PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT

Amendments

Dept. of HHS: revise and extend Poison Center Network Grant Program (S. 1199), S4969 [22JY]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see S. 183), S293 [17JA]

——— prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in Government activities (see H.R. 2014), H2938 [1AP]

CDC: conduct a national suicide prevention media campaign and establish National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (see H.R. 4585), H8088 [1OC]

——— conduct research on mass violence (see S. 2554), S5747 [26SE]

——— establish a grant program for the purpose of public health data system modernization (see S. 1793), S3362 [12JN]

——— include certain respiratory protective devices as covered countermeasures for purposes of targeted liability protections for pandemic and epidemic products and security countermeasures (see H.R. 4982), H8729 [5NO]

——— reauthorize Climate and Health Program (see H.R. 3819), H7149 [18JY]

Courts: clarify liability protections regarding emergency use of automated external defibrillators (see H.R. 1227), H2029 [14FE]

Dept. of HHS: authorize a loan repayment program for mental health professionals (see S. 2500), S5577 [18SE] (see H.R. 2431), H3403 [1MY]

——— authorize a public education campaign to increase oral health literacy and awareness (see H.R. 4678), H8143 [15OC]

——— authorize grants for training and support services for families and caregivers of people living with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia (see S. 740), S1792 [12MR]

——— authorize grants for youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies to be used for school personnel and students to receive student suicide awareness and prevention training (see H.R. 3778), H5911 [16JY]

——— authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (see H.R. 4550), H8080 [27SE]

——— award certain allergies and asthma-related grants and increase preference given to States that require certain public schools to have allergies and asthma management programs (see H.R. 2468), H3438 [2MY]

——— award grants to nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other long-term care facilities to improve their preparedness for power outages (see H.R. 1659), H2614 [8MR]

——— clarify that National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program participants may be assigned to serve in pediatric inpatient mental health facilities (see S. 1668), S3105 [23MY]

——— clarify that other agencies may not designate, appoint, or employ special consultants, fellows, or other employees relative to maximum number of Public Health Service officers assigned to the Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 106), H205 [3JA]

——— condition certain grants on States, local educational agencies, and tribes implementing a school-based student suicide awareness and prevention training policy (see S. 2492), S5539 [17SE]

——— conduct a study on designation of general surgery shortage areas (see S. 2859), S6604 [14NO] (see H.R. 1841), H2760 [21MR]

——— designate certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facilities as health professional shortage areas (see S. 95), S142 [10JA]

——— develop best practices for establishment and use of behavioral intervention teams at schools (see H.R. 3539), H5256 [27JN]

——— enhance efforts to address antibiotic resistance (see S. 2304), S5141 [29JY]

——— enhance national strategy for combating and eliminating tuberculosis (see S. 834), S1899 [14MR] (see H.R. 3080), H4312 [4JN]

——— enhance requirements for public disclosure of hospital price data (see H.R. 3965), H7462 [25JY]

——— ensure consensual donation and respectful disposition of human bodies and body parts donated for education, research, or advancement of medical or mortuary science and not for use in human transplantation (see H.R. 1835), H2755 [18MR]

——— 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 S. 1012), S2240 [3AP] (see H.R. 2062), H3067 [3AP]

——— ensure that healthy research dogs and cats are adopted into suitable homes (see H.R. 2850), H4010 [20MY]

——— establish a grant program supporting trauma centers with violence intervention and prevention programs (see H.R. 207), H208 [3JA] (see H.R. 2464), H3404 [1MY]

——— establish a grant program to provide self-harm and suicide prevention services in primary care offices (see H.R. 4353), H7753 [17SE]

——— establish a National Mesothelioma Patient Registry (see H.R. 1824), H2754 [18MR]

——— establish a national telehealth program (see S. 2408), S5249 [31JY] (see H.R. 4900), H8594 [29OC]

——— establish a program to improve identification, assessment, and treatment of patients in the emergency department who are at risk of suicide (see S. 3006), S6949 [10DE] (see H.R. 4861), H8538 [28OC]

——— establish a rural health center innovation awards program and a rural health department enhancement program (see S. 2411), S5249 [31JY] (see H.R. 4898), H8594 [29OC]

——— establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see S. 1357), S2742 [8MY] (see H.R. 2581), H3500 [8MY]

——— establish grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals who have physical or mental health conditions or substance use disorders (see H.R. 3272), H4694 [13JN]

