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Latest Action: 04/24/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4034-4035) Bill TextTo provide for health care for every American and to control the cost and enhance the quality of the health care system. 2/27/2007--Introduced. American Health Security Act of 2007 - Establishes the State-Based American Health Security Program to provide every U.S. resident who is a U.S. citizen, national, or lawful resident alien with health care services. Requires each participating state to establish a state health security program. Eliminates benefits under: (1) titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act; (2) the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program; and (3) the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS). Requires each state health security program to prohibit the sale of health insurance in that state that duplicates benefits provided under the program. Establishes the American Health Security Standards Board to: (1) develop policies,[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Accreditation (Medical care), Administrative procedure, Continuing education, Cytology, Department of Health and Human Services, Education, Employee training, Executive departments, Government information, Government paperwork, Health policy, Higher education, Labor, Law, Medical care, Medical education, Medical laboratories, Medical tests, Medicine, Quality of care, Rating of employees, Science policy, Student records, Women, Women's health, Women's health services
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act to provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations, and for other purposes. 4/8/2008--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise national quality assurance standards to assure consistent performance by laboratories of valid and reliable cytology services in order to include requirements that each clinical laboratory: (1) ensure that all individuals involved in screening and interpreting cytological preparations participate annually in an approved continuing medical education program in gynecologic cytology that provides each participant with gynecologic cytological preparations designed to improve locator, recognition, and interpretive skills; (2) maintain a record of program results; (3) require [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/16/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextA bill to provide for research and education with respect to uterine fibroids, and for other purposes. 5/16/2007--Introduced. Uterine Fibroid Research and Education Act of 2007 - Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand, intensify, and coordinate programs for the conduct and support of uterine fibroids research. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop and disseminate to the public information regarding uterine fibroids, including information on: (1) the incidence and prevalence of uterine fibroids among women; (2) the elevated risk for minority women; and (3) the availability of a range of treatment options. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to develop and disseminate uterine fibroids information to health care providers.
Also tagged in: AIDS (Disease), Birth control, Child health, Child welfare, Childbirth, Children, Children's rights, Civil liberties, Civil rights, Clinics, Community organization, Congress, Congress and foreign policy, Congressional reporting requirements, Credit, Developing countries, Economic assistance, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Families, Finance, Foreign aid, Foreign policy, Health education, Health policy, Human immunodeficiency viruses, Human rights, International affairs, Job training, Marriage, Maternal health services, Medical care, Medical centers, Medicine, Mortality, Saving and investment, Sex discrimination, Surgery, Vocational education, Women, Women in public life, Women's education, Women's health, Women's rights, World health
Latest Action: 08/03/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10906-10908) Bill TextA bill to reduce child marriage, and for other purposes. 8/3/2007--Introduced. International Child Marriage Prevention and Protection Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of State to develop a comprehensive strategy to reduce the incidences of child marriage by further integrating this issue into U.S. development efforts. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on such strategy and on child marriage and related U.S. assistance programs. Authorizes the President to provide assistance for programs to reduce the incidences of child marriage and promote the empowerment of girls, including support for the treatment and reduction of fistula in countries with high rates of such surgery. Requires the Secretary to work through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and other appropriate agencies as part of their ongoing research and data collection activities concerning child marriage. Requires the Secretary to include in the Department [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 07/16/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7827-7828) Bill TextTo provide for research and education with respect to uterine fibroids, and for other purposes. 5/16/2007--Introduced. Uterine Fibroid Research and Education Act of 2007 - Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand, intensify, and coordinate programs for the conduct and support of uterine fibroids research. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop and disseminate to the public information regarding uterine fibroids, including information on: (1) the incidence and prevalence of uterine fibroids among women; (2) the elevated risk for minority women; and (3) the availability of a range of treatment options. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to develop and disseminate uterine fibroids information to health care providers.
Also tagged in: Cervical cancer, Communications, Health education, Health policy, Medical care, Medical screening, Medical tests, Medicine, Ovarian cancer, Public service advertising, Women, Women's health, Women's health services
Latest Action: 05/23/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for activities to increase the awareness and knowledge of health care providers and women with respect to ovarian and cervical cancer, and for other purposes. 5/23/2007--Introduced. Ovarian and Cervical Cancer Awareness Act of 2007 - Amends provisions of the Public Health Service Act commonly referred to as Johanna's Law to revise requirements for a national public awareness campaign regarding gynecologic cancers to: (1) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services specifically to increase awareness and knowledge of ovarian and cervical cancers; and (2) expand such campaign to include public service announcements targeted to low-income women. Expresses the sense of the Congress that funding by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of gynecologic cancer education and awareness efforts should reflect the fact that ovarian and cervical cancers are the most deadly of the gynecologic cancers.
