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	Topic	Supporters	Opponents	Bill number	Author
	To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve be	10	3	H.R. 6331 (110th)	Rangel
To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.
	Genomic Research and Accessibility Act	3	1	H.R. 977 (110th)	Becerra
To amend title 35, United States Code, to prohibit the patenting of human genetic material.
	Medicare Access to Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Services Improvement Act of 2007	1	1	H.R. 1846 (110th)	Towns
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide improved access to physical medicine and rehabilitation services under part B of the Medicare Program, and for other purposes.
	Ending the Medicare Disability Waiting Period Act of 2007	2	0	H.R. 154 (110th)	Green
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to phase out the 24-month waiting period for disabled individuals to become eligible for Medicare benefits, to eliminate the waiting period for individuals with life-threatening conditions, and for other purposes.
	Preserving Patient Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals Act of 2007	3	0	S. 543 (110th)	Nelson
A bill to improve Medicare beneficiary access by extending the 60 percent compliance threshold used to determine whether a hospital or unit of a hospital is an inpatient rehabilitation facility under the Medicare program.
	Women's Health Office Act of 2007	2	0	H.R. 1072 (110th)	Maloney
To improve the health of women through the establishment of Offices of Women's Health within the Department of Health and Human Services.
	Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2007	2	0	H.R. 1105 (110th)	Tanner
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the treatment of certain physician pathology services under the Medicare Program.
	Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 2007	1	0	S. 657 (110th)	Reed
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to add requirements regarding trauma care, and for other purposes.
	Safe Food Act of 2007	2	0	H.R. 1148 (110th)	DeLauro
To establish the Food Safety Administration to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and improving security of food from intentional contamination, and for other purposes.
	Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2007	4	0	H.R. 1198 (110th)	Capps
To amend the Public Health Service Act regarding early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss.
	Reauthorization of the Traumatic Brain Injury Act	5	0	S. 793 (110th)	Hatch
A bill to provide for the expansion and improvement of traumatic brain injury programs.
	Personalized Health Information Act of 2007	8	0	H.R. 1368 (110th)	Kennedy
To establish a program to provide financial incentives to encourage the adoption and use of interactive personal health records.
	Reauthorization of the Traumatic Brain Injury Act	1	0	H.R. 1418 (110th)	Pascrell
To provide for the expansion and improvement of traumatic brain injury programs.
	Men's Health Act of 2007	1	0	H.R. 1440 (110th)	Fossella
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an Office of Men's Health.
	To improve Medicare beneficiary access by extending the 60 percent compliance threshold used to determine whether a hospital or	2	0	H.R. 1459 (110th)	Tanner
To improve Medicare beneficiary access by extending the 60 percent compliance threshold used to determine whether a hospital or unit of a hospital is an inpatient rehabilitation facility.
	Safety of Seniors Act of 2007	2	0	S. 845 (110th)	Enzi
A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to expand and intensify programs with respect to research and related activities concerning elder falls.
	Medicare Laboratory Services Access Act of 2007	1	0	H.R. 1501 (110th)	English
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to adjust the fee for collecting specimens for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests under the Medicare Program.
	Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act of 2007	4	0	S. 898 (110th)	Mikulski
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention.
	Seniors Access to Mental Health Act of 2007	1	0	H.R. 1571 (110th)	Murphy
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services under the Medicare Program.
	Community Choice Act of 2007	4	0	H.R. 1621 (110th)	Davis
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 for other purposes.
	James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act	2	0	H.R. 1638 (110th)	Maloney
To extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack in New York City on September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.
	To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services	1	0	H.R. 1647 (110th)	DeGette
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services under the Medicaid Program.
	Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation & Surgery (CARES) Act of 2007	2	0	H.R. 1655 (110th)	McCarthy
To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease.
	A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research.	1	0	S. 997 (110th)	Harkin
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research.
	MedPAC Rural Representation Act	2	0	H.R. 1730 (110th)	Walden
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure proportional representation of rural interests on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.
	To impose a 2-year moratorium on implementation of a proposed rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnerships under Me	2	0	H.R. 1741 (110th)	Klein
To impose a 2-year moratorium on implementation of a proposed rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnerships under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
	HOPE Act	0	1	S. 30 (110th)	Coleman
A bill to intensify research to derive human pluripotent stem cell lines.
	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a separate definition of outpatient speech-language pathology servi	1	0	H.R. 1774 (110th)	Butterfield
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a separate definition of outpatient speech-language pathology services under the Medicare Program in order that direct payment to speech-language pathologists may be made under the Medicare Program.
	National Health Information Incentive Act of 2007	2	0	H.R. 1952 (110th)	Gonzalez
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to achieve a national health information infrastructure, and 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.
	Enhanced Health Care Value for All Act of 2007	3	0	H.R. 2184 (110th)	Allen
To amend the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to expand comparative effectiveness research and to increase funding for such research to improve the value of health care.
	Kinship Caregiver Support Act	3	0	H.R. 2188 (110th)	Davis
To establish kinship navigator programs, to establish kinship guardianship assistance payments for children, and for other purposes.
	Medicare Access to Complex Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Act of 2007	5	0	H.R. 2231 (110th)	Allen
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt complex rehabilitation products and assistive technology products from the Medicare competitive acquisition program.
	Cancer Screening, Treatment, and Survivorship Act of 2007	1	0	H.R. 2353 (110th)	Schakowsky
To amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to improve screening and treatment of cancers, provide for survivorship services, and for other purposes.
