13JN], E1281 [24SE]

Douglas Fournet Dept. of Veterans Affairs Clinic, Lake Charles, LA: designate (S. 3444), H10428 [20DE]

Doylestown, PA: tribute to Ann Silverman Community Health Clinic, H6270 [17JY]

Doylestown Health Foundation: tribute, H28 [9JA]

Drugs: provide for additional residency positions to help combat opioid crisis, increase funding for opioid abuse crisis, and prohibit delays of generic drugs and biosimilar biological products, H5570 [22JN], E905 [25JN]

Dye, Melinda: HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Altoona, PA, Personal Achievement Award recipient, E1246 [13SE]

Edina, MN: Fairview Southdale Hospital recipient of Healthgrades Operating Co., Inc., Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence, H1249 [26FE]

Elgin, IL: opening of Greater Elgin Family Care Center, E1007 [12JY]

Ellenville, NY: tribute to Ellenville Regional Hospital for initiative to combat opioid abuse, E1437 [23OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5895), correction in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 46), H8245 [13SE]

Fairfax, VA: anniversary of Inova Schar Cancer Institute Life With Cancer program Lobster Extravaganza fundraiser, E596 [7MY]

FCC: expand broadband Internet access service to rural areas, H1231 [26FE], H10275 [19DE]

FEMA: limit reductions in assistance for recovery costs associated with rebuilding multi-structure educational, law enforcement, correctional, fire, or medical facilities, H3717, H3718 [27AP]

Ferndale, MI: anniversary of Ferndale Free Clinic, E663 [16MY]

First Choice Home Care, LLC: tribute, E381 [29MR]

Fort Polk, LA: anniversary of 115th Combat Support Hospital, H9535 [15NO]

Gainesville, GA: tribute to Gainesville Vision Clinic, E471 [16AP]

Green, Gary: HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Altoona, PA, Personal Achievement Award recipient, E1247 [13SE]

Hall, Harriet: West Chamber (organization) Jefferson County, CO, Hall of Fame Award recipient, E522 [24AP]

Havana, IL: anniversary of Mason District Hospital, E69 [19JA]

Health: importance of Patient’s Bill of Rights, E1659 [12DE]

Health Services, Inc.: anniversary, E897 [22JN]

Hershel ‘‘Woody’’ Williams VA Medical Center, Huntington, WV: designate (H.R. 3663), H4261–H4263 [21MY]

House of Representatives: moment of silence in memory of victims of shooting at Veterans Home of California-Yountville, H1529 [13MR]

Hurricanes: assessment of disaster relief for those affected by Hurricane Maria, H3160 [12AP]

——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief for those affected by Hurricane Maria, H177 [16JA]

Insurance: ensure that health insurance issuers and group health plans do not prohibit pharmacy providers from providing certain information to enrollees (S. 2554), H8795–H8799 [25SE]

Jackson, MI: anniversary of Henry Ford Allegiance Health, E1174 [24AU]

Kansas City, MO: anniversary of Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center, E1138 [10AU]

Kate’s Kart, Inc.: anniversary, H421 [17JA]

Kline, Michael: HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Altoona, PA, Personal Achievement Award recipient, E1248 [13SE]

Latino Health Access (organization): anniversary, E1435 [23OC]

Lexington VA Health Care System, Lexington, KY: designate and name campuses in honor of Franklin R. Sousley and Troy Bowling (H.R. 4533), H1081–H1083 [13FE]

Lindsley, Barbara and Terry: CHI Health Mercy Hospital, Council Bluffs, IA, Council Heritage Award for Arts and Humanities recipient, E722 [23MY]

Little Rock, AR: Central Arkansas Veterans Affairs Healthcare System nurses named to Great 100 Nurses Celebration of Arkansas honoree list, E1144 [10AU]

Los Angeles, CA: anniversary of Hollywood Sunset Free Clinic, E1287 [25SE]

Mather, CA: anniversary of Mather Field, E1245 [13SE]

Medicaid: allow State to determine level of care and length of stay for certain individuals with opioid use disorders in mental institutions based on State criteria, H5341, H5342 [20JN]

——— allow States to provide medical assistance at a residential pediatric recovery center to infants under 1 year of age with neonatal abstinence syndrome and their families, H9156 [28SE]

