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Bill· HRH.R. 5977 (98th)referred

Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged Act

United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1984

Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit a State plan for medical assistance to provide assistance for outpatient prescribed drugs and other items for individuals who are 65 or older and who are U.S. citizens in the United States or resident aliens and who have incomes below a certain level and are not otherwise eligible for medical assistance under the State medical plan if: (1) the State has in effect a law permitting a licensed pharmacist to substitute a less expensive interchangeable drug for another drug unless a licensed physician provides that a substitution is medically inappropriate; and (2) the State plan provides that the amount of payment will not exceed the cost of the least expensive interchangeable drug. Sets forth requirements governing amounts of payments. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for informing individuals who are 65 or older and who are entitled to Medicare benefits of the benefits available under this Act in States which have elected to have a program of pharmaceutical assistance for the aged pursuant to this Act. Requires the Secretary to promulgate final regulations by September 1, 1985, to provide for State implementation of this Act. Provides that this Act shall apply to medical assistance furnished with respect to outpatient prescribed drugs furnished on or after October 1, 1985. Directs the Secretary to maintain statistical records on State programs of pharmaceutical assistance to the aged to determine the effectiveness and impact of such programs. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the programs when the FY 1987 budget for the Department of Health and Human Services is transmitted to Congress.

Bill· SS. 2814 (98th)open

Pediatric Preventive Health Care Incentive Tax Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1984

Pediatric Preventive Health Care Incentive Tax Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny employers an income tax deduction for group health plan expenses unless such plan includes coverage for pediatric preventive health care. Defines "pediatric preventive health care" for purposes of qualification for such income tax deduction.

Bill· SS. 2832 (98th)open

A bill to amend the Saccharin Study and Labeling Act.

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1984

Amends the Saccharin Study and Labeling Act to extend until May 1, 1988, the period during which the Secretary of Health and Human Services may not take certain actions to restrict the continued use of saccharin or of any food, drug, or cosmetic containing saccharin.

Bill· HRH.R. 5966 (98th)referred

A bill to provide prompt, exclusive, and equitable compensation, as a substitute for inadequate tort remedies, for disabilities or deaths resulting from occupational exposure to asbestos; and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1984

