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1. H.CON.RES.149 : Expressing support for the goals and ideals of National Health Information Technology Week, and encouraging the President to issue a proclamation supporting those goals and ideals.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 5/16/2007)      Cosponsors (16)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 5/16/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


2. H.CON.RES.367 : Expressing support for designation of the period beginning on June 9, 2008, and ending on June 13, 2008, as "National Health Information Technology Week".
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 6/3/2008)      Cosponsors (72)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 6/3/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.


3. H.RES.978 : Expressing support for the designation of the week of March 3-7, 2008, as "School Social Work Week" to promote awareness of the vital role of school social workers in schools, and in the community as a whole, in helping students prepare for their future as productive citizens.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 2/12/2008)      Cosponsors (26)
Committees: House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 2/25/2008 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 379 - 0 (Roll no. 69).


4. H.RES.1273 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the human rights crisis of Laotian and Hmong people in Laos and Thailand.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 6/12/2008)      Cosponsors (14)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 6/12/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.


5. H.RES.1469 : To commend the American Sail Training Association for its advancement of character building under sail and for its advancement of international goodwill.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 9/18/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure; House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 9/18/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


6. H.R.1348 : To redesignate the National Institute on Drug Abuse as the National Institute on Diseases of Addiction, and to redesignate the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism as the National Institute on Alcohol Disorders and Health.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 3/6/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/7/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


7. H.R.1367 : To amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, and section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 3/7/2007)      Cosponsors (255)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Education and Labor; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 6/5/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Note: For further action, see H.R.1424, which became Public Law 110-343 on 10/3/2008.


8. H.R.1368 : To establish a program to provide financial incentives to encourage the adoption and use of interactive personal health records.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 3/7/2007)      Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/20/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


9. H.R.1424 : A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 3/9/2007)      Cosponsors (274)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Education and Labor; House Ways and Means
House Reports: 110-374 Part 1, 110-374 Part 2, 110-374 Part 3
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 110-343 [GPO: Text, PDF]
Note: Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. H.R.1424 is the vehicle for the economic rescue legislation. Division A is the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008; Division B is the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008; and Division C is the Tax Extenders and Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008.


10. H.R.1624 : To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program of grants for the detection and control of colorectal cancer.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 3/21/2007)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/22/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


11. H.R.1669 : To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for integration of mental health services and mental health treatment outreach teams, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 3/23/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/26/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


12. H.R.1891 : To promote the development of disaster plans that will protect the maximum number of citizens; to foster public trust, confidence, and cooperation with these plans; and to encourage greater public participation in homeland security by allowing the American people to have a direct and influential role in developing and modifying community disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation plans in collaboration with government officials, emergency managers, health authorities, and professional responders, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 4/17/2007)      Cosponsors (8)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure; House Energy and Commerce; House Homeland Security
Latest Major Action: 4/29/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response.


13. H.R.1941 : To adjust the immigration status of certain Liberian nationals who were provided refuge in the United States.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 4/19/2007)      Cosponsors (35)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 5/4/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.


14. H.R.2073 : To increase the number of well-trained mental health service professionals (including those based in schools) providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 4/30/2007)      Cosponsors (26)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 5/15/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


15. H.R.3123 : To extend the designation of Liberia under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act so that Liberians can continue to be eligible for temporary protected status under that section.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 7/23/2007)      Cosponsors (13)
Committees: House Judiciary; Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 8/3/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.


16. H.R.3256 : To reduce post traumatic stress disorder and other combat-related stress disorders among military personnel, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 7/31/2007)      Cosponsors (14)
Committees: House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 9/25/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.


17. H.R.3334 : To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 8/2/2007)      Cosponsors (85)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 8/2/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


18. H.R.3411 : To improve the treatment of juveniles with mental health or substance abuse disorders by establishing new grant programs for increased training, technical assistance, and coordination of service providers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 8/3/2007)      Cosponsors (9)
Committees: House Education and Labor; House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 9/19/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.


19. H.R.3740 : To encourage savings, promote financial literacy, and expand opportunities for young adults by establishing KIDS Accounts.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 10/3/2007)      Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 10/3/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.


20. H.R.4232 : To improve mental and substance use health care.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 11/15/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 11/15/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


21. H.R.4899 : To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants for community-based mental health infrastructure improvement.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 12/19/2007)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 12/19/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


22. H.R.5634 : To exempt from numerical limitations any alien who has received a Ph.D. from an institution of higher education within the 3-year period preceding such alien's petition for special immigrant status.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 3/13/2008)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/14/2008 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.


23. H.R.5989 : To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement a National Neurotechnology Initiative, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 5/7/2008)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 5/8/2008 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


24. H.R.6075 : To expand and improve mental health care and reintegration programs for members of the National Guard and Reserve, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 5/15/2008)      Cosponsors (12)
Committees: House Armed Services; House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 5/15/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


25. H.R.6498 : To secure the promise of personalized medicine for all Americans by expanding and accelerating genomics research and initiatives to improve the accuracy of disease diagnosis, increase the safety of drugs, and identify novel treatments, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 7/15/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 7/15/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


26. H.R.6983 : To amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, and section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 9/22/2008)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Education and Labor; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 9/23/2008 Received in the Senate.
Note: For further action, see H.R.1424, which became Public Law 110-343 on 10/3/2008.


27. H.R.7078 : To increase awareness of and research on autoimmune diseases, which are a major women's health problem, affect as many as 23.5 million Americans, and encompass more than 100 interrelated diseases, such as lupus, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren's syndrome, polymyositis, pemphigus, myasthenia gravis, Wegener's granulomatosis, psoriasis, celiac disease, autoimmune platelet disorders, scleroderma, alopecia areata, vitiligo, autoimmune thyroid disease, and sarcoidosis, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 9/25/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 9/25/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.


28. H.R.7149 : To provide grants to establish veteran's treatment courts.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 9/26/2008)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 9/26/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.


29. H.AMDT.73 to H.R.1538 Amendment amends the definition of medical care in the bill to include mental health care.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 3/28/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/28/2007 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Kennedy amendment (A004) Agreed to by voice vote.


30. H.AMDT.121 to H.R.1429 Amendment provides more support for inclusive education which is the practice of teaching children with disabilities in the same classrooms as those without disabilities.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 5/2/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 5/2/2007 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Kennedy amendment (A006) Agreed to by voice vote.


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