DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES related term(s) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Amendments

Dept. of Homeland Security: increase transparency, accountability, and community engagement, provide independent border security oversight, and improve training of border agents and officers (H.R. 2203), consideration (H. Res. 577), H7919 [25SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2740), H4530, H4531, H4532, H4533, H4534, H4535, H4536, H4537, H4538, H4540, H4541, H4543, H4545, H4547, H4548, H4559, H4560, H4561, H4562, H4563, H4564, H4565, H4566, H4567, H4568, H4569, H4570, H4571, H4573, H4574, H4575, H4577, H4578, H4579, H4580, H4604, H4605, H4606, H4607, H4608, H4609, H4610, H4611, H4612, H4613, H4614, H4615, H4616, H4617, H4618, H4619, H4620, H4621, H4622, H4623 [12JN], H4633, H4634, H4635, H4636, H4638, H4639, H4646 [13JN], H4789 [19JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2740), consideration (H. Res. 431), H4409 [11JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2740), consideration (H. Res. 436), H4452 [12JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2740), consideration (H. Res. 445), H4787 [19JN]

Drugs: establish Fair Price Negotiation Program to reduce drug prices, penalize companies that refuse to negotiate, and prevent excessive price increases and establish out-of-pocket caps for Medicare (H.R. 3), H10167, H10202, H10204, H10205, H10207, H10208, H10210, H10211, H10214, H10215, H10216, H10217 [12DE]

Health: extend certain public health programs (H.R. 4378), S5712 [25SE], S5722, S5758 [26SE]

——— extend certain public health programs (H.R. 4378), consideration (H. Res. 564), H7785 [19SE]

——— reduce prescription drug prices, facilitate entry of generic and biosimilar products into the market, strengthen Federal exchanges, and reverse extension of short-term health plans (H.R. 987), H3873, H3874, H3876, H3877, H3878, H3879, H3880, H3882, H3883, H3884, H3885, H3886, H3887, H3888, H3889, H3891, H3892, H3893, H3894, H3896, H3897, H3898, H3900, H3901 [16MY]

Immigration: making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 3401), S4542, S4581, S4583 [26JN], H5246 [27JN]

——— making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 3401), consideration (H. Res. 462), H5145 [25JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: revoke certain guidance relative to waivers for State innovation that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (H.R. 986), H3531, H3532, H3533, H3534, H3535, H3537, H3538, H3540, H3541, H3542, H3543 [9MY]

——— revoke certain guidance relative to waivers for State innovation that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (H.R. 986), consideration (H. Res. 357), H3518 [9MY]

Physical activity recommendations: publish (S. 1608), S7239 [19DE]

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

Analyses

Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3), E1572 [10DE]

Appointments

Health Information Technology Advisory Committee, H7747 [17SE]

Articles and editorials

Horrifying Conditions Facing Kids in Border Detention, Explained, H5236 [27JN]

Lawyers Say Migrant Children Are Living in ‘Traumatic and Dangerous’ Conditions at Border Detention Site, H5237 [27JN]

‘Taliban Gave Me Toothpaste’—Former Captives Contrast U.S. Treatment of Child Migrants, H5232 [27JN]

‘There Is a Stench’—Soiled Clothes and No Baths for Migrant Children at a Texas Center, H5231 [27JN]

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]

——— 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 Federal funding to entities that do not certify they will not perform, or provide any funding to any other entity that performs, abortions (see S. 1966), S4504 [25JN] (see H.R. 833), H1282 [29JA]

Administration on Aging: direct resources that promote multigenerational collaboration (see S. 1671), S3106 [23MY]

——— establish grant program for multigenerational activities for long-term care facilities (see S. 1670), S3106 [23MY]

——— establish initiative to coordinate efforts and programs for home modification enabling older individuals and the disabled to live independently and safely in a home environment (see S. 702), S1733 [7MR] (see H.R. 1583), H2581 [7MR]

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

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: consolidate activities into NIH as National Institute for Reseach on Safety and Quality (see H.R. 5295), H9255 [4DE]

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

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: abolish (see H.R. 70), H203 [3JA]

Alaska: convey certain property to Tanana Tribal Council and Bristol Bay Area Health Corp. (see S. 224), S586 [24JA] (see H.R. 933), H1336 [30JA]

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

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

Assets for Independence Act: reauthorize and approve applications to operate new demonstration programs, renew existing programs, and enhance program flexibility (see H.R. 4473), H7901 [24SE]

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

Business and industry: require manufacturers of certain drugs, devices, biologicals, and medical supplies to report on product samples provided to certain health care providers (see H.R. 2064), H3067 [3AP]

CDC: award grants to develop programs to increase health care providers’ awareness of coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever) (see H.R. 5438), H10306 [16DE]

——— award grants to States to implement a tick identification pilot program (see H.R. 3568), H5257 [27JN]

——— collaborate with State and local health departments to provide information and education to the public on asthma (see H.R. 4622), H8101 [8OC] (see H.R. 5230), H9168 [21NO]

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

——— develop program to prevent use of electronic nicotine delivery systems among students in middle and high schools and award grants to implement such program (see S. 3096), S7156 [18DE] (see H.R. 5482), H12210 [18DE]

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

——— fully fund Prevention and Public Health Fund and reaffirm importance of prevention in the U.S. health care system (see S. 1944), S4455 [24JN] (see H.R. 3447), H5075 [24JN]

——— 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 education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and occurrence of breast cancer (see S. 2424), S5311 [1AU] (see H.R. 4078), H7467 [25JY]

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. 1126), S2386 [10AP] (see H.R. 2283), H3255 [10AP]

——— establish Patient and State Stability Fund to stabilize individual and small group State insurance markets and lower patient costs (see H.R. 1510), H2366 [5MR]

——— expand use of global payments to rural hospitals (see S. 2157), S4947 [18JY]

——— extend enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals (see S. 895), S2042 [27MR]

——— improve transparency, evaluation, and accountability of organ procurement organizations (see S. 2063), S4729 [9JY]

——— repeal requirement for unique health identifiers (see S. 2538), S5663 [24SE]

——— test effect of including telehealth services in Medicare health care delivery reform models (see S. 773), S1844 [13MR] (see H.R. 4013), H7464 [25JY]

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: amend and reauthorize (see S. 2971), S6825 [3DE]

——— making appropriations (see H.R. 4893), H8539 [28OC]

——— reauthorize (see H.R. 2480), H3439 [2MY]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Program: improve child care protections provided through interstate background checks of child care workers hired by providers receiving funding (see S. 1408), S2770 [9MY] (see H.R. 3986), H7463 [25JY]

Children and youth: address health, hygiene, and limited child care options available for infants and toddlers who lack sufficient diapers (see S. 1404), S2770 [9MY] (see H.R. 1846), H2761 [21MR]

——— allow States to extend certain child welfare demonstration projects scheduled to expire (see S. 107), S143 [10JA] (see H.R. 3116), H4341 [5JN]

——— amend certain abstinence education programs relative to a youth empowerment program (see H.R. 3696), H5725 [11JY]

——— 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. 117), H205 [3JA]

——— authorize grants to develop and implement statewide or tribal post-adoption and post-legal guardianship mental health service programs for children who are adopted or placed in legal guardianship (see H.R. 3909), H7240 [23JY]

——— award competitive grants to enhance collaboration between State child welfare and juvenile justice systems (see S. 1465), S2815 [14MY] (see H.R. 4911), H8594 [29OC]

——— award grants to support access of marginalized youth to sexual health services (see S. 1530), S2924 [16MY] (see H.R. 2701), H3788 [14MY]

——— condemn all forms of violence against children globally, recognize its harmful impacts, and develop and monitor a strategy to prevent and address such violence (see S. Res. 112), S1900 [14MR] (see H. Res. 230), H2745 [14MR]

——— conduct pilot program to improve recruitment and retention of child welfare workers (see S. 1070), S2328 [9AP]

——— conduct research to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth from child abuse and neglect, include such demographics in child abuse reports, and train personnel on meeting needs of such youth (see S. 1073), S2328 [9AP] (see H.R. 2775), H3841 [15MY]

——— ensure child protective services systems do not permit separation of children from parents on the basis of poverty (see H.R. 2535), H3473 [7MY]

——— establish innovation grants to improve adulthood outcomes for youth aging out of foster care (see S. 3025), S6992 [11DE]

——— establish or expand and operate programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care (see H.R. 3061), H4216 [3JN]

——— establish universal child care and early learning programs (see S. 1878), S3651 [18JN] (see H.R. 3315), H4770 [18JN]

——— explore effective practices to improve early detection and management of injuries indicative of potential abuse in infants in order to prevent future cases of child abuse and related fatalities (see S. 1009), S2239 [3AP] (see H.R. 2076), H3068 [3AP]

——— 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]

——— include an act of unregulated custody transfer or ‘‘rehoming’’ in the definition of child abuse and neglect (see S. 1446), S2815 [14MY] (see H.R. 1389), H2270 [27FE]

——— include data on animal abuse in national clearinghouse for information relative to child abuse and neglect (see H.R. 2808), H3924 [16MY]

——— increase entitlement funding for child care (see H.R. 3298), H4770 [18JN]

——— increase support for mental health services (see S. 1160), S2433 [11AP] (see H.R. 2503), H3440 [2MY]

——— 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]

——— promote child care and early learning (see S. 568), S1493 [26FE] (see H.R. 1364), H2232 [26FE]

——— provide assistance to States to expand child care workforce and child care facilities (see S. 605), S1593 [28FE] (see H.R. 1488), H2322 [4MR]

——— provide better protections and support for children raised by grandparents or other kinship families outside the foster care system due to parental drug or alcohol abuse (see S. 1181), S2434 [11AP]

——— provide for sexual health education of young people, including promotion of healthy relationships and prevention of unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and dating violence (see S. 1524), S2924 [16MY] (see H.R. 2720), H3789 [14MY]

——— provide sanitary napkins and tampons to runaway and homeless youth program recipients (see H.R. 5177), H9056 [19NO]

——— 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]

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

——— require mandatory reporting of child abuse or neglect to law enforcement or State child protective services agencies and provide training on what constitutes child abuse or neglect (see S. 1353), S2688 [7MY] (see H.R. 2567), H3474 [7MY]

——— 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 to follow certain procedures in placing a child who has been removed from the custody of his or her parents (see H.R. 4923), H8677 [30OC]

——— require States to provide for placement of a foster child in a cottage home and make a child so placed eligible for foster care maintenance payments (see H.R. 4839), H8457 [23OC]

——— require States to review child fatalities from maltreatment (see S. 3027), S6992 [11DE]

——— require training and education for teachers, school employees, students, and the community about how to prevent, recognize, respond to, and report child sexual abuse in primary and secondary education (see S. 924), S2087 [28MR]

Climate: develop a national strategic action plan and program to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change (see S. 523), S1383 [14FE] (see H.R. 1243), H2030 [14FE]

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. 4866), H8538 [28OC]

——— provide for a grants program to develop and enhance integrated nutrition and physical activity curricula in medical schools (see H.R. 1888), H2827 [26MR]

Community Services Block Grant Program: develop a poverty line (see H.R. 5069), H8826 [13NO]

——— reauthorize and modernize (see H.R. 1695), H2680 [12MR]

Concussions: provide for research, surveillance, treatment, prevention, awareness, development of rules of play, standards, and dissemination of information relative to sports-related and other concussions (see H.R. 280), H281 [8JA]

Contraceptives: provide women greater access by increasing availability of contraceptives over-the-counter and allowing use of health savings accounts to purchase such products (see S. 930), S2087 [28MR]

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 S. 402), S1132 [7FE] (see H.R. 1082), H1461 [7FE]

——— 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]

——— reduce mass violence, strengthen mental health collaboration in communities, and improve school safety (see S. 2690), S6092 [23OC]

DEA: clarify how controlled substance analogues that are imported or offered for import are to be regulated (see S. 2764), S6333 [31OC] (see H.R. 4963), H8718 [31OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program support for women, infants, and children impacted by substance use disorder (see H.R. 5249), H9169 [21NO]

——— provide assistance to manage farmer and rancher stress and mental health of individuals in rural areas (see S. 2599), S5793 [15OC] (see H.R. 4820), H8456 [23OC]

Dept. of Defense: establish a process to inspect facilities located on military installations used to house, detain, screen, and review migrants and refugees (see H.R. 3727), H5727 [11JY]

Dept. of Education: identify students at institutions of higher education eligible for certain public welfare programs and award grants to provide for basic needs of such students (see S. 2225), S5012 [23JY] (see H.R. 4968), H8718 [31OC]

——— publish, in consultation with the Depts. of Justice and HHS, an annual report on indicators of school crime and safety that includes data on school shootings (see H.R. 4301), H7704 [12SE]

——— increase transparency, accountability, and community engagement, provide independent border security oversight, and improve training of border security agents and officers (see S. 2691), S6155 [24OC] (see H.R. 2203), H3252 [10AP]

——— reduce ability of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to engage in enforcement actions that harm unaccompanied alien children and ensure safety and welfare of such children (see S. 388), S1132 [7FE] (see H.R. 2217), H3253 [10AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish Adverse Childhood Experiences Response Team grant program (see S. 2720), S6189 [28OC] (see H.R. 4886), H8539 [28OC]

——— provide grants for drug disposal sites (see H.R. 3171), H4387 [10JN]

——— review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols to address missing and murdered Native Americans (see S. 227), S680 [25JA] (see H.R. 2733), H3789 [14MY]

Dept. of Labor: award grants for recruitment, retention, and advancement of direct care workers (see S. 2521), S5602 [19SE] (see H.R. 4397), H7834 [19SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish Biomedical Innovation Fund (see H.R. 5400), H10123 [11DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: develop a training and counseling session in suicide prevention and lethal means tailored to veterans who served in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001 (see S. 2822), S6475 [7NO]

——— establish an inter-agency task force on use of Federal lands for medical treatment and therapy through outdoor recreation for veterans (see S. 1263), S2569 [1MY] (see H.R. 2435), H3403 [1MY]

Depts. of Homeland Security and HHS: notify Congress, hold congressional hearings, and limit agency authority to invoke executive privilege to avoid testifying relative to deaths of foreign nationals in U.S. custody (see H.R. 3660), H5303 [9JY]

——— require investigations and reports on individuals who die in custody (see H.R. 5346), H9346 [6DE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 2740), H3840 [15MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2740), consideration (see H. Res. 431), H4387 [10JN] (see H. Res. 436), H4431 [11JN] (see H. Res. 445), H4769 [18JN]

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. 2417), H3339 [30AP]

——— explicitly authorize distribution of grant funds to voting accessibility protection and advocacy systems for Northern Mariana Islands and Native Americans (see H.R. 5510), H12289 [19DE]

——— prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities who need long-term services and supports (see S. 117), S219 [15JA] (see H.R. 555), H600 [15JA]

Disasters: ensure that older adults and individuals with disabilities are prepared for disasters (see S. 1755), S3283 [10JN] (see H.R. 3208), H4432 [11JN]

Diseases and disorders: administer vaccinations for hepatitis A, at no cost to the inoculated, in certain areas at risk of a hepatitis A outbreak (see H.R. 2361), H3283 [25AP]

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

——— authorize services to be provided to individuals under 60 with Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder with neurological or organic brain dysfunction (see S. 901), S2043 [27MR] (see H.R. 1903), H2884 [27MR]

