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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Health facilities and institutions</title>
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  <updated>2013-05-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.7 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-13:/action/358576</id>
    <updated>2013-05-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To prohibit taxpayer funded abortions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.908 Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Diagnosis and Treatment Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s908/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-07:/action/357962</id>
    <updated>2013-05-07T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the diagnosis and treatment of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.133 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress and the States should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-sr133/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-07:/action/358134</id>
    <updated>2013-05-07T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress and the States should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.875 Department of Veterans Affairs Disease Reporting and Oversight Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s875/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-06:/action/357849</id>
    <updated>2013-05-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the reporting of cases of infectious diseases at facilities of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.852 Veterans' Health Promotion Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s852/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356824</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to improve health care furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs by increasing access to complementary and alternative medicine and other approaches to wellness and preventive care, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.800 Treto Garza Far South Texas Veterans Inpatient Care Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s800/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-23:/action/356596</id>
    <updated>2013-04-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that the South Texas Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Center at Harlingen, located in Harlingen, Texas, includes a full-service inpatient health care facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to redesignate such center, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.777 A bill to restore the previous policy regarding restrictions on use of Department of Defense medical facilities.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s777/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-22:/action/356239</id>
    <updated>2013-04-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to restore the previous policy regarding restrictions on use of Department of Defense medical facilities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.104 A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Youth HIV &amp; AIDS Awareness Day.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-sr104/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-21:/action/356192</id>
    <updated>2013-04-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Youth HIV &amp; AIDS Awareness Day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.739 National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s739/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-15:/action/355661</id>
    <updated>2013-04-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.717 Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s717/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-10:/action/355064</id>
    <updated>2013-04-10T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit organizations for the purpose of retrofitting nonprofit buildings with energy-efficiency improvements.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1487 Improved Health Care at Lower Cost Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1487/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-10:/action/355042</id>
    <updated>2013-04-10T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend titles XVIII and XI of the Social Security Act to establish an exception from the physician self-referral prohibition and a safe harbor from Federal antikickback and other sanctions for incentive payments made by hospitals to physicians under certain incentive payment programs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.148 Supporting the goals and ideals of National Youth HIV &amp; AIDS Awareness Day.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-hr148/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-09:/action/354985</id>
    <updated>2013-04-09T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Supporting the goals and ideals of National Youth HIV &amp; AIDS Awareness Day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.933 Science Appropriations Act, 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h933/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-25:/action/354387</id>
    <updated>2013-03-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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&quot;An Act making consolidated appropriations and further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 25, 2013: Became Public Law No: 113-6.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.933 Science Appropriations Act, 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h933/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-25:/action/354386</id>
    <updated>2013-03-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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&quot;An Act making consolidated appropriations and further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 25, 2013: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.933 Science Appropriations Act, 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h933/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-21:/action/354362</id>
    <updated>2013-03-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
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&quot;An Act making consolidated appropriations and further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 21, 2013: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1390 Urban Medicare-Dependent Hospitals Preservation Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1390/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-20:/action/354008</id>
    <updated>2013-03-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to urban Medicare-dependent hospitals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.636 Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s636/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-20:/action/354082</id>
    <updated>2013-03-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow certain hospitals in Puerto Rico to qualify for incentives for adoption and meaningful use of certified EHR Technology under the Medicare program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1389 Military Access to Reproductive Care and Health for Military Women Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1389/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-20:/action/354039</id>
    <updated>2013-03-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 10, United States Code, regarding restrictions on abortions at medical facilities of the Department of Defense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1327 Free Syria Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1327/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-20:/action/353845</id>
    <updated>2013-03-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To improve United States humanitarian and other assistance to the Syrian people, facilitate the transition of Syria to a democratic government, provide for United States support to the post-Assad government, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1379 Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1379/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-20:/action/353979</id>
    <updated>2013-03-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow certain hospitals in Puerto Rico to qualify for incentives for adoption and meaningful use of certified EHR Technology under the Medicare program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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