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Rep. Rogers, Paul G. [D-FL-11]

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Bill· HRH.R. 14285 (95th)referred

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and title 37, United States Code, to modify the administration of the Public Health Service, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1978

Amends the Public Health Service Act to stipulate that commissioned officers of the Regular and Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service shall receive the same pay and allowances as are authorized for members of the armed forces. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, to detail personnel of the Service to any appropriate committee of the Congress. Entitles commissioned officers of the Service to the same rights as commissioned officers of the Army with respect to corrections of military records and reviews of discharges or dismissals. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a Warrant Officers Corps within the Service for the purpose of providing support to the health and delivery systems maintained by the Regular and Reserve Corps of the Service. Stipulates that the Surgeon General shall have the grade corresponding with the grade of general; the Deputy Surgeon General shall have the grade corresponding with the grade of lieutenant general; and commissioned officers serving as senior administrators or directors of any agency of the Service in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare shall have the title of Assistant Surgeon General and shall have the grade corresponding with the grade of lieutenant general. Increases the number of special temporary positions in the grade of Assistant Surgeon General which the Surgeon General is authorized to create. Stipulates that an officer of the Service who has received educational financial assistance from the Service and who voluntarily leaves the Service within the greater of six months or twice the period of attendance at an educational institution, shall be obligated to reimburse the Service an amount equal to twice the financial assistance received by such officer. Stipulates that a commissioned officer of the Reserve Corps of the Service who is involuntarily released from active duty after completing at least five years of continuous active duty is entitled to a severance payment computed in accordance with provisions of this Act. Increases the pay grade for certain officers of the Service. Increases the number of years of service used for computing basic pay for those officers who have attained a masters or doctoral degree. Stipulates that members of the Service be treated in the same manner as members of an armed force with respect to advance payments.

Bill· HRH.R. 14264 (95th)referred

Environmental Health Personnel Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1978

Environmental Health Personnel Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to and enter into contracts with specified educational entities for special projects to develop new or expanded programs in environmental health and occupational health. Authorizes the appropriation of $2,000,000 for this purpose for fiscal year 1980. Amends such Act to authorize similar grants and contracts to enable such entities to provide traineeships in the areas of environmental health and occupational health. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations for the approval of applications for and amounts of such grants. Directs the Secretary to consult with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and other appropriate individuals with respect to the need for trained personnel in such areas. Authorizes the appropriation of $4,500,000 for this purpose for fiscal year 1980. Amends such Act to remove the post baccalaureate degree and experience requirements for eligibility for public health traineeships and traineeships for students in other specified health-related programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1980 for projects and programs in environmental health education. Includes environmental health sciences research as a category of eligibility for National Research Service Awards. Includes environmental health sciences research personnel as a category to be studied by the Secretary in his study to establish the Nation's overall need for specified research personnel. Includes, as a priority in the formulation of national health planning goals and in the development and operation of health planning and resources development programs, activities for the promotion of disease prevention, including studies of occupational and environmental factors affecting health and the development of environmental health personnel programs. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to assess, identify and give advice with respect to current and projected personnel needs for the administration and implementation of environmental protection laws under the jurisdiction of the Administrator or individual States. Establishes an advisory board to assist the Administrator in performing these functions. Directs the Administrator to coordinate EPA personnel development, education and training policies, programs and activities to meet the needs identified by this Act. Requires him to provide technical assistance to Federal and non-Federal entities to assist in the development of personnel training programs. Requires him to advise such entities to train and employ unemployed persons for positions identified as necessary for administering and implementing environmental protection programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1980 for these purposes. Requires reports to Congress of the Administrator's activities, findings and recommendations which result from the implementation of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 14226 (95th)referred

A bill to provide for demonstration programs to train and employ AFDC recipients as homemakers and home health aides.

United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1978

Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to enter into agreements with eight States for the purpose of conducting demonstration projects for the training and employment as homemakers or home health aides of individuals who have been certified by the appropriate State or local government agency as being eligible for financial assistance under a State plan of Aid to Families with Dependent Children approved under Title IV of the Social Security Act. Directs the Secretary to submit annual reports to the Congress evaluating the demonstration projects.