Also tagged in: Budgets, Education, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Families, Family medicine, Government lending, Health policy, Higher education, Hospitals, Medical care, Medical education, Medical residents, Medicine, Obstetrics, Rural affairs, Rural health, Surgery, Women
Latest Action: 09/04/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H10062-10065) Bill TextTo amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs. 6/6/2007--Introduced. Physician Workforce and Graduate Medical Education Enhancement Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to establish a loan program that provides loans to eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs. Requires that such program be an allopathic or osteopathic residency program in family medicine, internal medicine, emergency medicine, obstetrics or gynecology, or general surgery. Requires the Administrator to give preference to hospitals in a rural area or an urban area that is not a large urban area.
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Aged, Budgets, Case management, Child health, Children, Education, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Families, Family medicine, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to health facilities, Finance, Geriatrics, Government contractors, Grants-in-aid, Health policy, Higher education, Income tax, Medical care, Medical education, Medical fees, Medicine, Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Physicians, Public contracts, Rural affairs, Rural health, Scholarships, Student loan funds, Surgeons, Surgery, Tax exclusion, Taxation, Women
Latest Action: 10/02/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1149-1155) Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act to alleviate critical shortages of physicians in the fields of family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, emergency medicine, general surgery, and obstetrics-gynecology, and for other purposes. 6/6/2007--Introduced. High-Need Physician Workforce Incentives Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to make grants to critical shortage health facilities for scholarships to individuals agreeing to serve as a physician at such facility after completing residency in the fields of family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, emergency medicine, general surgery, or obstetrics-gynecology. Excludes such scholarship funds from an individual's gross income.Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, to: (1) establish a loan repayment program for individuals agreeing to serve [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Collective bargaining, Consumer education, Consumers, Employee health benefits, Families, Family medicine, Finance, Health insurance, Health policy, Labor, Labor contracts, Maternal health services, Medical care, Medicine, Obstetrics, Physicians, Standards, Surgeons, Women, Women's health, Women's health services
Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans permit enrollees direct access to services of obstetrical and gynecological physician services directly and without a referral. 1/5/2007--Introduced. Women's Obstetrician and Gynecologist Access Now Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group plan and an issuer offering group coverage to allow a participant or beneficiary the option to seek obstetrical and gynecological physician services directly from a participating provider without a referral. States that this Act does not prevent a plan or issuer from establishing: (1) reasonable requirements for a participating provider to communicate with the participant's or beneficiary's primary care physician and [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 01/10/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Bill TextA bill to improve women's access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the delivery of obstetrical and gynecological services. 1/10/2007--Introduced. Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act - Sets forth provisions regulating lawsuits for health care liability claims related to the provision of obstetrical or gynecological services. Sets a statute of limitations of three years after the date of manifestation of injury or one year after the claimant discovers the injury, with certain exceptions. Requires a court to impose sanctions for the filing of frivolous lawsuits. Limits noneconomic damages to $250,000 from the provider or health care institution, but no more than $500,000 from multiple health care institutions. Makes each party liable only for the amount of damages directly proportional to such party's percentage of responsibility. Allows the court [...] show full description
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Also tagged in: Accreditation (Medical care), Administrative procedure, Continuing education, Cytology, Department of Health and Human Services, Education, Employee training, Executive departments, Government information, Government paperwork, Health policy, Higher education, Labor, Law, Medical care, Medical education, Medical laboratories, Medical tests, Medicine, Quality of care, Rating of employees, Science policy, Student records, Women, Women's health, Women's health services
Latest Action: 12/18/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15920) Bill TextA bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations, and for other purposes. 12/18/2007--Introduced. Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise national quality assurance standards to assure consistent performance by laboratories of valid and reliable cytology services, to include requirements that each clinical laboratory: (1) ensure that all individuals involved in screening and interpreting cytological preparations participate annually in an approved continuing medical education program in gynecologic cytology that provides each participant with gynecologic cytological preparations designed to improve locator, recognition, and interpretive skills; (2) maintain a record of program results; (3) require the laboratory director to consider such results and other [...] show full description
