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United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1987
Hearing Aid Compatibility Act of 1987 - Requires that all telephones sold, rented, or otherwise distributed in the United States be hearing aid compatible, except telephones that are manufactured before the effective date of this Act or that are not required to be registered with the Federal Communications Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1987
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require foods to include on their labeling the presence and amount of any palm, palm kernel, or coconut oil along with a statement that such oil(s) is a saturated fat.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1987
Older American Indian Services Improvement Act - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide that no older American Indian will be prohibited from receiving services under such Act. Requires each area agency on aging having a significant Indian population to: (1) conduct outreach activities to identify older American Indians within their area; and (2) inform older American Indians in their area about the availability of assistance. Requires the Associate Commissioner on Indian Aging to evaluate the adequacy of outreach services. Requires the Commissioner to ensure that contracts are equitably awarded among minorities and to support minority centers of gerontology. Requires the establishment of minority centers of gerontology to improve minority personnel and training programs. Directs the Commissioner to: (1) provide for the dissemination of information on older American Indians; (2) provide inservice training opportunities and courses of instruction on aging to Indian tribes; and (3) carry out special training programs to improve services to older American Indians and minorities. Establishes in the Administration on Aging an Office for Tribal Programs to be headed by an Associate Commissioner on Indian Aging. Requires the Associate Commissioner on Indian Aging to: (1) serve as the advocate for older American Indians in the Department of Health and Human Services; (2) administer grants for Indian tribes; (3) develop research plans and technical assistance for recipients of grants; and (4) convene an Indian aging conference at regular intervals not to exceed two years. Requires the Associate Commissioner on Indian Aging to create and chair an interagency task force on older American Indians. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992. Directs the Commissioner on Aging to establish an interagency task force to make recommendations on facilitating the coordination and improvement of services to older American Indians. Requires the Commissioner on Aging to make a contract with a public agency or nonprofit private organization to study services for older American Indians and to submit a report to the Congress on this study within 18 months.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1987
Designates the week beginning October 25, 1987, as National Adult Immunization Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1987
Designates November 1987 as National Diabetes Month.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1987
Designates July 2, 1987, as National Literacy Day.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1987
Designates the week beginning November 29, 1987, as National Home Care Week.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1987
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspector General and Investigations Act of 1987 - Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to establish in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) the Office of Inspector General. Prescribes the oversight responsibilities of the Inspector General regarding Commission implementation of nuclear power safety regulations. Requires the Inspector General to appoint an Assistant Inspector General for Investigations and an Assistant Inspector General for Auditing with responsibility for supervising the performance of investigative and auditing activities. Requires the Inspector General to submit semiannual reports to the Commission (which in turn shall submit them to the Congress) summarizing the activities of the Office of Inspector General. Authorizes the Inspector General to investigate information received from Commission employees regarding violations, fraud, gross waste of funds, or a danger to the public safety. Prohibits any reprisal action taken against an employee for making a complaint or disclosing information to an Inspector General. Establishes in the Commission the Office of Investigations of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Prescribes the oversight responsibilities of the Director regarding the investigation of non-compliance with radiological health and safety laws on the part of Commission licensees, permittees, applicants, contractors, and vendors. Requires the Director to appoint a Deputy Director and an Assistant Director. Confers responsibility upon the Assistant Director for supervising investigations conducted by the Commission's regional offices. Requires the Director to submit semiannual reports to the Commission (which in turn shall submit them to the Congress) summarizing the activities of the Office of Investigations. Transfers the Commission's Office of Inspector and Auditor to the Office of Inspector General of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. States that no person may restrict the communication of any Commission employee with a member of Congress or the Inspector General regarding: (1) possible violations of law; or (2) mismanagement, gross waste of funds, abuse of authority, or danger to the public safety. Prohibits retaliatory personnel actions against Commission employees for making such a protected communication. Requires the Inspector General to: (1) investigate any allegations by a Commission employee regarding such violations or retaliatory actions; and (2) report investigation results to the Commission. Sets forth remedies for victims of retaliatory actions.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1987
