DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES related term(s) Surgeon General

Amendments

Budget: rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 923), H4868 [7JN]

CDC: create a modern infrastructure for the prevention, treatment, and care of Alzheimer’s and related dementias and preservation of brain health (S. 2076), S7520, S7526, S7527 [12DE]

Dept. of Justice: review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols to address missing and murdered Native Americans (S. 1942), S7365 [6DE]

Diseases and disorders: coordinate Federal research efforts for, and improve public education and awareness of, congenital heart disease (H.R. 1222), S7520, S7524, S7525 [12DE], H10278 [19DE]

——— expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (S. 292), S1975 [22MR]

——— reauthorize sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program and provide for sickle cell disease research, surveillance, prevention, and treatment (S. 2465), S6880 [11OC]

Drugs: ensure doctors have access to patient treatment history to prevent addiction relapses or harmful drug interactions and protect confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records (H.R. 6082), consideration (H. Res. 949), H5302 [20JN]

——— provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment (H.R. 6), S6063 [6SE], S6193 [17SE], H5522, H5560, H5561, H5562, H5564, H5565, H5566 [22JN]

——— provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 949), H5302 [20JN]

Firefighters: develop a voluntary patient registry to collect data on cancer incidence among firefighters (H.R. 931), S2629, S2631 [10MY], H5572 [22JN]

Health: improve essential oral health care for low-income and other underserved individuals by breaking down barriers to care (H.R. 2422), S6873, S6881 [11OC]

Human rights: provide assistance in abolishing human trafficking in the U.S. (S. 1311), H9377 [28SE]

Information technology: promote testing of incentive payments for adoption and use of certified electronic health records technology by behavioral health providers (S. 1732), S2527, S2528 [7MY]

Insurance: modify definition of qualified health plan for health insurance premium tax credit and allow individuals purchasing health insurance in individual market to buy lower premium copper plan (H.R. 6311), consideration (H. Res. 1011), H7099 [24JY]

Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers Who Deliver Infants Early (PREEMIE) Act: revise and extend (S. 3029), S6148, S6153, S6154 [12SE]

State Offices of Rural Health grant program: reauthorize (S. 2278), S5313 [24JY]

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 (H.R. 767), S7945, S7949 [19DE], H10424 [20DE]

Traumatic brain injury: reauthorize certain programs related to traumatic brain injury and trauma research (H.R. 6615), S7745, S7796 [18DE], H10280 [19DE]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 6157, Depts. of Defense, Labor, HHS, and Education and related agencies and continuing appropriations, S6101 [6SE], H7806 [4SE]

Health Information Technology Advisory Committee, S212 [16JA]

Articles and editorials

Trouble With Short-Term Health Plans in the Age of Obamacare, S6742 [10OC]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: condition receipt of certain grants and contracts on compliance with abortion prohibition (see H.R. 6613), H7723 [26JY]

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: abolish (see H.R. 7051), H9424 [9OC]

Animals: ensure that healthy research dogs and cats are adopted into suitable homes (see H.R. 7268), H10169 [12DE]

Budget: rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (see S. 2979), S2924 [24MY] (see H.R. 3), H3884 [9MY]

——— rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (H.R. 3), consideration (see H. Res. 923), H4848 [6JN]

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

CDC: authorize pilot program to expand and intensify surveillance of self-harm and suicidal ideation behavior in partnership with State and local public health departments (see H.R. 7103), H9459 [30OC]

——— establish Emergency Response Fund (see S. 3161), S4734 [28JN]

——— provide for systematic data collection, analysis, and epidemiological research on neonatal abstinence syndrome (see S. 2658), S2120 [12AP]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: accelerate progress toward prevention strategies, treatments, and a cure for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and provide caregivers dementia care training (see S. 2387), S703 [7FE] (see H.R. 4957), H973 [7FE]

——— authorize grants for graduate medical education partnerships in States with a low ratio of medical residents relative to population (see H.R. 7233), H9819 [10DE]

——— compel manufacturers to correct inaccurate classification data reported to Medicaid rebate program (see H.R. 5712), H3833 [8MY]

——— provide for an action plan to prevent opioid addictions and enhance access to medication-assisted treatment (see S. 2769), S2484 [26AP] (see H.R. 5590), H3505 [24AP]

Child Advocate Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 6223), H5748 [26JN]

Children and youth: authorize funding for creation and implementation of infant mortality pilot programs in standard metropolitan statistical areas with high rates of infant mortality (see H.R. 6174), H5505 [21JN]

——— condemn all forms of violence against children globally, recognize harmful impacts of violence against children, and develop and monitor a strategy to prevent and address such violence (see S. Res. 606), S5619 [15AU]

——— disseminate resources to early childhood care and education providers working with young children on ways to recognize and respond to children who may be impacted by trauma related to substance abuse (see H.R. 5889), H4284 [21MY]

——— improve health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life (see S. 3521), S6356 [27SE] (see H.R. 6931), H9149 [27SE]

——— include an act of unregulated custody transfer or ‘‘rehoming’’ in the definition of child abuse and neglect (see S. 3173), S4734 [28JN] (see H.R. 6115), H5200 [14JN]

——— promote healthy eating and physical activity among children (see S. 2726), S2342 [23AP] (see H.R. 6586), H7722 [26JY]

——— provide assistance to States in complying with and implementing child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment programs to promote better protections for young children and family-centered responses (see H.R. 5890), H4284 [21MY]

——— provide grants to States to improve and coordinate their response to ensure safety, permanency, and well-being of children at high risk for abuse and neglect due to substance abuse (see S. 2696), S2261 [18AP]

——— require adrenoleukodystrophy screening of newborns (see H.R. 5453), H3095 [10AP]

——— 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. 4990), H1074 [8FE]

——— require States to provide for the placement of a foster child in a cottage home and make a child so placed eligible for foster care maintenance payments (see H.R. 4983), H1074 [8FE]

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

China: prohibit Federal funding to award grant for any virtual reality platform designed to teach children in China how to cross the street (see H.R. 6339), H6111 [11JY]

Colleges and universities: designate institutions of higher education that provide research, data, and leadership on continuous manufacturing as National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (see H.R. 5568), H3441 [18AP]

Community Services Block Grant Program: reauthorize and modernize (see H.R. 5365), H1754 [21MR]

Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act: reauthorize and expand (see S. 2456), S1243 [27FE] (see H.R. 5311), H1651 [15MR]

Crime: 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 H.R. 6387), H6262 [16JY]

——— provide for additional programs funded by grants to strengthen health care system response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (see H.R. 7212), H9763 [3DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: develop and carry out a national science-based education campaign to increase public awareness relative to use of technology in food and agriculture (see H.R. 6386), H6262 [16JY]

——— establish a farm and ranch stress assistance network (see S. 2712), S2321 [19AP]

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

——— reauthorize Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (see H.R. 5259), H1542 [13MR]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 6157), correction in enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 47), S6224 [18SE]

Dept. of Justice: provide grants for drug disposal sites (see H.R. 5557), H3441 [18AP]

Dept. of Labor: establish Jobs Plus Recovery programs to give individuals impacted by opioid addiction or substance use disorders access to job training and support services (see S. 2642), S2040 [10AP] (see H.R. 5679), H3781 [7MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish an inter-agency task force on use of Federal lands for medical treatment and therapy through outdoor recreation for veterans (see H.R. 7138), H9539 [15NO]

Depts. of Education and HHS: provide substance use prevention and treatment grants for institutions of higher education (see S. 2791), S2517 [7MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 3158), S4733 [28JN] (see H.R. 6470), H6648 [23JY]

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. 5577), H3448 [19AP]

——— establish a pilot program to award competitive grants to counties and tribal entities to administer combined workforce training and drug addiction treatment and recovery programs (see S. 2646), S2075 [11AP]

Disabled: 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]

Disasters: ensure that older adults and individuals with disabilities are prepared for disasters (see S. 3679), S7241 [29NO]

Diseases and disorders: authorize services to be provided to individuals under 60 with Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder with neurological or organic brain dysfunction (see H.R. 6646), H7734 [31JY]

——— enhance national strategy for combating and eliminating tuberculosis (see S. 2567), S1790 [19MR] (see H.R. 5794), H3975 [15MY]

——— establish a national registry to track cases of coccidioidomycosis (valley fever) (see S. 3114), S4343 [21JN]

——— 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]

——— provide for a national strategy to address and overcome Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases (see H.R. 5878), H4242 [18MY] (see H.R. 5900), H4284 [21MY]

——— provide for and support liver illness visibility, education, and research (see H.R. 7063), H9430 [12OC]

——— provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes (see H.R. 5423), H3055 [2AP]

——— reauthorize sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program and provide for sickle cell disease research, surveillance, prevention, and treatment (see S. 2465), S1286 [28FE]

——— recognize value of pre-exposure prophylaxis medication as an effective prevention tool in combating HIV, support research and usage of such medication, and ensure effective HIV prevention outreach (see H. Res. 960), H5648 [25JN]

——— require a study on women and lung cancer (see S. 2358), S581 [30JA] (see H.R. 4897), H731 [30JA]

——— support endemic orphan fungal disease research, incentivize valley fever vaccine development, and discover new antifungal therapies and diagnostics (see H.R. 6562), H7721 [26JY]

Drugs: address use of opioids and substance use disorders relative to pregnant women and babies (see H.R. 5492), H3209 [12AP]

——— allow for more flexibility relative to medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorders and protect confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records (see H.R. 5807), H3976 [15MY]

——— authorize a loan repayment program for substance use disorder treatment employees (see S. 2524), S1578 [8MR] (see H.R. 5102), H1332 [27FE]

——— authorize certain substance abuse recovery services grants to be used to establish regional technical assistance centers (see H.R. 5587), H3452 [23AP]

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

——— award grants to train health care professionals to treat opioid addiction and other substance use disorders using technology-enabled models (see S. 2606), S1947 [22MR]

——— 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]

——— 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]

——— conduct a family recovery and reunification program to help reunify families and protect children with parents or guardians with a substance use disorder who have temporarily lost custody of their children (see S. 2926), S2836 [22MY]

——— conduct a study and submit a report on barriers to accessing abuse-deterrent opioid formulations for certain Medicare enrollees (see H.R. 5582), H3451 [23AP]

——— conduct programs to address usage of illicit drugs, particularly fentanyl (see S. 3500), S6304 [25SE] (see H.R. 5580), H3451 [23AP]

——— 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]

——— consider State analysis and sharing of prescription drug monitoring program data in determining prescription drug monitoring program grants to States (see S. 2451), S1219 [26FE]

——— decriminalize marijuana, use tax revenues to assist certain small businesses, research effects on driving and health, restrict advertising to protect children, and expunge certain marijuana-related convictions (see S. 3174), S4734 [28JN]

——— develop a joint action plan to reduce single use drug waste and better manage costs relative to drug vial sizes and drug delivery systems (see H.R. 5867), H4209 [17MY] (see H.R. 6142), H5284 [19JN]

——— develop national milestones to measure success in curtailing the opioid epidemic (see S. 2931), S2877 [23MY]

——— develop strategy to implement recommendations to prevent and treat prenatal opioid abuse and neonatal abstinence syndrome (see H.R. 5562), H3441 [18AP] (see H.R. 5702), H3833 [8MY]

——— encourage use of family-focused residential treatment programs (see S. 2924), S2835 [22MY]

——— enhance efforts to address antibiotic resistance (see S. 2469), S1286 [28FE]

——— ensure doctors have access to patient treatment history to prevent addiction relapses or harmful drug interactions and protect confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records (see H.R. 6082), H5151 [13JN]

——— ensure doctors have access to patient treatment history to prevent addiction relapses or harmful drug interactions and protect confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records (H.R. 6082), consideration (see H. Res. 949), H5283 [19JN]