——— allow States to provide services for certain individuals with opioid use disorders in mental institutions, H5515 [22JN], H9249 [28SE]

——— allow States to provide services for certain individuals with opioid use disorders in mental institutions (H.R. 5797), H5335–H5345 [20JN], E876 [20JN], E907 [25JN]

——— allow States to provide services for certain individuals with opioid use disorders in mental institutions (H.R. 5797), consideration (H. Res. 949), H5294–H5304 [20JN], E901 [22JN]

——— allow States to provide services for certain individuals with opioid use disorders in mental institutions (H.R. 5797), motion to recommit, H5343 [20JN]

——— allow States to provide services for certain individuals with opioid use disorders in mental institutions if the State expands Medicaid, H5343 [20JN]

——— expand services for certain individuals with opioid use disorders in mental institutions to include individuals suffering from cocaine use disorder, H5339, H5340 [20JN]

——— extend spousal impoverishment protections for beneficiaries receiving long-term care in a home or community care setting, H10047–H10050 [11DE]

——— funding, H1732 [21MR], H5299, H5300 [20JN], H5512, H5513, H5520 [22JN]

——— provide requirements relative to use of qualified prescription drug monitoring programs and prescribing of certain controlled substances (H.R. 5801), H5245–H5247 [19JN]

——— reauthorize Money Follows the Person Demonstration Program, extend spousal impoverishment protections for beneficiaries receiving long-term care, and reduce certain Federal medical assistance percentages and funds (H.R. 7397), H10590 [22DE]

——— report number of patients in mental institutions suffering with co-occuring disorders and provide information on community care access for individuals suffering from mental illness other than substance abuse, H5340, H5341 [20JN]

Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission: conduct study and report on requirements applicable to, and practices of, mental institutions (H.R. 5800), H5040–H5042 [12JN]

Medicare: eliminate cuts to disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments, H895 [6FE]

——— eliminate gap in coverage of prescription drug benefit, H1078 [13FE]

——— establish Universal Medicare Program to provide comprehensive health insurance coverage for all U.S. residents (S. 1804), H9808 [10DE]

——— expand access to addiction treatment in federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics, H5252, H5253 [19JN]

——— identify and notify outlier prescribers of opioids, H5260, H5261 [19JN]

——— modify payments for certain outpatient surgical services, H5512 [22JN]

——— prohibit health plans and pharmacy benefit managers from restricting pharmacies from informing individuals regarding prices for certain drugs and biologicals (S. 2553), H8796–H8801 [25SE]

——— provide for ambulatory surgical center representation during review of hospital outpatient payment rates (H.R. 6138), H7116–H7118 [24JY]

——— provide for temporary stabilization of Medicare Advantage payments following Hurricane Maria (H.R. 6809), H10324 [19DE]

——— revise certain measures used under the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey relating to pain management, H5257, H5258 [19JN]

——— solvency, H4858 [7JN]

Memphis, TN: tribute to Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare nurses, E517 [24AP]

Miami, FL: anniversary of Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center, E601 [8MY]

Mountain Mesa, CA: anniversary of Kern Valley Healthcare District, E792 [7JN]

Napa County, CA: anniversary of Mentis, Napa’s Center for Mental Health Services, E1002 [12JY]

National Health Center Week: observance, E1160, E1162 [17AU]

National Pressure Ulcer/Injury Prevention Day: designate (H. Res. 1133), E1532 [16NO]

National Rural Health Day: observance, H9535 [15NO], E1537 [16NO]

National Skilled Nursing Care Week: observance, E644 [15MY]

National Skilled Nursing Week: observance, E596 [7MY]

Newport, NH: anniversary of Summercrest Assisted Living, E753 [1JN]

North Country Prenatal/Perinatal Council: anniversary, E1485 [2NO]

Omni Family Health, Inc.: tribute, E1543 [20NO]

Pennsylvania State University: tribute to IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) to raise money for the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital Four Diamonds Fund, H1183 [15FE], H1645 [15MR]

Pharmaceuticals: support antibiotic stewardship programs to ensure proper prescription and administration of antibiotics, E1533 [16NO]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: fetal tissue research and women’s health care services funding, H501 [18JA]