Bill· HRH.R. 13967 (95th)referred

Food Safety and Nutrition Amendments

United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1978

Food Safety and Nutrition Amendments - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require food processors to: (1) notify the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare of any possibly adulterated food; (2) establish a food coding system; (3) maintain food distribution records; and (4) register with the Secretary. Provides for administrative detention of food believed to be adulterated. Requires: (1) State and local food labeling requirements to comply with Federal standards under such Act; (2) packaged perishable food to show the sell date; (3) certain labeling information regarding ingredients; and (4) importers to notify the Secretary of the identity of the imported food and the registration of the food processor.

Bill· HRH.R. 13919 (95th)referred

A bill to make storage space available for 1978 crop sugar.

United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1978

Amends the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 to require, at the option of a sugar owner, acceleration of the maturity date of loans on 1977 crop sugar to August 31, 1978, or the date of enactment, whichever is earlier. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, within 30 days after such maturity date, to move such sugar out of its present Commodity Credit Corporation storage warehouses in sugar-producing areas, and transport it to other areas, in oder to make way for storage of the 1978 crop under the price support loan program.

Bill· HRH.R. 13684 (95th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to suspend the imposition of interest and to prohibit the imposition of a penalty for failure to pay tax on underpayments of tax resulting from erroneous advice given in writing by the Internal Revenue Service.

United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1978

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt taxpayers from the payment of interest or a penalty on tax deficiencies attributable to erroneous advice obtained in writing from an Internal Revenue Service Officer or employee acting in an official capacity.

Bill· HRH.R. 13662 (95th)referred

A bill to establish the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research.

United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1978

Amends the National Research Act to establish the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research. Directs the Commission to study the legal, ethical, and social implications of: (1) the allocations of Federal resources for biomedical and behavioral research and health care delivery; (2) the requirements for informed consent to participation in research projects and medical procedures; (3) establishing a uniform definition of death; (4) counseling and testing for genetic diseases; (5) the differences in the availability of health services; (6) the requirements and guidelines applicable to clinical trials; (7) the establishment of standards of efficacy applicable to medical procedures performed on humans; (8) human in-vitro fertilization; and (9) other matters relating to medicine or biomedical or behavior research. Directs the Commission, upon completion of each study and no later than November 1 each fiscal year, to report its findings and activities to the President and the Congress. Authorizes appropriations necessary to carry out the purposes of the Commission.

Bill· HRH.R. 13655 (95th)passed

Health Maintenance Organization Amendments

United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1978

Health Maintenance Organization Amendments - Extends the authorization of appropriations under the Public Health Service Act through fiscal year 1981 for: (1) grants and contracts for surveys of the feasibility of establishing, operating or expanding health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and (2) grants, contracts, loans and guarantees for planning and initial development costs related to the establishment of HMOs. Excludes from the definition of basic health services, any health service which the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare determines by regulation is unusual or infrequently provided and is not generally recognized by health professionals as appropriate for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of an illness or injury. Authorizes up to $1,000,000 for the establishment of a HMO or $600,000 for a project to significantly expand the membership of, or areas served by a HMO. Increases the aggregate amount of principal of loans which may be made or guaranteed, or both, for the initial cost of operation of an HMO. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans to HMOs for projects for the acquisition or construction of ambulatory health care facilities and for the acquisition of equipment for facilities acquired or constructed with such loan and to guarantee to lenders: (1) their loans to nonprofit private HMOs for such projects; and (2) their loans to private HMOs for such projects which will serve medically underserved populations. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Health Maintenance Organization Intern Program to provide training to individuals to become administrators, medical directors, or managers of, or assume other managerial positions with HMOs. Requires each HMO: (1) to file with the Secretary such information as the Secretary may require concerning the fiscal operations of the HMO; and (2) to make such information available to its members. Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit State and local officers or employees responsible for the expenditures of substantial amounts of funds under the State Medicaid plan from conducting specified business dealings in connection with the State program after leaving office.