Title I: Supplemental Benefits - Establishes a Federal supplemental benefit program for death or disability caused by occupational exposure to asbestos. Provides guidelines for: (1) the calculation of benefits in proportion to disability; (2) payment methods; and (3) payment priorities. Exempts such supplemental benefits from: (1) any tax or legal process; and (2) any offset for administrative benefits under State or Federal law. Sets guidelines for the offset of supplemental benefits where reorganization or liquidation proceedings occur under Federal bankruptcy laws. Makes supplemental benefits payable only out of the Asbestos-Related Disease Trust Fund established by this Act. Conditions eligibility for supplemental benefits upon such benefits' being the exclusive remedy of an individual for occupational exposure to asbestos. Prescribes guidelines for the filing and payment of asbestos-related disease claims. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to apply by analogy specified portions of the Social Security Act when making determinations of: (1) entitlement to benefits; (2) review of claims; and (3) delegations of authority to State agencies. Directs the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to determine annually the average weekly wage for manufacturing workers in each State. Requires such determinations to govern decisions regarding all claims filed in the following calendar year. Requires the Secretary to rely upon: (1) prior court decisions regarding a claimant; (2) prior determinations by the appropriate workers' compensation program regarding specified eligibility criteria. Specifies exceptions. Requires the Secretary to apply the appropriate workers' compensation law when reviewing supplemental benefit claims. Creates within the Department of Health and Human Services the National Medical Panel on Asbestos-Related Diseases to: (1) decide which diseases belong to the list of asbestos-related diseases; (2) review claims to determine whether a person's disease was caused by asbestos exposure; and (3) publish certain Medical Assessment Guidance Documents. Provides guidelines for the appointment of medical scientists to the Panel from certain organizations. Directs the Panel to promulgate a list of asbestos-related diseases and to provide explanations of any decisions to include or omit a disease from such list. Outlines conditions under which the Panel shall review claims for asbestos-related diseases which do not appear on the panel's list of diseases. Requires the Panel to determine within a specified time whether the disease in the referred claim should be included on such list. Requires the Panel to publish Medical Assessment Guidance Documents including specific medical diagnostic criteria to aid parties and decisionmakers determine whether a death or disability was caused by occupational exposure to asbestos. Title II: Finance - Prescribes guidelines under which: (1) assessments are imposed against each asbestos defendant; (2) assessment allocation factors are assigned to asbestos defendants; (3) assessments are imposed against asbestos insurance policies; and (4) assessments are imposed against companies undergoing Federal bankruptcy proceedings. Sets the aggregate semiannual assessment on defendants in 1985 and 1986 at $150,000,000. Imposes interest upon assessments not paid by the due date. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) conduct studies determining assessment allocation factor amounts and assessment apportionment ratios; and (2) promulgate compliance regulations. States that assessment payments do not prejudice the right to recover or challenge such payments. Treats asbestos-related disease assessments imposed upon either an asbestos defendant or an asbestos insurance policy, for Federal income tax purposes, as ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in carrying on the trade or business, on the one hand, and insurance contract losses, on the other. Treats asbestos-related disease assessments as miscellaneous excise taxes. Establishes in the Treasury the Asbestos-Related Disease Trust Fund (the Trust Fund). Details the manner in which such Trust Fund shall be funded and administered. Makes the Secretary of the Treasury the Managing Trustee, and delineates trustee functions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and subsequent years. Establishes within the Department of the Treasury the Asbestos-Related Disease Trust Fund Conservation Committee (the Committee) comprised of the Managing Trustee and five public members appointed by the President. Includes among the consultation and review functions of such Committee: (1) claim disposition; (2) grant and contract awards; and (3) claims and assessments analysis. Directs the Committee to submit an annual report to the Congress regarding the performance of its responsibilities. Authorizes the Committee, with the advice and assistance of the Secretary of Labor, to instruct the Managing Trustee to award grants and contracts to specified organizations for the purpose of: (1) improving State workers' compensation programs; (2) assuring the availability of medical specialists to assist government agencies; (3) establishing medical evaluation units to determine occupational sources of asbestos-related diseases; and (4) medical treatment research. Title III: Miscellaneous - Makes the supplemental benefits under this Act and the applicable workers' compensation programs the exclusive remedy for occupational exposure to asbestos. Exempts certain persons from liability for occupational exposure to asbestos. Removes jurisdiction from State or Federal tribunals to adjudicate any claim of liability for occupational exposure to asbestos after enactment of this Act. Confers jurisdiction for judicial review of administrative acts under this Act only upon the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Confers jurisdiction for questions of assessments and constitutionality under this Act only upon a special three-judge district court established in the District Court for the District of Columbia. Requires all administrative costs and expenses of this Act to be paid out of the Trust Fund. Directs the Secretaries of Health and Human Services, of Labor, of the Treasury, and the Attorney General to submit an analysis and certification of their respective costs under this Act to the Managing Trustee for reimbursement.

Bill· HRH.R. 5971 (98th)referred

Health Effects of Radiation Research Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1984

Health Effects of Radiation Research Act of 1984 - Transfers to the Secretary of Health and Human Services the authority of the Secretary of Energy to conduct epidemiological studies of radiation effects. Establishes an advisory panel comprised of individuals representing: (1) public interest groups; (2) experts in epidemiological studies of radiation effects upon health; and (3) public health officials.