Medicaid Community Property and Respite Care Act of 1987 - Title I: Community Property and Prevention of Spousal Impoverishment - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to treat the income and resources of an institutionalized individual and his or her community spouse as community property in determining their Medicaid eligibility. Requires that, after an institutionalized individual is determined to be eligible for Medicaid, a monthly income allowance (allowance) be deducted from the institutionalized individuals monthly income and paid to his or her community spouse to the extent such spouse's monthly income falls short of a minimum monthly maintenance needs allowance determined pursuant to a specified formula. Gives the institutionalized spouse the right to a hearing to establish that the allowance is not adequate to support the community spouse without financial duress so that an adequate amount of support will be substituted for the allowance. Permits an institutionalized spouse to transfer resources to the community spouse to the extent the median net worth of male householders 65 years of age or older exceeds the amount of resources otherwise available to the community spouse. Title II: Offering of Respite Care under Medicaid - Provides Medicaid coverage of respite care for up to 30 days in any calendar year. Prohibits coverage of more than 15 consecutive days of inpatient respite care or three consecutive days of in-home respite care.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987
State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Advocacy Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require States to establish an Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman (Office) encompassing any area or local ombudsman entity designated by the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman as a subdivision of the Office. Directs States to establish Statewide toll-free hotlines to facilitate the communication of complaints to ombudsmen. Requires States to provide assurances that Office staff are not subject to conflicts of interest and that mechanisms are in place to identify and remedy such conflicts. Immunizes Office representatives from liability under State law for the good faith performance of official duties. Directs States to provide legal counsel to: (1) the Office for advice and consultation; and (2) Office representatives sued in connection with the performance of official duties. Requires States to provide appropriate sanctions against: (1) those willfully interfering with Office representatives in the performance of official duties; and (2) extended care facilities which retaliate against residents or employees who file a complaint with, or provide information to, the Office. Requires State licensure and certification agencies to provide the Office with inspection reports, notices of deficiencies, and sanctions issued with respect to extended care facilities as well as other data relevant to the Office's investigations of such facilities. Directs the Office to submit annual reports to State licensure and certification agencies, State agencies on aging, and the State legislature and Governor analyzing and suggesting resolutions to problems experienced by, and complaints received against, extended care facilities. Requires the Office to conduct annual on-site visits of extended care facilities to inform residents and personnel of program services. Requires that office staff who do investigative work be trained in Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and policies regarding State extended care facilities as well as investigative techniques. Directs the Commissioner on Aging to: (1) provide technical assistance and training to State Long-Term Care Ombudsman programs and Ombudsman representatives; and (2) establish a national clearinghouse for collecting and disseminating information regarding, and transferring technology among, such programs. Authorizes appropriations from FY 1988 through 1991 for State Long-Term Care Ombudsman programs. Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require that extended care facilities provide ombudsmen with access to facility residents and, with the patient's or guardian's consent, to the patient's medical and social records. Requires that ombudsmen be given access to individuals who are admitted to hospitals from skilled nursing, intermediate care, or extended care facilities. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promptly notify the appropriate Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman of any Medicare or Medicaid sanction imposed on a skilled nursing or intermediate care facility. Requires the Commissioner on Aging to issue a report by January 15th of each year analyzing and suggesting resolutions to problems experienced by, and complaints received against, extended care facilities. Specifies the congressional committees, Federal agencies, and private organizations which are to receive such reports. Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require the Commissioner on Aging to designate a full-time staff of the Administration on Aging within 90 days of enactment of this Act. Directs States to establish in their Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman a home care ombudsman program and train personnel to carry out such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 to carry out such program and for FYs 1990 and 1991 to train program personnel. Requires the Commissioner to conduct studies and issue findings regarding the: (1) practices and impact of the Ombudsman program; (2) provision of home care ombudsman services to older individuals; (3) feasibility of extending the Ombudsman program to physician, hospital, and other services received by older individuals. Directs the Commissioner to make grants to States for FYs 1988 and 1989 to demonstrate and evaluate: (1) the administration and provision of home care ombudsman services; and (2) cooperative projects between the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program and the State protection and advocacy program for developmental disabilities and mental illness. Amends part B (Peer Review) of title XI of the Social Security Act to require peer review organizations to make available to Ombudsman program personnel their data showing the substantial failure of a provider to meet professionally recognized standards of health care.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987
Caregiver Referral Act of 1987 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to direct the Commissioner on Aging to determine the efficacy of using area agencies on aging and State agencies administering the State plan under the Act to develop a nationwide system providing geographically remote members of an older individual's family with information: (1) on the availability of in-home services, legal assistance, and services associated with access to services for such older individual; and (2) identifying the location and telephone number of the area agency on aging for the area in which such older individual resides.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987
