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Health Information Technology (IT) Public Utility Act of 2009
Legislative Progress
Introduced
April 23, 2009
Latest Action
July 6, 2009
Primary Sponsor
John D. Rockefeller, IVDemocratic(WV)
Momentum (last 30 days)
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0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes
Speed vs cohort
90pct
74d open
vs 4,048 other S bills in the 111th — cohort avg 29d
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2010 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
S 2 Middle Class Opportunity Act, Card Check provisions; S 45 MCAP Act, a bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; S 77 Children's Mental Health Parity Act, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for equal coverage of mental health services under the State Children's Health Insurance Program; HR 241, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code to require the amounts reimbursed to institutional providers of health care services under the TRICARE program to be the same as amounts reimbursed under Medicare, and to require the Secretary of Defense to contract for health care services with at least one teaching hospital in urban areas; HR 298 Improving Children's Doctor Access Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require SCHIP annual reports to include information on the HEDIS measure relating to access to primary care practitioners by individuals eligible for child health assistance under such plans and on State efforts to avoid certain displacement of private health coverage, and to express the sense of Congress that such States should utilize Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems consumer satisfaction surveys to measure access by such individuals to physicians; HR 468 and S 245 Retooling the Health Care Workforce for an Aging America Act of 2009, a bill to expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals in the United States; HR 676 United States National Health Care Act or the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, a bill to provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents, improved health care delivery, and for other purposes; HR 688 and S 326 Kids First Act, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program through fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes; Tricare letter sent to DOD from Sen. Ben Nelson urging DoD to revise the rule, expand the transition to the new payment system, offer other adjustments to cushion the financial blow on certain hospitals, and conduct a detailed analysis of its impact on the field; S 391 Healthy Americans Act, a bill to provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make Americans healthier and can never be taken away; HR 914 Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs; HR 936 National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009, a bill to ensure the continued and future availability of lifesaving trauma health care in the United States and to prevent further trauma center closures and downgrades by assisting trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, emergency needs, and information technology; S 408 Wakefield Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide a means for continued improvement in emergency medical services for children; HR 1086 Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2009; a bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; HR 1101 Midwifery Care Access and Reimbursement Equity Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of certified midwife services and to provide for more equitable reimbursement rates for certified nurse-midwife services; HR 1296 Access for All America Act, a bill to achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs; HR 1411 United States Primary and Preventive Health Care Corps Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Primary and Public Health Scholarship Program; HR 1460 Nurses Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members; HR 1494 Nursing Home Emergency Assistance Act, a bill to ensure that a private for-profit nursing home affected by a major disaster receives the same reimbursement as a public nursing home affected by a major disaster; HR 1558 and S 623 Preexisting Condition Patient Protection Act of 2009, to prohibit health insurers from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions; S 616 Enhancing Safety in Medicine Utilizing Leading Advanced Simulation Technologies to Improve Outcomes Now Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize medical simulation enhancement programs, and for other purposes; HR 1581 Patient-Focused Critical Care Enhancement Act, a bill to optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce; S 628 Conrad State 30 Improvement Act, a bill to provide incentives to physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities; HR 1614 and S 652 Community Coalitions for Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2009, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to community health coalitions to assist in the development of integrated health care delivery; HR 1691 and S 688 Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2009, a bill to require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations; HR 1699 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act, a bill to require that certain complex diagnostic laboratory tests performed by an independent laboratory after a hospital outpatient encounter or inpatient stay during which the specimen involved was collected shall be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act; S 703 American Health Security Act of 2009, a bill to provide for health care for every American and to control the cost and enhance the quality of the health care system; HR 1745 Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers under section 330 of such Act; S 733 National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009, a bill to ensure the continued and future availability of life saving trauma health care in the United States and to prevent further trauma center closures and downgrades by assisting trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, and emergency needs; Letter to HHS about the action plan to prevent Healthcare associated infections; Provided information to members of Congress about the Quality and Patient Safety Transparency initiatives by state; Working with Rep. Nathan Deal to get legislation introduced on provider price transparency; HR 1670 and S 683 Community Choice Act of 2009, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide individuals with disabilities and older Americans with equal access to community-based attendant services and supports and which would allow disabled Medicaid recipients to receive care in their homes rather than in nursing homes; HR 2003 and S 830 Children's Hospitals Education Equity Act, a bill to modify the definition of children's hospital for purposes of making payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs; HR 1998 Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2009, a bill to improve access to emergency medical services; HR 2043 Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students; HR 2066 Graduate Psychology Education Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote mental and behavioral health services for underserved populations; S 890 Health Information Technology (IT) Public Utility Act of 2009, a bill to provide for the use of improved health information technology with respect to certain safety net health care providers; HR 2176 Nursing and Allied Health Education Preservation Act of 2009, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue the ability of hospitals to supply a needed workforce of nurses and allied health professionals by preserving funding for hospital operated nursing and allied health education programs; HR 2218 Parental Consent Act of 2009, a bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening program; S 957 Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services; S 958 MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children born after 2009; HR 2231 Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services; HR 2233 Health Empowerment Zone Act of 2009, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate health empowerment zones; S 966 and HR 2252 National Health Care Quality Act, a bill to improve the Federal infrastructure for health care quality improvement in the United States; HR 2249 Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for increased price transparency of hospital information and to provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs; HR 2251 and S 973 Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions; S 979 and HR 2360 SHOP Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed that would offer a choice of private health plans and make health coverage more affordable, predictable, and accessible; HR 2273 Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals; S 999 Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act of 2009, a bill to increase the number of well-trained mental health service professionals (including those based in schools) providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents; S 1001 Health Promotion FIRST Act, a bill to provide for increased research, coordination and expansion of health promotion programs through the Department of Health and Human Services; HR 2350 Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to increase the number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and to improve patient access to primary care services; HR 2369 Improving the Quality of Mental and Substance Use Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to improve mental and substance use health care; S 1020 Patient-Focused Critical Care Enhancement Act, a bill to optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce; S 1022 Nurses' Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members; HR 2381 Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard to reduce injuries to patients, direct-care registered nurses, and all other health care workers by establishing a safe patient handling and injury prevention standard, and for other purposes; HR 2388 Physician Availability Act of 2009, a bill to assure that the services of a nonemergency department physician are available to hospital patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week in all non-Federal hospitals with at least 100 licensed beds; S 1028 Strengthening America's Public Health System Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the Nation's surveillance and reporting for diseases and conditions; S 1031 National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals; HR 2427 and S 1050 Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to establish Federal standards for health insurance forms, quality, fair marketing, and honesty in out-of-network coverage in the group and individual health insurance markets, to improve transparency and accountability in those markets, and to establish a Federal Office of Health Insurance Oversight to monitor performance in those markets; S 1104 Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the Nurse- Managed Health Clinic Investment program; HR 2536 Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act, to provide relief for the shortage of nurses in the United States; HR 2691 a bill to provide assistance to adolescents and young adults with serious mental health disorders as they transition to adulthood ; S 1173 Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act, a bill to establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals; S 1174 Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to increase the number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and to improve patient access to primary care services; S 1176 Allied Health Reinvestment Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote and improve the allied health professionals; HR 2744 Equal Rights for Health Care Act Title 42, a bill to prohibit discrimination in Federal assisted health care services and research programs on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability status; HR 2754 Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment program; S 1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act, a bill to require that certain complex diagnostic laboratory tests performed by an independent laboratory after a hospital outpatient encounter or inpatient stay during which the specimen involved was collected shall be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act; HR 2785 Health Care Paperwork Reduction and Fraud Prevention Act of 2009, a bill to reduce the amount of paperwork and improve payment policies for health care services, to prevent fraud and abuse through health care provider education; HR 2804Ensuring Continuous Coverage under SCHIP Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require 12-month continuous coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance Program; HR 2810 Public Health Workforce Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish various programs for the recruitment and retention of public health workers and to eliminate critical public health workforce shortages in Federal, State, local, and tribal public health agencies and health centers; HR 2816 States' Right To Innovate in Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide grants and flexibility through demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, cost-effective systems of health care coverage, with simplified administration; HR 2824 Doctor-Patient Relationship and Research Protection Act, to enhance the conduct and support of federally funded comparative effectiveness research relating to health care; HR 2891 Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program; HR 2925 Communities Building Access Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for community projects that will reduce the number of individuals who are uninsured with respect to health care; HR 2930 Primary Care Training Enhancement Act, a bill to enhance the primary care workforce through modifications to the medical residency training programs and use of qualified teaching health centers and through State primary care scholarship and loan repayment programs; S 1278 Consumers Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to establish the Consumers Choice Health Plan, a public health insurance plan that provides an affordable and accountable health insurance option for consumers; HR 2937 and S 1305 MRSA Infection Prevention and Patient Protection Act, a bill to prevent health care facility-acquired infections; HR 2948 Healthcare Improvements for Generating High Performance (HIGH Performance) Act of 2009, a bill to amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the implementation of best practices in the delivery of health care in the United States; HR 2957 Rural Health Access Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the National Health Service Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs; S 1299 Worker Infection Protection Act, a bill to protect health care workers and first responders, including police, firefighters, emergency medical personnel, and other workers at risk of workplace exposure to infectious agents and drug resistant infections; Hatch amendment # 21 requiring the IOM to make recommendations to Congress on how to reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions; HR 2975 Medical Practice Protection Act of 2009, a bill to improve the medical care by reducing the excessive burden imposed by the civil liability system on the health care delivery system; HR 3000 Josephine Butler United States Health Service Act, a bill to establish a United States Health Service to provide high quality comprehensive health care for all Americans and to overcome the deficiencies in the present system of health care delivery; HR 3002 and S 1259 PATIENTS Act of 2009, a bill to protect all patients by prohibiting the use of data obtained from comparative effictiveness research accounts to deny coverage of items or services under Federal health care programs and to ensure that comparative effectiveness research accounts for advancements in personalized medicine and differences in patient treatment response; S 1355 Rural Health Clinic Patient Access and Improvement Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to health care for individuals residing in underserved rural areas; S 1403 Strengthen Social Work Training Act of 2009, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to ensure that social work students or social work schools are eligible for support under certain programs that would assist individuals in pursuing health careers or for grants for training projects in geriatrics, and to establish a social work training program; S 1404 Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act of 2009, a bill to implement demonstration projects at federally qualified community health centers to promote universal access to family-centered, evidence-based behavioral health interventions that prevent child maltreatment and promote family well-being by addressing parenting practices and skills for families from diverse socio-economic, cultural, racial, ethnic, and other backgrounds; HR3134 Healthcare Innovation Zone Program Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Healthcare Innovation Zone pilot program; H.R.3148, a bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings; H.R.3151 and S 1585 Rural Access to Nurse Anesthesia Services Act of 2009, a bill to permit pass-through payment for reasonable costs of certified registered nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals as urban hospitals, including hospitals located in ``Lugar counties'', and for on-call and standby costs for such services; H.R.3185 and S1569, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment to hospitals for costs of expanded advanced practice nurse training programs; H.R. 3191 Positive Aging Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for integration of mental health services and mental health treatment outreach teams, and for other purposes; H.R. 3199 Emergency Medic Transition (EMT) Act of 2009 , a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training; H.R. 3200 America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, a bill to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending; H.R. 3217 Health Care Choice Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce; H.R. 3218 Improving Health Care for All Americans Act, a bill to provide a refundable tax credit for medical costs, to expand access to health insurance coverage through individual membership associations (IMAs), and to assist in the establishment of high risk pools; H.R.3234 Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act, a bill to establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals; H.R. 3242 Women's Health Office Act of 2009, a bill to improve the health of women through the establishment of Offices of Women's Health within the Department of Health and Human Services; S.1459 Health Care Choice Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce; H.R. 3391 NO TITLE, a bill to allow for the continuation of critical access hospital designation for certain hospitals in geographic areas experiencing population growth; H.R. 3400 Empowering Patients First Act, a bill to provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage; HR 3472 a bill to provide for health insurance coverage premium discounts for healthy behavior and improvements toward healthy behavior; HR 3483 Steps Toward Access and Reform (STAR) Act of 2009, a bill to reform the medical liability system, improve access to health care for rural and indigent patients, enhance access to affordable prescription drugs; S 1572, a bill to provide for a point of order against any legislation that eliminates or reduces the ability of Americans to keep their health plan or their choice of doctor or that decreases the number of Americans enrolled in private health insurance, while increasing the number of Americans enrolled in government-managed health care; HR 3652 Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly; S 1720 Health Professions and Primary Care Reinvestment Act, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to provide improved training and primary care; HR 3664 Healthcare Innovation Zone Pilot Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Healthcare Innovation Zone pilot program; S 1730 Fairness in Health Insurance Act, a bill to provide for minimum loss ratios for health insurance coverage; S 1734 Medical Liability Reform Act of 2009, a bill to reduce the cost of health care and ensure patient access to doctors by ending excessive malpractice verdicts through common-sense lawsuit reform; S 1742 Women's Hospitals Education Equity Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide assistance for graduate medical education funding for women's hospitals; Comment letter expressing concerns taht ONC's certification criteria for EHR eliminates flexibility CMS established in rule for achieving meaningful use; HR 4626 Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act, to restore the application of the Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers; HR 4851 Continuing Extension Act of 2010, to provide a temporary extension of certain programs; Meetings with CMS and HHS to encourage reimbursement under the National Disaster Medical System for hospitals that provided services to victims of the Haitian earthquake; HR 4700 The Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act of 2010, to provide for transparency in health care pricing; HR 4803 The Patients Right to Know Act, to ensure health care consumer and provider access to certain health benefits plan information and to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide transparency in hospital price and quality information; HR 6072 and S 3708 Electronic Health Record Incentives for Multi-Campus Hospitals Act of 2010, to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify the application of EHR payment incentives in cases of multi-campus hospitals; HR 6376 to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to physician supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient services; HR 6095 to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve integrated care for durable medical equipment under the competitive bidding program for qualified hospital-related DME entities; S 3653 Healthcare Bureacrats Elimination Act, A bill to remove unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats from seniors' personal health decisions by repealing the IPAB.
Client expense: $5,390,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2010 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
American Health Security Act (H.R. 1200); Access for All America Act (H.R. 1296/S.486); Primary Care Volunteer Incentive Act (H.R. 1185); Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (S.790); Title VII Reauthorization (S.1720); Conrad State 30 Improvement Act (S.628); Recognizing the value of community health centers (HCon.Res.144/S.Con.Res.25). Tri-Caucus Health Equity and Accountant Act; Health Information Technology Public Utility Act of 2009 (S.890); Womens Medical House Demonstration Act (S.1303); Family Healthcare Accessibility Act (H.R.1745); Community Coalitions for Access and Quality Improvement Act (H.R.1614/S.652); Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (S.790); GAO Study request on VA/CHCs Act (no bill#); Affordable Health Choices Act (H.R.3200); Resident Physician Shortage Act (S.973/H.R.2251); Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act (H.R.1693/S.671); Public Health Workforce Development Act (H.R.2620/S.1143); Helping Fill the Medicine Rx Gap Act (H.R.2777/S.1201); Primary Care Training Enhancement Act (H.R.2930); Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act (S.1404); Community & Rural Medical Residency Preservation Act (S.1300) Americas Healthy Future Act of 2009, Chairmans Mark Senate Finance Committee; MedPAC Reform Act of 2009 (S.1110); Consumers Health Care Act of 2009 (S.1278); Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009 (H.R.2350); Senate HELP Affordable Health Choices Act (S.1679); Medicare Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2009 (H.R.2068); Medicare Transition Care Act of 2009 (S.1295); School Based Health Clinic Establishment Act of 2009 (H.R.3003); DSH Collaborative Care Network Pilot Program Act of 2009 (H.R.3430); Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R.3962); The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R.3590); Community-Based Residency Training Act (H.R.4409); Reconciliation Act of 2010 (H.R.4872); EHR Classification for health centers (H.R.6348); Senate EHR/HIT Clarification; Vision Preservation Act (draft); Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2010(H.R.1745).
Client expense: $180,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2010 · third_quarter · Health Issues
American Health Security Act (H.R. 1200); Access for All America Act (H.R. 1296/S.486); Primary Care Volunteer Incentive Act (H.R. 1185); Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (S.790); Title VII Reauthorization (S.1720); Conrad State 30 Improvement Act (S.628); Recognizing the value of community health centers (HCon.Res.144/S.Con.Res.25). Tri-Caucus Health Equity and Accountant Act; Health Information Technology Public Utility Act of 2009 (S.890); Womens Medical House Demonstration Act (S.1303); Family Healthcare Accessibility Act (H.R.1745); Community Coalitions for Access and Quality Improvement Act (H.R.1614/S.652); Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (S.790); GAO Study request on VA/CHCs Act (no bill#); Affordable Health Choices Act (H.R.3200); Resident Physician Shortage Act (S.973/H.R.2251); Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act (H.R.1693/S.671); Public Health Workforce Development Act (H.R.2620/S.1143); Helping Fill the Medicine Rx Gap Act (H.R.2777/S.1201); Primary Care Training Enhancement Act (H.R.2930); Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act (S.1404); Community & Rural Medical Residency Preservation Act (S.1300) Americas Healthy Future Act of 2009, Chairmans Mark Senate Finance Committee; MedPAC Reform Act of 2009 (S.1110); Consumers Health Care Act of 2009 (S.1278); Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009 (H.R.2350); Senate HELP Affordable Health Choices Act (S.1679); Medicare Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2009 (H.R.2068); Medicare Transition Care Act of 2009 (S.1295); School Based Health Clinic Establishment Act of 2009 (H.R.3003); DSH Collaborative Care Network Pilot Program Act of 2009 (H.R.3430); Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R.3962); The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R.3590); Community-Based Residency Training Act (H.R.4409); Reconciliation Act of 2010 (H.R.4872); EHR Clarification for health centers (H.R.6348); Senate EHR/HIT Clarification; Vision Preservation Act (draft).