Bill· HRH.R. 5967 (98th)referred

Breast Cancer Treatment Informed Consent Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1984

Breast Cancer Treatment Informed Consent Act - Requires any State receiving funds under titles V (Maternal and Child Health Block Grant) or XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act or under the preventive health service provisions of the Public Health Service Act to require any physician or surgeon licensed to practice medicine in such State to inform any breast cancer patient of alternative methods of treatment for breast cancer before such treatment is begun. Requires that the patients be informed by means of: (1) a standardized written summary in layman's language and in a language understood by the patient of alternative methods of treatment; and (2) an explanation of the treatment options described in such written summary together with the risks associated with each procedure relative to each patient's particular medical circumstances.

Bill· SS. 2798 (98th)referred

A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for the planning, development, establishment, and operation of poison control centers.

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1984

Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for the development and implementation of poison control centers to provide services, including a toll-free hotline, for poisoning and drug overdose cases. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 5931 (98th)referred

Commission for the Study of Suicide Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1984

Commission for the Study of Suicide Act of 1984 - Establishes the Commission for the Study of Suicide to develop a national plan regarding the causes of and treatment strategies for suicide. Requires the Commission to transmit to the President and the Congress a detailed report of its findings, conclusions and recommendations by a certain date. Terminates the Commission by a certain date. Authorizes appropriations.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 536 (98th)passed

A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 5602) to amend Titles VII and VIII of the Public Health Service Act to extend the programs of assistance for the training of health professions personnel, to revise and extend the National Health Service Corps program under that Act, and to revise and extend the programs of assistance under that Act for health maintenance organizations and migrant and community health centers.

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1984

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 5602 (public health programs).

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 602 (98th)referred

A joint resolution designating the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Maryland, as the National Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medicine.

United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1984

Designates the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems at the University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, as the National Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medicine.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 315 (98th)referred

A joint resolution designating the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems at the University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland as the National Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medical Systems.

United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1984

Designates the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems at the University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, as the National Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medical Systems.

Bill· HRH.R. 5892 (98th)referred

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include dental care, eye care, dentures, eyeglasses, and hearing aids among the benefits provided by the insurance program established by part B of such title, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1984

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to include among the benefits provided by the insurance program established by part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of such title dental care, eye care, dentures, eyeglasses, hearing aids, and other prosthetic devices relating to the oral cavity, jaws, eyes, or ears, including replacement of such devices. Revises the method of determining premiums for individuals eligible under part B. Increases the Government contribution to the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. Excludes from coverage under part B expenses incurred with respect to the referral of an individual to a physician by a doctor of optometry arising out of a procedure in connection with the diagnosis or detection of eye diseases.

Bill· HRH.R. 5888 (98th)referred

A bill to provide for medicare demonstration projects for alternative medicare benefits for individuals with Alzheimer's disease or a related memory disorder.

United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1984

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with specified agencies, to conduct at least ten demonstration projects to determine the feasibility of providing for alternative Medicare benefits for individuals entitled to Medicare benefits who are diagnosed as suffering from Alzheimer's disease or a related memory disorder. Directs the Secretary, in conducting such projects, to consider: (1) alternative benefits that encompass a range of outpatient services that are particularly appropriate to individuals suffering from such a progressive, chronic illness; and (2) providing alternative benefits in a manner that is analogous to the manner in which benefits for hospice care are made available under Medicare. Limits the cost of each such project. Provides for the paying for such projects.

Bill· HRH.R. 5861 (98th)open

Medicare Preferred Provider Organization and Competition Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1984