——— call for sickle cell trait research, surveillance, and public education and awareness (see H. Res. 606), H8081 [27SE]

——— carry out activities to address neglected diseases of poverty (see S. 2675), S6091 [23OC]

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

——— ensure that a fair percentage of Federal cancer research funds are dedicated to pediatric cancer research (see H.R. 4429), H7864 [20SE]

——— establish a grant program that provides grants to States, U.S. territories, and Indian tribes for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) programs (see H.R. 1643), H2613 [8MR]

——— expand and enhance adult day programs for people with multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological diseases or conditions to improve respite services for caregivers (see H.R. 320), H283 [8JA]

——— expand and improve programs and activities for awareness, education, research, surveillance, diagnosis, and treatment of rare diseases and conditions (see H.R. 4228), H7534 [6SE]

——— 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]

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

——— improve understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease (see S. 1676), S3106 [23MY]

——— provide assistance to combat escalating burden of Lyme disease and other tick and vector-borne diseases (see S. 1657), S3105 [23MY] (see H.R. 3073), H4216 [3JN]

——— provide for a national strategy to address and overcome Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases (see H.R. 220), H209 [3JA]

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

——— provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes (see H.R. 3109), H4341 [5JN]

——— 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]

——— require a study on women and lung cancer (see S. 1107), S2386 [10AP] (see H.R. 2222), H3253 [10AP]

——— support endemic fungal disease research, incentivize fungal vaccine development, and discover new antifungal therapies and diagnostics to fight infections such as valley fever (see S. 1567), S3004 [21MY] (see H.R. 2858), H4063 [21MY]

Drugs: address opioid drug abuse epidemic (see H.R. 2922), H4118 [22MY]

——— allow State-based, market-oriented, prescription drug negotiations to lower drug prices, encourage competition, and increase consumer choice and access (see H.R. 2038), H2986 [2AP]

——— approve cheaper generic versions of certain drugs if pharmaceutical manufacturers refuse to lower drug prices down to the median price at which the drugs are available in other countries (see S. 102), S142 [10JA] (see H.R. 465), H462 [10JA]

——— carry out a program to address health crisis of insufficient vaccinations (see H.R. 3058), H4215 [3JN]

——— 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. 1552), S2962 [20MY] (see H.R. 2843), H4009 [20MY]

——— develop national cannabis research agenda, collect data on cannabis use and impacts on health outcomes, change controlled substance classification of cannabis, and streamline DEA approval of research (see S. 2400), S5248 [31JY] (see H.R. 4322), H7705 [12SE]

——— end Federal ban of medical marijuana, allow importation of certain derivatives, enable medicinal research, and allow prescription to veterans (see H.R. 127), H205 [3JA]

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

——— 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 medications are affordable through increasing transparency, allowing Medicare to negotiate lower prices and importation of certain drugs, spurring innovation, and protecting competition (see S. 1801), S3363 [12JN]

——— establish an interactive dashboard to allow the public to review information on price and utilization of prescription drugs purchased by Federal programs (see S. 709), S1733 [7MR]

——— 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. 1987), S4566 [26JN] (see H.R. 3523), H5201 [26JN]

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

——— impose a fee on opioid manufacturers to fund an increase in drug addiction treatment capacity (see S. 1662), S3105 [23MY] (see H.R. 3105), H4341 [5JN]

——— improve medical research on marijuana by simplifying registration process to conduct research, facilitating access for such research, and allowing private manufacture and distribution for research purposes (see H.R. 3797), H5998 [17JY]

——— 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]

——— lower cost of prescription drugs (see H.R. 3947), H7377 [24JY]

——— 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. 637), S1594 [28FE] (see H.R. 4158), H7488 [2AU]

——— 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. 1365), S2742 [8MY] (see H.R. 2569), H3499 [8MY]

——— 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]

——— require disclosure of list prices of prescription drugs and biological products in direct-to-consumer television advertising (see H.R. 3327), H4771 [18JN]

——— 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. 55), H7377 [24JY]

——— require drug manufacturers to publicly justify unnecessary price increases (see S. 474), S1326 [13FE]

——— require drug manufacturers to submit a transparency and justification report prior to increasing certain drug prices (see S. 1391), S2770 [9MY] (see H.R. 2069), H3068 [3AP] (see H.R. 2296), H3263 [12AP]

——— require manufacturers to justify drug price spikes and high launch prices and report on drug, device, biological, and medical supply product samples provided to health care providers (see H.R. 2113), H3127 [8AP]

——— require National Academy of Medicine study on determining reasonable drug prices and establish Drug Affordability and Access Committee to issue reasonable pricing determination for each drug (see S. 2387), S5248 [31JY]

——— require persons who undertake federally funded research and development of drugs to enter into reasonable pricing agreements (see H.R. 4640), H8110 [11OC]

——— 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 reporting on prescription drug expenditures under group health plans and on prescription drug price changes (see S. 1664), S3105 [23MY] (see H.R. 5239), H9168 [21NO]

——— require use of prescription drug monitoring programs and facilitate information sharing among States that receive Federal funding to combat opioid abuse (see S. 516), S1383 [14FE] (see H.R. 3974), H7463 [25JY]

——— revise Dept. of HHS Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs to include testing for methadone use and require Dept. of Transportation to include testing for methadone use in drug tests (see H.R. 2285), H3255 [10AP]

——— streamline, coordinate and expand research and foster increased communication between doctors and patients relative to cannabidiol and other marijuana components and their medical benefits (see S. 2032), S4628 [27JN]

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

——— test the feasibility and outcomes of integrating a substance use disorder and behavioral health treatment locator tool into prescription drug monitoring programs of eligible States (see H.R. 3927), H7376 [24JY]

Ecology and environment: prioritize education and training for existing and new environmental health professionals (see S. 1137), S2387 [10AP] (see H.R. 2262), H3254 [10AP]

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

Emergency medical services: improve access (see H.R. 3984), H7463 [25JY]

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

EPA: prohibit manufacture, processing, and distribution in commerce of asbestos and asbestos-containing mixtures and articles (see S. 717), S1734 [7MR] (see H.R. 1603), H2582 [7MR]

Eye Bond Pilot Program: establish to fund translational research and advance treatments and cures for blindness and other severe vision impairments (see H.R. 2620), H3678 [9MY]

FAA: conduct a study on health effects of ultrafine particles on communities near airports (see H.R. 2351), H3279 [22AP]

Families and domestic relations: encourage caregiver needs assessments to identify individual needs of family caregivers and to target services more effectively (see H.R. 3782), H5911 [16JY]

——— enhance pre- and post-adoptive support services to help prevent children from entering the foster care system (see S. 1450), S2815 [14MY]

——— 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. 3452), H5075 [24JN]

——— establish a national assessment standard for evaluating prospective foster and adoptive parents and a national registry to improve matching of foster and adoptive children with families (see S. 1912), S3844 [19JN] (see H.R. 3359), H4917 [19JN]

——— provide grants to develop, enhance, or evaluate kinship navigator programs (see H.R. 4352), H7753 [17SE]

——— provide grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families (see H.R. 3507), H5200 [26JN]

——— provide services for birthmothers who are placing or have placed a child for adoption (see H.R. 3690), H5584 [10JY]

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: reauthorize (see S. 85), S142 [10JA]

Family-to-Family Health Information Centers: extend funding (see S. 1647), S3105 [23MY] (see H.R. 2822), H3961 [17MY]

FCC: designate 9-8-8 as universal telephone number for national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system operated through National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and Veterans Crisis Line (see S. 2661), S5965 [22OC] (see H.R. 4194), H7510 [20AU]

FDA: amend liability under State and local requirements relative to certain medical devices by allowing legal recourse by victims of unsafe devices (see H.R. 2669), H3726 [10MY]

——— amend mission statement to require the agency to address the nation’s prescription opioid addiction epidemic (see S. 417), S1133 [7FE]

——— establish standards for the design of electronic nicotine delivery systems (see S. 2536), S5663 [24SE]

——— hold pharmaceutical companies accountable for dubious marketing and distribution of opioid products and for their role in creating and exacerbating the opioid epidemic (see S. 1584), S3005 [21MY] (see H.R. 2917), H4118 [22MY]

——— invest in qualified clinical testing for high-risk, high-reward drugs that address unmet medical needs to treat rare and life-threatening diseases (see H.R. 5402), H10123 [11DE]

——— 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]

——— permanently reauthorize Rare Pediatric Disease Designation Program to issue priority review vouchers to encourage treatments for rare pediatric diseases (see H.R. 4439), H7865 [20SE]

——— prevent abuse of dextromethorphan by restricting over-the-counter sales of cough medicines to teenagers and prohibiting bulk distribution of unfinished dextromethorphan to unauthorized persons (see H.R. 863), H1332 [30JA]

——— prohibit abusive delay tactics by pharmaceutical companies to block entry of generic drugs and biosimilar biological products from the market (see S. 340), S867 [5FE] (see H.R. 965), H1361 [5FE]

——— prohibit opioids from being labeled for intended use to treat long-term chronic pain, except for cancer pain, end-of-life care, or when other pain management treatments are inadequate (see S. 2089), S4806 [11JY]

——— provide for a pathway for chemically synthesized insulin to be approved under an abbreviated new drug application (see H.R. 4244), H7558 [9SE]

——— provide for reciprocal marketing approval of certain drugs, biological products, and devices that are authorized to be lawfully marketed abroad (see S. 2161), S4947 [18JY]

——— require manufacturers of approved biological products to disclose and list patents, biosimilarity, and exclusivity information relative to their products and promote biosimilar competition (see S. 659), S1659 [5MR] (see H.R. 4850), H8457 [23OC]

——— require warning labels to be affixed to prescription opioid containers or packaging stating such drugs can cause dependence, addiction, and overdose (see S. 1449), S2815 [14MY] (see H.R. 2732), H3789 [14MY]

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

——— shorten monopoly periods for prescription drugs that are subjects of sudden price hikes (see S. 366), S919 [6FE]

Federal agencies and departments: establish a Federal agency coordination framework for all U.S. global health activities (see S. 2698), S6155 [24OC] (see H.R. 4847), H8457 [23OC]

Federal aid programs: establish an interagency council on social determinants of health to provide recommendations and assistance in developing strategies to target health and well-being of high-need patients (see S. 2986), S6888 [5DE] (see H.R. 4004), H7464 [25JY]

——— establish grant program for multigenerational collaboration (see H.R. 4833), H8456 [23OC]

——— issue and disseminate guidance to States to clarify strategies to address social determinants of health under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4621), H8101 [8OC]

——— reduce violence and health disparities by addressing social determinants of health, enhancing health care recruitment, and improving delivery of quality, coordinated care services (see S. 2721), S6189 [28OC]

Federal Clearinghouse on School Safety Best Practices: establish (see S. 2779), S6391 [5NO] (see H.R. 5229), H9168 [21NO]

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

Firearms: require manufacturers and retailers to include warning labels that provide the number of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (see H.R. 4271), H7596 [10SE]

Geriatric Academic Career Awards program: reinstate (see S. 299), S800 [31JA]

Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program: reauthorize (see S. 299), S800 [31JA]

Government regulations: prohibit implementation or enforcement of rule on protection of statutory conscience rights in provision of health care services (see S. 2836), S6507 [12NO] (see H.R. 5036), H8782 [12NO]

Green Alert System Advisory and Support Committee: establish to develop Green Alert systems that would be activated when a veteran goes missing (see S. 699), S1733 [7MR]

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. 591), S1540 [27FE] (see H.R. 4174), H7492 [6AU]

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

Head Start Program: improve by authorizing block grants to States for prekindergarten education (see S. 2996), S6888 [5DE] (see H.R. 62), H203 [3JA]

Health: allow an individual to obtain a copy of their protected health information at no cost in certain circumstances (see H.R. 4698), H8198 [16OC]

——— award cooperative agreements to improve care for individuals with advanced illnesses (see S. 829), S1899 [14MR]

——— carry out Health in All Policies Demonstration Project and direct National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to report on eliminating health disparities while improving health equity (see H.R. 5246), H9169 [21NO]

——— conduct study on unintended impacts of sex trafficking legislation and loss of online services and platforms on the health and safety of sex workers (see H.R. 5448), H10608 [17DE]

——— develop a guide on evidence-based strategies for building and maintaining effective obesity prevention and control programs (see S. 1805), S3363 [12JN]

——— 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. 2095), H3099 [4AP]

——— ensure that certain entities and business associates adequately demonstrate recognized security practices relative to health information technology (see H.R. 5386), H10016 [10DE]

——— ensure that individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) have access to treatment within clinical trials (see H.R. 5480), H12210 [18DE]

——— establish a public-private partnership for purposes of identifying health care waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 525), H518 [11JA]

——— extend certain public health programs (see H.R. 4378), H7772 [18SE]

——— extend certain public health programs (H.R. 4378), consideration (see H. Res. 564), H7834 [19SE]

——— extend community health centers, National Health Service Corps, teaching health centers that operate graduate medical education programs, and special diabetes programs (see S. 192), S305 [18JA]

——— galvanize U.S. programs in support of brain health for global victims of autism, hydrocephalus, Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia (see H.R. 2077), H3068 [3AP]

——— improve health outcomes in communities through community-relevant health information and new health supporting incentives and programs (see H.R. 660), H717 [17JA]

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

——— improve quality, appropriateness, and effectiveness of diagnosis in health care (see H.R. 5014), H8738 [8NO]

——— incentivize low-cost drug options and generic competition and extend funding for community health centers, National Health Service Corps, teaching health centers and other public health programs (see H.R. 2700), H3788 [14MY]

——— 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]

——— prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment in biomedical research (see S. 1250), S2515 [30AP] (see H.R. 2401), H3338 [30AP]

——— prohibit insurance companies from denying or limiting coverage or charging higher premiums for living organ donors and allow use of family and medical leave by such donors (see S. 511), S1383 [14FE] (see H.R. 1224), H2029 [14FE]

——— promote transparency in health care pricing (see H.R. 1409), H2271 [27FE]

——— 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]

——— reauthorize and extend funding for community health centers and National Health Service Corps (see S. 106), S143 [10JA] (see S. 962), S2117 [1AP] (see H.R. 1943), H2914 (see H.R. 1983), H2916 [28MR] (see H.R. 2328), H3270 [15AP]

——— require certain drug manufacturers entering into settlement agreements for violations of law to make supplemental payments to be used to increase medical research funding (see H.R. 5031), H8739 [8NO]

——— strengthen protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (see H.R. 5479), H12210 [18DE]

Health care facilities: acquire private land to facilitate access to Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center in Hemet, CA (see H.R. 4495), H7989 [25SE]

——— 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]

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

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

——— 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]

——— 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]

——— 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 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]

——— 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 hospitals and critical access hospitals to provide uninsured individuals with access to the lowest negotiated rate for items and services furnished to such individuals (see H.R. 3386), H5005 [20JN]

——— study the state of hospital infrastructure in the U.S. (see H.R. 3558), H5256 [27JN]

Health care professionals: authorize assistance for increasing workforce diversity in professions of physical therapy, occupational therapy, audiology, and speech-language pathology (see S. 2747), S6300 [30OC] (see H.R. 3637), H5302 [9JY]

——— establish a grant program for States that provide flexibility in licensing for health care providers who offer services on a volunteer basis (see H.R. 2216), H3253 [10AP]