——— ensure doctors have access to patients’ treatment history to prevent addiction relapses or harmful drug interactions and protect confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records (see H.R. 5795), H3975 [15MY]

——— ensure equitable distribution of resources to address opioid drug abuse epidemic (see H.R. 5109), H1333 [27FE]

——— ensure medications are affordable through increasing transparency, spurring innovation, and protecting competition (see S. 3411), S6038 [5SE]

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

——— establish a pilot program to help individuals in recovery from a substance use disorder transition from treatment to independent living and the workforce (see S. 2730), S2342 [23AP] (see H.R. 5736), H3885 [9MY]

——— establish a technical expert panel for purposes of evaluating use of opioid-related quality measures under Medicare (see H.R. 5779), H3935 [11MY]

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

——— establish community action opioid response grant program (see S. 2636), S2040 [10AP] (see H.R. 5124), H1333 [27FE]

——— establish grant program to prevent student and student athlete opioid misuse (see H.R. 5992), H4738 [1JN]

——— establish reference prices for prescription drugs and require drug companies to offer drugs at such prices as condition of participation in Federal health programs (see S. 3680), S7241 [29NO]

——— improve medical student training on addiction treatment and facilitate certain registration waivers for physicians dispensing narcotic drugs for maintenance treatment or detoxification treatment (see S. 2711), S2321 [19AP]

——— improve oversight of new opioids and education of prescribers, limit availability of addictive painkillers, strengthen prescription drug monitoring, and establish drug disposal programs (see S. 2729), S2342 [23AP] (see H.R. 5865), H4209 [17MY]

——— improve treatment and early interventions for pregnant and postpartum women and infants affected by substance use disorder (see S. 2710), S2321 [19AP]

——— issue guidance relative to expedited approval of certain drugs (see H.R. 5806), H3976 [15MY]

——— issue guidelines for prescribing naloxone (see H.R. 5926), H4692 [23MY]

——— make available on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website opioid prescribing guidance for certain Medicare beneficiaries and update such guidance periodically (see H.R. 5777), H3934 [11MY]

——— making appropriations to address heroin and opioid drug abuse epidemic (see H.R. 4938), H901 [6FE]

——— nullify certain contractual provisions prohibiting or penalizing a pharmacist’s disclosure of availability of equivalent alternative drugs or methods of purchasing less expensive drugs (see H.R. 5343), H1727 [20MR]

——— prevent substance abuse and reduce demand for illicit narcotics (see S. 2789), S2485 [26AP] (see H.R. 5933), H4692 [23MY]

——— prohibit price gouging in the sale of drugs by requiring pharmaceutical companies to provide justification for price increases and penalize such companies if increases are deemed unreasonable (see S. 3754), S7586 [13DE]

——— provide assistance to States and localities affected by the opioid epidemic and improve delivery of essential services to individuals with substance use disorders and their families (see S. 2700), S2261 [18AP] (see H.R. 5545), H3440 [18AP]

——— 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 additional flexibility relative to medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorders (see S. 2317), S253 [17JA]

——— provide for certain user fees under the 340B drug discount program (see H.R. 6240), H5815 [27JN]

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

——— provide for opioid quality measures development and a technical expert panel on reducing surgical setting opioid use and data collection on perioperative opioid use (see H.R. 5774), H3934 [11MY]

——— provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment (see H.R. 6), H5151 [13JN]

——— provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment (H.R. 6), concur in Senate amendment (see H. Res. 1099), H9406 [28SE]

——— provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment (H.R. 6), consideration (see H. Res. 949), H5283 [19JN]

——— provide for prevention and treatment of substance abuse grants to recovery community organizations (see H.R. 5408), H3046 [23MR]

——— provide for regional centers of excellence in substance use disorder education (see H.R. 5261), H1542 [13MR]

——— 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 grants for eligible entities to provide technical assistance to outlier prescribers of opioids (see H.R. 5796), H3975 [15MY]

——— provide grants for treatment of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, ecstasy, and PCP abuse (see H.R. 4899), H731 [30JA]

——— provide research on, and recommendations for, opioid prescribing practices for pregnant women (see H.R. 5646), H3741 [27AP]

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

——— require awareness campaign regarding risk of abuse of prescription opioids if such drugs are not taken as prescribed to include information about dispensing options (see S. 2697), S2261 [18AP]

——— 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 drug manufacturers to disclose prices of prescription drugs in any direct-to-consumer advertising and marketing to practitioners of a drug (see H. Con. Res. 146), H10511 [20DE]

——— support development of evidence-based family-focused residential treatment programs (see S. 2923), S2835 [22MY]

——— update or issue one or more guidances addressing alternative methods for data collection on opioid sparing and inclusion of such data in product labeling (see H.R. 5473), H3146 [11AP]

Ecology and environment: prioritize education and training for existing and new environmental health professionals (see S. 2616), S1947 [22MR]

Emergency Medical Services for Children Program: reauthorize (see S. 3482), S6277 [24SE] (see H.R. 6748), H7941 [7SE]

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

Eye Bond Pilot Program: establish to fund translational research and advance treatments and cures for blindness and other severe vision impairments (see H.R. 6421), H6557 [18JY]

Families and domestic relations: ensure immigration status does not disqualify a parent or guardian for placement of a foster child and make policy changes to keep children of detained or deported parents with their families (see H.R. 5414), H3049 [26MR]

——— provide grants to develop, enhance, or evaluate kinship navigator programs (see S. 2543), S1686 [13MR] (see H.R. 7012), H9413 [2OC]

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: reauthorize (see S. 2784), S2485 [26AP] (see H.R. 6014), H4848 [6JN]

FDA: allow for detention, refusal, and destruction of certain drugs offered for importation (see H.R. 5752), H3928 [10MY]

——— ban use of ortho-phthalate chemicals as food contact substances (see S. 3155), S4733 [28JN]

——— consider potential for misuse and abuse when determining whether to approve certain drugs (see H.R. 5803), H3976 [15MY]

——— deter opioid abuse and addiction through development of high-quality, evidence-based opioid analgesic prescribing guidelines (see H.R. 6133), H5283 [19JN]

——— establish Prescription Drug and Medical Device Price Review Board (see H.R. 5739), H3885 [9MY]

——— hold pharmaceutical companies accountable for illegal marketing and distribution of opioid products and for their role in creating and exacerbating the opioid epidemic (see S. 2691), S2218 [17AP] (see H.R. 5782), H3935 [11MY]

——— increase authority to restrict entrance of illicit drugs into the U.S. through international mail facilities (see S. 2739), S2391 [24AP]

——— require risk evaluation and mitigation strategy communication plans provide information on State and Federal regulation of controlled substances including the option to partially fill a prescription (see S. 2608), S1947 [22MR]

——— require warning labels to be affixed to prescription opioid containers or packaging stating such drugs can cause dependence, addiction, and overdose (see S. 3428), S6142 [12SE]

——— shorten exclusivity period for brand name biological products (see H.R. 6577), H7722 [26JY]

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]

Federal aid programs: authorize certain grantees to contract with or make subawards to local or regional organizations that are private and nonprofit and that may be faith-based (see H.R. 5570), H3441 [18AP]

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

——— require States to operate drug management programs for at-risk beneficiaries (see H.R. 5808), H3976 [15MY]

Firearms: impose a moratorium on the transfer or receipt of assault rifles and require agencies submit recommendations defining assault weapons and classifying firearms based on lethality (see H.R. 5286), H1608 [14MR]

Food: establish single, front-of-package labeling system for all foods required to bear nutrition labeling, eliminate deceptive claims, and update existing nutrition labels (see S. 2647), S2075 [11AP] (see H.R. 5425), H3055 [2AP]

Foreign Service: require a report on efforts and options to mitigate acoustic attacks on officers and their families and physical protection capabilities for U.S. embassies, consulates, and residences (see H.R. 6262), H5973 [28JN]

Geriatric Academic Career Awards program: reinstate (see S. 2888), S2793 [21MY]

Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program: reauthorize (see S. 2888), S2793 [21MY]

Guardianship: improve oversight and data collection by designating an online resource center, authorizing State grants for guardianship databases, and sharing guardian background check information (see S. 3669), S7190 [28NO]

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

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. 7122), H9510 [13NO]

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

——— clarify that certain reimbursements for organ donation are not considered valuable consideration and, therefore, receipt of such reimbursements is not a criminal act (see H.R. 6448), H6587 [19JY]

——— develop a list of public health crises and require manufacturers of products contributing to such crises to develop, maintain, and update a plan to mitigate effects of such products on public health (see H.R. 6481), H7154 [24JY]

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

——— improve essential oral health care for low-income and other underserved individuals by breaking down barriers to care (see S. 3016), S3035 [6JN]

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

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

Health care facilities: 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]

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

——— 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]

——— 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]

——— 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]

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

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

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

——— 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]

Health care professionals: award grants for career support for skilled internationally-educated health professionals (see H.R. 5917), H4583 [22MY]

——— build a stronger health care workforce (see S. 3095), S4281 [20JN]

——— 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]

——— issue regulations to ensure due process rights for physicians furnishing emergency medical services (see H.R. 6372), H6195 [13JY]

——— reauthorize educational loan repayment program for professionals who agree to conduct prevention activities as CDC and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry employees (see H.R. 5998), H4775 [5JN]

——— require prescribers to complete continuing medical education courses on potential dangers and risks of prescribing opioids (see H.R. 5581), H3451 [23AP]

Healthy Food Financing Initiative: reauthorize (see H.R. 5017), H1177 [14FE]

Immigration: assist certain Afghan and Iraqi special immigrants with resettlement in the U.S. (see H.R. 6667), H7750 [10AU]

——— clarify requirements for alien physicians who come to the U.S. to practice medicine in areas with a shortage of health care professionals and their subsequent permanent residence status (see H.R. 6123), H5224 [15JN]

——— clarify responsibilities for unaccompanied alien children relative to background checks for sponsors, monitoring care, appearance at immigration proceedings, and notifying States of placement of such children (see S. 3474), S6223 [18SE]

——— clarify standards of family detention and treatment of unaccompanied alien children (see H.R. 6134), H5284 [19JN]

——— prohibit operation of unlicensed temporary emergency shelters for unaccompanied alien children (see S. 3798), S7926 [19DE] (see H.R. 7360), H10510 [20DE]

——— protect information obtained relative to placement of unaccompanied alien children from being used for any purpose other than providing safe and secure placements (see H.R. 7030), H9414 [2OC]

——— request the President and direct Sec. of HHS Azar to transmit to the House of Representatives information on health and welfare of children separated from parents due to zero tolerance policy (see H. Res. 982), H5987 [3JY]

——— require reunification of families separated as a result of the zero tolerance policy that prosecutes all adults entering the U.S. illegally (see S. 3227), S5004 [17JY] (see H.R. 6183), H5505 [21JN] (see H.R. 6236), H5814 [27JN] (see H.R. 6594), H7722 [26JY]

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

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

Information technology: prohibit use of Federal funds to award a grant for development of any video game (see H.R. 6709), H7870 [5SE]

——— prohibit use of Federal funds to conduct or support a video contest on the Internet or by means of other media (see H.R. 6253), H5815 [27JN]

Insurance: allow all individuals purchasing health insurance in the individual market the option to purchase a lower premium copper plan (see H.R. 6050), H5020 [8JN]

——— disapprove rule on definition of short-term limited duration insurance for purposes of its exclusion from the definition of individual health insurance coverage (see S.J. Res. 63), S5991 [28AU] (see H.J. Res. 140), H8725 [13SE]

——— establish health insurance Federal invisible risk sharing program (see H.R. 7003), H9406 [28SE]

——— include short-term limited duration health plans in definition of individual insurance coverage (see H.R. 6479), H7154 [24JY]

