-exclude lobbying costs from the calculation of
the adjusted community rate for Medicare+Choice
plans (see H.R. 2230), [15JN]
-exempt certain beneficiaries from financial limi-
tations imposed on physical, speech-language pathol-
ogy, and occupational therapy services (see H.R.
1837), [18MY]
-exempt financial limitations imposed on phys-
ical, speech-language pathology, and occupational
therapy services and develop and implement a classi-
fication system to vary the limitations (see H.R.
1736), [6MY]
expand and make permanent the demonstration
project for military retirees and dependents (see H.R.
1413), [14AP]
expand coverage of certain self-injected
biologicals (see H.R. 2892), [21SE]
expand the use of competitive bidding (see H.R.
1900), [20MY]
-extend community nursing organization dem-
onstration projects (see H.R. 1999), [27MY]
extend coverage of immunosuppressive drugs to
cases of transplants not paid for under the program
(see H.R. 3107), [190C]
extend health care coverage (see H.R. 402),
[19JA]
-facilitate use of private contracts (see H.R.
2867), [14SE]
-freeze reductions under Balanced Budget Act
(see H.R. 3145), [260C]
-graduate medical education payments (see H.R.
1222), [23MR] (see H.R. 1785), [12MY]
-Health Care Financing Administration regu-
latory burdens imposed on suppliers of durable medi-
cal equipment (see H. Con. Res. 98), [5MY]
-implement budget neutrality adjustment factor
in determining payment rates for Medicare+Choice
organizations (see H.R. 2419), [1JY]
-improve access to benefits and programs to eli-
gible, low-income beneficiaries (see H.R. 1455),
[15AP]
-improve access to health insurance and benefits
for certain individuals (see H.R. 2228), [15JN]
-improve and streamline the physician self-refer-
ral law (see H.R. 2650), [29JY]
-improve coverage determination process relative
to new advances in medical technology (see H.R.
2030), [8JN]
-improve methodology for the calculation of
Medicare+Choice payment rates (see H.R. 3284),
[9NO]
-improve review procedures (see H.R. 2356),
[24JN]
-improve the operation of certain
Medicare+Choice and Medigap programs (see H.R.
491), [2FE]
-improve the telemedicine program and provide
grants for the development of telehealth networks
(see H.R. 3420), [17NO]
-increase certain payments to hospitals (see H.R.
2266), [17JN]
-increase payments for pap smear laboratory tests
(see H.R. 976), [4MR] (see H.R. 2930), [23SE]
-increase payments for physician services pro-
vided in health professional shortage areas in Alaska
and Hawaii (see H.R. 2967), [28SE]
-increase payments to providers for case manager
services in rural areas (see H.R. 1646), [29AP]
-increase payments to skilled nursing facilities
that have a significant proportion of residents with
AIDS (see H.R. 3029), [6OC]
-limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 914),
[2MR]
-limit reductions in Federal payments under the
prospective payment system for hospital outpatient
department services (see H.R. 2241), [16JN]
-make changes in payment methodologies and
provide coverage of outpatient prescription drugs to
beneficiaries who lose drug coverage under
Medicare+Choice plans (see H.R. 3086), [140C]
-make refinements in the prospective payment
system for outpatient hospital services (see H.R.
2979), [30SE]
-modify restrictions on physician self-referral
(see H.R. 2651), [29JY]
-modify treatment of certain patient days for pur-
poses of determining the amount of disproportionate
share adjustment payments to hospitals (see H.R.
1529), [22AP]
-payment for insulin pumps (see H.R. 360),
[19JA]
-payments to children's hospitals that operate
graduate medical education programs (see H.R.
1579), [27AP]
-payments to hospitals that have graduate medi-
cal education programs in critical need specialty
areas (see H.R. 1645), [29AP]
-preserve and expand (see H. Con. Res. 135),
[16JN]
-prevent sudden disruption of beneficiary enroll-
ment in Medicare+Choice plans (see H.R. 141),
[7JA]
-prohibit collection of data from home health
agencies under the OASIS data collection program
from non-Medicare patients (see H.R. 2246), [16JN]
-protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in
Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any
skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 3004), [4OC]
-provide additional benefits to prevent or delay
the onset of illnesses (see H.R. 1968), [26MY]
-provide for a Doctors' Bill of Rights (see H.R.
3300), [10NO]
-provide for independent case managers for
home health services (see H.R. 746), [11FE]
-provide greater equity to home health agencies
and ensure access to medically necessary home
health services (see H.R. 2628), [27JY]
-provide more equitable payments to home
health agencies (see H.R. 2546), [16JY]
-provision of physical therapy, occupational ther-
apy, speech-language pathology services, and res-
piratory therapy by a comprehensive outpatient reha-
bilitation facility at a single, fixed location (see H.R.
3441), [17NO]
-reduce amount of coinsurance payable in con-
junction with outpatient department services (see
H.R. 421), [19JA]
-reduce capital payments to certain hospitals with
below average occupancy rates (see H.R. 2199),
[14JN]
-reduce financial liability of physicians providing
certain care under Medicare+Choice program (see
H.R. 1375), [12AP]
-reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R.
664), [10FE]
-reductions in prescription drug prices (H.R.
664), consideration (see H. Res. 371), [9NO]
-reform beneficiary payment limits for certain
long-existing home health agencies relative to the
interim payment system (see H.R. 2123), [10JN]
-reform purchasing, payment, and administrative
requirements (see H.R. 2115), [9JN]
-regulatory burdens on home health agencies (see
H. Con. Res. 79), [25MR]
-reimburse hospitals for psychologist, physician
assistant, and nurse practitioner training costs (see
H.R. 2794), [5AU]
-reimburse hospitals for psychologist training
costs (see H.R. 1140), [16MR]
-reimbursement for chiropractic services (see
H.R. 1046), [9MR]
-reimbursement for nurse-midwife services and
free-standing birth centers (see H.R. 2817), [8SE]
-reimbursement of routine patient care costs for
individuals participating in approved clinical trials
(see H.R. 61), [7JA]
-remove the sunset and numerical limitation on
participation in Medicare+Choice medical savings
account plans (see H.R. 2068), [8JN] (see H.R.