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

——— 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]

——— 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]

——— recognize contributions and call for support of frontline health workers for ending preventable deaths in vulnerable communities and responding to humanitarian and public health crises (see H. Res. 467), H5258 [27JN]

——— require certain practitioners authorized to prescribe controlled substances to complete continuing education (see S. 1448), S2815 [14MY] (see H.R. 2734), H3789 [14MY]

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

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

Health Profession Opportunity Grant program: ensure an evidence-based funding approach to study effects of demonstration projects and evaluate such projects (see H.R. 3767), H5910 [16JY]

——— ensure projects train participants to earn a recognized postsecondary credential and clarify eligibility of community colleges for grants to conduct such projects (see H.R. 3823), H7149 [18JY]

——— ensure that pre-apprenticeship programs are considered when planning career pathway demonstration projects (see H.R. 3756), H5824 [15JY]

——— extend and expand demonstration projects to provide low-income individuals with opportunities to enter and follow a career pathway in health professions (see H.R. 3398), H5035 [21JN]

——— guarantee that grants are made to grantees in each State that is not a territory (see H.R. 3346), H4917 [19JN]

——— make hospitals eligible for grants (see H.R. 3342), H4917 [19JN]

——— make opioid treatment programs eligible for grants (see H.R. 3341), H4917 [19JN]

——— mprovide for technical assistance to help local health organizations and schools to apply for, and implement, grants (see H.R. 3343), H4917 [19JN]

——— provide a set-aside of funds for Indian populations (see H.R. 3340), H4917 [19JN]

——— provide a set-aside of funds for territories to make the Northern Mariana Islands eligible for grants (see H.R. 3335), H4916 [19JN]

——— provide education and training for eligible individuals to enter a career pathway in the field of pregnancy and childbirth (see H.R. 3344), H4917 [19JN]

——— provide education and training for eligible individuals with an arrest or conviction record to enter a career pathway in health professions (see H.R. 3336), H4916 [19JN]

——— provide for use of peer support, peer mentoring, and career coaching in demonstration projects conducted (see H.R. 3339), H4917 [19JN]

——— provide resources to access foundational educational training, such as English as a foreign language and adult basic education, and provide child care in projects (see H.R. 3338), H4916 [19JN]

——— require applications for grants to contain evidence of in-demand jobs or worker shortages (see H.R. 3337), H4916 [19JN]

——— require geographical diversity in provision of grants and inclusion of transportation assistance plans (see H.R. 3347), H4917 [19JN]

——— require preference for applicants who have certain kinds of business and community partners (see H.R. 3345), H4917 [19JN]

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

Hispanic Americans: 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]

Homeless: authorize grants for housing programs that offer comprehensive services and intensive case management for homeless individuals and families (see S. 923), S2087 [28MR] (see H.R. 1978), H2916 [28MR]

——— 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]

Human rights: require a study and report on housing and service needs of victims of trafficking and individuals at risk for trafficking (see H.R. 508), H518 [11JA]

Immigration: 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. 1165), S2433 [11AP]

——— expand access to health care services, including sexual, reproductive, and maternal health services, for immigrants by removing legal and policy barriers to health insurance coverage (see H.R. 4701), H8198 [16OC]

——— making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children (see S. 1900), S3843 [19JN] (see H.R. 3056), H4215 [3JN] (see H.R. 3401), H5035 [21JN]

——— prohibit Federal funds from being used to violate the terms of the Flores settlement agreement which prohibits indefinite detention of migrant children (see H.R. 4394), H7773 [18SE]

——— prohibit operation of unlicensed temporary emergency shelters for unaccompanied alien children (see S. 397), S1132 [7FE] (see H.R. 1069), H1460 [7FE]

——— protect health and safety of children in immigration detention (see S. 2113), S4821 [15JY] (see H.R. 3918), H7241 [23JY]

——— provide Dept. of Homeland Security certain information on unaccompanied alien children to protect them from trafficking (see S. 1561), S3004 [21MY]

——— require reunification of families separated as a result of the zero tolerance policy that prosecutes all adults entering the U.S. illegally (see S. 557), S1492 [26FE] (see H.R. 1012), H1390 [6FE]

Indian Health Service: allow payment for Indian or Alaska Native veterans’ copayments for medical care or services at Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see S. 1001), S2239 [3AP]

——— authorize advance appropriations by providing a 2-fiscal-year budget authority (see S. 2541), S5663 [24SE] (see H.R. 1135), H1492 [8FE]

——— provide for an independent outside audit (see S. 498), S1382 [14FE]

——— provide full-year appropriations in the event of a partial lapse in appropriations (see H.R. 195), H208 [3JA]

Individual Market Reinsurance Fund: establish to provide funding for State individual market stabilization reinsurance programs (see H.R. 4652), H8111 [11OC]

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

Insulin: conduct a study on impact of affordability of insulin on insulin-dependent individuals (see S. 2855), S6604 [14NO]

——— establish an annual reference price for insulin products for purposes of Federal health programs (see S. 2817), S6475 [7NO] (see H.R. 5364), H9386 [9DE]

Insurance: award grants to support community-based coverage entities to carry out a coverage program that provides health coverage and educational and occupational training to qualifying individuals (see H.R. 4925), H8677 [30OC]

——— disapprove rule on definition of short-term limited duration insurance for purposes of its exclusion from the definition of individual health insurance coverage (see H.J. Res. 43), H1391 [6FE]

——— disapprove rule on waivers to States for alternatives to health insurance exchanges that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (see S.J. Res. 52), S5249 [31JY] (see H.J. Res. 74), H7488 [2AU]

——— establish a public health plan (see S. 981), S2188 [2AP] (see H.R. 2000), H2937 [1AP]

——— establish a special enrollment period for families of individuals who died by suicide and a competitive grant program to provide services and support to those impacted by suicide (see H.R. 4428), H7835 [19SE]

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

——— extend limited wraparound coverage pilot program (see H.R. 4763), H8258 [18OC]

——— facilitate State efforts to establish auto-enrollment systems to provide opt-out insurance coverage for individuals eligible for premium assistance or Medicaid (see H.R. 2061), H3067 [3AP]

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

——— 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]

——— prohibit implementation of revised definition of short-term, limited duration insurance in order to permit such insurance to provide up to 12 months of coverage (see H.R. 458), H462 [10JA]

——— provide for a definition of short-term limited duration insurance (see H.R. 4811), H8455 [23OC]

——— provide support to States to establish invisible high risk pool or reinsurance programs (see S. 1868), S3477 [13JN]

——— provide that rule on definition of short-term limited duration insurance for purposes of its exclusion from the definition of individual health insurance coverage shall have no force or effect (see S. 1556), S3004 [21MY] (see H.R. 1010), H1390 [6FE]

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

——— require group health plans and group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for over-the-counter contraceptives (see S. 1847), S3476 [13JN] (see H.R. 3296), H4700 [14JN]

——— 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]

Internet: require social media companies to ban certain features that are designed to be addictive, require choice parity for consent, and give users the power to monitor their time spent on social media (see S. 2314), S5195 [30JY]

Labeling: establish requirements for quality and discard dates that are, at the option of food labelers, included in food packaging (see S. 2337), S5196 [30JY] (see H.R. 3981), H7463 [25JY]

Los Angeles, CA: allow use of West Los Angeles National Guard Armory as a year-round homeless shelter (see S. 974), S2118 [1AP] (see H.R. 2016), H2938 [1AP]

Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Program: allow grants to States to establish Baby Box Programs to provide training, services, and items for newborn and postpartum care (see H.R. 4201), H7511 [20AU]

Medicaid: establish a demonstration program to develop and advance innovative payment models for freestanding birth center services for women with low-risk pregnancies (see H.R. 5189), H9120 [20NO]

——— expand eligibility, outreach, and enrollment for former foster youth (see S. 1698), S3164 [3JN] (see H.R. 3059), H4216 [3JN]

——— extend certain spousal impoverishment protections, provide State option of coordinated care for children with medically complex conditions, and prevent misclassification of drugs in drug rebate program (see H.R. 1839), H2760 [21MR]

——— prevent misclassification of drugs for purposes of the drug rebate program (see S. 205), S586 [24JA] (see H.R. 937), H1341 [31JA]

——— prohibit from treating any Medicaid-related funds recovered from pharmaceutical companies or drug distributors with respect to opioid litigation as an overpayment (see H.R. 5242), H9168 [21NO]

——— provide for a temporary increase to payment limits and Federal medical assistance percentage for U.S. territories (see H.R. 3631), H5302 [9JY]

——— provide for immediate eligibility for former foster youth (see S. 1697), S3164 [3JN] (see H.R. 3057), H4215 [3JN]

——— support provision of treatment family care services (see S. 1880), S3651 [18JN] (see H.R. 3649), H5302 [9JY]

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. 68), S103 [9JA] (see H.R. 944), H1342 [31JA]

Medicare: add a new set of measures to Medicare Advantage program 5-star rating system in order to encourage increased access to biosimilar biological products (see H.R. 4629), H8101 [8OC]

——— address certain discrimination relative to provision of mental health services and stabilize and modernize provision of partial hospitalization services (see H.R. 1564), H2503 [6MR]

——— allow payments for certain items and services furnished at excepted off-campus outpatient departments of a provider to be determined under prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (see H.R. 4838), H8457 [23OC]

——— allow the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see S. 62), S103 [9JA]

——— clarify treatment of pass-through status under outpatient payment system for certain drugs (see H.R. 5057), H8783 [12NO]

——— delay reduction of durable medical equipment payment reimbursement rates and update budget neutrality requirement for oxygen (see H.R. 2771), H3841 [15MY]

——— distribute additional information to beneficiaries to prevent health care fraud (see H.R. 4453), H7865 [20SE]

——— distribute additional residency positions (see S. 348), S919 [6FE] (see H.R. 1763), H2743 [14MR]

——— eliminate late enrollment penalties under part B for individuals residing in Puerto Rico if such individuals enroll within 5 years of becoming entitled to benefits under part A (see H.R. 2310), H3264 [12AP]

——— eliminate Medicare Advantage provision that inadvertently penalizes Medicare Advantage plans for providing high quality care to beneficiaries (see S. 1114), S2386 [10AP] (see H.R. 2131), H3128 [8AP]

——— enhance prescription drug affordability by expanding access to assistance with out-of-pocket costs under part D for low-income seniors and individuals with disabilities (see S. 691), S1733 [7MR] (see H.R. 4583), H8088 [1OC]

——— ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 4946), H8717 [31OC]

——— ensure hospitals receive adequate payments for acquisition of hematopoietic stem cells (see S. 1268), S2569 [1MY] (see H.R. 2498), H3439 [2MY]

——— establish a Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program to target home and community-based care to eligible beneficiaries (see H.R. 3461), H5165 [25JN]

——— establish a payment adjustment to improve access to innovative medical devices to individuals with end-stage renal disease (see S. 2751), S6300 [30OC] (see H.R. 2710), H3788 [14MY]

——— establish a special task force on ensuring beneficiary access to innovative diabetes technologies and services (see S. 2901), S6669 [19NO]

——— establish a system to notify individuals approaching eligibility and simplify and modernize eligibility enrollment process (see S. 1280), S2612 [2MY] (see H.R. 2477), H3438 [2MY]

——— establish an improved Medicare for All national health insurance program (see S. 1129), S2386 [10AP] (see H.R. 1384), H2269 [27FE]

——— establish Medicare for America program to provide comprehensive health insurance coverage for all U.S. citizens (see H.R. 2452), H3404 [1MY]

——— establish part E public health plans available to everyone (see S. 1261), S2569 [1MY] (see H.R. 2463), H3404 [1MY]

——— exclude complex rehabilitative manual wheelchairs from competitive acquisition program (see S. 1223), S2485 [29AP] (see H.R. 2293), H3263 [12AP]

——— exclude ventilators from competitive acquisition programs for a certain period of time (see H.R. 4945), H8717 [31OC]

——— expand and expedite access to cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation programs (see S. 2842), S6566 [13NO] (see H.R. 3911), H7241 [23JY]

——— expand coverage of services furnished by genetic counselors under part B (see H.R. 3235), H4627 [12JN]

——— extend coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients (see H.R. 5534), H12297 [23DE]

——— extend enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals (see H.R. 3431), H5075 [24JN]

——— extend funding for quality measure endorsement, input, and selection (see H.R. 3031), H4174 [28MY] (see H.R. 3430), H5075 [24JN]

——— extend work geographic index floor (see H.R. 3445), H5075 [24JN]

——— improve benchmarking process for Medicare Shared Savings Program (see S. 2648), S5922 [21OC] (see H.R. 5212), H9167 [21NO]

——— improve cost and quality transparency (see S. 1497), S2884 [15MY]

——— improve home health payment reforms (see S. 433), S1165 [11FE] (see H.R. 2573), H3500 [8MY]

——— improve measurements under Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program (see H.R. 3406), H5036 [21JN]

——— improve quality reporting and transparency and increase compliance with quality standards in hospice care (see S. 2807), S6474 [7NO]

——— increase awareness, expand preventative services, and improve care for individuals with end stage renal disease (see H.R. 3912), H7241 [23JY]

——— increase hospital competition (see H.R. 506), H517 [11JA]

——— modernize physician self-referral prohibitions to promote care coordination in the merit-based incentive payment system and facilitate physician practice participation in alternative payment models (see S. 966), S2118 [1AP] (see H.R. 2282), H3255 [10AP]

——— negotiate prices of excessively costly life-sustaining prescription drugs (see H.R. 5039), H8783 [12NO]

——— negotiate prices of prescription drugs furnished under Medicare part D and mandate production of generic versions of drugs if pharmaceutical companies fail to negotiate in good faith (see S. 377), S1131 [7FE] (see H.R. 1046), H1458 [7FE]

——— permanently authorize Limited Income Newly Eligible Transition (LI NET) Program to provide transitional coverage and retroactive part D prescription drug coverage for certain low-income individuals (see S. 1999), S4627 [27JN] (see H.R. 3029), H4174 [28MY]

——— prevent catastrophic out-of-pocket spending on prescription drugs for seniors and individuals with disabilities (see S. 475), S1326 [13FE]

——— prevent certain payment reductions for clinic visit services furnished at excepted off-campus outpatient departments of a provider (see H.R. 2552), H3474 [7MY]

——— prevent surprise billing practices (see H.R. 861), H1332 [30JA]

——— propose strategy to provide universal coverage (see H. Res. 532), H7481 [30JY]

——— protect beneficiaries with limb loss and other orthopedic conditions by providing access to safe and effective orthotic and prosthetic care and reduce fraud, waste, and abuse relative to orthotics and prosthetics (see H.R. 5262), H9175 [22NO]

——— provide a monthly out-of-pocket cost-sharing maximum for enrollees who incur a significant portion of costs for covered part D drugs towards the annual out-of-pocket threshold during a month (see S. 2911), S6718 [20NO]

——— provide certain low-income territorial residents with automatic eligibility for premium and cost-sharing subsidies (see H.R. 4666), H8111 [11OC]

——— provide coverage for certain vision items and services under part B (see H.R. 4665), H8111 [11OC]

——— provide coverage of addiction counselor services under part B (see S. 2412), S5311 [1AU]

——— provide coverage of certain mental health telehealth services (see H.R. 5201), H9121 [20NO]

——— provide coverage of dental, vision, and hearing care (see H.R. 1393), H2270 [27FE]