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

——— modify definition of qualified health plan for health insurance premium tax credit and allow individuals purchasing health insurance in individual market to buy lower premium copper plan (see H.R. 6311), H5990 [6JY]

——— modify definition of qualified health plan for health insurance premium tax credit and allow individuals purchasing health insurance in individual market to buy lower premium copper plan (H.R. 6311), consideration (see H. Res. 1011), H6648 [23JY]

——— prohibit health insurance issuers, group health plans, Medicare Advantage organizations, and prescription drug plan sponsors from limiting drug price information a pharmacy may give to a consumer (see H.R. 6641), H7734 [31JY] (see H.R. 6733), H7941 [7SE]

——— provide standards for short-term limited duration health insurance policies (see S. 2494), S1338 [5MR]

——— study feasibility of expanding eligibility for enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans to individuals enrolled in Medicaid or a group health plan (see H.R. 5254), H1542 [13MR]

Medicaid: cover protections for pregnant and post-partum women while receiving inpatient treatment for a substance use disorder (see H.R. 5789), H3975 [15MY]

——— delay reduction in Federal medical assistance percentage for personal care services furnished without an electronic visit verification system (see S. 2897), S2835 [22MY] (see H.R. 5912), H4583 [22MY] (see H.R. 6042), H4979 [7JN]

——— improve access to care for pregnant and postpartum women receiving substance use disorder treatment in mental institutions (see S. 2922), S2835 [22MY]

——— issue guidance to States to improve care for infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome and their parents or guardians (see S. 3429), S6142 [12SE]

——— prevent misclassification of drugs for purposes of the drug rebate program (see S. 3702), S7275 [4DE] (see H.R. 7223), H9767 [6DE]

——— promulgate regulations relative to quality control and oversight of out-of-State care (see H.R. 7393), H10586 [21DE]

——— provide extension of enhanced Federal medical assistance percentage for health homes for individuals with substance use disorders (see S. 3384), S5932 [23AU] (see H.R. 5810), H3976 [15MY]

——— provide guidance to States regarding Federal reimbursement for services and treatment for substance use disorders using telehealth services (see S. 2904), S2835 [22MY] (see H.R. 6778), H8169 [12SE]

——— provide guidance to States relative to items and services for non-opioid pain treatment and management (see S. 2911), S2835 [22MY]

——— publish data relative to prevalence of substance use disorders in the beneficiary population and treatment of substance use disorders (see S. 2912), S2835 [22MY]

——— remove lifetime limits on medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorders (see S. 2898), S2835 [22MY]

——— require States to annually report on certain adult health quality measures (see H.R. 5583), H3452 [23AP]

Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission: publish reports on estimated impact on States of Medicaid expansion, including impact of such expansion on States that have not expanded their Medicaid coverage (see S. 3059), S3906 [13JN]

Medicare: 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]

——— encourage use of non-opioid analgesics for management of post-surgical pain (see H.R. 5809), H3976 [15MY]

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

——— establish part E public health plans available to everyone (see S. 2708), S2262 [18AP] (see H.R. 6117), H5200 [14JN]

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

——— expand coverage of services furnished by genetic counselors under part B (see H.R. 7083), H9443 [23OC]

——— extend special election period under part C for certain deemed individuals enrolled in a reasonable cost reimbursement contract to certain nondeemed individuals enrolled in such contract (see H.R. 6662), H7750 [10AU]

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

——— improve affordability and enrollment procedures (see S. 3316), S5581 [1AU]

——— include screening for potential substance use disorders and a review of any current opioid prescriptions as part of the initial preventive physical examination and the annual wellness visit (see S. 2900), S2835 [22MY]

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

——— provide coverage of methadone (see S. 2704), S2261 [18AP]

——— provide for a combined part B and D drug out-of-pocket costs limitation (see H.R. 7001), H9406 [28SE]

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

——— provide for certain reforms relative to supplemental health insurance policies (see H.R. 6431), H6557 [18JY]

——— 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 review and adjustment of payments under outpatient prospective payment system to avoid financial incentives to use opioids instead of non-opioid alternative treatments (see H.R. 5778), H3935 [11MY] (see H.R. 6110), H5199 [14JN]

——— provide for transparency of secondary payer reporting information (see H.R. 5881), H4242 [18MY]

——— report on extent to which certain Medicare Advantage plans include supplemental health care benefits designed to treat or prevent substance use disorders (see H.R. 5725), H3884 [9MY]

——— report on feasibility of using certain technologies to facilitate administration of prior authorization requirements under part C of Medicare program (see H.R. 7250), H10102 [11DE]

——— require Dept. of HHS to determine covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 6574), H7722 [26JY]

——— require Dept. of HHS to negotiate prices of prescription drugs (see H.R. 6505), H7685 [25JY]

——— 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]

——— require prescription drug plan sponsors to establish drug management programs for at-risk beneficiaries (see H.R. 5675), H3749 [3MY]

——— require prescription drug plan sponsors to establish drug management programs for at-risk beneficiaries, electronic prior authorization for covered part D drugs, and provide for other program integrity measures (see H.R. 5773), H3934 [11MY]

——— restructure payment adjustment for non-emergency end-stage renal disease ambulance transports (see S. 3619), S6964 [14NO] (see H.R. 6269), H5974 [28JN]

——— 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]

——— study and submit to Congress a report recommending how to improve use of non-opioid treatments for acute and chronic pain management for individuals under Medicare (see S. 3008), S3035 [6JN] (see H.R. 5722), H3884 [9MY]

——— submit report on effects of inclusion of quality increases in the determination of blended benchmark amounts under part C (see S. 3496), S6304 [25SE] (see H.R. 4952), H901 [6FE]

——— suspend payments by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans pending investigation of credible allegations of fraud by pharmacies (see S. 3327), S5582 [1AU] (see H.R. 5676), H3749 [3MY]

——— waive certain telehealth requirements in the case of certain treatment of an opioid use disorder or co-occurring mental health disorder (see H.R. 5603), H3505 [24AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: help end addictions and lessen substance abuse disorders (see S. 3120), S4368 [25JN]

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

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

Megan Rondini and Leah Griffin National Sexual Assault Care and Treatment Task Force: establish (see H.R. 7292), H10209 [13DE]

Megan Rondini National Sexual Assault Care and Treatment Task Force: establish (see H.R. 7222), H9767 [6DE]

Members of Congress: allow tours of detention facilities that house unaccompanied alien children (see S. 3084), S3982 [18JN] (see H.R. 6256), H5816 [27JN]

Mental health: authorize a loan repayment program for mental health professionals (see S. 3796), S7926 [19DE] (see H.R. 6597), H7723 [26JY]

——— ensure that federally-funded programs and activities to prevent or treat mental health or substance use disorders are evidence-based (see H.R. 5272), H1607 [14MR]

——— establish a grant program to provide self-harm and suicide prevention services in primary care offices (see H.R. 7116), H9467 [6NO]

——— revise and extend projects relative to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see S. 3337), S5582 [1AU]

——— strengthen parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits (see S. 2301), S168 [11JA] (see H.R. 4778), H168 [11JA]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see S. 3660), S7133 [27NO] (see H.R. 5942), H4693 [23MY]

National Academy of Sciences: enter into arrangement to conduct and update biennially study on effects of State legalized marijuana programs (see H.R. 6495), H7154 [24JY]

National Advisory Committee on Individuals With Disabilities in All-Hazards Emergencies: establish (see H.R. 6201), H5580 [22JN]

National Health Service Corps: allow members to provide obligated service as behavioral and mental health professionals at schools, other community-based settings, or patient homes (see S. 2533), S1629 [12MR] (see H.R. 5711), H3833 [8MY]

——— 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]

National Mental Health and Substance Use Policy Laboratory: clarify requirements for receiving certain grants (see S. 2626), S1948 [22MR]

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

Native Americans: authorize a special behavioral health program for Indians (see S. 2545), S1735 [14MR]

——— provide grants to States, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations for activities to increase availability of child care options and support child care workforce (see S. 3520), S6356 [27SE]

——— require States and their designees receiving grants for suicide early intervention and prevention strategies to consult with Indian tribes and organizations (see S. 3460), S6223 [18SE]

NIH: prioritize funding to discover treatments and cures, maintain global leadership in medical innovation, and restore purchasing power (see H.R. 5455), H3095 [10AP]

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. 5322), H1652 [15MR]

Office for Locating and Reuniting Children With Parents: establish (see S. Res. 566), S4735 [28JN]

Office of Civil Rights: abolish Conscience and Religious Freedom division (see H.R. 5123), H1333 [27FE]

Office of Drug Manufacturing: establish to manufacture certain generic drugs in order to reduce prices, increase competition, and address shortages in the prescription drug market (see S. 3775), S7790 [18DE] (see H.R. 7348), H10336 [19DE]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: track and review federally funded drug demand reduction activities (see S. 3380), S5932 [23AU]

OMB: establish an interagency working group to study Federal efforts to collect data on sexual violence and to make recommendations on harmonization of such efforts (see S. 2349), S549 [29JA] (see H.R. 4893), H677 [29JA]

Organ donation: establish a preference in the allocation of donated organs for individuals who are lawfully present in the U.S. (see H.R. 5518), H3315 [13AP]

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

——— revise and extend programs to increase organ donations (see H.R. 6458), H6588 [19JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: establish and support State-based universal health care systems that provide comprehensive health benefits to State residents (see H.R. 6097), H5152 [13JN]

——— guarantee funding for navigator programs to provide assistance in choosing health plans and increase outreach and education about plan options and financial support availability (see H.R. 7102), H9459 [30OC]

——— provide funding for American Health Benefit Exchanges navigator programs and outreach and promotional activities (see H.R. 4784), H169 [11JA]

Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers Who Deliver Infants Early (PREEMIE) Act: revise and extend (see S. 3029), S3293 [7JN] (see H.R. 6085), H5151 [13JN]

Prescription Safety Alert System: establish to combat prescription drug abuse by collecting, maintaining, and providing to dispensers patients’ prescription and dispensing history (see H.R. 6688), H7776 [28AU]

Privacy: notify health care providers about permitted disclosures under privacy laws of health information during emergencies, including overdoses (see H.R. 5695), H3782 [7MY]

——— permit certain disclosures of health information during emergencies, including overdoses (see S. 2676), S2141 [16AP]

Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE): finalize certain proposed provisions under Medicare and Medicaid (see S. 3338), S5582 [1AU] (see H.R. 6561), H7721 [26JY]

Public health: reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (see S. 2852), S2679 [15MY] (see H.R. 6378), H6262 [16JY] (see H.R. 7328), H10335 [19DE]

Public Health Service: report on health effects of using new psychoactive substances, including synthetic drugs (see S. 3356), S5759 [21AU]

Public safety officers: improve detection, prevention, and treatment of mental health issues (see H.R. 6571), H7722 [26JY]

Public welfare programs: clarify authority of tribal governments relative to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 6242), H5815 [27JN]

——— institute reforms to program of block grants to States for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 5489), H3209 [12AP]

Research: intensify stem cell research showing evidence of substantial clinical benefit to patients (see S. 2956), S2923 [24MY]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 2571), S1790 [19MR] (see H.R. 5339), H1727 [20MR]

Rural Emergency Medical Service Training and Equipment Assistance Program: reauthorize (see S. 2830), S2623 [10MY]

Rural emergency medical services training and equipment assistance program: reauthorize (see H.R. 5429), H3059 [5AP]

Schools: improve school safety and mental health services (see S. 2513), S1452 [7MR] (see H.R. 5324), H1697 [19MR]

——— provide for a grant program to support access to free eye care services for students attending public elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 6960), H9151 [27SE]

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

Senior citizens: authorize Federal assistance to State adult protective services programs to implement a network of elder abuse prevention and response measures (see H.R. 6744), H7941 [7SE]