Medicare Preferred Provider Organization and Competition Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through negotiations, to provide for the determination of payment rates for services by preferred provider organizations so long as the total amount of payments made under title XVIII pursuant to such rates does not exceed the lesser of: (1) 95 percent of the adjusted average per capita cost; or (2) the adjusted community rate plus the actuarial value of additional benefits provided. Defines a "preferred provider organization" as an eligible health maintenance organization or competitive medical plan which has entered into an agreement with the Secretary under which: (1) the organization will provide directly or indirectly to individuals enrolled with the organization and entitled to benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII, and enrolled under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII, all the services described in parts A and B and the organization will provide directly or indirectly to individuals enrolled with the organization and enrolled under part B (but not entitled to benefits under part A) all the services described in part B; (2) the organization may provide additional services or benefits if these services or benefits are specifically identified to the Secretary and prospective enrollees; (3) the organization agrees to meet requirements respecting access to care, quality of care, program administration, marketing and enrollment practices and materials, full and fair disclosure for enrollees, relationships with health care providers, financial viability, and protections to assure that enrollees will be held harmless in the case of the insolvency of an organization; and (4) the organization agrees to receive payment on a per capita basis. Prohibits any State from preventing any group health plan payors: (1) from negotiating or entering into contracts for alternative rates of payments with, or determining alternative rates of payment for, providers of health care services and offering the benefit of such alternative rates to group health plan beneficiaries who select such providers; or (2) with the agreement of group policyholders and subject to the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreement, from limiting payment under a policy to services secured by group health plan beneficiaries from providers of health care services charging alternative rates.

Bill· HRH.R. 5863 (98th)referred

Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Treatment Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1984

Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Treatment Act of 1984 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate 20 centers for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Requires such centers to: (1) provide a central facility for diagnosis, evaluation, and counseling; (2) develop standards of treatment and methods of delivering cost-effective services; (3) train professionals and nonprofessionals in diagnosing and treating such disorders; and (4) develop a comprehensive acute and long-term treatment program. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1989 appropriations. Directs the Secretary to make $1,000,000 available to each center for each of at least five years for teaching, training, research, and staffing. Permits eligible persons to elect to receive benefits as provided for by this Act rather than under titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), or XX (Grants to States for Service) of the Social Security Act, or under the Older Americans Act of 1965.

Bill· HRH.R. 5857 (98th)referred

Medicare Hospital Marketbasket Adjustment Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1984

Medicare Hospital Marketbasket Adjustment Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to limit the increase in hospital costs to the increase in the marketbasket of hospital costs. (Current law provides that the rate of increase for hospitals shall be the marketbasket plus one percent.) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to Congress annually on the introduction of new health care technologies.

Bill· HRH.R. 5859 (98th)referred

A bill to provide for development of a methodology for payment for hospital outpatient care under the medicare program based on the diagnosis-related group in which patients' treatment is classified.

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1984

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a methodology for the payment for hospital outpatient care under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act on the basis of a classification of patients by the diagnosis related group (DRG) of the treatment of the patients. Requires the methodology to be designed in a manner as to deny payment for such care where payment with respect to such care was intended to be provided in the payment to the hospital under the DRG related prospective payment system. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the methodology developed. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the cost of services for which payment is made under part A (Hospital Insurance) or part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII during the 30 day period prior to, and the 60 day period after, each hospitalization for which payment is made under Medicare.

Bill· HRH.R. 5862 (98th)referred

A bill to provide for an intra-HMO competition demonstration project.

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1984

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) demonstration projects in at least four States, under which: (1) the Secretary would contract with one or more health maintenance organizations or competitive medical plans (organizations) to perform the functions both of intermediaries under part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII and carriers under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) with respect to benefits furnished in a State; (2) if the Secretary contracts with one organization in an area, the Secretary must permit any other organization in the area to enter into such a contract; (3) individuals residing in the State covered by the project and entitled or enrolled under part A or B of title XVIII would be required to enroll with at least one participating organization, but may elect to receive any covered service through any qualified Medicare provider; (4) an organization may offer additional benefits, at no additional cost; (5) an organization will not charge copayments or deductibles if a beneficiary is enrolled with and receives benefits directly from the organization; (6) each organization would receive payment at an annual per capita rate equal to 95 percent of the adjusted per capita cost; and (7) each organization shall have the right of final claim review for necessity and appropriateness of items and services furnished. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a protocol report concerning such demonstration projects and annual reports.

Bill· HRH.R. 5858 (98th)referred

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to rationalize the payment amount under the DRG-payment system.