2173), [10JN]
-repeal interim payment system, eliminate man-
datory reduction under the prospective payment sys-
tem, and continue periodic interim payments for
home health services (see H.R. 2361), [24JN]
-repeal restriction on payment for hospital dis-
charges to post-acute care (see H.R. 405), [19JA]
(see H.R. 1936), [25MY]
-repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation
services (see H.R. 1385), [13AP]
-require advanced notice to managed care plan
enrollees of hospital termination under such plans
(see H.R. 1639), [29AP]
-require appropriate training and certification for
suppliers of certain listed items of orthotics or pros-
thetics (see H.R. 1938), [25MY]
-require certain additional information in state-
ments of explanation of benefits provided to bene-
ficiaries (see H.R. 1511), [21AP]
-require Dept. of HHS study on mortality and
adverse outcome rates of patients receiving anesthe-
sia services (see H.R. 632), [9FE] (see H.R. 2002),
[27MY]
-require governing boards of national accrediting
entities to have public representation and open meet-
ings (see H.R. 2174), [10JN]
-require hospitals to establish and implement se-
curity procedures to reduce the likelihood of infant
patient abduction and baby switching (see H.R. 76),
[7JA]
-require universal product numbers on claims
forms for reimbursement for durable medical equip-
ment and other items (see H.R. 418), [19JA]
-restore the non-applicability of private contracts
for the provision of benefits (see H.R. 958), [3MR]
-restrictions on changes in benefits under
Medicare+Choice plans (see H.R. 1134), [16MR]
-revise inflation update factor used in making
payments to prospective payment system hospitals
(see H.R. 3114), [200C]
-revise interim payment system to home health
agencies for home health services (see H.R. 2492),
[13JY] (see H.R. 2744), [5AU]
-revise payment amounts to home health agen-
cies (see H.R. 2240), [16JN]
-revise regulations on participating hospitals rel-
ative to nurse anesthetists' services (see H.R. 804),
[23FE]
-standardize clinical practice guidelines to im-
prove delivery of services (see H.R. 2069), [8JN]
-treatment of payments to Medicare+Choice or-
ganizations relative to disproportionate share hospital
payments (see H.R. 1103), [11MR]
-waive waiting period for coverage and provide
coverage of drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(see H.R. 353), [19JA]
Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consen-
sus Task Force: establish (see H.R. 119), [7JA]
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: expand
membership and include individuals with expertise
in manufacturing and distributing finished medical
goods (see H.R. 3271), [9NO]
Medicare/Medicaid: ensure that individuals enjoy the
right to be free from restraint (see H.R. 3010), [4OC]
expand and clarify requirements regarding ad-
vance directives to ensure that an individual's health
care decisions are observed (see H.R. 1149), [17MR]
-restrict use and require recording and reporting
of information on use of physical and chemical re-
straints and seclusion in mental health facilities (see
H.R. 1313), [25MR]
-surety bond requirements for home health agen-
cies, durable medical equipment suppliers, and others
(see H.R. 2325), [23JN]
Mental health: clarify application of certain mental
health parity provisions to annual and lifetime visit,
benefit, and dollar limits (see H.R. 2445), [1JY]
establish demonstration diversion courts (see
H.R. 2594), [22JY]
-postpartum depression policies (see H. Res.
163), [6MY]
-provide for treatment parity (see H.R. 2593),
[22JY]
-recognize the significance to society of issues
relating to mental illness and express full support
for the White House Conference on Mental Health
(see H. Res. 133), [25MR]
Mental Health Advisory Committee: establish (see H.
Res. 19), [7JA]
Mexico: safety and well-being of U.S. citizens injured
while traveling (see H. Con. Res. 232), [17NO]
Minorities: health programs (see H.R. 3250), [8NO]
National Cancer Institute: increase involvement of ad-
vocates in breast cancer research (see H.R. 1596),
[28AP]
-require that membership of advisory bodies in-
clude individuals who are knowledgeable in com-
plementary and alternative medicine (see H.R. 2092),
[9JN]
National Center for Research on Domestic Health Dis-
parities: establish (see H.R. 2391), [30JN]
National Center for Social Work Research: establish
(see H.R. 3214), [3NO]
National Eye Institute: funding (see H.R. 731), [11FE]
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineer-
ing: establish (see H.R. 1795), [13MY]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences:
authorize development of research centers focusing
on environmental factors related to the etiology of
breast cancer (see H.R. 3433), [17NO]
National objectives: establish a national program to
conduct and support activities to reduce cases of
overweight individuals and obesity (see H.R. 3177),
[280C]
-policy to provide health care and reform insur-
ance procedures (see H.R. 16), [6JA] (see H.R.
1136), [16MR] (see H.R. 1200), [18MR] (see H.R.
2990), [30SE] (see H.R. 3000), [1OC]
-policy to provide health care and reform insur-
ance procedures (H.R. 1136), consideration (see H.
Res. 311), [28SE]
-policy to provide health care and reform insur-
ance procedures (H.R. 2990), consideration (see H.
Res. 323), [50C]
-policy to provide health care and reform insur-
ance procedures (H.R. 2990), Senate amendment (see
H. Res. 348), [INO]
National School Lunch Act: revise eligibility of private
organizations under the child and adult care food
program (see H.R. 2907), [21SE]
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: revise
filing deadline for certain claims (see H.R. 276),
[7JA] (see H.R. 1003), [4MR]
Native Americans: enhance self-governance relative to
direct operation, control, and redesign of Indian
Health Service activities (see H.R. 1167), [17MR]
-improve services and facilities of Federal Indian
health programs and encourage maximum participa-
tion of Indians in such programs (see H.R. 3397),
[16NO]
NIH: biomedical research funding (see H. Res. 89),
[2MR]
establish Office of Autoimmune Diseases (see
H.R. 2573), [20JY]
-establish pediatric research initiative (see H.R.
2621), [27JY]
expansion, intensification, and coordination of
autism research activities (see H.R. 997), [4MR]
experimental program to stimulate competitive
research (see H.R. 3115), [200C]
-improve and expand clinical research programs
(see H.R. 1798), [13MY]
Nutrition: establish a national folic acid education pro-
gram to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 2538),
[15JY]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see H.R.
