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LETTERS AND TESTIMONY: HEALTH LAW

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110^th Congress
Date	Recipient	Description
03-05-08	House	Letter supporting H.R. 1424, the Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Actof 2007(Representative Patrick Kennedy)
01-24-08	Senate	Letter supporting S.1200, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2007.
10-17-07	House	Letter supporting the Juvenile Crime Reduction Act of 2007 (Representative Patrick Kennedy)
12-27-07	SSA	Letter expressing concerns with the proposed rulemaking amendments to the Administrative Law Judge, Appeals Council, and Decision Review Board of Appeals levels. (Social Security Administration)
10-17-07	House	Letter supporting the Juvenile Crime Reduction Act of 2007 (Representative Patrick Kennedy)
06-05-07	House	Letter urging removal of the Congressional restriction preventing funds of the District of Columbia to be used to address HIV/AIDS epidemic through needle exchange programs (Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, Committee on Appropriations)
02-08-07	Congressional Leadership	Letter urging reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act
02-08-07	Senate	Letter urging reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act(Committee on Budget)
02-08-07	Senate	Letter urging reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (Committee on Finance)
02-08-07	Senate	Letter urging reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions)
02-08-07	Senate	Letter urging reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (Committee on Indian Affairs)
02-08-07	House	Letter urging reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (Committee on Energy and Commerce)
02-08-07	House	Letter urging reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (Committee on Natural Resources)
02-08-07	House	Letter urging reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (Committee on Ways and Means)
01-10-07	House	Letter supporting human embryonic stem cell research (to all members).

109^th Congress
Date	Recipient	Description
07-19-06	House	Letter supporting human embryonic stem cell research
07-17-06	Senate	Letter supporting human embryonic stem cell research
05-09-06	Senate	Letter commenting on Legal Services and reauthorization of the Ryan White CARE Act (Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions)
05-09-06	House	Letter commenting on Legal Services and reauthorization of the Ryan White CARE Act (Committee on Energy and Commerce)
02-07-06	Senate	Letter regarding oversight hearings on the issue of Section 1115 waivers under the Medicaid program (Committee on Finance)
11-11-05	House	Letter opposing proposed cuts in the Medicaid program
07-15-05	Senate	Letter supporting the reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (Committee on Indian Affairs)
07-11-05	Senate	Letter supporting a National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Network
06-27-05	Senate	Letter commenting on S. 681, legislation to establish a National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Network (Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions)
05-19-05	House	Letter commenting on H.R. 810 to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for stem cell research
05-12-05	House	Letter commenting on H.R. 2058, the Advance Directives Improvement and Education Act of 2005
04-19-05	Senate	Letter commenting on Hyde/Weldon Amendment to the 2005 Consolidated Appropriations Act
03-17-05	Senate	Letter commenting on S. 539, the Incapacitated Persons Legal Protection Act of 2005
02-18-05	Senate	Letter commenting on transfer of responsibility for Medicare appeals
02-08-05	Senate	Letter commenting on the Advance Directives Improvement and Education Act of 2005