Also tagged in: AIDS (Disease), Birth control, Child health, Child welfare, Childbirth, Children, Children's rights, Civil liberties, Civil rights, Clinics, Community organization, Congress, Congress and foreign policy, Congressional reporting requirements, Credit, Developing countries, Economic assistance, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Families, Finance, Foreign aid, Foreign policy, Health education, Health policy, Human immunodeficiency viruses, Human rights, International affairs, Job training, Marriage, Maternal health services, Medical care, Medical centers, Medicine, Mortality, Saving and investment, Sex discrimination, Surgery, Vocational education, Women, Women in public life, Women's education, Women's health, Women's rights, World health
Latest Action: 08/03/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10906-10908) Bill TextA bill to reduce child marriage, and for other purposes. 8/3/2007--Introduced. International Child Marriage Prevention and Protection Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of State to develop a comprehensive strategy to reduce the incidences of child marriage by further integrating this issue into U.S. development efforts. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on such strategy and on child marriage and related U.S. assistance programs. Authorizes the President to provide assistance for programs to reduce the incidences of child marriage and promote the empowerment of girls, including support for the treatment and reduction of fistula in countries with high rates of such surgery. Requires the Secretary to work through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and other appropriate agencies as part of their ongoing research and data collection activities concerning child marriage. Requires the Secretary to include in the Department [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Cervical cancer, Communications, Health education, Health policy, Medical care, Medical screening, Medical tests, Medicine, Ovarian cancer, Public service advertising, Women, Women's health, Women's health services
Latest Action: 05/23/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for activities to increase the awareness and knowledge of health care providers and women with respect to ovarian and cervical cancer, and for other purposes. 5/23/2007--Introduced. Ovarian and Cervical Cancer Awareness Act of 2007 - Amends provisions of the Public Health Service Act commonly referred to as Johanna's Law to revise requirements for a national public awareness campaign regarding gynecologic cancers to: (1) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services specifically to increase awareness and knowledge of ovarian and cervical cancers; and (2) expand such campaign to include public service announcements targeted to low-income women. Expresses the sense of the Congress that funding by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of gynecologic cancer education and awareness efforts should reflect the fact that ovarian and cervical cancers are the most deadly of the gynecologic cancers.
Also tagged in: Budgets, Federal aid to research, Health education, Medical care, Medical research, Medicine, Minorities, Minority health, Science policy, Women, Women's health
Latest Action: 05/16/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextA bill to provide for research and education with respect to uterine fibroids, and for other purposes. 5/16/2007--Introduced. Uterine Fibroid Research and Education Act of 2007 - Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand, intensify, and coordinate programs for the conduct and support of uterine fibroids research. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop and disseminate to the public information regarding uterine fibroids, including information on: (1) the incidence and prevalence of uterine fibroids among women; (2) the elevated risk for minority women; and (3) the availability of a range of treatment options. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to develop and disseminate uterine fibroids information to health care providers.
Also tagged in: Budgets, Federal aid to research, Health education, Medical care, Medical research, Medicine, Minorities, Minority health, Science policy, Women, Women's health
Latest Action: 07/16/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7827-7828) Bill TextTo provide for research and education with respect to uterine fibroids, and for other purposes. 5/16/2007--Introduced. Uterine Fibroid Research and Education Act of 2007 - Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand, intensify, and coordinate programs for the conduct and support of uterine fibroids research. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop and disseminate to the public information regarding uterine fibroids, including information on: (1) the incidence and prevalence of uterine fibroids among women; (2) the elevated risk for minority women; and (3) the availability of a range of treatment options. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to develop and disseminate uterine fibroids information to health care providers.
Also tagged in: Budgets, Education, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Families, Family medicine, Government lending, Health policy, Higher education, Hospitals, Medical care, Medical education, Medical residents, Medicine, Obstetrics, Rural affairs, Rural health, Surgery, Women
Latest Action: 09/04/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H10062-10065) Bill TextTo amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs. 6/6/2007--Introduced. Physician Workforce and Graduate Medical Education Enhancement Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to establish a loan program that provides loans to eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs. Requires that such program be an allopathic or osteopathic residency program in family medicine, internal medicine, emergency medicine, obstetrics or gynecology, or general surgery. Requires the Administrator to give preference to hospitals in a rural area or an urban area that is not a large urban area.