1192), [18MR]
-amend to protect State and local government
employees (see H.R. 776), [23FE]
-improve the safety and health of working envi-
ronments (see H.R. 1427), [15AP]
Older Americans Act: amend to help prevent
osteoporosis (see H.R. 2294), [22JN]
-authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2850),
extend authorization, establish National Family
Caregiver Support Program, modernize aging pro-
grams and services, and address need to engage in
life course planning (see H.R. 1637), [29AP]
OPM: develop classification standards for physician as-
sistants in Federal agencies (see H.R. 1697), [5MY]
Organ donors: allow leave for individuals who give
living organ donations and address payment of travel
and subsistence expenses incurred by individuals do-
nating or receiving organs (see H.R. 1857), [18MY]
-authorize demonstration projects to increase the
supply of organs donated for human transplant (see
H.R. 3471), [18NO]
establish congressional commemorative medal
(see H.R. 941), [2MR]
-recognize importance of families pledging to
each other to be organ and tissue donors (see H.
Res. 201), [8JN]
-tribute to kidney donors (see H. Res. 94),
[3MR]
Organ procurement and transplantation programs: re-
vise and extend (see H.R. 2418), [1JY]
OSHA: allow employees to participate in evaluating
safety conditions, rules, and policies of the work-
place (see H.R. 1434), [15AP]
encourage safety and health audits and assure
timely adjudication of whistleblower complaints by
employees (see H.R. 1439), [15AP]
exempt voluntary self assessments and audits
from being used to identify safety and health viola-
tions by employers (see H.R. 1438), [15AP]
-identify and notify the specific industries to
which regulations and compliance standards apply
(see H.R. 1436), [15AP]
-issue regulations to eliminate or minimize the
significant risk of needlestick injury to health care
workers (see H.R. 1899), [20MY]
-waiver or abatement of penalties for small busi-
nesses if violations are corrected in a specified time
(see H.R. 1437), [15AP]
Pain: provide for a public response to the public health
crisis of pain (see H.R. 2188), [14JN]
Pesticides: implement integrated pest management sys-
tems to minimize use in schools and provide parents
and employees with notices of pesticide use (see
H.R. 3275), [9NO]
Pharmaceuticals: establish compulsory licensing of cer-
tain patented prescription drugs and medical inven-
tions (see H.R. 2927), [23SE]
-establish therapeutic equivalence requirements
for generic drugs (see H.R. 805), [23FE]
-protect beneficiaries of group and individual
health plans, and Medicare+Choice plans in the use
of prescription drug formularies (see H.R. 3274),
[9NO]
President's Advisory Council on Recreational Camps:
establish (see H.R. 266), [7JA]
Privacy: ensure confidentiality of medical records and
health care-related information (see H.R. 2404),
[30JN] (see H.R. 2470), [12JY]
establish Federal penalties for prohibited use
and disclosure of personal health information and
allow individuals to inspect and copy their own
health information (see H.R. 2455), [1JY]
protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social
Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of
any uniform national identifying number (see H.R.
220), [7JA]
Public buildings: placement of automatic external
defibrillators to assist individuals who experience
cardiac arrest and protections from civil liability rel-
ative to emergency use of the devices (see H.R.
2498), [13JY]
Public health: establish community-based managed care
programs in medically disadvantaged areas (see H.R.
298, 304), [7JA]
Public Health Service: provide certain children's health
services (see H.R. 3301), [10NO]
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: compensation
for certain individuals exposed to radiation in ura-
nium mines and mills (see H.R. 1516), [21AP]
compensation for certain individuals exposed to
radiation in uranium mines, mills, or during transport
(see H.R. 1045), [9MR]
-remove requirement that exposure resulting in
stomach cancer occur before a certain age (see H.R.
930), [2MR]
Radio: require assessment of research on health effects
of radio frequency emissions (see H.R. 2835), [9SE]
Radioactive substances: remediation of Atlas uranium
milling site near Moab, UT (see H.R. 393), [19JA]
(see H.R. 1559), [26AP]
Refugees: provide a comprehensive program of support
for victims of torture (see H.R. 2367), [29JN]
Research: continuation of Federal research and devel-
opment programs funding in a fiscally sustainable
way (see H.R. 3161), [28OC]
Rural areas: promote and improve access to health
care services (see H.R. 1344), [25MR]
Safe Drinking Water Act: civil actions against public
water systems in compliance with safe drinking
water standards (see H.R. 1674), [4MY]
-increase consumer confidence in safe drinking
water and source water assessments (see H.R. 2108),
[9JN]
-provide for parity in civil actions against private
and public entities relative to ownership or operation
of public water systems (see H.R. 1492), [20AP]
San Gabriel, CA: funding and implementation of a
long-term solution to groundwater contamination and
water supply problems (see H.R. 910), [2MR]
Schools: prohibit the donation of foods with minimal
nutritional value before lunch in schools participating
in Federal meal programs (see H.R. 1781), [12MY]
-provide grants to reduce drug-related trans-
actions and drug use in one-mile areas surrounding
elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 2410),
[30JN]
Science: prohibit Federal funding for human cloning
research (see H.R. 571), [4FE]
-prohibit Federal funding for human cloning re-
search and encourage equivalent restrictions by other
countries (see H.R. 2326), [23JN]
Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for
elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living in-
creases for Social Security and Medicare benefits
(see H.R. 1422), [14AP] (see H.R. 2180), [10JN]
establish a national family caregiver support
program (see H.R. 1341), [25MR]
establish a program of pharmacy assistance fee
for elderly persons who have no health insurance
coverage (see H.R. 723), [11FE]
-limit hardship endured when meeting prescrip-
tion drug needs (see H. Con. Res. 152), [13JY]
-prevent abuse (see H.R. 1984), [27MY]
-prevent and increase penalties for crimes such
as health care, pension, and telemarketing fraud, and
nursing home abuse and fraud (see H.R. 1862),
[19MY]
Small business: improve access and choice for owners
relative to employee health insurance expenses (see
H.R. 1496), [20AP] (see H.R. 2047), [8JN]
-use of welfare-to-work funds to form alliances
to purchase discounted health insurance for welfare-
to-work program eligible employees (see H.R. 2238),
[16JN]
Social Security: allow States to use State Children's
Health Insurance Program allotment to cover unin-
sured pregnant women (see H.R. 1843), [18MY]
clarify exemption of certain children with spe-
cial needs from State option to use managed care
(see H.R. 3332), [10NO]
-combat fraud in and improve the administration
of disability programs (see H.R. 545), [3FE] (see
H.R. 631), [9FE]
constitutional amendment relative to budget
treatment of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability In-
surance Program and the hospital insurance program
(see H.J. Res. 40), [16MR]
continue eligibility for child's insurance benefits
to individuals who marry and have Hansen's disease
(see H.R. 3280), [9NO]
earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R.
