United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1975
Consumer Controversies Resolution Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to assure all consumers convenient access to a consumer controversy resolution mechanism which is effective, fair, inexpensive, and expeditious, and to facilitate better representation of consumer interests. Defines the terms used in this Act. Directs the Federal Trade Commission to establish a Bureau of Consumer Redress. Directs the Commission to perform enumerated duties, including: (1) allocate and pay to the States funds appropriated for financial assistance to States under cooperative agreements; (2) review the operation of each State plan for the resolution of controversies involving consumers which has been approved under this Act; and (3) articulate and evaluate the goals for a model State system of consumer controversy resolution. Provides for the allocation to States of monies appropriated for financial assistance pursuant to this Act. Specifies purposes for which such funds may be used including public education and publicity relating to the availability and proper use of consumer controversy resolution mechanisms and settlement procedures. Authorizes to be appropriated not more than $500,000 for fiscal year 1976, and $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1975
Authorizes payment under the supplementary medical insurance program of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Secuirty Act for optometric and medical vision care.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1975
Urges the President to seek an immediate international suspension of the transfer to nonnuclear weapons countries of nuclear enrichment and reprocessing facilities and technology to permit time for the negotiation of additional safeguards to reduce the risk of diversion or theft of plutonium and other nuclear materials to military or other uses that would jeopardize world peace and security.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1975
Authorizes, under the International Travel Act of 1961, additional appropriations for transition periods in 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979, to carry out specified programs funded under such Act. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Interior for fiscal years 1976-1978 to promote, through the National Park Service, travel within the United States. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to promote and develop travel within the United States through activities which are in the public interest and which do not complete with activities of any State, city, or private agency.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1975
Coal Mining Technology and Manpower Development Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to advance the technology and training of technologists needed to increase the production of coal in a safe and environmentally acceptable manner. Defines terms used in this Act. Authorizes and directs the Director of the National Science Foundation: (1) develop improved curricula for use by community colleges in programs for training of technologists needed to increase the production of coal in a safe and environmentally acceptable manner; (2) to conduct, by contract or other arrangement, demonstration projects applying the curricula developed under this Act; and (3) to conduct research designed to identify the manpower goals and needs of the United States for increasing the production of coal in a safe and environmentally acceptable manner. States that curricula developed under this Act shall include the training of technologists in the fields of: (1) the extraction, preparation, and the transportation of coal; (2) the reclamation of coal mined land; (3) the disposal of coal mine wastes; (4) the chemical and physical analysis of coal and materials, such as water and soil, that are involved in the coal mining process; and (5) the improvement of health and safety of coal mine employees. Establishes an Advisory Council on Coal Mining Technology Education. States that the Council shall advise the Director of the National Science Foundation with respect to the general administration of this Act. Requires the Council to report its findings and recommendations to the President annually. States that the President shall transmit such report to Congress. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to community colleges to carry out programs for the training of technologists in the field of coal mining and technology. States that the Commissioner shall give priority in making such grants to community colleges located in States having abundant coal reserves and having training programs implementing curricula developed under this Act. Sets forth the requirements for applications for grants made available under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated: (1) for the development of improved curricula, $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $8,000,000 for fiscal years 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, and 1980; (2) for the operation of the Advisory Council, such sums as are necessary; (3) for the provision of fiscal assistance to community colleges, not to exceed $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and not to exceed $10,000,000 for fiscal years 1977, 1978, 1979, and 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1975
Presidential Science and Technology Advisory Organization Act - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Makes it the duty of the Director of such office to be the President's chief policy advisor with respect to scientific and technological matters. Authorizes to be appropriated such amounts as may be necessary to carry out functions under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1975