——— establish Office of Older LGBT Policy and a rural outreach grant program carried out by such Office (see S. 3555), S6630 [5OC]

——— issue Stamp Out Elder Abuse Semipostal Stamp (see S. 3594), S6815 [11OC] (see H.R. 7061), H9430 [12OC]

Social Security: expand scope of transparency reporting requirements on ownership or investment interests of health care providers and others, and increase penalties for violating such requirements (see S. 3770), S7790 [18DE]

——— improve transparency reports and reporting of physician ownership or investment interests (see S. 3000), S3034 [6JN]

SSA: enhance pre- and post-adoptive support services to help prevent children from entering the foster care system (see S. 3666), S7190 [28NO]

State Offices of Rural Health grant program: reauthorize (see S. 2278), S46 [4JA] (see H.R. 5641), H3706 [26AP]

State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis Grants: make Indian tribes eligible and expand use to include methamphetamine abuse (see H.R. 5140), H1340 [1MR]

——— reauthorize, improve, and make Indian tribes eligible for State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis Grants (see S. 2437), S1164 [15FE]

States: provide grants to enable States to carry out activities to reduce administrative costs and burdens in health care (see S. 3434), S6142 [12SE]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: authorize development of best practices for recovery residences that promote sustained recovery from substance use disorders (see S. 2678), S2141 [16AP]

——— establish grant program to create peer support recovery networks (see S. 2657), S2120 [12AP]

——— increase awareness of treatment referral routing service (see H.R. 4769), H168 [11JA]

Taxation: deny any deduction for marketing directed at children to promote consumption of food of poor nutritional quality (see H.R. 7342), H10336 [19DE]

Technology: allow delivery of medical supplies by unmanned aerial systems (see H.R. 7395), H10586 [21DE]

Territories: comprehensively address challenges of providing public services to citizens of the Freely Associated States in the U.S. (see H.R. 4761), H131 [10JA]

Tobacco products: prohibit Federal funding to award a grant to study cigar flavors (see H.R. 6529), H7686 [25JY]

Transition to Independence demonstration program: establish to provide bonuses to States that move people with disabilities out of segregated work settings and into competitive integrated employment (see H.R. 4931), H783 [5FE]

Traumatic brain injury: reauthorize certain programs related to traumatic brain injury and trauma research (see S. 3657), S7088 [26NO] (see H.R. 6615), H7723 [26JY]

U.S. Court of Federal Claims: increase maximum limit on the number of special masters assigned to vaccine cases (see H.R. 6857), H8738 [20SE]

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: require recommendations on effectiveness, appropriateness, and cost-effectiveness of clinical preventive services be based on data for the respective populations (see H.R. 5511), H3315 [13AP]

Volunteer workers: authorize grants for local care corps programs through which qualified volunteers provide care, companionship, and other services to seniors and individuals in need (see S. 3608), S6816 [11OC]

Women: improve obstetric care in rural areas (see S. 3568), S6770 [10OC]

——— reauthorize a grant program improving treatment for pregnant and postpartum women (see H.R. 5151), H1340 [1MR]

——— 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]

——— reduce racial disparities in maternal mortality and morbidity through supporting implicit bias training, pregnancy medical home programs, and incorporating bias recognition in medical school skills testing (see S. 3363), S5831 [22AU] (see H.R. 6698), H7824 [4SE]

——— submit biennial plan to reduce rate of maternal mortality (see H.R. 5761), H3929 [10MY]

Cloture motions

Azar, Alex M., II: nomination to be Sec. of HHS, S438 [22JA], S460 [23JA]

Johnson, Lynn A.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of HHS for Family Support, S5818 [22AU], S5948 [27AU]

Conference reports

Depts. of Defense, Labor, HHS, and Education, Related Agencies, and Continuing Appropriations (H.R. 6157), H8258–H8722 [13SE]

E-Mails

Substance Use-Disorder Prevention That Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act: Advocates for Opioid Recovery (organization), H9252 [28SE]

Letters

Allow States to establish reinsurance programs, give States flexibility to provide affordable health insurance options, and continue cost-sharing premium subsidies: National Association of Insurance Commissioners, S1910 [22MR]

——— several organizations, S1911 [22MR]

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 HHS National Advisory Committee on Children and Disasters reauthorization: Child Care Aware of America (organization), H8786 [25SE]

Dept. of HHS National Advisory Committee on Individuals With Disabilities in All-Hazards Emergencies establishment: Marcie Roth, Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies (organization), H8782 [25SE]

Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program reauthorization and Geriatric Academic Career Awards program reinstatement: Maura Brennan, National Association for Geriatric Education and National Association of Geriatric Education Centers, S2795 [21MY]

Importance of food labeling: Jacob Tannenbaum, S4276 [20JN]

——— Senator Rubio, S4276 [20JN]

Improving Seniors Access to Quality Benefits Act: Representative Kevin Brady, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H7116 [24JY]

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

Increasing Access to Lower Premium Plans and Expanding Health Savings Accounts Act: Representative Kevin Brady, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H7660 [25JY]

——— Representative Walden, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H7116, H7117 [24JY], H7660 [25JY]

Opioid drug abuse prevention legislation: Representative Kevin Brady, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H5033, H5062, H5065 [12JN], H5238, H5241, H5248, H5252, H5256, H5257, H5260, H5262, H5264 [19JN]

——— Representative Walden, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H5033, H5062, H5065 [12JN], H5237, H5241, H5248, H5252, H5256, H5258, H5260, H5262, H5264 [19JN]

Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act: Partnerhship To Amend 42 CFR Part 2 (organization), H5332 [20JN]

——— several organizations, H5331 [20JN]

Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act: Chris Frech, Emergent Biosolutions, Inc., H8787 [25SE]

——— Christopher Healey, Grifols USA, LLC, H8787 [25SE]

——— Cletis Earle, College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and Erik Decker, Association for Executives in Healthcare Information Security (AEHIS), H8787 [25SE]

——— David B. Hoyt, American College of Surgeons (organization), H8778 [25SE]

——— David Burt, Genentech, Inc., H8787 [25SE]

——— Eileen Whalen and Jennifer Ward, Trauma Center Association of America, H8788 [25SE]

——— Jack Kingston, Alliance for Biosecurity and Neil L. Bradley, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H8777 [25SE]

——— James C. Greenwood, Biotechnology Innovation Organization, H8785 [25SE]

——— Jennifer Nieto Carey, California Life Sciences Association, H8785 [25SE]

——— John Wiesman, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, H8784 [25SE]

——— Kathy Talkington, Pew Charitable Trusts (organization), H8783 [25SE]

——— Kelly Hoover Thompson, Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative, H8788 [25SE]

——— Laurence Corash, Cerus Corp., H8786 [25SE]

——— Linda Rouse O’Neill, Health Industry Distributors Association, H8781 [25SE]

——— Lisa Foster and Abby Bownas, Adult Vaccine Access Coalition, H8777 [25SE]

——— Lori Tremmel Freeman, National Association of County and City Health Officials, H8782 [25SE]

——— Mary Beth Bassett, American Association of Blood Banks, Kate Fry, America’s Blood Centers (organization), and James C. Hrouda, American Red Cross, H8777 [25SE]

——— Michael Fitzpatrick, Cellphire, Inc., H8785 [25SE]

——— Mike Ruley, Allied BioScience, Inc., H8777 [25SE]

——— Paul D. Kivela, American College of Emergency Physicians (organization), H8778 [25SE]

——— Paul G. Auwaerter, Infectious Disease Society of America, H8782 [25SE]

——— Rajeev Venkayya, Takeda Vaccines, Inc., H8788 [25SE]

——— Representative McCaul, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H8779 [25SE]

——— Representative Walden, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H8779 [25SE]

——— Richard Hatchett, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, H8786 [25SE]

——— Russell C. Ring, Roche Diagnostics Corp., H8788 [25SE]

——— Stefano Bertuzzi and Allen D. Segal, American Society for Microbiology, H8784 [25SE]

——— William Banner, Jr., and Stephen Kaminski, American Association of Poison Control Centers, H8783 [25SE]

Rule on definition of short-term limited duration insurance for purposes of its exclusion from the definition of individual health insurance coverage: National Association of Insurance Commissioners, S6741 [10OC]

——— several healthcare organizations, S6740 [10OC]

Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act: John Gray, Service Employees International Union, H4880 [7JN]

——— several organizations, H4882 [7JN]

Stamp Out Elder Abuse Act: Jonathan F. Thompson, National Sheriffs’ Association, S6819 [11OC]

——— Mai Fernandez, National Center for Victims of Crime, S6819 [11OC]

——— Robert B. Blancato, Elder Justice Coalition, S6819 [11OC]

Substance Use-Disorder Prevention That Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act: Carol Keehan, Catholic Health Association of the U.S., H9252 [28SE]

——— Corporate Health Care Coalition, H9250 [28SE]

——— James A. Klein, American Benefits Council, H9251 [28SE]

——— Peter Morris, Alex Dodd, David White, Jay Higham, and John Steinbrun, Opioid Treatment Program Consortium, H5561 [22JN]

——— several organizations, H9253 [28SE]

——— Suzanne P. Clark, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H9252 [28SE]

——— Tom Van Coverden, National Association of Community Health Centers, H9251 [28SE]

Lists

Organizations supporting H.R. 6, Substance Use-Disorder Prevention That Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act, H9243 [28SE]

Messages

Proposed Rescissions of Budget Authority: President Trump, S2548 [8MY], H3832 [8MY]

Motions

Budget: rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (H.R. 3), S4257 [20JN]

Drugs: ensure doctors have access to patient treatment history to prevent addiction relapses or harmful drug interactions and protect confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records (H.R. 6082), H5333 [20JN]

——— provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment (H.R. 6), H5567 [22JN]

Human rights: provide assistance in abolishing human trafficking in the U.S. (S. 1311), S7628 [17DE]

Insurance: modify definition of qualified health plan for health insurance premium tax credit and allow individuals purchasing health insurance in individual market to buy lower premium copper plan (H.R. 6311), H7665 [25JY]

Press releases

Report—Individual Insurance Premiums Next Year 40% Lower Under Alexander-Murray, Collins-Nelson Than if Congress Doesn’t Act: Senator Collins, S1752 [15MR]

Remarks in House

Abortion: prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities, H466 [17JA]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H572 [19JA], H1489, H1493–H1495 [8MR]

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

Budget: rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (H.R. 3), H3913–H3918 [10MY], H4871–H4884 [7JN], H5003 [8JN], E817 [8JN], E824 [12JN]

——— rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 923), H4862–H4869 [7JN]

CDC: create a modern infrastructure for the prevention, treatment, and care of Alzheimer’s and related dementias and preservation of brain health (H.R. 4256), H2031 [22MR], H4762 [5JN], H5161 [14JN]

——— create a modern infrastructure for the prevention, treatment, and care of Alzheimer’s and related dementias and preservation of brain health (S. 2076), H7827 [5SE], H10282–H10286 [19DE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: establish Patient and State Stability Fund to give States flexibility in how they provide assistance for health insurance costs (H.R. 4666), H789 [6FE]

——— provide for an action plan to prevent opioid addictions and enhance access to medication-assisted treatment (H.R. 5590), H5247–H5249 [19JN]

Children and youth: amend certain abstinence education programs relative to a youth empowerment program, H532 [18JA]

——— authorize funding for creation and implementation of infant mortality pilot programs in standard metropolitan statistical areas with high rates of infant mortality (H.R. 6174), E882 [21JN]

——— disseminate resources to early childhood care and education providers working with young children on ways to recognize and respond to children who may be impacted by trauma related to substance abuse, H9249 [28SE]