Area Agency on Aging Uniform Listing Act of 1987 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require each area agency on aging to list its telephone number in each telephone directory covering geographical areas served by such agency.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987
Community Mental Health Coordination Act of 1987 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require area agencies on aging to coordinate their outreach and mental health services with the outreach and mental health services provided by community mental health centers and other public agencies and nonprofit private organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act to establish a program under which the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) will make grants to States for the provision of foster care and adoption assistance to children. Sets forth eligibility criteria to be met by States requesting grants, including the submission to the Secretary of a plan, which, among other required contents, must provide for: (1) merit-based personnel standards in operating the grant programs; (2) monitoring and periodic evaluation of the State's foster care and adoption assistance activities; (3) specific program goals and a description of how the State will proceed to achieve them; (4) the development of a case plan for each child and of a case review system; and (5) incentives for foster care facilities to work with adoption agencies in arranging for the permanent adoption of children who cannot be reunited with their parents. Directs the Secretary to discontinue or reduce payments to any State that fails to comply with grant requirements relating to its plan. Describes criteria to be met by both a case plan and a case review system implemented as components of the State plan. Requires the latter to assure that: (1) each child's case plan is designed to achieve placement in the most family-like setting available and in close proximity to the parents' home, consistent with the best interest and special needs of the child; (2) each child's status is reviewed at least once every six months; and (3) certain procedural safeguards will be applied, including a hearing, within a specified time following initial placement, to determine the child's future placement status. Directs the Secretary to conduct periodic evaluations of programs developed under this Act. Requires each grantee State to submit certain statistical reports with respect to children assisted under grant programs. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987
Alzheimer's Disease Coordination Act of 1987 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require area agencies on aging to coordinate their in-home services, legal assistance, and services associated with access to services with the activities of community-based organizations established for the benefit of Alzheimer's disease victims and their families.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987
Older Americans Transportation Act of 1987 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to direct the Commissioner on Aging to conduct a study to determine for FY 1988: (1) the extent to which funding for such Act was used for transportation services (including the delivery of goods and services) benefiting older individuals; and (2) the relative importance of such transportation services for older individuals. Requires the Commissioner to submit a report to the Congress by March 31, 1989, summarizing the results of such study and containing recommendations for improving such services.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987
Hazardous Materials Rail Safety Act - Amends the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act to direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations regarding emergency response procedures for rail carriers in accident or emergency situations involving the transportation and storage of hazardous materials. Prescribes the contents of such requirements. Prohibits railroad tank cars built before November 6, 1971, from being used in commercial hazardous materials transportation unless they meet all safety and design requirements imposed by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to enter into a contract with the National Academy of Sciences for a study of railroad tank car design, and to report the results of such study to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that an adequate level of funding should be authorized for vocational education programs for FY 1988 and that funds should not be rescinded from the 1987 appropriation for basic vocational education grants.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987
Calls upon the House of Representatives to resist all attempts to deny the income tax home mortgage interest deduction to any taxpayer whose home is a boat.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987
Congratulates Ducks Unlimited, Incorporated, for its accomplishments in 50 years of protection and enhancement of wetlands waterfowl habitat.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1987
Elderly Victims of Crime Act of 1987 - Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to require States (in order to receive grants from the Crime Victims Fund) to certify that priority will be given to eligible programs which provide assistance to elderly crime victims.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1987
Elder Abuse Information Act of 1987 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) acquire statistical data about the incidence of elder abuse for 1988 and 1989 and publish annual summaries of such data; and (2) modify the uniform crime reporting program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to include data, for types of offenses that may involve elder abuse, on the age of the victim and the victim's relationship to the offender.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1987
Designates the month of November in 1987 and 1988 as National Hospice Month.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1987
Designates January 30, 1988, as National Day of the Disabled.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1987
Declares that the House of Representatives: (1) calls for the immediate release of all the children detained under state of emergency regulations in South Africa; and (2) pending the release of the children, calls on South Africa to permit parental access to the children, make public their names and their location, provide them with adequate food, clothing, and protection, and permit an international organization to verify the above and make sure that such children are not abused or tortured.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Congregate Housing Services program should be permanently reauthorized; and (2) FY 1988 and 1989 funding should be set at specified levels.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1987