Consumer Leasing Act - Declares it the purpose of this Act to assure a meaningful disclosure of the terms of leases of personal property so as to enable the lessee to compare more readily the various lease and credit terms available to him, to limit balloon payments, and to assure meaningful and accurate disclosures of lease terms in advertisements. Requires, under the Truth in Lending Act, the lessor of personal property to give to the lessee, prior to the consummation of the lease, a dated written statement on which the lessor and lessee are identified setting out in a clear conspicuous manner the terms of the lease, as specified by this Act. Imposes specified limitations upon consumer lease advertising. Makes a lessor who violates the provisions of the Act civilly liable to the lessee.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1975
Industrial Reorganization Act - Title I: Possession of Monopoly Power - Declares it to be unlawful for any corporation or two or more corporations, whether by agreement or not, to possess monopoly power in any line of commerce in any section of the country or with foreign nations. Sets forth the conditions under which there shall be a rebuttable presumption that monopoly power is possessed. Requires that in those instances not covered by the provisions of this Act, the burden to prove the the possession of a monopoly power shall lie on the Industrial Reorganization Commission established under this Act. Sets forth those conditions under which a corporation shall not be required to divest monopoly power. Title II: Industrial Reorganization Commission - Defines the terms used in this title. Establishes as an independent agency the Industrial Reorganization Commission. Provides for such Commission to be directed by a Commissioner appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Stipulates that the Office of Management and Budget shall not inspect, examine or audit the records or work of the Commission. Directs the Comptroller General to conduct such reviews and audits of the Commission as he deems necessary. Directs the Commission to study the structure, performance, and control of each of the following industries: (1) chemicals and drugs; (2) electrical machinery and equipment; (3) electronic computing and communication equipment; (4) energy; (5) iron and steel; (6) motor vehicles; and (7) nonferrous metals. Directs the Commission to report to the Congress not later than September 30 in each odd-numbered year with respect to the status of each study undertaken under this title, together with such recommendations, including recommendations for legislation, as it deems necessary. Provides that such legislative recommendations may include, but are not limited to, amendments to the antitrust laws, the Internal Revenue Code, the patent laws, and the National Labor Relations Act. Directs the Commission to prescribe violations of title I of this Act. Requires that the Commission shall terminate its operations 15 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and that the functions, jurisdiction, powers, and duties of the Commission shall be transferred to the Federal Trade Commission. Authorizes appropriations necessary to carry out this title. Title III: Establishment of Industrial Reorganization Court - Provides that the President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a chief judge and 14 associate judges who shall constitute a court of record known as the United States Industrial Reorganization Court. Declares that such court is established under article III of the Constitution of the United States. Makes provision for single-judge trials; except that three judges may be designated to hear and determine any civil action which the chief judge finds: (1) raises an issue of the constitutionality of an Act of Congress, a proclamation of the President, or an Executive order; or (2) has broad or significant implications in the administration or interpretation of this Act. Provides that the Court shall have original jurisdiction to hear and determine all complaints and proposed orders or reorganizations filed by the Commission under title I of this Act. Allows corporation or corporations to, within 60 days from the entry of judgment, file a reorganization. Provides that the Court shall conduct a proceeding to determine whether or not the proposed order or orders of reorganization would restore effective competition. States that the Court shall then enter an order of reorganization to effectuate the purposes of this Act. Provides that appeal from any final order of the Court will lie only to the Supreme Court. Limits the scope of review on appeal to: (1) whether or not the Court proceeded correctly under the provisions of this title; and (2) whether or not the findings of fact of the Court are supported by substantial evidence.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1975
Exempts from Federal income taxation a trust established by a taxpayer for the purpose of providing care for specified mentally incompetent relatives of the taxpayer.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1975
Health Planning and Resource Development Act Amendments - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to grant waivers from the health service area population requirements of the Public Health Service Act in unusual circumstances, if requested by the Governor of the State in which such area is located.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1975
Requires the continued application of the minimum nursing salary cost differential of 8 1/2 percent which is presently allowed in determining the reasonable cost of inpatient nursing care for purposes of reimbursement to providers under the Medicare program of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1975