Pleasant Gap, PA: anniversary of HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, H8250 [13SE]

Poletti, Edward: Medical Library Association Lois Ann Colaianni Award for Excellence and Achievement in Hospital Librarianship recipient, H3937 [15MY]

Rasmussen, Bruce: CHI Health Mercy Hospital, Council Bluffs, IA, Mercy Heritage Award for Business recipient, E715 [23MY]

Ray Hendrix Dept. of Veterans Affairs Clinic, Statesboro, GA: designate, H9802 [10DE]

Ray Hendrix Veterans Clinic, Statesboro, GA: designate (H.R. 3946), H4251–H4253 [21MY]

——— designate (H.R. 3946), Senate amendments, H9802 [10DE]

Roby, Representative: meetings in 2d Congressional District of Alabama, H7830 [5SE]

Rockport, TX: tribute to Gulf Point Plaza, E624 [10MY]

Ruleville, MS: tribute to North Sunflower Medical Center, E383 [29MR]

Rural Hospital Week: observance, E1535 [16NO]

Salinas, CA: anniversry of Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital, E570 [27AP]

San Antonio, TX: tribute to University of Texas Health Science Center Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, E1217 [6SE]

San Jose, CA: anniversary of Community Health Partnership, E1290 [25SE]

Seattle, WA: anniversary of International Community Health Services, E1372 [5OC]

Selfridge Air National Guard Base, MI: groundbreaking ceremony for Eisenhower Veteran Care Transition Center, H9551 [16NO]

Sell, Jerre: HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Altoona, PA, Patient Advocate Award recipient, E1248 [13SE]

Sergeant Ernest I. ‘‘Boots’’ Thomas VA Clinic, Tallahassee, FL: designate (H.R. 4687), H4871 [7JN]

——— designate (S. 2246), H4964 [7JN]

Sergeant John Toombs Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Facility, Murfreesboro, TN: designate (H.R. 2634), H8753 [25SE]

Sitka, AK: convey certain property to SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (S. 825), H9789, H9790 [10DE]

South Carolina Free Clinic Association: tribute to free health clinics, H4856 [7JN]

Springfield, IL: tribute to Springfield Clinic work with OpenNotes movement, E225 [27FE], E258 [5MR]

Sugar Land, TX: Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital inclusion in Becker’s Hospital Review (publication) 100 Great Hospitals in America list, E1278 [20SE]

——— Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital Surgical Intensive Care Unit Dept., recipient of American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Beacon Award for Excellence, E101 [29JA]

——— tribute to Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital, H1682 [19MR]

Summers, Matthew: HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Altoona, PA, Personal Achievement Award recipient, E1249 [13SE]

Supreme Court: hearing of arguments in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra relative to whether certain disclosures required by California law violate freedom of speech, H1588–H1595 [14MR]

Syria: condemn attacks on hospitals and medical personnel, allow humanitarian assistance, and conduct investigation of human rights violations (H. Res. 632), H479 [18JA]

Taxation: impose Federal taxes on bonds used to provide facilities owned by abortion providers (H.R. 4131), H463 [17JA]

Titusville, PA: Titusville Area Hospital recipient of Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania Excellence in Care Award, H5106 [13JN]

University of California, Davis: anniversary of MIND Institute, E1436 [23OC]

University of Miami: anniversary of University of Miami-Nova Southeastern University Center for Autism and Related Disorders, H3346 [17AP]

——— tribute to Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, H3382 [17AP]

University of North Texas: anniversary of Student Health and Wellness Center, E1379 [5OC]

Utica, NY: anniversary of Masonic Care Community of New York, H3562 [25AP]

VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (VA MISSION) Act: funding, H4866 [7JN]

Vitas Healthcare Co.: tribute to Philadelphia, PA, volunteers, E485 [17AP]

Watertown, NY: anniversary of North Country Family Health Center at North Elementary School, E1658 [12DE]

——— completion of North Country Family Health Center renovation project, E1174 [24AU]

White Plains, NY: anniversary of White Plains Hospital, E1347 [28SE]

Women: ensure protection of reproductive health rights, H564 [19JA]