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1984

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the diagnosis related group (DRG) payment system to provide that if the total operating costs for inpatient hospital services: (1) are less than or equal to the payment amount, the amount of payment with respect to such operating costs payable under part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII shall be equal to the amount of such operating costs plus 50 percent of the amount by which the payment amount exceeds the amount of the operating costs; or (2) are greater than the payment amount, the amount of the payment with respect to such operating costs payable under part A shall be equal to the payment amount plus the lesser of the amount by which the amount of the operating costs exceeds the payment amount or ten percent of the payment amount. Defines the term "payment amount" to mean the total of the amounts that would otherwise be paid to a hospital without regard to this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 5860 (98th)open

Medicare Participating Physican Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1984

Medicare Participating Physician Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide that: (1) in the case of a participating physician, payment under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII shall be determined according to provisions of this Act; and (2) payment cannot be made under part B to a new physician unless that physican is a participating physician. Provides that, in general, the amount of payment shall be: (1) during January 1985 in the case of a current physician, the monthly average payment made under part B for services furnished by that physician during 1984; and (2) during any subsequent month, the amount payable for the previous month increased (or decreased) by the amount by which the amount of payment for that previous month was less (or greater) than the amount that would otherwise have been payable (without regard to this Act) under part B with respect to physicians' services furnished by that physician during the previous month. Defines a: (1) "participating physician" as one who has entered into an agreement with the Secretary under which the physician will be paid under part B only in accordance with this Act and will not charge any amount not permitted to be charged under an assignment; (2) "current physician" as one who receives payments under part B before January 1, 1985; and (3) "new physician" as one who is not a current physician.

Bill· HRH.R. 5856 (98th)open

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to denying additional capital-related costs associated with the churning of hospital assets.

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1984

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit, for purposes of establishing an appropriate allowance for depreciation, interest on capital indebtedness, and return on equity capital, the valuation of a hospital asset whose ownership has changed from exceeding the valuation of the asset established for Medicare purposes (less accumulated depreciation) as of: (1) the date of the enactment of this Act, in the case of assets for which a valuation has been established as of such date; or (2) the date the valuation is first established for Medicare purposes, in the case of assets for which a valuation is first established after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 5852 (98th)referred

Health Care Cost Containment Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1984

Health Care Cost Containment Act of 1984 - Grants an antitrust exemption to health care insurers for the purposes of: (1) acquiring data on health care costs and services; and (2) entering into service and cost agreements with health care providers. Authorizes the Attorney General to investigate such joint activities to determine whether they conform to this Act.