Bill· HRH.R. 13611 (95th)open

Child Health Assurance Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1978

Child Health Assurance Act - Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require the State plan for medical assistance required by such Title to provide for making medical assistance available to: (1) any individual who is under the age of 18 and, at the option of the State, to any individual over the age of 17 and under 21, if the individual is a member of a family eligible for aid under the program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children and does not exceed specified income standards; and (2) any woman for a period of her pregnancy and for 60 days following the termination of her pregnancy who on the basis of resources is eligible for aid under the program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children and whose income does not exceed specified standards. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to establish a national child health assurance program (CHAP) income standard and a national maternal income standard for the purpose of establishing the eligibility of, and extent of medical assistance provided to, certain children and pregnant women. Sets the national CHAP income standard at $2,400 for an individual, $3,000 for a family of two, and an additional $600 for each additional family member. Sets the national maternal income standard at $3,000 for a pregnant woman, increased by $600 for each additional family member. Defines the services to be made available to pregnant women and eligible individuals under age 21 pursuant to this Act. Requires each State plan for medical assistance under the Medicaid program to provide, in the case of any individual under 21 who has received a timely periodic child health assessment, all care and services available under such program and referral for care and services not available under Medicaid. Sets forth the standards of the "child health assessment" required by this Act. States that the health care provider performing such assessment must agree to perform such basic diagnostic and treatment services as an assessment shows to be necessary, or to refer a beneficiary to an appropriate provider for such services, and to provide beneficiaries with routine dental care. Requires such a provider to be reasonably accessible on a continuing basis to beneficiaries whom it has assessed. Stipulates that for individuals under 21 who have received a timely health assessment no enrollment fee or charge for any service will be imposed. Provides for the payment of a percentage of the cost of a State child health assessment program by the Federal Government. Defines the term "Federal CHAP percentage." Sets forth a formula for the determination of such percentage. Directs the Secretary to establish performance standards for CHAP'S. Sets forth penalties for States which fail to comply with such standards. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on each State's CHAP. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the coordination of health care services for children under Title V (Maternal and Child Health and Crippled Children's Services) and Title XIX of the Social Security Act. Requires the Secretary: (1) to study and conduct demonstration projects in order to evaluate the participation of health care providers in CHAP'S and methods of improving their level of participation in these programs; and (2) to develop and carry out experiments and demonstration projects designed to determine the effect of payment on a capitation basis for child health assessments and other services provided under CHAP'S upon the level of participation and performance of such providers in these programs. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on such studies. Stipulates that certain individuals will remain eligible for Medicaid by disregarding specified involuntary increases in benefits, compensation, or pensions provided under specified Federal laws. Stipulates that certain individuals under the age of 21 shall remain eligible for Medicaid while inmates in certain juvenile institutions.

Bill· HRH.R. 13555 (95th)referred

Investment Incentive Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1978

Investment Incentive Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restore part of the pre-1969 tax treatment of capital gains by repealing the capital gains item of tax preference for the minimum tax; lowering the corporate alternative tax to 25 percent of net capital gain; and lowering the alternative individual tax to 25 percent of net capital gain.

Bill· HRH.R. 13502 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act with respect to the status of professional standards review organizations and Statewide Professional Standards Review Councils.

United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1978

Amends Title XI (General Provisions and Professional Standards Review) of the Social Security Act to provide that no Professional Standards Review Organization and no Statewide Professional Standards Review Council shall be considered an agency or authority of the United States Government for the purposes of the Administrative Procedure Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 13266 (95th)referred