Pension Portability Act of 1987 - Title I: Rules Generally Applicable to Simplified Employee Pensions - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to define a "simplified employee pension plan" as a pension plan consisting of one or more individual retirement accounts or annuities that meet certain requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. Directs the Secretary of Labor to prescribe an alternative method of compliance with requirements for simplified employee pension plans. Establishes participation and vesting requirements for such plans. Requires each simplified employee pension plan and portable pension plan to provide that: (1) the distribution of the accrued benefit with respect to each participant will be only in a permitted retirement income form; (2) no distribution may be made without the consent of the participant or beneficiary; and (3) the benefit will be distributed in accordance with a timely application in accordance with the terms of the plan. Describes a standard retirement income form for simplified employee pension plans as: (1) a qualified joint and survivor annuity; (2) any other joint life annuity, including a cash refund annuity; (3) a single life annuity, including a refund annuity; or (4) any series of substantially equal periodic payments described under the Internal Revenue Code. Allows participants to elect a form of distribution other than distribution over life expectancy, if such spousal consent requirements are met. Requires the administrator of a simplified employee pension plan, prior to making a distribution, to provide to the individual who is to receive the distribution a written explanation of: (1) the provisions under which the distribution may be subject to tax or penalty under the Internal Revenue Code; and (2) the terms and conditions of the applicable permitted retirement income form, the participant's rights with respect to electing other forms of distribution, and spousal rights. Declares that for simplified employee pension plans a beneficiary means a spouse of the participant or any other person designated by the participant or by the terms of the plan. Specifies conditions under which spousal consent requirements are to be met. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make conforming amendments. Exempts simplified employee pension plans from specified funding provisions of ERISA. Authorizes employees to elect alternative salary reduction arrangements under such plans where the employer may make elective contributions to the pension on behalf of the employee or directly to the employee in cash for any year. Specifies the maximum salary reduction amount. Establishes rules governing employer contributions, including participation requirements, the method of determining employer contributions and compensation amounts, and tax reporting requirements. Allows employees to establish simplified employee pension plans with respect to separate lines of business. Title II: Portable Pensions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA to define a portable pension plan as an arrangement of one or more individual retirement accounts or annuities which: (1) meets the requirements of a simplified employee pension; and (2) provides for the transfer of plan investment accumulations to other tax-qualified plans. Makes provisions relating to favorable tax treatment inapplicable to cash distributions from rollovers from portable pension plans. Preserves the five-year income averaging treatment for lump sum distributions from portable pension plans which are separately accounted for under such plans. Provides that amounts exceeding the maximum rollover allowable shall not be taxable if such amounts are transferred to a portable pension plan in a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer. Establishes special rules for portable pension plans under ERISA. Relieves the administrators of such plans of liability for reliance in good faith on information provided by an employer, participant, or beneficiary which constitutes a misrepresentation or mistake of fact. Sets forth the responsibilities of the plan sponsor, administrator, and employer. Requires a portable pension plan to: (1) meet employee self-directed account regulations; (2) designate a fiduciary; and (3) provide at least one investment option in U.S. securities. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe by regulation one or more prototype portable pension plans. Amends ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the direct transfer to a portable pension plan from any other pension plan of the entire nonforfeitable benefit of a participant under such other pension plan.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1987
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) conduct a study of the transportation facilities and services between northern New Jersey and New York City, New York, in order to establish additional facilities and services for current and future needs; and (2) report to the Congress and to the Port Authority of such States the results of such study. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1987
Pension Portability Act of 1987 - Title I: Rules Generally Applicable to Simplified Employee Pensions - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to define a "simplified employee pension plan" as a pension plan consisting of one or more individual retirement accounts or annuities that meet certain requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. Directs the Secretary of Labor to prescribe an alternative method of compliance with requirements for simplified employee pension plans. Establishes participation and vesting requirements for such plans. Requires each simplified employee pension plan and portable pension plan to provide that: (1) the distribution of the accrued benefit with respect to each participant will be only in a permitted retirement income form; (2) no distribution may be made without the consent of the participant or beneficiary; and (3) the benefit will be distributed in accordance with a timely application in accordance with the terms of the plan. Describes a standard retirement income form for simplified employee pension plans as: (1) a qualified joint and survivor annuity; (2) any other joint life annuity, including a cash refund annuity; (3) a single life annuity, including a refund annuity; or (4) any series of substantially equal periodic payments described under the Internal Revenue Code. Allows