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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Health promotion and preventive care</title>
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  <updated>2013-05-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.945 Access to Quality Diabetes Education Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-13:/action/358728</id>
    <updated>2013-05-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to diabetes self-management training by authorizing certified diabetes educators to provide diabetes self-management training services, including as part of telehealth services, under part B of the Medicare program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.931 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s931/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-12:/action/358582</id>
    <updated>2013-05-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to raise awareness of, and to educate breast cancer patients anticipating surgery, especially patients who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups, regarding the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1915 Gestational Diabetes Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1915/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-08:/action/358454</id>
    <updated>2013-05-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.135 A resolution designating the week of October 7 through October 13, 2013, as &quot;Naturopathic Medicine Week&quot; to recognize the value of naturopathic medicine in providing safe, effective, and affordable health care.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-08:/action/358404</id>
    <updated>2013-05-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution designating the week of October 7 through October 13, 2013, as &quot;Naturopathic Medicine Week&quot; to recognize the value of naturopathic medicine in providing safe, effective, and affordable health care.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.907 Gestational Diabetes Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s907/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-07:/action/357968</id>
    <updated>2013-05-07T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes, and for other purposes.&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: H.R.1830 Accelerating the End of Breast Cancer Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1830/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-05:/action/357787</id>
    <updated>2013-05-05T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for the establishment of a Commission to Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.859 Animal and Public Health Protection Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s859/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-05:/action/357735</id>
    <updated>2013-05-05T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to provide for the conducts of activities to detect, and respond in a timely manner to, threats to animal health.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.865 Accelerating the End of Breast Cancer Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s865/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-05:/action/357685</id>
    <updated>2013-05-05T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide for the establishment of a Commission to Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.810 Jacob Sexton Military Suicide Prevention Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s810/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356952</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require a pilot program on an online computerized assessment to enhance detection of behaviors indicating a risk of suicide and other mental health conditions in members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1757 Vaccine Safety Study Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1757/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/357012</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct or support a comprehensive study comparing total health outcomes, including risk of autism, in vaccinated populations in the United States with such outcomes in unvaccinated populations in the United States, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.116 A resolution designating September 26, 2013, as &quot;National Pediatric Brain Cancer Awareness Day&quot;.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-sr116/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356785</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution designating September 26, 2013, as &quot;National Pediatric Brain Cancer Awareness Day&quot;.&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.Res.119 A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of World Malaria Day.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-sr119/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356932</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of World Malaria Day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.35 Supporting the goals and ideals of World Malaria Day.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-hc35/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-22:/action/356371</id>
    <updated>2013-04-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Supporting the goals and ideals of World Malaria Day.&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: H.R.1657 To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to improve the supplemental nutrition assistance program.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-17:/action/356070</id>
    <updated>2013-04-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to improve the supplemental nutrition assistance program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.764 Patients' Right to Know Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s764/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-17:/action/355834</id>
    <updated>2013-04-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to require the disclosure of information regarding how certain taxes and fees impact the amount of premiums, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1616 Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1616/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-17:/action/355945</id>
    <updated>2013-04-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To promote energy savings in residential and commercial buildings and industry, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.762 A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to improve the supplemental nutrition assistance program.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-17:/action/355960</id>
    <updated>2013-04-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to improve the supplemental nutrition assistance program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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