——— provide for a demonstration project to further examine benefits of providing coverage and payment for items and services necessary to administer intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) in the home (see H.R. 2905), H4117 [22MY]

——— provide for a pilot program to include respiratory therapists as telehealth practitioners (see H.R. 2508), H3440 [2MY]

——— provide for ambulatory surgical center representation during review of hospital outpatient payment rates (see H.R. 3433), H5075 [24JN]

——— provide for automatic qualification of certain Medicaid beneficiaries for premium and cost-sharing subsidies under part D (see H.R. 4661), H8111 [11OC]

——— provide for certain reforms relative to supplemental health insurance policies (see S. 2428), S5311 [1AU] (see H.R. 1394), H2270 [27FE]

——— provide for certain rules on treatment of eligible retirement plans in determining eligibility of individuals for premium and cost-sharing subsidies under part D (see H.R. 4655), H8111 [11OC]

——— provide for coverage of cancer care planning and coordination (see H.R. 3835), H7150 [18JY]

——— provide for distribution of additional residency positions to help combat the opioid crisis (see S. 2892), S6669 [19NO] (see H.R. 2439), H3403 [1MY] (see H.R. 3414), H5036 [21JN]

——— provide for guaranteed issue of Medigap policies to all Medigap-eligible beneficiaries and Medicare Advantage enrollees (see H.R. 4676), H8143 [15OC]

——— provide for intelligent assignment of certain subsidy eligible individuals auto-enrolled under prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans (see H.R. 4669), H8111 [11OC]

——— provide for patient improvements and rural and quality improvements (see H.R. 3417), H5036 [21JN]

——— provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program and Medicare Advantage program to further transparency of payment methodology of pharmacies (see H.R. 1035), H1458 [7FE]

——— provide for transparency of secondary payer reporting information (see S. 1989), S4566 [26JN] (see H.R. 1375), H2233 [26FE]

——— provide greater transparency of discounts provided by drug manufacturers by establishing requirements for pharmacy-negotiated price concessions (see S. 2247), S5062 [24JY]

——— provide greater transparency of discounts provided by drug manufacturers by requiring Pharmacy Benefit Managers to disclose aggregate rebates and what proportion of those rebates go to beneficiaries (see S. 476), S1326 [13FE] (see H.R. 2115), H3127 [8AP]

——— provide low-income subsidy enrollees in part D with information about less expensive prescription drug plan options (see H.R. 4632), H8110 [11OC]

——— provide outreach and reporting on comprehensive Alzheimer’s disease care planning services (see S. 880), S1987 [26MR] (see H.R. 1873), H2826 [26MR]

——— provide relief for small rural hospitals from inaccurate instructions provided by certain administrative contractors (see H.R. 3672), H5583 [10JY]

——— reduce occurrence of diabetes in beneficiaries by extending coverage for medical nutrition therapy services to beneficiaries with pre-diabetes or with risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes (see S. 2905), S6718 [20NO]

——— remove exclusion of coverage for hearing aids and examinations (see H.R. 4618), H8101 [8OC]

——— require drug manufacturers to pay a rebate for certain drugs if the price of such drugs increases faster than inflation (see H.R. 4619), H8101 [8OC] (see H.R. 4663), H8111 [11OC]

——— require drug price concessions, incentive payments, and adjustments to be included in negotiated prices at the point-of-sale under part D (see S. 640), S1621 [4MR] (see H.R. 1034), H1458 [7FE]

——— require manufacturers of certain single-dose vial drugs payable under part-B to provide rebates relative to amounts of such drugs discarded (see S. 551), S1437 [25FE]

——— require prescription drug plan sponsors to include real-time benefit information as part of such sponsor’s electronic prescription program (see H.R. 3408, 3415), H5036 [21JN]

——— require prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans to report potential fraud, waste, and abuse to Dept. of HHS under part D (see S. 1505), S2924 [16MY]

——— require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 275), H281 [8JA]

——— restructure payment adjustment for non-emergency end-stage renal disease ambulance transports (see S. 228), S680 [25JA] (see H.R. 3021), H4170 [24MY]

——— strengthen ambulance services furnished under part B (see H.R. 4938), H8717 [31OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: deem certain State veterans homes meeting certain health and safety standards as meeting conditions and requirements for skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 4138), H7481 [30JY]

——— improve access to care for beneficiaries through models tested under Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (see H.R. 3910), H7240 [23JY]

——— modify skilled nursing facility training lockout penalties to allow certain facilities to continue certified nurse assistant training (see S. 2993), S6888 [5DE] (see H.R. 1265), H2031 [14FE] (see H.R. 4468), H7901 [24SE]

——— provide for mental and behavioral health treatment through telehealth (see H.R. 5473), H12209 [18DE]

——— repeal medical device tax and extend certain programs and tax incentives (see S. 3001), S6904 [9DE]

——— require drug and biological product manufacturers to include truthful and non-misleading pricing information in any direct-to-consumer advertising (see S. 1437), S2787 [13MY]

——— revise minimum nurse staffing requirements for skilled nursing facilities (see S. 2943), S6755 [21NO] (see H.R. 5216), H9167 [21NO]

Members of Congress: prohibit any limitation on entry of a Member to detention facilities for aliens (see H.R. 2842), H4009 [20MY] (see H.R. 3868), H7160 [22JY]

——— prohibit cost of living adjustments in pay rates unless Dept. of HHS certifies all U.S. citizens are enrolled in health insurance coverage comparable to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act benefits (see H.R. 3271), H4694 [13JN]

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

——— award grants for innovative approaches to securing prompt access to appropriate follow-on care for individuals who experience an acute mental health episode and provide for care in an emergency department (see H.R. 2519), H3447 [3MY]

——— 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]

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

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

——— 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]

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

——— 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]

——— 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]

——— strengthen mental health infrastructure and firearm prohibitions for at-risk individuals, and improve reporting of mental health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see H.R. 4199), H7511 [20AU]

——— strengthen parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits (see S. 1576), S3005 [21MY] (see S. 1737), S3251 [5JN] (see H.R. 2848), H4009 [20MY] (see H.R. 2874), H4063 [21MY] (see H.R. 3165), H4387 [10JN]

Mining and mineral resources: place a moratorium on permitting for mountaintop removal coal mining until health studies are conducted by the Dept. of HHS (see H.R. 2050), H3067 [3AP]

National Academy of Sciences: enter into arrangement to conduct and update biennially study on effects of State legalized marijuana programs (see H.R. 1587), H2581 [7MR]

National Disaster Medical System: strengthen (see S. 11), S19 [3JA]

National Falls Prevention Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 327), S5664 [24SE]

National Family Caregiver Support Program: eliminate percentage cap on funding for older caregivers taking over primary caregiver role for a grandchild due to opioid epidemic (see H.R. 4853), H8457 [23OC]

——— identify and disseminate best practices (see S. 1146), S2433 [11AP]

——— increase funding and provide caregiver assessments and technical assistance to address the needs of family caregivers (see S. 1017), S2240 [3AP]

National Health Literacy Day: designate (see S. Res. 396), S6333 [31OC] (see H. Res. 470), H5258 [27JN]

National Health Service Corps: 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]

——— provide for participation of pediatric subspecialists (see S. 1659), S3105 [23MY]

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

——— provide that primary care services provided may include palliative care services (see S. 1921), S4168 [20JN]

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

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

National Resource Center on Women and Retirement Planning: authorize (see S. 1672), S3106 [23MY]

National Sexual Assault Care and Treatment Task Force: establish (see H.R. 4758), H8258 [18OC]

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

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

——— authorize urban Indian organizations to enter arrangements to share medical services and facilities with Depts. of Veterans Affairs and Defense to improve health care access for Native American veterans (see S. 2365), S5247 [31JY] (see H.R. 4153), H7488 [2AU]

——— expand supportive services for Native American aging programs (see S. 2696), S6155 [24OC] (see H.R. 5323), H9293 [5DE]

——— provide advance appropriations authority for certain accounts of BIA and Indian Health Service (see S. 229), S680 [25JA] (see H.R. 1128), H1492 [8FE]

——— reauthorize program to ensure survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages (see S. 256), S742 [29JA] (see H.R. 912), H1335 [30JA]

——— 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]

——— 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]

NIH: 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]

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 H.R. 5501), H12289 [19DE]

Older Americans Act: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 4334), H7714 [16SE]

——— modernize (see S. 3057), S7048 [16DE]

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. 1432), S2786 [13MY]

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

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 (see H.R. 2469), H3438 [2MY]

——— establish a public health insurance option (see S. 1033), S2269 [4AP] (see H.R. 1419), H2311 [28FE] (see H.R. 2085), H3099 [4AP]

——— establish and support State-based universal health care systems that provide comprehensive health benefits to State residents (see H.R. 5010), H8738 [8NO]

——— 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 S. 1905), S3844 [19JN] (see H.R. 1386), H2269 [27FE]

——— provide Federal exchange outreach and educational activities (see H.R. 987), H1389 [6FE]

——— provide for American Health Benefit Exchanges outreach and educational activities (see S. 455), S1275 [12FE]

——— provide funding for American Health Benefit Exchanges navigator programs and outreach and promotional activities (see H.R. 2292), H3263 [12AP]

——— provide parity among States in timing of application of higher Federal Medicaid matching rates for expansion population (see H.R. 909), H1335 [30JA]

——— revoke certain guidance relative to waivers for State innovation that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (see S. 466), S1325 [13FE] (see H.R. 986), H1389 [6FE]

——— revoke certain guidance relative to waivers for State innovation that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (H.R. 986), consideration (see H. Res. 357), H3473 [7MY]

——— streamline State innovation waiver process (see H.R. 2183), H3217 [9AP]

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund: extend appropriations and transfers and certain health insurance fees for such transfers (see H.R. 3030), H4174 [28MY] (see H.R. 3439), H5075 [24JN]

People-Centered Assistance Reform Effort Commission: improve social safety net and increase social mobility by increasing access to resources which address underlying causes of poverty (see H.R. 841), H1282 [29JA]

Personal Responsibility Education Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 3053), H4215 [3JN]

Pharmaceuticals: allow expedited approval of generic prescription drugs and temporary importation of prescription drugs during noncompetitive drug markets and drug shortages (see S. 844), S1899 [14MR]

——— allow importation by wholesalers, pharmacies, and individuals of safe and affordable drugs from FDA-certified foreign sellers (see S. 97), S142 [10JA] (see H.R. 447), H462 [10JA]

——— allow personal importation of safe and affordable drugs from approved pharmacies in Canada (see S. 61), S103 [9JA] (see H.R. 478), H463 [10JA]

——— educate health care professionals and the public on biosimilar biological products (see S. 1681), S3106 [23MY] (see H.R. 4400), H7834 [19SE]

——— 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]

——— mitigate drug shortages by prioritizing review of new drug applications, inspections, and reasons for shortages and assess national security threats associated with drug and ingredient shortages (see S. 2723), S6242 [29OC]

——— require drug manufacturers to include printed inserts containing drug information when they ship their products to pharmacies (see H.R. 5198), H9120 [20NO]

——— shorten monopoly periods for prescription drugs that are the subjects of sudden price hikes (see H.R. 1188), H1582 [13FE]

Physical activity recommendations: publish (see S. 1608), S3059 [22MY] (see H.R. 2891), H4117 [22MY]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding (see S. 158), S273 [16JA]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services and increase funding for other women’s health care service providers (see S. 141), S273 [16JA] (see H.R. 369), H357 [9JA]

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

Power resources: conduct study on public health and environmental impacts of production, transportation, storage, and use of petroleum coke (see S. 757), S1792 [12MR] (see H.R. 1675), H2646 [11MR]

Pregnancy Assistance Fund: reauthorize (see S. 2296), S5108 [25JY]

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. 1845), H2761 [21MR]

Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE): finalize certain proposed provisions under Medicare and Medicaid (see H.R. 652), H717 [17JA]

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

Public health: 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]

Public Health Service: 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]

——— 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]

Public safety officers: improve detection, prevention, and treatment of mental health issues (see H.R. 1646), H2614 [8MR]

Public welfare programs: amend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program by aligning and improving data reporting on work or work preparation activities and employment and earning outcomes (see H.R. 1469), H2314 [28FE]

——— amend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to improve alignment with workforce development programs by holding State agencies accountable for employment outcomes (see H.R. 1413), H2271 [27FE]

——— assist States, tribes, territories, counties, and cities in implementing child welfare systems and services to families at risk of entering the child welfare or foster care systems (see S. 2777), S6391 [5NO] (see H.R. 4980), H8729 [5NO]

——— clarify authority of tribal governments relative to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 2128), H3128 [8AP]

——— conduct demonstration projects to provide coordinated case management services for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program recipients (see H.R. 1476), H2314 [28FE]

——— conduct demonstration projects to test the effectiveness of subsidized employment for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program recipients (see H.R. 4571), H8080 [27SE]

——— eliminate barriers to providing child welfare services for those in need and provide additional resources to provide services to families at risk of entering the child welfare or foster care systems (see S. 1376), S2743 [8MY] (see H.R. 2702), H3788 [14MY] (see H.R. 3017), H4164 [23MY]

——— extend funding outreach and assistance for low-income programs (see H.R. 3039), H4180 [30MY] (see H.R. 3421), H5036 [21JN]

——— extend State court funding for child welfare (see S. 2587), S5748 [26SE] (see H.R. 4514), H8053 [26SE] (see H.R. 4602), H8094 [4OC]

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

Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see S. 274), S769 [30JA] (see H.R. 897), H1334 [30JA]

Research: intensify stem cell research showing evidence of substantial clinical benefit to patients (see S. 2308), S5141 [29JY] (see H.R. 64), H203 [3JA]

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

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 2916), S6718 [20NO] (see H.R. 5191), H9120 [20NO]

Rural areas: enhance rural health workforce (see S. 2902), S6717 [20NO]

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

Schools: 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]

——— 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 health care organizations to promote student access to defibrillation in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4989), H8729 [5NO]

——— condition receipt by State and local entities of preventive health services grants on establishment of vaccination requirements for public school students in accordance with certain CDC recommendations (see H.R. 2527), H3447 [3MY]

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

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

——— 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]

Science: 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]

Senior citizens: address social isolation and loneliness (see S. 2677), S6091 [23OC] (see H.R. 4859), H8462 [24OC]

——— authorize grants to establish a national network of statewide legal hotlines for senior citizens (see S. 905), S2043 [27MR]

——— enhance age-friendly communities for older individuals (see H.R. 4827), H8456 [23OC]

——— establish grants to purchase, customize, or repair vehicles with hot and cold food storage to deliver meals to older individuals through Congregate Nutrition Program or Home-Delivered Nutrition Program (see S. 1674), S3106 [23MY]

——— establish Office of Inclusivity and Sexual Health and a rural outreach grant program carried out by that Office (see S. 1159), S2433 [11AP] (see H.R. 2312), H3264 [12AP]

——— establish Office of Older LGBT Policy and a rural outreach grant program carried out by such Office (see S. 1225), S2485 [29AP]

——— issue Stamp Out Elder Abuse Semipostal Stamp (see S. 1784), S3319 [11JN] (see H.R. 2719), H3789 [14MY]

——— provide social service agencies with resources to provide services to meet urgent needs of Holocaust survivors to age in place with dignity, comfort, security, and quality of life (see S. 2179), S4948 [18JY] (see H.R. 4077), H7467 [25JY]