participants to elect a form of distribution other than distribution over life expectancy, if such spousal consent requirements are met. Requires the administrator of a simplified employee pension plan, prior to making a distribution, to provide to the individual who is to receive the distribution a written explanation of: (1) the provisions under which the distribution may be subject to tax or penalty under the Internal Revenue Code; and (2) the terms and conditions of the applicable permitted retirement income form, the participant's rights with respect to electing other forms of distribution, and spousal rights. Declares that for simplified employee pension plans a beneficiary means a spouse of the participant or any other person designated by the participant or by the terms of the plan. Specifies conditions under which spousal consent requirements are met. Exempts simplified employee pension plans from specified funding provisions of ERISA. Title II: Portable Pensions - Amends ERISA to define a portable pension plan as an arrangement of one or more individual retirement accounts or annuities which: (1) meets the requirements of a simplified employee pension; and (2) provides for the transfer of plan investment accumulations to other tax-qualified plans. Establishes special rules for portable pension plans under ERISA. Relieves the administrators of such plans of liability for reliance in good faith on information provided by an employer, participant, or beneficiary which constitutes a misrepresentation or mistake of fact. Sets forth the responsibilities of the plan sponsor, administrator, and employer. Requires a portable pension plan to: (1) meet employee self-directed account regulations; (2) designate a fiduciary; and (3) provide at least one investment option in U.S. securities. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe by regulation one or more prototype portable pension plans. Amends ERISA to provide for the direct transfer to a portable pension plan from any other pension plan of the entire nonforfeitable benefit of a participant under such other pension plan.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1987
Social Security Lump-Sum Death Benefits Act of 1987 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to permit the payment of lump-sum death benefits for burial expenses in the case of an insured individual who has no surviving spouse living in the same household at the time of his or her death. (Currently, the payment of lump-sum death benefits in such a case is restricted to a widow or widower entitled to benefits on the basis of the insured's wages and self-employment income or a child so entitled.)
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1987
Designates the week beginning October 4, 1987, as National School Yearbook Week.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1987
Education for Economic Security Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Education for Economic Security Act to rename title II as the Critical Skills Improvement Act of 1987 (which may be cited as the Critical Skills Act). Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make title II grants to States for strengthening the skills of teachers and the quality of instruction in mathematics and science in elementary and secondary schools. Authorizes appropriations for title II for FY 1988 through 1993. Sets forth formulas for title II allocation of funds to States and for within State distribution. Sets forth State and local application requirements. Sets forth provisions for State and local educational agency use of title II funds. Sets forth teacher training activities for which such State and local funds may be used. Sets forth provisions for participation of children and teachers from private schools. Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance and to develop procedures for State and local program evaluations. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress an annual summary of State program evaluations. Reserves certain funds for national programs. Directs the Secretary to make grants for programs of national significance in mathematics and science instruction, giving special consideration to those programs providing special services to historically underserved and underrepresented populations in the fields of mathematics and science.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1987
Amends the Federal criminal code to make it unlawful for an employer to monitor an employee's work phone call unless a repeating audible warning tone is utilized. Allows any person whose call is monitored in violation of this Act to recover civil damages.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1987
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that for each nuclear power plant that does not currently possess a full-power operating license, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission should apply its regulations so that such a license may be issued only if all of the Commission's emergency planning requirements are met. Includes in such requirements: (1) submission of off-site emergency plans to the Commission by State and local governments; and (2) a finding by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and a determination by the Commission, that such plans and emergency preparedness are deemed adequate to protect the public safety in the event of a serious reactor accident.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1987
Medicare and Medicaid Catastrophic Acute and Transitional Care Act - Title I: Medicare (Federal Medigap Insurance) - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover the amount by which a part B enrollee's out-of-pocket expenses exceed $500 in 1989, adjusting such ceiling thereafter to reflect changes in total Medicare per capita expenses. Excludes from the computation of a beneficiary's out-of-pocket expenses, amounts above the full part B payment to physicians and others who do not accept assignment. Covers a Medicare beneficiary's prescribed drugs to the extent they exceed an annual $300 deductible, adjusted annually to reflect changes in the cost-of-living. Imposes a copayment of two dollars per prescription. Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of the Medicare program to require that an inpatient hospital deductible be paid only for the first period of continuous hospitalization in a calendar year. (Currently, such deductible must be paid for each "spell of illness" requiring inpatient hospital services.) Removes durational limitations on the coverage of inpatient hospital services, except with respect to inpatient psychiatric hospital services. Eliminates the coinsurance requirement for inpatient hospital services. Drops restrictions on the coverage of extended care services which are not post-hospital extended care services. Covers post-hospital extended care services for 150 days in each calendar year. (Currently, such coverage is limited to 100 days for each "spell of illness".) Revises eligibility requirements for extended care and home health services. Includes rehabilitative services within the scope of extended care and home health services. Covers 50 percent of the reasonable charges for prescribed respite care if the entity furnishing such care accepts payment under part B of the Medicare program on an assignment-related basis. Includes in-home care, adult day health care, and short-term institutional care within the definition of "respite care." Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to set a limit on annual respite care payments made on behalf of an individual. Excludes transitional care, as defined by the Secretary (to include home health and extended care services, but not respite care), from Medicare coverage, unless a plan has been established for furnishing such care. Creates an extension period of hospice care for terminally ill beneficiaries which is to follow the two 90-day periods and the subsequent 30 day period of hospice care coverage currently provided in an individual's lifetime. Reduces the deductible imposed under part A on the first three pints of blood furnished to an individual during a calendar year to the extent such blood is replaced or a blood deductible has been imposed on the individual under part B of the Medicare program within such year. Requires the Secretary to establish three-year demonstration projects examining "managed care" approaches to providing transitional nursing home, home health, and respite care to Medicare beneficiaries. Sets forth reporting requirements. Title II: Medicaid Program Improvements - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Act to allow States to extend Medicaid coverage to pregnant women and infants under age one whose income exceeds current income eligibility standards, but does not exceed 185 percent of the Federal poverty level. Requires States to extend Medicaid coverage to children: (1) under age 18 (or, in the case of a child in school, a job, or job training, age 21) who meet the income and resource requirements of the State plan under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Act; and (2) under age five whose family income is at or below the Federal poverty level. Authorizes States to accelerate the coverage of poor children under age 18 (or, in the case of a child in school, a job, or job training, age 21). (Currently, such coverage is extended gradually.) Requires States to provide Medicaid coverage for Medicare premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance payments for which Medicare-eligible individuals whose income does not exceed the Federal poverty level would otherwise be accountable. Separates the income and resources of an institutionalized individual from the income and resources of his or her community spouse in determining the institutionalized individual's Medicaid eligibility. Requires that, after a personal needs allowance is deducted from an institutionalized individual's monthly income, a monthly income allowance be paid to his or her community spouse (in addition to a family allowance for each family member residing with such spouse) to the extent such spouse's monthly income falls short of a minimum monthly maintenance needs allowance (allowance) determined pursuant to a specified formula. Gives the institutionalized spouse the right to a hearing to establish that the allowance is not adequate to support the community spouse without financial duress so that an adequate amount of support will be substituted for the allowance. Prohibits the allowance from being less than court ordered support payments. Permits an institutionalized spouse to transfer resources to the community spouse to the extent $12,000 exceeds the amount of resources otherwise available to the community spouse. Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Act to increase the personal needs allowance of an eligible institutionalized individual or his or her institutionalized spouse. Title III: Financing of Improvements - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose additional excise taxes on cigarettes. Provides for cost-of-living adjustments of such excise taxes after 1988. Imposes a tax surcharge on the income of individuals who are age 65 or older to cover the additional Medicare expenditures occasioned by this Act which are not covered by other revenues raised by this Act. Increases the Medicare supplementary medical insurance premium by ten dollars for each month in 1989, with subsequent monthly adjustments reflecting changes in the cost-of-living. Applies 50 percent of the revenues from the additional cigarette taxes and all of the revenues raised by the tax surcharge on the income of elderly individuals to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. Applies 12 1/2 percent of the revenues from the additional cigarette taxes to the reduction of the State share of Medicaid costs. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the remaining 37 1/2 percent of the revenues raised by such taxes should be used to reduce the Federal cost of Medicaid.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1987
World War I Veterans' Service Pension Act - Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to pay a monthly pension of $150 to each veteran of World War I who meets specified service requirements. Requires such veteran, if receiving another pension administered by the Veterans Administration (VA), to elect which pension he will receive. Provides for the payment of a monthly pension of $100 to surviving spouses of World War I veterans who meet certain marriage requirements. Requires such surviving spouses to choose between pensions if they are currently receiving another pension through the VA.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1987
Social Security Transitional Benefit Computation Act of 1987 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to alter the formula for computing the primary insurance amount of individuals who attain age 65 in or after 1982 and would otherwise be subject to the benefit computation rules of the Social Security Amendments of 1977. Extends the application of such transitional benefit computation rules to those who become eligible for benefits before 1989. (Currently those who become eligible after 1983 are subject to the benefit computation rules of the Social Security Amendments of 1977.)