1601), [28AP]
effects of reform proposals on women (see H.
Res. 34), [2FE]
ensure solvency of trust funds (see H.R. 37),
[6JA] (see H.R. 3012), [50C]
-establish and maintain individual investment ac-
counts (see H.R. 1897), [20MY]
expand health care coverage for working, dis-
abled individuals and establish a Ticket to Work
and Self-Sufficiency Program to provide work oppor-
tunities for such individuals (see H.R. 1091), [11MR]
(see H.R. 1180), [18MR]
extend rural Advanced Life Support intercept
services to other areas (see H.R. 2711), [4AU]
-improve coverage of low-income children under
State Children's Health Insurance Program and Med-
icaid (see H.R. 827), [24FE] (see H.R. 3480),
[18NO]
-level of benefit payment in the month of the
beneficiary's death (see H.R. 163), (see H.R. 287),
[7JA]
-make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and
State Children's Health Insurance Program relative
to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 3075), [140C]
(see H.R. 3146), [26OC] (see H.R. 3426), [17NO]
-permit children covered under the State Chil-
dren's Health Insurance Program to be eligible for
the Federal Vaccines for Children Program (see H.R.
2976), [29SE]
-promote identification of children eligible for
State Children's Health Insurance Program and Med-
icaid (see H.R. 2807), [8SE]
-protect Social Security surpluses and reserve a
portion of non-Social Security surpluses to strength-
en and protect Medicare (see H.R. 3165), [280C]
-provide a safe harbor under the anti-kickback
statute for hospital restocking of certain ambulance
drugs and supplies (see H.R. 557), [3FE]
-provide disabled beneficiaries opportunities to
return to work, and extend Medicare coverage and
tax credits for such beneficiaries (see H.R. 3070),
[130C]
-provide enrollment period for Medicare and
Medigap relative to certain military retirees and de-
pendents (see H.R. 743), [11FE]
-reform (see H.R. 1), [1MR]
-require specific legislative recommendations to
ensure solvency of trust funds (see H.R. 245), [7JA]
-treatment of severe spinal cord injuries relative
to certain earnings (see H.R. 401), [19JA]
-waive waiting period for disability benefits rel-
ative to individuals with terminal illnesses (see H.R.
1107), [11MR]
States: improve data collection and evaluation of chil-
dren's health coverage under the State Children's
Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R.
1545), [22AP]
-increase allotments to territories under the State
Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 806),
[23FE]
-permit funding of prescription drugs for minors
relative to parental consent (see H.R. 3302), [10NO]
Sub-Saharan Africa: conduct human clinical research
according to highest ethical standards and prohibit
interference with intellectual property laws or poli-
cies promoting access to pharmaceuticals or medical
technologies (see H.R. 2700), [4AU]
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis-
tration: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 781),
[23FE]
Surgeon General: importance of report on media and
violence (see H.J. Res. 47), [28AP]
Tariff: HIV/AIDS drugs (see H.R. 1951, 1952),
[26MY]
-rhinovirus drugs (see H.R. 1949), [26MY] (see
H.R. 2186), [14JN]
Taxation: allow a refundable credit for certain Medi-
care premiums (see H.R. 122), [7JA] (see H.R.
1772), [12MY]
-allow credit for dry cleaning equipment that
uses reduced amounts of hazardous substances (see
H.R. 1303), [25MR]
-allow credit to military retirees for Medicare
coverage (see H.R. 121), [7JA]
-allow designation of income tax refunds for use
in NIH biomedical research programs (see H.R. 785),
[23FE] (see H.R. 977), [4MR]
-allow individuals a refundable credit for the
purchase of private health insurance and provide for
a report on State health insurance safety-net pro-
grams (see H.R. 2362), [25JN]
-allow individuals a refundable credit for the
purchase of private health insurance through a pool-
ing arrangement (see H.R. 2185), [14JN]
-allow individuals to designate refunds to pro-
vide catastrophic health coverage to individuals who
do not otherwise have health coverage (see H.R.
2433), [1JY]
-allow medical innovation tax credits for clinical
testing expenses attributable to academic medical
centers and other hospital research organizations (see
H.R. 1039), [9MR]
-allow penalty-free distributions from qualified
retirement plans on account of the death or disability
of the participant's spouse (see H.R. 2826), [9SE]
credits for health insurance costs of employees
not eligible to participate in employer-subsidized
health coverage (see H.R. 1819), [14MY]
-deduction for health insurance premiums (see
H.R. 145), [7JA] (see H.R. 1177), [18MR]
ensure employees retain hospital insurance tax
exemption relative to consolidation of a political sub-
division with the State (see H.R. 873), [25FE]
-full deduction of health insurance costs for self-
employed individuals (see H.R. 225), [7JA] (see
H.R. 611), [4FE] (see H.R. 918), [2MR] (see H.R.
980), [4MR]
-impose a tax on certain unearned income and
provide tax relief by reducing the rate of the Social
Security payroll tax (see H.R. 1099), [11MR]
-medical research tax credits (see H.R. 3505),
[18NO]
-permit penalty-free withdrawals from retirement
plans for medical expenses of certain older relatives
(see H.R. 253), (see H.R. 275), [7JA]
-provide a checkoff on Federal income tax re-
turns for a breast and prostate cancer research fund
(see H.R. 547), [3FE]
-provide credit for medical research relative to
developing vaccines against widespread diseases (see
H.R. 1274), [24MR]
-provide incentives for health coverage (see H.R.
2261), [17JN]
-provide marriage penalty relief, incentives to
encourage health coverage, and increased child care
assistance, and extend certain expiring tax provisions
(see H.R. 2020), [8JN]
-provide tax credit for caregivers (see H.R.
2458), [1JY]
-reduce individual income tax rates, provide mar-
riage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce
taxes on savings and investments, and establish in-
centives for education and health care (see H.R.