——— support healthy aging and age-friendly communities (see S. 1536), S2925 [16MY]

Social Security: collect information under Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children’s Health Insurance Program relative to social determinants of health (see S. 1323), S2645 [6MY]

Social Services Block Grants Program: provide grants to support job creation initiatives (see H.R. 4471), H7901 [24SE]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see H.R. 1532), H2367 [5MR]

Solar energy: expand access to low-income households (see S. 2462), S5447 [11SE] (see H.R. 4291), H7665 [11SE]

Special Diabetes Program for Type 1 Diabetes: reauthorize and increase funding (see H.R. 2668), H3726 [10MY]

State Opioid Response Grants program: authorize (see H.R. 2466), H3404 [1MY]

——— authorize and allow use of funding to address methamphetamine and cocaine abuse (see S. 1925), S4168 [20JN] (see H.R. 4111), H7480 [30JY]

States: award grants to provide safety measures to social workers, health workers, and human services professionals in high-risk and potentially dangerous situations (see S. 2880), S6625 [18NO] (see H.R. 5138), H8958 [18NO]

——— provide grants to enable States to carry out activities to reduce administrative costs and burdens in health care (see S. 1260), S2569 [1MY]

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

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: award grants to States to expand access to clinically appropriate services for opioid abuse, dependence, or addiction (see H.R. 1302), H2038 [15FE]

Substance Use-Disorder Prevention That Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act: provide funding for programs and activities (see S. 2102), S4807 [11JY] (see H.R. 4460), H7901 [24SE]

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

Taxation: allow for contributions to Alzheimer’s Research and Caregiving Trust Fund through Federal income tax returns (see S. 3125), S7208 [19DE] (see H.R. 3453), H5076 [24JN]

——— authorize designation of additional taxable vaccines (see S. 1654), S3105 [23MY] (see H.R. 1973), H2916 [28MR]

——— 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 (see S. 425), S1133 [7FE] (see H.R. 4631), H8110 [11OC] (see H.R. 4793), H8387 [22OC]

——— exclude from gross income payments under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and certain amounts received under the Indian Health Professions Scholarship Program (see S. 2871), S6604 [14NO]

——— permit individuals eligible for Indian Health Service assistance to qualify for health savings accounts (see H.R. 4530), H8053 [26SE]

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

Technology: expand use of technology-enhanced collaborative learning and capacity building models to increase access to health care services in rural areas (see S. 1618), S3059 [22MY] (see H.R. 5199), H9121 [20NO]

——— prevent entities that collect consumer health information from transferring or selling such information collected on personal health trackers (see S. 2885), S6625 [18NO]

Tobacco products: prevent and reduce use of tobacco products (see H.R. 293), H281 [8JA]

——— prohibit e-cigarette flavors, require e-cigarette design standards, monitor public health risks, apply excise tax to e-cigarettes, and educate the public about health implications of e-cigarettes (see S. 2519), S5602 [19SE]

——— prohibit sale or distribution of tobacco products to individuals under the age of 21 (see S. 1258), S2516 [30AP] (see S. 1541), S2962 [20MY] (see H.R. 2411), H3339 [30AP]

Tribal Opioid Response Grants program: authorize (see H.R. 2466), H3404 [1MY]

Trump, President: condemn administration’s systematic cruel and inhumane treatment of migrants, particularly children, at the southern border (see H. Res. 499), H5999 [17JY]

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

Vietnamese Conflict: provide assistance to individuals affected by exposure to Agent Orange (see H.R. 326), H283 [8JA]

Water pollution: improve and coordinate interagency Federal actions and provide assistance to States for responding to public health challenges posed by emerging contaminants (see S. 1251), S2515 [30AP] (see H.R. 5361), H9386 [9DE]

Women: address maternity care shortages by expanding educational opportunities for midwives and prioritize midwifery programs that increase racial and ethnic minority representation (see H.R. 3849), H7150 [18JY]

——— improve maternal health care (see S. 2586), S5748 [26SE]

——— 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]

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

——— 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. 116), S219 [15JA]

——— reduce maternal mortality by continuing to invest in evidence-based home visiting models that are addressing social determinants of maternal health and morbidity (see H.R. 4768), H8297 [21OC]

——— 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. 1600), S3059 [22MY] (see H.R. 2902), H4117 [22MY]

Cloture motions

Darling, Elizabeth: nomination to be Dept. of HHS Administration on Children, Youth, and Families Commissioner, S5299 [1AU], S5379 [10SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2740), motion to proceed, S5486 [16SE], S5561 [18SE], S5881 [17OC], S6188 [28OC], S6326 [31OC]

Hahn, Stephen: nomination to be FDA Commissioner, S6878 [5DE], S6986 [11DE]

Letters

Allegation of sexual assault by Dept. of HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement staff on children separated from parents attempting to enter the U.S. illegally: Jonathan H. Hayes, Dept. of HHS, H2692 [13MR]

Applicability of Congressional Review Act to State relief and empowerment waivers: Thomas H. Armstrong, GAO, S4901–S4903 [17JY]

Border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children supplemental appropriations: Alex M. Azar II, Sec. of HHS and Kevin McAleenan, Dept. of Homeland Security, H4670 [13JN]

CDC Firefighter Cancer Registry funding: several firefighter organizations, H4547 [12JN]

Dept. of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program proposed eligibility requirement changes: Representative Plaskett, H7895 [24SE]

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

Dept. of HHS demonstration program to test alternative pain management protocols to limit use of opioids in emergency departments: Vidor E. Friedman, American College of Emergency Physicians, H4639 [13JN]

Dept. of HHS negotiation of lower covered Medicare part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries: Keith Hall, CBO, S3023 [22MY]

——— Senator Grassley, Committee on Finance (Senate), S3023 [22MY]

Dept. of HHS rule on waivers to States for alternatives to health insurance exchanges that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions: Seema Verma, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, S6223 [29OC]

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]

Dept. of Justice review, revision, and development of law enforcement and justice protocols to address missing and murdered Native Americans: Carolyn Deford, H8183 [16OC]

——— Cheri Kilty, YWCA of Yakima, WA, H8182 [16OC]

——— David Z. Bean, Puyallup Tribe of Indians, H8183 [16OC]

——— Jaison Elkins, Muckleshoot Tribal Council, H8183 [16OC]

——— JoDe Goudy, Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakima Nation, H8182 [16OC]

——— Michelle Gonzalez, Washington State Women’s Commission, H8183 [16OC]

——— Rodney Cawston, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, H8182 [16OC]

——— Shannon F. Wheeler, Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee, E1300 [17OC]

——— Thomas D. Wooten, Samish Indian Nation, H8183 [16OC]

Dignity in Aging Act: Bill Sweeney, AARP (organization), H8476 [28OC]

——— Ellen Hollander, Meals on Wheels America (organization), H8478 [28OC]

——— Robert Egge, Alzheimer’s Association and Alzheimer’s Impact Movement (organization), H8477 [28OC]

——— several organizations, H8478 [28OC]

——— Stephan O. Kline, Jewish Federations of North America, H8477 [28OC]

Homeland Security Improvement Act: Representative Bennie G. Thompson, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H7930 [25SE]

——— Representative Nadler, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H7930 [25SE]

——— Representative Neal, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H7930 [25SE]

Impose ban on tobacco flavors for use in e-cigarettes: Senator Durbin, S6635 [19NO]

Lower Drug Costs Now Act: Sara Stewart, H10109 [11DE]

——— several biotechnology organizations, H10097 [11DE]

——— several pharmaceutical companies, H10130 [12DE]

Older Americans Act modernization: Bob Blancato and Meredith Whitmire, National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs, S7055 [16DE]

——— C. Grace Whiting and Michael R. Wittke, National Alliance for Caregiving, S7055 [16DE]

——— Martha Roherty, Advancing States (organization), S7057 [16DE]

——— Megan O’Reilly, AARP, S7054 [16DE]

——— Robert Egge, Alzheimer’s Impact Movement (organization), S7056 [16DE]

——— Shelley Lyford, West Health Institute, S7055 [16DE]

——— Stephen O. Kline, Jewish Federations of North America, S7056 [16DE]

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

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act navigator program funding to assist in choosing plans and increase outreach about plan options and financial support availability: several medical organizations, H3875 [16MY]

Premium Reduction Act: Eric A. Cioppa, Raymond G. Farmer, David Altmaier, and Dean L. Cameron, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, S5900 [17OC]

——— several health organizations, S5900 [17OC]

Protecting Americans With Preexisting Conditions Act: Representative Neal, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H3520 [9MY]

——— Representative Pallone, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H3520 [9MY]

——— Seema Verma, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, H3536 [9MY]

——— several patient and consumer advocacy organizations, H3515, H3530 [9MY]

Rule on definition of short-term limited duration insurance for purposes of its exclusion from the definition of individual health insurance coverage shall have no force or effect: several medical organizations, H3874 [16MY]

Stamp Out Elder Abuse Act: Jonathan F. Thompson, National Sheriffs’ Association, S3324 [11JN]

——— Mai Fernandez, National Center for Victims of Crime, S3324 [11JN]

——— Robert B. Blancato, Elder Justice Coalition, S3324 [11JN]

Strengthening the Health Care Fraud Prevention Task Force Act: Representative Neal, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H2054 [25FE]

——— Representative Pallone, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H2055 [25FE]

Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: Katherine McGuire, American Psychological Association Services, Inc., H3994 [20MY]

——— Kyle E. Yasuda, American Academy of Pediatrics, H3993 [20MY]

——— Ruth J. Friedman, National Child Abuse Coalition, H3993 [20MY]

Ticks—Identify, Control, and Knockout (TICK) Act: Paula Jackson Jones, Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education (organization), S3112 [23MY]

——— Vector-Borne Disease Network and allied organizations, S3111 [23MY]

Lists

Availability of medications in H.R. 3, Lower Drug Costs Now Act reference countries, H10099–H10101 [11DE]

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

Top Medicare Part B drugs not covered by Dept. of Veterans Affairs (excluding vaccines), H10099 [11DE], H10217 [12DE]

Memorandums

Medicare for All Act: Wen S. Shen, Congressional Research Service, S4750 [10JY]

Motions

Dept. of Homeland Security: increase transparency, accountability, and community engagement, provide independent border security oversight, and improve training of border security agents and officers (H.R. 2203), H7974 [25SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2740), S5486 [16SE], S5562 [18SE], S5881 [17OC], S6187 [28OC], H4731 [18JN], H4795 [19JN]

Health: reduce prescription drug prices, facilitate entry of generic and biosimilar products into the market, strengthen Federal exchanges, and reverse extension of short-term health plans (H.R. 987), H3904 [16MY]

Insurance: disapprove rule on waivers to States for alternatives to health insurance exchanges that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (S.J. Res. 52), S6220 [29OC]

Notices

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 987, Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act, H3786 [14MY], H3921 [16MY]

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 1839, Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act, H2793 [25MR]

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

Intention to object to nomination of Elizabeth Darling to be Administration on Children, Youth, and Families Commissioner: Senator Grassley, S873 [5FE]

Remarks in House

Abortion: proposed rule prohibiting family planning clinics from receiving Title X funding if they provide abortion services or refer patients for abortions, H3323 [30AP], E576 [10MY]

——— rule to prohibit family planning clinics from receiving Title X funding if they provide abortion services or refer patients for abortions, H4397, H4407, H4408 [11JN], H4448, H4536, H4537 [12JN]

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

——— reauthorize Lifespan Respite Care Program (H.R. 2035), H7308 [24JY]

Armstrong-Indiana-Clarion Drug and Alcohol Commission: Dept. of HHS grant to expand Addiction Recovery Mobile Outreach Team recipient, H7993 [26SE]

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

Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority: funding, H4562, H4563 [12JN]

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

CDC: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances health study funding, H5658 [11JY]

——— Climate and Health Program funding, H4399 [11JN]

——— Coordinated Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Program colorectal cancer research funding, H4633, H4634 [13JN]

——— 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]

——— Firefighter Cancer Registry funding, H4547, H4548 [12JN]

——— Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grant Program funding through reductions in Dept. of HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration funding, H4568, H4569 [12JN]

——— Lyme disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment funding, H4634, H4635 [13JN]

——— National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases funding, H4538–H4540 [12JN]

——— National Center for Injury Prevention and Control suicide awareness, research, and prevention funding, H4613, H4614 [12JN]

——— national standard to investigate childhood deaths from sudden infant death syndrome establishment funding, H4565, H4566 [12JN]

——— neonatal abstinence syndrome research funding, H4579 [12JN]

——— Opioid-Related Infectious Disease program funding, H4611, H4612 [12JN]

——— reauthorize education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and occurrence of breast cancer, H10594 [17DE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act navigator program funding, H4570, H4571 [12JN]

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2480), H3978–H3994, H3998 [20MY], E637 [21MY]

Children and youth: allow States to extend certain child welfare demonstration projects scheduled to expire, H7781 [19SE]

——— authorize funding for creation and implementation of infant mortality pilot programs in standard metropolitan statistical areas with high rates of infant mortality (H.R. 117), E5 [3JA]

——— conduct study on effects of forced child marriage in States that have not prevented practice, H3990 [20MY]

——— conduct study to identify how parental substance abuse affects adoption outcomes, H3990 [20MY]

——— ensure child protective services systems do not permit separation of children from parents on the basis of poverty, H3991, H3992 [20MY]

——— ensure State plans for safe care of infants exposed to substances in utero do not unfairly target pregnant women who need to remain on certain medications, H3990 [20MY]

——— identify model standards for licensing foster family homes, require States adhere to such standards, and grant States authority to waive certain non-safety standards for relative foster family caregivers, H8965 [19NO]

——— improve recruitment and retention of child welfare workers, H3990, H3991 [20MY]

——— include an act of unregulated custody transfer or ‘‘rehoming’’ in the definition of child abuse and neglect, H3992 [20MY]

——— 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]

Civil liberties: restore conscience protection rule to protect health care professionals from being coerced into performing procedures that violate their beliefs, H4406, H4407 [11JN], H4530, H4531 [12JN]

Community health centers: funding, H8833 [14NO]

Community Resource Centers: funding through reductions in departmental management funding, H4606, H4607 [12JN]

Community Services Block Grant Program: reauthorize and modernize (H.R. 1695), H2733 [14MR], H2943 [2AP], H3845 [16MY], H8588 [29OC]

Conflict of interests: require another Senate-confirmed officer within the Dept., to carry out drug price negotiation duties should the Sec. of HHS have a conflict of interest, H10205, H10206 [12DE]

Crime: ensure trauma and behavioral health specialists are included as health care professionals in efforts to address domestic and dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and children exposed to violence, H3058 [3AP]

——— require review and submittal of report on whether being a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking increases the likelihood of having a substance use disorder, H3041, H3042 [3AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program support for women, infants, and children impacted by substance use disorder (H.R. 5249), H9230 [4DE]

——— provide assistance to manage farmer and rancher stress and mental health of individuals in rural areas (H.R. 4820), H9158 [21NO]

——— increase transparency, accountability, and community engagement, provide independent border security oversight, and improve training of border security agents and officers (H.R. 2203), H5580 [10JY], H5643 [11JY], H7928–H7934, H7974–H7976 [25SE], H8042 [26SE]