Health Maintenance Organization Amendments

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1978

Health Maintenance Organization Amendments - Extends the authorization of appropriations under the Public Health Service Act through fiscal year 1981 for: (1) grants and contracts for surveys of the feasibility of establishing, operating or expanding health maintenance organizations (HMO's); and (2) grants, contracts, loans and loan guarantees for planning and initial development costs related to the establishment of HMO's. Excuses HMO's from providing basic or supplemental health services if the organization is unable to provide such services because of an emergency or a war-risk hazard. Excludes from the definition of basic health services, any health service which the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare determines by regulation is unusual or infrequently provided and is not generally recognized by health professionals as appropriate for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of an illness or injury. Increases the aggregate amount of principal of loans which may be made or guaranteed, or both, for the initial cost of operation of an HMO. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans to HMO's for projects for the acquisition or construction of ambulatory health care facilities and for the acquisition of equipment for facilities acquired or constructed with such loan and to guarantee to lenders: (1) their loans to nonprofit private HMO's for such projects; and (2) their loans to private HMO's for such projects which will serve medically underserved populations. Requires the Secretary to establish a National Health Maintenance Organization Intern Program to provide, through the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare or HMO's, training to individuals to become administrators of HMO's or to assume other managerial positions with HMO's. Requires each HMO: (1) to file with the Secretary such information as the Secretary may require concerning the fiscal operations of the HMO; and (2) to provide a reasonable opportunity for the public to inspect such information.

Bill· HRH.R. 12980 (95th)referred

Drug Regulation Reform Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1978

Drug Regulation Reform Act - Title I: Drug Regulation Reform - States the findings of Congress. Prohibits the manufacture, importation, export, or distribution of a drug entity or a drug product without the prior issuance by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare of a monograph containing a description of such drug and requirements and guidelines for the contents of information labeling for the forms of drug products eligible for licensing under such monograph. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to require, in a monograph, postmarketing surveillance of any drug, old or new, for a period of up to five years. Limits the issuance of such monographs to drugs determined safe and effective. Defines "safe" as meaning the health benefits of the drug entity or product clearly outweigh the risks it presents, taking into account pertinent standards and requirements. Defines "effective" to mean that a drug entity when incorporated into a drug product used in accordance with the use conditions set forth on the drug label, will have the effect represented. Provides for amendment, suspension, or revocation of a monograph under specified conditions. Authorizes the provisional issuance of a monograph (not to exceed five years) for any drug entity intended to be used in treatment of a life-threatening or severely debilitating disease when: (1) no other effective methods of treatment exist; or (2) such drug entity offers a major advantage to patients compared to the benefits of alternative methods; and (3) delaying issuance would present significantly greater risks to patients affected by such disease. Requires significant evidence of effectiveness and safety for such provisional issuance. Establishes a monograph-petition review procedure requiring a public hearing on the issuance, amendment, or revocation of any monograph, followed by a review of the evidence and issues by a drug science advisory committee, whose recommendations shall be forwarded to the Secretary for his final decision. Authorizes judicial review of a final order of the Secretary by a United States Court of Appeals. Requires, with specified exceptions, the registration of domestic and foreign establishments engaged in the manufacture, importation, export, or distribution of any drug entity or drug product. Prohibits for five years after the issuance date of a monograph the licensure of any drug product without: (1) written authorization from the monograph petitioner; or (2) data and information independent of the monograph which would support a determination that the monograph could be issued. Permits the licensure of a drug product, after the expiration of such five year period, without the making of necessary animal and clinical studies already made to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of the drug product under the original monograph. Requires registration of any drug to be used in a drug investigation, and revocation of registration if the human participants in the investigation are subject to unreasonable and significant risk of illness or injury. Specifies standards and requirements for such investigations. Requires the informed consent of participants in such investigations unless the immediate use of the drug product is, in the investigator's opinion, needed to preserve the participant's life and time is not sufficient to obtain either consent from either the participant or his legal representative. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) issue written guidelines regarding protocols and methods for conducting investigations; and (2) to review and advise, upon request, regarding specified aspects of a drug investigation. Requires unlicensed drug products and drug entities not subject to monographs to obtain permits for export to foreign countries. Specifies requirements for such exports. Exempts homeopathic drug entities and products from monograph, licensure, and investigational use requirements if manufactured or imported in accordance with import/export registration requirements of this Act. Requires: (1) patient information labeling in layperson's language of the risks, benefits, side effects and so forth of any drug entity or product; and (2) practitioner information labeling that identifies the licensee, registrant, permittee and manufacturer of such drug. Directs the Secretary to prepare and publish a compendium of all prescription drugs eligible for licensing under issued monographs. Prohibits from the promotional labeling of any prescription drug product indications for use, comparisons with other drug products, or dosage recommendations not contained in the information labeling of such product. Prohibits drug product licensees and their agents from: (1) distributing sample prescription drug products without charge; and (2) providing services or transferring items to specified medical personnel or their families, if the value of the service or item is at least $5.00, and no charge is made. Requires disclosure of the sponsorship by a drug product licensee or distributor of medical and scientific educational materials (other than labeling). Forbids the disclosure by pharmacists and their agents of prescriptions or information contained in prescriptions to anybody but the patient, the prescribing practitioner, or other specified persons. Prohibits licensees and their agents from obtaining or attempting to obtain such information. Prescribes civil, criminal, and administrative penalties, and subjects drug entities and products to seizure, for violations of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses in any matter relating to implementation or enforcement of this Title. Authorizes the Secretary to inspect drug manufacturing and distributing establishments to determine compliance with this Title. Limits the application of the provisions of this Title to drugs intended for human use. Title II: National Center for Clinical Pharmacology; Evaluation of the Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish, in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the National Center for Clinical Pharmacology to conduct and support, by grants: (1) research in clinical pharmacology and clinical pharmacy; and (2) an ongoing review and analysis of the use of drug products in the United States. Directs the Secretary to contract for an independent evaluation of Title I and its effect on: (1) protection of the public against adverse reactions from and misuse of drug products; (2) innovation in drug research; (3) the economics of the pharmaceutical industry; (4) the cost of drug products; (5) prescribing practices; and (6) the time required for the issuance of monographs. Requires a report on such evaluation to the appropriate Committees of Congress within seven years of enactment.