Client expense: $170,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2010 · third_quarter · Health Issues
S 2 Middle Class Opportunity Act, Card Check provisions; S 4 Comprehensive Health Reform Act of 2009, a bill to guarantee affordable, quality health coverage for all Americans, and for other purposes; S 45 MCAP Act, a bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; S 77 Children's Mental Health Parity Act, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for equal coverage of mental health services under the State Children's Health Insurance Program; HR 241a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require the amounts reimbursed to institutional providers of health care services under the TRICARE program to be the same as amounts reimbursed under Medicare, and to require the Secretary of Defense to contract for health care services with at least one teaching hospital in urban areas; HR 298 Improving Children's Doctor Access Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require SCHIP annual reports to include information on the HEDIS measure relating to access to primary care practitioners by individuals eligible for child health assistance under such plans and on State efforts to avoid certain displacement of private health coverage, and to express the sense of Congress that such States should utilize Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems consumer satisfaction surveys to measure access by such individuals to physicians; S 179 Health Information Technology Act of 2009, a bill to improve quality in health care by providing incentives for adoption of modern information technology; HR 468 and S 245 Retooling the Health Care Workforce for an Aging America Act of 2009, a bill to expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals in the United States; HR 676 United States National Health Care Act or the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, a bill to provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents, improved health care delivery, and for other purposes; HR 688 and S 326 Kids First Act, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program through fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes; Tricare letter sent to DOD from Sen. Ben Nelson urging DoD to revise the rule, expand the transition to the new payment system, offer other adjustments to cushion the financial blow on certain hospitals, and conduct a detailed analysis of its impact on the field; S 391 Healthy Americans Act, a bill to provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make Americans healthier and can never be taken away; HR 914 Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs; HR 936 National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009, a bill to ensure the continued and future availability of lifesaving trauma health care in the United States and to prevent further trauma center closures and downgrades by assisting trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, emergency needs, and information technology; HR 956 HealthCARE Act of 2009, a bill to expand the number of individuals and families with health insurance coverage, and for other purposes; S 408 Wakefield Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide a means for continued improvement in emergency medical services for children; HR 1085 Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act, a bill to impose a limitation on lifetime aggregate limits imposed by health plans; HR 1086 Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2009; a bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; HR 1101 Midwifery Care Access and Reimbursement Equity Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of certified midwife services and to provide for more equitable reimbursement rates for certified nurse-midwife services; S 441 Quality Reform Expansion and Savings Act of 2009, a bill to encourage the development of coordinated quality reforms to improve health care delivery and reduce the cost of care in the health care system; S 444 National Health Information Technology and Privacy Advancement Act of 2009, a bill to provide for the establishment of a health information technology and privacy system; S 486 Access for All America Act, a bill to achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs; HR 1253 Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009, a bill to require that limitations and restrictions on coverage under group health plans be timely disclosed to group health plan sponsors and timely communicated to participants and beneficiaries under such plans in a form that is easily understandable; HR 1296 Access for All America Act, a bill to achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs; HR 1411 United States Primary and Preventive Health Care Corps Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Primary and Public Health Scholarship Program; HR 1460 Nurses Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members; HR 1494 Nursing Home Emergency Assistance Act, a bill to ensure that a private for-profit nursing home affected by a major disaster receives the same reimbursement as a public nursing home affected by a major disaster; HR 1558 and S 623 Preexisting Condition Patient Protection Act of 2009, to prohibit health insurers from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions; S 616 Enhancing Safety in Medicine Utilizing Leading Advanced Simulation Technologies to Improve Outcomes Now Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize medical simulation enhancement programs, and for other purposes; HR 1581 Patient-Focused Critical Care Enhancement Act, a bill to optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce; S 628 Conrad State 30 Improvement Act, a bill to provide incentives to physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities; HR 1614 and S 652 Community Coalitions for Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2009, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to community health coalitions to assist in the development of integrated health care delivery; HR 1691 and S 688 Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2009, a bill to require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations; HR 1699 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act, a bill to require that certain complex diagnostic laboratory tests performed by an independent laboratory after a hospital outpatient encounter or inpatient stay during which the specimen involved was collected shall be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act; S 698 State-Based Health Care Reform Act, a bill to ensure the provision of high-quality health care coverage for uninsured individuals through State health care coverage pilot projects that expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care system; S 703 American Health Security Act of 2009, a bill to provide for health care for every American and to control the cost and enhance the quality of the health care system; HR 1745 Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers under section 330 of such Act; S 733 National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009, a bill to ensure the continued and future availability of life saving trauma health care in the United States and to prevent further trauma center closures and downgrades by assisting trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, and emergency needs; Letter to HHS about the action plan to prevent Healthcare associated infections; Provided information to members of Congress about the Quality and Patient Safety Transparency initiatives by state; Working with Rep. Nathan Deal to get legislation introduced on provider price transparency; HR 1670 and S 683 Community Choice Act of 2009, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide individuals with disabilities and older Americans with equal access to community-based attendant services and supports and which would allow disabled Medicaid recipients to receive care in their homes rather than in nursing homes; HR 2003 and S 830 Children's Hospitals Education Equity Act, a bill to modify the definition of children's hospital for purposes of making payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs; HR 1998 Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2009, a bill to improve access to emergency medical services; HR 2043 Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students; HR 2066 Graduate Psychology Education Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote mental and behavioral health services for underserved populations; S 890 Health Information Technology (IT) Public Utility Act of 2009, a bill to provide for the use of improved health information technology with respect to certain safety net health care providers; HR 2176 Nursing and Allied Health Education Preservation Act of 2009, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue the ability of hospitals to supply a needed workforce of nurses and allied health professionals by preserving funding for hospital operated nursing and allied health education programs; HR 2218 Parental Consent Act of 2009, a bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening program; S 957 Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services; S 958 MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children born after 2009; HR 2231 Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services; HR 2233 Health Empowerment Zone Act of 2009, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate health empowerment zones; S 966 and HR 2252 National Health Care Quality Act, a bill to improve the Federal infrastructure for health care quality improvement in the United States; HR 2249 Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for increased price transparency of hospital information and to provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs; HR 2251 and S 973 Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions; S 979 and HR 2360 SHOP Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed that would offer a choice of private health plans and make health coverage more affordable, predictable, and accessible; HR 2273 Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals; S 999 Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act of 2009, a bill to increase the number of well-trained mental health service professionals (including those based in schools) providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents; S 1001 Health Promotion FIRST Act, a bill to provide for increased research, coordination and expansion of health promotion programs through the Department of Health and Human Services; HR 2350 Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to increase the number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and to improve patient access to primary care services; HR 2369 Improving the Quality of Mental and Substance Use Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to improve mental and substance use health care; S 1020 Patient-Focused Critical Care Enhancement Act, a bill to optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce; S 1022 Nurses' Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members; HR 2381 Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard to reduce injuries to patients, direct-care registered nurses, and all other health care workers by establishing a safe patient handling and injury prevention standard, and for other purposes; HR 2388 Physician Availability Act of 2009, a bill to assure that the services of a nonemergency department physician are available to hospital patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week in all non-Federal hospitals with at least 100 licensed beds; S 1028 Strengthening America's Public Health System Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the Nation's surveillance and reporting for diseases and conditions; S 1031 National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals; HR 2427 and S 1050 Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to establish Federal standards for health insurance forms, quality, fair marketing, and honesty in out-of-network coverage in the group and individual health insurance markets, to improve transparency and accountability in those markets, and to establish a Federal Office of Health Insurance Oversight to monitor performance in those markets; HR 2520 Patients' Choice Act, a bill to provide comprehensive solutions for the health care system of the United States; HR 2535 Blueprint for Health Act of 2009, a bill to establish a Blueprint for Health in order to create a comprehensive system of care incorporating medical homes to improve the delivery and affordability of health care through disease prevention, health promotion, and education about and better management of chronic conditions; S 1104 Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment program; HR 2536 Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act, to provide relief for the shortage of nurses in the United States; HR 2691 a bill to provide assistance to adolescents and young adults with serious mental health disorders as they transition to adulthood ; S 1173 Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act, a bill to establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals; S 1174 Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to increase the number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and to improve patient access to primary care services; S 1176 Allied Health Reinvestment Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote and improve the allied health professionals; HR 2744 Equal Rights for Health Care Act Title 42, a bill to prohibit discrimination in Federal assisted health care services and research programs on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability status; HR 2754 Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment program; HR 2778 Health Equity and Accountability through Research Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to redesignate the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities as the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities; S 1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act, a bill to require that certain complex diagnostic laboratory tests performed by an independent laboratory after a hospital outpatient encounter or inpatient stay during which the specimen involved was collected shall be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act; HR 2785 Health Care Paperwork Reduction and Fraud Prevention Act of 2009, a bill to reduce the amount of paperwork and improve payment policies for health care services, to prevent fraud and abuse through health care provider education; HR 2804Ensuring Continuous Coverage under SCHIP Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require 12-month continuous coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance Program; HR 2810 Public Health Workforce Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish various programs for the recruitment and retention of public health workers and to eliminate critical public health workforce shortages in Federal, State, local, and tribal public health agencies and health centers; HR 2816 States' Right To Innovate in Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide grants and flexibility through demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, cost-effective systems of health care coverage, with simplified administration; HR 2824 Doctor-Patient Relationship and Research Protection Act, to enhance the conduct and support of federally funded comparative effectiveness research relating to health care; HR 2891 Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program; HR 2925 Communities Building Access Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for community projects that will reduce the number of individuals who are uninsured with respect to health care; HR 2930 Primary Care Training Enhancement Act, a bill to enhance the primary care workforce through modifications to the medical residency training programs and use of qualified teaching health centers and through State primary care scholarship and loan repayment programs; S 1278 Consumers Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to establish the Consumers Choice Health Plan, a public health insurance plan that provides an affordable and accountable health insurance option for consumers; HR 2937 and S 1305 MRSA Infection Prevention and Patient Protection Act, a bill to prevent health care facility-acquired infections; HR 2948 Healthcare Improvements for Generating High Performance (HIGH Performance) Act of 2009, a bill to amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the implementation of best practices in the delivery of health care in the United States; HR 2957 Rural Health Access Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the National Health Service Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs; S 1299 Worker Infection Protection Act, a bill to protect health care workers and first responders, including police, firefighters, emergency medical personnel, and other workers at risk of workplace exposure to infectious agents and drug resistant infections; Hatch amendment # 21 requiring the IOM to make recommendations to Congress on how to reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions; HR 2975 Medical Practice Protection Act of 2009, a bill to improve the medical care by reducing the excessive burden imposed by the civil liability system on the health care delivery system; HR 3000 Josephine Butler United States Health Service Act, a bill to establish a United States Health Service to provide high quality comprehensive health care for all Americans and to overcome the deficiencies in the present system of health care delivery; HR 3002 and S 1259 PATIENTS Act of 2009, a bill to protect all patients by prohibiting the use of data obtained from comparative effictiveness research accounts to deny coverage of items or services under Federal health care programs and to ensure that comparative effectiveness research accounts for advancements in personalized medicine and differences in patient treatment response; S 1355 Rural Health Clinic Patient Access and Improvement Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to health care for individuals residing in underserved rural areas; S. 1403 Strengthen Social Work Training Act of 2009, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to ensure that social work students or social work schools are eligible for support under certain programs that would assist individuals in pursuing health careers or for grants for training projects in geriatrics, and to establish a social work training program; S. 1404 Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act of 2009, a bill to implement demonstration projects at federally qualified community health centers to promote universal access to family-centered, evidence-based behavioral health interventions that prevent child maltreatment and promote family well-being by addressing parenting practices and skills for families from diverse socioeconomic, cultural, racial, ethnic, and other backgrounds; HR3134 Healthcare Innovation Zone Program Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Healthcare Innovation Zone pilot program; H.R.3148, a bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings; H.R.3151 and S 1585 Rural Access to Nurse Anesthesia Services Act of 2009, a bill to permit pass-through payment for reasonable costs of certified registered nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals as urban hospitals, including hospitals located in ``Lugar counties'', and for on-call and standby costs for such services; H.R.3158 Place Based Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to reform health care delivery by providing incentives for place-based health care, which seeks to bring health services to the patient by locating community health centers, federally qualified health centers, and community integrated health centers in or near settings that already serve a particular target population, such as schools, workplaces, and senior services facilities; H.R.3185 and S1569, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment to hospitals for costs of expanded advanced practice nurse training programs; H.R. 3191 Positive Aging Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for integration of mental health services and mental health treatment outreach teams, and for other purposes; H.R. 3199 Emergency Medic Transition (EMT) Act of 2009 , a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training; H.R. 3200 America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, a bill to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending; H.R. 3217 Health Care Choice Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce; H.R. 3218 Improving Health Care for All Americans Act, a bill to provide a refundable tax credit for medical costs, to expand access to health insurance coverage through individual membership associations (IMAs), and to assist in the establishment of high risk pools; H.R.3234 Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act, a bill to establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals; H.R. 3242 Women's Health Office Act of 2009, a bill to improve the health of women through the establishment of Offices of Women's Health within the Department of Health and Human Services; S.1459 Health Care Choice Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce; S. 1479 NO TITLE, a bill to provide for the treatment of certain hospitals; H.R. 3391 NO TITLE, a bill to allow for the continuation of critical access hospital designation for certain hospitals in geographic areas experiencing population growth; H.R. 3400 Empowering Patients First Act, a bill to provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage; H.R.3421 Medical Debt Relief Act of 2009, a bill to exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in collection and has been fully paid or settled; HR 3472 a bill to provide for health insurance coverage premium discounts for healthy behavior and improvements toward healthy behavior; HR 3483 Steps Toward Access and Reform (STAR) Act of 2009, a bill to reform the medical liability system, improve access to health care for rural and indigent patients, enhance access to affordable prescription drugs, and for other purposes S 1572, a bill to provide for a point of order against any legislation that eliminates or reduces the ability of Americans to keep their health plan or their choice of doctor or that decreases the number of Americans enrolled in private health insurance, while increasing the number of Americans enrolled in government-managed health care; S 1679 Affordable Health Choices Act, an original bill to make quality, affordable health care available to all Americans, reduce costs, improve health care quality, enhance disease prevention, and strengthen the health care workforce; HR 3652 Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly; S 1720 Health Professions and Primary Care Reinvestment Act, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to provide improved training and primary care; HR 3664 Healthcare Innovation Zone Pilot Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Healthcare Innovation Zone pilot program; S 1730 Fairness in Health Insurance Act, a bill to provide for minimum loss ratios for health insurance coverage; S 1734 Medical Liability Reform Act of 2009, a bill to reduce the cost of health care and ensure patient access to doctors by ending excessive malpractice verdicts through common-sense lawsuit reform; Senate Finance Committee Americas Healthy Future Act of 2009, Senate Finance Committee health reform bill with provisions on coverage, disease prevention and wellness, delivery system reform, health care quality and efficiency, transparency and program integrity, and financing; Meeting with FTC, senate congressional staff re barriers to clinical integration; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the merged product of the health reform bills from the Senate Finance and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committees; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act, a bill to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes; HR 3700 Health Care Bill of Rights Act, a bill to establish requirements for any health reform legislation enacted by the Congress or the President during the 111th Congress; HR 3713 American Health Care Solutions Act of 2009, a bill to provide bipartisan solutions to lower health costs, increase access to affordable coverage, and give patients more choices and control; S 1742 Women's Hospitals Education Equity Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide assistance for graduate medical education funding for women's hospitals; Comments to CMS proposed rule defining meaningful use of electronic Health Records concern that the rules will severely limit hospitals' ability to access federal financing for health information technology and put many hospitals at risk for Medicare payment penalties beginning in 2015; FDA Grants Hospitals 18 Months to Replace Steris System 1 Processor; HR 4626 Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act, to restore the application of the Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers; HR 4851 Continuing Extension Act of 2010, to provide a temporary extension of certain programs; Meetings with CMS and HHS to encourage reimbursement under the National Disaster Medical System for hospitals that provided services to victims of the Haitian earthquake; HR 4700 The Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act of 2010, to provide for transparency in health care pricing; HR 4803 The Patients Right to Know Act, to ensure health care consumer and provider access to certain health benefits plan information and to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide transparency in hospital price and quality information; HR 6072 and S 3708 Electronic Health Record Incentives for Multi-Campus Hospitals Act of 2010, to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify the application of EHR payment incentives in cases of multi-campus hospitals; HR 6376 to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to physician supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient services
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2010 · third_quarter · Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
- H Res 25 A resolution expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the goals and ideals of National Internet Safety Month all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 30 A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to continue aggressive growth in our nation's telecommunications and technology industries, the U.S. government should "get out of the way and stay out of the way all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 31 A resolution expressing support for designation of Jan. 28, 2009, as "National Data Privacy Day all provisions relating to cable. - HR 226 Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 231 A bill to require certain warning labels to be placed on video games that are given certain ratings due to violent content all provisions relating to cable. - HR 245 Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 266 Cybersecurity Education Enhancement Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 400 Protecting Consumers through Proper Forbearance Procedures Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 661 A bill to provide additional coupons for the digital-to-analog converter box program and to expedite delivery of coupons under such program all provisions relating to cable. - HR 691 Broadband Access Equality Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 760 Advanced Broadband Infrastructure Bond Initiative of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 780 Student Internet Safety Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 848 Performance Rights Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 927 Satellite Consumers' Right to Local Channels Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1019 State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1020 Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1076 Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth (SAFETY) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1083 Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1084 Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1110 Preventing Harassment through Outbound Number Enforcement (PHONE) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1155 Satellite Consumers' Access to Public Television Digital Programming Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1258 Truth in Caller ID Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1260 Patent Reform Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1319 Informed P2P User Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1521 Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1560 Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1709 STEM Education Coordination Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1819 A bill to amend the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to extend the interoperable emergency communications grant program through fiscal year 2012 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1860 Four Corners Television Access Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1910 Chief Technology Officer Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2020 Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2060 Community College Technology Access Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2135 A bill to amend section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that funds received as universal service contributions and the universal service support programs established pursuant to that section are not subject to certain provisions of Title 31, United States Code, commonly known as the Antideficiency Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2165 Bulk Power System Protection Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2166 A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide universal service support to head start programs, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2175 Families for ED Advertising Decency Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2182 Enhanced Oversight of State and Local Economic Recovery Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2183 A bill to improve public participation and overall decision-making at the Federal Communications Commission, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2195 A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to provide additional authorities to adequately protect the critical electric infrastructure against cyber attack, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2203 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2221 Data Accountability and Trust Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2357 Same Number Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2428 Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2505 Reaching Rural Veterans through Telehealth Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2521 National Infrastructure Development Bank Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2720 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the election to treat the cost of qualified film and television productions as an expense which is not chargeable to capital account all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2826 Family Work Flexibility Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2847 Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 547 A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of "National Internet Safety Month all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2861 Shareholder Empowerment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2902 Broadband Internet Fairness Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2903 DTV Cliff Effect Assistance Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2917 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny any deduction for advertising prescription drugs all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2963 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for improving small manufacturers' computer technology all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2966 Say No to Drug Ads Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2994 Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 609 A resolution providing for consideration of the bill (HR 2997) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2010, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 799 A resolution providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (HR 2997) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2010, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3011 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3014 Small Business Health Information Technology Financing Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3019 Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3030 Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3101 Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3124 Health Information Technology (IT) Public Utility Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3125 Radio Spectrum Inventory Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3126 Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3170 Fiscal 2010 Financial Services Appropriations all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3216 Local Television Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3222 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education (AWARE) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3269 Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3272 Corporate Governance Reform Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3291 Mutual Holding Company Beneficial Owners' Protection Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3348 A bill to amend the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to extend the interoperable emergency communications grant program through fiscal year 2012 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3351 Proxy Voting Transparency Act Of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3413 Rural Information Technology Investment Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3458 Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3498 Statewide PTV Access Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3512 Capturing On-line Predators Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3570 Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education (AWARE) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3633 A bill to allow the funding for the interoperable emergency communications grant program established under the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to remain available until expended through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3646 Broadband Affordability Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3682 Kelsey Smith Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3698 Kelsey Smith Law Enforcement Training Grant Program Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3717 Kelsey Smith Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3738 Small Business Early-Stage Investment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3745 Community Access Preservation (CAP) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3854 Small Business Financing and Investment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - H Con Res 193 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the need to pass meaningful legislation to protect commercial and government data from data breaches all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3924 A bill to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from further regulating the Internet all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3931 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for two years the election to treat the cost of a qualified film or television production as an expense which is not chargeable to a capital account all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3979 Protecting Americans from Drug Marketing Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3994 Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4053 Healthy Kids Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4059 Online Age Verification and Child Safety Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4061 Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4098 Secure Federal File Sharing Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4167 Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4173 Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 and Conference Report-all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4213 American Workers, State and Business Relief Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 996 A resolution expressing support for designation of September as National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4353 Wireless Microphone Users Interference Protection Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4504 Standards for Internet Non-Censorship (SINC) Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4518 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny a deduction for image advertising expenses for any trade or business the gross receipts of which exceed $100 million all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4533 Technology Bill of Rights for the Blind Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4545 Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4619 E-Rate 2.0 Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4691 Temporary Extensions Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4709 Engineering Education for Innovation (E 2 for Innovation) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4749 Stand By Every Ad Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4769 Creating Jobs From Innovative Small Businesses Act of 2010 - HR 4770 Create Jobs by Expanding the R&D Tax Credit Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4784 Internet Freedom Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4785 Rural Energy Savings Program Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4790 Shareholder Protection Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4809 Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4816 Food and Drug Administration Improvement Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4829 Next Generation 9-1-1 Preservation Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4842 Homeland Security Science and Technology Authorization Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4849 Small Business and Infrastructure Jobs Tax Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4851 Continuing Extension Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4860 Electric Consumer Right to Know (e-KNOW) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4061 Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4900 Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4925 Healthy Media for Youth Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4962 International Cybercrime Reporting and Cooperation Act all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 1244 A resolution recognizing the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition for its now five-year effort to promote cyber security curriculum in institutions of higher learning all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5026 Grid Reliability and Infrastructure Defense (GRID) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5070 Smart Electronics Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5074 National Institute of Standards and Technology Authorization Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5081 Broadband for First Responders Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5108 Cyber Privacy Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5116 America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5140 National Economic Competitiveness and Innovation Strategy Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5175 DISCLOSE Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5297 Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5247 Executive Cyberspace Authorities Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5257 Internet Investment, Innovation and Competition Preservation Act all provisions relating to cable. - H J Res 84 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to regulate campaign contributions for federal elections all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5538 A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting after fiscal year 2012 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5548 Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5649 Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5652 Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5660 Main Street Fairness Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5694 One Global Internet Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5707 Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 1512 A resolution commending Google Inc. and other companies for advocating for an uncensored Internet, adhering to free speech principles, and keeping the Internet open for users worldwide all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5751 Lobbying Disclosure Enhancement Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5767 Innovative Technologies Investment Incentive Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5768 A bill to amend Title 38, United States Code, to authorize the waiver of the collection of copayments for telehealth and telemedicine visits of veterans, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5777 Building Effective Strategies To Promote Responsibility Accountability Choice Transparency Innovation Consumer Expectations and Safeguards (BEST PRACTICES) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5828 Universal Service Reform Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 6110 Telehealth Improvement and Expansion Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 6120 Technology Deployment and Early-Stage Business Investment Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 1616 A resolution expressing the support of Congress for National Telephone Discount Lifeline Awareness Week all provisions relating to cable. - HR 6126 A bill to provide for 100 percent expensing for capital property placed in service on or after Sept. 8, 2010, and before 2012 all provisions relating to cable. - S 30 Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 34 Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 43 Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 47 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 62 Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 71 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S Res 25 A resolution expressing support for designation of Jan. 28, 2009, as "National Data Privacy Day." all provisions relating to cable. - S 233 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the allowance of bonus depreciation and the increased expensing limitations permanent. all provisions relating to cable. - S 328 DTV Delay Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 348 A bill to amend section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that funds received as universal service contributions and the universal service support programs established pursuant to that section are not subject to certain provisions of Title 31, United States Code, commonly known as the Antideficiency Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 379 Performance Rights Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 436 Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 457 Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 515 Patent Reform Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 560 Employee Free Choice Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 592 Local Community Radio Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 610 Patent Reform Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 649 Radio Spectrum Inventory Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 771 Four Corners Television Access Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 778 A bill to establish, within the Executive Office of the president, the Office of National Cybersecurity Advisor all provisions relating to cable. - S 788 m-SPAM Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 890 Health Information Technology Public Utility Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 899 DTV Cliff Effect Assistance Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 920 Information Technology (IT) Investment Oversight Enhancement and Waste Prevention Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 921 United States Information and Communications Enhancement (U.S. ICE) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 931 Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 946 Critical Electric Infrastructure Protection Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1006 Excessive Pay Shareholder Approval Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1007 Excessive Pay Capped Deduction Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1029 21st Century Skills Incentive Fund Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1047 School and Family Education about the Internet (SAFE Internet) Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1192 Mobile Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1210 STEM Education Coordination Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1266 Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1291 Family Work Flexibility Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1406 Fiscal 2010 Agriculture Appropriations all provisions relating to cable. - S 1432 Fiscal 2010 Financial Services Appropriations all provisions relating to cable. - S 1438 Fostering a Global Response to Cyber Attacks Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1447 Connecting America Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1462 American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1490 Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1491 Ending Excessive Corporate Deductions for Stock Options Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1614 Community College Technology Access Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1670 Satellite Television Modernization Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1696 Green Gaming Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1749 Cell Phone Contraband Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1763 Protecting Americans from Drug Marketing Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1836 Internet Freedom Act of 2009 - S 1938 Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S Res 285 A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of national cybersecurity awareness month and raising awareness and enhancing the state of cybersecurity in the United States all provisions relating to cable. - S Res 402 Resolution expressing support for designation of 1/28/10 National Data Privacy Day-all provisions relating to cable - S Res 412 A resolution designating September 2010 as "National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month all provisions relating to cable. - S 2764 Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 2765 Small Business Health Information Technology Financing Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 2825 Cell Phone Early Termination Fee, Transparency and Fairness (ETF) Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 2842 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the deduction for direct to consumer advertising expenses for prescription pharmaceuticals and to provide a deduction for fees paid for the participation of children in certain organizations which promote physical activity all provisions relating to cable. - S 2847 Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 2873 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the deduction for direct to consumer advertising expenses for prescription pharmaceuticals and to provide a deduction for fees paid for the participation of children in certain organizations which promote physical activity all provisions relating to cable. - S 2879 Broadband Opportunity and Affordability Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 2880 Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable.
Client expense: $4,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Copyright Office
2010 · second_quarter · Health Issues
American Health Security Act (H.R. 1200); Access for All America Act (H.R. 1296/S.486); Primary Care Volunteer Incentive Act (H.R. 1185); Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (S.790); Title VII Reauthorization (S.1720); Conrad State 30 Improvement Act (S.628); Recognizing the value of community health centers (HCon.Res.144/S.Con.Res.25). Tri-Caucus Health Equity and Accountant Act; Health Information Technology Public Utility Act of 2009 (S.890); Womens Medical House Demonstration Act (S.1303); Family Healthcare Accessibility Act (H.R.1745); Community Coalitions for Access and Quality Improvement Act (H.R.1614/S.652); Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (S.790); GAO Study request on VA/CHCs Act (no bill#); Affordable Health Choices Act (H.R.3200); Resident Physician Shortage Act (S.973/H.R.2251); Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act (H.R.1693/S.671); Public Health Workforce Development Act (H.R.2620/S.1143); Helping Fill the Medicine Rx Gap Act (H.R.2777/S.1201); Primary Care Training Enhancement Act (H.R.2930); Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act (S.1404); Community & Rural Medical Residency Preservation Act (S.1300) Americas Healthy Future Act of 2009, Chairmans Mark Senate Finance Committee; MedPAC Reform Act of 2009 (S.1110); Consumers Health Care Act of 2009 (S.1278); Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009 (H.R.2350); Senate HELP Affordable Health Choices Act (S.1679); Medicare Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2009 (H.R.2068); Medicare Transition Care Act of 2009 (S.1295); School Based Health Clinic Establishment Act of 2009 (H.R.3003); DSH Collaborative Care Network Pilot Program Act of 2009 (H.R.3430); Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R.3962); The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R.3590); Community-Based Residency Training Act (H.R.4409); Reconciliation Act of 2010 (H.R.4872).
