WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Medical personnel

P.L. 110-293, The Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $1.40

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5501 would authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria....

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H.R. 7241, The Preserving Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act of 2008

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7241 would preserve access to healthcare under the Medicare and Medicaid programs....

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S. 3674, The 21st Century Wellness Trust Act

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3674 would amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Wellness Trust....

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S. 3656, The Preserving Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act of 2008

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3656 would preserve access to healthcare under the Medicare and Medicaid programs....

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P.L. 110-392, The Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $12.30

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1532 would amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to making progress toward the goal of eliminating tuberculosis....

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H.R. 6905, The National Integrated Public Health Surveillance Systems and Reportable Conditions Act

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6905 would amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the Nation's surveillance and reporting for diseases and conditions....

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S. 3484, The Hospice Protection Act of 2008

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3484 would provide for a delay in the phase out of the hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor under title XVIII of the Social Security Act....

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S. 3476, The National Integrated Public Health Surveillance Systems and Reportable Conditions Act

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3476 would amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the Nation's surveillance and reporting for diseases and conditions....

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H.R. 6873, The Medicare Hospice Protection Act of 2008

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6873 would delay any application of the phase out of the Medicare hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor during fiscal year 2009....

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S. 1924, The Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.43

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1924 would amend chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to create a presumption that a disability or death of a Federal employee in fire protection activities caused by any of certain diseases is the result of the performance of such employee's duty....

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S. 2969, The Veterans' Medical Personnel Recruitment and Retention Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $65.59

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2969 would amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance the capacity of the Department of Veterans Affairs to recruit and retain nurses and other critical health-care professionals....

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H.R. 5658, The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $5307.83

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5658 would authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2009....

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S. 3419, The Veterans Disability Benefits Claims Modernization Act of 2008

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3419 would amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to modernize the disability benefits claims processing system of the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure the accurate and timely delivery of compensation to veterans and their families and survivors....

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S. 3374, The Healing Our Nation's Heroes Act of 2008

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3374 would establish a commission on veterans and members of the Armed Forces with post traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, or other mental health disorders, and it would enhance the capacity of mental health providers to assist such veterans and members....

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S. 3013, The Non-Foreign AREA Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $20.26

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3013 would provide for retirement equity for Federal employees in nonforeign areas outside the 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia....

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S. 3354, The Volunteer Healthcare Program Act of 2008

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3354 would award grants for the establishment of demonstration programs to enable States to develop volunteer health care programs....

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H.R. 5892, The Veterans Disability Benefits Claims Modernization Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $38.04

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5892 would amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to modernize the disability benefits claims processing system of the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure the accurate and timely delivery of compensation to veterans and their families and survivors....

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P.L. 110-275, The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $1.29

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6331 would amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, it would improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, it would enhance low-income benefit programs, and it would maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access....

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S. 3312, The Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2008

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3312 would 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....

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H.R. 6569, The Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2008

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6569 would 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....

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H.R. 6516, The Non-Foreign AREA Act of 2008

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6516 would provide for retirement equity for Federal employees in nonforeign areas outside the 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia....

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H.R. 6360, The Disabled Public Safety Officers Fairness Act of 2008

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6360 would provide public safety officer disability benefits to officers disabled before the enactment of the Federal public safety officer disability benefits law....

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H.R. 6345, The Patient-Controlled Health IT Act

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6345 would establish a demonstration program to provide financial incentives to encourage the adoption and use of interactive personal health records and it would encourage health information exchange networks to link clinical data to such personal health records....

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H.R. 6179, The Promoting Health Information Technology Act of 2008

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6179 would encourage and enhance the adoption of interoperable health information technology to improve health care quality, reduce medical errors, and increase the efficiency of care....

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H.R. 6153, The Veterans' Medical Personnel Recruitment and Retention Act of 2008

Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6153 would amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance the capacity of the Department of Veterans Affairs to recruit and retain nurses and other critical health-care professionals....

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