——— disseminate resources to early childhood care and education providers working with young children on ways to recognize and respond to children who may be impacted by trauma related to substance abuse (H.R. 5889), H5123–H5125 [13JN], H5156 [14JN]

——— fund family services to help keep children safe and supported at home and ensure children in foster care are placed in the least restrictive, most family-like, and appropriate settings, H891 [6FE]

——— improve health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life (H.R. 6931), H8893 [26SE]

——— promote child care and early learning (H.R. 3773), H1736 [21MR], H7883 [6SE]

——— promote healthy eating and physical activity among children (H.R. 6586), E1078 [26JY]

——— provide assistance to States in complying with and implementing child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment programs to promote better protections for young children and family-centered responses (H.R. 5890), H5125–H5127 [13JN], H5156, H5158 [14JN]

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

DEA: develop training materials covering circumstances when a pharmacist may decline to fill a prescription due to suspicion the prescription is fraudulent, forged, or indicative of abuse (H.R. 4275), H5066, H5067 [12JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: reauthorize Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network, H4051, H4055 [16MY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 6157), correction in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 47), H9059 [26SE]

Dept. of Justice: review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols to address missing and murdered Native Americans (H.R. 4485), E236 [27FE]

——— review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols to address missing and murdered Native Americans (S. 1942), H10342, H10343 [20DE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, H2022, H2025 [22MR], H7803–H7806 [4SE], H8897–H8904, H9040–H9047 [26SE]

Diseases and disorders: coordinate Federal research efforts for, and improve public education and awareness of, congenital heart disease (H.R. 1222), H1238–H1240 [26FE]

——— coordinate Federal research efforts for, and improve public education and awareness of, congenital heart disease (H.R. 1222), Senate amendment, H10278–H10280 [19DE]

——— expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (S. 292), H4349–H4355 [22MY]

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

——— reauthorize sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program and provide for sickle cell disease research, surveillance, prevention, and treatment (H.R. 2410), H1240–H1243 [26FE]

——— reauthorize sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program and provide for sickle cell disease research, surveillance, prevention, and treatment (S. 2465), H10052–H10054, H10056 [11DE]

——— 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, H28 [9JA]

Drug abuse: survey organizations that provide substance use treatment services and submit plan to Congress to appropriate resources to address inadequacies in services or funding identified in survey, H5566, H5567 [22JN]

Drugs: address fentanyl abuse epidemic, E1222 [7SE]

——— address prescription opioid and heroin abuse, H5102, H5103, H5105, H5112, H5113, H5140 [13JN], H5161 [14JN], H7692 [26JY]

——— address use of opioids and substance use disorders relative to pregnant women and babies (H.R. 5492), H3434 [18AP]

——— appoint a Federal Coordinator to coordinate opioid abuse reduction programs, serve as a liaison to State and local opioid reduction activities, and establish an electronic database on opioid abuse information, H9246 [28SE]

——— appoint a Federal Coordinator to coordinate opioid abuse reduction programs, serve as a liaison to State and local opioid reduction activities, and establish an electronic database on opioid abuse information (H.R. 4284), H5034–H5036 [12JN]

——— authorize a loan repayment program for substance use disorder treatment employees (H.R. 5102), H5045–H5047 [12JN], E976 [6JY]

——— authorize certain substance abuse recovery services grants to be used to establish regional technical assistance centers (H.R. 5587), H5069–H5071 [12JN], E974 [6JY]

——— 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]

——— conduct a study and submit a report on barriers to accessing abuse-deterrent opioid formulations for certain Medicare enrollees (H.R. 5582), H5061–H5063 [12JN]

——— define what constitutes a controlled substance analogue, clarify temporary import and distribution controls of certain synthetic drugs, and ensure Federal researchers can continue controlled substance research, H5215, H5216 [15JN]

——— develop and disseminate model training programs for substance use disorder treatment records and study patient experiences in substance use treatment programs to assess appropriate levels of privacy protections, H5334, H5335 [20JN]

——— end Federal ban of medical marijuana, allow importation of certain derivatives, enable medicinal research, and allow prescription to veterans, H3501–H3503 [24AP]

——— ensure doctors have access to patient treatment history to prevent addiction relapses or harmful drug interactions and protect confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records (H.R. 6082), H5325–H5335 [20JN], E876 [20JN]

——— ensure doctors have access to patient treatment history to prevent addiction relapses or harmful drug interactions and protect confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records (H.R. 6082), consideration (H. Res. 949), H5294–H5304 [20JN], E901 [22JN]

——— ensure doctors have access to patient treatment history to prevent addiction relapses or harmful drug interactions and protect confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records (H.R. 6082), motion to recommit, H5334, H5335 [20JN]

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

——— establish a pilot program to help individuals in recovery from a substance use disorder transition from treatment to independent living and the workforce, H9248 [28SE]

——— issue guidance relative to expedited approval of certain drugs, H5297 [20JN], H5512, H5516–H5518 [22JN]

——— issue guidelines for prescribing naloxone, H5565, H5566 [22JN]

——— making appropriations to address heroin and opioid drug abuse epidemic, H607 [21JA], H2031 [22MR]

——— making appropriations to address heroin and opioid drug abuse epidemic (H.R. 4938), H792, H793 [6FE]

——— nullify certain contractual provisions prohibiting or penalizing a pharmacist’s disclosure of availability of equivalent alternative drugs or methods of purchasing less expensive drugs (H.R. 5343), H8796 [25SE]

——— provide access to medication-assisted treatment programs to reduce opioid addiction overdoses and relapses, H5522 [22JN]

——— provide assistance to States and localities affected by the opioid epidemic and improve delivery of essential services to individuals with substance use disorders and their families (H.R. 5545), H5113 [13JN], H5323 [20JN]

——— 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 additional flexibility relative to medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorders, H5512, H5514 [22JN]

——— 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]

——— provide for opioid quality measures development and a technical expert panel on reducing surgical setting opioid use and data collection on perioperative opioid use (H.R. 5774), H5254–H5256 [19JN]

——— provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment (H.R. 6), H5380 [21JN], H5511–H5572 [22JN], H5755 [27JN], H9553 [16NO], E902 [22JN], E950 [28JN]

——— provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment (H.R. 6), concur in Senate amendment (H. Res. 1099), H9156, H9174–H9255 [28SE]

——— provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 949), H5294–H5304 [20JN], E901 [22JN]

——— provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment (H.R. 6), motion to recommit, H5570 [22JN], E905 [25JN]

——— provide for regional centers of excellence in substance use disorder education (H.R. 5261), H5052, H5053 [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]

——— provide grants for eligible entities to provide technical assistance to outlier prescribers of opioids (H.R. 5796), H5237–H5239 [19JN]

——— provide research on, and recommendations for, opioid prescribing practices for pregnant women, H5564, H5565 [22JN]

——— provide research on, and recommendations for, opioid prescribing practices for pregnant women (H.R. 5646), H3710 [27AP]

——— update or issue one or more guidances addressing alternative methods for data collection on opioid sparing and inclusion of such data in product labeling (H.R. 5473), H5030–H5032 [12JN]

Ecology and environment: prioritize education and training for existing and new environmental health professionals (H.R. 1909), H7877 [6SE]

Education: 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]

Emergency medical services: improve access (H.R. 548), H4271 [21MY]

EPA: prohibit compensation of employees using a special pay-scale intended for health care industry leaders, H6512 [18JY]

Families Plus, Inc.: Dept. of HHS Health Resources and Services Administration Champion of Innovation in Health Care Delivery award recipient, E642 [15MY]

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: reauthorize (H.R. 6014), H4983 [8JN], H7865–H7868 [5SE], H9359 [28SE], E1356 [2OC]

FCC: study feasibility of designating a simple, easy-to-remember dialing code to be used for a national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system (H.R. 2345), H6592–H6595 [23JY], H8167 [12SE]

FDA: allow for detention, refusal, and destruction of certain drugs offered for importation (H.R. 5752), H5117–H5119 [13JN]

——— deter opioid abuse and addiction through development of high-quality, evidence-based opioid analgesic prescribing guidelines, H5563, H5564 [22JN]

——— hold pharmaceutical companies accountable for illegal marketing and distribution of opioid products and for their role in creating and exacerbating the opioid epidemic (S. 2691), H3588 [26AP]

Federal aid programs: 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]

Firearms: repeal provision prohibiting sponsorship of research on gun violence, H1470, H1471 [7MR]

——— repeal provision prohibiting sponsorship of research on gun violence (H.R. 1478), H1621, H1622 [15MR], H1707 [20MR], E256 [5MR], E287 [8MR], E704 [22MY]

Firefighters: develop a voluntary patient registry to collect data on cancer incidence among firefighters (H.R. 931), Senate amendment, H5572, H5573 [22JN]

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

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

——— improve essential oral health care for low-income and other underserved individuals by breaking down barriers to care (H.R. 2422), H1134 [14FE], H1243, H1244 [26FE], H9673–H9675 [28NO]

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

Health care professionals: extend advanced education nursing grants to support clinical nurse specialist programs (H.R. 959), H6605–H6608 [23JY]

——— require prescribers to complete continuing medical education courses on potential dangers and risks of prescribing opioids (H.R. 5581), H3589 [26AP]

Human rights: abolish human trafficking in the U.S., H1200 [15FE]

——— provide assistance in abolishing human trafficking in the U.S. (H.R. 2803), H92 [10JA], H6475 [18JY]

——— provide assistance in abolishing human trafficking in the U.S. (S. 1311), H9373–H9381 [28SE]

Immigration: require reunification of families separated as a result of the zero tolerance policy that prosecutes all adults entering the U.S. illegally, H5760, H5762 [27JN], H7803 [4SE]

——— require reunification of families separated as a result of the zero tolerance policy that prosecutes all adults entering the U.S. illegally (H.R. 6236), H5763 [27JN], H7691 [26JY], E1080 [26JY]

Information technology: promote testing of incentive payments for adoption and use of certified electronic health records technology by behavioral health providers (H.R. 3331), H5032–H5034 [12JN], E835 [13JN]

Insurance: include short-term limited duration health plans in definition of individual insurance coverage (H.R. 6479), H7102 [24JY]

——— modify definition of qualified health plan for health insurance premium tax credit and allow individuals purchasing health insurance in individual market to buy lower premium copper plan (H.R. 6311), H6572 [19JY], H7654, H7656, H7658–H7667, H7673 [25JY]

——— modify definition of qualified health plan for health insurance premium tax credit and allow individuals purchasing health insurance in individual market to buy lower premium copper plan (H.R. 6311), consideration (H. Res. 1011), H7095–H7100 [24JY]

——— modify definition of qualified health plan for health insurance premium tax credit and allow individuals purchasing health insurance in individual market to buy lower premium copper plan (H.R. 6311), motion to recommit, H7665, H7666 [25JY]

——— prohibit health insurance issuers, group health plans, Medicare Advantage organizations, and prescription drug plan sponsors from limiting drug price information a pharmacy may give to a consumer (H.R. 6733), H8796 [25SE]

——— proposed rule relative to extending short-term, limited-duration health plans, H3588 [26AP]

Malnutrition Awareness Week: observance, E1302 [25SE], E1325 [27SE], E1338, E1346 [28SE], E1431 [19OC]

Medicaid: delay reduction in Federal medical assistance percentage for personal care services furnished without an electronic visit verification system (H.R. 6042), H5244, H5245 [19JN]

——— prevent misclassification of drugs for purposes of the drug rebate program, H10050, H10051 [11DE]

——— require States to annually report on certain adult health quality measures (H.R. 5583), H5063, H5064 [12JN], E979 [6JY]

Medicare: encourage use of non-opioid analgesics for management of post-surgical pain, H5512, H5513, H5514 [22JN]

——— 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]