2010 · second_quarter · Health Issues
S 2 Middle Class Opportunity Act, Card Check provisions; S 4 Comprehensive Health Reform Act of 2009, a bill to guarantee affordable, quality health coverage for all Americans, and for other purposes; S 45 MCAP Act, a bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; S 77 Children's Mental Health Parity Act, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for equal coverage of mental health services under the State Children's Health Insurance Program; HR 241a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require the amounts reimbursed to institutional providers of health care services under the TRICARE program to be the same as amounts reimbursed under Medicare, and to require the Secretary of Defense to contract for health care services with at least one teaching hospital in urban areas; HR 298 Improving Children's Doctor Access Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require SCHIP annual reports to include information on the HEDIS measure relating to access to primary care practitioners by individuals eligible for child health assistance under such plans and on State efforts to avoid certain displacement of private health coverage, and to express the sense of Congress that such States should utilize Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems consumer satisfaction surveys to measure access by such individuals to physicians; S 179 Health Information Technology Act of 2009, a bill to improve quality in health care by providing incentives for adoption of modern information technology; HR 468 and S 245 Retooling the Health Care Workforce for an Aging America Act of 2009, a bill to expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals in the United States; HR 676 United States National Health Care Act or the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, a bill to provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents, improved health care delivery, and for other purposes; HR 688 and S 326 Kids First Act, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program through fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes; Tricare letter sent to DOD from Sen. Ben Nelson urging DoD to revise the rule, expand the transition to the new payment system, offer other adjustments to cushion the financial blow on certain hospitals, and conduct a detailed analysis of its impact on the field; S 391 Healthy Americans Act, a bill to provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make Americans healthier and can never be taken away; HR 914 Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs; HR 936 National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009, a bill to ensure the continued and future availability of lifesaving trauma health care in the United States and to prevent further trauma center closures and downgrades by assisting trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, emergency needs, and information technology; HR 956 HealthCARE Act of 2009, a bill to expand the number of individuals and families with health insurance coverage, and for other purposes; S 408 Wakefield Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide a means for continued improvement in emergency medical services for children; HR 1085 Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act, a bill to impose a limitation on lifetime aggregate limits imposed by health plans; HR 1086 Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2009; a bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; HR 1101 Midwifery Care Access and Reimbursement Equity Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of certified midwife services and to provide for more equitable reimbursement rates for certified nurse-midwife services; S 441 Quality Reform Expansion and Savings Act of 2009, a bill to encourage the development of coordinated quality reforms to improve health care delivery and reduce the cost of care in the health care system; S 444 National Health Information Technology and Privacy Advancement Act of 2009, a bill to provide for the establishment of a health information technology and privacy system; S 486 Access for All America Act, a bill to achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs; HR 1253 Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009, a bill to require that limitations and restrictions on coverage under group health plans be timely disclosed to group health plan sponsors and timely communicated to participants and beneficiaries under such plans in a form that is easily understandable; HR 1296 Access for All America Act, a bill to achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs; HR 1411 United States Primary and Preventive Health Care Corps Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Primary and Public Health Scholarship Program; HR 1460 Nurses Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members; HR 1494 Nursing Home Emergency Assistance Act, a bill to ensure that a private for-profit nursing home affected by a major disaster receives the same reimbursement as a public nursing home affected by a major disaster; HR 1558 and S 623 Preexisting Condition Patient Protection Act of 2009, to prohibit health insurers from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions; S 616 Enhancing Safety in Medicine Utilizing Leading Advanced Simulation Technologies to Improve Outcomes Now Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize medical simulation enhancement programs, and for other purposes; HR 1581 Patient-Focused Critical Care Enhancement Act, a bill to optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce; S 628 Conrad State 30 Improvement Act, a bill to provide incentives to physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities; HR 1614 and S 652 Community Coalitions for Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2009, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to community health coalitions to assist in the development of integrated health care delivery; HR 1691 and S 688 Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2009, a bill to require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations; HR 1699 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act, a bill to require that certain complex diagnostic laboratory tests performed by an independent laboratory after a hospital outpatient encounter or inpatient stay during which the specimen involved was collected shall be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act; S 698 State-Based Health Care Reform Act, a bill to ensure the provision of high-quality health care coverage for uninsured individuals through State health care coverage pilot projects that expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care system; S 703 American Health Security Act of 2009, a bill to provide for health care for every American and to control the cost and enhance the quality of the health care system; HR 1745 Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers under section 330 of such Act; S 733 National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009, a bill to ensure the continued and future availability of life saving trauma health care in the United States and to prevent further trauma center closures and downgrades by assisting trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, and emergency needs; Letter to HHS about the action plan to prevent Healthcare associated infections; Provided information to members of Congress about the Quality and Patient Safety Transparency initiatives by state; Working with Rep. Nathan Deal to get legislation introduced on provider price transparency; HR 1670 and S 683 Community Choice Act of 2009, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide individuals with disabilities and older Americans with equal access to community-based attendant services and supports and which would allow disabled Medicaid recipients to receive care in their homes rather than in nursing homes; HR 2003 and S 830 Children's Hospitals Education Equity Act, a bill to modify the definition of children's hospital for purposes of making payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs; HR 1998 Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2009, a bill to improve access to emergency medical services; HR 2043 Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students; HR 2066 Graduate Psychology Education Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote mental and behavioral health services for underserved populations; S 890 Health Information Technology (IT) Public Utility Act of 2009, a bill to provide for the use of improved health information technology with respect to certain safety net health care providers; HR 2176 Nursing and Allied Health Education Preservation Act of 2009, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue the ability of hospitals to supply a needed workforce of nurses and allied health professionals by preserving funding for hospital operated nursing and allied health education programs; HR 2218 Parental Consent Act of 2009, a bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening program; S 957 Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services; S 958 MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children born after 2009; HR 2231 Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services; HR 2233 Health Empowerment Zone Act of 2009, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate health empowerment zones; S 966 and HR 2252 National Health Care Quality Act, a bill to improve the Federal infrastructure for health care quality improvement in the United States; HR 2249 Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for increased price transparency of hospital information and to provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs; HR 2251 and S 973 Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions; S 979 and HR 2360 SHOP Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed that would offer a choice of private health plans and make health coverage more affordable, predictable, and accessible; HR 2273 Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals; S 999 Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act of 2009, a bill to increase the number of well-trained mental health service professionals (including those based in schools) providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents; S 1001 Health Promotion FIRST Act, a bill to provide for increased research, coordination and expansion of health promotion programs through the Department of Health and Human Services; HR 2350 Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to increase the number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and to improve patient access to primary care services; HR 2369 Improving the Quality of Mental and Substance Use Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to improve mental and substance use health care; S 1020 Patient-Focused Critical Care Enhancement Act, a bill to optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce; S 1022 Nurses' Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members; HR 2381 Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard to reduce injuries to patients, direct-care registered nurses, and all other health care workers by establishing a safe patient handling and injury prevention standard, and for other purposes; HR 2388 Physician Availability Act of 2009, a bill to assure that the services of a nonemergency department physician are available to hospital patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week in all non-Federal hospitals with at least 100 licensed beds; S 1028 Strengthening America's Public Health System Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the Nation's surveillance and reporting for diseases and conditions; S 1031 National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals; HR 2427 and S 1050 Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to establish Federal standards for health insurance forms, quality, fair marketing, and honesty in out-of-network coverage in the group and individual health insurance markets, to improve transparency and accountability in those markets, and to establish a Federal Office of Health Insurance Oversight to monitor performance in those markets; HR 2520 Patients' Choice Act, a bill to provide comprehensive solutions for the health care system of the United States; HR 2535 Blueprint for Health Act of 2009, a bill to establish a Blueprint for Health in order to create a comprehensive system of care incorporating medical homes to improve the delivery and affordability of health care through disease prevention, health promotion, and education about and better management of chronic conditions; S 1104 Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment program; HR 2536 Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act, to provide relief for the shortage of nurses in the United States; HR 2691 a bill to provide assistance to adolescents and young adults with serious mental health disorders as they transition to adulthood ; S 1173 Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act, a bill to establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals; S 1174 Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to increase the number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and to improve patient access to primary care services; S 1176 Allied Health Reinvestment Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote and improve the allied health professionals; HR 2744 Equal Rights for Health Care Act Title 42, a bill to prohibit discrimination in Federal assisted health care services and research programs on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability status; HR 2754 Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment program; HR 2778 Health Equity and Accountability through Research Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to redesignate the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities as the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities; S 1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act, a bill to require that certain complex diagnostic laboratory tests performed by an independent laboratory after a hospital outpatient encounter or inpatient stay during which the specimen involved was collected shall be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act; HR 2785 Health Care Paperwork Reduction and Fraud Prevention Act of 2009, a bill to reduce the amount of paperwork and improve payment policies for health care services, to prevent fraud and abuse through health care provider education; HR 2804Ensuring Continuous Coverage under SCHIP Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require 12-month continuous coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance Program; HR 2810 Public Health Workforce Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish various programs for the recruitment and retention of public health workers and to eliminate critical public health workforce shortages in Federal, State, local, and tribal public health agencies and health centers; HR 2816 States' Right To Innovate in Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide grants and flexibility through demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, cost-effective systems of health care coverage, with simplified administration; HR 2824 Doctor-Patient Relationship and Research Protection Act, to enhance the conduct and support of federally funded comparative effectiveness research relating to health care; HR 2891 Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program; HR 2925 Communities Building Access Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for community projects that will reduce the number of individuals who are uninsured with respect to health care; HR 2930 Primary Care Training Enhancement Act, a bill to enhance the primary care workforce through modifications to the medical residency training programs and use of qualified teaching health centers and through State primary care scholarship and loan repayment programs; S 1278 Consumers Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to establish the Consumers Choice Health Plan, a public health insurance plan that provides an affordable and accountable health insurance option for consumers; HR 2937 and S 1305 MRSA Infection Prevention and Patient Protection Act, a bill to prevent health care facility-acquired infections; HR 2948 Healthcare Improvements for Generating High Performance (HIGH Performance) Act of 2009, a bill to amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the implementation of best practices in the delivery of health care in the United States; HR 2957 Rural Health Access Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the National Health Service Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs; S 1299 Worker Infection Protection Act, a bill to protect health care workers and first responders, including police, firefighters, emergency medical personnel, and other workers at risk of workplace exposure to infectious agents and drug resistant infections; Hatch amendment # 21 requiring the IOM to make recommendations to Congress on how to reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions; HR 2975 Medical Practice Protection Act of 2009, a bill to improve the medical care by reducing the excessive burden imposed by the civil liability system on the health care delivery system; HR 3000 Josephine Butler United States Health Service Act, a bill to establish a United States Health Service to provide high quality comprehensive health care for all Americans and to overcome the deficiencies in the present system of health care delivery; HR 3002 and S 1259 PATIENTS Act of 2009, a bill to protect all patients by prohibiting the use of data obtained from comparative effictiveness research accounts to deny coverage of items or services under Federal health care programs and to ensure that comparative effectiveness research accounts for advancements in personalized medicine and differences in patient treatment response; S 1355 Rural Health Clinic Patient Access and Improvement Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to health care for individuals residing in underserved rural areas; S. 1403 Strengthen Social Work Training Act of 2009, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to ensure that social work students or social work schools are eligible for support under certain programs that would assist individuals in pursuing health careers or for grants for training projects in geriatrics, and to establish a social work training program; S. 1404 Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act of 2009, a bill to implement demonstration projects at federally qualified community health centers to promote universal access to family-centered, evidence-based behavioral health interventions that prevent child maltreatment and promote family well-being by addressing parenting practices and skills for families from diverse socioeconomic, cultural, racial, ethnic, and other backgrounds; HR3134 Healthcare Innovation Zone Program Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Healthcare Innovation Zone pilot program; H.R.3148, a bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings; H.R.3151 and S 1585 Rural Access to Nurse Anesthesia Services Act of 2009, a bill to permit pass-through payment for reasonable costs of certified registered nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals as urban hospitals, including hospitals located in ``Lugar counties'', and for on-call and standby costs for such services; H.R.3158 Place Based Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to reform health care delivery by providing incentives for place-based health care, which seeks to bring health services to the patient by locating community health centers, federally qualified health centers, and community integrated health centers in or near settings that already serve a particular target population, such as schools, workplaces, and senior services facilities; H.R.3185 and S1569, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment to hospitals for costs of expanded advanced practice nurse training programs; H.R. 3191 Positive Aging Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for integration of mental health services and mental health treatment outreach teams, and for other purposes; H.R. 3199 Emergency Medic Transition (EMT) Act of 2009 , a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training; H.R. 3200 America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, a bill to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending; H.R. 3217 Health Care Choice Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce; H.R. 3218 Improving Health Care for All Americans Act, a bill to provide a refundable tax credit for medical costs, to expand access to health insurance coverage through individual membership associations (IMAs), and to assist in the establishment of high risk pools; H.R.3234 Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act, a bill to establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals; H.R. 3242 Women's Health Office Act of 2009, a bill to improve the health of women through the establishment of Offices of Women's Health within the Department of Health and Human Services; S.1459 Health Care Choice Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce; S. 1479 NO TITLE, a bill to provide for the treatment of certain hospitals; H.R. 3391 NO TITLE, a bill to allow for the continuation of critical access hospital designation for certain hospitals in geographic areas experiencing population growth; H.R. 3400 Empowering Patients First Act, a bill to provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage; H.R.3421 Medical Debt Relief Act of 2009, a bill to exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in collection and has been fully paid or settled; HR 3472 a bill to provide for health insurance coverage premium discounts for healthy behavior and improvements toward healthy behavior; HR 3483 Steps Toward Access and Reform (STAR) Act of 2009, a bill to reform the medical liability system, improve access to health care for rural and indigent patients, enhance access to affordable prescription drugs, and for other purposes S 1572, a bill to provide for a point of order against any legislation that eliminates or reduces the ability of Americans to keep their health plan or their choice of doctor or that decreases the number of Americans enrolled in private health insurance, while increasing the number of Americans enrolled in government-managed health care; S 1679 Affordable Health Choices Act, an original bill to make quality, affordable health care available to all Americans, reduce costs, improve health care quality, enhance disease prevention, and strengthen the health care workforce; HR 3652 Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly; S 1720 Health Professions and Primary Care Reinvestment Act, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to provide improved training and primary care; HR 3664 Healthcare Innovation Zone Pilot Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Healthcare Innovation Zone pilot program; S 1730 Fairness in Health Insurance Act, a bill to provide for minimum loss ratios for health insurance coverage; S 1734 Medical Liability Reform Act of 2009, a bill to reduce the cost of health care and ensure patient access to doctors by ending excessive malpractice verdicts through common-sense lawsuit reform; Senate Finance Committee Americas Healthy Future Act of 2009, Senate Finance Committee health reform bill with provisions on coverage, disease prevention and wellness, delivery system reform, health care quality and efficiency, transparency and program integrity, and financing; Meeting with FTC, senate congressional staff re barriers to clinical integration; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the merged product of the health reform bills from the Senate Finance and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committees; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act, a bill to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes; HR 3700 Health Care Bill of Rights Act, a bill to establish requirements for any health reform legislation enacted by the Congress or the President during the 111th Congress; HR 3713 American Health Care Solutions Act of 2009, a bill to provide bipartisan solutions to lower health costs, increase access to affordable coverage, and give patients more choices and control; S 1742 Women's Hospitals Education Equity Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide assistance for graduate medical education funding for women's hospitals; Comments to CMS proposed rule defining meaningful use of electronic Health Records concern that the rules will severely limit hospitals' ability to access federal financing for health information technology and put many hospitals at risk for Medicare payment penalties beginning in 2015; FDA Grants Hospitals 18 Months to Replace Steris System 1 Processor; HR 4626 Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act, to restore the application of the Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers; HR 4851 Continuing Extension Act of 2010, to provide a temporary extension of certain programs; Meetings with CMS and HHS to encourage reimbursement under the National Disaster Medical System for hospitals that provided services to victims of the Haitian earthquake; HR 4700 The Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act of 2010, to provide for transparency in health care pricing; HR 4803 The Patients Right to Know Act, to ensure health care consumer and provider access to certain health benefits plan information and to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide transparency in hospital price and quality information.
2010 · second_quarter · Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
- H Res 25 A resolution expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the goals and ideals of National Internet Safety Month all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 30 A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to continue aggressive growth in our nation's telecommunications and technology industries, the U.S. government should "get out of the way and stay out of the way all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 31 A resolution expressing support for designation of Jan. 28, 2009, as "National Data Privacy Day all provisions relating to cable. - HR 226 Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 231 A bill to require certain warning labels to be placed on video games that are given certain ratings due to violent content all provisions relating to cable. - HR 245 Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 266 Cybersecurity Education Enhancement Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 400 Protecting Consumers through Proper Forbearance Procedures Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 661 A bill to provide additional coupons for the digital-to-analog converter box program and to expedite delivery of coupons under such program all provisions relating to cable. - HR 691 Broadband Access Equality Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 760 Advanced Broadband Infrastructure Bond Initiative of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 780 Student Internet Safety Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 848 Performance Rights Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 927 Satellite Consumers' Right to Local Channels Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1019 State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1020 Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1076 Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth (SAFETY) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1083 Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1084 Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1110 Preventing Harassment through Outbound Number Enforcement (PHONE) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1155 Satellite Consumers' Access to Public Television Digital Programming Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1258 Truth in Caller ID Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1260 Patent Reform Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1319 Informed P2P User Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1521 Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1560 Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1709 STEM Education Coordination Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1819 A bill to amend the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to extend the interoperable emergency communications grant program through fiscal year 2012 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1860 Four Corners Television Access Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1910 Chief Technology Officer Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2020 Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2060 Community College Technology Access Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2135 A bill to amend section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that funds received as universal service contributions and the universal service support programs established pursuant to that section are not subject to certain provisions of Title 31, United States Code, commonly known as the Antideficiency Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2165 Bulk Power System Protection Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2166 A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide universal service support to head start programs, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2175 Families for ED Advertising Decency Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2182 Enhanced Oversight of State and Local Economic Recovery Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2183 A bill to improve public participation and overall decision-making at the Federal Communications Commission, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2195 A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to provide additional authorities to adequately protect the critical electric infrastructure against cyber attack, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2203 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2221 Data Accountability and Trust Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2357 Same Number Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2428 Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2505 Reaching Rural Veterans through Telehealth Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2521 National Infrastructure Development Bank Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2720 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the election to treat the cost of qualified film and television productions as an expense which is not chargeable to capital account all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2826 Family Work Flexibility Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2847 Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 547 A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of "National Internet Safety Month all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2861 Shareholder Empowerment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2902 Broadband Internet Fairness Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2903 DTV Cliff Effect Assistance Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2917 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny any deduction for advertising prescription drugs all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2963 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for improving small manufacturers' computer technology all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2966 Say No to Drug Ads Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2994 Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 609 A resolution providing for consideration of the bill (HR 2997) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2010, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 799 A resolution providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (HR 2997) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2010, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3011 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3014 Small Business Health Information Technology Financing Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3019 Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3030 Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3101 Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3124 Health Information Technology (IT) Public Utility Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3125 Radio Spectrum Inventory Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3126 Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3170 Fiscal 2010 Financial Services Appropriations all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3216 Local Television Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3222 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education (AWARE) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3269 Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3272 Corporate Governance Reform Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3291 Mutual Holding Company Beneficial Owners' Protection Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3348 A bill to amend the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to extend the interoperable emergency communications grant program through fiscal year 2012 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3351 Proxy Voting Transparency Act Of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3413 Rural Information Technology Investment Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3458 Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3498 Statewide PTV Access Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3512 Capturing On-line Predators Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3570 Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education (AWARE) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3633 A bill to allow the funding for the interoperable emergency communications grant program established under the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to remain available until expended through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3646 Broadband Affordability Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3682 Kelsey Smith Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3698 Kelsey Smith Law Enforcement Training Grant Program Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3717 Kelsey Smith Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3738 Small Business Early-Stage Investment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3745 Community Access Preservation (CAP) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3854 Small Business Financing and Investment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - H Con Res 193 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the need to pass meaningful legislation to protect commercial and government data from data breaches all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3924 A bill to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from further regulating the Internet all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3931 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for two years the election to treat the cost of a qualified film or television production as an expense which is not chargeable to a capital account all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3979 Protecting Americans from Drug Marketing Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3994 Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4053 Healthy Kids Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4059 Online Age Verification and Child Safety Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4061 Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4098 Secure Federal File Sharing Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4167 Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4173 Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 and Conference Report-all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4213 American Workers, State and Business Relief Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 996 A resolution expressing support for designation of September as National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4353 Wireless Microphone Users Interference Protection Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4504 Standards for Internet Non-Censorship (SINC) Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4518 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny a deduction for image advertising expenses for any trade or business the gross receipts of which exceed $100 million all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4533 Technology Bill of Rights for the Blind Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4545 Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4619 E-Rate 2.0 Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4691 Temporary Extensions Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4709 Engineering Education for Innovation (E 2 for Innovation) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4749 Stand By Every Ad Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4769 Creating Jobs From Innovative Small Businesses Act of 2010 - HR 4770 Create Jobs by Expanding the R&D Tax Credit Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4784 Internet Freedom Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4785 Rural Energy Savings Program Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4790 Shareholder Protection Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4809 Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4816 Food and Drug Administration Improvement Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4829 Next Generation 9-1-1 Preservation Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4842 Homeland Security Science and Technology Authorization Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4849 Small Business and Infrastructure Jobs Tax Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4851 Continuing Extension Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4860 Electric Consumer Right to Know (e-KNOW) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4061 Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4900 Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4925 Healthy Media for Youth Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4962 International Cybercrime Reporting and Cooperation Act all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 1244 A resolution recognizing the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition for its now five-year effort to promote cyber security curriculum in institutions of higher learning all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5026 Grid Reliability and Infrastructure Defense (GRID) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5070 Smart Electronics Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5074 National Institute of Standards and Technology Authorization Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5081 Broadband for First Responders Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5108 Cyber Privacy Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5116 America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5140 National Economic Competitiveness and Innovation Strategy Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5175 DISCLOSE Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5247 Executive Cyberspace Authorities Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5257 Internet Investment, Innovation and Competition Preservation Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5297 Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - H J Res 84 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to regulate campaign contributions for federal elections all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5538 A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting after fiscal year 2012 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5548 Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5649 Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5652 Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 30 Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 34 Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 43 Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 47 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 62 Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 71 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S Res 25 A resolution expressing support for designation of Jan. 28 2009, as "National Data Privacy Day" all provisions relating to cable. - S 233 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the allowance of bonus depreciation and the increased expensing limitations permanent. all provisions relating to cable. - S 328 DTV Delay Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 348 A bill to amend section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that funds received as universal service contributions and the universal service support programs established pursuant to that section are not subject to certain provisions of Title 31, United States Code, commonly known as the Antideficiency Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 379 Performance Rights Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 436 Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 457 Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 515 Patent Reform Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 560 Employee Free Choice Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 592 Local Community Radio Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 610 Patent Reform Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 649 Radio Spectrum Inventory Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 771 Four Corners Television Access Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 778 A bill to establish, within the Executive Office of the president, the Office of National Cybersecurity Advisor all provisions relating to cable. - S 788 m-SPAM Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 890 Health Information Technology Public Utility Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 899 DTV Cliff Effect Assistance Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 920 Information Technology (IT) Investment Oversight Enhancement and Waste Prevention Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 921 United States Information and Communications Enhancement (U.S. ICE) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 931 Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 946 Critical Electric Infrastructure Protection Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1006 Excessive Pay Shareholder Approval Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1007 Excessive Pay Capped Deduction Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1029 21st Century Skills Incentive Fund Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1047 School and Family Education about the Internet (SAFE Internet) Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1192 Mobile Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1210 STEM Education Coordination Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1266 Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1291 Family Work Flexibility Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1406 Fiscal 2010 Agriculture Appropriations all provisions relating to cable. - S 1432 Fiscal 2010 Financial Services Appropriations all provisions relating to cable. - S 1438 Fostering a Global Response to Cyber Attacks Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1447 Connecting America Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1462 American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1490 Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1491 Ending Excessive Corporate Deductions for Stock Options Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1614 Community College Technology Access Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1670 Satellite Television Modernization Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1696 Green Gaming Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1749 Cell Phone Contraband Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1763 Protecting Americans from Drug Marketing Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1836 Internet Freedom Act of 2009 - S 1938 Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S Res 285 A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of national cybersecurity awareness month and raising awareness and enhancing the state of cybersecurity in the United States all provisions relating to cable. - S Res 402 Resolution expressing support for designation of 1/28/10 National Data Privacy Day-all provisions relating to cable - S Res 412 A resolution designating September 2010 as "National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month all provisions relating to cable. - S 2764 Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 2765 Small Business Health Information Technology Financing Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 2825 Cell Phone Early Termination Fee, Transparency and Fairness (ETF) Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 2842 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the deduction for direct to consumer advertising expenses for prescription pharmaceuticals and to provide a deduction for fees paid for the participation of children in certain organizations which promote physical activity all provisions relating to cable. - S 2847 Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 2873 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the deduction for direct to consumer advertising expenses for prescription pharmaceuticals and to provide a deduction for fees paid for the participation of children in certain organizations which promote physical activity all provisions relating to cable. - S 2879 Broadband Opportunity and Affordability Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 2880 Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 2881 FCC Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 3018 Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 3027 P2P Cyber Protection and Informed User Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 3042 A bill to provide for a study by the National Academy of Sciences on the technical policy decisions and technical personnel at the Federal Communications Commission all provisions relating to cable. - S 3043 Engineering Education (E-squared) for Innovation Act all provisions relating to cable - S 3089 Small Business Patent Data Collection Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 3110 Broadband Service Consumer Protection Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 3115 Next Generation 9-1-1 Preservation Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 3155 International Cybercrime Reporting and Cooperation Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 3186 Satellite Television Extension Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 3191 Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 3217 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 and Conference Report all provisions relating to cable. - S 3295 Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 3304 Equal Access to 21st Century Communications Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 3386 Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 3427 Pre-Paid Mobile Device Identification Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 3480 Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 - all provisions relating to cable.