Yountville, CA: express condolences to friends and family of victims of shooting at Veterans Home of California-Yountville, H1513 [13MR]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: limit restrictions on the provision of abortion services to protect a women’s right to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy (S. 510), S574 [30JA], S4487, S4488, S4494 [27JN]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions, S1905–S1908, S1910–S1913, S1920–S1922 [22MR], S2544 [8MY]

——— provide for conscience protections of health care professionals, S271 [18JA]

Alaska: convey certain property to the Tanana Tribal Council and the Bristol Bay Area Health Corp. (S. 269), S1968, S1969 [22MR]

American College of Emergency Physicians (organization): anniversary (S. Res. 723), S7453 [11DE]

Aurora, CO: opening of Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, S5031 [18JY]

Baltimore, MD: tribute to roundtable discussion with local leadership relative to opioid crisis, S6166 [17SE]

Budget: provide parity for defense and nondefense spending, S33–S35 [4JA]

Chicago, IL: condemn shooting at Mercy Hospital & Medical Center, express condolences to friends and family of victims, and commend first responders, S7148 [28NO]

——— express condolences to friends and family of victims of shooting at Mercy Hospital & Medical Center, honor lives and memory of victims, and commend first responders (S. Res. 720), S7453 [11DE]

——— tribute to Chicago HEAL (Hospital Engagement, Action, and Leadership) Initiative, S6436 [2OC]

Columbus, OH: tribute to Maryhaven Addiction Stabilization Center, S6168 [17SE]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): accomplishments, S7982–S7984 [20DE]

Congress: accomplishments of the 115th Congress, S2889 [24MY]

——— legislative accomplishments relative to veterans’ care and services, S6781 [11OC]

Crime: establish criminal penalties for unlawful payments for referrals to recovery homes and clinical treatment facilities, S6473 [3OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a Rural Health Liaison (S. 2894), S2813 [22MY]

Dept. of HHS: call for Indian Health Service Director nomination, S1236 [27FE]

——— conduct a demonstration program to test alternative pain management protocols to limit use of opioids in emergency departments (S. 2516), S2067 [11AP]

——— designate certain substance use disorder treatment facilities as eligible for National Health Service Corps service (S. 1453), S93 [9JA]

——— disapprove rule on compliance with title X requirements by family planning project recipients in selecting subrecipients to provide services (H.J. Res. 43), S273 [18JA]

——— eliminate title X family planning grants, S6205 [18SE]

——— establish a grant program to create comprehensive opioid recovery centers, S6164 [17SE], S6471 [3OC]

——— extend funding for certain public health programs, S373–S375, S377 [20JA], S401, S423 [21JA]

——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (S. 693), S5878 [23AU]

——— provide for sharing of health information concerning an individual’s substance abuse history and treatment by certain entities, S2478 [26AP], S6177 [17SE], S6472 [3OC]

——— provide for sharing of health information concerning an individual’s substance abuse history and treatment by certain entities (S. 581), S1915 [22MR]

——— reauthorize and extend funding for community health centers and National Health Service Corps, S373–S375, S377 [20JA], S401 [21JA], S554 [29JA], S628, S638 [6FE], S680 [7FE]

——— reauthorize and extend funding for community health centers and National Health Service Corps (S. 1899), S61 [8JA], S92 [9JA], S118 [10JA], S275 [18JA], S342 [19JA], S516 [25JA]

——— reauthorize Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (H.R. 5385), S6032 [4SE]

——— reauthorize Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (S. 2597), S7365 [6DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow entrance into agreements with non-departmental health care providers if unable to provide health care in departmental facilities or through contracts or sharing agreements, S2825 [22MY]

——— carry out a program to establish peer specialists in patient aligned care teams at departmental medical centers (S. 1873), S525, S526 [25JA], S2860 [23MY]

——— clarify that tribal health providers funded by the Indian Health Service are inclueded in VA Choice Program, S2862 [23MY]

——— ensure access of the Office of the Inspector General to information or documents deemed necessary to investigate and provide oversight, S4272 [20JN]

——— establish a commission to make recommendations on modernization or realignment of health facilities, improve construction and management leases, and amend and fund the Veterans Choice Program, S2823 [22MY]