Bill· SS. 2748 (98th)open

Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1984

Drug Price Competition and Patent Restoration Act of 1984 - Title I: Abbreviated New Drug Applications - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize abbreviated applications for the approval of a new drug. Sets forth the contents of an abbreviated application, including: (1) information to show that the conditions of use prescribed in the labeling proposed for a new drug have been previously approved for a drug that appears on a list prepared by the Secretary (listed drug); and (2) a certification relating to patents covering such listed drug. Requires an applicant who makes such a certification to state in the application that a specified notice has been given to: (1) each owner of the patent (or owner-representative); and (2) the holder (or holder-representative) of the approved application for the drug or drug use claimed by the patent. Sets forth information to be included in such notice. Requires the permission of the Secretary before an abbreviated application may be submitted for a new drug which has a different active ingredient or whose route of administration, dosage form, or strength differ from that of a listed drug. Directs the Secretary to approve an application for a drug unless specified findings are made. Requires the Secretary to approve or disapprove an application within a specified time. Requires the approval of a drug to be withdrawn or suspended if the application for approval was abbreviated and referred to a drug whose approval was withdrawn or suspended for specified reasons. Requires the Secretary, within 60 days of enactment to publish: (1) a list of each drug which has been approved for safety and effectiveness before enactment of this Act; (2) the date of approval (after 1981) and the number of the application; and (3) whether in vitro or in vitro bioequivalence studies, or both, are required for applications filed under this Act which will refer to the drug published. Provides for periodic list revisions. Prohibits listing of a drug whose approval has been withdrawn or suspended. Requires the applicant to file with the application (or amend it when the information becomes available) the patent number and the expiration date of any patent which claims the drug or a method of using it, and with respect to which a claim of patent infringement could reasonably be asserted if a non-licensee engaged in the drug's manufacture, use, or sale. Requires the Secretary to disapprove the application if it does not contain such patent information, or to withdraw appproval if the patent information was not filed within a specified time after notification. Requires a similar drug patent certification for which the applicant files a non-abbreviated application for approval. Requires the applicant who makes such a certification to state that the applicant has given notice to specified patent-owners and application-holders or their representatives. Requires safety and effectiveness data submitted in a non-abbreviated application to be made available to the public, if not previously disclosed, upon request, under certain conditions. Provides for the promulgation of regulations to administer the amendments made by this title. Title II: Patent Extension - Extends the term of a patent which claims a product, a method of using a product, or a method of manufacturing a product if specified conditions are met. Requires among such conditions that: (1) the term of the patent has not expired before an application for extension is submitted; (2) the term of the patent has never been extended; and (3) an application for extension is submitted by the owner of record of the patent or its agent and in accordance with specified requirements. Sets special conditions for an application for a product primarily using recombinant DNA technology. Limits the rights derived from a patent during an extension period to the rights available before the term of the patent expired. Limits, with specified exceptions, the term of the extension to the time equal to the regulatory review period for the approved product. Sets forth extension application requirements. Requires the Patent Commissioner to give notice of the extension application, within 60 days of the application, to: (1) the Secretary of Agriculture if the patent claims a drug product or a method of use or manufacture subject to the Virus Serum Toxin Act; and (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services if the patent claims any other drug product, a medical device, or a food or color additive, or a method of use or manufacture subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Provides for application review by the appropriate Secretary. Declares that it is not a patent infringement to make, use, or sell a patented invention solely for uses reasonably related to the development and submission of information under a Federal law which regulates the manufacture, use, or sale of drugs. Declares that it shall be a patent infringement to submit an abbreviated application for a drug claimed, or whose use is claimed, in a patent if the purpose of the submission is to obtain approval to engage in the commercial manufacture, use, or sale of such a drug before the patent expires. Sets forth civil remedies for such an infringement. Prohibits injunctive or other relief in an action for patent infringement if the relief would prohibit the making, using, or selling of a patented invention for uses reasonably related to the development of information under a Federal drug regulatory law. Makes the invalidity of a patent extension a defense in a patent infringement action.

Bill· HRH.R. 5810 (98th)open

National Childhood Vaccine-Injury Compensation Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1984

National Childhood Vaccine-Injury Compensation Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the National Vaccine-Injury Compensation Program as an elective alternate remedy to judicial action for specified vaccine-related injuries. Grants sole eligibility and compensation jurisdiction to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Sets forth compensation provisions. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct studies on pertussis and rubella vaccines, and to develop other related information materials. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1986. Establishes an Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines to advise the Secretary on the implementation of such program, recommend research priorities and changes in vaccine-related injury standards, and vaccine safety and supply changes. Establishes in the Treasury a National Vaccine-Injury Compensation Trust Fund. Authorizes FY 1984 funds. Requires health care providers who vaccinate patients to keep specified records. Requires the Secretary to: (1) make a pediatric vaccine-risk study; and (2) make related parent information materials available. Requires pediatric health care providers to distribute such materials to parents and legal guardians. Requires a congressional report within two years, and biennially thereafter.

Bill· SS. 2725 (98th)open

A bill to amend part A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to payment rates for hospice care.

United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1984

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from establishing a rate of payment for hospice care which is less than specified amounts for routine home care, continuous home care, inpatient respite care, and general inpatient care. Directs the Secretary to: (1) annually review and, if appropriate, adjust such rates; and (2) periodically report to Congress on such review and adjustments.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 315 (98th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the television and radio networks and stations broadcasting coverage of the XXIII Olympiad include announcements or other informational programming to discourage drug and alcohol abuse by young people.