2488), [13JY]
reduce individual income tax rates, provide mar-
riage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce
taxes on savings and investments, and establish in-
centives for education and health care (H.R. 2488),
consideration (see H. Res. 256), [20JY]
-reduce the per dose tax on vaccines (see H.R.
587), [4FE] (see H.R. 1337), [25MR]
-reform Internal Revenue Code through revenue
neutral proposals which protect Social Security and
Medicare trust funds (see H. Con. Res. 85), [14AP]
-simplify Internal Revenue Code through revenue
neutral proposals (see H.R. 1420), [14AP]
-treatment of amounts received as scholarships
under the National Health Service Corps Scholarship
Program (see H.R. 324), [19JA]
-treatment of employers who maintain a self-
insured health plan for their employees (see H.R.
2304), [22JN]
-treatment of flexible spending arrangements rel-
ative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 161),
[7JA]
-treatment of foods and supplements for dietary
use, and medical foods as medical expenses (see
H.R. 3306), [10NO]
-treatment of individual health insurance costs
and employees who elect not to participate in em-
ployer subsidized health plans (see H.R. 1687),
[5MY]
-treatment of individuals requiring home based
custodial care (see H.R. 586), [4FE]
-treatment of marriage penalty, estate taxes,
long-term care needs, child care, health insurance
costs for self-employed individuals, and the alter-
native minimum tax (see H.R. 2085), [9JN]
-treatment of medical savings accounts (see H.R.
614), [8FE]
-treatment of primary health providers in health
professional shortage areas (see H.R. 385), [19JA]
(see H.R. 1704), [5MY]
-treatment of recreational fitness services and fa-
cilities in certain hospitals (see H.R. 726), [11FE]
-treatment of scholarships received under the Na-
tional Health Corps Scholarship Program and the
F. Edward Hebert Armed Forces Health Professions
Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program (see
H.R. 1414), [14AP]
-treatment of Social Security benefits (see H.R.
107), [7JA] (see H.R. 688), [10FE] (see H.R. 761),
[12FE] (see H.R. 3438), [17NO]
-treatment of unused benefits under cafeteria
plans that allow flexible spending accounts for out-
of-pocket medical expenses (see H.R. 3034), [60C]
Taxpayer Refund and Relief Act (H.R. 2488): consider-
ation of conference report (see H. Res. 274), [4AU]
Telecommunications: ensure availability of adequate
frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum for bio-
medical telemetry (see H.R. 2379), [29JN]
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act
(H.R. 1180): consideration of conference report (see
H. Res. 387), [17NO]
-corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res.
236), [18NO]
Tobacco products: ban sale of cigarette packages con-
taining small number of cigarettes (see H.R. 1677),
[4MY]
-impose restrictions on the sale of cigars (see
H.R. 2579), [21JY]
-prohibit sale of tobacco products to juveniles
through the Internet or other indirect means (see
H.R. 2914), [22SE]
-prohibit use of vending machines other than
in locations in which the presence of minors is pro-
hibited (see H.R. 1421), [14AP]
-smuggling prevention programs (see H.R. 2503),
-strengthen State efforts to limit access to minors
(see H.R. 144), [7JA]
-strengthen warning labels on smokeless tobacco
products (see H.R. 1532), [22AP]
-warning requirements for sale and advertisement
of cigarettes on the Internet (see H.R. 3007), [40C]
Traumatic brain injuries: research on cognitive dis-
orders (see H.R. 477), [2FE]
Trust funds: investment of several Federal health-relat-
ed and retirement trust funds in broad-based private
equities indices (see H.R. 633), [9FE]
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences:
ensure the equitable treatment of graduates (see H.R.
2272), [17JN]
Urban areas: develop and implement integrated cock-
roach management programs to reduce health risks
to residents, especially children, suffering from asth-
ma and asthma-related illnesses (see H.R. 875),
[25FE]
Veterans: add bronchiolo-alveolar carcinoma to the list
of service-connected diseases (see H.R. 690), [10FE]
eligibility for hospital care and services relative
to awarding of Purple Heart (see H.R. 430), [2FE]
extend dependency and indemnity compensation
benefits to surviving spouses whose subsequent mar-
riages have terminated (see H.R. 708), [11FE]
health care funding (see H. Con. Res. 225),
(see H. Con. Res. 226), [10NO]
increase service-connected disability benefits for
veterans and survivors (see H.R. 1765), [12MY]
-pay special compensation to certain severely
disabled military retirees (see H.R. 44), [6JA]
-payment of certain group life insurance benefits
to beneficiaries of deceased members of the uni-
formed services (see H.R. 2206), [15JN]
-permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay
with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R.
65), (see H.R. 303), [7JA] (see H.R. 1764), [12MY]
-presumption of service connection for hepatitis
C in certain veterans (see H.R. 1020), [4MR]
Veterans Health Administration: ensure pay parity be-
tween dentists and physicians (see H.R. 2660),
[30JY]
Vitamins: revise regulations relative to dietary supple-
ment labeling and provide that certain types of ad-
vertisements for dietary supplements are proper (see
H.R. 3305), [10NO]
Water: allow public water systems to avoid filtration
requirements (see H.R. 124), [7JA]
-biological monitoring and whole effluent tox-
icity testing relative to publicly owned treatment
works (see H.R. 155), [7JA]
-study and establish a national primary drinking
water standard for radium 224 (see H.R. 2665),
[30JY]
Water pollution: authorize estrogenic substances screen-
ing programs (see H.R. 1712), [5MY]
Women: allow direct access to obstetrician-gyne-
cologists (see H. Res. 164), [6MY]
collection and analysis of data on toxic shock
syndrome (see H.R. 889), [1MR]
-determine the health risks of dioxin, synthetic
fibers, and other additives in tampons and similar
products (see H.R. 890), [1MR]
develop monitoring systems to promote safe
motherhood (see H.R. 2316), [23JN]
ensure a woman's right to breastfeed her child
on Federal property under certain conditions (see
H.R. 1848), [18MY]
-heart disease (see H. Res. 220), [23JN]
-promote research and disseminate information
on the health effects of silicone breast implants (see
H.R. 1323), [25MR]
-protect breastfeeding by new mothers (see H.R.
1478), [20AP]
-protection of reproductive rights (see H.R.