——— increase transparency, accountability, and community engagement, provide independent border security oversight, and improve training of border security agents and officers (H.R. 2203), motion to recommit, H7974, H7975 [25SE]

Dept. of Justice: ensure provision of funding for countering sex trafficking under Creating Hope Through Outreach, Options, Services, and Education (CHOOSE) for Children and Youth program, H3035–H3037 [3AP]

——— establish interagency working group to study existing Federal surveys and reporting programs on sexual violence and make recommendations on improved coordination and data collection, H3043 [3AP]

——— review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols to address missing and murdered Native Americans (H.R. 2733), H4921 [20JN], H8178–H8184 [16OC], E584 [14MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow to purchase drugs at Fair Price Negotiation Program prices, H10216, H10217 [12DE]

Depts. of HHS and Education: ensure access by students and faculty of pharmacy schools to information on use and availability of generic drugs and biosimilar biological products, H3882 [16MY]

Depts. of HHS and Labor: analyze and report barriers that domestic violence survivors face to achieve economic security including financial empowerment, housing, transportation, healthcare access, and education and training opportunities, H3053 [3AP]

——— launch public information campaign to provide guidelines and best practices for employers to create employee assistance programs that address domestic violence issues, H3053 [3AP]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H4577, H4578 [12JN]

——— making appropriations, H10590, H10591, H10593, H10594 [17DE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2740), H3911 [16MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2740), H4332, H4333 [5JN], H4399 [11JN], H4452–H4625 [12JN], H4632–H4670, H4673–H4687 [13JN], H4710–H4767 [18JN], H4776, H4777, H4789–H4797 [19JN], H4922, H4928, H4998 [20JN], H5027 [21JN], H5175 [26JN], H8790 [13NO], E755 [12JN], E825 [24JN], E833 [25JN], E849 [26JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2740), consideration (H. Res. 431), H4402–H4411 [11JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2740), consideration (H. Res. 436), H4445–H4452 [12JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2740), consideration (H. Res. 445), H4779–H4789 [19JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2740), corrections in engrossment, H4797 [19JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2740), motion to recommit, H4795 [19JN]

Developmental Disabilities Projects of National Significance: program funding, H4567 [12JN]

Diseases and disorders: Alzheimer’s disease research funding, H1398 [7FE], H2973 [2AP], H4111 [22MY]

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

——— authorize services to be provided to individuals under 60 with Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder with neurological or organic brain dysfunction, H8475 [28OC]

——— authorize services to be provided to individuals under 60 with Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder with neurological or organic brain dysfunction (H.R. 1903), H5090 [25JN]

——— call for sickle cell trait research, surveillance, and public education and awareness (H. Res. 606), H8060 [27SE]

——— expand and improve programs and activities for awareness, education, research, surveillance, diagnosis, and treatment of rare diseases and conditions (H.R. 4228), E1107 [9SE]

——— provide assistance to combat escalating burden of Lyme disease and other tick and vector-borne diseases (H.R. 3073), H4539 [12JN], H5273 [9JY]

——— provide for a national strategy to address and overcome Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases, H10594 [17DE]

——— require a study on women and lung cancer (H.R. 2222), H9068 [20NO]

Drugs: address opioid drug abuse epidemic, H10032 [11DE]

——— conduct a demonstration program to test alternative pain management protocols to limit use of opioids in emergency departments, H4639, H4640 [13JN]

——— end Federal ban of medical marijuana, allow importation of certain derivatives, enable medicinal research, and allow prescription to veterans (H.R. 127), E7 [3JA]

——— ensure Fair Price Negotiation Program and Medicare changes to reduce drug prices will not result in fewer new drug applications for unmet medical needs and life-saving cures, H10223, H10224 [12DE]

——— establish Fair Price Negotiation Program to reduce drug prices, penalize companies that refuse to negotiate, and prevent excessive price increases and establish out-of-pocket caps for Medicare (H.R. 3), H7854–H7857 [20SE], H7873 [24SE], H7996 [26SE], H8153 [16OC], H8207 [17OC], H8232, H8250, H8252 [18OC], H8371, H8374 [22OC], H8397, H8398 [23OC], H8592 [29OC], H8606, H8607, H8608 [30OC], H8682 [31OC], H8775 [12NO], H8792 [13NO], H8831, H8835, H8873 [14NO], H8884, H8905, H8906 [15NO], H8963, H8966, H9052–H9054 [19NO], H9157 [21NO], H9210 [3DE], H9288–H9290 [5DE], H9955, H9956 [10DE], H10020, H10022, H10023, H10025, H10026, H10027, H10031, H10032, H10033, H10096–H10122 [11DE], H10128, H10129–H10225, H10235 [12DE]

——— medication-assisted treatment of opioid abuse funding, H4561 [12JN]

——— prevent spread pricing in Medicaid by pharmacy benefit managers and increase funding for NIH clinical trials, H10218 [12DE]

——— provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment, E1330 [23OC]

——— report on extent to which increases in prices of commonly prescribed drugs has caused individuals with health insurance to forego needed treatment, H3885, H3886 [16MY]

——— require disclosure of list prices of prescription drugs and biological products in direct-to-consumer television advertising, H10214, H10215 [12DE]

——— require drug manufacturers to submit a transparency and justification report prior to increasing certain drug prices (H.R. 2069), H8607 [30OC], H8911 [18NO]

——— require drug manufacturers to submit a transparency and justification report prior to increasing certain drug prices (H.R. 2296), H10118 [11DE]

——— require persons who undertake federally funded research and development of drugs to enter into reasonable pricing agreements (H.R. 4640), H10140 [12DE]

——— research on certain Schedule I drugs that have shown promise in treating critical diseases funding, H4612, H4613 [12JN]

Early Head Start Program: anniversary, H3797 [15MY], H3850, H3852 [16MY], E622 [17MY]

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

Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative: funding, E755 [12JN]

Families and domestic relations: encourage caregiver needs assessments to identify individual needs of family caregivers and to target services more effectively, H8479 [28OC]

——— provide services for birthmothers who are placing or have placed a child for adoption (H.R. 3690), H8964 [19NO]

FDA: invest in qualified clinical testing for high-risk, high-reward drugs that address unmet medical needs to treat rare and life-threatening diseases, H10210, H10211 [12DE]

——— prohibit abusive delay tactics by pharmaceutical companies to block entry of generic drugs and biosimilar biological products from the market, H3858, H3864, H3865, H3873 [16MY]

——— prohibit abusive delay tactics by pharmaceutical companies to block entry of generic drugs and biosimilar biological products from the market (H.R. 965), H3429 [2MY], H3455 [7MY], H3911 [16MY]

Federal employees: include coverage for Federal employee health plans in Fair Price Negotiation Program to reduce drug prices, H10215, H10216 [12DE]

Finne, Kristen P.: Partnership for Public Service, Inc., Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal finalist, E683 [30MY]

GAO: report on whether Dept. of HHS has taken appropriate steps to ensure that routine maintenance to Healthcare.gov website is minimally disruptive to consumers, H3889 [16MY]

——— study effect of cuts to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act outreach and the Navigator Program on health insurance enrollment and costs of coverage, H3884, H3885 [16MY]

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

Head Start Awareness Month: observance, H8588 [29OC]

Head Start Program: anniversary, H3773 [14MY], H3797 [15MY], H3850, H3851, H3852 [16MY], E565 [9MY], E622 [17MY]

——— conduct audit to ensure grant funding selection and evaluation processes do not have a disparate impact on minority communities, H4537, H4538 [12JN]

——— improve oversight of Community Development Institute management in local communities, H4460 [12JN]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices, E41 [14JA]

——— establish a public-private partnership for purposes of identifying health care waste, fraud, and abuse (H.R. 525), H2053–H2055 [25FE]

——— establish annual enrollment targets for health insurance exchanges, H3896 [16MY]

——— extend certain public health programs, H9037, H9039 [19NO]

——— extend certain public health programs (H.R. 4378), H7786–H7796, H7806 [19SE], E1190 [20SE], E1204 [24SE]

——— extend certain public health programs (H.R. 4378), consideration (H. Res. 564), H7783–H7786 [19SE]

——— impact of obesity on minorities, E616 [16MY]

——— importance of community health centers, H2803 [26MR]

——— improve access to oral health care for vulnerable populations (see H.R. 1055), H1530 [13FE]

——— improve insurance access and affordability, strengthen protections for individuals with preexisting conditions, and terminate sale of short-term, limited duration insurance plans (H.R. 1884), H2805, H2806, H2820, H2821 [26MR], H2835 [27MR], H2935 [1AP], H2946, H2947, H2968, H2976–H2980 [2AP], H3119 [8AP]

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

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

——— reauthorize and extend funding for community health centers and National Health Service Corps (H.R. 2328), H8233 [18OC], H9157 [21NO], E1204 [24SE], E1304 [18OC]

——— reduce prescription drug prices, facilitate entry of generic and biosimilar products into the market, strengthen Federal exchanges, and reverse extension of short-term health plans (H.R. 987), H3715 [10MY], H3731 [14MY], H3800 [15MY], H3851, H3852, H3853–H3911, H3913 [16MY], H4123 [23MY], H4401 [11JN], H5085 [25JN], H5175 [26JN], H7693 [12SE], H9248 [4DE], E623 [17MY]

——— study incorporation of programs that address social and behavioral factors into traditional health care services fundings, H4578, H4579 [12JN]

Health care professionals: establish graduate medical education grant program for hospitals in rural and medically underserved areas, H9157 [21NO]

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

——— graduate medical education funding through reductions in Dept. of Education management funding, H4615, H4616 [12JN]

Health Resources and Services Administration: encourage coordination with Dept. of Agriculture to improve rural health care access, H4616, H4617 [12JN]

——— intimate partner violence awareness, screening, and treatment funding, H4619, H4620 [12JN]

——— report to Congress on recruitment and training of health care professionals and recommendations to address staffing shortages, H4609, H4610 [12JN]

——— State Maternal Health Innovation Program funding, H4575–H4577 [12JN]

Homeless: 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]

Immigration: border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children funding, H4192, H4193 [3JN], H4274 [4JN], H4739–H4741 [18JN]

——— making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children, H4351 [10JN], H4670–H4673 [13JN], H4795, H4798, H4800 [19JN]

——— making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 3056), H4242 [4JN], H4335 [5JN], H4408 [11JN], H4443, H4444, H4450–H4452, H4581, H4606, H4609 [12JN], H4781, H4785, H4786 [19JN]

——— making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 3056), unanimous-consent request, H4449, H4450 [12JN], H4750 [18JN]

——— making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 3401), H5022–H5024 [21JN], H5083, H5085, H5086, H5093, H5094, H5096, H5098, H5147–H5159, H5161–H5163 [25JN], H5176 [26JN]

——— making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 3401), motion to recommit, H5161 [25JN]

——— making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 3401), Senate amendment, H5246–H5250, H5252 [27JN], H5578, H5579 [10JY], H7450 [25JY]

——— making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 3401), unanimous-consent request, H5228–H5235 [27JN]

——— protect health and safety of children in immigration detention (H.R. 3918), E965 [23JY]

——— provide for humanitarian treatment of those seeking asylum at U.S. southern border, H5206, H5207 [27JN], H5576–H5581 [10JY]

——— require reunification of families separated as a result of the zero tolerance policy that prosecutes all adults entering the U.S. illegally (H.R. 1012), H3718 [10MY]

——— unaccompanied alien children care funding, H3713 [10MY]

Indian Health Service: Domestic Violence Prevention Initiative funding, H4958 [20JN]

——— funding, E838 [25JN]

——— Urban Indian Health Program funding, H4784 [19JN]

Information technology: repeal ban on adoption of standards for unique patient identifier, H4560, H4561 [12JN]

Insurance: allow State-run health insurance marketplaces to be eligible for federally-facilitated marketplace navigator program funds, H3880, H3881 [16MY]

——— allow use of ‘‘silver loading’’ to make up for loss of cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments to health insurance companies, H3867, H3868, H3879, H3880 [16MY]

——— establish a public health plan (H.R. 2000), H2947 [2AP], H5313 [10JY]

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

——— extend deadline by which States may apply for Federal assistance to establish State-based marketplaces and extend date for State exchanges to be self-sustaining, H3887 [16MY]

——— prohibit funding to implement, administer, or enforce rule on definition of short-term limited duration insurance for purposes of its exclusion from the definition of individual health insurance coverage, H4569, H4570 [12JN]

——— require navigators to provide information in plain language regarding essential health benefits and coverage and treatment parity for mental health and substance abuse, H3890, H3891 [16MY]

——— require navigators to receive training on how to assist consumers with Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program enrollment, H3886, H3887 [16MY]

——— require reports during annual open enrollment period on performance of the Federal exchange and the Small Business Health Options Program exchange, H3883 [16MY]

Medicaid: extend certain spousal impoverishment protections, provide State option of coordinated care for children with medically complex conditions, and prevent misclassification of drugs in drug rebate program (H.R. 1839), H2773–H2780, H2781 [25MR], H3224 [10AP], E354 [26MR]

Medicare: add a new set of measures to Medicare Advantage program 5-star rating system in order to encourage increased access to biosimilar biological products, H10203, H10204 [12DE]

——— address certain discrimination relative to provision of mental health services and stabilize and modernize provision of partial hospitalization services (H.R. 1564), E252 [6MR]

——— allow the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries, H7997 [26SE]

——— establish an improved Medicare for All national health insurance program (H.R. 1384), H2709–H2711 [13MR], H3309 [30AP], H4298 [4JN], H10009 [10DE]

——— negotiate prices of excessively costly life-sustaining prescription drugs (H.R. 5039), H8836 [14NO]

——— provide coverage for certain vision items and services under part B, H10136 [12DE]

——— provide for automatic qualification of certain Medicaid beneficiaries for premium and cost-sharing subsidies under part D, H10038 [11DE]

——— provide for automatic qualification of certain Medicaid beneficiaries for premium and cost-sharing subsidies under part D (H.R. 4661), H8207 [17OC]

——— provide for certain rules on treatment of eligible retirement plans in determining eligibility of individuals for premium and cost-sharing subsidies under part D, H10135 [12DE]

——— provide for certain rules on treatment of eligible retirement plans in determining eligibility of individuals for premium and cost-sharing subsidies under part D (H.R. 4655), H8397 [23OC]

——— provide for intelligent assignment of certain subsidy eligible individuals auto-enrolled under prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans, H10110 [11DE]

——— provide greater transparency of discounts provided by drug manufacturers by requiring Pharmacy Benefit Managers to disclose aggregate rebates and what proportion of those rebates go to beneficiaries (H.R. 2115), H8516–H8519 [28OC], E1366 [29OC], E1383 [31OC]

——— require drug manufacturers to pay a rebate for certain drugs if the price of such drugs increases faster than inflation, H10134, H10201 [12DE]

——— require drug price concessions, incentive payments, and adjustments to be included in negotiated prices at the point-of-sale under part D, H3658–H3661 [9MY]

——— require drug price concessions, incentive payments, and adjustments to be included in negotiated prices at the point-of-sale under part D (H.R. 1034), H8961 [19NO]

——— require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (H.R. 275), H2379 [6MR]

Members of Congress: allow inspection of immigration detention facilities with 24-hour notice, H5581 [10JY]

——— prohibit any limitation on entry of a Member to detention facilities for aliens, H7451 [25JY]

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

——— children’s mental health services grants funding, H4536 [12JN]