2010 · second_quarter · Telecommunications
- H Res 25 A resolution expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the goals and ideals of National Internet Safety Month all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 30 A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to continue aggressive growth in our nation's telecommunications and technology industries, the U.S. government should "get out of the way and stay out of the way all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 31 A resolution expressing support for designation of Jan. 28, 2009, as "National Data Privacy Day all provisions relating to cable. - HR 226 Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 231 A bill to require certain warning labels to be placed on video games that are given certain ratings due to violent content all provisions relating to cable. - HR 245 Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 266 Cybersecurity Education Enhancement Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 400 Protecting Consumers through Proper Forbearance Procedures Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 661 A bill to provide additional coupons for the digital-to-analog converter box program and to expedite delivery of coupons under such program all provisions relating to cable. - HR 691 Broadband Access Equality Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 760 Advanced Broadband Infrastructure Bond Initiative of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 780 Student Internet Safety Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 848 Performance Rights Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 927 Satellite Consumers' Right to Local Channels Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1019 State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1020 Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1076 Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth (SAFETY) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1083 Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1084 Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1110 Preventing Harassment through Outbound Number Enforcement (PHONE) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1155 Satellite Consumers' Access to Public Television Digital Programming Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1258 Truth in Caller ID Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1260 Patent Reform Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1319 Informed P2P User Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1521 Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1560 Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1709 STEM Education Coordination Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1819 A bill to amend the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to extend the interoperable emergency communications grant program through fiscal year 2012 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1860 Four Corners Television Access Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1910 Chief Technology Officer Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2020 Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2060 Community College Technology Access Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2135 A bill to amend section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that funds received as universal service contributions and the universal service support programs established pursuant to that section are not subject to certain provisions of Title 31, United States Code, commonly known as the Antideficiency Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2165 Bulk Power System Protection Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2166 A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide universal service support to head start programs, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2175 Families for ED Advertising Decency Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2182 Enhanced Oversight of State and Local Economic Recovery Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2183 A bill to improve public participation and overall decision-making at the Federal Communications Commission, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2195 A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to provide additional authorities to adequately protect the critical electric infrastructure against cyber attack, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2203 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2221 Data Accountability and Trust Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2357 Same Number Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2428 Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2505 Reaching Rural Veterans through Telehealth Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2521 National Infrastructure Development Bank Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2720 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the election to treat the cost of qualified film and television productions as an expense which is not chargeable to capital account all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2826 Family Work Flexibility Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2847 Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 547 A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of "National Internet Safety Month all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2861 Shareholder Empowerment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2902 Broadband Internet Fairness Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2903 DTV Cliff Effect Assistance Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2917 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny any deduction for advertising prescription drugs all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2963 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for improving small manufacturers' computer technology all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2966 Say No to Drug Ads Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2994 Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 609 A resolution providing for consideration of the bill (HR 2997) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2010, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 799 A resolution providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (HR 2997) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2010, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3011 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3014 Small Business Health Information Technology Financing Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3019 Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3030 Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3101 Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3124 Health Information Technology (IT) Public Utility Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3125 Radio Spectrum Inventory Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3126 Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3170 Fiscal 2010 Financial Services Appropriations all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3216 Local Television Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3222 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education (AWARE) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3269 Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3272 Corporate Governance Reform Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3291 Mutual Holding Company Beneficial Owners' Protection Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3348 A bill to amend the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to extend the interoperable emergency communications grant program through fiscal year 2012 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3351 Proxy Voting Transparency Act Of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3413 Rural Information Technology Investment Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3458 Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3498 Statewide PTV Access Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3512 Capturing On-line Predators Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3570 Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education (AWARE) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3633 A bill to allow the funding for the interoperable emergency communications grant program established under the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to remain available until expended through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3646 Broadband Affordability Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3682 Kelsey Smith Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3698 Kelsey Smith Law Enforcement Training Grant Program Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3717 Kelsey Smith Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3738 Small Business Early-Stage Investment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3745 Community Access Preservation (CAP) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3854 Small Business Financing and Investment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - H Con Res 193 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the need to pass meaningful legislation to protect commercial and government data from data breaches all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3924 A bill to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from further regulating the Internet all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3931 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for two years the election to treat the cost of a qualified film or television production as an expense which is not chargeable to a capital account all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3979 Protecting Americans from Drug Marketing Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3994 Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4053 Healthy Kids Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4059 Online Age Verification and Child Safety Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4061 Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4098 Secure Federal File Sharing Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4167 Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4173 Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 and Conference Report all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4213 American Workers, State and Business Relief Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 996 A resolution expressing support for designation of September as National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4353 Wireless Microphone Users Interference Protection Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4504 Standards for Internet Non-Censorship (SINC) Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4518 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny a deduction for image advertising expenses for any trade or business the gross receipts of which exceed $100 million all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4533 Technology Bill of Rights for the Blind Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4545 Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4619 E-Rate 2.0 Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4691 Temporary Extensions Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4709 Engineering Education for Innovation (E 2 for Innovation) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4749 Stand By Every Ad Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4769 Creating Jobs From Innovative Small Businesses Act of 2010 - HR 4770 Create Jobs by Expanding the R&D Tax Credit Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4784 Internet Freedom Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4785 Rural Energy Savings Program Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4790 Shareholder Protection Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4809 Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4816 Food and Drug Administration Improvement Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4829 Next Generation 9-1-1 Preservation Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4842 Homeland Security Science and Technology Authorization Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4849 Small Business and Infrastructure Jobs Tax Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4851 Continuing Extension Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4860 Electric Consumer Right to Know (e-KNOW) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4061 Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4900 Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4925 Healthy Media for Youth Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4962 International Cybercrime Reporting and Cooperation Act all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 1244 A resolution recognizing the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition for its now five-year effort to promote cyber security curriculum in institutions of higher learning all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5026 Grid Reliability and Infrastructure Defense (GRID) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5070 Smart Electronics Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5074 National Institute of Standards and Technology Authorization Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5081 Broadband for First Responders Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5108 Cyber Privacy Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5116 America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5140 National Economic Competitiveness and Innovation Strategy Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5175 DISCLOSE Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5297 Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5247 Executive Cyberspace Authorities Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5257 Internet Investment, Innovation and Competition Preservation Act all provisions relating to cable. - H J Res 84 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to regulate campaign contributions for federal elections all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5538 A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting after fiscal year 2012 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5548 Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5649 Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5652 Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 30 Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 34 Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 43 Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 47 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 62 Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 71 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S Res 25 A resolution expressing support for designation of Jan. 28, 2009, as "National Data Privacy Day." all provisions relating to cable. - S 233 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the allowance of bonus depreciation and the increased expensing limitations permanent. all provisions relating to cable. - S 328 DTV Delay Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 348 A bill to amend section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that funds received as universal service contributions and the universal service support programs established pursuant to that section are not subject to certain provisions of Title 31, United States Code, commonly known as the Antideficiency Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 379 Performance Rights Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 436 Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 457 Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 515 Patent Reform Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 560 Employee Free Choice Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 592 Local Community Radio Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 610 Patent Reform Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 649 Radio Spectrum Inventory Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 771 Four Corners Television Access Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 778 A bill to establish, within the Executive Office of the president, the Office of National Cybersecurity Advisor all provisions relating to cable. - S 788 m-SPAM Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 890 Health Information Technology Public Utility Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 899 DTV Cliff Effect Assistance Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 920 Information Technology (IT) Investment Oversight Enhancement and Waste Prevention Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 921 United States Information and Communications Enhancement (U.S. ICE) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 931 Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 946 Critical Electric Infrastructure Protection Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1006 Excessive Pay Shareholder Approval Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1007 Excessive Pay Capped Deduction Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1029 21st Century Skills Incentive Fund Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1047 School and Family Education about the Internet (SAFE Internet) Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1192 Mobile Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1210 STEM Education Coordination Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1266 Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1291 Family Work Flexibility Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1406 Fiscal 2010 Agriculture Appropriations all provisions relating to cable. - S 1432 Fiscal 2010 Financial Services Appropriations all provisions relating to cable. - S 1438 Fostering a Global Response to Cyber Attacks Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1447 Connecting America Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1462 American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1490 Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1491 Ending Excessive Corporate Deductions for Stock Options Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1614 Community College Technology Access Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1670 Satellite Television Modernization Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1696 Green Gaming Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1749 Cell Phone Contraband Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1763 Protecting Americans from Drug Marketing Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1836 Internet Freedom Act of 2009 - S 1938 Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S Res 285 A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of national cybersecurity awareness month and raising awareness and enhancing the state of cybersecurity in the United States all provisions relating to cable. - S Res 402 Resolution expressing support for designation of 1/28/10 National Data Privacy Day-all provisions relating to cable - S Res 412 A resolution designating September 2010 as "National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month all provisions relating to cable. - S 2764 Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 2765 Small Business Health Information Technology Financing Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 2825 Cell Phone Early Termination Fee, Transparency and Fairness (ETF) Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 2842 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the deduction for direct to consumer advertising expenses for prescription pharmaceuticals and to provide a deduction for fees paid for the participation of children in certain organizations which promote physical activity all provisions relating to cable. - S 2847 Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 2873 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the deduction for direct to consumer advertising expenses for prescription pharmaceuticals and to provide a deduction for fees paid for the participation of children in certain organizations which promote physical activity all provisions relating to cable. - S 2879 Broadband Opportunity and Affordability Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 2880 Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 2881 FCC Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 3018 Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 3027 P2P Cyber Protection and Informed User Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 3042 A bill to provide for a study by the National Academy of Sciences on the technical policy decisions and technical personnel at the Federal Communications Commission all provisions relating to cable. - S 3043 Engineering Education (E-squared) for Innovation Act all provisions relating to cable - S 3089 Small Business Patent Data Collection Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 3110 Broadband Service Consumer Protection Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 3115 Next Generation 9-1-1 Preservation Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 3155 International Cybercrime Reporting and Cooperation Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 3186 Satellite Television Extension Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 3191 Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 3217 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 and Conference Report all provisions relating to cable. - S 3295 Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 3304 Equal Access to 21st Century Communications Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 3386 Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 3427 Pre-Paid Mobile Device Identification Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 3480 Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 - all provisions relating to cable.
2010 · first_quarter · Telecommunications
H Res 25 A resolution expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the goals and ideals of National Internet Safety Month all provisions relating to cable; H Res 30 A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to continue aggressive growth in our nation's telecommunications and technology industries, the U.S. government should "get out of the way and stay out of the way all provisions relating to cable - H Res 31 A resolution expressing support for designation of Jan. 28, 2009, as "National Data Privacy Day all provisions relating to cable. - HR 226 Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 231 A bill to require certain warning labels to be placed on video games that are given certain ratings due to violent content all provisions relating to cable. - HR 245 Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 266 Cybersecurity Education Enhancement Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 400 Protecting Consumers through Proper Forbearance Procedures Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 661 A bill to provide additional coupons for the digital-to-analog converter box program and to expedite delivery of coupons under such program all provisions relating to cable. - HR 691 Broadband Access Equality Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 760 Advanced Broadband Infrastructure Bond Initiative of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 780 Student Internet Safety Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 848 Performance Rights Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 927 Satellite Consumers' Right to Local Channels Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1019 State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1020 Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1076 Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth (SAFETY) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1083 Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1084 Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1110 Preventing Harassment through Outbound Number Enforcement (PHONE) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1155 Satellite Consumers' Access to Public Television Digital Programming Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1258 Truth in Caller ID Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1260 Patent Reform Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1319 Informed P2P User Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1521 Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1560 Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1709 STEM Education Coordination Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1819 A bill to amend the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to extend the interoperable emergency communications grant program through fiscal year 2012 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1860 Four Corners Television Access Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1910 Chief Technology Officer Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2020 Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2060 Community College Technology Access Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2135 A bill to amend section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that funds received as universal service contributions and the universal service support programs established pursuant to that section are not subject to certain provisions of Title 31, United States Code, commonly known as the Antideficiency Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2165 Bulk Power System Protection Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2166 A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide universal service support to head start programs, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2175 Families for ED Advertising Decency Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2182 Enhanced Oversight of State and Local Economic Recovery Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2183 A bill to improve public participation and overall decision-making at the Federal Communications Commission, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2195 A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to provide additional authorities to adequately protect the critical electric infrastructure against cyber attack, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2203 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2221 Data Accountability and Trust Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2357 Same Number Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2428 Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2505 Reaching Rural Veterans through Telehealth Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2521 National Infrastructure Development Bank Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2720 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the election to treat the cost of qualified film and television productions as an expense which is not chargeable to capital account all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2826 Family Work Flexibility Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2847 Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 547 A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of "National Internet Safety Month all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2861 Shareholder Empowerment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2902 Broadband Internet Fairness Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2903 DTV Cliff Effect Assistance Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2917 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny any deduction for advertising prescription drugs all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2963 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for improving small manufacturers' computer technology all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2966 Say No to Drug Ads Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2994 Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2997 Fiscal 2010 Agriculture Appropriations all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 609 A resolution providing for consideration of the bill (HR 2997) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2010, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 799 A resolution providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (HR 2997) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2010, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3011 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3014 Small Business Health Information Technology Financing Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3019 Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3030 Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3101 Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3124 Health Information Technology (IT) Public Utility Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3125 Radio Spectrum Inventory Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3126 Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3170 Fiscal 2010 Financial Services Appropriations all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3216 Local Television Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3222 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education (AWARE) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3269 Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3272 Corporate Governance Reform Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3291 Mutual Holding Company Beneficial Owners' Protection Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3348 A bill to amend the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to extend the interoperable emergency communications grant program through fiscal year 2012 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3351 Proxy Voting Transparency Act Of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3413 Rural Information Technology Investment Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3458 Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3498 Statewide PTV Access Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3512 Capturing On-line Predators Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3548 Worker, Home Ownership and Business Assistance Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3570 Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education (AWARE) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3633 A bill to allow the funding for the interoperable emergency communications grant program established under the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to remain available until expended through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3646 Broadband Affordability Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3682 Kelsey Smith Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3698 Kelsey Smith Law Enforcement Training Grant Program Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3717 Kelsey Smith Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3738 Small Business Early-Stage Investment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3745 Community Access Preservation (CAP) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3854 Small Business Financing and Investment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - H Con Res 193 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the need to pass meaningful legislation to protect commercial and government data from data breaches all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3924 A bill to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from further regulating the Internet all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3931 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for two years the election to treat the cost of a qualified film or television production as an expense which is not chargeable to a capital account all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3979 Protecting Americans from Drug Marketing Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3994 Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4053 Healthy Kids Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4059 Online Age Verification and Child Safety Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4061 Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4098 Secure Federal File Sharing Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4167 Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4173 Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4213 American Workers, State and Business Relief Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 996 A resolution expressing support for designation of September as National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4353 Wireless Microphone Users Interference Protection Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4504 Standards for Internet Non-Censorship (SINC) Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4518 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny a deduction for image advertising expenses for any trade or business the gross receipts of which exceed $100 million all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4533 Technology Bill of Rights for the Blind Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4545 Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4619 E-Rate 2.0 Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4691 Temporary Extensions Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4709 Engineering Education for Innovation (E 2 for Innovation) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4749 Stand By Every Ad Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4769 Creating Jobs From Innovative Small Businesses Act of 2010 - HR 4770 Create Jobs by Expanding the R&D Tax Credit Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4784 Internet Freedom Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4785 Rural Energy Savings Program Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4790 Shareholder Protection Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4809 Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4816 Food and Drug Administration Improvement Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4829 Next Generation 9-1-1 Preservation Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4842 Homeland Security Science and Technology Authorization Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4849 Small Business and Infrastructure Jobs Tax Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4851 Continuing Extension Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4860 Electric Consumer Right to Know (e-KNOW) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4061 Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4900 Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4925 Healthy Media for Youth Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4962 International Cybercrime Reporting and Cooperation Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 30 Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 34 Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 43 Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 47 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 62 Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 71 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S Res 25 A resolution expressing support for designation of Jan. 28, 2009, as "National Data Privacy Day." all provisions relating to cable. - S 233 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the allowance of bonus depreciation and the increased expensing limitations permanent. all provisions relating to cable. - S 328 DTV Delay Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 348 A bill to amend section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that funds received as universal service contributions and the universal service support programs established pursuant to that section are not subject to certain provisions of Title 31, United States Code, commonly known as the Antideficiency Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 352 DTV Delay Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 379 Performance Rights Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 436 Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 457 Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 515 Patent Reform Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 560 Employee Free Choice Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 592 Local Community Radio Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 610 Patent Reform Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 649 Radio Spectrum Inventory Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 771 Four Corners Television Access Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 778 A bill to establish, within the Executive Office of the president, the Office of National Cybersecurity Advisor all provisions relating to cable. - S 788 m-SPAM Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 890 Health Information Technology Public Utility Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 899 DTV Cliff Effect Assistance Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 920 Information Technology (IT) Investment Oversight Enhancement and Waste Prevention Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 921 United States Information and Communications Enhancement (U.S. ICE) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 931 Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 946 Critical Electric Infrastructure Protection Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1006 Excessive Pay Shareholder Approval Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1007 Excessive Pay Capped Deduction Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1029 21st Century Skills Incentive Fund Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1047 School and Family Education about the Internet (SAFE Internet) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1192 Mobile Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1210 STEM Education Coordination Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1266 Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1291 Family Work Flexibility Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1406 Fiscal 2010 Agriculture Appropriations all provisions relating to cable. - S 1432 Fiscal 2010 Financial Services Appropriations all provisions relating to cable. - S 1438 Fostering a Global Response to Cyber Attacks Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1447 Connecting America Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1462 American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1490 Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1491 Ending Excessive Corporate Deductions for Stock Options Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1614 Community College Technology Access Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1670 Satellite Television Modernization Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1694 Public Safety Interoperable Communications Grant Program Extension Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1696 Green Gaming Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1749 Cell Phone Contraband Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1763 Protecting Americans from Drug Marketing Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1836 Internet Freedom Act of 2009 - S 1938 Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S Res 285 A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of national cybersecurity awareness month and raising awareness and enhancing the state of cybersecurity in the United States all provisions relating to cable. - S Res 402 A resolution expressing support for the designation of Jan. 28, 2010 as National Data Privacy Day all provisions relating to cable. - S Res 412 A resolution designating September 2010 as "National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month all provisions relating to cable. - S 2764 Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 2765 Small Business Health Information Technology Financing Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 2825 Cell Phone Early Termination Fee, Transparency and Fairness (ETF) Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 2842 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the deduction for direct to consumer advertising expenses for prescription pharmaceuticals and to provide a deduction for fees paid for the participation of children in certain organizations which promote physical activity all provisions relating to cable. - S 2847 Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 2873 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the deduction for direct to consumer advertising expenses for prescription pharmaceuticals and to provide a deduction for fees paid for the participation of children in certain organizations which promote physical activity all provisions relating to cable. - S 2879 Broadband Opportunity and Affordability Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 2880 Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 2881 FCC Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 3018 Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 3027 P2P Cyber Protection and Informed User Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 3042 A bill to provide for a study by the National Academy of Sciences on the technical policy decisions and technical personnel at the Federal Communications Commission all provisions relating to cable. - S 3043 Engineering Education (E-squared) for Innovation Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 3089 Small Business Patent Data Collection Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 3110 Broadband Service Consumer Protection Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 3115 Next Generation 9-1-1 Preservation Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 3155 International Cybercrime Reporting and Cooperation Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 3186 Satellite Television Extension Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 3191 Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable.
2010 · first_quarter · Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
H Res 25 A resolution expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the goals and ideals of National Internet Safety Month all provisions relating to cable; H Res 30 A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to continue aggressive growth in our nation's telecommunications and technology industries, the U.S. government should "get out of the way and stay out of the way all provisions relating to cable - H Res 31 A resolution expressing support for designation of Jan. 28, 2009, as "National Data Privacy Day all provisions relating to cable. - HR 226 Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 231 A bill to require certain warning labels to be placed on video games that are given certain ratings due to violent content all provisions relating to cable. - HR 245 Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 266 Cybersecurity Education Enhancement Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 400 Protecting Consumers through Proper Forbearance Procedures Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 661 A bill to provide additional coupons for the digital-to-analog converter box program and to expedite delivery of coupons under such program all provisions relating to cable. - HR 691 Broadband Access Equality Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 760 Advanced Broadband Infrastructure Bond Initiative of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 780 Student Internet Safety Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 848 Performance Rights Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 927 Satellite Consumers' Right to Local Channels Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1019 State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1020 Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1076 Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth (SAFETY) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1083 Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1084 Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1110 Preventing Harassment through Outbound Number Enforcement (PHONE) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1155 Satellite Consumers' Access to Public Television Digital Programming Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1258 Truth in Caller ID Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1260 Patent Reform Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1319 Informed P2P User Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1521 Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1560 Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1709 STEM Education Coordination Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1819 A bill to amend the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to extend the interoperable emergency communications grant program through fiscal year 2012 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1860 Four Corners Television Access Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1910 Chief Technology Officer Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2020 Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2060 Community College Technology Access Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2135 A bill to amend section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that funds received as universal service contributions and the universal service support programs established pursuant to that section are not subject to certain provisions of Title 31, United States Code, commonly known as the Antideficiency Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2165 Bulk Power System Protection Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2166 A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide universal service support to head start programs, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2175 Families for ED Advertising Decency Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2182 Enhanced Oversight of State and Local Economic Recovery Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2183 A bill to improve public participation and overall decision-making at the Federal Communications Commission, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2195 A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to provide additional authorities to adequately protect the critical electric infrastructure against cyber attack, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2203 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2221 Data Accountability and Trust Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2357 Same Number Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2428 Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2505 Reaching Rural Veterans through Telehealth Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2521 National Infrastructure Development Bank Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2720 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the election to treat the cost of qualified film and television productions as an expense which is not chargeable to capital account all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2826 Family Work Flexibility Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2847 Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 547 A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of "National Internet Safety Month all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2861 Shareholder Empowerment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2902 Broadband Internet Fairness Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2903 DTV Cliff Effect Assistance Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2917 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny any deduction for advertising prescription drugs all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2963 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for improving small manufacturers' computer technology all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2966 Say No to Drug Ads Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2994 Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2997 Fiscal 2010 Agriculture Appropriations all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 609 A resolution providing for consideration of the bill (HR 2997) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2010, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 799 A resolution providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (HR 2997) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2010, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3011 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3014 Small Business Health Information Technology Financing Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3019 Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3030 Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3101 Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3124 Health Information Technology (IT) Public Utility Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3125 Radio Spectrum Inventory Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3126 Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3170 Fiscal 2010 Financial Services Appropriations all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3216 Local Television Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3222 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education (AWARE) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3269 Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3272 Corporate Governance Reform Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3291 Mutual Holding Company Beneficial Owners' Protection Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3348 A bill to amend the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to extend the interoperable emergency communications grant program through fiscal year 2012 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3351 Proxy Voting Transparency Act Of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3413 Rural Information Technology Investment Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3458 Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3498 Statewide PTV Access Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3512 Capturing On-line Predators Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3548 Worker, Home Ownership and Business Assistance Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3570 Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education (AWARE) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3633 A bill to allow the funding for the interoperable emergency communications grant program established under the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to remain available until expended through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3646 Broadband Affordability Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3682 Kelsey Smith Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3698 Kelsey Smith Law Enforcement Training Grant Program Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3717 Kelsey Smith Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3738 Small Business Early-Stage Investment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3745 Community Access Preservation (CAP) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3854 Small Business Financing and Investment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - H Con Res 193 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the need to pass meaningful legislation to protect commercial and government data from data breaches all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3924 A bill to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from further regulating the Internet all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3931 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for two years the election to treat the cost of a qualified film or television production as an expense which is not chargeable to a capital account all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3979 Protecting Americans from Drug Marketing Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3994 Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4053 Healthy Kids Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4059 Online Age Verification and Child Safety Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4061 Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4098 Secure Federal File Sharing Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4167 Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4173 Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4213 American Workers, State and Business Relief Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 996 A resolution expressing support for designation of September as National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4353 Wireless Microphone Users Interference Protection Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4504 Standards for Internet Non-Censorship (SINC) Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4518 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny a deduction for image advertising expenses for any trade or business the gross receipts of which exceed $100 million all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4533 Technology Bill of Rights for the Blind Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4545 Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4619 E-Rate 2.0 Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4691 Temporary Extensions Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4709 Engineering Education for Innovation (E 2 for Innovation) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4749 Stand By Every Ad Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4769 Creating Jobs From Innovative Small Businesses Act of 2010 - HR 4770 Create Jobs by Expanding the R&D Tax Credit Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4784 Internet Freedom Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4785 Rural Energy Savings Program Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4790 Shareholder Protection Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4809 Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4816 Food and Drug Administration Improvement Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4829 Next Generation 9-1-1 Preservation Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4842 Homeland Security Science and Technology Authorization Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4849 Small Business and Infrastructure Jobs Tax Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4851 Continuing Extension Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4860 Electric Consumer Right to Know (e-KNOW) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4061 Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4900 Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4925 Healthy Media for Youth Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4962 International Cybercrime Reporting and Cooperation Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 30 Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 34 Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 43 Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 47 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 62 Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 71 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S Res 25 A resolution expressing support for designation of Jan. 28, 2009, as "National Data Privacy Day." all provisions relating to cable. - S 233 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the allowance of bonus depreciation and the increased expensing limitations permanent. all provisions relating to cable. - S 328 DTV Delay Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 348 A bill to amend section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that funds received as universal service contributions and the universal service support programs established pursuant to that section are not subject to certain provisions of Title 31, United States Code, commonly known as the Antideficiency Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 352 DTV Delay Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 379 Performance Rights Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 436 Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 457 Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 515 Patent Reform Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 560 Employee Free Choice Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 592 Local Community Radio Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 610 Patent Reform Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 649 Radio Spectrum Inventory Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 771 Four Corners Television Access Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 778 A bill to establish, within the Executive Office of the president, the Office of National Cybersecurity Advisor all provisions relating to cable. - S 788 m-SPAM Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 890 Health Information Technology Public Utility Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 899 DTV Cliff Effect Assistance Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 920 Information Technology (IT) Investment Oversight Enhancement and Waste Prevention Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 921 United States Information and Communications Enhancement (U.S. ICE) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 931 Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 946 Critical Electric Infrastructure Protection Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1006 Excessive Pay Shareholder Approval Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1007 Excessive Pay Capped Deduction Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1029 21st Century Skills Incentive Fund Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1047 School and Family Education about the Internet (SAFE Internet) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1192 Mobile Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1210 STEM Education Coordination Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1266 Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1291 Family Work Flexibility Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1406 Fiscal 2010 Agriculture Appropriations all provisions relating to cable. - S 1432 Fiscal 2010 Financial Services Appropriations all provisions relating to cable. - S 1438 Fostering a Global Response to Cyber Attacks Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1447 Connecting America Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1462 American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1490 Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1491 Ending Excessive Corporate Deductions for Stock Options Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1614 Community College Technology Access Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1670 Satellite Television Modernization Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1694 Public Safety Interoperable Communications Grant Program Extension Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1696 Green Gaming Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1749 Cell Phone Contraband Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1763 Protecting Americans from Drug Marketing Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1836 Internet Freedom Act of 2009 - S 1938 Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S Res 285 A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of national cybersecurity awareness month and raising awareness and enhancing the state of cybersecurity in the United States all provisions relating to cable. - S Res 402 A resolution expressing support for the designation of Jan. 28, 2010 as National Data Privacy Day all provisions relating to cable. - S Res 412 A resolution designating September 2010 as "National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month all provisions relating to cable. - S 2764 Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 2765 Small Business Health Information Technology Financing Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 2825 Cell Phone Early Termination Fee, Transparency and Fairness (ETF) Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 2842 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the deduction for direct to consumer advertising expenses for prescription pharmaceuticals and to provide a deduction for fees paid for the participation of children in certain organizations which promote physical activity all provisions relating to cable. - S 2847 Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 2873 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the deduction for direct to consumer advertising expenses for prescription pharmaceuticals and to provide a deduction for fees paid for the participation of children in certain organizations which promote physical activity all provisions relating to cable. - S 2879 Broadband Opportunity and Affordability Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 2880 Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 2881 FCC Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 3018 Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 3027 P2P Cyber Protection and Informed User Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 3042 A bill to provide for a study by the National Academy of Sciences on the technical policy decisions and technical personnel at the Federal Communications Commission all provisions relating to cable. - S 3043 Engineering Education (E-squared) for Innovation Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 3089 Small Business Patent Data Collection Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 3110 Broadband Service Consumer Protection Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 3115 Next Generation 9-1-1 Preservation Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 3155 International Cybercrime Reporting and Cooperation Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 3186 Satellite Television Extension Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 3191 Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable.