——— establish health insurance Federal invisible risk sharing program (see H.R. 2789), H3923 [16MY]

——— establish National Health Service Corps Rural Provider Loan Repayment Program (see S. 2406), S5249 [31JY] (see H.R. 4899), H8594 [29OC]

——— establish Office of Drug Manufacturing to manufacture certain generic drugs in order to reduce prices, increase competition, and address shortages in the prescription drug market (see H.R. 5501), H12289 [19DE]

——— establish Reducing Youth Use of E-Cigarettes Initiative (see S. 1048), S2270 [4AP] (see H.R. 2111), H3100 [4AP]

——— establish requirements relative to prescription drug benefits (see S. 657), S1659 [5MR]

——— establish State insulin assistance programs, hold manufacturers accountable for excessive insulin price increases, and promote market competition to drive down prices (see S. 2004), S4628 [27JN] (see H.R. 4010), H7464 [25JY]

——— expand and improve health care services by health centers and the National Health Service Corps for individuals with a developmental disability (see H.R. 2417), H3339 [30AP]

——— expand and intensify programs on translational research and related activities relative to cerebral cavernous malformations (see S. 2010), S4628 [27JN] (see H.R. 3573), H5257 [27JN]

——— expand authority to permit nurses to practice in health care facilities with critical nursing shortages through programs for loan repayment and scholarships (see S. 1045), S2270 [4AP]

——— extend advanced education nursing grants to support clinical nurse specialist programs (see H.R. 728), H1171 [23JA]

——— 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. 1323), H2046 [22FE]

——— extend floor on area wage index under inpatient prospective payment system to certain sole community hospitals (see H.R. 5103), H8878 [14NO]

——— improve access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce transmission of HIV (see S. 1926), S4168 [20JN] (see H.R. 3815), H5999 [17JY]

——— improve health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life (see S. 1130), S2386 [10AP] (see H.R. 2271), H3255 [10AP]

——— improve maternal health care and training of health care providers to reduce or prevent discrimination in provision of certain health care services, and enhance perinatal, pregnancy, and postpartum services (see H.R. 4215), H7528 [30AU]

——— improve obstetric care and maternal health outcomes (see H.R. 4995), H8737 [8NO]

——— improve obstetric care in rural areas (see S. 2373), S5248 [31JY] (see H.R. 4243), H7558 [9SE]

——— improve provision of mobile medical health care services to certain underserved areas and populations (see H.R. 4537), H8054 [26SE]

——— increase maximum number of special masters allowed in U.S. Court of Federal Claims to hear cases under National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (see S. 1638), S3104 [23MY] (see H.R. 3003), H4163 [23MY]

——— 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 (see S. 2080), S4773 [10JY] (see H.R. 647), H716 [17JA]

——— issue grants to train students, teachers, and school personnel to understand, recognize, prevent, and respond to signs of human trafficking and exploitation in children and youth (see H.R. 4388), H7773 [18SE]

——— limit orphan drug exclusion under the discount drug program requiring drug manufacturers to provide drugs to eligible health care organizations at reduced prices (see H.R. 4538), H8054 [26SE]

——— prohibit certain research on human fetal tissue obtained pursuant to an abortion (see H.R. 437), H461 [10JA] (see H.R. 573), H601 [15JA]

——— prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see S. 105), S143 [10JA] (see H.R. 296), H282 [8JA]

——— prohibit health insurance providers from imposing cost-sharing requirements or treatment limitations for diagnostic examinations for breast cancer that are less favorable than those for screening examinations (see H.R. 2428), H3403 [1MY]

——— provide assistance for health centers and rural health clinics to implement electronic provider consultation and related telemedicine services (see H.R. 5190), H9120 [20NO]

——— 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. 973), H1361 [5FE]

——— provide for and support liver illness visibility, education, and research (see S. 3074), S7113 [17DE] (see H.R. 3016), H4164 [23MY]

——— provide for behavioral and mental health outreach and education strategies to reduce stigma associated with mental health among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander populations (see H.R. 2826), H3962 [17MY]

——— provide for behavioral and mental health outreach and education strategy to reduce stigma associated with mental health among Hispanic and Latino population (see H.R. 4543), H8079 [27SE]

——— provide for participation of pediatric subspecialists in National Health Service Corps (see S. 1659), S3105 [23MY]