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

——— 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]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals, H2508 [7MR], H8951, H8952 [18NO], E249 [5MR]

Minority HIV/AIDS Fund: funding, H4621, H4622 [12JN]

National Child Abuse Hotline: establish, H3991 [20MY]

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: Consortium of Food Allergy Research funding, H4574, H4575 [12JN]

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

National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being: funding to expand data collection to include children impacted by parental substance abuse, H4564, H4565 [12JN]

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

Native Americans: reauthorize program to ensure survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages (S. 256), H9378–H9380 [9DE]

NIH: building and facilities maintenance funding, H4532 [12JN]

——— National Cancer Institute funding to conduct study on improving communication between cancer care providers, patients, and survivors, H4534, H4535 [12JN]

Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy: National Vaccine Program funding, H4563 [12JN]

Office of Refugee Resettlement: allegation of sexual assault by staff on children separated from parents attempting to enter the U.S. illegally, H2692 [13MR]

——— clarify that early childhood developmental screenings are considered an allowable medical service, H4614, H4615 [12JN]

——— require to disclose monthly census per facility of unaccompanied alien children in U.S. custody, H4608, H4609 [12JN]

——— require to report deaths of children that occur while in their custody, H4580–H4582 [12JN]

——— Unaccompanied Alien Children’s Services Program legal services, child advocates, and post-release services funding, H4533 [12JN]

Older Americans Act: authorize appropriations (H.R. 4334), H7818 [19SE], H8466–H8479 [28OC], H8707 [31OC], E1360 [29OC]

Patient Protection and Afffordable Care Act: prohibit termination of health insurance coverage for enrollees not actively enrolled during the most recent enrollment period, H3876 [16MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: acknowledge impact of revoking guidance relative to waivers for State innovation on those with disabilities, H3531, H3532 [9MY]

——— clarify ability of navigators to provide referrals to community-based organizations that address social needs related to health outcomes, H3892, H3893 [16MY]

——— clarify that certain guidance relative to waivers for State innovation does not weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions, H3548 [9MY]

——— ensure rural areas are included in navigator outreach, H3900, H3901 [16MY]

——— implement outreach and educational activities in areas with high health disparities, H3891, H3892 [16MY]

——— prohibit any guidance or rule that would reduce affordability of comprehensive coverage for individuals with preexisting conditions, H3542, H3543 [9MY]

——— prohibit any guidance or rule that would reduce availability or affordability of coverage for substance use disorders, including opioid use disorders, H3540 [9MY]

——— prohibit any guidance or rule that would reduce availability, affordability, and comprehensiveness of health insurance for vulnerable communities, H3541 [9MY]

——— prohibit States from using waivers to provide health care plans that reduce coverage and decrease cost-sharing provisions, H3538, H3539 [9MY]

——— report on marketing and outreach programs, H3877 [16MY]

——— report on use of user fees to fund outreach and enrollment, navigator program, and maintenance of Healthcare.gov and its call centers, H3897 [16MY]

——— require enrollment data be disaggregated by race, ethnicity, preferred language, age, and sex, H4620, H4621 [12JN]

——— require navigators to assist vulnerable populations including individuals with limited English proficiency and chronic illnesses, H3893, H3894 [16MY]

——— revoke certain guidance relative to waivers for State innovation that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (H.R. 986), H3411, H3430, H3431 [2MY], H3451 [7MY], H3480, H3483, H3484, H3492 [8MY], H3508, H3509, H3519–H3550, H3551 [9MY], H3719 [10MY], H3826 [15MY], H3857, H3860, H3863 [16MY], H4123 [23MY], H9248 [4DE], H9281 [5DE], E578 [10MY]

——— revoke certain guidance relative to waivers for State innovation that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (H.R. 986), consideration (H. Res. 357), H3510–H3519 [9MY]

——— revoke certain guidance relative to waivers for State innovation that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (H.R. 986), motion to recommit, H3548 [9MY]

Pharmaceuticals: implement strategy to reduce prescription drug prices, H3658–H3661 [9MY]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding, H612, H613 [16JA], H1176 [24JA]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services and increase funding for other women’s health care service providers (H.R. 369), H616 [16JA]

Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE): finalize certain proposed provisions under Medicare and Medicaid (H.R. 652), E62 [17JA]

Public health: 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]

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

——— prohibit certain research on human fetal tissue obtained pursuant to an abortion, H4385 [10JN]

——— prohibit funding to convene an ethics advisory board to review research projects seeking grants that propose use of human fetal tissue, H4638, H4639 [13JN]

Rural areas: create grant program for hospitals located in rural and medically underserved areas, including Critical Access Hospitals, to cover start-up costs for establishing a graduate medical education (GME) program, H10207, H10208 [12DE]

School-Based Health Centers: funding through reductions in Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services management funding, H4623–H4625 [12JN]

Senior citizens: ensure medically-tailored nutrition interventions are included in evidence-based practices for enhancing senior nutrition, H4531, H4532 [12JN]

Senior Medicare Patrol: fraud prevention funding, H4619 [12JN]

State Opioid Response Grants program: funding, E849 [26JN]

States: establish grant program to reduce unnecessary costs and administrative burdens in health care, H10213, H10214 [12DE]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: Building Communities of Recovery program funding, H4567, H4568 [12JN]

——— fentanyl test strip distribution funding, H4566 [12JN]

——— Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grant Program funding through reductions in health surveillance and program support funding, H4610, H4611 [12JN]

——— grants to States to develop best practices for emergency room treatment of opioid overdose patients funding, H4564 [12JN]

——— National Suicide Prevention Lifeline geolocation services feasibility study funding, H4607, H4608 [12JN]

——— peer to peer mental health programs for first responders funding, H4580 [12JN]

——— Regional Centers of Excellence in Substance Use Disorder Education funding, H4565 [12JN]

Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grants: funding, E849 [26JN]

Substance Use-Disorder Prevention That Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act: anniversary, E1350 [28OC]

Transitional Housing Assistance Program funding for U.S. territories, H3048, H3049 [3AP]

Trump, President: condemn administration’s systematic cruel and inhumane treatment of migrants, particularly children, at the southern border (H. Res. 499), E937 [17JY]

——— proposal to change the way poverty is measured to reduce eligibility for safety net programs, H4000–H4005 [20MY]

University of Rochester Medical Center: Finger Lakes Geriatric Education Center recipient of Health Resources and Services Administration Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program grant, H4442 [12JN]

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

Remarks in Senate

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

——— proposed rule prohibiting family planning clinics from receiving Title X funding if they provide abortion services or refer patients for abortions, S1721 [7MR], S1815 [13MR], S2581 [2MY], S2709, S2717, S2718, S2720, S2724 [8MY], S2804 [14MY]

——— rule to prohibit family planning clinics from receiving Title X funding if they provide abortion services or refer patients for abortions, S6799 [3DE]

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

Alaska: convey certain property to Tanana Tribal Council and Bristol Bay Area Health Corp. (S. 224), S4652 [27JN]

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

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]

——— improve transparency, evaluation, and accountability of organ procurement organizations (S. 2063), S4732 [9JY]

——— oppose certain policies relative to organ procurement, donations, and transplants, S903 [6FE]

——— proposed rule to update formula used to reimburse hospitals for patient care, S4834 [16JY]

Children and youth: conduct pilot program to improve recruitment and retention of child welfare workers (S. 1070), S2331 [9AP]

——— 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, S2775 [13MY], S2951 [20MY], S6681 [20NO]

——— promote child care and early learning (S. 568), S1494 [26FE], S2031–S2033 [27MR]

Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act: reauthorize and expand, S7224 [19DE]

Crime: provide sexual assault survivors with certain rights and services and establish a working group to more effectively implement best practices on the care and treatment of such survivors, S6543, S6544 [13NO]

——— reduce mass violence, strengthen mental health collaboration in communities, and improve school safety (S. 2690), S6094 [23OC]

Darling, Elizabeth: nomination to be Dept. of HHS Administration on Children, Youth, and Families Commissioner, S861 [5FE], S5009 [23JY], S5222 [31JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network funding, S2999 [21MY]

——— provide assistance to manage farmer and rancher stress and mental health of individuals in rural areas (S. 2599), S6579 [14NO]

Dept. of HHS: prohibit social services organizations that receive Federal funding from discriminating based on religious beliefs, S5222–S5224 [31JY]

Dept. of Justice: review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols to address missing and murdered Native Americans, S6693 [20NO]

——— review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols to address missing and murdered Native Americans (S. 227), S2673–S2676 [7MY], S6358–S6361 [31OC]

Dept. of Labor: award grants for recruitment, retention, and advancement of direct care workers (S. 2521), S5607 [19SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2740), S4739 [9JY], S4744 [10JY], S5485 [16SE], S5583, S5586, S5588 [19SE], S5618 [23SE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2740), motion to proceed, S5487 [16SE], S5499, S5500 [17SE], S5547–S5549, S5551, S5553–S5556, S5559–S5562 [18SE], S5809 [16OC], S5860, S5880, S5881 [17OC], S5911 [21OC], S5931, S5933 [22OC], S6187 [28OC], S6205, S6207 [29OC], S6262–S6265, S6287–S6290 [30OC], S6309, S6315, S6323–S6326, S6348–S6350, S6352 [31OC], S6366, S6369 [5NO], S6434, S6439 [6NO], S6455, S6456, S6457 [7NO], S6490 [12NO], S6522, S6529, S6530 [13NO], S6579 [14NO], S6615 [18NO], S6633, S6640 [19NO], S6799 [3DE], S6844 [4DE], S6912 [10DE], S7007 [12DE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2740), unanimous-consent agreement, S5553 [18SE], S5951 [22OC]

Diseases and disorders: Alzheimer’s disease research funding, S1318 [13FE], S2599 [2MY]

——— authorize services to be provided to individuals under 60 with Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder with neurological or organic brain dysfunction (S. 901), S2599 [2MY]

——— provide assistance to combat escalating burden of Lyme disease and other tick and vector-borne diseases (S. 1657), S3111, S3112 [23MY]

Drugs: establish Fair Price Negotiation Program to reduce drug prices, penalize companies that refuse to negotiate, and prevent excessive price increases and establish out-of-pocket caps for Medicare (H.R. 3), S5587 [19SE], S5619 [23SE], S5636 [24SE], S5716 [26SE], S5934 [22OC], S6205 [29OC], S6271 [30OC], S6523 [13NO], S6958 [11DE], S7037 [16DE]

——— establish reference prices for prescription drugs and require drug companies to offer drugs at such prices as condition of participation in Federal health programs (S. 1987), S4569 [26JN]

——— provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment, S3147 [3JN], S3305 [11JN], S5028, S5033 [24JY], S5437 [11SE]

——— require disclosure of list prices of prescription drugs and biological products in direct-to-consumer television advertising, S3809 [19JN], S4707 [9JY], S4831 [16JY]

——— require drug manufacturers to disclose contributions to patient advocacy organizations and other health care organizations that engage in lobbying, S5127 [29JY]

Early Head Start Program: anniversary, S2779 [13MY], S2918 [16MY]

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

Families and domestic relations: enhance pre- and post-adoptive support services to help prevent children from entering the foster care system (S. 1450), S6687 [20NO]

FDA: hold pharmaceutical companies accountable for illegal marketing and distribution of opioid products and for their role in creating and exacerbating the opioid epidemic, S4883–S4885 [17JY]

——— prohibit abusive delay tactics by pharmaceutical companies to block entry of generic drugs and biosimilar biological products from the market, S2716 [8MY], S4755 [10JY], S5158 [30JY], S6527 [13NO]

——— prohibit abusive delay tactics by pharmaceutical companies to block entry of generic drugs and biosimilar biological products from the market (S. 340), S868, S873 [5FE], S875 [6FE], S2366 [10AP], S2868, S2872 [15MY], S4753 [10JY], S5177 [30JY]

——— proposal to ban sale of menthol cigarettes, S257–S259 [16JA], S781–S785 [31JA]

——— require manufacturers of approved biological products to disclose and list patents, biosimilarity, and exclusivity information relative to their products and promote biosimilar competition (S. 659), S1752–S1754 [11MR], S2252 [4AP], S2872 [15MY]

——— shorten monopoly periods for prescription drugs that are subjects of sudden price hikes (S. 366), S1501 [27FE]

Gottlieb, Scott: assessment of tenure as FDA Commissioner, S2321 [9AP]

Hahn, Stephen: nomination to be FDA Commissioner, S6877 [5DE], S6972, S6986 [11DE]

Head Start Program: anniversary, S2779 [13MY], S2879 [15MY], S2918 [16MY]

Health: condemn invalidation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions on preexisting conditions and other health coverage and safeguard patient protections, S4764, S4765 [10JY]

——— extend certain public health programs (H.R. 4378), S5586, S5609 [19SE], S5618, S5619 [23SE], S5636, S5645 [24SE], S5679 [25SE], S5713, S5715, S5722 [26SE]

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

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

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

Homeless: authorize grants for housing programs that offer comprehensive services and intensive case management for homeless individuals and families (S. 923), S2091 [28MR]

Immigration: improve care of children and families at the southern U.S. border, streamline processing, and increase resources at ports of entry, S3342–S3344 [12JN]

——— making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children, S3300 [11JN], S3329–S3332, S3335, S3339 [12JN], S3638, S3642, S3645 [18JN]

——— making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 3401), S4525, S4530, S4532, S4535, S4538–S4543, S4549, S4557, S4563 [26JN], S4587, S4596, S4607, S4610–S4613 [27JN], S4672 [28JN], S4711 [9JY], S4752 [10JY], S5354 [9SE]

——— making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children (S. 1900), S3808 [19JN], S4133, S4145, S4148 [20JN], S4477, S4478, S4481–S4483, S4486 [25JN]

——— protect health and safety of children in immigration detention, S4991 [23JY]

——— protect health and safety of children in immigration detention (S. 2113), S4918–S4920 [17JY], S4928 [18JY], S4985 [23JY], S5163 [30JY]

——— provide Dept. of Homeland Security certain information on unaccompanied alien children to protect them from trafficking (S. 1561), S3341 [12JN]

——— provide for humanitarian treatment of those seeking asylum at U.S. southern border, S3331, S3339–S3341 [12JN], S4528–S4557 [26JN], S4752 [10JY], S4784 [11JY]

——— supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children through reduction in certain foreign assistance and exchange programs funding, S4539, S4540, S4542 [26JN]

——— 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., S1724 [7MR]

Information technology: establish a national telehealth program (S. 2408), S6383 [5NO]

Insulin: establish an annual reference price for insulin products for purposes of Federal health programs (S. 2817), S6479 [7NO]

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, S2001 [26MR]

——— disapprove efforts to weaken access to health insurance exchanges during open enrollment periods, S6968 [11DE]

——— disapprove rule on waivers to States for alternatives to health insurance exchanges that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (S.J. Res. 52), S5680 [25SE], S5909–S5911 [21OC], S6082–S6086 [23OC], S6181 [28OC], S6206, S6208, S6210, S6223–S6225, S6228–S6234, S6235, S6236 [29OC], S6263–S6266, S6268–S6273 [30OC], S6347 [31OC]

——— establish a public health plan, S2001 [26MR]

——— establish a public health plan (S. 981), S4713 [9JY]

——— provide support to States to establish invisible high risk pool or reinsurance programs (S. 1868), S4719 [9JY], S5899 [17OC]

