Expand All Collapse All Extent 147 folders, approximately 8,349 pages, 10 electronic files Summary Bianchi served as an assistant director for Health Policy in the Office of Policy Development, a part of the Domestic Policy Council (DPC) in 1997. She later moved to the Office of the Vice President as the Senior Health Care advisor to Al Gore. She moved back to the DPC in early 1999 as an Associate Director of Domestic Policy. This collection consists of faxes, memoranda, correspondence, news clippings from print and electronic sources, policy papers, and reports from private policy experts, and executive office staff covering topics such as children’s healthcare, prescription drug coverage, expanding Medicare and Medicaid coverage, the Patients’ Bill of Rights, women’s health issues, mental health issues and food safety initiatives. Scope and Content Note Sarah Bianchi first served in the Clinton Administration as Assistant Director for Health Policy in the Office of Policy Development, Domestic Policy Council (DPC) in 1997, before moving to the Office of the Vice President as the Senior Health Care advisor to Al Gore. She moved back to the DPC in early 1999 as an Associate Director of Domestic Policy, and then in 2000 she became an advisor on domestic policy for the Gore-Lieberman campaign. In 2011, she returned to the White House as Deputy Assistant to the President, and as the Director of Economic and Domestic Policy for Vice President Joe Biden. A native of Atlanta Georgia, Bianchi is a graduate of Harvard University. The Sarah Bianchi collection include faxes, memorandums, correspondence, news clippings from print and electronic sources, policy papers, and reports from private policy experts, executive office staff and legislative staffers covering topics such as children’s healthcare, prescription drug coverage, expanding Medicare and Medicaid coverage, the Patients’ Bill of Rights, women’s health issues, mental health issues and food safety initiatives. Record Type Textual System of Arrangement Records of this series were found in Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files, Domestic Policy Council. This series is arranged alphabetically. There were two 3 ½ diskettes within this series that have been processed electronically and are available for research in an electronic format. Access Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 22, as amended) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions. Copyright Documents in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States government as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Researchers are advised to consult the copyright law of the United States (17 U.S.C. Chapter 1) which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Provenance Official records of William Jefferson Clinton’s presidency are housed at the Clinton Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA). Processed by Staff Archivist, 2013. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released. Container List The following is a list of folders processed: Box 1 Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files Domestic Policy Council Bianchi, Sarah Abortion [OA/ID 15610] Administration – IBM [OA/ID 15609] [Administration] Supply Catalog and Forms [OA/ID 15608] AIDS Background [OA/ID 15608] AIDS Report July 1999 [OA/ID 15608] [Air Quality] Background: Air Quality [OA/ID 15608] American Cancer Society [OA/ID 15610] Arthritis [OA/ID 15608] Assisted Living [OA/ID 15608] Asthma [OA/ID 15608] Best Practices [OA/ID 15608] Bradley [Bill] Health Plan Analysis [OA/ID 15610] [Breast Cancer] [1] [OA/ID 15608] Box 2 [Breast Cancer] [2] [OA/ID 15608] BRFSS [Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System] [OA/ID 15608] California Family Planning [OA/ID 15608] Cancer Contacts and Background [OA/ID 15608] Cancer Initiatives / Events [OA/ID 15608] Cancer Panel [1] [OA/ID 15608] Cancer Panel [2] [OA/ID 15608] CBS Candidate Questionnaire [OA/ID 15610] CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] [OA/ID 15608] Child Poverty [OA/ID 15608] Children [OA/ID 15608] CHIP [Childrens’ Health Insurance Plan] [OA/ID 15610] Chronic Illness and Care [OA/ID 15608] Clinton – Gore Accomplishments [OA/ID 15610] Comp-Time [OA/ID 15608] Constituency Issues [OA/ID 15608] [Congressman] Bentsen, Kenneth FDA [OA/ID 15610] [Congressman] Stark, Pete [OA/ID 15607] Coverage [OA/ID 15608] Diabetes [OA/ID 15608] Diabetes [OA/ID 15610] Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files (continued) Domestic Policy Council Bianchi, Sarah Box 3 Disabilities [OA/ID 15608] Education [OA/ID 15608] Education, 1981 Budget Cuts [OA/ID 15610] Family Conference [OA/ID 15609] Fatherhood [OA/ID 15610] Fetal Tissue [OA/ID 15610] [Food Safety] Background: Food Safety [1] [OA/ID 