——— provide for participation of physical therapists in National Health Service Corps loan repayment program (see S. 970), S2118 [1AP] (see H.R. 2802), H3923 [16MY]

——— provide for research and improvement of cardiovascular health among South Asian population of the U.S. (see H.R. 3131), H4342 [5JN]

——— provide for review and publication of Agency for Toxic and Substances and Disease Registry findings on illnesses and conditions of veterans stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC (see S. 1563), S3004 [21MY]

——— provide grants to support initiatives focused on addressing pediatric public health disparities in children’s hospitals graduate medical education programs (see H.R. 1656), H2614 [8MR]

——— provide investment in tomorrow’s pediatric health care workforce (see S. 2443), S5360 [9SE]

——— provide loan repayment incentives for certain physician assistants or faculty at a graduate-level physician assistant education program (see H.R. 1686), H2679 [12MR]

——— provide women with increased access to preventive and life-saving cancer screening (see S. 1735), S3251 [5JN] (see H.R. 3129), H4342 [5JN]

——— reauthorize Administration on Aging Lifespan Respite Care Program (see S. 995), S2189 [2AP] (see H.R. 2035), H2985 [2AP]

——— reauthorize and enhance poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program (see H.R. 501), H517 [11JA]

——— reauthorize and expand Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program (see S. 304), S800 [31JA] (see S. 1191), S2434 [11AP] (see H.R. 2815), H3924 [16MY]

——— reauthorize and extend Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Prevention and Services program (see S. 2879), S6625 [18NO]

——— reauthorize autism-related research and programs (see S. 427), S1133 [7FE] (see H.R. 1058), H1460 [7FE]

——— reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (see S. 1379), S2743 [8MY] (see H.R. 269), H280 [8JA]

——— reauthorize Emergency Medical Services for Children Program (see S. 1173), S2433 [11AP] (see H.R. 776), H1210 [24JA]

——— reauthorize Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program and reinstate Geriatric Academic Career Awards program (see S. 299), S800 [31JA]

——— reauthorize grant programs and other initiatives to promote expanded screening of newborns and children for genetic diseases and disorders (see S. 2158), S4947 [18JY] (see H.R. 2507), H3440 [2MY]

——— reauthorize Healthy Start program (see S. 2619), S5895 [17OC] (see H.R. 4801), H8455 [23OC]

——— reauthorize school-based health centers (see S. 1013), S2240 [3AP] (see H.R. 2075), H3068 [3AP]

——— require adrenoleukodystrophy screening of newborns (see H.R. 534), H543 [14JA]

——— 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. 461), H462 [10JA]

——— require educational agencies receiving mental health program funding to expand suicide prevention, threat identification, and intervention training to students and schools (see H.R. 2599), H3501 [8MY]

——— require pharmacies and insurance companies to improve transparency of prescription drug costs and prohibit drug manufacturers from charging U.S. consumers more for drugs than certain foreign customers (see S. 977), S2118 [1AP]

——— require pharmacies to disclose any differential between the cost of a prescription drug based on whether certain individuals use prescription drug coverage to acquire such drug (see H.R. 5442), H10306 [16DE]

——— require recipients of certain grants to comply with State and local laws requiring reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, incest, intimate partner violence, or human trafficking (see H.R. 4504), H8052 [26SE]

——— require States and their designees receiving grants for suicide early intervention and prevention strategies to consult with Indian tribes and organizations (see S. 467), S1325 [13FE] (see H.R. 1191), H1582 [13FE]

——— revise amount of minimum allotments under Projects for Assistance in Transition From Homelessness (PATH) program (see H.R. 3592), H5258 [27JN]

——— revise and extend certain health workforce programs (see S. 2997), S6903 [9DE]

——— revise and extend nursing workforce development programs (see S. 1399), S2770 [9MY]

——— revise and extend Poison Center Network Grant Program (see S. 1199), S2434 [11AP]

——— revise and extend projects relative to children and violence and provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see S. 1122), S2386 [10AP] (see H.R. 1109), H1491 [8FE]

——— revise operations of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (see H.R. 3534), H5255 [27JN]

——— strengthen 340B drug pricing program integrity and enhance low-income patient benefits for safety net providers (see H.R. 1559), H2503 [6MR]

Diseases and disorders: reauthorize and enhance programs to increase awareness and knowledge with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 4560), H8080 [27SE]