United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1984

Expresses the sense of Congress that television and radio networks and stations broadcasting coverage of the XXIII Olympiad should include public service announcements or other informational programming warning young people of the dangers of alcohol and drug abuse.

Bill· HRH.R. 5745 (98th)referred

Reproductive Health Equity Act

United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1984

Reproductive Health Equity Act - Amends the Social Security Act (Medicaid), the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, the Peace Corps Act, the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, and other Federal laws covering armed forces personnel and dependents, and Federal employees' health benefits, to provide that services related to abortion are made available in the same manner as are other pregnancy- related services under federally-funded programs.

Bill· SS. 2719 (98th)referred

Uniform Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1984

Uniform Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to withhold five percent in FY 1987, and ten percent in FY 1988, of certain Federal-aid highway funds from States in which the minimum drinking age is less than 21 years.

Bill· HRH.R. 5726 (98th)referred

Medicare Long-Term Care Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1984

Medicare Long-Term Care Act of 1984 - Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish a voluntary program to provide long-term care benefits for aged and disabled individuals who elect to enroll under such program, financed from premium payments by enrollees together with contributions from funds appropriated by the Federal Government and contributions by States. Lists criteria for eligibility for long-term care service benefits. States that the benefits provided to an individual under this Act shall consist of: (1) home health services; (2) homemaker services; (3) nutrition services; (4) long-term institutional care services; (5) day care and foster home services; and (6) community mental health center outpatient services. Provides that the benefits provided under this Act shall not go into effect unless a State has a certified long-term care agency. Enumerates the requirements for certification of a State long-term care agency by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, including a requirement that such agency monitor the activities of each community long-term care center in the State. Provides for the payment of premiums for benefits received under this Act by individuals who elect to participate in the long-term care program. Establishes the Federal Long-Term Care Trust Fund. Creates a Board of Trustees of such Trust Fund, composed of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, all ex officio. Requires a community long-term care center to: (1) provide the items and services listed in this Act to each eligible individual who resides in the area served by such center and who is certified as requiring such services; (2) evaluate and certify the long-term care needs of an individual for whom such care may be required in order to maintain such individual in an independent living arrangement which is reasonable given such individual's state of health and other circumstances (but not including such individual's economic circumstances); (3) maintain a continuous relationship with (and evaluate periodically, but not less than annually) each individual who is receiving any of the items and services listed in this Act; (4) provide full opportunity for such individual and his family to participate in the determinations and functions under this Act; (5) provide an organized system for making its existence and location known to all eligible individuals in its service area and for making known to such individuals the method or methods by which they may most efficiently obtain and use the services which it makes available; and (6) perform such other functions as the Secretary of Health and Human Services may by regulation prescribe in order to have such center most effectively carry out the purposes of this Act. Sets forth a formula by which payments to States for the reimbursement of community long-term care centers may be calculated. Directs the Secretary, after consultation with organizations representing the chief executives of the various States, and other interested parties, to develop and make available to community long-term care centers one or more methods of obtaining payment for the benefits covered under this Act on a prospective basis. States that once a community long-term care center elects a particular prospective method, it may not alter its election without the prior approval of the Secretary. Provides that whenever the Secretary finds that the number of community long-term care centers electing a particular prospective payment method promulgated in accordance with this Act is not sufficient to provide an adequate basis for either the operation or evaluation of that method, the Secretary shall withdraw that method and allow the community long-term care centers which have elected such method to select another method within 30 days of notice of such withdrawal. Permits a Governor of a State to certify to the Secretary a method of prospective payment other than those promulgated under this Act. States that the determination of whether an individual is entitled to benefits under this Act shall be made by the Secretary in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Provides for increases in supplemental security income benefits.

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