——— establish a permanent community care program, improve recruitment of health care providers, and improve construction (S. 2906), unanimous-consent request, S2823 [22MY]

——— establish a permanent community care program and a commission on modernization or realignment of health facilities, and improve construction and home loan program laws, S2761, S2764, S2765 [17MY], S2781 [21MY], S2801, S2806–S2809, S2812, S2823–S2827 [22MY], S2843, S2857–S2862, S2864–S2866, S2871 [23MY], S2894, S2909, S2911–S2913 [24MY], S3002, S3003 [6JN], S5118–S5122 [23JY]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of administered law (S. 3479), S6254 [18SE]

——— hire additional Veterans Justice Outreach specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans (H.R. 2147), S5869 [22AU]

——— hire additional Veterans Justice Outreach specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans (S. 946), S1190 [15FE]

——— include in Veterans Choice Program all veterans enrolled in departmental patient enrollment system (S. 2168), S228, S229 [17JA]

——— redesignate certain clinics in Montana (S. 1282), S2816 [22MY]

——— submit plan to Congress to avoid clinical mistakes by employees that result in adverse events that require certain disclosures, S4367 [25JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services, S3973–S3976 [18JN], S4011, S4014–S4016, S4018–S4024, S4026, S4028, S4030, S4031, S4249 [19JN], S4253–S4257, S4271–S4275 [20JN], S4313, S4324, S4325, S4328–S4330 [21JN], S4354, S4358–S4364, S4367 [25JN], S4889–S4891 [11JY], S6045 [6SE], S6116, S6122, S6133–S6136, S6148 [12SE], S6183 [17SE]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (S. 3024), S3395 [11JN]

Douglas Fournet Dept. of Veterans Affairs Clinic, Lake Charles, LA: designate (S. 3444), S7820 [18DE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5895), correction in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 46)—unanimous-consent agreement, S6124 [12SE]

Excellence in Mental Health Act: impact, S7395 [11DE]

FCC: expand broadband Internet access service to rural areas, S900 [13FE]

Florida: proposal to revise Medicaid enrollment regulations, S2609 [10MY]

FTC: prohibit marketing of bogus opioid treatment programs or products, S6471 [3OC]

Hershel ‘‘Woody’’ Williams VA Medical Center, Huntington, WV: designate (H.R. 3663), S2942 [24MY]

Hurricanes: assessment of disaster relief for those affected by Hurricane Maria, S685–S688 [7FE]

——— provide additional disaster recovery assistance for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands in response to Hurricanes Irma and Maria (S. 2165), S30 [4JA]

Insurance: ensure that health insurance issuers and group health plans do not prohibit pharmacy providers from providing certain information to enrollees (S. 2554), S2664–S2667 [15MY], S6164, S6170–S6173, S6175, S6176, S6178 [17SE], S7221 [29NO]

——— ensure that health insurance issuers and group health plans do not prohibit pharmacy providers from providing certain information to enrollees (S. 2554), unanimous-consent agreement, S6105 [6SE]

——— ensure that self-insured group health insurance plans that are exempt from State regulations do not prohibit pharmacy providers from providing certain information to enrollees, S6178 [17SE]

——— limit application of provision to prohibit pharmacy providers from providing certain information to enrollees to self-insured group health plans, S6171, S6172 [17SE]

——— use of the ‘‘prudent layperson’’ standard to determine coverage of emergency medical services, S798 [8FE]

Kagame, Paul: tribute to leadership and efforts by Rwandan President to rebuild economy and infrastructure, S454–S458 [23JA]

Lexington VA Health Care System, Lexington, KY: designate and name campuses in honor of Franklin R. Sousley and Troy Bowling (H.R. 4533), S1191 [15FE]

Medicaid: allow States to provide medical assistance at a residential pediatric recovery center to infants under 1 year of age with neonatal abstinence syndrome and their families, S6050 [6SE], S6127 [12SE], S6170 [17SE], S6436 [2OC], S6472 [3OC], S6797 [11OC], S7177 [28NO]

——— allow States to provide services for certain individuals with opioid use disorders in mental institutions, S6174 [17SE], S6480–S6482 [3OC]

——— importance, S5445 [30JY]