——— reauthorize Mosquito Abatement Safety and Health Act and epidemiology laboratory capacity grants and require a GAO study on existing mosquito and other vector-borne surveillance and control programs (see H.R. 345), H284 [8JA]

Drugs: reform prescription drug pricing and reduce out-of-pocket costs by ensuring consumers benefit from negotiated rebates by requiring coinsurance obligations be set as a percentage of a drug’s net price not list price (see S. 1384), S2769 [9MY] (see H.R. 3805), H5998 [17JY]

FDA: make permanent the policy to speed up time for biosimilar products to get approved and made available to consumers (see S. 1140), S2432 [11AP] (see H.R. 2011), H2938 [1AP]

——— provide for publication of a list of licensed biological products (see H.R. 1520), H2366 [5MR]

——— shorten exclusivity period for brand name biological products (see H.R. 3379), H5005 [20JN]

Health: authorize a pilot program to develop, expand, and enhance the commercialization of biomedical products (see H.R. 5357), H9347 [6DE]

——— expand, enhance, and improve public health data systems (see H.R. 5321), H9293 [5DE]

——— improve health care coverage under vision and dental plans for certain self-funded, non-Federal Government plans (see H.R. 3762), H5825 [15JY]

——— lower health care costs by ending surprise medical bills, reducing drug prices, and improving health care transparency, public health, and exchange of health information (see S. 1895), S3843 [19JN]

——— prohibit gag clauses in contracts between health insurance plans or issuers and health care providers that are used to restrict a patient’s access to price information (see S. 1577), S3005 [21MY]

——— protect patients from surprise air ambulance services bills (see H.R. 3784), H5911 [16JY]

——— protect patients from surprise medical bills (see S. 1531), S2924 [16MY] (see H.R. 3502), H5200 [26JN] (see H.R. 3630), H5302 [9JY]

Health care professionals: limit liability of volunteers who provide health care services in response to a disaster (see S. 1350), S2687 [7MY]

——— reauthorize certain grant programs relative to health professions workforce training (see H.R. 2781), H3923 [16MY]

Insurance: codify certain rules on short-term, limited-duration and association health plans to allow small businesses and self-employed workers to band together to purchase affordable health insurance (see H.R. 4484), H7988 [25SE]

——— ensure common medications, devices, and screenings used to treat chronic conditions are covered without out-of-pocket costs (see H.R. 4457), H7900 [24SE]

——— increase accountability of insurance companies, strengthen consumer protections, and improve quality and affordability of health insurance (see S. 1213), S2435 [11AP]

——— limit amount hospitals and physicians can charge uninsured patients and out-of-network patients who have individual market coverage (see S. 967), S2118 [1AP]

——— provide for a special enrollment period for pregnant women (see S. 1481), S2884 [15MY] (see H.R. 2778), H3842 [15MY]

——— provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 71), H203 [3JA]

——— require a health insurance issuer offering short-term insurance to disclose certain information on coverage exclusions and premium variations and prohibit sale of such insurance during certain periods (see H.R. 1143), H1517 [11FE]

——— require coverage of infertility treatments (see S. 1461), S2815 [14MY] (see H.R. 2803), H3923 [16MY]

——— require group and individual health insurance coverage for treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect (see S. 560), S1492 [26FE] (see H.R. 1379), H2233 [26FE]

——— require health insurance issuers to maintain an online price comparison tool (see H.R. 5121), H8908 [15NO]

——— require health insurance providers to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than for cancer medications administered by a health care provider (see S. 741), S1792 [12MR] (see H.R. 1730), H2716 [13MR]

——— require health insurers to include information about the nearest in-network hospital or urgent care facility on insurance cards (see H.R. 5192), H9120 [20NO]

——— require health plans to provide coverage for prostate cancer screenings without imposition of cost-sharing requirements (see H.R. 5200), H9121 [20NO]

——— require those offering group or individual health insurance coverage to establish a process to address inaccurate information listed in publicly accessible provider directories (see H.R. 4575), H8080 [27SE]

Mental health: ensure provision of high-quality service through National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (see H.R. 4564), H8080 [27SE]

——— improve identification and support of children and families who experience trauma (see S. 1770), S3284 [10JN] (see H.R. 3180), H4388 [10JN]

——— strengthen parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits (see S. 1576), S3005 [21MY] (see S. 1737), S3251 [5JN] (see H.R. 2874), H4063 [21MY] (see H.R. 3165), H4387 [10JN]