——— extend special election period under part C for certain deemed individuals enrolled in a reasonable cost reimbursement contract to certain nondeemed individuals enrolled in such contract (H.R. 6662), H8120, H8121 [12SE]

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

——— improve process whereby administrative contractors issue local coverage determinations (H.R. 3635), H8122–H8124 [12SE]

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

——— provide for review and adjustment of payments under outpatient prospective payment system to avoid financial incentives to use opioids instead of non-opioid alternative treatments, E870 [20JN]

——— provide for review and adjustment of payments under outpatient prospective payment system to avoid financial incentives to use opioids instead of non-opioid alternative treatments (H.R. 6110), H5249–H5254 [19JN], E870 [20JN]

——— report on extent to which certain Medicare Advantage plans include supplemental health care benefits designed to treat or prevent substance use disorders, H5252, H5253 [19JN]

——— require prescription drug plan sponsors to establish drug management programs for at-risk beneficiaries, H5520 [22JN]

——— require prescription drug plan sponsors to establish drug management programs for at-risk beneficiaries, electronic prior authorization for covered part D drugs, and provide for other program integrity measures, E902 [22JN]

——— require prescription drug plan sponsors to establish drug management programs for at-risk beneficiaries, electronic prior authorization for covered part D drugs, and provide for other program integrity measures (H.R. 5773), H5103 [13JN], H5258–H5261 [19JN]

——— require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries, H1647 [15MR]

——— study and submit to Congress a report recommending how to improve use of non-opioid treatments for acute and chronic pain management for individuals under Medicare, H9249 [28SE]

——— submit report on effects of inclusion of quality increases in the determination of blended benchmark amounts under part C (H.R. 4952), H7115, H7116 [24JY]

——— suspend payments by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans pending investigation of credible allegations of fraud by pharmacies (H.R. 5676), H5261–H5264 [19JN], E904 [22JN]

Megan Rondini and Leah Griffin National Sexual Assault Care and Treatment Task Force: establish (H.R. 7292), H10273 [19DE]

Megan Rondini National Sexual Assault Care and Treatment Task Force: establish (H.R. 7222), H10090 [11DE]

Members of Congress: allow tours of detention facilities that house unaccompanied alien children, H9044 [26SE]

Mental health: address psychological, developmental, social, and emotional needs of children, youth, and families who have experienced trauma (H.R. 1757), H5520 [22JN]

——— ensure that federally-funded programs and activities to prevent or treat mental health or substance use disorders are evidence-based (H.R. 5272), H5053–H5055 [12JN]

——— revise and extend projects relative to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (H.R. 2913), H7161 [25JY]

Military Trauma Care Provider Placement Program: establish, H8780 [25SE]

——— establish (H.R. 880), H1236–H1238 [26FE]

Military Trauma Team Placement Program: establish, H8780 [25SE]

——— establish (H.R. 880), H1236–H1238 [26FE]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals, H4144 [17MY]

National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting (NASPER) Grant Program: amend and reauthorize, H3436 [18AP]

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day: observance, H3765 [7MY]

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

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. 5322), E328 [15MR]

Office of Civil Rights: formation of Conscience and Religious Freedom division, H559 [19JA]

——— tribute to proposed rule by Conscience and Religious Freedom division to protect health care professionals from being coerced into performing procedures that violate their beliefs, H1171 [14FE]

Office of Refugee Resettlement: funding for housing children separated from parents attempting to enter the U.S. illegally through reduction in Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funding, H6163 [12JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: better align grace period required for non-payment of premiums before discontinuing coverage under qualified health plans with such grace periods provided for under State law, H532 [18JA]

Pharmaceuticals: provide greater transparency of discounts provided by drug manufacturers by requiring Pharmacy Benefit Managers to reimburse community pharamacists at the same rate as high volume box stores, H9541 [16NO]

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

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services, H3404 [18AP]

Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers Who Deliver Infants Early (PREEMIE) Act: revise and extend (S. 3029), H9578 [27NO], H10054–H10057 [11DE]

Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE): finalize certain proposed provisions under Medicare and Medicaid (H.R. 6561), H8121, H8122 [12SE]

Public health: reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (H.R. 6378), H8759–H8789 [25SE]

——— reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (H.R. 7328), H10366–H10393 [20DE]

Public welfare programs: institute reforms to program of block grants to States for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (H.R. 5489), H3965 [15MY]

Research: intensify stem cell research showing evidence of substantial clinical benefit to patients (H.R. 2918), H464 [17JA]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize and amend, E1681 [17DE]

State Offices of Rural Health grant program: reauthorize (H.R. 5641), H9536 [15NO]

——— reauthorize (S. 2278), H10286–H10288 [19DE]

State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis Grants: appropriate funds (H.R. 3495), H5110 [13JN]

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 (H.R. 767), H1234–H1236 [26FE]

——— establish to provide training to help identify and protect victims of human trafficking (H.R. 767), Senate amendment, H10424, H10425 [20DE]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: authorize development of best practices for recovery residences that promote sustained recovery from substance use disorders (H.R. 4684), H5036–H5038 [12JN], E971 [6JY]

Survivors’ Bill of Rights Act: implementation, E237 [27FE]

Taxation: establish an excise tax on production and importation of opioid pain relievers and use such funds to provide and expand access to substance abuse treatment (H.R. 3254), H5140 [13JN]

——— permit individuals eligible for Indian Health Service assistance to qualify for health savings accounts (H.R. 1476), H7109, H7110 [24JY]

Territories: comprehensively address challenges of providing public services to citizens of the Freely Associated States in the U.S. (H.R. 4761), H91 [10JA], E22 [10JA]

Traumatic brain injury: reauthorize certain programs related to traumatic brain injury and trauma research (H.R. 6615), H10057, H10058 [11DE]

——— reauthorize certain programs related to traumatic brain injury and trauma research (H.R. 6615), Senate amendment, H10280–H10282 [19DE]

Tri-County Health Network (organization): Dept. of HHS Health Resources and Services Administration Champion of Information Dissemination award recipient, E642 [15MY]

Trump, President: proposed rule prohibiting family planning clinics from receiving Title X funding if they provide abortion services, H4246, H4272–H4275 [21MY]

U.S. Court of Federal Claims: increase maximum limit on the number of special masters assigned to vaccine cases (H.R. 6857), E1277 [20SE]

Women: submit biennial plan to reduce rate of maternal mortality (H.R. 5761), H3958 [15MY]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities, S6205 [18SE]

Appropriations: 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]

Azar, Alex M., II: nomination to be Sec. of HHS, S446, S458–S462 [23JA], S477, S482–S489, S492 [24JA]

——— nomination to be Sec. of HHS, unanimous-consent agreement, S463 [23JA]

——— suitability to be Sec. of HHS relative to history of raising prescription drug prices while serving as drug company executive, S458, S461 [23JA], S483–S485, S492 [24JA]

Bassett, Matthew: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of HHS for Legislation, S587 [30JA]

Budget: rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (H.R. 3), S4254 [20JN], S4319 [21JN]

——— rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (H.R. 3), motion to discharge, S4257–S4259, S4261 [20JN]

CDC: childhood lead exposure reduction efforts funding, S5801 [22AU]

——— create a modern infrastructure for the prevention, treatment, and care of Alzheimer’s and related dementias and preservation of brain health (S. 2076), S5878, S5879 [23AU], S7526, S7527 [12DE]

——— investigation of potential cancer clusters funding, S5801 [22AU]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: accelerate progress toward prevention strategies, treatments, and a cure for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and provide caregivers dementia care training (S. 2387), S1135 [15FE]

Children and youth: fund family services to help keep children safe and supported at home and ensure children in foster care are placed in the least restrictive, most family-like, and appropriate settings, S800 [8FE], S1731, S1732 [14MR], S2715 [16MY]

——— improve health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life (H.R. 6931), S7310, S7311 [5DE]

——— promote child care and early learning (S. 1806), S675 [7FE]

——— require States to adopt a centralized system to expedite placement of children in foster care or guardianship, or for adoption, across State lines, and provide grants to States to develop such a system, S796 [8FE]

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

——— reauthorize (S. 2597), S7365 [6DE]

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

Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act: reauthorize and expand, S6050 [6SE], S6126 [12SE], S6170 [17SE]

——— reauthorize and expand (S. 2456), S1245–S1247 [27FE], S2471 [26AP], S2573 [9MY], S3597 [11JN], S7176 [28NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a farm and ranch stress assistance network, S4478 [27JN]

——— establish a Rural Health Liaison (S. 2894), S2813 [22MY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 6157), correction in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 47), S6254 [18SE]

Dept. of HHS: require Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to report to Congress on barriers to providing medication-assisted drug treatment to youths, S6161 [17SE]

Dept. of Justice: review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols to address missing and murdered Native Americans (S. 1942), S7365, S7366 [6DE]

Dept. of Labor: establish Jobs Plus Recovery programs to give individuals impacted by opioid addiction or substance use disorders access to job training and support services (S. 2642), S2042 [10AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify that tribal health providers funded by the Indian Health Service are inclueded in VA Choice Program, S2862 [23MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, S5671, S5673, S5685 [16AU], S5705–S5713, S5715 [20AU], S5735, S5738–S5741, S5751, S5755 [21AU], S5792–S5811 [22AU], S5872, S5874–S5880, S5882–S5886, S5890–S5893, S5898–S5907 [23AU], S6045, S6046 [6SE], S6198, S6201–S6208, S6210, S6213 [18SE]

——— making appropriations (S. 3158), S5049 [18JY]

Depts. of Labor and HHS: establish a pilot program to award competitive grants to counties and tribal entities to administer combined workforce training and drug addiction treatment and recovery programs, S6471 [3OC]

——— establish a pilot program to award competitive grants to counties and tribal entities to administer combined workforce training and drug addiction treatment and recovery programs (S. 2646), S2555 [8MY]

Diseases and disorders: coordinate Federal research efforts for, and improve public education and awareness of, congenital heart disease (H.R. 1222), S7524, S7525 [12DE]

——— expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (S. 292), S1975–S1977 [22MR]

——— reauthorize sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program and provide for sickle cell disease research, surveillance, prevention, and treatment (S. 2465), S1288 [28FE], S6880 [11OC]

Drugs: address prescription opioid and heroin abuse, S2066 [11AP], S2414 [25AP], S2463, S2469–S2472 [26AP], S5049 [18JY], S5101–S5103 [19JY], S5326 [25JY], S5603–S5606 [15AU], S5746–S5748 [21AU], S6209 [18SE], S6796 [11OC], S7175–S7178 [28NO], S7573–S7575 [13DE]

——— authorize a loan repayment program for substance use disorder treatment employees, S6471 [3OC]

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

——— develop national milestones to measure success in curtailing the opioid epidemic, S6162 [17SE], S6463 [3OC]

——— ensure doctors have access to patients’ treatment history to prevent addiction relapses or harmful drug interactions and protect confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records, S6472 [3OC]

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

——— establish a pilot program to help individuals in recovery from a substance use disorder transition from treatment to independent living and the workforce, S6116 [12SE], S6198 [18SE], S6456 [3OC]

——— establish a pilot program to help individuals in recovery from a substance use disorder transition from treatment to independent living and the workforce (S. 2730), S2359 [24AP]

——— establish community action opioid response grant program (S. 2636), S2105 [12AP]

——— extend authority of nurse practitioners to provide medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorders, S6163 [17SE]

——— improve medical student training on addiction treatment and facilitate certain registration waivers for physicians dispensing narcotic drugs for maintenance treatment or detoxification treatment, S6164 [17SE]

——— improve treatment and early interventions for pregnant and postpartum women and infants affected by substance use disorder, S6116 [12SE], S6198 [18SE]

——— improve treatment and early interventions for pregnant and postpartum women and infants affected by substance use disorder (S. 2710), S2289 [19AP], S2359 [24AP]