Industrial Energy Conservation Act - Sets forth congressional findings and purposes, and defines the terms used in this Act. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to conduct energy efficiency surveys for the purpose of compiling information with respect to: (1) the major energy consuming industrial processes utilized within each industry; (2) the current level of the energy efficiency of such process; (3) the maximum level of energy efficiency achievable by 1980; and (4) the prerequisites to achieving improvements in energy efficiency. Directs the Secretary to establish and publish an Industrial Energy Efficiency Target for industries surveyed. Requires the chief executive officer of each major energy-consuming company, as defined by this Act, to submit to the Secretary an annual energy conservation report. Imposes civil penalties for failure to do so. Directs the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration to establish and maintain a comprehensive program for research, development, and demonstration of energy conserving industrial technologies. Sets forth priorities for determining grant and contract recipients under such program. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans, and to guarantee the payment of loans and other obligations, for the purchase, construction, operation, or maintenance of energy efficient equipment or facilities. Sets forth priorities for determining recipients for such loans and loan guarantees. Authorizes specified appropriations for carrying out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1975
Requires, under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, comprehensive State plans to include provisions for the prevention of crimes against the elderly.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1975
Energy Information Act - Sets forth Congressional findings and purposes and defines the terms used in this Act. Title I: National Energy Information Administration - Creates as an independent agency of the Federal Government the National Energy Information Administration, to be headed by an Administrator. Provides that the function of the Administration shall be the collection, tabulation, comparison, analysis, standardization, and dissemination of energy information pursuant to this Act. Directs the Administrator to coordinate exisitng energy information collection activities of all Federal agencies. Requires the Administrator to submit to Congress and the President a plan for the consolidation of the energy information activities of the Federal Government. Provides for the imposition of criminal penalties for the unauthorized disclosure of, or theft of, non-public energy information. Title II: National Energy Information System - Directs the Administrator to establish a National Energy Information system which shall be operated and maintained by the Administration. Provides that such System shall contain such information as is required (1) to provide a description of and facilitate analysis of energy supply and consumption within and affecting the United States on the basis of such geographic areas and economic sectors as may be appropriate and (2) to meet adequately the needs of the Congress and of those Federal agencies which are responsible for energy policy analysis and formulation and for energy regulation. Requires major energy producing companies to file annual financial reports with the Administrator. Requires major energy consuming companies to file annual energy consumption reports, including the amounts and types of energy used, with the Administrator. Provides that the information collected pursuant to this Act shall be made public except where such information: (1) constitutes a trade secret; (2) would substantially harm the company that supplied it if disclosed; (3) was obtained from a Federal, State or local agency on a confidential basis; and (4) was classified for national security on foreign policy reasons. Authorizes the Administrator to delay the disclosure of geological information. Provides that only Federal employees having official use for such information shall have access to the information in the non-public catergories listed above. Title III: Energy Resources Surveys and Inspections by the Department of the Interior - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to compile, maintain, and keep current on not less than an annual basis a survey of all mineral fuel resources and nonmineral energy resources in the public lands of the United States. Stipulates that such survey program shall be designed to provide information about the location, extent, value, and characteristics of such resources. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Directs the Comptroller General to continuously monitor and evaluate the activities and operations of the Administration. Authorizes to be appropriated to the National Energy Information Administration and the Department of the Interior such amounts as may be requisite to full and efficient performance of the duties imposed upon such agencies by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1975
Requires air carriers to give 45 days notice to the Civil Aeronautics Board of proposed changes in air tariffs. Requires the Board to notify an air carrier of the Board's temporary suspension of an air tariff at least 15 days before such tariff would otherwise go into effect.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Valley Forge National Historical Park in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Stipulates that such park is not to exceed 3,500 acres. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1975
National Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation and Coal Substitution Act - Requires new electric powerplants and major industrial installations which become operational after January 1, 1979, and which utilize fossile energy resources as boiler fuel to be capable of utilizing coal as their primary energy source, in conformance with applicable environmental requirements. Requires that no later than January 1, 1980, existing electric powerplants and major industrial installations which utilize fossil energy resources as boiler fuel (and not scheduled for retirement prior to January 1, 1985) must acquire the capability, to the maximum extent practicable, to utilize coal as their primary energy source in conformance with applicable environmental requirements. Requires that, by January 1, 1985, to the maximum extent practicable, electric powerplants and major industrial installations which utilize fossil energy resources as boiler fuel utilize coal as their primary energy sources in conformance with applicable environmental requirements. Provides civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1975