——— provide for a demonstration project to increase substance use provider treatment capacity, S6169 [17SE]

Medicare: prohibit health plans and pharmacy benefit managers from restricting pharmacies from informing individuals regarding prices for certain drugs and biologicals (S. 2553), S2664–S2667 [15MY], S6033 [4SE], S6173 [17SE]

——— prohibit health plans and pharmacy benefit managers from restricting pharmacies from informing individuals regarding prices for certain drugs and biologicals (S. 2553), correction in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 49), S6375 [28SE]

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network: decision to reform liver allocation policy, S7884 [19DE]

Ray Hendrix Dept. of Veterans Affairs Clinic, Statesboro, GA: designate, S7141 [27NO]

Ray Hendrix Veterans Clinic, Statesboro, GA: designate (H.R. 3946), S7141 [27NO]

Senate: legislative priorities, S3 [3JA], S82 [9JA], S114–S116 [10JA], S446 [23JA], S514 [25JA]

Sergeant Ernest I. ‘‘Boots’’ Thomas VA Clinic, Tallahassee, FL: designate (S. 2246), S1130 [14FE]

Supreme Court: decision in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra relative to whether certain disclosures required by California law violate freedom of speech, S4466, S4485 [27JN]

——— decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt relative to Texas law restricting access to abortion services, S4485–S4488, S4493 [27JN]

Taxation: clarify certain rules relative to veteran health insurance and codify veteran eligibility for premium tax credit (H.R. 2372), S615 [5FE], S618 [6FE]

——— clarify certain rules relative to veteran health insurance and codify veteran eligibility for premium tax credit (H.R. 2372), unanimous-consent request, S3741 [12JN]

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: tribute to being named first ‘‘National Stop the Bleed Campus’’, S7045 [15NO]

University of California: anniversary (S. Res. 438), S1794 [19MR], S1880 [21MR]

VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (VA MISSION) Act: funding, S4015 [19JN], S4273 [20JN], S4362 [25JN]

——— implementation, S7216 [29NO]

Veterans Educational Assistance Act: implementation, S7216 [29NO]

Women: ensure protection of reproductive health rights, S2868 [23MY]

Reports filed

Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment Transparency Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 6138) (H. Rept. 115–831), H6462 [17JY]

Caring for Our Veterans Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate) (S. 2193) (S. Rept. 115–212), S1451 [7MR]

Combating Opioid Abuse for Care in Hospitals (COACH) Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 5774) (H. Rept. 115–762), H5283 [19JN]

Commit to Opioid Medical Prescriber Accountability and Safety for Seniors (COMPASS) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5716) (H. Rept. 115–740), H5092 [12JN]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 5895, Energy and Water Development, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans’ Services Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1059) (H. Rept. 115–949), H8169 [12SE]

Consideration of H.R. 5797, Individuals in Medicaid Deserve Care That Is Appropriate and Responsible in Its Execution (IMD CARE) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 949) (H. Rept. 115–766), H5283 [19JN]

Consideration of H.R. 5895, Energy and Water Development, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans’ Services Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 918) (H. Rept. 115–711), H4775 [5JN]

——— Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 923) (H. Rept. 115–712), H4848 [6JN]

Consideration of S. 2372, VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (VA MISSION) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 891) (H. Rept. 115–677), H3975 [15MY]

Dept. of HHS Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program Reauthorization: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2597), S2439 [25AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Creation of On-Site Treatment Systems Affording Veterans Improvements and Numerous General Safety (VA COST SAVINGS) Enhancements Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 5974) (H. Rept. 115–869), H7153 [24JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans’ Services: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5786) (H. Rept. 115–673), H3934 [11MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans’ Services: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3024) (S. Rept. 115–269), S3292 [7JN]

Energy and Water Development, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans’ Services Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 5895) (H. Rept. 115–929), H8106 [10SE]

Improving Oversight of Women Veterans’ Care Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 4334) (H. Rept. 115–685), H4241 [18MY]

Individuals in Medicaid Deserve Care That Is Appropriate and Responsible in Its Execution (IMD CARE) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5797) (H. Rept. 115–723), H5091 [12JN]

Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 5963) (H. Rept. 115–868), H7153 [24JY]

Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission Study and Report on Requirements Applicable to, and Practices of, Mental Institutions: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5800) (H. Rept. 115–717), H5020 [8JN]

Medicaid Providers Are Required To Note Experiences in Record Systems To Help In-Need Patients (Medicaid PARTNERSHIP) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5801) (H. Rept. 115–725), H5091 [12JN]

Military Sexual Assault Victims Empowerment (Military SAVE) Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 3642) (H. Rept. 115–683), H4241 [18MY]

Opioid Addiction Recovery Fraud Prevention Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2842) (S. Rept. 115–285), S4512 [27JN]

Patient Right To Know Drug Prices Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2554), S5516 [31JY]

Post-Surgical Injections as an Opioid Alternative Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5804) (H. Rept. 115–752), H5151 [13JN]

Restoring Accountability in the Indian Health Service Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 5874) (H. Rept. 115–1065), H9762 [3DE]

Rural Development of Opioid Capacity Services (Rural DOCS) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5477) (H. Rept. 115–731), H5091 [12JN]

Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Land Transfer Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (S. 825) (H. Rept. 115–619), H3058 [5AP]

VA Asset and Infrastructure Review Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 4243) (H. Rept. 115–1036)115–1036), H9567 [16NO]

VA Billing Accountability Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 1972) (H. Rept. 115–681), H4241 [18MY]

VA Care in the Community Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 4242) (H. Rept. 115–585), H1372 [5MR]

VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (VA MISSION) Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 5674) (H. Rept. 115–671), H3934 [11MY]

Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 5418) (H. Rept. 115–693), H4283 [21MY]

Veterans’ Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 4245) (H. Rept. 115–691), H4283 [21MY]

Veterans Health Administration Facilities Smoking Prohibition: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 1662) (H. Rept. 115–1033), H9567 [16NO]

Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 2147) (H. Rept. 115–682), H4241 [18MY]

Veterans-Specific Education for Tomorrow’s Health Professionals (Vet HP) Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 2787) (H. Rept. 115–867), H7153 [24JY]

Tables

Energy and water development, legislative branch, and military construction and veterans’ services appropriations (H.R. 5895), H4885–H4898 [7JN]

Testimonies

Injury and Pain During and Following Medical Procedures: Dawn Menning, E1659 [12DE]

Injury and Pain During and Following Medical Procedures of Dawn Menning and Follow-Up Legal Actions: Mike Menning, E1660 [12DE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 121, correction in enrollment of S. 2372, VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (VA MISSION) Act, H4058 [16MY]

H. Res. 891, consideration of H.R. 5698, Protect and Serve Act, S. 2372, VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (VA MISSION) Act, and H.R. 2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act, H3991 [16MY]

H. Res. 918, consideration of H.R. 5895, energy and water development, legislative branch, and military construction and veterans’ services appropriations, H4785 [6JN]

H. Res. 923, consideration of H.R. 5895, energy and water development, legislative branch, and military construction and veterans’ services appropriations and H.R. 3, Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act, H4862 [7JN]

H. Res. 949, consideration of H.R. 5797, Individuals in Medicaid Deserve Care That Is Appropriate and Responsible in Its Execution (IMD CARE) Act, H5294 [20JN]

H. Res. 1059, consideration of conference report on H.R. 5895, energy and water development, legislative branch, and military construction and veterans’ services appropriations, H8181 [13SE]

H.R. 880, Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide To Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths (MISSION ZERO) Act, H1236 [26FE]

H.R. 1676, Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act, H6602–H6604 [23JY]

H.R. 1972, VA Billing Accountability Act, H4247 [21MY]

H.R. 2147, Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act, H5133 [13JN]

H.R. 2634, Sergeant John Toombs Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Facility, Murfreesboro, TN, H8753 [25SE]

H.R. 2787, Veterans-Specific Education for Tomorrow’s Health Professionals (Vet HP) Act, H7132 [24JY]

H.R. 3642, Military Sexual Assault Victims Empowerment (Military SAVE) Act, H4248 [21MY]

H.R. 3663, Hershel ‘‘Woody’’ Williams VA Medical Center, Huntington, WV, H4261 [21MY]

H.R. 3946, Ray Hendrix Veterans Clinic, Statesboro, GA, H4252 [21MY]