——— making appropriations to address heroin and opioid drug abuse epidemic, S146–S148 [11JA], S280 [18JA], S321 [19JA], S629 [6FE], S812–S815 [8FE], S887 [12FE], S6210 [18SE]

——— prevent substance abuse and reduce demand for illicit narcotics, S6120 [12SE]

——— provide for additional flexibility relative to medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorders, S6162 [17SE], S6463, S6469 [3OC]

——— provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment (H.R. 6), S4376 [25JN], S4380 [26JN], S6048–S6050 [6SE], S6116–S6121, S6126, S6149 [12SE], S6159–S6170, S6172–S6178 [17SE], S6198, S6210, S6215–S6217, S6218 [18SE], S7177 [28NO]

——— provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment (H.R. 6), House amendment, S6432–S6436 [2OC], S6456, S6459, S6463, S6467, S6468–S6474, S6477–S6484, S6489, S6491 [3OC], S6796–S6798 [11OC]

——— provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment (H.R. 6), unanimous-consent agreement, S6105 [6SE], S6457 [3OC]

——— 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]

——— require drug manufacturers to disclose prices of prescription drugs in any direct-to-consumer advertising and marketing to practitioners of a drug, S7221 [29NO]

——— require drug manufacturers to publicly justify unnecessary price increases (S. 1348), S5880, S5881 [23AU]

Education: 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]

Emergency Medical Services for Children Program: reauthorize (S. 3482), S6279 [24SE], S7452 [11DE]

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

FCC: study feasibility of designating a simple, easy-to-remember dialing code to be used for a national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system (H.R. 2345), S5560 [1AU], S6214 [18SE]

——— study feasibility of designating a simple, easy-to-remember dialing code to be used for a national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system (S. 1015), S3867 [13JN], S5675 [16AU]

FDA: ban use of ortho-phthalate chemicals as food contact substances (S. 3155), S4737 [28JN]

——— prohibit abusive delay tactics by pharmaceutical companies to block entry of generic drugs and biosimilar biological products from the market (S. 974), S807 [8FE], S5881 [23AU], S7221 [29NO]

——— require warning labels to be affixed to prescription opioid containers or packaging stating such drugs can cause dependence, addiction, and overdose (S. 3428), S6162 [17SE], S6463 [3OC]

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

Firearms: repeal provision prohibiting sponsorship of research on gun violence, S1863 [21MR]

Firefighter Cancer Registry Act: funding, S5711 [20AU]

Firefighters: develop a voluntary patient registry to collect data on cancer incidence among firefighters (H.R. 931), S2631 [10MY]

Geriatric Academic Career Awards program: reinstate (S. 2888), S2795 [21MY]

Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program: reauthorize (S. 2888), S2795 [21MY]

Government regulations: 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]

Guardianship: improve oversight and data collection by designating an online resource center, authorizing State grants for guardianship databases, and sharing guardian background check information (S. 3669), S7192 [28NO]

Health: improve essential oral health care for low-income and other underserved individuals by breaking down barriers to care (H.R. 2422), S6880, S6881 [11OC]

Health care professionals: build a stronger health care workforce (S. 3095), S4283 [20JN]

——— designate maternity care health professional shortage areas and distribute maternity care health professionals to such areas (H.R. 315), S7372 [6DE]

Healthy Lifestyles Initiative: prohibit funding for construction of fast food franchises, S5886 [23AU]

Hovland, Jean C.: nomination to be Administration for Native Americans Commissioner, unanimous-consent agreement, S4337 [21JN]

Human rights: provide assistance in abolishing human trafficking in the U.S. (S. 1311), S1861 [21MR]

——— provide assistance in abolishing human trafficking in the U.S. (S. 1311), House amendment, S7628 [17DE], S7841 [19DE]

Immigration: conduct full review of oversight, staffing, training, medication, and licensing policies at Office of Refugee Resettlement facilities, ensure humane treatment of detainees, and ensure contact between children and parents, S5987, S5988 [28AU]

——— require reunification of families separated as a result of the zero tolerance policy that prosecutes all adults entering the U.S. illegally (S. 3227), unanimous-consent request, S5045 [18JY]

——— 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., S3964 [18JN]

Indian Health Service: call for Director nomination, S1236 [27FE]

Information technology: promote testing of incentive payments for adoption and use of certified electronic health records technology by behavioral health providers (S. 1732), S2528 [7MY]

Insurance: allow States to establish reinsurance programs, give States flexibility to provide affordable health insurance options outside of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges, and continue cost-sharing premium subsidies, S1751–S1753 [15MR], S1905–S1913, S1918, S1919, S1920–S1922 [22MR], S2544 [8MY], S3284 [7JN], S3891, S3892 [13JN], S3962 [18JN], S5409 [26JY], S6767 [10OC], S7889 [19DE]

——— disapprove rule on definition of short-term limited duration insurance for purposes of its exclusion from the definition of individual health insurance coverage (S.J. Res. 63), S6708–S6710, S6713, S6717–S6719 [9OC], S6736–S6744, S6749, S6755–S6758, S6762, S6767 [10OC], S6779, S6794 [11OC]

——— establish a public health plan (S. 1970), S3891 [13JN]

——— proposed rule relative to extending short-term, limited-duration health plans, S2545 [8MY]

Johnson, Lynn A.: confirmation as Assistant Sec. of HHS for Family Support, S5987, S5988 [28AU], S6027 [4SE]

——— nomination to be Assistant Sec. of HHS for Family Support, S5827 [22AU]

Law enforcement officers: provide support for law enforcement agency efforts to protect the mental health and well-being of law enforcement officers (S. 867), S2663 [15MY], S2763 [17MY], S6214 [18SE]

Lloyd, Scott: call for removal as Dept. of HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement Director relative to actions and policies on women’s reproductive health, S1702–S1704 [14MR], S1786 [19MR]

Malnutrition Awareness Week: observance, S6336 [26SE], S6382 [28SE]

Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program: extend, S342 [19JA]

Medicaid: delay reduction in Federal medical assistance percentage for personal care services furnished without an electronic visit verification system (H.R. 6042), S5006 [17JY]

——— prevent misclassification of drugs for purposes of the drug rebate program (S. 3702), S7339 [6DE]

Medicare: establish part E public health plans available to everyone (S. 2708), S2265 [18AP]

——— require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (S. 41), S5880 [23AU]

——— study and submit to Congress a report recommending how to improve use of non-opioid treatments for acute and chronic pain management for individuals under Medicare, S6470 [3OC]

Members of Congress: allow tours of detention facilities that house unaccompanied alien children, S3926 [13JN]

Mental health: address psychological, developmental, social, and emotional needs of children, youth, and families who have experienced trauma, S6174 [17SE]

——— address psychological, developmental, social, and emotional needs of children, youth, and families who have experienced trauma (S. 774), S1280 [28FE], S2787 [21MY], S6436 [2OC]

National Family Caregiving Strategy: establish (H.R. 3759), S68 [8JA]

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

National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research: anniversary, S6809 [11OC]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, S6121 [12SE]

Office of Civil Rights: formation of Conscience and Religious Freedom division, S443 [22JA]

OMB: establish an interagency working group to study Federal efforts to collect data on sexual violence and to make recommendations on harmonization of such efforts (S. 2349), S2731 [16MY]

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

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: provide for stabilization in the individual health insurance market, S435 [22JA]

Pharmaceuticals: allow personal importation of safe and affordable drugs from approved pharmacies in Canada (S. 92), S7221 [29NO]

——— conduct a study on the changes in prices of prescription drugs, S5879 [23AU]

——— improve access to affordable prescription drugs, S7220 [29NO]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding, S5891–S5893 [23AU], S6205 [18SE]

——— prohibit funding (S. 241), S273 [18JA]

Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers Who Deliver Infants Early (PREEMIE) Act: revise and extend (S. 3029), S6153 [12SE]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S697 [7FE]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize and amend, S7426 [11DE]

——— reauthorize and amend (S. 2571), S1792 [19MR], S1834 [20MR], S1860 [21MR]

Schools: improve school safety and mental health services (S. 2513), S1362 [6MR]

Senior citizens: issue Stamp Out Elder Abuse Semipostal Stamp (S. 3594), S6818 [11OC]

——— prevent elder abuse and exploitation and improve the justice system’s response to victims in elder abuse and exploitation cases (S. 178), S7841 [19DE]

Social Security: improve transparency reports and reporting of physician ownership or investment interests (S. 3000), S6172 [17SE]

State Offices of Rural Health grant program: reauthorize (S. 2278), S5312 [24JY]

State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis Grants: improve State response to opioid abuse crisis by prioritizing States with high overdose mortality rates and lack of access to treatment, S6471 [3OC]

——— make Indian tribes eligible and expand use to include methamphetamine abuse, S6166 [17SE]

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 (H.R. 767), S7949 [19DE]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: authorize development of best practices for recovery residences that promote sustained recovery from substance use disorders (S. 2678), S2142 [16AP]

——— establish grant program to create peer support recovery networks (S. 2657), S2105 [12AP]

——— National Suicide Prevention Lifeline funding, S5739, S5741 [21AU]

——— report to Congress on barriers to providing medication-assisted drug treatment to youths, S6161 [17SE]

Taxation: establish an excise tax on production and importation of opioid pain relievers and use such funds to provide and expand access to substance abuse treatment (S. 523), S6473 [3OC]

Traumatic brain injury: reauthorize certain programs related to traumatic brain injury and trauma research (H.R. 6615), S7745 [18DE]

——— reauthorize certain programs related to traumatic brain injury and trauma research (S. 3657), S7089 [26NO]

Trump, President: evaluation of administration relative to immigration policy, S4275 [20JN], S5556–S5558 [1AU], S7844 [19DE]

——— proposed rule prohibiting family planning clinics from receiving Title X funding if they provide abortion services, S2891 [24MY]

Reports

Proposal To Lower ACA Premiums by More Than 40% and Cover 3.2 Million More: Tammy Tomczyk and Kurt Giesa, Oliver Wyman (organization), S1752 [15MR], S1912 [22MR]

Reports filed

Abuse Deterrent Access Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5582) (H. Rept. 115–721), H5020 [8JN]

Access to Telehealth Services for Opioid Use Disorders Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5603) (H. Rept. 115–745), H5092 [12JN]

Action for Dental Health Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 3016), S5618 [15AU]

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

Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2076), S7241 [29NO]

Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research (Childhood Cancer STAR) Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 292), S1629 [12MR]

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]

Comprehensive Care for Seniors Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 6561) (H. Rept. 115–934), H8106 [10SE]

Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (H.R. 1222), S5618 [15AU]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 6157, Depts. of Defense, Labor, HHS, and Education, Related Agencies, and Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1077) (H. Rept. 115–976), H8883 [25SE]

Consideration of H.R. 3. Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 923) (H. Rept. 115–712), H4848 [6JN]

Consideration of H.R. 6, Substance Use-Disorder Prevention That Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 949) (H. Rept. 115–766), H5283 [19JN]

Consideration of H.R. 184, Protect Medical Innovation Act and H.R. 6311, Increasing Access to Lower Premium Plans and Expanding Health Savings Accounts Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1011) (H. Rept. 115–860), H6648 [23JY]

Consideration of H.R. 6082, Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 949) (H. Rept. 115–766), H5283 [19JN]

Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act: Committee on the Judicary (Senate) (S. 974), S4343 [21JN]

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 HHS Emergency Medical Services for Children Program Reauthorization: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 3482), S7241 [29NO]

Dept. of HHS Programs Related to Traumatic Brain Injury and Trauma Research Reauthorization: Committee on Health, Education. Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 3657), S7241 [29NO]