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Aged, Budgets, Case management, Child health, Children, Education, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Families, Family medicine, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to health facilities, Finance, Geriatrics, Government contractors, Grants-in-aid, Health policy, Higher education, Income tax, Medical care, Medical education, Medical fees, Medicine, Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Physicians, Public contracts, Rural affairs, Rural health, Scholarships, Student loan funds, Surgeons, Surgery, Tax exclusion, Taxation, Women
Latest Action: 10/02/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1149-1155) Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act to alleviate critical shortages of physicians in the fields of family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, emergency medicine, general surgery, and obstetrics-gynecology, and for other purposes. 6/6/2007--Introduced. High-Need Physician Workforce Incentives Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to make grants to critical shortage health facilities for scholarships to individuals agreeing to serve as a physician at such facility after completing residency in the fields of family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, emergency medicine, general surgery, or obstetrics-gynecology. Excludes such scholarship funds from an individual's gross income.Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, to: (1) establish a loan repayment program for individuals agreeing to serve [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Accreditation (Medical care), Administrative procedure, Continuing education, Cytology, Department of Health and Human Services, Education, Employee training, Executive departments, Government information, Government paperwork, Health policy, Higher education, Labor, Law, Medical care, Medical education, Medical laboratories, Medical tests, Medicine, Quality of care, Rating of employees, Science policy, Student records, Women, Women's health, Women's health services
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act to provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations, and for other purposes. 4/8/2008--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise national quality assurance standards to assure consistent performance by laboratories of valid and reliable cytology services in order to include requirements that each clinical laboratory: (1) ensure that all individuals involved in screening and interpreting cytological preparations participate annually in an approved continuing medical education program in gynecologic cytology that provides each participant with gynecologic cytological preparations designed to improve locator, recognition, and interpretive skills; (2) maintain a record of program results; (3) require [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Administrative remedies, Admission of nonimmigrants, Advice and consent of the Senate, Aged, AIDS (Disease), Alcoholism, Aliens, Ambulances, Ambulatory care, Anesthetics, Armed forces, Birth control, Block grants, Budgets, Business, Capital budgets, Capitation (Medical care), Case management, Case mix (Medical care), Chemotherapy, Child health, Children, Chronically ill, Cigarettes, Civil rights, Communicable diseases, Communication in medicine, Communications, Community health services, Community organization, Competitive bidding, Comprehensive health care, Computer software, Computers, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumer complaints, Consumer organizations, Consumer price indexes, Consumers, Cost control, Cost effectiveness, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Data banks, Defense policy, Dental care, Dentistry, Department of Health and Human Services, Disability insurance, Disabled, Discrimination in insurance, Discrimination in medical care, Dislocated workers, Drug abuse, Drug abuse prevention, Drug abuse treatment, Drug approvals, Drug industry, Drug therapy, Drug utilization, Drugs, Economic policy, Education, Electronic data interchange, Electronic government information, Elementary and secondary education, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Employee health benefits, Environmental health, Environmental protection, Excise tax, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Families, Family medicine, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to child health services, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to health facilities, Federal aid to research, Federal employees, Federal preemption, Finance, Fines (Penalties), Food, Food safety, Foodborne diseases, Free ports and zones, Government employees, Government employees' health insurance, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Government trust funds, Grievance procedures, Hazardous substances, Health care fraud, Health education, Health facilities, Health insurance, Health insurance continuation, Health insurance portability, Health planning, Health policy, Health services administration, Higher education, Home care services, Hospital care, Hospital personnel, Hospitals, Human immunodeficiency viruses, Identification devices, Immigration, Income tax, Inspectors general, Insurance premiums, Interstate relations, Job training, Labor, Labor unions, Law, Licenses, Long-term care insurance, Maternal health services, Medicaid, Medical care, Medical economics, Medical education, Medical ethics, Medical fees, Medical instruments and apparatus, Medical laboratories, Medical malpractice, Medical research, Medical residents, Medical screening, Medical statistics, Medical supplies, Medical technology, Medical tests, Medically uninsured, Medicare, Medicine, Mental health services, Midwives, Military dependents, Military medicine, Nonprofit organizations, Nurse practitioners, Nurses, Nursing education, Nursing homes, Nutrition, Obstetrics, Occupational health and safety, Ombudsman, Patients' rights, Pediatrics, Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Physicians, Physicians' assistants, Politics and government, Potable water, Prescription pricing, Presidential appointments, Presidents, Preventive medicine, Product safety, Prosecution, Public contracts, Public health, Public health personnel, Quality of care, Railroad employees, Regional medical programs, Research centers, Rural affairs, Rural health, School health programs, Science policy, Sexually transmitted diseases, Smokeless tobacco, Social services, Standards, State and local government, State budgets, State politics and government, Tax credits, Tax rates, Taxation, Technology, Telecommunication, Tobacco tax, Trade, Transportation, Tuberculosis, Urban affairs, Vending machines, Violence, Vital statistics, Vocational rehabilitation, Water pollution, Water quality, Water resources, Welfare, Welfare fraud, Women
Latest Action: 04/24/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4034-4035) Bill TextTo provide for health care for every American and to control the cost and enhance the quality of the health care system. 2/27/2007--Introduced. American Health Security Act of 2007 - Establishes the State-Based American Health Security Program to provide every U.S. resident who is a U.S. citizen, national, or lawful resident alien with health care services. Requires each participating state to establish a state health security program. Eliminates benefits under: (1) titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act; (2) the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program; and (3) the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS). Requires each state health security program to prohibit the sale of health insurance in that state that duplicates benefits provided under the program. Establishes the American Health Security Standards Board to: (1) develop policies,[...] show full description
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