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	Topic	Supporters	Opponents	Bill number	Author
	Wired for Health Care Quality Act	8	2	S. 1693 (110th)	Kennedy
A bill to enhance the adoption of a nationwide interoperable health information technology system and to improve the quality and reduce the costs of health care in the United States.
	Sanctity of Life Act of 2007	1	0	H.R. 1094 (110th)	Paul
To provide that human life shall be deemed to exist from conception.
	Federal Acupuncture Coverage Act of 2007	1	0	H.R. 1479 (110th)	Hinchey
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of qualified acupuncturist services under part B of the Medicare Program, and to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for coverage of such services under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
	Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2007	8	0	S. 1200 (110th)	Dorgan
A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend the Act.
	Amputee Veteran Assistance Act	0	1	H.R. 2172 (110th)	Reyes
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require that all Department of Veterans Affairs orthotic-prosthetic laboratories, clinics, and prosthesists are certified by either the American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics or the Board of Orthotics and Prosthetic Certification, and for other purposes.
	ALS Registry Act	1	0	S. 1382 (110th)	Reid
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry.
	Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act	2	0	H.R. 2792 (110th)	Maloney
To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to permit leave to care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent who has a serious health condition.
	Independent Health Record Trust Act of 2007	2	0	H.R. 2991 (110th)	Moore
To improve the availability of health information and the provision of health care by encouraging the creation, use, and maintenance of lifetime electronic health records of individuals in independent health record trusts and by providing a secure and privacy-protected framework in which such records are made available only by the affirmative consent of such individuals and are used to build a nationwide health information technology infrastructure.
	Seniors' Health Care Freedom Act of 2007			H.R. 195 (110th)	Paul
To provide greater health care freedom for seniors.
	Mitigating the Impact of Uncompensated Service and Time Act of 2007			H.R. 1233 (110th)	Bono Mack
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a bad debt deduction to doctors to partially offset the cost of providing uncompensated care required to be provided under the amendments made by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.
	Post-Abortion Depression Research and Care Act of 2007			H.R. 1457 (110th)	Pitts
To provide for research on, and services for individuals with, post-abortion depression and psychosis.
	Senior Safety and Dignity Act of 2007			H.R. 1476 (110th)	Brown-Waite
To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to expand the nursing home patients' bill of rights to include the right to receive care from a credible caregiver by requiring background checks on direct access employees and the right to a safe environment during an emergency or natural disaster by requiring nursing long-term care facilities to establish disaster emergency and evacuation plans.
	Parent's Right to Know Act of 2007			H.R. 2134 (110th)	Akin
To establish certain requirements relating to the provision of services to minors by family planning projects under title X of the Public Health Service Act.

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