Dept. of HHS Promotion of Testing of Incentive Payments for Adoption and Use of Certified Electronic Health Records Technology by Behavioral Health Providers: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3331) (H. Rept. 115–720), H5020 [8JN]

Dept. of HHS State Offices of Rural Health Grant Program Reauthorization: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2278), S1629 [12MR]

Dept. of Justice Law Enforcement and Justice Protocols To Address Missing and Murdered Native Americans Review, Revision, and Development: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1942) (S. Rept. 115–411), S7274 [4DE]

Depts. of Defense, Labor, HHS, and Education, Related Agencies, and Continuing Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 6157) (H. Rept. 115–952), H8724 [13SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 6470) (H. Rept. 115–862), H6648 [23JY]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3158) (S. Rept. 115–289), S4731 [28JN]

Empowering Seniors’ Enrollment Decision Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 6662) (H. Rept. 115–935), H8106 [10SE]

Firefighter Cancer Registry Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 382), S2439 [25AP]

Helping To End Addiction and Lessen Substance Use Disorders (HEAL) Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 3120) (S. Rept. 115–284), S4368 [25JN]

Improve Data on Sexual Violence Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2349) (S. Rept. 115–238), S2516 [7MY]

Improving Access to Maternity Care Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (H.R. 315), S7240 [29NO]

Improving Seniors Access to Quality Benefits Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4952) (H. Rept. 115–832), H6462 [17JY]

Increasing Access to Lower Premium Plans and Expanding Health Savings Accounts Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 6311) (H. Rept. 115–849), H6587 [19JY]

Local Coverage Determination Clarification Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3635) (H. Rept. 115–933), H8106 [10SE]

Medicaid Coverage Protections for Pregnant and Post-Partum Women While Receiving Inpatient Treatment for a Substance Use Disorder: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5789) (H. Rept. 115–730), H5091 [12JN]

Medicaid Health Homes for Opioid-Use-Disorder Medicaid Enrollees Encouraged (Medicaid Health HOME) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5810) (H. Rept. 115–727), H5091 [12JN]

Medicaid Pharmaceutical Home Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5808) (H. Rept. 115–726), H5091 [12JN]

National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1015) (S. Rept. 115–213), S1686 [13MR]

——— Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2345) (H. Rept. 115–836), H6556 [18JY]

Nomination of Alex M. Azar II To Be Sec. of HHS: Committee on Finance (Senate), S253 [17JA]

Nomination of Brett Giroir To Be Assistant Sec. of HHS for Health and Public Health Service Regular Corps Medical Director: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S299 [18JA]

Nomination of Elizabeth Darling To Be Administration on Children, Youth, and Families Commissioner: Committee on Finance (Senate), S6222 [18SE]

Nomination of John J. Bartrum To Be Assistant Sec. of HHS for Financial Resources: Committee on Finance (Senate), S2923 [24MY]

Nomination of Lynn A. Johnson To Be Assistant Sec. of HHS for Family Support: Committee on Finance (Senate), S4733 [28JN]

Opioid Addiction Action Plan Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5590) (H. Rept. 115–746), H5092 [12JN]

Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5795) (H. Rept. 115–724), H5091 [12JN]

Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2852), S3982 [18JN]

Postoperative Opioid Prevention Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5809) (H. Rept. 115–753), H5151 [13JN]

Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers Who Deliver Infants Early (PREEMIE) Act Revision and Extension: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 3029), S4843 [9JY]

Preventing Addiction for Susceptible Seniors (PASS) Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 5773) (H. Rept. 115–761), H5283 [19JN]

Request President and Direct Sec. of HHS Azar To Transmit Information on Health and Welfare of Children Separated From Parents Due to Zero Tolerance Policy: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H. Res. 982) (H. Rept. 115–835), H6556 [18JY]

Require Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Sponsors To Establish Drug Management Programs for At-Risk Beneficiaries: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5675) (H. Rept. 115–743), H5092 [12JN]

Require States To Annually Report on Certain Medicaid Adult Health Quality Measures: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5583) (H. Rept. 115–716), H5020 [8JN]

Responsible Education Achieves Care and Healthy Outcomes for Users’ Treatment (REACH OUT) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5796) (H. Rept. 115–729), H5091 [12JN]

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

Sickle Cell Disease and Other Heritable Blood Disorders Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2465), S5618 [15AU]

Stop Excessive Narcotics in Our Retirement (SENIOR) Communities Protection Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 5676) (H. Rept. 115–759), H5283 [19JN]

Substance Abuse Prevention Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2789), S4035 [19JN]

Statements

Congress Must Act Now To Prevent Premium Spikes and Coverage Losses for Millions of Americans, Say 20 Patient and Consumer Groups: Several Patient and Consumer Organizations, S1911 [22MR]

Substance Use-Disorder Prevention That Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act: American Society of Addiction Medicine, H9252 [28SE]

——— National Association for Behavorial Healthcare, H9251 [28SE]

——— Simona Combi, First Focus Campaign for Children (organization), H9250 [28SE]

Summaries

Allow States To Establish Reinsurance Programs, Give States Flexibility To Provide Affordable Health Insurance Options Outside of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Exchanges, and Continue Cost-Sharing Premium Subsidies, S1912 [22MR]

Texts of

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. 6, Substance Use-Disorder Prevention That Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act, H5294 [20JN]

H. Res. 949, consideration of H.R. 6082, Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act, H5294 [20JN]

H. Res. 1011, consideration of H.R. 184, Protect Medical Innovation Act and H.R. 6311, Increasing Access to Lower Premium Plans and Expanding Health Savings Accounts Act, H7095 [24JY]

H. Res. 1077, consideration of conference report on H.R. 6157, Depts. of Defense, Labor, HHS, and Education, related agencies, and continuing appropriations, H8897 [26SE]

H. Res. 1099, concur in Senate amendment to H.R. 6, Substance Use-Disorder Prevention That Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act, H9174–H9242 [28SE]

H.R. 3, Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act, H4871 [7JN]

H.R. 6, Substance Use-Disorder Prevention That Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act, H5522–H5560 [22JN]

H.R. 767, Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond (SOAR) to Health and Wellness Act, S7949 [19DE], H1234 [26FE], H10424 [20DE]

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

H.R. 931, Firefighter Cancer Registry Act, S2631 [10MY], H5572 [22JN]

H.R. 959, Dept. of HHS advanced education nursing grants to support clinical nurse specialist programs extension, H6605–H6607 [23JY]

H.R. 1222, Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act, S7525 [12DE], H10278 [19DE]

H.R. 1476, Native American Health Savings Improvement Act, H7109 [24JY]

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

H.R. 2345, National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act, H6592 [23JY]

H.R. 2410, Sickle Cell Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act, H1240 [26FE]

H.R. 2422, Action for Dental Health Act, S6881 [11OC], H1243 [26FE], H9673 [28NO]

H.R. 3331, Dept. of HHS testing of incentive payments for adoption and use of certified electronic health records technology by behavioral health providers, H5032 [12JN]

H.R. 3635, Local Coverage Determination Clarification Act, H8122 [12SE]

H.R. 4275, Empowering Pharmacists in the Fight Against Opioid Abuse Act, H5066 [12JN]

H.R. 4284, Indexing Narcotics, Fentanyl, and Opioids (INFO) Act, H5034 [12JN]

H.R. 4684, Ensuring Access to Quality Sober Living Act, H5036 [12JN]

H.R. 4952, Improving Seniors Access to Quality Benefits Act, H7115 [24JY]

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. 5102, Substance Use Disorder Workforce Loan Repayment Act, H5045 [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. 5261, Treatment, Education, and Community Help (TEACH) To Combat Addiction Act, H5052 [12JN]

H.R. 5272, ensure that Dept. of HHS federally-funded programs and activities to prevent or treat mental health or substance use disorders are evidence-based, H5053 [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. 5473, Better Pain Management Through Better Data Act, H5031 [12JN]

H.R. 5582, Abuse Deterrent Access Act, H5061 [12JN]

H.R. 5583, require States to annually report on certain Medicaid adult health quality measures, H5063 [12JN]

H.R. 5587, Peer Support Communities of Recovery Act, H5069 [12JN]

H.R. 5590, Opioid Addiction Action Plan Act, H5247 [19JN]

H.R. 5676, Stop Excessive Narcotics in Our Retirement (SENIOR) Communities Protection Act, H5261 [19JN]

H.R. 5752, Stop Illicit Drug Importation Act, H5117 [13JN]

H.R. 5773, Preventing Addiction for Susceptible Seniors (PASS) Act, H5258 [19JN]

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

H.R. 5796, Responsible Education Achieves Care and Healthy Outcomes for Users’ Treatment (REACH OUT) Act, H5237 [19JN]

H.R. 5889, Recognizing Early Childhood Trauma Related to Substance Abuse Act, H5124 [13JN]

H.R. 5890, Assisting States’ Implementation of Plans of Safe Care Act, H5125 [13JN]

H.R. 6014, Family Violence Prevention and Services Act reauthorization, H9359 [28SE]

H.R. 6042, delay reduction in Federal medical assistance percentage for Medicaid personal care services furnished without an electronic visit verification system, H5244 [19JN]

H.R. 6082, Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act, H5325 [20JN]

H.R. 6110, Pain Management, Treatment, and Recovery Act, H5250–H5252 [19JN]

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

H.R. 6311, Increasing Access to Lower Premium Plans and Expanding Health Savings Accounts Act, H7658 [25JY]

H.R. 6378, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act, H8759–H8775 [25SE]

H.R. 6561, Comprehensive Care for Seniors Act, H8121 [12SE]

H.R. 6615, Dept. of HHS programs related to traumatic brain injury and trauma research reauthorization, S7745 [18DE], H10057 [11DE], H10280 [19DE]

H.R. 6662, Empowering Seniors’ Enrollment Decision Act, H8120 [12SE]

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

H.R. 7328, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act, H10366–H10391 [20DE]

S. 292, Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research (Childhood Cancer STAR) Act, S1975–S1977 [22MR], H4350–H4352 [22MY]

S. 1311, Abolish Human Trafficking Act, H9373, H9377–H9381 [28SE]

S. 1732, Improving Access to Behavioral Health Information Technology Act, S2528 [7MY]

S. 2076, Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act, S8018 [21DE], H10282 [19DE]

S. 2278, Dept. of HHS State Offices of Rural Health grant program reauthorization, S5313 [24JY], H10286 [19DE]

S. 2349, Improve Data on Sexual Violence Act, S2731 [16MY]

S. 2465, Sickle Cell Disease and Other Heritable Blood Disorders Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act, S6880 [11OC], H10052 [11DE]

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

S. 2710, Protecting Moms and Infants Act, S2323 [19AP]

S. 2729, Addiction Prevention and Responsible Opioid Practices Act, S2343–S2346 [23AP]

S. 2730, Comprehensive Addiction Recovery Through Effective Employment and Reentry (CAREER) Act, S2346–S2348 [23AP]

S. 2789, Substance Abuse Prevention Act, S2487–S2490 [26AP]

S. 2830, Supporting and Improving Rural EMS Needs (SIREN) Act, S2628 [10MY]

S. 3029, Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers Who Deliver Infants Early (PREEMIE) Act revision and extension, S6154 [12SE], H10054 [11DE]

S. 3174, Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act, S4740 [28JN]

S. 3482, Dept. of HHS Emergency Medical Services for Children Program reauthorization, S7452 [11DE]

S. Con. Res. 47, correction in enrollment of H.R. 6157, Depts. of Defense, Labor, HHS, and Education, related agencies, and continuing appropriations, S6236 [18SE], H9059 [26SE]

S. Res. 566, Office for Locating and Reuniting Children With Parents establishment, S4745 [28JN]

S. Res. 606, condemn all forms of violence against children globally, recognize harmful impacts of violence against children, and develop and monitor a strategy to prevent and address such violence, S5621 [15AU]

Tributes

Eisenhower, Dwight D., S6629 [5OC]