Native Americans: authorize a special behavioral health program for Indians (see S. 3126), S7208 [19DE]

——— improve behavioral health outcomes for American Indians and Alaskan Natives (see H.R. 4533), H8054 [26SE]

——— improve the public health system in tribal communities and increase the number of American Indians and Alaska Natives pursuing health careers (see H.R. 4534), H8054 [26SE]

——— reauthorize special programs for Indians for providing services for prevention and treatment of diabetes (see H.R. 2680), H3727 [10MY]

——— recognize maternal health crisis among indigenous women, reduce mortality and morbidity rates, and increase Federal funding to ensure availability of comprehensive maternal health and family planning services (see H. Res. 735), H9179 [26NO]

NIH: ensure that non-animal methods are prioritized, where applicable and feasible, in proposals for all research conducted or supported (see H.R. 1209), H1583 [13FE]

——— establish a National Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium (see H.R. 321), H283 [8JA]

——— expand, intensify, and coordinate programs and activities relative to Tourette syndrome (see H.R. 1131), H1492 [8FE]

——— expand research activities for functional gastrointestinal and motility disorders (see H.R. 3396), H5006 [20JN]

——— make awards to outstanding scientists, including physician-scientists, to support researchers focusing on pediatric research, including basic, clinical, translational, or pediatric pharmacological research (see S. 3023), S6992 [11DE] (see H.R. 4519), H8053 [26SE]

——— prohibit sale or transactions relative to human fetal tissue (see H.R. 4800), H8387 [22OC]

——— provide that authority of National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to make certain research endowments applies to both current and former centers of excellence (see S. 2927), S6755 [21NO] (see H.R. 4499), H8052 [26SE]

——— research risks posed by dioxin, synthetic fibers, and other additives in feminine hygiene products and urge the FDA to monitor and disclose contaminants in all menstrual hygiene products (see H.R. 3865), H7157 [19JY]

——— study health and developmental effects of technology and media on infants, children, and adolescents (see S. 558), S1492 [26FE] (see H.R. 1367), H2233 [26FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: establish a public health insurance option (see S. 1033), S2269 [4AP] (see H.R. 1419), H2311 [28FE] (see H.R. 2085), H3099 [4AP]

Public Health Service: designate Chief Nurse Officer as National Nurse for Public Health (see S. 696), S1733 [7MR] (see H.R. 1597), H2582 [7MR]

——— establish Ready Reserve Corps to make certain vital health care jobs are adequately staffed when disasters strike (see S. 2629), S5895 [17OC] (see H.R. 4870), H8538 [28OC]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3520), H5201 [26JN] (see H.R. 4764), H8258 [18OC]

Letters

Dept. of HHS Administration on Aging Lifespan Respite Care Program reauthorization: several disability organizations, S2192 [2AP]

Dept. of HHS Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program reauthorization and expansion: Beat Steiner, Fred Miser, and Judith Belle Brown, Council of Academic Family Medicine, S805 [31JA]

——— Michael L. Munger, American Academy of Family Physicians, S806 [31JA]

——— Stephen C. Shannon, American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, S806 [31JA]

Educating Medical Professionals and Optimizing Workforce Efficiency and Readiness (EMPOWER) for Health Act: Catherine Carrico, National Association for Geriatric Education and National Association for Geriatric Education Centers, H8513 [28OC]

——— Elena Rios, National Hispanic Medical Association, H8513 [28OC]

Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act: several organizations, H8524 [28OC]

Lists

State organizations supporting H.R. 647, Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act, H8524 [28OC]

Notices

Intention to object to H.R. 269, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act: Senator Braun, S1910 [14MR]

Remarks in House

Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act: implementation, H4928 [20JN]

CDC: create a modern infrastructure for the prevention, treatment, and care of Alzheimer’s and related dementias and preservation of brain health, H5044 [24JN], H5090 [25JN]

Dept. of HHS: Administration on Aging Lifespan Respite Care Program funding, H4559, H4560 [12JN]

——— authorize a loan repayment program for mental health professionals (H.R. 2431), H3494, H3495 [8MY]

——— authorize a pilot program to develop, expand, and enhance commercialization of biomedical products, H10204, H10205 [12DE]

——— authorize grants for youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies to be used for school personnel and students to receive student suicide awareness and prevention training (H.R. 3778), H8950 [18NO]

——— authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (H.R. 4550), E1510 [26NO]

——— 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 (H.R. 2062), E397 [3AP]

