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Health Issues HCR

Comprehensive Sexuality Education funding (general); National HIV/AIDS Strategy (general); Postpartum Depression (general); Emergency Contraception (general); Pre-existing condition exclusion (general); H.R. 2659/S.1415, Birth Control Act; H.R. 2679/S. 1440, PREEMIE; H.R. 2954, Health Equity Accountability Act; Domestic Violence(general); HIV Screening (general); Gynecological Cancer; Breast Cancer (general); Breastfeeding(general); Medical Liability Reform (general); Personal Health Record; Abortion (general); Health IT (general); H.R. 2029/ S.1131, Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction and Awareness Act; Prematurity(general); Obesity (general); Disparities (general); Prevention & Public Health Trust Fund(general); The Meaningful End to Defensive Medicine and Aimless Lawsuits; H.R. 2127, Newborn Act; H.R. 5/ S.1099, HEALTH Act; H.R. 452, Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011; S.668, Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act; H.R.666, Birth Certificate Enhancement Act of 2011; H.R. 894, Maternal Health Accountability Act; Imaging (general); H.R. 2194/ S.1221, GEDI Act; H.R. 1676, Tanning Bed Cancer Control Act; National Prevention Strategy (general); H.R. 1216, To Amend Funding for Graduate Medical Education in Teaching Health Centers from Direct to Authorizing Appropriations; H.R. 2085/ S. 1214 Military Access to Reproductive Care and Health for Military Women Act; Essential Health Benefits (general); Graduate Medical Education (general); H.R. 3418/ S. 1862, Stillbirth & SUID Prevention, Education & Awareness Act; Quality Improvement Measurement (general); Birth Control Access (general); H.R. 3620/ S. 1969, Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Bills named: H.R. 1216 (112th), H.R. 2029 (112th), S. 1969 (112th), H.R. 2659 (112th), S. 1862 (112th), S. 668 (112th), H.R. 894 (112th), H.R. 2194 (112th), H.R. 2085 (112th), S. 1131 (112th), H.R. 1676 (112th), S. 1214 (112th), H.R. 452 (112th), H.R. 2127 (112th), S. 1415 (112th), S. 1099 (112th), H.R. 666 (112th), H.R. 2679 (112th), H.R. 2954 (112th), S. 1221 (112th), S. 1440 (112th), H.R. 5 (112th), H.R. 3620 (112th), H.R. 3418 (112th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Sustainable Growth Rate Formula Reform (general); H.R. 452, Medicare Decisions Accountability Act; S. 688, Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act; Imaging (general); Medicaid (general);H.R. 2020/ S.1096, Preservation of Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Act; FY12 Proposed physician fee schedule; CME (general).

Contacted: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: S. 1096 (112th), S. 688 (112th), H.R. 2020 (112th), H.R. 452 (112th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH); Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA); Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ); Comprehensive Sexuality Education funding (general); International family planning; Violence Against Women Programs; Office of Adolescent Health. Budget Control Act; FY12 Appropriations, Labor, HHS, Defense; Maternal Mortality Reviews; Electronic Birth and Death Records (CDC); National Fetal Infant Mortality Review (HRSA); Obesity Research, Treatment Prevention (HHS); Department of Defense (DOD) Ovarian Cancer Research Program; Health Disparities (HHS); Safe Motherhood (CDC); Preterm Research (NIH); Title V Block Grant (HRSA); STD Prevention (CDC); Title X, Family Planning; Reproductive Health; Prevention Public Health Fund; Birth Defects; National Children's Study; Medicaid and Medicare funding.

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)