Resource Recycling and Conservation Act - Declares the findings of Congress and purposes of this Act, including to promote the use of materials that can be used again through recovery, reuse, and recycling and to discourage the unnecessary use and depletion of virgin natural resource materials. Defines the terms used in this Act. Requires the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Federal Maritime Commission to: (1) conduct an investigation, based upon the identification and examination of such rates as are significant to such investigation, of the rate structure for the transportation of recycled materials by transportation carriers subject to their respective jurisdiction and determine whether such transportation rate structure is in whole or in part unjustly discriminatory, or, in the case of interstate commerce, unreasonable; and (2) in all cases where the rate structure applicable to the transportation of recycled materials is found to be unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, issue orders requiring the removal from such rate structure of such unjust discrimination or, unreasonableness. Provides, with regard to such rates, for the filing of complaints, investigation, proceedings, and review of orders issued by the Commissions. Provides that, with respect to procurement items purchased through advertisements for bids, no procurement shall be made of any item unless it is, by comparison with competing items offered for sale by suppliers, composed of the greatest percentage of reclaimed materials and is, to the greatest extent, recyclable or reusable following the use for which it is designed or used, whenever a significant difference exists between such item and competing items with respect to such characteristics. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to prepare guidelines for the use of procuring agencies, setting forth recommended practices with respect to the procurement of reclaimed, recyclable, and reusable materials. Directs the Administrator in consultation with the National Bureau of Standards to promulgate regulations: (1) identifying products (or classes of products), the manufacturing, distribution, or disposal practices of which may use an unreasonable amount of energy or virgin materials identified by the President to be critical for the national welfare, and in actual or potential short supply; (2) giving information on existing technology and practices for reducing the amount of energy or virgin materials used in the manufacturing, distribution, or disposal of such products; and (3) establishing standards for the control of such products. States that the Administrator shall establish a central reference library for performance and cost effectiveness records and other data with respect to the methods of energy and resource recovery. Creates a National Commission on Environmental Costs to conduct studies and make recommendations on enumerated disposal operation aspects of this Act. Directs the Director of the National Bureau of Standards to issue regulations with respect to recycled oil. Requires each manufacturer, producer, or importer of any product which is governed by any standard under a regulation issued under this Act to maintain records, detailing the information to be collected. Requires any person who stores, treats, transports, disposes of, or otherwise to admit any duly designated officer or employee of the Environmental Protection Agency, an involved regional authority, or a State or local agency having jurisdiction to any site or facility and to furnish all records relating to such waste for purpose of examination and copying. Imposes criminal and civil penalties for violations of this Act, and grants, in specified instances, any person authority to commence a civil action on his own behalf for violations of this Act. Provides for: (1) judicial review of any final regulation issued under this Act; and (2) public availability of information obtained under this Act, with trade secret exemptions. Authorizes the Federal Power Commission to review, and modify where necessary, its existing policies, rules, and regulations as they affect the operation of public utilities and natural gas companies to bring such policies, rules, and regulations, into conformance with the purposes of this Act. Authorizes specific appropriations for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1975
Provides for the Federal incorporation of the National Ski Patrol System. Makes the purpose of the corporation the promotion, in all and any ways, of public safety in skiing. Provides that the principal office of the corporation shall be located in Denver, Colorado. Requires the corporation to maintain a designated agent in the District of Columbia. Provides for the membership of the corporation. Sets forth the powers and the limitations of such corporation. Prohibits corporation participation in any political activity or in any attempt to influence legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1975
Emergency Rail Transportation Improvement and Employment Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to authorize the Secretary of Transportation in consultation with the Secretary of Labor to provide financial assistance to eligible applicants, for programs aimed at reducing unemployment and at repairing, rehabilitating, or improving essential railroad roadbeds and facilities. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to provide financial assistance in the form of grants to eligible applicants for projects that involve the repair, rehabilitation or improvement of railroad roadbeds and facilities that best fulfill specified objectives. Provides that such grants shall be expended for the payment of wages. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to eligible applicants for materials and equipment assistance, upon assurances that other financing is not available. Sets forth guidelines and procedures for grant and other financial assistance applications. Sets forth employment priorities applicable to projects financed under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated $600,000,000 for the payment of wages, $100,000,000 for materials and equipment assistance, and $7,000,000 for administrative expenses, to remain available for obligation until December 31, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1975