2010 · first_quarter · Health Issues
S 2 Middle Class Opportunity Act, Card Check provisions; S 4 Comprehensive Health Reform Act of 2009, a bill to guarantee affordable, quality health coverage for all Americans, and for other purposes; S 45 MCAP Act, a bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; S 77 Children's Mental Health Parity Act, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for equal coverage of mental health services under the State Children's Health Insurance Program; HR 241a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require the amounts reimbursed to institutional providers of health care services under the TRICARE program to be the same as amounts reimbursed under Medicare, and to require the Secretary of Defense to contract for health care services with at least one teaching hospital in urban areas; HR 298 Improving Children's Doctor Access Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require SCHIP annual reports to include information on the HEDIS measure relating to access to primary care practitioners by individuals eligible for child health assistance under such plans and on State efforts to avoid certain displacement of private health coverage, and to express the sense of Congress that such States should utilize Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems consumer satisfaction surveys to measure access by such individuals to physicians; S 179 Health Information Technology Act of 2009, a bill to improve quality in health care by providing incentives for adoption of modern information technology; HR 468 and S 245 Retooling the Health Care Workforce for an Aging America Act of 2009, a bill to expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals in the United States; HR 676 United States National Health Care Act or the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, a bill to provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents, improved health care delivery, and for other purposes; HR 688 and S 326 Kids First Act, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program through fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes; Tricare letter sent to DOD from Sen. Ben Nelson urging DoD to revise the rule, expand the transition to the new payment system, offer other adjustments to cushion the financial blow on certain hospitals, and conduct a detailed analysis of its impact on the field; S 391 Healthy Americans Act, a bill to provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make Americans healthier and can never be taken away; HR 914 Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs; HR 936 National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009, a bill to ensure the continued and future availability of lifesaving trauma health care in the United States and to prevent further trauma center closures and downgrades by assisting trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, emergency needs, and information technology; HR 956 HealthCARE Act of 2009, a bill to expand the number of individuals and families with health insurance coverage, and for other purposes; S 408 Wakefield Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide a means for continued improvement in emergency medical services for children; HR 1085 Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act, a bill to impose a limitation on lifetime aggregate limits imposed by health plans; HR 1086 Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2009; a bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; HR 1101 Midwifery Care Access and Reimbursement Equity Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of certified midwife services and to provide for more equitable reimbursement rates for certified nurse-midwife services; S 441 Quality Reform Expansion and Savings Act of 2009, a bill to encourage the development of coordinated quality reforms to improve health care delivery and reduce the cost of care in the health care system; S 444 National Health Information Technology and Privacy Advancement Act of 2009, a bill to provide for the establishment of a health information technology and privacy system; S 486 Access for All America Act, a bill to achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs; HR 1253 Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009, a bill to require that limitations and restrictions on coverage under group health plans be timely disclosed to group health plan sponsors and timely communicated to participants and beneficiaries under such plans in a form that is easily understandable; HR 1296 Access for All America Act, a bill to achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs; HR 1411 United States Primary and Preventive Health Care Corps Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Primary and Public Health Scholarship Program; HR 1460 Nurses Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members; HR 1494 Nursing Home Emergency Assistance Act, a bill to ensure that a private for-profit nursing home affected by a major disaster receives the same reimbursement as a public nursing home affected by a major disaster; HR 1558 and S 623 Preexisting Condition Patient Protection Act of 2009, to prohibit health insurers from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions; S 616 Enhancing Safety in Medicine Utilizing Leading Advanced Simulation Technologies to Improve Outcomes Now Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize medical simulation enhancement programs, and for other purposes; HR 1581 Patient-Focused Critical Care Enhancement Act, a bill to optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce; S 628 Conrad State 30 Improvement Act, a bill to provide incentives to physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities; HR 1614 and S 652 Community Coalitions for Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2009, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to community health coalitions to assist in the development of integrated health care delivery; HR 1691 and S 688 Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2009, a bill to require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations; HR 1699 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act, a bill to require that certain complex diagnostic laboratory tests performed by an independent laboratory after a hospital outpatient encounter or inpatient stay during which the specimen involved was collected shall be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act; S 698 State-Based Health Care Reform Act, a bill to ensure the provision of high-quality health care coverage for uninsured individuals through State health care coverage pilot projects that expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care system; S 703 American Health Security Act of 2009, a bill to provide for health care for every American and to control the cost and enhance the quality of the health care system; HR 1745 Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers under section 330 of such Act; S 733 National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009, a bill to ensure the continued and future availability of life saving trauma health care in the United States and to prevent further trauma center closures and downgrades by assisting trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, and emergency needs; Letter to HHS about the action plan to prevent Healthcare associated infections; Provided information to members of Congress about the Quality and Patient Safety Transparency initiatives by state; Working with Rep. Nathan Deal to get legislation introduced on provider price transparency; HR 1670 and S 683 Community Choice Act of 2009, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide individuals with disabilities and older Americans with equal access to community-based attendant services and supports and which would allow disabled Medicaid recipients to receive care in their homes rather than in nursing homes; HR 2003 and S 830 Children's Hospitals Education Equity Act, a bill to modify the definition of children's hospital for purposes of making payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs; HR 1998 Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2009, a bill to improve access to emergency medical services; HR 2043 Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students; HR 2066 Graduate Psychology Education Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote mental and behavioral health services for underserved populations; S 890 Health Information Technology (IT) Public Utility Act of 2009, a bill to provide for the use of improved health information technology with respect to certain safety net health care providers; HR 2176 Nursing and Allied Health Education Preservation Act of 2009, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue the ability of hospitals to supply a needed workforce of nurses and allied health professionals by preserving funding for hospital operated nursing and allied health education programs; HR 2218 Parental Consent Act of 2009, a bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening program; S 957 Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services; S 958 MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children born after 2009; HR 2231 Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services; HR 2233 Health Empowerment Zone Act of 2009, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate health empowerment zones; S 966 and HR 2252 National Health Care Quality Act, a bill to improve the Federal infrastructure for health care quality improvement in the United States; HR 2249 Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for increased price transparency of hospital information and to provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs; HR 2251 and S 973 Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions; S 979 and HR 2360 SHOP Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed that would offer a choice of private health plans and make health coverage more affordable, predictable, and accessible; HR 2273 Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals; S 999 Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act of 2009, a bill to increase the number of well-trained mental health service professionals (including those based in schools) providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents; S 1001 Health Promotion FIRST Act, a bill to provide for increased research, coordination and expansion of health promotion programs through the Department of Health and Human Services; HR 2350 Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to increase the number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and to improve patient access to primary care services; HR 2369 Improving the Quality of Mental and Substance Use Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to improve mental and substance use health care; S 1020 Patient-Focused Critical Care Enhancement Act, a bill to optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce; S 1022 Nurses' Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members; HR 2381 Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard to reduce injuries to patients, direct-care registered nurses, and all other health care workers by establishing a safe patient handling and injury prevention standard, and for other purposes; HR 2388 Physician Availability Act of 2009, a bill to assure that the services of a nonemergency department physician are available to hospital patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week in all non-Federal hospitals with at least 100 licensed beds; S 1028 Strengthening America's Public Health System Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the Nation's surveillance and reporting for diseases and conditions; S 1031 National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals; HR 2427 and S 1050 Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to establish Federal standards for health insurance forms, quality, fair marketing, and honesty in out-of-network coverage in the group and individual health insurance markets, to improve transparency and accountability in those markets, and to establish a Federal Office of Health Insurance Oversight to monitor performance in those markets; HR 2520 Patients' Choice Act, a bill to provide comprehensive solutions for the health care system of the United States; HR 2535 Blueprint for Health Act of 2009, a bill to establish a Blueprint for Health in order to create a comprehensive system of care incorporating medical homes to improve the delivery and affordability of health care through disease prevention, health promotion, and education about and better management of chronic conditions; S 1104 Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment program; HR 2536 Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act, to provide relief for the shortage of nurses in the United States; HR 2691 a bill to provide assistance to adolescents and young adults with serious mental health disorders as they transition to adulthood ; S 1173 Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act, a bill to establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals; S 1174 Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to increase the number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and to improve patient access to primary care services; S 1176 Allied Health Reinvestment Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote and improve the allied health professionals; HR 2744 Equal Rights for Health Care Act Title 42, a bill to prohibit discrimination in Federal assisted health care services and research programs on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability status; HR 2754 Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment program; HR 2778 Health Equity and Accountability through Research Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to redesignate the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities as the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities; S 1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act, a bill to require that certain complex diagnostic laboratory tests performed by an independent laboratory after a hospital outpatient encounter or inpatient stay during which the specimen involved was collected shall be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act; HR 2785 Health Care Paperwork Reduction and Fraud Prevention Act of 2009, a bill to reduce the amount of paperwork and improve payment policies for health care services, to prevent fraud and abuse through health care provider education; HR 2804Ensuring Continuous Coverage under SCHIP Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require 12-month continuous coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance Program; HR 2810 Public Health Workforce Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish various programs for the recruitment and retention of public health workers and to eliminate critical public health workforce shortages in Federal, State, local, and tribal public health agencies and health centers; HR 2816 States' Right To Innovate in Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide grants and flexibility through demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, cost-effective systems of health care coverage, with simplified administration; HR 2824 Doctor-Patient Relationship and Research Protection Act, to enhance the conduct and support of federally funded comparative effectiveness research relating to health care; HR 2891 Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program; HR 2925 Communities Building Access Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for community projects that will reduce the number of individuals who are uninsured with respect to health care; HR 2930 Primary Care Training Enhancement Act, a bill to enhance the primary care workforce through modifications to the medical residency training programs and use of qualified teaching health centers and through State primary care scholarship and loan repayment programs; S 1278 Consumers Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to establish the Consumers Choice Health Plan, a public health insurance plan that provides an affordable and accountable health insurance option for consumers; HR 2937 and S 1305 MRSA Infection Prevention and Patient Protection Act, a bill to prevent health care facility-acquired infections; HR 2948 Healthcare Improvements for Generating High Performance (HIGH Performance) Act of 2009, a bill to amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the implementation of best practices in the delivery of health care in the United States; HR 2957 Rural Health Access Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the National Health Service Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs; S 1299 Worker Infection Protection Act, a bill to protect health care workers and first responders, including police, firefighters, emergency medical personnel, and other workers at risk of workplace exposure to infectious agents and drug resistant infections; Hatch amendment # 21 requiring the IOM to make recommendations to Congress on how to reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions; HR 2975 Medical Practice Protection Act of 2009, a bill to improve the medical care by reducing the excessive burden imposed by the civil liability system on the health care delivery system; HR 3000 Josephine Butler United States Health Service Act, a bill to establish a United States Health Service to provide high quality comprehensive health care for all Americans and to overcome the deficiencies in the present system of health care delivery; HR 3002 and S 1259 PATIENTS Act of 2009, a bill to protect all patients by prohibiting the use of data obtained from comparative effictiveness research accounts to deny coverage of items or services under Federal health care programs and to ensure that comparative effectiveness research accounts for advancements in personalized medicine and differences in patient treatment response; S 1355 Rural Health Clinic Patient Access and Improvement Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to health care for individuals residing in underserved rural areas; S. 1403 Strengthen Social Work Training Act of 2009, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to ensure that social work students or social work schools are eligible for support under certain programs that would assist individuals in pursuing health careers or for grants for training projects in geriatrics, and to establish a social work training program; S. 1404 Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act of 2009, a bill to implement demonstration projects at federally qualified community health centers to promote universal access to family-centered, evidence-based behavioral health interventions that prevent child maltreatment and promote family well-being by addressing parenting practices and skills for families from diverse socioeconomic, cultural, racial, ethnic, and other backgrounds; HR3134 Healthcare Innovation Zone Program Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Healthcare Innovation Zone pilot program; H.R.3148, a bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings; H.R.3151 and S 1585 Rural Access to Nurse Anesthesia Services Act of 2009, a bill to permit pass-through payment for reasonable costs of certified registered nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals as urban hospitals, including hospitals located in ``Lugar counties'', and for on-call and standby costs for such services; H.R.3158 Place Based Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to reform health care delivery by providing incentives for place-based health care, which seeks to bring health services to the patient by locating community health centers, federally qualified health centers, and community integrated health centers in or near settings that already serve a particular target population, such as schools, workplaces, and senior services facilities; H.R.3185 and S1569, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment to hospitals for costs of expanded advanced practice nurse training programs; H.R. 3191 Positive Aging Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for integration of mental health services and mental health treatment outreach teams, and for other purposes; H.R. 3199 Emergency Medic Transition (EMT) Act of 2009 , a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training; H.R. 3200 America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, a bill to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending; H.R. 3217 Health Care Choice Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce; H.R. 3218 Improving Health Care for All Americans Act, a bill to provide a refundable tax credit for medical costs, to expand access to health insurance coverage through individual membership associations (IMAs), and to assist in the establishment of high risk pools; H.R.3234 Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act, a bill to establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals; H.R. 3242 Women's Health Office Act of 2009, a bill to improve the health of women through the establishment of Offices of Women's Health within the Department of Health and Human Services; S.1459 Health Care Choice Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce; S. 1479 NO TITLE, a bill to provide for the treatment of certain hospitals; H.R. 3391 NO TITLE, a bill to allow for the continuation of critical access hospital designation for certain hospitals in geographic areas experiencing population growth; H.R. 3400 Empowering Patients First Act, a bill to provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage; H.R.3421 Medical Debt Relief Act of 2009, a bill to exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in collection and has been fully paid or settled; HR 3472 a bill to provide for health insurance coverage premium discounts for healthy behavior and improvements toward healthy behavior; HR 3483 Steps Toward Access and Reform (STAR) Act of 2009, a bill to reform the medical liability system, improve access to health care for rural and indigent patients, enhance access to affordable prescription drugs, and for other purposes S 1572, a bill to provide for a point of order against any legislation that eliminates or reduces the ability of Americans to keep their health plan or their choice of doctor or that decreases the number of Americans enrolled in private health insurance, while increasing the number of Americans enrolled in government-managed health care; S 1679 Affordable Health Choices Act, an original bill to make quality, affordable health care available to all Americans, reduce costs, improve health care quality, enhance disease prevention, and strengthen the health care workforce; HR 3652 Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly; S 1720 Health Professions and Primary Care Reinvestment Act, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to provide improved training and primary care; HR 3664 Healthcare Innovation Zone Pilot Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Healthcare Innovation Zone pilot program; S 1730 Fairness in Health Insurance Act, a bill to provide for minimum loss ratios for health insurance coverage; S 1734 Medical Liability Reform Act of 2009, a bill to reduce the cost of health care and ensure patient access to doctors by ending excessive malpractice verdicts through common-sense lawsuit reform; Senate Finance Committee Americas Healthy Future Act of 2009, Senate Finance Committee health reform bill with provisions on coverage, disease prevention and wellness, delivery system reform, health care quality and efficiency, transparency and program integrity, and financing; Meeting with FTC, senate congressional staff re barriers to clinical integration; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the merged product of the health reform bills from the Senate Finance and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committees; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act, a bill to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes; HR 3700 Health Care Bill of Rights Act, a bill to establish requirements for any health reform legislation enacted by the Congress or the President during the 111th Congress; HR 3713 American Health Care Solutions Act of 2009, a bill to provide bipartisan solutions to lower health costs, increase access to affordable coverage, and give patients more choices and control; S 1742 Women's Hospitals Education Equity Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide assistance for graduate medical education funding for women's hospitals; Comments to CMS proposed rule defining meaningful use of electronic Health Records concern that the rules will severely limit hospitals' ability to access federal financing for health information technology and put many hospitals at risk for Medicare payment penalties beginning in 2015; FDA Grants Hospitals 18 Months to Replace Steris System 1 Processor; HR 4626 Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act, to restore the application of the Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers; HR 4851 Continuing Extension Act of 2010, to provide a temporary extension of certain programs; Meetings with CMS and HHS to encourage reimbursement under the National Disaster Medical System for hospitals that provided services to victims of the Haitian earthquake.