2624), [27JY]
-recognize the severity of the issue of cervical
health (see H. Con. Res. 5), [7JA] (see H. Con.
Res. 64), [18MR]
Taxpayer Refund and Relief Act (H.R. 2488), [4AU]
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act
(H.R. 1180), [17NO]
Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act
(H.R. 2116), [16NO]
National Drug Control Strategy: President Clinton,
[9FE]
Strengthen Social Security and Medicare Act: President
Clinton, [260C]
Veto of H.R. 2488, Taxpayer Refund and Relief Act:
President Clinton, [23SE]
Western Hemisphere Drug Alliance: President Clinton,
[23FE]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to
avoid State laws requiring parental notification of
abortions (H.R. 1218), [30JN]
Death and dying: promote pain management and pallia-
tive care without permitting assisted suicide and eu-
thanasia (H.R. 2260), [27OC]
National objectives: policy to provide health care and
reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), [6OC],
[3NO]
Taxation: reduce individual income tax rates, provide
marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce
taxes on savings and investments, and establish in-
centives for education and health care (H.R. 2488),
[22JY], [2AU]
-reduce individual income tax rates, provide mar-
riage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce
taxes on savings and investments, and establish in-
centives for education and health care (H.R. 2488),
conference report, [5AU]
-reduce individual income tax rates, provide mar-
riage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce
taxes on savings and investments, and establish in-
centives for education and health care (H.R. 2488),
veto, [23SE], [190C]
Beaches Environmental Assessment, Cleanup, and
Health Act: Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure (House) (H.R. 999) (H. Rept. 106-98),
[19AP]
Bikini Resettlement and Relocation Act: Committee on
Resources (House) (H.R. 2368) (H. Rept. 106–267),
[27JY]
Breast Cancer Prevention, Education, Early Detection,
and Treatment: Committee on Commerce (House)
(H. Res. 278) (H. Rept. 106-400), [190C]
Child Custody Protection Act: Committee on the Judi-
ciary (House) (H.R. 1218) (H. Rept. 106-204),
[25JN]
Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1180,
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement
Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 387)
(H. Rept. 106-482), [17NO]
Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2488,
Taxpayer Refund and Relief Act: Committee on
Rules (House) (H. Res. 274) (H. Rept. 106–291),
[4AU]
Consideration of H.R. 987, Workplace Preservation
Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 271)
(H. Rept. 106-280), [2AU]
Consideration of H.R. 999, Beaches Environmental As-
sessment, Cleanup, and Health Act: Committee on
Rules (House) (H. Res. 145), [21AP]
Consideration of H.R. 1218, Child Custody Protection
Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 233)
(H. Rept. 106-211), [29JN]
Consideration of H.R. 2260, Pain Relief Promotion
Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 339)
(H. Rept. 106-409), [21OC]
Consideration of H.R. 2488, Financial Freedom Act:
Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 256) (H. Rept.
106-246), [20JY]
Consideration of H.R. 2506, Health Research and Qual-
ity Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 299)
(H. Rept. 106-328), [22SE]
Consideration of H.R. 2723, Bipartisan Consensus
Managed Care Improvement Act: Committee on
Rules (House) (H. Res. 323) (H. Rept. 106-366),
[50C]
Consideration of H.R. 2990, Quality Care for the Unin-
sured Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res.
323) (H. Rept. 106-366), [5OC]
Drug Addiction Treatment Act: Committee on Com-
merce (House) (H.R. 2634) (H. Rept. 106-441),
[3NO]
Enhance Native American Self-Governance Relative to
Direct Operation, Control, and Redesign of Indian
Health Service Activities: Committee on Resources
(House) (H.R. 1167) (H. Rept. 106-477), [17NO]
Financial Freedom Act: Committee on Ways and
Means (House) (H.R. 2488) (H. Rept. 106-238),
[16JY]
Generic Drugs Access Act: Committee on Commerce
(House) (H.R. 805) (H. Rept. 106-117), [12JY]
Health Research and Quality Act: Committee on Com-
merce (House) (H.R. 2506) (H. Rept. 106-305),
[8SE]
Medicaid Coverage of Breast and Cervical Cancer
Treatment Services for Certain Women Screened
Under Federally Funded Programs: Committee on
Commerce (House) (H.R. 1070) (H. Rept. 106-486),
[22NO]
Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Re-
finement Act: Committee on Ways and Means
(House) (H.R. 3075) (H. Rept. 106–436), [2NO]
Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act: Commit-
tee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 441) (H. Rept.
106-135), [12MY]
Organ Donor Leave Act: Committee on Government
Reform (House) (H.R. 457) (H. Rept. 106-174),
[9JN]
Organ Procurement and Transplantation Programs Re-
vision and Extension: Committee on Commerce
(House) (H.R. 2418) (H. Rept. 106-429), [1NO]
Pain Relief Promotion Act: Committee on Commerce
(House) (H.R. 2260) (H. Rept. 106-378), [180C]
-Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R.
2260) (H. Rept. 106–378), [13OC]
Prohibit Transfers or Discharges of Medicaid Residents
of Nursing Facilities: Committee on Commerce
(House) (H.R. 540) (H. Rept. 106-44), [8MR]
Senate Amendment to H.R. 2990, Quality Care for
the Uninsured Act: Committee on Rules (House)
(H. Res. 348) (H. Rept. 106-430), [1NO]
Taxpayer Refund and Relief Act: Committee of Con-
ference (H.R. 2488) (H. Rept. 106–289), [4AU]
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act:
Committee of Conference (H.R. 1180) (H. Rept.
106-478), [17NO]
-Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R.
3070) (H. Rept. 106–393), [18OC]
Veterans' Millennium Health Care Act: Committee of
Conference (H.R. 2116) (H. Rept. 106-470), [16NO]
-Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R.