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Amendments - Expands the coverage of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act to include: (1) the Soil Conservation Service small watershed program; (2) TVA projects; and (3) the licensing of nuclear powerplants. Requires whenever the waters of any body of water are modified with the assistance of Federal funds that the National Marine Fisheries Service be consulted, as well as the State fish and wildlife agencies, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Redefines "consultation" so as to provide a systematic requirement of written findings by the fish and wildlife agencies, and formal reports based on these findings by the departments concerned. Requires that the operation and maintenance costs of studies and investigations made pursuant to such Act be funded by the constructing agency. Provides for annual reports from constructing agencies detailing their rate of progress in installing fish and wildlife measures. Permits any citizen to commence a civil action on his own behalf against any person or Federal agency where there is alleged to be a violation of such Act or a failure to perform a duty under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1975
Uniformed Services Retired and Retainer Pay Equalization Act - Provides that, not withstanding any other provision of law, a member or former member of the uniformed service who is entitled to retired or retainer pay in effect after September 30, 1949, and before January 1, 1974, is entitled to have that pay recomputed under the rates of basic pay in effect on January 1, 1974. Lists provisions for such recomputation.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1975
States that for purposes of the National Portrait Gallery Act the term "portraiture" includes portraits and reproductions thereof made by any means or process, whether invented or developed heretofore or hereafter.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1975
Electric Vehicle Research, Development and Demonstration Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States and the purpose of this Act to demonstrate the commerical feasibility of electric vehicles for urban individual and business use, and to encourage research and development in new technologies for electric vehicles with wider applications, in order to promote long-range conservation of liquid fuel and reduce environmental pollution. Directs the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration to initiate and provide for the conduct of research and development in areas related to electric vehicles. Directs the Administrator to enter into such contracts as may be necessary and appropriate: (1) for the production, within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, of significant numbers of urban passenger and commercial vehicles which have electric propulsion systems on conventional chassis; and (2) for the production, within three years after such date, of significant number of urban passenger and commercial vehicles which are specifically designed for electric propulsion as the primary power source. Directs the United States Postal Service, the General Services Administration, the Secretary of Defense, and heads of other Federal agencies to arrange for the introduction of electric vehicles into their fleets as soon as possible. Authorizes $40,000,000 to be appropriated to the Administrator for each of the fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1975
Unfair Competition Act - States that a person commits unlawful and unfair competition under the Federal Trade Commission Act when he: (1) passes off goods or services that he offers to purchasers as or for the goods or services that another offers to purchasers or (2) misrepresents his goods or services or those of another to actual or prospective purchasers. Provide for injunctive relief from and damages for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1975
American Folklife Preservation Act - Creates an American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress. Provides that the center shall be subject to the supervision and direction of a board of trustees. Specifies the composition of the board, including: four members appointed by the President, and seven members appointed by the Librarian of Congress. Directs the Librarian to appoint a Director of the Center. Authorizes the Center to establish and implement a program of contracts, grants, loans and scholarships to promote and support American folklife traditions and arts. Provides that no payment shall be made pursuant to this Act to carry out any research or training over a period in excess of two years, with specified exceptions. Provides that no former employee of the Federal government shall be eligible to receive any grant or other assistance under this Act in the two year period following the termination of such employment. Requires the Center to submit to the Librarian of Congress, for inclusion in his annual report to the Congress, an annual report of its operations under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Center to carry out the provisions of this Act $167,750 for fiscal year 1976, $710,000 for fiscal year 1977, and $1,716,000 for fiscal year 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1975
Authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation designating the seven calendar days commencing on April 30 of each year as "National Beta Sigma Phi Week".