——— establish a National Mesothelioma Patient Registry (H.R. 1824), H8139 [15OC]

——— establish grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals who have physical or mental health conditions or substance use disorders (H.R. 3272), E770 [13JN]

——— establish health insurance Federal invisible risk sharing program, H1278 [29JA]

——— extend advanced education nursing grants to support clinical nurse specialist programs (H.R. 728), H8513–H8516 [28OC], H8682 [31OC]

——— improve obstetric care and maternal health outcomes (H.R. 4995), H9126 [21NO]

——— increase maximum number of special masters allowed in U.S. Court of Federal Claims to hear cases under National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (H.R. 3003), E665 [23MY]

——— 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. 647), H8521–H8526 [28OC]

——— reauthorize Administration on Aging Lifespan Respite Care Program (H.R. 2035), H7308–H7310 [24JY]

——— reauthorize and enhance poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program (H.R. 501), H2052, H2053 [25FE]

——— reauthorize autism-related research and programs (H.R. 1058), H7303–H7308 [24JY]

——— reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (H.R. 269), H237–H266 [8JA]

——— reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (S. 1379), H4245–H4265 [4JN]

——— reauthorize Emergency Medical Services for Children Program (H.R. 776), H7364, H7365 [24JY]

——— reauthorize grant programs and other initiatives to promote expanded screening of newborns and children for genetic diseases and disorders (H.R. 2507), H3796 [15MY], H7365–H7368 [24JY]

——— revise and extend projects relative to children and violence and provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (H.R. 1109), H3494 [8MY], H8950 [18NO]

FDA: provide for publication of a list of licensed biological products (H.R. 1520), H3485, H3486 [8MY]

Health: protect patients from surprise medical bills (H.R. 3502), H5175, H5176 [26JN]

——— protect patients from surprise medical bills (H.R. 3630), H7095 [18JY]

Health care professionals: reauthorize certain grant programs relative to health professions workforce training (H.R. 2781), H8509–H8513 [28OC], E1364 [29OC], E1384 [31OC]

Insurance: codify certain rules on short-term, limited-duration and association health plans to allow small businesses and self-employed workers to band together to purchase affordable health insurance (H.R. 4484), H7913 [25SE], H8042 [26SE]

——— require a health insurance issuer offering short-term insurance to disclose certain information on coverage exclusions and premium variations and prohibit sale of such insurance during certain periods, H3895, H3896, H3898 [16MY]

——— require group and individual health insurance coverage for treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect (H.R. 1379), H2111 [26FE]

Mental health: expand access to, and quality of, mental health care, H3139 [9AP]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals, H2508 [7MR], E249 [5MR]

NIH: expand research activities for functional gastrointestinal and motility disorders (H.R. 3396), H5087 [25JN], E1091 [6SE]

Remarks in Senate

CDC: create a modern infrastructure for the prevention, treatment, and care of Alzheimer’s and related dementias and preservation of brain health, S1318 [13FE]

——— establish a grant program for the purpose of public health data system modernization (S. 1793), S3365 [12JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish a national telehealth program (S. 2408), S6383 [5NO]

——— establish a rural health center innovation awards program and a rural health department enhancement program (S. 2411), S6383 [5NO]

——— establish National Health Service Corps Rural Provider Loan Repayment Program (S. 2406), S6376, S6383 [5NO], S6940 [10DE]

——— prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (S. 105), S196 [15JA], S263 [16JA], S6799 [3DE]

——— provide for participation of pediatric subspecialists in National Health Service Corps (S. 1659), S3112 [23MY]

——— provide investment in tomorrow’s pediatric health care workforce (S. 2443), S5364 [9SE]

——— reauthorize Administration on Aging Lifespan Respite Care Program (S. 995), S2191 [2AP], S2266 [4AP]

——— reauthorize and expand Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program (S. 304), S805 [31JA]

——— reauthorize autism-related research and programs (H.R. 1058), S5609 [19SE]

——— reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (H.R. 269), S106 [9JA], S111 [10JA]

——— reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (S. 1379), S2929 [16MY]

——— reauthorize Emergency Medical Services for Children Program (H.R. 776), S5275 [31JY]

——— reauthorize Rural Emergency Medical Service Training and Equipment Assistance Program, S6377 [5NO]

——— require pharmacies and insurance companies to improve transparency of prescription drug costs and prohibit drug manufacturers from charging U.S. consumers more for drugs than certain foreign customers (S. 977), S4754 [10JY]