Bill· HRH.R. 12784 (95th)referred

Sugar Stabilization Act

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1978

Sugar Stabilization Act - Sets forth the policy of the Congress with respect to foreign trade in sugar. Title I: International Sugar Agreement - Authorizes the President to prohibit the importation of sugar from any country not a member of the International Sugar Organization, and to otherwise regulate foreign trade in sugar to implement the International Sugar Agreement. Establishes civil penalties for the violations of such regulations. Requires the President to submit to Congress an annual report on the Agreement. Title II: Domestic Sugar Program - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make an annual estimate of the sugar consumption needs of the United States. Establishes a formula for determining the price objectives of domestic sugar. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a quota for the importation of sugar, and to adjust such quota. Authorizes the Secretary to impose an import fee in order to attain the price objective for sugar. Prohibits the established quota from being filled by direct-consumption sugar, except in specified circumstances. Permits the Secretary to suspend such quota and fees under specified circumstances. Authorizes the Secretary to impose a quota on the importation of "sugar-containing products. Prohibits the importation of sugar, liquid sugar, or "sugar-containing products" after the import quotas have been filled. Prohibits the importation of certain sugar or liquid sugar into the Virgin Islands in excess of 100 pounds annually. Prohibits the exportation of certain sugar from the United States. Regulates the exportation of sugar. Sets forth items to which the sugar quota shall not apply. Title III: General Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations to carry out this Act. Establishes penalties for the violation of such regulations. Requires certain information to be furnished to the Secretary by persons engaged in the manufacture, marketing, transports, or industrial use, of sugar. Prohibits officials engaged in the administration of this Act to invest in sugar. Establishes penalties for the violation of such prohibition. Authorizes the President to suspend the operation of Title II of this Act in a national emergency. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (1) to conduct surveys and investigations to carry out this Act, and (2) to announce a "daily spot price" for raw sugar in specified circumstances. Terminates the authority of the Secretary under this Act on December 31, 1982.

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