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1987
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt the Pell grant higher education assistance program from reduction pursuant to a sequestration order.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1987
User Charge Accountability Act of 1987 - Requires that revenue collected in the form of a user charge during a fiscal year be obligated for programs which: (1) are administered by an agency which collects such user charge; and (2) directly benefit persons required to pay such user charge. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, for each fiscal year, to determine: (1) the amount of revenue collected from each user charge; (2) the amount obligated by a Federal agency for programs that are administered by an agency which collects the user charge and that directly benefit persons required to pay the user charge; and (3) the difference between such amounts. Directs the Secretary to transfer an amount equal to any excess of collected user charges over agency obligations for such programs from the general fund of the Treasury to the appropriate account for obligation for such programs if funds for such programs are not otherwise available. Sets forth a formula for the adjustment of excessive user charges so that revenues match obligations.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1987
Designates October 1987 as National Down Syndrome Month.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1987
Home Health and Hospice Care Waiver Extension Act of 1987 - Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 to continue, until FY 1990, waivers of liability which provide that home health agencies and hospice programs which keep their services for which Medicare coverage (under title XVIII of the Social Security Act) is denied below specified percentages shall not be denied payment for such care. (Currently, the home health agency waiver expires one year after certain regional intermediaries begin to service such agencies and the hospice program waiver expires on November 1, 1988.)
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1987
Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978, and the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to extend through FY 1991 the authorities established in such Acts.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1987
University Research Facilities Revitalization Act of 1987 - Directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish and carry out a new university research laboratory modernization program, making awards to institutions of higher education for the repair, renovation, or replacement of such institutions' laboratories and research facilities. Grants awards in response to specific proposals on the basis of the quality of the research and how such research relates to the future research mission of the NSF and the institution. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1997.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1987
Home Health Communications Act of 1987 - Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct a fiscal intermediary to provide each home health agency it serves a copy of a written notice and communication of a nonwritten notice of any change in Medicare home health policy within seven days of receiving such notice from the Department of Health and Human Services.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1987
Home Health Informed Consumers Act of 1987 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the publication, distribution, and periodic revision of a booklet informing current and potential consumers of home health services regarding Medicare coverage of such services. Requires that such booklet include a description of the: (1) process for the review and appeal of coverage denials; and (2) guidelines applied in determining whether an individual is homebound and whether he or she needs skilled nursing care on an intermittent basis. Requires that such booklet be published and distributed within one year of this Act's enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1987
Nutritional Information Labeling Act of 1987 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require food labels to list detailed nutritional information concerning any fats, oils, cholesterol, sodium, or potassium present in such product.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1987
Designates the week beginning October 18, 1987, as Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1987
Designates the week of September 14 through September 20, 1987, as Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1987
Authorizes the Librarian of Congress to designate employees of the Library of Congress as police for duty with respect to the Library buildings and adjacent streets. Requires the rank structure and pay for such employees to be the same as that for the Capitol Police. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to make Library of Congress police eligible for public safety officers' death benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1987
Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide for the following exception under the definition of "supervisor." Prohibits deeming any faculty member or group of faculty members in any educational institution to be managerial or supervisory employees solely because they participate in decisions with respect to courses, curriculum, personnel, budget, or other matters of educational policy.