——— revise and extend certain health workforce programs (S. 2997), S6906 [9DE]

——— revise and extend Poison Center Network Grant Program (S. 1199), S4969 [22JY]

——— revise and extend projects relative to children and violence and provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (S. 1122), S2852 [15MY]

Health: lower health care costs by ending surprise medical bills, reducing drug prices, and improving health care transparency, public health, and exchange of health information (S. 1895), S4710 [9JY], S4752, S4755 [10JY], S4834 [16JY], S5158, S5165–S5167 [30JY], S5436 [11SE], S6527 [13NO]

——— protect patients from surprise medical bills, S4756 [10JY]

Reports filed

Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support (Autism CARES) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1058) (H. Rept. 116–177), H7239 [23JY]

Dept. of HHS Administration on Aging Lifespan Respite Care Program Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2035) (H. Rept. 116–175), H7239 [23JY]

——— Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (Senate) (S. 995), S6391 [5NO]

Dept. of HHS Advanced Education Nursing Grants To Support Clinical Nurse Specialist Programs Extension: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 728) (H. Rept. 116–216), H7900 [24SE]

Dept. of HHS Emergency Medical Services for Children Program Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 776) (H. Rept. 116–176), H7239 [23JY]

——— Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1173), S4729 [9JY]

Dept. of HHS Grant Programs and Other Initiatives To Promote Expanded Screening of Newborns and Children for Genetic Diseases and Disorders Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2507) (H. Rept. 116–174), H7239 [23JY]

Dept. of HHS Healthy Start Program Reauthorization: Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2619), S6391 [5NO]

Dept. of HHS Nursing Workforce Development Programs Revision and Extension: Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1399), S6391 [5NO]

Educating Medical Professionals and Optimizing Workforce Efficiency and Readiness (EMPOWER) for Health Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2781) (H. Rept. 116–214), H7900 [24SE]

Lower Health Care Costs Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1895), S4698 [8JY]

NIMHD Research Endowment Revitalization Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2927), S7113 [17DE]

Poison Center Network Enhancement Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1199), S4729 [9JY]

Purple Book Continuity Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1520) (H. Rept. 116–48), H3447 [3MY]

Sunshine on Sudden Unexpected Death Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1130), S6391 [5NO]

Title VII Health Care Workforce Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2997), S7113 [17DE]

U.S. Public Health Service Modernization Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2629), S6391 [5NO]

Statements

Dept. of HHS Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program Reauthorization and Expansion: several organizations, S805, S806 [31JA]

Educating Medical Professionals and Optimizing Workforce Efficiency and Readiness (EMPOWER) for Health Act: American Academy of Pediatrics, H8513 [28OC]

——— American Geriatrics Society, H8513 [28OC]

——— Association of American Medical Colleges, H8512 [28OC]

——— Eldercare Workforce Alliance, H8513 [28OC]

——— National Association for Geriatric Education, H8513 [28OC]

Lower Health Care Costs Act: Senator Alexander, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S4623 [27JN]

Texts of

H.R. 269, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act, H237–H262 [8JA]

H.R. 501, Poison Center Network Enhancement Act, H2052 [25FE]

H.R. 647, Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act, H8521–H8523 [28OC]

H.R. 728, Dept. of HHS advanced education nursing grants extension to support clinical nurse specialist programs, H8513 [28OC]

H.R. 776, Dept. of HHS Emergency Medical Services for Children Program reauthorization, H7364 [24JY]

H.R. 1058, Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support (Autism CARES) Act, H7303 [24JY]

H.R. 1520, Purple Book Continuity Act, H3485 [8MY]

H.R. 2035, Dept. of HHS Administration on Aging Lifespan Respite Care Program reauthorization, H7308 [24JY]

H.R. 2507, Dept. of HHS grant programs and other initiatives to promote expanded screening of newborns and children for genetic diseases and disorders reauthorization, H7365–H7367 [24JY]

H.R. 2781, Educating Medical Professionals and Optimizing Workforce Efficiency and Readiness (EMPOWER) for Health Act, H8509–H8511 [28OC]

S. 1199, Poison Center Network Enhancement Act, S4969 [22JY]

S. 1379, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act, S2930–S2946 [16MY], H4245–H4262 [4JN]

S. 1770, Resilience Investment, Support, and Expansion (RISE) From Trauma Act, S3288–S3292 [10JN]