——— provide that rule on definition of short-term insurance for purposes of its exclusion from the definition of individual health insurance coverage shall have no force or effect (S. 1556), unanimous-consent request, S3242, S3243 [5JN]

——— provide that rule on definition of short-term limited duration insurance for purposes of its exclusion from individual health insurance coverage shall have no force or effect (S. 1556), unanimous-consent request, S3035 [22MY]

——— provide that rule on definition of short-term limited duration insurance for purposes of its exclusion from the definition of individual health insurance coverage shall have no force or effect (S. 1556), S3035–S3037 [22MY], S3243–S3245 [5JN]

——— provide that rule on short-term limited duration insurance for purposes of its exclusion from the definition of individual health insurance coverage shall have no force or effect (S. 1556), unanimous-consent request, S6266, S6267 [30OC]

——— require congressional review of regulations regarding a State’s ability to offer waivers relative to certain health insurance exchange requirements, S4901 [17JY]

——— prevent misclassification of drugs for purposes of the drug rebate program (S. 205), S2470 [29AP], S5279 [1AU]

Medicare: allow the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries, S3022–S3024 [22MY], S3353 [12JN], S3814 [19JN], S4491 [25JN], S4835 [16JY], S6085 [23OC], S6523 [13NO], S6689 [20NO]

——— allow the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (S. 62), S2001 [26MR], S2871 [15MY]

——— establish a special task force on ensuring beneficiary access to innovative diabetes technologies and services (S. 2901), S6673 [19NO]

——— establish an improved Medicare for All national health insurance program, S1820 [13MR], S2297 [9AP], S2399 [11AP], S2470 [29AP], S2802 [14MY], S2987 [21MY], S3067 [23MY], S4537 [26JN], S4710 [9JY], S5215 [31JY]

——— establish an improved Medicare for All national health insurance program (H.R. 1384), S1556, S1558 [28FE], S1611 [4MR], S1720 [7MR], S1769 [12MR], S2497 [30AP], S2580 [2MY], S2895 [16MY]

——— establish an improved Medicare for All national health insurance program (S. 1129), S2499 [30AP], S2533, S2542 [1MY], S2715 [8MY], S2756 [9MY], S2863 [15MY], S3019, S3020 [22MY], S3171, S3180 [4JN], S4597 [27JN], S4749–S4751 [10JY], S4880–S4882 [17JY], S5009 [23JY], S5038 [24JY], S5436 [11SE], S5716 [26SE], S5948 [22OC], S6268, S6271 [30OC], S6347 [31OC], S6695 [20NO]

——— establish part E public health plans available to everyone (S. 1261), S2561 [1MY]

——— establish Universal Medicare Program to provide comprehensive health insurance coverage for all U.S. residents, S896 [6FE]

——— impact of proposed Medicare for All national health insurance program on patient access and care, S3346 [12JN]

——— improve home health payment reforms (S. 433), S1167 [11FE]

——— provide outreach and reporting on comprehensive Alzheimer’s disease care planning services (S. 880), S2599 [2MY]

——— require manufacturers of certain single-dose vial drugs payable under part-B to provide rebates relative to amounts of such drugs discarded (S. 551), S1864 [14MR]

——— require prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans to report potential fraud, waste, and abuse to Dept. of HHS under part D (S. 1505), S3180 [4JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve drug programs, protect from drastic increases in manufacturer drug prices, increase transparency of pharmacy benefit manager practices, and allow payment for certain treatments, S5121, S5126 [29JY], S5177 [30JY], S5207, S5221 [31JY], S5480 [12SE]

——— lower prescription drug prices, improve transparency of pharmaceutical prices and transactions, lower patients’ out-of-pocket costs, and ensure accountability to taxpayers (S. 2543), S5888 [17OC], S6179 [28OC], S6205 [29OC], S6268 [30OC], S6375 [5NO], S6411 [6NO], S6525–S6527 [13NO], S6897 [9DE], S7037 [16DE], S7123 [18DE]

——— oppose proposed budget reductions that adversely impact low-income families, children, and senior citizens, S6968 [11DE]

Mental health: improve outreach and access to care, S5351 [9SE]

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

——— strengthen parity in access to mental health care and benefits, S2996 [21MY]

National Falls Prevention Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 327), S5669, S5670 [24SE]

National Health Literacy Day: designate (S. Res. 396), S6452 [6NO]

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

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

Native Americans: reauthorize program to ensure survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages (S. 256), S4652 [27JN]

Older Americans Act: authorize appropriations (H.R. 4334), S6256 [29OC], S6263 [30OC]

——— modernize (S. 3057), S7053–S7057 [16DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: guarantee funding for programs to provide assistance in choosing health plans and increase outreach and education about plan options and financial support (S. 1905), unanimous-consent request, S6267 [30OC]

——— provide for American Health Benefit Exchanges outreach and educational activities (S. 455), unanimous-consent request, S6705, S6706 [20NO]

——— revoke certain guidance relative to waivers for State innovation that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (H.R. 986), S2778 [13MY], S2798, S2837 [14MY], S2877 [15MY], S2914 [16MY], S3036 [22MY], S3177 [4JN], S6086 [23OC]

——— revoke certain guidance relative to waivers for State innovation that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (H.R. 986), unanimous-consent request, S3036 [22MY]

Pharmaceuticals: allow personal importation of safe and affordable drugs from approved pharmacies in Canada (S. 61), S2001 [26MR], S2868 [15MY]

——— improve access to generic prescription drugs, S5159 [30JY], S6527 [13NO]

Physical activity recommendations: publish (S. 1608), S7239, S7240 [19DE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: impact of closure of Cincinnati, OH, locations on availability of affordable women’s health care services, S5489 [16SE]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services and increase funding for other women’s health care service providers (S. 141), S196 [15JA], S253, S263, S275 [16JA]

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

Public health: 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]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize and amend (S. 2916), S6720 [20NO]

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

Senior citizens: issue Stamp Out Elder Abuse Semipostal Stamp (S. 1784), S3323 [11JN]

Social Security: provide for transparency in the relationship between physicians and manufacturers of drugs, devices, or medical supplies for which payment is made under certain programs, S1888 [14MR]

State Opioid Response Grants program: authorize and allow use of funding to address methamphetamine and cocaine abuse (S. 1925), S4173 [20JN], S5091 [25JY], S7224 [19DE]

State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis Grants: make Indian tribes eligible and expand use to include methamphetamine abuse, S6279 [30OC]

Substance Use-Disorder Prevention That Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act: impact, S6135 [24OC], S6274–S6280 [30OC]

——— impact on communities devastated by opioid epidemic, S3147 [3JN]

——— provide funding for programs and activities (S. 2102), S5437 [11SE]

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. 425), S2868 [15MY]

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

Tobacco products: prohibit sale or distribution of tobacco products to individuals under the age of 21, S7123 [18DE]

——— prohibit sale or distribution of tobacco products to individuals under the age of 21 (S. 1541), S2964–S2966 [20MY], S3017 [22MY], S3066 [23MY], S4588 [27JN]

Vietnamese Conflict: provide assistance to individuals affected by exposure to Agent Orange, S6491 [12NO], S6525, S6536 [13NO]

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]

Child Care Quality and Access Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3298) (H. Rept. 116–160), H7149 [18JY]

Community Health Investment, Modernization, and Excellence Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2328) (H. Rept. 116–332), H9386 [9DE]

Consideration of H.R. 3, Lower Drug Costs Now Act and H.R. 5038, Farm Workforce Modernization Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 758) (H. Rept. 116–334), H10015 [10DE]

Consideration of H.R. 986, Protecting Americans With Preexisting Conditions Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 357) (H. Rept. 116–51), H3473 [7MY]

Consideration of H.R. 987, Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 377) (H. Rept. 116–61), H3787 [14MY]

Consideration of H.R. 2203, Homeland Security Improvement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 577) (H. Rept. 116–217), H7900 [24SE]

Consideration of H.R. 2740, Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 431) (H. Rept. 116–109), H4387 [10JN]

——— Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 436) (H. Rept. 116–111), H4431 [11JN]

——— Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 445) (H. Rept. 116–119), H4769 [18JN]

Consideration of H.R. 3401, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 462) (H. Rept. 116–128), H5165 [25JN]

Consideration of H.R. 4378, Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 564) (H. Rept. 116–212), H7834 [19SE]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 3055, Continuing Appropriations and Certain Public Health Programs Extension: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 708) (H. Rept. 116–297), H8957 [18NO]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 3401, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 466) (H. Rept. 116–130), H5255 [27JN]

Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 965) (H. Rept. 116–55), H3726 [10MY]

——— Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 965) (H. Rept. 116–55), H3726 [10MY], H3922 [16MY]

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]

Dept. of HHS Property Conveyance in Alaska to Tanana Tribal Council and Bristol Bay Area Health Corp.: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 224) (S. Rept. 116–10), S1938 [25MR]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2740) (H. Rept. 116–62), H3840 [15MY]

Dignity in Aging Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 4334) (H. Rept. 116–258), H8537 [28OC]

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1900), S3843 [19JN]

Expand Navigators’ Resources for Outreach, Learning, and Longevity (ENROLL) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1386) (H. Rept. 116–50), H3447 [3MY]

Health Care Access for Urban Native Veterans Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 2365) (S. Rept. 116–180), S7155 [18DE]

Homeland Security Improvement Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 2203) (H. Rept. 116–631), H7156 [19JY]

Lower Drug Costs Now Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 3) (H. Rept. 116–324), H9386 [9DE]

——— Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3) (H. Rept. 116–324), H9345 [6DE]

——— Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3) (H. Rept. 116–324), H9345 [6DE]

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

Marketing and Outreach Restoration To Empower (MORE) Health Education Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 987) (H. Rept. 116–53), H3725 [10MY]

Medicare Hearing Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4618) (H. Rept. 116–326), H9345 [6DE]

Medicare Vision Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4665) (H. Rept. 116–327), H9345 [6DE]

More Efficient Tools To Realize Information for Consumers (METRIC) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2296) (H. Rept. 116–215), H7900 [24SE]

Nomination of Elizabeth Darling To Be Dept. of HHS Administration on Children, Youth, and Families Commissioner: Committee on Finance (Senate), S866 [5FE]

Nomination of Stephen Hahn To Be FDA Commissioner: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S6824 [3DE]

Pathways to Health Careers Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3398) (H. Rept. 116–265), H8594 [29OC]

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

Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 2543) (S. Rept. 116–120), S5705 [25SE]

Program To Ensure Survival and Continuing Vitality of Native American Languages Reauthorization: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 256) (S. Rept. 116–11), S1938 [25MR]

Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1608), S6391 [5NO]

Protecting Americans With Preexisting Conditions Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 986) (H. Rept. 116–44), H3338 [30AP]

Rule on Definition of Short-Term Insurance for Purposes of Exclusion From Definition of Individual Health Insurance Coverage Shall Have No Force or Effect: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 1010) (H. Rept. 116–43), H3302 [29AP]

——— Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1010) (H. Rept. 116–43), H3725 [10MY]

Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 2480) (H. Rept. 116–74), H4009 [20MY]

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

Ticks—Identify, Control, and Knockout (TICK) Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1657), 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]

Rulings of the Chair

Immigration: making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 3401), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 466), H5223 [27JN]

Statements

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

Lower Drug Costs Now Act: Executive Office of the President, H10098 [11DE]

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

National Recovery Month Observance: Faces & Voices of Recovery (organization), E1234 [1OC]

Summaries

Tick-Borne Diseases Report: Tick-Borne Disease Working Group, H4538 [12JN]

Tables

Accounts identified for advance appropriations, H3446 [3MY]

Estimated pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 987, Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act, H3786 [14MY], H3921 [16MY]

Estimated pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 1839, Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act, H2793 [25MR]

Texts of

H. Res. 357, consideration of H.R. 986, Protecting Americans With Preexisting Conditions Act and H.R. 2157, disaster relief supplemental appropriations, H3510 [9MY]

H. Res. 377, consideration of H.R. 5, Equality Act, H.R. 312, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act, and H.R. 987, Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act, H3801 [15MY]

H. Res. 431, consideration of H.R. 2740, Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development appropriations, H4402 [11JN]

H. Res. 436, consideration of H.R. 2740, Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development appropriations, H4445 [12JN]

H. Res. 445, consideration of H.R. 2740, Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development appropriations, H4779 [19JN]

H. Res. 462, consideration of H.R. 3401, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, H5139 [25JN]

H. Res. 466, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 3401, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, H5223, H5241 [27JN]

H. Res. 564, consideration of H.R. 4378, Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act, H7783 [19SE]

H. Res. 577, consideration of H.R. 2203, Homeland Security Improvement Act, H7913 [25SE]

H. Res. 708, consideration of H.R. 3055, continuing appropriations and certain public health programs extension, H8967 [19NO]

H. Res. 758, consideration of H.R. 3, Lower Drug Costs Now Act and H.R. 5038, Farm Workforce Modernization Act, H10033 [11DE]

H.R. 3, Lower Drug Costs Now Act, H10141–H10167 [12DE]

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. 525, Strengthening the Health Care Fraud Prevention Task Force Act, H2053 [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. 986, Protecting Americans With Preexisting Conditions Act, H3531 [9MY]

H.R. 987, Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act, H3868–H3873 [16MY]

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

H.R. 1839, Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act, H2773–H2776 [25MR]

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

H.R. 2115, Public Disclosure of Drug Discounts and Real-Time Beneficiary Drug Cost Act, H8516 [28OC]

H.R. 2203, Homeland Security Improvement Act, H7928 [25SE]

H.R. 2480, Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, H3978–H3988 [20MY]

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. 2740, Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development appropriations, H4461–H4530 [12JN]

H.R. 3401, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, H5147–H5150 [25JN]

H.R. 4334, Dignity in Aging Act, H8466–H8472 [28OC]

H.R. 4378, Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act, H7786–H7791 [19SE]

S. 224, Dept. of HHS property conveyance in Alaska to Tanana Tribal Council and Bristol Bay Area Health Corp., S4652 [27JN]

S. 256, reauthorize program to ensure survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages, S4660 [27JN], H9378 [9DE]

S. 366, Forcing Limits on Abusive and Tumultuous (FLAT) Prices Act, S921 [6FE]

S. 551, Recovering Excessive Funds for Unused and Needless Drugs (REFUND) Act, S1439 [25FE]

S. 895, Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act, S2048 [27MR]

S. 1001, Tribal Veterans Health Care Enhancement Act, S2241 [3AP]

S. 1017, Supporting America’s Caregivers and Families Act, S2242 [3AP]

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

S. 1250, American Cures Act, S2521 [30AP]

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

S. 1437, Drug-Price Transparency in Communications (DTC) Act, S2791 [13MY]

S. 1552, Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act, S2971 [20MY]

S. 1608, Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act, S7239 [19DE]

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

S. 2400, Expanding Cannabis Research and Information Act, S5253 [31JY]

S. 2721, Healing Communities Through Health Care Act, S6191–S6193 [28OC]

S. 3096, Providing Resources To End the Vaping Epidemic Now for Teenagers (PREVENT) Act, S7159 [18DE]

S. Res. 112, condemn all forms of violence against children globally, recognize its harmful impacts, and develop and monitor a strategy to prevent and address such violence, S1907 [14MR]

S. Res. 327, National Falls Prevention Awareness Day, S5667 [24SE]

S. Res. 396, National Health Literacy Day, S6340 [31OC]