15609] [Food Safety] Background: Food Safety [2] [OA/ID 15609] [Food Safety Regulations] [OA/ID 15609] Food Stamps [OA/ID 15610] Foreign Policy and Military Spending [OA/ID 15610] Fraud and Abuse [OA/ID 15609] Generic Drug Event [OA/ID 15610] [Generic Pharmaceuticals] Genetics [1] [OA/ID 15609] [Generic Pharmaceuticals] Genetics [2] [OA/ID 15609] Box 4 Genetic Discrimination [OA/ID 15609] Grijalva [OA/ID 15609] Guns [OA/ID 15610] HCFA [Health Care Financing Administration] / Schools [OA/ID 15609] [Health Insurance] Policy Background [OA/ID 15607] [Health Privacy] Background: Privacy [OA/ID 15607] [Health] Privacy [Project] [OA/ID 15607] [Healthcare] Background Healthcare Tax Credit [OA/ID 15609] Heart Disease [OA/ID 15609] Home Care [OA/ID 15609] Home Care II [1] [OA/ID 15609] Home Care II [2] [ OA/ID 15609] Human Genome Project [OA/ID 15609] Hunger [OA/ID 15610] Hunger Relief Act [OA/ID 15609] Information – Health Names [OA/ID 15609] Long Term Care [OA/ID 15609] Long Term Care Contacts [OA/ID 15609] [Long Term Care] L.T.C. Research [1] [OA/ID 15609] Box 5 Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files Domestic Policy Council Bianchi, Sarah [Long Term Care] L.T.C. Research [2] [OA/ID 15609] Medicaid [OA/ID 15606] Medicaid Block Grant [1] [OA/ID 15606] Box 5 Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files (continued) Domestic Policy Council Bianchi, Sarah Medicaid Block Grant [2] [OA/ID 15606] Medicaid Disability Benefits [OA/ID 15610] Medicaid Long Term Care [OA/ID 15610] Medicare [OA /ID 15606] Medicare Background [1] [OA/ID 15606] Medicare Background [2] [OA/ID 15606] [Medicare] Background Medicare 1995 [1] [OA/ID 15606] Box 6 [Medicare] Background Medicare 1995 [2] [OA/ID 15606] Medicare Briefings [1] [OA/ID 15606] Medicare Briefings [2] [OA/ID 15606] Medicare Competition [OA/ID 15606] Medicare Event Material July 27, 1999 [OA/ID 15606] Medicare Initiatives [OA/ID 15606] Medicare Policies [OA/ID 15606] [Medicare] Reform: Medicare [OA/ID 15607] Medicare Reports [OA/ID 15606] Memorandums [OA/ID 15609] Mental Health [OA/ID 15610] Box 7 [Mental Health] Background Mental Health [OA/ID 15606] Mental Health Conference [OA/ID 15606] Mental Health Courts [OA/ID 15606] Minority Health [OA/ID 15607] Mrs. Gore’s Office [OA/ID 15607] National Dialogue [on Cancer] [OA/ID 15607] National Health Council Letter of Support from AGJ [OA/ID 15607] [New Hampshire] Association for the Elderly [OA/ID 15610] New Hampshire Public Citizen Report [OA/ID 15610] New York Seniors [OA/ID 15610] NIMH [National Institute of Mental Health] MH [Mental Health] Proposals [1] [OA/ID 15608] NIMH [National Institute of Mental Health] MH [Mental Health] Proposals [2] [OA/ID 15608] Box 8 Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files Domestic Policy Council Bianchi, Sarah Nutrition [OA/ID 15607 Ohio Prescription Drugs [OA/ID 15610] Omnibus Long-Term Health Care Act, 1999 [OA/ID 15607] Patients’ Bill of Rights [OA/ID 15607] Box 8 Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files (continued) Domestic Policy Council Bianchi, Sarah [Patients’ Bill of Rights] State by State Analysis [OA/ID 15611] PBOR [Patients’ Bill of Rights] Initiatives / Events [OA/ID 15607] Prescription Drug Prices [OA/ID 15610] Prescription Drugs [OA/ID 15607] Prescription Drugs [OA/ID 15610] Press Contacts [OA/ID 15607] Productive Aging [OA/ID 15607] Quality Forum [OA/ID 15611] Quality Notebook March 1, 1998 [1] [OA/ID 15611] Quality Notebook March 1, 1998 [2] [OA/ID 15611] Quality Notebook, New Congress November 8, 1998 [OA/ID 15611] Race and Health Initiative [OA/ID 15607] Restraints [Freedom from Restraints Act] [OA/ID 15607] Box 9 Rural Health [OA/ID 15607] Safe Toys [OA/ID 15607] Social Security [OA/ID 15607] Suicide: Surgeon General’s ‘Call to Action” July 1999 [OA/ID 15607] Tax Credits [OA/ID 15607] Tax Credits II [OA/ID 15607] Tax Options [OA/ID 15607] Teen Pregnancy [OA/ID 15607] Teen Pregnancy [OA/ID 15610] Teen Pregnancy II [OA/ID 15607] TennCare [OA/ID 15610] Thorpe [OA/ID 15610] Thorpe [Ken, Dr.] – Initial Reports [OA/ID 15610] Tobacco [OA/ID 15610] Tobacco Legislation [OA/ID 15607] Tobacco Policies [OA/ID 15607] Tobacco: Background [OA/ID 15607] [Tobacco: Background] II [OA/ID 15607] Box 10 U.S. Action [1] [OA/ID 15608] U.S. Action [2] [OA/ID 15608] Uninsured [1] [OA/ID 15610] Uninsured [2] [OA/ID 15610] Uninsured Data [OA/ID 15607] Vice President Press [1] [OA/ID 15610] Vice President Press [2] [OA/ID 15610] VP [Vice President] News [OA/ID 15608] Box 10 Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files (continued) Domestic Policy Council Bianchi, Sarah Washington Post – Issue Forum on Global Climate Change [OA/ID 15610] Women’s Health [OA/ID 15608] [Women’s Health: Background] [OA/ID 15608] Electronic Records [Disks] [OA/ID 15610]