	FDA Scientific Fairness for Women Act	1	0	H.R. 2503 (110th)	DeLauro
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the Office of Women's Health and the regulation of breast implants, and to provide for a scientific workshop on the use of emergency contraception by women under age 18.
	Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2007	2	0	S. 1042 (110th)	Enzi
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly.
	Dignified Treatment of Wounded Warriors Act	2	0	S. 1606 (110th)	Levin
A bill to provide for the establishment of a comprehensive policy on the care and management of wounded warriors in order to facilitate and enhance their care, rehabilitation, physical evaluation, transition from care by the Department of Defense to care by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and transition from military service to civilian life, and for other purposes.
	To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the office o	1	0	H.R. 2790 (110th)	Hare
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the office of the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health.
	Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of	3	0	H.R. 5501 (110th)	Berman
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.
	Protecting Pregnant Women and Children From Perchlorate Act of 2007			S. 150 (110th)	Boxer
A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to protect the health of pregnant women, fetuses, infants, and children by requiring a health advisory and drinking water standard for perchlorate.
	Perchlorate Monitoring and Right-to-Know Act of 2007			S. 24 (110th)	Boxer
A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require a health advisory and monitoring of drinking water for perchlorate.
	To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that projects funded through the National Institutes of Health comply with wage			H.R. 151 (110th)	Green
To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that projects funded through the National Institutes of Health comply with wage rate requirements commonly referred to as the "Davis-Bacon Act", and for other purposes.
	Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapy Enhancement Act of 2007			S. 51 (110th)	Isakson
A bill to derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos.
	Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2007			S. 350 (110th)	Vitter
A bill to prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities.
	Cancer Testing, Education, Screening, and Treatment Act			H.R. 1030 (110th)	Waters
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority or underserved populations, and for other purposes.
	Minority Diabetes Initiative Act			H.R. 1031 (110th)	Waters
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes in minority communities.
	Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Modernization Act of 2007			H.R. 1046 (110th)	Burgess
To amend titles XI and XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize the quality improvement organization (QIO) program.
	American Health Security Act of 2007			H.R. 1200 (110th)	McDermott
To provide for health care for every American and to control the cost and enhance the quality of the health care system.
	NIDA and NIAAA Name Redesignation Act			H.R. 1348 (110th)	Kennedy
To redesignate the National Institute on Drug Abuse as the National Institute on Diseases of Addiction, and to redesignate the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism as the National Institute on Alcohol Disorders and Health.
	Health Care Professionals in Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Affected Areas Act			H.R. 1599 (110th)	Jefferson
To ensure an adequate supply of public health professionals, and for other purposes.
	Rural Health Quality Advisory Commission Act of 2007			H.R. 1651 (110th)	Herseth Sandlin
To provide for the establishment of the Rural Health Quality Advisory Commission, and for other purposes.
	American National Red Cross Governance Modernization Act of 2007			H.R. 1681 (110th)	Lantos
To amend the Congressional Charter of The American National Red Cross to modernize its governance structure, to enhance the ability of the board of governors of The American National Red Cross to support the critical mission of The American National Red Cross in the 21st century, and for other purposes.
	National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2007			H.R. 1884 (110th)	Gordon
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs, and for other purposes.
	To require a clear accounting of the combat proficiency of the security forces of Iraq.			H.R. 2156 (110th)	Israel
To require a clear accounting of the combat proficiency of the security forces of Iraq.
	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that certain facilities located in areas designated as rural areas be			H.R. 2157 (110th)	Johnson
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that certain facilities located in areas designated as rural areas before January 1, 2000, qualify as rural health clinics regardless of whether or not such areas remain so designated.
	To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish traumatic brain injury centers.			H.R. 2179 (110th)	Walz
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish traumatic brain injury centers.
	Caring for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2007			H.R. 2201 (110th)	McNerney
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Committee on Care of Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury.
	To direct the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretar			H.R. 2223 (110th)	Porter
To direct the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to conduct a study on prescription drug take-back programs, and for other purposes.
	West Los Angeles Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Preservation Act of 2007			H.R. 2225 (110th)	Waxman
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit a report to Congress providing a master plan for the use of the West Los Angeles Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, California, and for other purposes.
	WISEWOMAN Expansion Act of 2007			H.R. 2404 (110th)	DeLauro
To reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for additional preventive health services for women.
	To authorize the National Institute of Standards and Technology to increase its efforts in support of the integration of the healthcare information enterprise in the United States.			H.R. 2406 (110th)	Gordon
To authorize the National Institute of Standards and Technology to increase its efforts in support of the integration of the healthcare information enterprise in the United States.
	Enhanced Methamphetamine Treatment Grants Assistance Act of 2007			H.R. 3130 (110th)	Hooley
To amend title V of the Public Health Service Act to provide for enhanced comprehensive methamphetamine treatment services.
	Reducing Over-Classification Act of 2007			H.R. 4806 (110th)	Harman
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a strategy to prevent the over-classification of homeland security and other information and to promote the sharing of unclassified homeland security and other information, and for other purposes.
	Commercial Seafood Consumer Protection Act			S. 2688 (110th)	Inouye
A bill to improve the protections afforded under Federal law to consumers from contaminated seafood by directing the Secretary of Commerce to establish a program, in coordination with other appropriate Federal agencies, to strengthen activities for ensuring that seafood sold or offered for sale to the public in or affecting interstate commerce is fit for human consumption.

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