2116) (H. Rept. 106-237), [16JY]
Work Incentives Improvement Act: Committee on
Commerce (House) (H.R. 1180) (H. Rept. 106–220),
[IJY]
Workplace Preservation Act: Committee on Education
(House) (H.R. 987) (H. Rept. 106–272), [29JY]
HEALTH CARE ACCESS, AFFORDABILITY, AND
QUALITY ADVISORY COMMISSION ACT
Bills and resolutions
Enact (see H.R. 2042), [8JN]
HEALTH CARE ACCESS, AFFORDABILITY, AND
QUALITY COMMISSION
Bills and resolutions
Establish (see H.R. 2042), [8JN]
HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
Appointments
Conferees: H.R. 2116, Veterans' Millennium Health
Care Act, [8NO]
Armed Forces: improve access to treatment facilities,
provide Medicare reimbursement, and permit enroll-
ment in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program
for veterans and their dependents (see H.R. 1067),
[10MR]
Children and youth: improve health of children (see
H.R. 1085), [11MR]
Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, de-
vices, and services under health insurance plans (see
H.R. 2120), [10JN]
Crime: ensure that older or disabled persons are pro-
tected from institutional, community, and domestic
violence, and sexual assault (see H.R. 2590), [22JY]
Dept. of Defense: allow Medicare-eligible military
health care system beneficiaries to enroll in the Fed-
eral Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R.
113), (see H.R. 205), [7JA]
Dept. of HHS: make additional payments to certain
home health agencies with high-cost patients and
provide for an interest-free grace period for repay-
ment of overpayments (see H.R. 1917), [25MY]
-make grants in the form of forgiveable capital
advances to help preserve community hospitals expe-
riencing financial difficulties (see H.R. 2236), [16JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize projects to facili-
tate the treatment of veterans with Alzheimer's dis-
ease (see H. Res. 177), [18MY]
convey certain real property to Murfreesboro,
TN (see H.R. 3094), [180C]
establish an outpatient clinic in Georgia's 7th
Congressional District (see H.R. 1296), [25MR]
-establish an outpatient clinic in Salem, OR (see
H.R. 3079), [140C]
exempt amounts owed for prescription drugs
and medical supplies from certain interest charges
and administrative costs (see H.R. 3227), [4NO]
expand respite care program (see H.R. 1762),
[11MY]
-improve access of veterans to emergency medi-
cal care in non-Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical
facilities (see H.R. 135), [7JA]
-improve allocation of health care resources (see
H.R. 24), [6JA]
-improve health care programs and provide ex-
tended care services for veterans (see H.R. 2116),
[9JN]
-provide long-term nursing care at public ex-
pense to veterans with extensive service-connected
disabilities (see H.R. 1432), [15AP]
-require notification and allow local law enforce-
ment agencies to investigate crimes and search for
missing patients at VA medical facilities (see H.R.
374), [19JA]
Donald J. Mitchell Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient
Clinic, Rome, NY: designate (see H.R. 1982),
[27MY]
Drugs: use of marijuana for medicinal purposes (see
H.R. 912), [2MR]
FCC: terminate E-Rate Program (see H.R. 692), [10FE]
Firearms: prohibit possession in a hospital zone (see
H.R. 3279), [9NO]
Government regulations: exempt physician office lab-
oratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see
H.R. 528), [3FE]
Hazardous substances: increase funding for poison con-
trol centers and establish toll-free telephone number
to improve access (see H.R. 1221), [23MR]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotia-
tions by groups of health care professionals with
HMO's (see H.R. 1304), [25MR]
-assure coverage of emergency services under
group health plans and health insurance (see H.R.
904), [2MR]
-assure that funds provided for State emergency
health services furnished to undocumented aliens are
used to reimburse hospitals and their related provid-
ers that treat undocumented aliens (see H.R. 2205),
[15JN]
ensure availability of adequate frequencies of
the electromagnetic spectrum for biomedical telem-
etry (see H.R. 2379), [29JN]
establish certain requirements for managed care
plans (see H.R. 3259), [8NO]
establish community-based managed care pro-
grams in medically disadvantaged areas (see H.R.
298, 304), [7JA]
-establish medical education trust fund (see H.R.
2771), [5AU]
-improve Federal enforcement against health care
fraud and abuse (see H.R. 308), [7JA]
-limit medical malpractice claims (see H.R.
2242), [16JN]
-maintenance of certain health information when
a health care facility has closed or a benefit plan
sponsor has ceased to do business (see H.R. 307),
[7JA]
-protect the privacy of personally identifiable
health information (see H.R. 1941), [25MY] (see
H.R. 2878), [15SE]
-protection of enrollees in managed care plans
and HMO's (see H.R. 358), [19JA] (see H.R. 448),
[2FE] (see H.R. 719), [11FE] (see H.R. 1133),
[16MR] (see H.R. 2723), [5AU] (see H.R. 2824),
[9SE] (see H.R. 2926), [23SE]
-protection of enrollees in managed care plans
and HMO's H.R. 358), consideration (see H. Res.
197), [27MY] (see H. Res. 310), [28SE]
-protection of enrollees in managed care plans
and HMO's (H.R. 2723), consideration (see H. Res.
323), [50C]
-protection of enrollees in managed care plans
and preserve against preemption of certain State
causes of action (see H.R. 216), [7JA]
-provide access, ensure privacy, and impose pen-
alties on unauthorized use of certain health informa-
tion (see H.R. 1057), [10MR]
-require managed care organizations to contract
with providers in medically underserved areas (see
H.R. 1860), [19MY]
Health care professionals: assure availability of a non-
emergency department physician in certain hospitals
(see H.R. 567), [3FE]
-establish a national abusive and criminal back-
ground check system for patient care workers (see
H.R. 2627), [27JY]
-establish demonstration projects to provide spe-
cialized assistance to victims of sexual assault and
interpersonal violence in hospital emergency rooms
(see H.R. 3287), [9NO]
Health Professions Education Partnership Act: applica-
bility to the Health Education Assistance Program
(see H.R. 2148), [10JN]
Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency serv-
ices under health plans (see H.R. 2045), [8JN]
coverage of long-term care services (see H.R.
2691), [3AU]
-coverage of minimum hospital stays for
mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to
breast cancer and coverage for secondary consulta-
tions (see H.R. 383), [19JA] (see H.R. 1911),
[24MY]
-disclose limitations placed on medical care serv-
ices to plan participants that would otherwise be
protected under State law (see H.R. 2113), [9JN]
ensure access to information relative to plan
coverage, managed care procedures, health care pro-
viders, and quality medical care (see H.R. 2046),
[8JN]
ensure coverage of emergency ambulance serv-
ices (see H.R. 1777), [12MY]
establish hospital lengths of stay based on a
determination by an appropriate physician in con-
sultation with the patient (see H.R. 989), [4MR]
require group health plans and health insurance
issuers to provide independent review of adverse
coverage determinations (see H.R. 2309), [22JN]
-require group health plans to provide access
to unrestricted medical advice (see H.R. 2043), [8JN]
-require group health plans to provide coverage
of pediatric care (see H.R. 2044), [8JN]
-require health plans to provide coverage for a
minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treat-
ments (see H.R. 116), [7JA]
Ioannis A. Lougaris Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical
Center, Reno, NV: designate hospital bed replace-
ment building in honor of Jack Streeter (see H.R.