2010 · first_quarter · Telecommunications
- H Res 25 A resolution expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the goals and ideals of National Internet Safety Month all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 30 A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to continue aggressive growth in our nation's telecommunications and technology industries, the U.S. government should "get out of the way and stay out of the way all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 31 A resolution expressing support for designation of Jan. 28, 2009, as "National Data Privacy Day all provisions relating to cable. - HR 226 Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 231 A bill to require certain warning labels to be placed on video games that are given certain ratings due to violent content all provisions relating to cable. - HR 245 Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 266 Cybersecurity Education Enhancement Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 400 Protecting Consumers through Proper Forbearance Procedures Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 661 A bill to provide additional coupons for the digital-to-analog converter box program and to expedite delivery of coupons under such program all provisions relating to cable. - HR 691 Broadband Access Equality Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 760 Advanced Broadband Infrastructure Bond Initiative of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 780 Student Internet Safety Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 848 Performance Rights Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 927 Satellite Consumers' Right to Local Channels Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1019 State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1020 Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1076 Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth (SAFETY) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1083 Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1084 Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1110 Preventing Harassment through Outbound Number Enforcement (PHONE) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1155 Satellite Consumers' Access to Public Television Digital Programming Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1258 Truth in Caller ID Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1260 Patent Reform Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1319 Informed P2P User Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1521 Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1560 Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1709 STEM Education Coordination Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1819 A bill to amend the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to extend the interoperable emergency communications grant program through fiscal year 2012 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1860 Four Corners Television Access Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1910 Chief Technology Officer Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2020 Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2060 Community College Technology Access Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2135 A bill to amend section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that funds received as universal service contributions and the universal service support programs established pursuant to that section are not subject to certain provisions of Title 31, United States Code, commonly known as the Antideficiency Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2165 Bulk Power System Protection Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2166 A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide universal service support to head start programs, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2175 Families for ED Advertising Decency Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2182 Enhanced Oversight of State and Local Economic Recovery Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2183 A bill to improve public participation and overall decision-making at the Federal Communications Commission, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2195 A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to provide additional authorities to adequately protect the critical electric infrastructure against cyber attack, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2203 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2221 Data Accountability and Trust Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2357 Same Number Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2428 Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2505 Reaching Rural Veterans through Telehealth Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2521 National Infrastructure Development Bank Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2720 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the election to treat the cost of qualified film and television productions as an expense which is not chargeable to capital account all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2826 Family Work Flexibility Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2847 Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 547 A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of "National Internet Safety Month all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2861 Shareholder Empowerment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2902 Broadband Internet Fairness Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2903 DTV Cliff Effect Assistance Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2917 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny any deduction for advertising prescription drugs all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2963 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for improving small manufacturers' computer technology all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2966 Say No to Drug Ads Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2994 Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 609 A resolution providing for consideration of the bill (HR 2997) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2010, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 799 A resolution providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (HR 2997) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2010, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3011 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3014 Small Business Health Information Technology Financing Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3019 Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3030 Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3101 Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3124 Health Information Technology (IT) Public Utility Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3125 Radio Spectrum Inventory Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3126 Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3170 Fiscal 2010 Financial Services Appropriations all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3216 Local Television Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3222 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education (AWARE) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3269 Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3272 Corporate Governance Reform Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3291 Mutual Holding Company Beneficial Owners' Protection Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3348 A bill to amend the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to extend the interoperable emergency communications grant program through fiscal year 2012 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3351 Proxy Voting Transparency Act Of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3413 Rural Information Technology Investment Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3458 Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3498 Statewide PTV Access Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3512 Capturing On-line Predators Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3570 Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education (AWARE) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3633 A bill to allow the funding for the interoperable emergency communications grant program established under the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to remain available until expended through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3646 Broadband Affordability Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3682 Kelsey Smith Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3698 Kelsey Smith Law Enforcement Training Grant Program Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3717 Kelsey Smith Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3738 Small Business Early-Stage Investment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3745 Community Access Preservation (CAP) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3854 Small Business Financing and Investment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - H Con Res 193 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the need to pass meaningful legislation to protect commercial and government data from data breaches all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3924 A bill to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from further regulating the Internet all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3931 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for two years the election to treat the cost of a qualified film or television production as an expense which is not chargeable to a capital account all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3979 Protecting Americans from Drug Marketing Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3994 Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4053 Healthy Kids Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4059 Online Age Verification and Child Safety Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4061 Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4098 Secure Federal File Sharing Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4167 Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4173 Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4213 American Workers, State and Business Relief Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 996 A resolution expressing support for designation of September as National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4353 Wireless Microphone Users Interference Protection Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4504 Standards for Internet Non-Censorship (SINC) Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4518 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny a deduction for image advertising expenses for any trade or business the gross receipts of which exceed $100 million all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4533 Technology Bill of Rights for the Blind Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4545 Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4619 E-Rate 2.0 Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4691 Temporary Extensions Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4709 Engineering Education for Innovation (E 2 for Innovation) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4749 Stand By Every Ad Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4769 Creating Jobs From Innovative Small Businesses Act of 2010 - HR 4770 Create Jobs by Expanding the R&D Tax Credit Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4784 Internet Freedom Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4785 Rural Energy Savings Program Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4790 Shareholder Protection Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4809 Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4816 Food and Drug Administration Improvement Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4829 Next Generation 9-1-1 Preservation Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4842 Homeland Security Science and Technology Authorization Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4849 Small Business and Infrastructure Jobs Tax Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4851 Continuing Extension Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4860 Electric Consumer Right to Know (e-KNOW) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4061 Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4900 Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4925 Healthy Media for Youth Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4962 International Cybercrime Reporting and Cooperation Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 30 Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 34 Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 43 Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 47 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 62 Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 71 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S Res 25 A resolution expressing support for designation of Jan. 28, 2009, as "National Data Privacy Day." all provisions relating to cable. - S 233 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the allowance of bonus depreciation and the increased expensing limitations permanent. all provisions relating to cable. - S 328 DTV Delay Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 348 A bill to amend section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that funds received as universal service contributions and the universal service support programs established pursuant to that section are not subject to certain provisions of Title 31, United States Code, commonly known as the Antideficiency Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 352 DTV Delay Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 379 Performance Rights Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 436 Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 457 Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 515 Patent Reform Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 560 Employee Free Choice Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 592 Local Community Radio Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 610 Patent Reform Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 649 Radio Spectrum Inventory Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 771 Four Corners Television Access Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 778 A bill to establish, within the Executive Office of the president, the Office of National Cybersecurity Advisor all provisions relating to cable. - S 788 m-SPAM Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 890 Health Information Technology Public Utility Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 899 DTV Cliff Effect Assistance Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 920 Information Technology (IT) Investment Oversight Enhancement and Waste Prevention Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 921 United States Information and Communications Enhancement (U.S. ICE) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 931 Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 946 Critical Electric Infrastructure Protection Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1006 Excessive Pay Shareholder Approval Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1007 Excessive Pay Capped Deduction Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1029 21st Century Skills Incentive Fund Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1047 School and Family Education about the Internet (SAFE Internet) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1192 Mobile Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1210 STEM Education Coordination Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1266 Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1291 Family Work Flexibility Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1406 Fiscal 2010 Agriculture Appropriations all provisions relating to cable. - S 1432 Fiscal 2010 Financial Services Appropriations all provisions relating to cable. - S 1438 Fostering a Global Response to Cyber Attacks Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1447 Connecting America Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1462 American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1490 Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1491 Ending Excessive Corporate Deductions for Stock Options Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1614 Community College Technology Access Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1670 Satellite Television Modernization Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1694 Public Safety Interoperable Communications Grant Program Extension Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1696 Green Gaming Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1749 Cell Phone Contraband Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1763 Protecting Americans from Drug Marketing Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1836 Internet Freedom Act of 2009 - S 1938 Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S Res 285 A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of national cybersecurity awareness month and raising awareness and enhancing the state of cybersecurity in the United States all provisions relating to cable. - S Res 402 A resolution expressing support for the designation of Jan. 28, 2010 as National Data Privacy Day all provisions relating to cable. - S Res 412 A resolution designating September 2010 as "National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month all provisions relating to cable. - S 2764 Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 2765 Small Business Health Information Technology Financing Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 2825 Cell Phone Early Termination Fee, Transparency and Fairness (ETF) Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 2842 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the deduction for direct to consumer advertising expenses for prescription pharmaceuticals and to provide a deduction for fees paid for the participation of children in certain organizations which promote physical activity all provisions relating to cable. - S 2847 Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 2873 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the deduction for direct to consumer advertising expenses for prescription pharmaceuticals and to provide a deduction for fees paid for the participation of children in certain organizations which promote physical activity all provisions relating to cable. - S 2879 Broadband Opportunity and Affordability Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 2880 Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 2881 FCC Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 3018 Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 3027 P2P Cyber Protection and Informed User Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 3042 A bill to provide for a study by the National Academy of Sciences on the technical policy decisions and technical personnel at the Federal Communications Commission all provisions relating to cable. - S 3043 Engineering Education (E-squared) for Innovation Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 3089 Small Business Patent Data Collection Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 3110 Broadband Service Consumer Protection Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 3115 Next Generation 9-1-1 Preservation Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 3155 International Cybercrime Reporting and Cooperation Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 3186 Satellite Television Extension Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 3191 Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable.
2010 · first_quarter · Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
- H Res 25 A resolution expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the goals and ideals of National Internet Safety Month all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 30 A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to continue aggressive growth in our nation's telecommunications and technology industries, the U.S. government should "get out of the way and stay out of the way all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 31 A resolution expressing support for designation of Jan. 28, 2009, as "National Data Privacy Day all provisions relating to cable. - HR 226 Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 231 A bill to require certain warning labels to be placed on video games that are given certain ratings due to violent content all provisions relating to cable. - HR 245 Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 266 Cybersecurity Education Enhancement Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 400 Protecting Consumers through Proper Forbearance Procedures Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 661 A bill to provide additional coupons for the digital-to-analog converter box program and to expedite delivery of coupons under such program all provisions relating to cable. - HR 691 Broadband Access Equality Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 760 Advanced Broadband Infrastructure Bond Initiative of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 780 Student Internet Safety Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 848 Performance Rights Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 927 Satellite Consumers' Right to Local Channels Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1019 State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1020 Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1076 Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth (SAFETY) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1083 Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1084 Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1110 Preventing Harassment through Outbound Number Enforcement (PHONE) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1155 Satellite Consumers' Access to Public Television Digital Programming Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1258 Truth in Caller ID Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1260 Patent Reform Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1319 Informed P2P User Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1409 Employee Free Choice Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1521 Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1560 Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1709 STEM Education Coordination Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1819 A bill to amend the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to extend the interoperable emergency communications grant program through fiscal year 2012 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1860 Four Corners Television Access Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1910 Chief Technology Officer Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2020 Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2060 Community College Technology Access Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2135 A bill to amend section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that funds received as universal service contributions and the universal service support programs established pursuant to that section are not subject to certain provisions of Title 31, United States Code, commonly known as the Antideficiency Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2165 Bulk Power System Protection Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2166 A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide universal service support to head start programs, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2175 Families for ED Advertising Decency Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2182 Enhanced Oversight of State and Local Economic Recovery Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2183 A bill to improve public participation and overall decision-making at the Federal Communications Commission, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2195 A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to provide additional authorities to adequately protect the critical electric infrastructure against cyber attack, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2203 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2221 Data Accountability and Trust Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2357 Same Number Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2428 Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2505 Reaching Rural Veterans through Telehealth Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2521 National Infrastructure Development Bank Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2720 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the election to treat the cost of qualified film and television productions as an expense which is not chargeable to capital account all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2826 Family Work Flexibility Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2847 Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 547 A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of "National Internet Safety Month all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2861 Shareholder Empowerment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2902 Broadband Internet Fairness Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2903 DTV Cliff Effect Assistance Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2917 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny any deduction for advertising prescription drugs all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2963 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for improving small manufacturers' computer technology all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2966 Say No to Drug Ads Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2994 Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 609 A resolution providing for consideration of the bill (HR 2997) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2010, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 799 A resolution providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (HR 2997) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2010, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3011 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3014 Small Business Health Information Technology Financing Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3019 Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3030 Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3101 Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3124 Health Information Technology (IT) Public Utility Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3125 Radio Spectrum Inventory Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3126 Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3170 Fiscal 2010 Financial Services Appropriations all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3216 Local Television Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3222 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education (AWARE) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3269 Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3272 Corporate Governance Reform Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3291 Mutual Holding Company Beneficial Owners' Protection Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3348 A bill to amend the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to extend the interoperable emergency communications grant program through fiscal year 2012 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3351 Proxy Voting Transparency Act Of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3413 Rural Information Technology Investment Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3458 Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3498 Statewide PTV Access Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3512 Capturing On-line Predators Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3570 Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3630 Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education (AWARE) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3633 A bill to allow the funding for the interoperable emergency communications grant program established under the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to remain available until expended through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3646 Broadband Affordability Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3682 Kelsey Smith Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3698 Kelsey Smith Law Enforcement Training Grant Program Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3717 Kelsey Smith Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3738 Small Business Early-Stage Investment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3745 Community Access Preservation (CAP) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3854 Small Business Financing and Investment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - H Con Res 193 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the need to pass meaningful legislation to protect commercial and government data from data breaches all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3924 A bill to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from further regulating the Internet all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3931 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for two years the election to treat the cost of a qualified film or television production as an expense which is not chargeable to a capital account all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3979 Protecting Americans from Drug Marketing Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3994 Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4053 Healthy Kids Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4059 Online Age Verification and Child Safety Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4061 Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4098 Secure Federal File Sharing Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4167 Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4173 Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4213 American Workers, State and Business Relief Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - H Res 996 A resolution expressing support for designation of September as National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4353 Wireless Microphone Users Interference Protection Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4504 Standards for Internet Non-Censorship (SINC) Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4518 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny a deduction for image advertising expenses for any trade or business the gross receipts of which exceed $100 million all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4533 Technology Bill of Rights for the Blind Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4545 Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4619 E-Rate 2.0 Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4691 Temporary Extensions Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4709 Engineering Education for Innovation (E 2 for Innovation) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4749 Stand By Every Ad Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4769 Creating Jobs From Innovative Small Businesses Act of 2010 - HR 4770 Create Jobs by Expanding the R&D Tax Credit Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4784 Internet Freedom Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4785 Rural Energy Savings Program Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4790 Shareholder Protection Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4809 Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4816 Food and Drug Administration Improvement Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4829 Next Generation 9-1-1 Preservation Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4842 Homeland Security Science and Technology Authorization Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4849 Small Business and Infrastructure Jobs Tax Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4851 Continuing Extension Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4860 Electric Consumer Right to Know (e-KNOW) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4061 Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4900 Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4925 Healthy Media for Youth Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4962 International Cybercrime Reporting and Cooperation Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 30 Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 34 Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 43 Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 47 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 62 Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 71 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S Res 25 A resolution expressing support for designation of Jan. 28, 2009, as "National Data Privacy Day." all provisions relating to cable. - S 233 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the allowance of bonus depreciation and the increased expensing limitations permanent. all provisions relating to cable. - S 328 DTV Delay Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 348 A bill to amend section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that funds received as universal service contributions and the universal service support programs established pursuant to that section are not subject to certain provisions of Title 31, United States Code, commonly known as the Antideficiency Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 379 Performance Rights Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 436 Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 457 Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 515 Patent Reform Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 560 Employee Free Choice Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 592 Local Community Radio Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 610 Patent Reform Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 649 Radio Spectrum Inventory Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 771 Four Corners Television Access Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 773 Cybersecurity Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 778 A bill to establish, within the Executive Office of the president, the Office of National Cybersecurity Advisor all provisions relating to cable. - S 788 m-SPAM Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 890 Health Information Technology Public Utility Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 899 DTV Cliff Effect Assistance Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 920 Information Technology (IT) Investment Oversight Enhancement and Waste Prevention Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 921 United States Information and Communications Enhancement (U.S. ICE) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 931 Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 946 Critical Electric Infrastructure Protection Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1006 Excessive Pay Shareholder Approval Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1007 Excessive Pay Capped Deduction Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1029 21st Century Skills Incentive Fund Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1047 School and Family Education about the Internet (SAFE Internet) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1192 Mobile Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1210 STEM Education Coordination Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1266 Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1291 Family Work Flexibility Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1406 Fiscal 2010 Agriculture Appropriations all provisions relating to cable. - S 1432 Fiscal 2010 Financial Services Appropriations all provisions relating to cable. - S 1438 Fostering a Global Response to Cyber Attacks Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1447 Connecting America Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1462 American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1490 Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1491 Ending Excessive Corporate Deductions for Stock Options Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1614 Community College Technology Access Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1670 Satellite Television Modernization Act of 2009 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1696 Green Gaming Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1749 Cell Phone Contraband Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1763 Protecting Americans from Drug Marketing Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1836 Internet Freedom Act of 2009 - S 1938 Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S Res 285 A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of national cybersecurity awareness month and raising awareness and enhancing the state of cybersecurity in the United States all provisions relating to cable. - S Res 402 A resolution expressing support for the designation of Jan. 28, 2010 as National Data Privacy Day all provisions relating to cable. - S Res 412 A resolution designating September 2010 as "National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month all provisions relating to cable. - S 2764 Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 2765 Small Business Health Information Technology Financing Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 2825 Cell Phone Early Termination Fee, Transparency and Fairness (ETF) Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 2842 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the deduction for direct to consumer advertising expenses for prescription pharmaceuticals and to provide a deduction for fees paid for the participation of children in certain organizations which promote physical activity all provisions relating to cable. - S 2847 Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 2873 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the deduction for direct to consumer advertising expenses for prescription pharmaceuticals and to provide a deduction for fees paid for the participation of children in certain organizations which promote physical activity all provisions relating to cable. - S 2879 Broadband Opportunity and Affordability Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 2880 Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2009 all provisions relating to cable. - S 2881 FCC Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 3018 Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 3027 P2P Cyber Protection and Informed User Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 3042 A bill to provide for a study by the National Academy of Sciences on the technical policy decisions and technical personnel at the Federal Communications Commission all provisions relating to cable. - S 3043 Engineering Education (E-squared) for Innovation Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 3089 Small Business Patent Data Collection Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 3110 Broadband Service Consumer Protection Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 3115 Next Generation 9-1-1 Preservation Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 3155 International Cybercrime Reporting and Cooperation Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 3186 Satellite Television Extension Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable. - S 3191 Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 all provisions relating to cable.
2010 · first_quarter · Health Issues
American Health Security Act (H.R. 1200); Access for All America Act (H.R. 1296/S.486); Primary Care Volunteer Incentive Act (H.R. 1185); Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (S.790); Title VII Reauthorization (S.1720); Conrad State 30 Improvement Act (S.628); Recognizing the value of community health centers (HCon.Res.144/S.Con.Res.25). Tri-Caucus Health Equity and Accountant Act; Health Information Technology Public Utility Act of 2009 (S.890); Womens Medical House Demonstration Act (S.1303); Family Healthcare Accessibility Act (H.R.1745); Community Coalitions for Access and Quality Improvement Act (H.R.1614/S.652); Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (S.790); GAO Study request on VA/CHCs Act (no bill#); Affordable Health Choices Act (H.R.3200); Resident Physician Shortage Act (S.973/H.R.2251); Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act (H.R.1693/S.671); Public Health Workforce Development Act (H.R.2620/S.1143); Helping Fill the Medicine Rx Gap Act (H.R.2777/S.1201); Primary Care Training Enhancement Act (H.R.2930); Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act (S.1404); Community & Rural Medical Residency Preservation Act (S.1300) Americas Healthy Future Act of 2009, Chairmans Mark Senate Finance Committee; MedPAC Reform Act of 2009 (S.1110); Consumers Health Care Act of 2009 (S.1278); Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009 (H.R.2350); Senate HELP Affordable Health Choices Act (S.1679); Medicare Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2009 (H.R.2068); Medicare Transition Care Act of 2009 (S.1295); School Based Health Clinic Establishment Act of 2009 (H.R.3003); DSH Collaborative Care Network Pilot Program Act of 2009 (H.R.3430); Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R.3962); The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R.3590); Community-Based Residency Training Act (H.R.4409); Reconciliation Act of 2010 (H.R.4872).
2009 · third_quarter · Health Issues
American Health Security Act (H.R. 1200); Access for All America Act (H.R. 1296/S.486); Primary Care Volunteer Incentive Act (H.R. 1185); Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act (H.R. 1388/S.277); Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (S.790); Title VII Reauthorization (S.1720); Health Care Reform; Conrad State 30 Improvement Act (S.628); Recognizing the value of community health centers (HCR 144/SCR25). Tri-Caucus Health Equity and Accountant Act; Health Information Technology Public Utility Act of 2009 (S.890); Womens Medical House Demonstration Act (S.1303); Family Healthcare Accessibility Act (H.R.1745); Community Coalitions for Access and Quality Improvement Act (H.R.1614/S.652); Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (S.790); GAO Study request on VA/CHCs Act (no bill#); Affordable Health Choices Act (H.R.3200); Resident Physician Shortage Act (S.973/H.R.2251); Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act (H.R.1693/S.671); Public Health Workforce Development Act (H.R.2620/S.1143); Helping Fill the Medicine Rx Gap Act (H.R.2777/S.1201); Primary Care Training Enhancement Act (H.R.2930); Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act (S.1404); Community & Rural Medical Residency Preservation Act (S.1300) Americas Healthy Future Act of 2009, Chairmans Mark Senate Finance Committee; MedPAC Reform Act of 2009 (S.1110); Consumers Health Care Act of 2009 (S.1278); Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009 (H.R.2350); Senate HELP - Affordable Health Choices Act (S.1679); Ryan White Reauthorization House and Senate; Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2009 (H.R.3090); Medicare Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2009 (H.R.2068); Medicare Transition Care Act of 2009 (S.1295); School Based Health Clinic Establishment Act of 2009 (H.R.3003);DSH Collaborative Care Network Pilot Program Act of 2009 (H.R.3430).
