Facilities

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Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 200730H.R. 727 (110th) Green
To amend the Public Health Service Act to add requirements regarding trauma care, and for other purposes.
Healthy Hospitals Act of 200710H.R. 1174 (110th) Murphy
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require public reporting of health care-associated infections data by hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers and to permit the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a pilot program to provide incentives to hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to eliminate the rate of occurrence of such infections.
Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act of 200710H.R. 1177 (110th) Tanner
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend and improve protections for sole community hospitals under the Medicare Program.
Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 200710H.R. 1237 (110th) Gordon
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations, and for other purposes.
Health Care Safety Net Act of 200710S. 901 (110th) Kennedy
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Community Health Centers program, the National Health Service Corps, and rural health care programs.
Health Centers Renewal Act of 200620H.R. 5573 (109th) Deal
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional authorizations of appropriations for the health centers program under section 330 of such Act.
Workforce Health Improvement Program Act of 200710H.R. 1748 (110th) Wamp
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use.
Ambulatory Surgical Center Medicare Payment Modernization Act of 200720H.R. 1823 (110th) Meek
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers under the Medicare Program.
Medicare Durable Medical Equipment Access Act of 200720H.R. 1845 (110th) Tanner
To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to assure access to durable medical equipment under the Medicare Program.
Rural Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 200720H.R. 2005 (110th) Salazar
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve health care for veterans who live in rural areas, and for other purposes.
Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Care Act of 200720H.R. 2050 (110th) Allen
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to obtain reimbursement under the Medicaid Program for care or services required under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act that are provided in a nonpublicly owned or operated institution for mental diseases.
Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act20H.R. 2064 (110th) Michaud
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require emergency contraception to be available at all military health care treatment facilities.
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a permanent hold harmless provision for sole community hospitals H.R. 117 (110th) Davis
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a permanent hold harmless provision for sole community hospitals under the Medicare prospective payment system for covered outpatient department services.
To prohibit the closure of Walter Reed Army Medical Center notwithstanding the 2005 recommendations of the Defense Base Closure H.R. 1417 (110th) Norton
To prohibit the closure of Walter Reed Army Medical Center notwithstanding the 2005 recommendations of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Rural Health Services Preservation Act of 2007H.R. 1563 (110th) Barrow
To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a minimum payment rate by Medicare Advantage organizations for services furnished by a critical access hospital and a rural health clinic under the Medicare Program.
To provide for a hospital in Cass County, Minnesota.H.R. 1744 (110th) Oberstar
To provide for a hospital in Cass County, Minnesota.
Gulf States Medicare Rehabilitation Unit Access Act of 2007H.R. 1804 (110th) Jefferson
To provide for the certification of certain rehabilitation units of general acute care hospitals for purposes of payments under the Medicare prospective payment system for rehabilitation hospitals.
National Amniotic and Placental Stem Cell Bank Act of 2007H.R. 1892 (110th) Lipinski
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a National Amniotic and Placental Stem Cell Bank.
Enhanced Options for Rural Health Care Act of 2007H.R. 1899 (110th) Paul
To amend part A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify that facilities designated as critical access hospitals may use beds certified for such hospitals for assisted living.
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the 35-mile drive requirement for designations of critical access hospH.R. 2322 (110th) Davis
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the 35-mile drive requirement for designations of critical access hospitals to 30 miles.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting certain copayments from vetH.R. 6445 (110th) Cazayoux
To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting certain copayments from veterans who are catastrophically disabled, and for other purposes.

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