956), [3MR]
Jerry O'Brien Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient
Clinic, Melbourne, FL: designate (see H.R. 2330),
[23JN]
Medicaid: allow fraud control units to investigate and
prosecute fraud in Medicare and other Federal pro-
grams and elder abuse in residential facilities (see
H.R. 3045), [70C]
-assure preservation of safety net hospitals
through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hos-
pital Program (see H.R. 3103), [190C]
-coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment
services for certain women screened under federally
funded programs (see H.R. 1070), [11MR]
establish new prospective payment system for
Federally-qualified health centers and rural health
clinics (see H.R. 2341), [24JN]
extend the higher Federal medical assistance
payment percentage for Indian Health Service facili-
ties to urban Indian health programs (see H.R. 470),
[2FE]
-prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of
nursing facilities (see H.R. 540), [3FE]
reinstate prior level of disproportionate share
hospital payments to Minnesota (see H.R. 1610),
[28AP]
-reinstate prior level of disproportionate share
hospital payments to Minnesota, New Mexico, and
Wyoming (see H.R. 2800), [5AU]
-remove limit on disproportionate share hospital
payments to Ohio (see H.R. 3065), [130C]
Medicare: administrative fee for submission of paper
rather than electronic claims (see H.R. 2114), [9JN]
calculation of Medicare+Choice payments for
medical services at Dept. of Veterans Affairs and
Dept. of Defense facilities (see H.R. 2447), [1JY]
-combat fraud and abuse relative to partial hos-
pitalization services (see H.R. 1543), [22AP]
-contracting with certain hospitals to provide cer-
tain surgical procedures and related services at a
single rate (see H.R. 1392), [13AP]
-coverage of adult day care services (see H.R.
745), [11FE]
coverage of frail elderly beneficiaries perma-
nently residing in certain nursing facilities (see H.R.
1998), [27MY]
-coverage of inpatient hospital services in Puerto
Rico (see H.R. 2712), [4AU]
develop and implement a single, unified pro-
spective payment system for post-care hospital serv-
ices (see H.R. 2070), [8JN]
eliminate reduction in payment amounts to
home health agencies and provide for an interest-
free grace period for repayment of overpayments
(see H.R. 2618), [27JY]
ensure geographic reclassifications of hospitals
in urban areas do not result in lower wage indexes
(see H.R. 3216), [3NO]
ensure reimbursement for certain ambulance
services and improve the efficiency of the emergency
medical system (see H.R. 2831), [9SE]
establish a prospective payment system for psy-
chiatric hospital services (see H.R. 1006), [4MR]
exclude cancer treatment from the prospective
payment system for hospital outpatient services (see
H.R. 1090), [11MR]
exclude clinical social worker services from
coverage under the skilled nursing facility prospec-
tive payment system (see H.R. 655), [9FE]
-exclude lobbying costs from the calculation of
the adjusted community rate for Medicare+Choice
plans (see H.R. 2230), [15JN]
-exempt certain beneficiaries from financial limi-
tations imposed on physical, speech-language pathol-
ogy, and occupational therapy services (see H.R.
1837), [18MY]
exempt financial limitations imposed on phys-
ical, speech-language pathology, and occupational
therapy services and develop and implement a classi-
fication system to vary the limitations (see H.R.
1736), [6MY]
expand the use of competitive bidding (see H.R.
1900), [20MY]
-graduate medical education payments (see H.R.
1222), [23MR] (see H.R. 1785), [12MY]
-implement budget neutrality adjustment factor
in determining payment rates for Medicare+Choice
organizations (see H.R. 2419), [1JY]
-increase certain payments to hospitals (see H.R.
2266), [17JN]
-increase payments to skilled nursing facilities
that have a significant proportion of residents with
AIDS (see H.R. 3029), [60C]
-limit reductions in Federal payments under the
prospective payment system for hospital outpatient
department services (see H.R. 2241), [16JN]
-make refinements in the prospective payment
system for outpatient hospital services (see H.R.
2979), [30SE]
-modify treatment of certain patient days for pur-
poses of determining the amount of disproportionate
share adjustment payments to hospitals (see H.R.
1529), [22AP]
-payments to children's hospitals that operate
graduate medical education programs (see H.R.
1579), [27AP]
-payments to hospitals that have graduate medi-
cal education programs in critical need specialty
areas (see H.R. 1645), [29AP]
-protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in
Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any
skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 3004), [4OC]
-provide greater equity to home health agencies
and ensure access to medically necessary home
health services (see H.R. 2628), [27JY]
-provide more equitable payments to home
health agencies (see H.R. 2546), [16JY]
-reduce capital payments to certain hospitals with
below average occupancy rates (see H.R. 2199),
[14JN]
-reduce financial liability of physicians providing
certain care under Medicare+Choice program (see
H.R. 1375), [12AP]
-reform beneficiary payment limits for certain
long-existing home health agencies relative to the
interim payment system (see H.R. 2123), [10JN]
-reform purchasing, payment, and administrative
requirements (see H.R. 2115), [9JN]
-reimburse hospitals for psychologist, physician
assistant, and nurse practitioner training costs (see
H.R. 2794), [5AU]
-reimburse hospitals for psychologist training
costs (see H.R. 1140), [16MR]
-remove the sunset and numerical limitation on
participation in Medicare+Choice medical savings
account plans (see H.R. 2068), [8JN] (see H.R.
2173), [10JN]
-repeal interim payment system, eliminate man-
datory reduction under the prospective payment sys-
tem, and continue periodic interim payments for
home health services (see H.R. 2361), [24JN]
-repeal restriction on payment for hospital dis-
charges to post-acute care (see H.R. 405), [19JA]
(see H.R. 1936), [25MY]
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