2009 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
S. 890 Health Information Technology (IT) Public Utility Act of 2009 (entire bill)
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2009 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Brady/ Wilson Hospital Stimulus Letter to Obama Administration - Working with Reps. Robert Brady (D-PA) and Joe Wilson (R-SC) urging their House colleagues to sign a letter asking the President to include relief for hospitals in the plan; HR 1 and S 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009, HR 598 Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, HR 629 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, S 350 Health Insurance Assistance for the Unemployed Act of 2009; HITECH Act Energy and Commerce Recovery and Reinvestment Act, all bills related to issues in the Economic Stimulus Bill pertaining to FMAP increase, DSH payments, moratoria through June 30 on Medicaid provider tax regs and hospital outpatient services, Medicare teaching hospitals IME, long-term care hospitals, health IT, tax exempt bonds, and provide for a portion of the economic recovery package relating to revenue measures, unemployment, and health; HR 2 and S 275 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, provisions to secure health care coverage for more than 7 million low-income children currently covered by the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), to add coverage to nearly 4 million more, to improve coverage of dental and mental health benefits for children and to eliminate the five-year waiting period for coverage under SCHIP of legal immigrant children and pregnant women; S 2 Middle Class Opportunity Act, Card Check provisions; S 4 Comprehensive Health Reform Act of 2009, a bill to guarantee affordable, quality health coverage for all Americans, and for other purposes; S 45 MCAP Act, a bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; S 77 Children's Mental Health Parity Act, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for equal coverage of mental health services under the State Children's Health Insurance Program; HR 241a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require the amounts reimbursed to institutional providers of health care services under the TRICARE program to be the same as amounts reimbursed under Medicare, and to require the Secretary of Defense to contract for health care services with at least one teaching hospital in urban areas; HR 298 Improving Children's Doctor Access Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require SCHIP annual reports to include information on the HEDIS measure relating to access to primary care practitioners by individuals eligible for child health assistance under such plans and on State efforts to avoid certain displacement of private health coverage, and to express the sense of Congress that such States should utilize Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems consumer satisfaction surveys to measure access by such individuals to physicians; S 179 Health Information Technology Act of 2009, a bill to improve quality in health care by providing incentives for adoption of modern information technology; HR 468 and S 245 Retooling the Health Care Workforce for an Aging America Act of 2009, a bill to expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals in the United States; HR 676 United States National Health Care Act or the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, a bill to provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents, improved health care delivery, and for other purposes; HR 688 and S 326 Kids First Act, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program through fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes; Tricare letter sent to DOD from Sen. Ben Nelson urging DoD to revise the rule, expand the transition to the new payment system, offer other adjustments to cushion the financial blow on certain hospitals, and conduct a detailed analysis of its impact on the field; S 391 Healthy Americans Act, a bill to provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make Americans healthier and can never be taken away; HR 914 Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs; HR 936 National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009, a bill to ensure the continued and future availability of lifesaving trauma health care in the United States and to prevent further trauma center closures and downgrades by assisting trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, emergency needs, and information technology; HR 956 HealthCARE Act of 2009, a bill to expand the number of individuals and families with health insurance coverage, and for other purposes; S 408 Wakefield Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide a means for continued improvement in emergency medical services for children; HR 1085 Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act, a bill to impose a limitation on lifetime aggregate limits imposed by health plans; HR 1086 Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2009; a bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; HR 1101 Midwifery Care Access and Reimbursement Equity Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of certified midwife services and to provide for more equitable reimbursement rates for certified nurse-midwife services; S 441 Quality Reform Expansion and Savings Act of 2009, a bill to encourage the development of coordinated quality reforms to improve health care delivery and reduce the cost of care in the health care system; S 444 National Health Information Technology and Privacy Advancement Act of 2009, a bill to provide for the establishment of a health information technology and privacy system; S 486 Access for All America Act, a bill to achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs; HR 1253 Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009, a bill to require that limitations and restrictions on coverage under group health plans be timely disclosed to group health plan sponsors and timely communicated to participants and beneficiaries under such plans in a form that is easily understandable; HR 1296 Access for All America Act, a bill to achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs; HR 1411 United States Primary and Preventive Health Care Corps Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Primary and Public Health Scholarship Program; HR 1460 Nurses Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members; HR 1494 Nursing Home Emergency Assistance Act, a bill to ensure that a private for-profit nursing home affected by a major disaster receives the same reimbursement as a public nursing home affected by a major disaster; HR 1558 and S 623 Preexisting Condition Patient Protection Act of 2009, to prohibit health insurers from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions; S 616 Enhancing Safety in Medicine Utilizing Leading Advanced Simulation Technologies to Improve Outcomes Now Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize medical simulation enhancement programs, and for other purposes; HR 1581 Patient-Focused Critical Care Enhancement Act, a bill to optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce; S 628 Conrad State 30 Improvement Act, a bill to provide incentives to physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities; HR 1614 and S 652 Community Coalitions for Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2009, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to community health coalitions to assist in the development of integrated health care delivery; HR 1691 and S 688 Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2009, a bill to require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations; HR 1699 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act, a bill to require that certain complex diagnostic laboratory tests performed by an independent laboratory after a hospital outpatient encounter or inpatient stay during which the specimen involved was collected shall be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act; S 698 State-Based Health Care Reform Act, a bill to ensure the provision of high-quality health care coverage for uninsured individuals through State health care coverage pilot projects that expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care system; S 703 American Health Security Act of 2009, a bill to provide for health care for every American and to control the cost and enhance the quality of the health care system; HR 1745 Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers under section 330 of such Act; S 733 National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009, a bill to ensure the continued and future availability of life saving trauma health care in the United States and to prevent further trauma center closures and downgrades by assisting trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, and emergency needs; Letter to HHS about the action plan to prevent Healthcare associated infections; Provided information to members of Congress about the Quality and Patient Safety Transparency initiatives by state; Working with Rep. Nathan Deal to get legislation introduced on provider price transparency; HR 1670 and S 683 Community Choice Act of 2009, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide individuals with disabilities and older Americans with equal access to community-based attendant services and supports and which would allow disabled Medicaid recipients to receive care in their homes rather than in nursing homes; HR 2003 and S 830 Children's Hospitals Education Equity Act, a bill to modify the definition of children's hospital for purposes of making payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs; HR 1998 Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2009, a bill to improve access to emergency medical services; HR 2043 Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students; HR 2066 Graduate Psychology Education Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote mental and behavioral health services for underserved populations; S 890 Health Information Technology (IT) Public Utility Act of 2009, a bill to provide for the use of improved health information technology with respect to certain safety net health care providers; HR 2176 Nursing and Allied Health Education Preservation Act of 2009, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue the ability of hospitals to supply a needed workforce of nurses and allied health professionals by preserving funding for hospital operated nursing and allied health education programs; HR 2218 Parental Consent Act of 2009, a bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening program; S 957 Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services; S 958 MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children born after 2009; HR 2231 Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services; HR 2233 Health Empowerment Zone Act of 2009, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate health empowerment zones; S 966 and HR 2252 National Health Care Quality Act, a bill to improve the Federal infrastructure for health care quality improvement in the United States; HR 2249 Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for increased price transparency of hospital information and to provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs; HR 2251 and S 973 Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions; S 979 and HR 2360 SHOP Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed that would offer a choice of private health plans and make health coverage more affordable, predictable, and accessible; HR 2273 Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals; S 999 Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act of 2009, a bill to increase the number of well-trained mental health service professionals (including those based in schools) providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents; S 1001 Health Promotion FIRST Act, a bill to provide for increased research, coordination and expansion of health promotion programs through the Department of Health and Human Services; HR 2350 Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to increase the number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and to improve patient access to primary care services; HR 2369 Improving the Quality of Mental and Substance Use Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to improve mental and substance use health care; S 1020 Patient-Focused Critical Care Enhancement Act, a bill to optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce; S 1022 Nurses' Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members; HR 2381 Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard to reduce injuries to patients, direct-care registered nurses, and all other health care workers by establishing a safe patient handling and injury prevention standard, and for other purposes; HR 2388 Physician Availability Act of 2009, a bill to assure that the services of a nonemergency department physician are available to hospital patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week in all non-Federal hospitals with at least 100 licensed beds; S 1028 Strengthening America's Public Health System Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the Nation's surveillance and reporting for diseases and conditions; S 1031 National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals; HR 2427 and S 1050 Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to establish Federal standards for health insurance forms, quality, fair marketing, and honesty in out-of-network coverage in the group and individual health insurance markets, to improve transparency and accountability in those markets, and to establish a Federal Office of Health Insurance Oversight to monitor performance in those markets; HR 2520 Patients' Choice Act, a bill to provide comprehensive solutions for the health care system of the United States; HR 2535 Blueprint for Health Act of 2009, a bill to establish a Blueprint for Health in order to create a comprehensive system of care incorporating medical homes to improve the delivery and affordability of health care through disease prevention, health promotion, and education about and better management of chronic conditions; S 1104 Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment program; HR 2536 Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act, to provide relief for the shortage of nurses in the United States; HR 2691 a bill to provide assistance to adolescents and young adults with serious mental health disorders as they transition to adulthood ; S 1173 Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act, a bill to establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals; S 1174 Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to increase the number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and to improve patient access to primary care services; S 1176 Allied Health Reinvestment Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote and improve the allied health professionals; HR 2744 Equal Rights for Health Care Act Title 42, a bill to prohibit discrimination in Federal assisted health care services and research programs on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability status; HR 2754 Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment program; HR 2778 Health Equity and Accountability through Research Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to redesignate the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities as the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities; S 1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act, a bill to require that certain complex diagnostic laboratory tests performed by an independent laboratory after a hospital outpatient encounter or inpatient stay during which the specimen involved was collected shall be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act; HR 2785 Health Care Paperwork Reduction and Fraud Prevention Act of 2009, a bill to reduce the amount of paperwork and improve payment policies for health care services, to prevent fraud and abuse through health care provider education; HR 2804Ensuring Continuous Coverage under SCHIP Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require 12-month continuous coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance Program; HR 2810 Public Health Workforce Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish various programs for the recruitment and retention of public health workers and to eliminate critical public health workforce shortages in Federal, State, local, and tribal public health agencies and health centers; HR 2816 States' Right To Innovate in Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide grants and flexibility through demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, cost-effective systems of health care coverage, with simplified administration; HR 2824 Doctor-Patient Relationship and Research Protection Act, to enhance the conduct and support of federally funded comparative effectiveness research relating to health care; HR 2891 Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program; HR 2925 Communities Building Access Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for community projects that will reduce the number of individuals who are uninsured with respect to health care; HR 2930 Primary Care Training Enhancement Act, a bill to enhance the primary care workforce through modifications to the medical residency training programs and use of qualified teaching health centers and through State primary care scholarship and loan repayment programs; S 1278 Consumers Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to establish the Consumers Choice Health Plan, a public health insurance plan that provides an affordable and accountable health insurance option for consumers; HR 2937 and S 1305 MRSA Infection Prevention and Patient Protection Act, a bill to prevent health care facility-acquired infections; HR 2948 Healthcare Improvements for Generating High Performance (HIGH Performance) Act of 2009, a bill to amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the implementation of best practices in the delivery of health care in the United States; HR 2957 Rural Health Access Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the National Health Service Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs; S 1299 Worker Infection Protection Act, a bill to protect health care workers and first responders, including police, firefighters, emergency medical personnel, and other workers at risk of workplace exposure to infectious agents and drug resistant infections; Hatch amendment # 21 requiring the IOM to make recommendations to Congress on how to reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions; HR 2975 Medical Practice Protection Act of 2009, a bill to improve the medical care by reducing the excessive burden imposed by the civil liability system on the health care delivery system; HR 3000 Josephine Butler United States Health Service Act, a bill to establish a United States Health Service to provide high quality comprehensive health care for all Americans and to overcome the deficiencies in the present system of health care delivery; HR 3002 and S 1259 PATIENTS Act of 2009, a bill to protect all patients by prohibiting the use of data obtained from comparative effictiveness research accounts to deny coverage of items or services under Federal health care programs and to ensure that comparative effectiveness research accounts for advancements in personalized medicine and differences in patient treatment response; S 1355 Rural Health Clinic Patient Access and Improvement Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to health care for individuals residing in underserved rural areas; S. 1403 Strengthen Social Work Training Act of 2009, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to ensure that social work students or social work schools are eligible for support under certain programs that would assist individuals in pursuing health careers or for grants for training projects in geriatrics, and to establish a social work training program; S. 1404 Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act of 2009, a bill to implement demonstration projects at federally qualified community health centers to promote universal access to family-centered, evidence-based behavioral health interventions that prevent child maltreatment and promote family well-being by addressing parenting practices and skills for families from diverse socioeconomic, cultural, racial, ethnic, and other backgrounds; HR3134 Healthcare Innovation Zone Program Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Healthcare Innovation Zone pilot program; H.R.3148, a bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings; H.R.3151 and S 1585 Rural Access to Nurse Anesthesia Services Act of 2009, a bill to permit pass-through payment for reasonable costs of certified registered nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals as urban hospitals, including hospitals located in ``Lugar counties'', and for on-call and standby costs for such services; H.R.3158 Place Based Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to reform health care delivery by providing incentives for place-based health care, which seeks to bring health services to the patient by locating community health centers, federally qualified health centers, and community integrated health centers in or near settings that already serve a particular target population, such as schools, workplaces, and senior services facilities; H.R.3185 and S1569, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment to hospitals for costs of expanded advanced practice nurse training programs; H.R. 3191 Positive Aging Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for integration of mental health services and mental health treatment outreach teams, and for other purposes; H.R. 3199 Emergency Medic Transition (EMT) Act of 2009 , a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training; H.R. 3200 America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, a bill to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending; H.R. 3217 Health Care Choice Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce; H.R. 3218 Improving Health Care for All Americans Act, a bill to provide a refundable tax credit for medical costs, to expand access to health insurance coverage through individual membership associations (IMAs), and to assist in the establishment of high risk pools; H.R.3234 Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act, a bill to establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals; H.R. 3242 Women's Health Office Act of 2009, a bill to improve the health of women through the establishment of Offices of Women's Health within the Department of Health and Human Services; S.1459 Health Care Choice Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce; S. 1479 NO TITLE, a bill to provide for the treatment of certain hospitals; H.R. 3391 NO TITLE, a bill to allow for the continuation of critical access hospital designation for certain hospitals in geographic areas experiencing population growth; H.R. 3400 Empowering Patients First Act, a bill to provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage; H.R.3421 Medical Debt Relief Act of 2009, a bill to exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in collection and has been fully paid or settled; HR 3472 a bill to provide for health insurance coverage premium discounts for healthy behavior and improvements toward healthy behavior; HR 3483 Steps Toward Access and Reform (STAR) Act of 2009, a bill to reform the medical liability system, improve access to health care for rural and indigent patients, enhance access to affordable prescription drugs, and for other purposes S 1572, a bill to provide for a point of order against any legislation that eliminates or reduces the ability of Americans to keep their health plan or their choice of doctor or that decreases the number of Americans enrolled in private health insurance, while increasing the number of Americans enrolled in government-managed health care; S 1679 Affordable Health Choices Act, an original bill to make quality, affordable health care available to all Americans, reduce costs, improve health care quality, enhance disease prevention, and strengthen the health care workforce; HR 3652 Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly; S 1720 Health Professions and Primary Care Reinvestment Act, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to provide improved training and primary care; HR 3664 Healthcare Innovation Zone Pilot Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Healthcare Innovation Zone pilot program; S 1730 Fairness in Health Insurance Act, a bill to provide for minimum loss ratios for health insurance coverage; S 1734 Medical Liability Reform Act of 2009, a bill to reduce the cost of health care and ensure patient access to doctors by ending excessive malpractice verdicts through common-sense lawsuit reform; Senate Finance Committee Americas Healthy Future Act of 2009, Senate Finance Committee health reform bill with provisions on coverage, disease prevention and wellness, delivery system reform, health care quality and efficiency, transparency and program integrity, and financing; Meeting with FTC, senate congressional staff re barriers to clinical integration; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the merged product of the health reform bills from the Senate Finance and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committees; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act, a bill to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes; HR 3700 Health Care Bill of Rights Act, a bill to establish requirements for any health reform legislation enacted by the Congress or the President during the 111th Congress; HR 3713 American Health Care Solutions Act of 2009, a bill to provide bipartisan solutions to lower health costs, increase access to affordable coverage, and give patients more choices and control; S 1742 Women's Hospitals Education Equity Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide assistance for graduate medical education funding for women's hospitals.
2009 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
American Health Security Act (H.R. 1200); Access for all America Act (H.R. 1296/S.486); Primary Care Volunteer Incentive Act (H.R. 1185); Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act (H.R. 1388/S.277); Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (S.790); Title VII Reauthorization (S.1720); Health Care Reform; Conrad State 30 Improvement Act (S.628); Recognizing the value of community health centers (HCon.Res.144/S.Con.Res.25). Tri-Caucus Health Equity and Accountant Act; Health Information Technology Public Utility Act of 2009 (S.890); Womens Medical House Demonstration Act (S.1303); Family Healthcare Accessibility Act (H.R.1745); Community Coalitions for Access and Quality Improvement Act (H.R.1614/S.652); Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (S.790); GAO Study request on VA/CHCs Act (no bill#); Affordable Health Choices Act (H.R.3200); Resident Physician Shortage Act (S.973/H.R.2251); Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act (H.R.1693/S.671); Public Health Workforce Development Act (H.R.2620/S.1143); Helping Fill the Medicine Rx Gap Act (H.R.2777/S.1201); Primary Care Training Enhancement Act (H.R.2930); Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act (S.1404); Community & Rural Medical Residency Preservation Act (S.1300); Americas Healthy Future Act of 2009, Chairmans Mark Senate Finance Committee; MedPAC Reform Act of 2009 (S.1110); Consumers Health Care Act of 2009 (S.1278); Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009 (H.R.2350); Senate HELP Affordable Health Choices Act (S.1679); Ryan White Reauthorization House and Senate; Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2009 (H.R.3090); Medicare Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2009 (H.R.2068); Medicare Transition Care Act of 2009 (S.1295); School Based Health Clinic Establishment Act of 2009 (H.R.3003); DSH Collaborative Care Network Pilot Program Act of 2009 (H.R.3430); Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R.3962); The Patient Protection and Affordable Cafe Act (H.R. 3590); Community-Based Residency Training Act (H.R. 4409).
2009 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Brady/ Wilson Hospital Stimulus Letter to Obama Administration - Working with Reps. Robert Brady (D-PA) and Joe Wilson (R-SC) urging their House colleagues to sign a letter asking the President to include relief for hospitals in the plan; HR 1 and S 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009, HR 598 Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, HR 629 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, S 350 Health Insurance Assistance for the Unemployed Act of 2009; HITECH Act Energy and Commerce Recovery and Reinvestment Act, all bills related to issues in the Economic Stimulus Bill pertaining to FMAP increase, DSH payments, moratoria through June 30 on Medicaid provider tax regs and hospital outpatient services, Medicare teaching hospitals IME, long-term care hospitals, health IT, tax exempt bonds, and provide for a portion of the economic recovery package relating to revenue measures, unemployment, and health; HR 2 and S 275 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, provisions to secure health care coverage for more than 7 million low-income children currently covered by the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), to add coverage to nearly 4 million more, to improve coverage of dental and mental health benefits for children and to eliminate the five-year waiting period for coverage under SCHIP of legal immigrant children and pregnant women; S 2 Middle Class Opportunity Act, Card Check provisions; S 4 Comprehensive Health Reform Act of 2009, a bill to guarantee affordable, quality health coverage for all Americans, and for other purposes; S 45 MCAP Act, a bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; S 77 Children's Mental Health Parity Act, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for equal coverage of mental health services under the State Children's Health Insurance Program; HR 241a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require the amounts reimbursed to institutional providers of health care services under the TRICARE program to be the same as amounts reimbursed under Medicare, and to require the Secretary of Defense to contract for health care services with at least one teaching hospital in urban areas; HR 298 Improving Children's Doctor Access Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require SCHIP annual reports to include information on the HEDIS measure relating to access to primary care practitioners by individuals eligible for child health assistance under such plans and on State efforts to avoid certain displacement of private health coverage, and to express the sense of Congress that such States should utilize Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems consumer satisfaction surveys to measure access by such individuals to physicians; S 179 Health Information Technology Act of 2009, a bill to improve quality in health care by providing incentives for adoption of modern information technology; HR 468 and S 245 Retooling the Health Care Workforce for an Aging America Act of 2009, a bill to expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals in the United States; HR 676 United States National Health Care Act or the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, a bill to provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents, improved health care delivery, and for other purposes; HR 688 and S 326 Kids First Act, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program through fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes; Tricare letter sent to DOD from Sen. Ben Nelson urging DoD to revise the rule, expand the transition to the new payment system, offer other adjustments to cushion the financial blow on certain hospitals, and conduct a detailed analysis of its impact on the field; S 391 Healthy Americans Act, a bill to provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make Americans healthier and can never be taken away; HR 914 Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs; HR 936 National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009, a bill to ensure the continued and future availability of lifesaving trauma health care in the United States and to prevent further trauma center closures and downgrades by assisting trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, emergency needs, and information technology; HR 956 HealthCARE Act of 2009, a bill to expand the number of individuals and families with health insurance coverage, and for other purposes; S 408 Wakefield Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide a means for continued improvement in emergency medical services for children; HR 1085 Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act, a bill to impose a limitation on lifetime aggregate limits imposed by health plans; HR 1086 Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2009; a bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; HR 1101 Midwifery Care Access and Reimbursement Equity Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of certified midwife services and to provide for more equitable reimbursement rates for certified nurse-midwife services; S 441 Quality Reform Expansion and Savings Act of 2009, a bill to encourage the development of coordinated quality reforms to improve health care delivery and reduce the cost of care in the health care system; S 444 National Health Information Technology and Privacy Advancement Act of 2009, a bill to provide for the establishment of a health information technology and privacy system; S 486 Access for All America Act, a bill to achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs; HR 1253 Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009, a bill to require that limitations and restrictions on coverage under group health plans be timely disclosed to group health plan sponsors and timely communicated to participants and beneficiaries under such plans in a form that is easily understandable; HR 1296 Access for All America Act, a bill to achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs; HR 1411 United States Primary and Preventive Health Care Corps Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Primary and Public Health Scholarship Program; HR 1460 Nurses Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members; HR 1494 Nursing Home Emergency Assistance Act, a bill to ensure that a private for-profit nursing home affected by a major disaster receives the same reimbursement as a public nursing home affected by a major disaster; HR 1558 and S 623 Preexisting Condition Patient Protection Act of 2009, to prohibit health insurers from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions; S 616 Enhancing Safety in Medicine Utilizing Leading Advanced Simulation Technologies to Improve Outcomes Now Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize medical simulation enhancement programs, and for other purposes; HR 1581 Patient-Focused Critical Care Enhancement Act, a bill to optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce; S 628 Conrad State 30 Improvement Act, a bill to provide incentives to physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities; HR 1614 and S 652 Community Coalitions for Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2009, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to community health coalitions to assist in the development of integrated health care delivery; HR 1691 and S 688 Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2009, a bill to require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations; HR 1699 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act, a bill to require that certain complex diagnostic laboratory tests performed by an independent laboratory after a hospital outpatient encounter or inpatient stay during which the specimen involved was collected shall be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act; S 698 State-Based Health Care Reform Act, a bill to ensure the provision of high-quality health care coverage for uninsured individuals through State health care coverage pilot projects that expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care system; S 703 American Health Security Act of 2009, a bill to provide for health care for every American and to control the cost and enhance the quality of the health care system; HR 1745 Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers under section 330 of such Act; S 733 National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009, a bill to ensure the continued and future availability of life saving trauma health care in the United States and to prevent further trauma center closures and downgrades by assisting trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, and emergency needs; Letter to HHS about the action plan to prevent Healthcare associated infections; Provided information to members of Congress about the Quality and Patient Safety Transparency initiatives by state; Working with Rep. Nathan Deal to get legislation introduced on provider price transparency; HR 1670 and S 683 Community Choice Act of 2009, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide individuals with disabilities and older Americans with equal access to community-based attendant services and supports and which would allow disabled Medicaid recipients to receive care in their homes rather than in nursing homes; HR 2003 and S 830 Children's Hospitals Education Equity Act, a bill to modify the definition of children's hospital for purposes of making payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs; HR 1998 Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2009, a bill to improve access to emergency medical services; HR 2043 Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students; HR 2066 Graduate Psychology Education Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote mental and behavioral health services for underserved populations; S 890 Health Information Technology (IT) Public Utility Act of 2009, a bill to provide for the use of improved health information technology with respect to certain safety net health care providers; HR 2176 Nursing and Allied Health Education Preservation Act of 2009, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue the ability of hospitals to supply a needed workforce of nurses and allied health professionals by preserving funding for hospital operated nursing and allied health education programs; HR 2218 Parental Consent Act of 2009, a bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening program; S 957 Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services; S 958 MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children born after 2009; HR 2231 Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services; HR 2233 Health Empowerment Zone Act of 2009, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate health empowerment zones; S 966 and HR 2252 National Health Care Quality Act, a bill to improve the Federal infrastructure for health care quality improvement in the United States; HR 2249 Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for increased price transparency of hospital information and to provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs; HR 2251 and S 973 Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions; S 979 and HR 2360 SHOP Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed that would offer a choice of private health plans and make health coverage more affordable, predictable, and accessible; HR 2273 Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals; S 999 Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act of 2009, a bill to increase the number of well-trained mental health service professionals (including those based in schools) providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents; S 1001 Health Promotion FIRST Act, a bill to provide for increased research, coordination and expansion of health promotion programs through the Department of Health and Human Services; HR 2350 Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to increase the number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and to improve patient access to primary care services; HR 2369 Improving the Quality of Mental and Substance Use Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to improve mental and substance use health care; S 1020 Patient-Focused Critical Care Enhancement Act, a bill to optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce; S 1022 Nurses' Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members; HR 2381 Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard to reduce injuries to patients, direct-care registered nurses, and all other health care workers by establishing a safe patient handling and injury prevention standard, and for other purposes; HR 2388 Physician Availability Act of 2009, a bill to assure that the services of a nonemergency department physician are available to hospital patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week in all non-Federal hospitals with at least 100 licensed beds; S 1028 Strengthening America's Public Health System Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the Nation's surveillance and reporting for diseases and conditions; S 1031 National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals; HR 2427 and S 1050 Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to establish Federal standards for health insurance forms, quality, fair marketing, and honesty in out-of-network coverage in the group and individual health insurance markets, to improve transparency and accountability in those markets, and to establish a Federal Office of Health Insurance Oversight to monitor performance in those markets; HR 2520 Patients' Choice Act, a bill to provide comprehensive solutions for the health care system of the United States; HR 2535 Blueprint for Health Act of 2009, a bill to establish a Blueprint for Health in order to create a comprehensive system of care incorporating medical homes to improve the delivery and affordability of health care through disease prevention, health promotion, and education about and better management of chronic conditions; S 1104 Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment program; HR 2536 Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act, to provide relief for the shortage of nurses in the United States; Disclosure of Financial Relationships Report, argue for withdrawal of data collection form; HR 2691 a bill to provide assistance to adolescents and young adults with serious mental health disorders as they transition to adulthood ; S 1173 Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act, a bill to establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals; S 1174 Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to increase the number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and to improve patient access to primary care services; S 1176 Allied Health Reinvestment Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote and improve the allied health professionals; HR 2744 Equal Rights for Health Care Act Title 42, a bill to prohibit discrimination in Federal assisted health care services and research programs on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability status; HR 2754 Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment program; HR 2778 Health Equity and Accountability through Research Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to redesignate the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities as the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities; S 1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act, a bill to require that certain complex diagnostic laboratory tests performed by an independent laboratory after a hospital outpatient encounter or inpatient stay during which the specimen involved was collected shall be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act; HR 2785 Health Care Paperwork Reduction and Fraud Prevention Act of 2009, a bill to reduce the amount of paperwork and improve payment policies for health care services, to prevent fraud and abuse through health care provider education; HR 2804Ensuring Continuous Coverage under SCHIP Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require 12-month continuous coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance Program; HR 2810 Public Health Workforce Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish various programs for the recruitment and retention of public health workers and to eliminate critical public health workforce shortages in Federal, State, local, and tribal public health agencies and health centers; HR 2816 States' Right To Innovate in Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide grants and flexibility through demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, cost-effective systems of health care coverage, with simplified administration; HR 2824 Doctor-Patient Relationship and Research Protection Act, to enhance the conduct and support of federally funded comparative effectiveness research relating to health care; HR 2891 Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program; HR 2925 Communities Building Access Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for community projects that will reduce the number of individuals who are uninsured with respect to health care; HR 2930 Primary Care Training Enhancement Act, a bill to enhance the primary care workforce through modifications to the medical residency training programs and use of qualified teaching health centers and through State primary care scholarship and loan repayment programs; S 1278 Consumers Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to establish the Consumers Choice Health Plan, a public health insurance plan that provides an affordable and accountable health insurance option for consumers; HR 2937 and S 1305 MRSA Infection Prevention and Patient Protection Act, a bill to prevent health care facility-acquired infections; HR 2948 Healthcare Improvements for Generating High Performance (HIGH Performance) Act of 2009, a bill to amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the implementation of best practices in the delivery of health care in the United States; HR 2957 Rural Health Access Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the National Health Service Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs; S 1299 Worker Infection Protection Act, a bill to protect health care workers and first responders, including police, firefighters, emergency medical personnel, and other workers at risk of workplace exposure to infectious agents and drug resistant infections; Hatch amendment # 21 requiring the IOM to make recommendations to Congress on how to reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions; HR 2975 Medical Practice Protection Act of 2009, a bill to improve the medical care by reducing the excessive burden imposed by the civil liability system on the health care delivery system; HR 3000 Josephine Butler United States Health Service Act, a bill to establish a United States Health Service to provide high quality comprehensive health care for all Americans and to overcome the deficiencies in the present system of health care delivery; HR 3002 and S 1259 PATIENTS Act of 2009, a bill to protect all patients by prohibiting the use of data obtained from comparative effictiveness research accounts to deny coverage of items or services under Federal health care programs and to ensure that comparative effectiveness research accounts for advancements in personalized medicine and differences in patient treatment response; S 1355 Rural Health Clinic Patient Access and Improvement Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to health care for individuals residing in underserved rural areas; S. 1403 Strengthen Social Work Training Act of 2009, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to ensure that social work students or social work schools are eligible for support under certain programs that would assist individuals in pursuing health careers or for grants for training projects in geriatrics, and to establish a social work training program; S. 1404 Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act of 2009, a bill to implement demonstration projects at federally qualified community health centers to promote universal access to family-centered, evidence-based behavioral health interventions that prevent child maltreatment and promote family well-being by addressing parenting practices and skills for families from diverse socioeconomic, cultural, racial, ethnic, and other backgrounds; HR3134 Healthcare Innovation Zone Program Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Healthcare Innovation Zone pilot program; H.R.3148, a bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings; H.R.3151 and S 1585 Rural Access to Nurse Anesthesia Services Act of 2009, a bill to permit pass-through payment for reasonable costs of certified registered nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals as urban hospitals, including hospitals located in ``Lugar counties'', and for on-call and standby costs for such services; H.R.3158 Place Based Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to reform health care delivery by providing incentives for place-based health care, which seeks to bring health services to the patient by locating community health centers, federally qualified health centers, and community integrated health centers in or near settings that already serve a particular target population, such as schools, workplaces, and senior services facilities; H.R.3185 and S1569, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment to hospitals for costs of expanded advanced practice nurse training programs; H.R. 3191 Positive Aging Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for integration of mental health services and mental health treatment outreach teams, and for other purposes; H.R. 3199 Emergency Medic Transition (EMT) Act of 2009 , a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training; H.R. 3200 America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, a bill to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending; H.R. 3217 Health Care Choice Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce; H.R. 3218 Improving Health Care for All Americans Act, a bill to provide a refundable tax credit for medical costs, to expand access to health insurance coverage through individual membership associations (IMAs), and to assist in the establishment of high risk pools; H.R.3234 Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act, a bill to establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals; H.R. 3242 Women's Health Office Act of 2009, a bill to improve the health of women through the establishment of Offices of Women's Health within the Department of Health and Human Services; S.1459 Health Care Choice Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce; S. 1479 NO TITLE, a bill to provide for the treatment of certain hospitals; H.R. 3391 NO TITLE, a bill to allow for the continuation of critical access hospital designation for certain hospitals in geographic areas experiencing population growth; H.R. 3400 Empowering Patients First Act, a bill to provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage; H.R.3421 Medical Debt Relief Act of 2009, a bill to exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in collection and has been fully paid or settled; HR 3472 a bill to provide for health insurance coverage premium discounts for healthy behavior and improvements toward healthy behavior; HR 3483 Steps Toward Access and Reform (STAR) Act of 2009, a bill to reform the medical liability system, improve access to health care for rural and indigent patients, enhance access to affordable prescription drugs, and for other purposes S 1572, a bill to provide for a point of order against any legislation that eliminates or reduces the ability of Americans to keep their health plan or their choice of doctor or that decreases the number of Americans enrolled in private health insurance, while increasing the number of Americans enrolled in government-managed health care; S 1679 Affordable Health Choices Act, an original bill to make quality, affordable health care available to all Americans, reduce costs, improve health care quality, enhance disease prevention, and strengthen the health care workforce; S 1681Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009, a bill to ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers; HR 3652 Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly; S 1720 Health Professions and Primary Care Reinvestment Act, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to provide improved training and primary care; HR 3664 Healthcare Innovation Zone Pilot Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Healthcare Innovation Zone pilot program; S 1730 Fairness in Health Insurance Act, a bill to provide for minimum loss ratios for health insurance coverage; S 1734 Medical Liability Reform Act of 2009, a bill to reduce the cost of health care and ensure patient access to doctors by ending excessive malpractice verdicts through common-sense lawsuit reform; Senate Finance Committee Americas Healthy Future Act of 2009, Senate Finance Committee health reform bill with provisions on coverage, disease prevention and wellness, delivery system reform, health care quality and efficiency, transparency and program integrity, and financing.