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1975
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Amateur Athletic Union restore to the late Jim Thorpe the status of amateur athlete and that the International Olympic Committee should officially recognize Jim Thorpe's achievements during the 1912 Olympic Games.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1975
Provides for the making of grants under the Public Health Service Act to public or nonprofit colleges and universities to assist them in establishing graduate programs for nurses in geriatrics and gerontology.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1975
Title I: Survey and Certification, Ratesetting and Audit, and General Regulation of Long-Term Care Facilities Under Medicaid Programs - Requires that a State plan for medical assistance must provide that no skilled nursing facility may receive payments under such plan unless and until it is approved to receive payments under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Provides that such State plan require that the State agency shall have the power to terminate reimbursement to a skilled nursing or intermediate care facility which violates its provider agreement. Requires such State plan to include that the inspection and medical review shall serve as the basis for determining the overpayment to such facility, and the amount such agency must refund. Requires such State plan to provide that any skilled nursing facility receiving payments under the plan be required to maintain with the State agency a bond to anitcipate any and all claims for overpayment. Title II: Medical, Psychological, and Social Assessment of Patients in Need of Long-Term Care Under Medicare And Medicaid Programs - Requires that for payment of services furnished an individual under the Medicare and Medicaid programs physician's certification be based on such patient assessment criteria as the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may require. Provides that a State plan must include a regular program of medical review utilizing such criteria as are required by the Secretary, and a plan for periodic inspections of all nursing homes to find the feasibilities, determined by reference to the criteria and methods required by the Secretary of meeting their health care needs through alternative institutional or noninstitutional services.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1975
Provides 100 percent Federal funding of financial audits of skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities participating in medicare and medicaid programs conducted by State personnel pursuant to the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1975
Provides criminal penalties under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act for: (1) the solicitation or acceptance of any gift, money, or consideration over and above the rates established by the States; or (2) the acceptance of any gift, money, or donation, as a precondition of admitting a patient to a long-term care facility.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1975
Requires States, under the Medicaid program of the Social Security Act, to establish ombudsman programs to investigate nursing home complaints and represent consumer interests.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1975
Requires nursing homes participating in Federal programs pursuant to title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to have in effect procedures to prevent epidemic diseases and accidents and for reporting them immediately to appropriate authority and next of kin of patients involved in any untoward incident affecting health and safety.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1975
Makes it an unfair labor practice under the National Labor Relations Act to discharge or otherwise discriminate against an employee because he has given testimony before any standing, special, or select committee of Congress, or in any proceeding before any agency or department of the Federal Government.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1975
Requires under titles XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, that skilled nursing facilities employ at least one registered professional nurse twenty-four hours per day, seven days a week.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1975
Provides for the making of direct loans at 4 percent or the current market interest rate, whichever is lower, under the Public Health Service Act, for the construction and rehabilitation of nursing homes owned and operated by churches and other nonprofit organizations. Authorizes to be appropriated such as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1975
Allows a tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code for amounts paid during the taxable year by the taxpayer for nursing home expenses for an individual who would be a dependent of such taxpayer if sufficient support were provided.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, under title XX of the Social Security Act, to provide for a system of inspections of State inspection and enforcement mechanisms with regard to facilities receiving payments under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1975
Provides educational and performance requirements for long-term care facility personnel compensated with Federal funds who are responsible for determining whether such institutions comply with health and safety standards required under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1975
Provides, under the Social Security Act, for the establishment of an Inspector General for health administration. Authorizes the Inspector General to suspend any regulation, practice, or procedure found not to be in compliance with the provisions or purposes of the Medicare or Medicaid programs. Authorizes the Inspector General to make confidential expenditures of up to $50,000 in any fiscal year to make inspections, audit, or reviews in furtherance of the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1975
Requires under the Social Security Act that in order for States to be eligible for payments pursuant to title XIX (Medicaid) of the Act, that they must have in effect an agreement with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in which the State agrees to carry out a specified inspection program. Directs the Secretary to prescribe such inspection program with respect to public and private nursing and intermediate care facilities to determine if such facilities meet standards affecting the well-being of the patients. Stipulates that the inspection program will include: (1) inspections at least once every three months; (2) making the results of such inspection public; and (3) notification to the facility of any noncompliance with applicable standards. Requires in such agreement with the Secretary that such State undertake to enforce the rights enumerated by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1975
Requires admissions contracts between nursing homes participating in Federal programs and the patients they serve under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1975
Requires under titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act that only registered professional nurses or licensed practical nurses may set up or distribute medications in skilled nursing facilities.
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