H.R. 4245, Veterans’ Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act, H4253 [21MY]

H.R. 4334, Improving Oversight of Women Veterans’ Care Act, H4265 [21MY]

H.R. 4533, Lexington VA Health Care System, Lexington, KY, and naming of campuses in honor of Franklin R. Sousley and Troy Bowling, H1081 [13FE]

H.R. 5009, Dept. of HHS sharing of health information concerning an individual’s substance abuse history and treatment by certain entities, H5042 [12JN]

H.R. 5176, Preventing Overdoses While in Emergency Rooms Act, H5047 [12JN]

H.R. 5197, Alternatives to Opioids in the Emergency Department (ALTO) Act, H5067 [12JN]

H.R. 5327, Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers Act, H5055 [12JN]

H.R. 5329, Poison Center Network Enhancement Act, H5057 [12JN]

H.R. 5385, Dept. of HHS Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program reauthorization, H6600 [23JY]

H.R. 5418, Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act, H4257 [21MY]

H.R. 5693, Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act, H7172 [25JY]

H.R. 5774, Combating Opioid Abuse for Care in Hospitals (COACH) Act, H5254 [19JN]

H.R. 5797, Individuals in Medicaid Deserve Care That Is Appropriate and Responsible in Its Execution (IMD CARE) Act, H5338 [20JN]

H.R. 5800, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission study and report on requirements applicable to, and practices of, mental institutions, H5040 [12JN]

H.R. 5801, Medicaid Providers Are Required To Note Experiences in Record Systems To Help In-Need Patients (Medicaid PARTNERSHIP) Act, H5245–H5247 [19JN]

H.R. 5895, energy and water development, legislative branch, and military construction and veterans’ services appropriations, H4905–H4924 [7JN]

H.R. 5974, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Creation of On-Site Treatment Systems Affording Veterans Improvements and Numerous General Safety (VA COST SAVINGS) Enhancements Act, H7144 [24JY]

H.R. 6138, Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment Transparency Act, H7116 [24JY]

H.R. 6753, Strengthening the Health Care Fraud Prevention Task Force Act, H9671 [28NO]

S. 269, Alaska property conveyance to the Tanana Tribal Council and the Bristol Bay Area Health Corp., S1969 [22MR]

S. 825, Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Land Transfer Act, H9789 [10DE]

S. 1282, certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs clinics in Montana redesignation, H4260 [21MY]

S. 1873, Veteran Partners’ Efforts To Enhance Reintegration (PEER) Act, S554 [29JA]

S. 2246, Sergeant Ernest I. ‘‘Boots’’ Thomas VA Clinic, Tallahassee, FL, S1130 [14FE], H4964 [7JN]

S. 2372, VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (VA MISSION) Act, H4015–H4038 [16MY]

S. 2553, Know the Lowest Price Act, S6033 [4SE], H8799 [25SE]

S. 2554, Patient Right To Know Drug Prices Act, H8795 [25SE]

S. 2597, Dept. of HHS Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program reauthorization, S7365 [6DE]

S. 2714, award Congressional Gold Medal to Don and Deyon Stephens, S2323 [19AP]

S. 3444, Douglas Fournet Dept. of Veterans Affairs Clinic, Lake Charles, LA, S7820 [18DE], H10428 [20DE]

S. 3479, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act, S6227–S6231, S6254–S6258 [18SE], H8754–H8758 [25SE]

S. Con. Res. 46, correction in enrollment of H.R. 5895, energy and water development, legislative branch, and military construction and veterans’ services appropriations, S6147 [12SE], H8245 [13SE]

S. Con. Res. 49, correction in enrollment of S. 2553, Know the Lowest Price Act, S6390 [28SE], H9412 [2OC]

S. Res. 438, University of California anniversary, S1793 [19MR]

S. Res. 526, oppose efforts to interfere with personal health care decisions or to prevent health care providers from offering their full medical recommendations to patients, S2938 [24MY]

S. Res. 720, express condolences to friends and family of victims of shooting, honor lives and memory of victims, and commend first responders at Mercy Hospital & Medical Center in Chicago, IL, S7436 [11DE]

S. Res. 723, American College of Emergency Physicians (organization) anniversary, S7437 [11DE]