2009 · third_quarter · Health Issues
S. 890, Health Information Technology (IT) Public Utility Act of 2009 (entire bill)
Client expense: $370,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Executive Office of the President (EOP), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Library of Congress (LOC), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2009 · third_quarter · Health Issues
American Health Security Act (H.R. 1200); Access for all America Act (H.R. 1296/S.486); Primary Care Volunteer Incentive Act (H.R. 1185); Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act (H.R. 1388/S.277); Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (S.790); Title VII Reauthorization (S.1720); Health Care Reform; Conrad State 30 Improvement Act (S.628); Recognizing the value of community health centers (HCR144/SCR25). Tri-Caucus Health Equity and Accountant Act; Health Information Technology Public Utility Act of 2009 (S.890); Womens Medical House Demonstration Act (S.1303); Family Healthcare Accessibility Act (H.R.1745); Community Coalitions for Access and Quality Improvement Act (H.R.1614/S.652); Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (S.790); GAO Study request on VA/CHCs Act (no bill#); Affordable Health Choices Act (H.R.3200); Resident Physician Shortage Act (S.973/H.R.2251); Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act (H.R.1693/S.671); Public Health Workforce Development Act (H.R.2620/S.1143); Helping Fill the Medicine Rx Gap Act (H.R.2777/S.1201); Primary Care Training Enhancement Act (H.R.2930); Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act (S.1404); Community & Rural Medical Residency Preservation Act (S.1300); Americas Healthy Future Act of 2009, Chairmans Mark Senate Finance Committee; MedPAC Reform Act of 2009 (S.1110); Consumers Health Care Act of 2009 (S.1278); Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009 (H.R.2350); Senate HELP Affordable Health Choices Act (S.1679); Ryan White Reauthorization House and Senate; Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2009 (H.R.3090); Medicare Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2009 (H.R.2068); Medicare Transition Care Act of 2009 (S.1295); School Based Health Clinic Establishment Act of 2009 (H.R.3003); DSH Collaborative Care Network Pilot Program Act of 2009 (H.R.3430).
2009 · third_quarter · Health Issues
S.310- Affordable Care for Women Act- entire bill S.969/H.R.2402-Women's Health Insurance Fairness Act of 2009- entire bill H.R.1410- Newborn, Child, and Mother Survival Act of 2009- provisions related to the use of family planning S.Con.Res.6/H.Con.Res.48- Expressing the Sense of Congress that National Health Care Reform Should Ensure that the Health Care Needs of Women and of All Individuals in the United States Are Met- entire bill H.Con.Res.24- Expressing the Sense of Congress on the Need for a National AIDS Strategy- entire bill S.1034/H.R.2840- Healthy Schools Act of 2009- provisions related to the distribution of contraceptives in School Based Health Centers S.319- Community Health Workers Act of 2009- entire bill H.R.1429- Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009- provisions related to provision of contraception S.1239/H.R.444- 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2009- entire bill H.R.3200- Americas Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009- provisions related to reproductive health coverage and women's health care providers S.1679- Affordable Health Choices Act- provisions related to reproductive health coverage and women's health care providers S.391/H.R.1321- Healthy Americans Act- provisions related to reproductive health coverage S.179- Health Information Technology Act of 2009- entire bill S.890/H.R.3124- Health Information Technology (IT) Public Utility Act of 2009- entire bill H.R.2708- Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2009- provisions related to reproductive health care and the provision of care to minors. 45 CFR 164.514(b)- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Interim final rule implementing the breach notification provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which amended the privacy and security provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)- entire rule H.R.1364- HIV Education and Prevention Act of 2009- entire bill Nomination of Dr. Regina Benjamin as United States Surgeon General H.R.2635- Gender Equity in Health Premiums Act- entire bill H.R.3242- Womens Health Office Act of 2009- entire bill As Yet Unnumbered- Newborn, Child, and Mother Survival Act of 2009- provisions related to the use of family planning As Yet Unnumbered- US Support for UNFPA- entire bill
2009 · third_quarter · Health Issues
General issues related to software technology neutrality in Health Information Technology; S. 890, Health Information Technology Public Utility Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2009 · second_quarter · Health Issues
American Health Security Act (H.R. 1200); Access for All America Act (H.R. 1296/S.486); Primary Care Volunteer Incentive Act (H.R. 1185); Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act (H.R. 1388/S.277); Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (no bill#); Title VII Reauthorization (no bill#); Health Care Reform (no bill#); Conrad State 30 Improvement Act (S.628); Recognizing the value of community health centers (HCR144/SCR25) Tricaucus Health Equity and Accountant Act; Health Information Technology Public Utility Act of 2009 (S.890); Women's Medical House Demonstration Act (S.1303); Family Healthcare Accessibility Act (H.R.1745); Community Coalitions for Access and Quality Improvement Act (H.R.1614/S.652); Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (S.790); GAO Study request on VA/CHCs Act (no bill#); Affordable Health Choices Act (H.R.3200); Resident Physician Shortage Act (S.973/HR2251); Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act (H.R.1693/S.671); Public Health Workforce Development Act - (H.R.2620/S.1143); Helping Fill the Medicine RX Gap Act (H.R.2777/S.1201); Primary Care Training Enhancement Act (H.R.2930); Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act (S.1404); Community & Rural Medical Residency Preservation Act (S.1300)
Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2009 · second_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
S. 515, The Patent Reform Act of 2009 (entire bill) HR 1260, The Patent Reform Act of 2009 (Entire bill) S. 890, Health Information Technology (IT) Public Utility Act of 2009 H.R. 1319 Informed P2P User Act (entire bill) 3. S. 773 The Cybersecurity Act of 2009
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2009 · second_quarter · Health Issues
Brady/ Wilson Hospital Stimulus Letter to Obama Administration - Working with Reps. Robert Brady (D-PA) and Joe Wilson (R-SC) urging their House colleagues to sign a letter asking the President to include relief for hospitals in the plan; HR 1 and S 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009, HR 598 Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, HR 629 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, S 350 Health Insurance Assistance for the Unemployed Act of 2009; HITECH Act Energy and Commerce Recovery and Reinvestment Act, all bills related to issues in the Economic Stimulus Bill pertaining to FMAP increase, DSH payments, moratoria through June 30 on Medicaid provider tax regs and hospital outpatient services, Medicare teaching hospitals IME, long-term care hospitals, health IT, tax exempt bonds, and provide for a portion of the economic recovery package relating to revenue measures, unemployment, and health; HR 2 and S 275 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, this bill will secure health care coverage for more than 7 million low-income children currently covered by the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and add coverage to nearly 4 million more. It also contains provisions to improve coverage of dental and mental health benefits for children and to eliminate the five-year waiting period for coverage under SCHIP of legal immigrant children and pregnant women; S 2 Middle Class Opportunity Act, Card Check provisions; S 4 Comprehensive Health Reform Act of 2009, a bill to guarantee affordable, quality health coverage for all Americans, and for other purposes; S 45 MCAP Act, a bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; S 77 Children's Mental Health Parity Act, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for equal coverage of mental health services under the State Children's Health Insurance Program; HR 241a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require the amounts reimbursed to institutional providers of health care services under the TRICARE program to be the same as amounts reimbursed under Medicare, and to require the Secretary of Defense to contract for health care services with at least one teaching hospital in urban areas; HR 298 Improving Children's Doctor Access Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require SCHIP annual reports to include information on the HEDIS measure relating to access to primary care practitioners by individuals eligible for child health assistance under such plans and on State efforts to avoid certain displacement of private health coverage, and to express the sense of Congress that such States should utilize Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems consumer satisfaction surveys to measure access by such individuals to physicians; S 179 Health Information Technology Act of 2009, a bill to improve quality in health care by providing incentives for adoption of modern information technology; HR 468 and S 245 Retooling the Health Care Workforce for an Aging America Act of 2009, a bill to expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals in the United States; HR 676 United States National Health Care Act or the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, a bill to provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents, improved health care delivery, and for other purposes; HR 688 and S 326 Kids First Act, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program through fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes; Tricare letter sent to DOD from Sen. Ben Nelson urging DoD to revise the rule, expand the transition to the new payment system, offer other adjustments to cushion the financial blow on certain hospitals, and conduct a detailed analysis of its impact on the field; S 391 Healthy Americans Act, a bill to provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make Americans healthier and can never be taken away; HR 914 Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs; HR 936 National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009, a bill to ensure the continued and future availability of lifesaving trauma health care in the United States and to prevent further trauma center closures and downgrades by assisting trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, emergency needs, and information technology; HR 956 HealthCARE Act of 2009, a bill to expand the number of individuals and families with health insurance coverage, and for other purposes; S 408 Wakefield Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide a means for continued improvement in emergency medical services for children; HR 1085 Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act, a bill to impose a limitation on lifetime aggregate limits imposed by health plans; HR 1086 Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2009; a bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; HR 1087 ADOPT HIT Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction under section 179 for the purchase of qualified health care information technology by medical care providers, and for other purposes; HR 1101 Midwifery Care Access and Reimbursement Equity Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of certified midwife services and to provide for more equitable reimbursement rates for certified nurse-midwife services; S 441 Quality Reform Expansion and Savings Act of 2009, a bill to encourage the development of coordinated quality reforms to improve health care delivery and reduce the cost of care in the health care system; S 444 National Health Information Technology and Privacy Advancement Act of 2009, a bill to provide for the establishment of a health information technology and privacy system; S 486 Access for All America Act, a bill to achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs; HR 1253 Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009, a bill to require that limitations and restrictions on coverage under group health plans be timely disclosed to group health plan sponsors and timely communicated to participants and beneficiaries under such plans in a form that is easily understandable; HR 1296 Access for All America Act, a bill to achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs; HR 1411 United States Primary and Preventive Health Care Corps Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Primary and Public Health Scholarship Program; HR 1460 Nurses Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members; HR 1494Nursing Home Emergency Assistance Act, a bill to ensure that a private for-profit nursing home affected by a major disaster receives the same reimbursement as a public nursing home affected by a major disaster; HR 1495 Comprehensive Health Care Reform Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make health care coverage more accessible and affordable; HR 1496 Child Health Care Affordability Act, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a credit against income tax for medical expenses for dependents; HR 1497 Treat Physicians Fairly Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow medical care providers a credit against income tax for uncompensated emergency medical care and to allow hospitals a deduction for such care; HR 1558 and S 623 Preexisting Condition Patient Protection Act of 2009, would prohibit health insurers from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions, such as diabetes and heart disease; S 616 Enhancing Safety in Medicine Utilizing Leading Advanced Simulation Technologies to Improve Outcomes Now Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize medical simulation enhancement programs, and for other purposes; HR 1581 Patient-Focused Critical Care Enhancement Act, a bill to optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce; S 628 Conrad State 30 Improvement Act, a bill to provide incentives to physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities; HR 1614 and S 652 Community Coalitions for Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2009, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to community health coalitions to assist in the development of integrated health care delivery; HR 1691 and S 688 Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2009, a bill to require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations; HR 1699 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act, a bill to require that certain complex diagnostic laboratory tests performed by an independent laboratory after a hospital outpatient encounter or inpatient stay during which the specimen involved was collected shall be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act; S 698 State-Based Health Care Reform Act, a bill to ensure the provision of high-quality health care coverage for uninsured individuals through State health care coverage pilot projects that expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care system; S 703 American Health Security Act of 2009, a bill to provide for health care for every American and to control the cost and enhance the quality of the health care system; HR 1745 Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers under section 330 of such Act; S 733 National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009, a bill to ensure the continued and future availability of life saving trauma health care in the United States and to prevent further trauma center closures and downgrades by assisting trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, and emergency needs; Letter to HHS about the action plan to prevent Healthcare associated infections; Provided information to members of Congress about the Quality and Patient Safety Transparency initiatives by state; Working with Rep. Nathan Deal to get legislation introduced on provider price transparency; HR 1670 and S 683 Community Choice Act of 2009, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide individuals with disabilities and older Americans with equal access to community-based attendant services and supports and which would allow disabled Medicaid recipients to receive care in their homes rather than in nursing homes; HR 2003 and S 830 Children's Hospitals Education Equity Act, a bill to modify the definition of children's hospital for purposes of making payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs; HR 1998 Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2009, a bill to improve access to emergency medical services; HR 2043 Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students; S 860 Health Professionals State Loan Repayment Tax Relief Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a Federal income tax exclusion for assistance provided to participants in State student loan programs for certain health professionals; HR 2066 Graduate Psychology Education Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote mental and behavioral health services for underserved populations; S 890 Health Information Technology (IT) Public Utility Act of 2009, a bill to provide for the use of improved health information technology with respect to certain safety net health care providers; HR 2176Nursing and Allied Health Education Preservation Act of 2009A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue the ability of hospitals to supply a needed workforce of nurses and allied health professionals by preserving funding for hospital operated nursing and allied health education programs; HR 2218 Parental Consent Act of 2009, a bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening program; S 957Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2009A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services; S 958 MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children born after 2009; HR 2231 Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services; HR 2233 Health Empowerment Zone Act of 2009, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate health empowerment zones; S 966 and HR 2252 National Health Care Quality Act, a bill to improve the Federal infrastructure for health care quality improvement in the United States; HR 2249 Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for increased price transparency of hospital information and to provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs; HR 2251 and S 973 Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions; S 979 and HR 2360 SHOP Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed that would offer a choice of private health plans and make health coverage more affordable, predictable, and accessible; HR 2273 Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals; HR 2292 Healthy Kids for Healthy Futures Act of 2009A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require coverage of preventive care for children; S 999 Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act of 2009, a bill to increase the number of well-trained mental health service professionals (including those based in schools) providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents; S 1001 Health Promotion FIRST Act, a bill to provide for increased research, coordination and expansion of health promotion programs through the Department of Health and Human Services; HR 2350 Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to increase the number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and to improve patient access to primary care services; HR 2369 Improving the Quality of Mental and Substance Use Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to improve mental and substance use health care; S 1020 Patient-Focused Critical Care Enhancement Act, a bill to optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce; S 1022Nurses' Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members; HR 2381 Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard to reduce injuries to patients, direct-care registered nurses, and all other health care workers by establishing a safe patient handling and injury prevention standard, and for other purposes; HR 2388 Physician Availability Act of 2009, a bill to assure that the services of a nonemergency department physician are available to hospital patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week in all non-Federal hospitals with at least 100 licensed beds; S 1028 Strengthening America's Public Health System Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the Nation's surveillance and reporting for diseases and conditions; S 1031 National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals; HR 2427 and S 1050Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to establish Federal standards for health insurance forms, quality, fair marketing, and honesty in out-of-network coverage in the group and individual health insurance markets, to improve transparency and accountability in those markets, and to establish a Federal Office of Health Insurance Oversight to monitor performance in those markets, and for other purposes; HR 2520 Patients' Choice Act, a bill to provide comprehensive solutions for the health care system of the United States; HR 2535 Blueprint for Health Act of 2009, a bill to establish a Blueprint for Health in order to create a comprehensive system of care incorporating medical homes to improve the delivery and affordability of health care through disease prevention, health promotion, and education about and better management of chronic conditions; S 1104 Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment program; HR 2536 Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act, to provide relief for the shortage of nurses in the United States; Disclosure of Financial Relationships Report, argue for withdrawal of data collection form; HR 2691 a bill to provide assistance to adolescents and young adults with serious mental health disorders as they transition to adulthood ; S 1173Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act, a bill to establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals; S 1174 Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to increase the number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and to improve patient access to primary care services; S 1176 Allied Health Reinvestment Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote and improve the allied health professionals; HR 2744Equal Rights for Health Care Act Title 42, a bill to prohibit discrimination in Federal assisted health care services and research programs on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability status; HR 2754 Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment program; HR 2778 Health Equity and Accountability through Research Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to redesignate the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities as the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities; S 1220Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act, a bill to require that certain complex diagnostic laboratory tests performed by an independent laboratory after a hospital outpatient encounter or inpatient stay during which the specimen involved was collected shall be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act; HR 2785 Health Care Paperwork Reduction and Fraud Prevention Act of 2009, a bill to reduce the amount of paperwork and improve payment policies for health care services, to prevent fraud and abuse through health care provider education; HR 2804Ensuring Continuous Coverage under SCHIP Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require 12-month continuous coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance Program; HR 2810 Public Health Workforce Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish various programs for the recruitment and retention of public health workers and to eliminate critical public health workforce shortages in Federal, State, local, and tribal public health agencies and health centers; HR 2816 States' Right To Innovate in Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide grants and flexibility through demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, cost-effective systems of health care coverage, with simplified administration; HR 2824Doctor-Patient Relationship and Research Protection ActTo enhance the conduct and support of federally funded comparative effectiveness research relating to health care; HR 2891 Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program; HR 2925 Communities Building Access Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for community projects that will reduce the number of individuals who are uninsured with respect to health care; HR 2930 Primary Care Training Enhancement Act, a bill to enhance the primary care workforce through modifications to the medical residency training programs and use of qualified teaching health centers and through State primary care scholarship and loan repayment programs; S 1278 Consumers Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to establish the Consumers Choice Health Plan, a public health insurance plan that provides an affordable and accountable health insurance option for consumers; HR 2937 and S 1305 MRSA Infection Prevention and Patient Protection Act, a bill to prevent health care facility-acquired infections; HR 2948Healthcare Improvements for Generating High Performance (HIGH Performance) Act of 2009, a bill to amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the implementation of best practices in the delivery of health care in the United States; HR 2957 Rural Health Access Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the National Health Service Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs; S 1299 Worker Infection Protection Act, a bill to protect health care workers and first responders, including police, firefighters, emergency medical personnel, and other workers at risk of workplace exposure to infectious agents and drug resistant infections, such as MRSA; Hatch amendment # 21 requires the IOM to make recommendations to Congress on how to reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions; Health Reform Bill, pProvides access to quality affordable health care for all. The health reform package includes: ACCESS TO COVERAGE AND CHOICE, AFFORDABILITY, SHARED RESPONSIBILITY, CONTROLLING COSTS, PREVENTION AND WELLNESS, WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS; HR 2962 Integrity in Medicare Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude certain advanced diagnostic imaging services from the in-office ancillary services exception to the prohibition on physician self-referral; HR 2975 Medical Practice Protection Act of 2009, a bill to improve the medical care by reducing the excessive burden imposed by the civil liability system on the health care delivery system; HR 3000 Josephine Butler United States Health Service Act, a bill to establish a United States Health Service to provide high quality comprehensive health care for all Americans and to overcome the deficiencies in the present system of health care delivery; HR 3002 and S 1259 PATIENTS Act of 2009, a bill to protect all patients by prohibiting the use of data obtained from comparative effectiveness research to deny coverage of items or services under Federal health care programs and to ensure that comparative effectiveness research accounts for advancements in personalized medicine and differences in patient treatment response; S 1355Rural Health Clinic Patient Access and Improvement Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to health care for individuals residing in underserved rural areas.
Client expense: $180,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $4,230,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $3,930,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Copyright Office
Client expense: $3,930,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Copyright Office
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, U.S. Copyright Office
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, U.S. Copyright Office
Client expense: $3,730,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $3,920,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Copyright Office
Client expense: $3,920,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Copyright Office
Client expense: $210,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $5,400,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $230,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $3,830,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $161,885 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Natl AIDS Policy, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $3,490,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office