2008-10-07T20:00:00Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/5326 tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-07:/action/176844 2008-10-07T20:00:00Z A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions.<br /><br />October 07, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-374. tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-07:/action/176843 2008-10-07T20:00:00Z A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions.<br /><br />October 07, 2008: Signed by President. tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-07:/action/176821 2008-10-07T20:00:00Z To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy, including Becker, congenital, distal, Duchenne, Emery-Dreifuss facioscapulohumeral, limb-girdle, myotonic, and oculopharyngeal, muscular dystrophies.<br /><br />October 07, 2008: Signed by President. tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-07:/action/176822 2008-10-07T20:00:00Z To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy, including Becker, congenital, distal, Duchenne, Emery-Dreifuss facioscapulohumeral, limb-girdle, myotonic, and oculopharyngeal, muscular dystrophies.<br /><br />October 07, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-361. tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-29:/action/176067 2008-09-29T20:00:00Z To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy, including Becker, congenital, distal, Duchenne, Emery-Dreifuss facioscapulohumeral, limb-girdle, myotonic, and oculopharyngeal, muscular dystrophies.<br /><br />September 29, 2008: Presented to President. tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-28:/action/175825 2008-09-28T20:00:00Z A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions.<br /><br />September 28, 2008: Presented to President. tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-26:/action/175626 2008-09-26T20:00:00Z To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy, including Becker, congenital, distal, Duchenne, Emery-Dreifuss facioscapulohumeral, limb-girdle, myotonic, and oculopharyngeal, muscular dystrophies.<br /><br />September 26, 2008: Cleared for White House. tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-24:/action/174172 2008-09-24T20:00:00Z A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions.<br /><br />September 24, 2008: Cleared for White House. tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/action/170335 2008-07-30T20:00:00Z A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to pain care.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-28:/action/167589 2008-07-28T20:00:00Z To amend the Public Health Service Act to advance medical research and treatments into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have access to the current treatments and information regarding pediatric cancers, establish a population-based national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness of pediatric cancers.<br /><br />July 28, 2008: Signed by President. tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-28:/action/168006 2008-07-28T20:00:00Z To amend the Public Health Service Act to advance medical research and treatments into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have access to the current treatments and information regarding pediatric cancers, establish a population-based national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness of pediatric cancers.<br /><br />July 28, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-285. tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-24:/action/167504 2008-07-24T20:00:00Z To amend the Public Health Service Act to advance medical research and treatments into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have access to the current treatments and information regarding pediatric cancers, establish a population-based national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness of pediatric cancers.<br /><br />July 24, 2008: Presented to President. tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-15:/action/166612 2008-07-15T20:00:00Z To amend the Public Health Service Act to advance medical research and treatments into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have access to the current treatments and information regarding pediatric cancers, establish a population-based national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness of pediatric cancers.<br /><br />July 15, 2008: Cleared for White House. tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-14:/action/166449 2008-07-14T20:00:00Z 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.<br /><br />July 14, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-275. tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-14:/action/166176 2008-07-14T20:00:00Z 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.<br /><br />July 14, 2008: Vetoed by President. tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-09:/action/166175 2008-07-09T20:00:00Z 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.<br /><br />July 09, 2008: Presented to President. tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-08:/action/165582 2008-07-08T20:00:00Z 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.<br /><br />July 08, 2008: Cleared for White House. tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-19:/action/161720 2008-06-19T20:00:00Z 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.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-10:/action/159877 2008-06-10T20:00:00Z A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to preserve beneficiary access to care by preventing a reduction in the Medicare physician fee schedule, to improve the quality of care by advancing value based purchasing, electronic health records, and electronic prescribing, and to maintain and improve access to care in rural areas, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-19:/action/158306 2008-05-19T20:00:00Z To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of pediatric research consortia.<br /><br />