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Bill· SS. 2311 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1982
Biomedical Research, Training, and Medical Library Assistance Amendments of 1982 - Title I: National Institutes of Health - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1985 for the National Cancer Institute (N.C.I.) and for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (Institute). Includes developmental research and continuing care of the patient and family within the scope of N.C.I. research and control programs. Eliminates the requirement that the N.C.I, submit an annual budget and personnel estimate to the President. Increases the ceiling from $35,000 to $50,000 on grants which may be directly approved by the N.C.I or the Institute. Increases cancer research and demonstration center support authority from three to five years. Includes Cooley's anemia within the scope of Institute projects. Eliminates certain Institute personnel and appropriations reporting requirements. Establishes the National Kidney Diseases Advisory Board. Title II: Other Programs - Eliminates payback requirements for National Research Service Awards. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1985 for training in medical library sciences. Replaces the provision providing for an Office of Health Information, Health Promotion and Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine with one establishing an Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. States that such Office shall: (1) coordinate Department of Health and Human Services and private activities regarding health information and promotion, preventive health services, and related educational activities; (2) serve as an information clearinghouse; and (3) provide project and research support. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1985 for health information and promotion activities. Eliminates: (1) grants for State Councils on Physical Fitness; (2) grants for physical fitness improvement and research; and (3) the program on sports medicine research. Reduces the FY 1982 authorization of appropriations from $5,000,000 to $1,100,000 for the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems and Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research. Extends the term of the Commission through 1983. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (N.I.H.) to report to the appropriate congressional committees by January 1, 1983, and annually thereafter concerning N.I.H. contracting procedures.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 178 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1982
Requests the President to designate the second week of April 1983 as National Medical Laboratory Week.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 353 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that preventive child and maternal health care programs should be adequately funded to ensure their continued effectiveness.
Bill· SS. 2284 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1982
Federal Radiation Protection Management Act of 1982 - Title I: Federal Council on Radiation Protection - Establishes a Federal Council on Radiation Protection, to be composed of the heads of specified Federal agencies, one representative of the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, and two presidentially appointed public members. Directs the Council to: (1) advise the President on radiation matters affecting health and safety; (2) review the authority of Federal agencies to regulate radiation-related activities; (3) make recommendations to the President and Congress concerning changes in the authority granted to such agencies; (4) identify the research needed by such agencies to meet their regulatory responsibilities and to transmit to the Federal Conference on Research into the Biological Effects of Radiation (established by this Act) a list of such research needs; (5) develop and recommend public education programs concerning radiation health and safety; (6) review State and local radiation control programs; and (7) keep the Congress and appropriate congressional committees advised as to the Council's activities. Directs the Chairman of the Council to establish, for at least one year, a working group on the reduction and control of occupational exposure to radiation, to be composed of the heads of specified Federal agencies and one Council member. Requires such working group, in consultation with concerned labor and management representatives and other qualified industries, to: (1) review the need for reduction or increased control of occupational exposure to radiation and suggest means for meeting any such needs, including specified reductions and improvements; and (2) study the feasibility of establishing a system for recording occupational doses of radiation received by individual workers and other occupational radiation information. Directs the Chariman to establish, for at least one year, a working group on protection from exposure to medical radiation, to be composed of the heads of specified Federal agencies and two Council members. Requires such working group to: (1) review the incidence of unnecessary patient exposure to X-rays and suggest ways of reducing such unnecessary exposure; (2) suggest means to increase practitioner and patient awareness of the utility, limitations, and risks of diagnostic X-rays and of alternative diagnostic procedures; and (3) study the use of administrative controls and reimbursement incentives to reduce unnecessary exposure to medical X-rays. Provides for such working group on protection from exposure to medical radiation to be assisted by an advisory group appointed by the Chairman and composed of seventeen people from specified professions and backgrounds. Directs such working group, within one year after its establishment, to report its activities and recommendations to the Council. Transfers to the Council all functions of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to radiation matters covered by the reorganization plan establishing the Environmental Protection Agency. Sets forth administrative provisions concerning the operation of the Council, including the authority to hold public hearings and to issue subpoenas requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of specified documents. Authorizes criminal fines and imprisonment for failure to obey such subpoenas. Directs the Council to submit to Congress an annual report that: (1) identifies inadequate Federal statutes and information programs concerning radiation safety and health; and (2) includes plans for the phased reduction of occupational radiation exposure and of radiation exposure from medical and other sources to the public. Directs the President, by July 31, 1988, to transmit to Congress a reorganization plan which transfers the functions of the Council to other Federal agencies. Terminates the Council when such plan or a succeeding plan becomes effective. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through FY 1988 to carry out this title. Title II: Federal Conference on Research into the Biological Effects of Radiation - Establishes the Federal Conference on Research into the Biological Effects of Radiation, to be composed of representatives of the heads of specified Federal agencies and two presidentially appointed public members. Sets forth the functions of such Conference, including: (1) to advise the President on Federal research activities concerning the biological effects of radiation; (2) to formulate an annual comprehensive Federal agenda for research into such effects; (3) to recommend to the President and Congress: (a) uniform standards for Federal agency peer review of such research; (b) information dissemination procedures for informing the public, Federal agencies, and State and local governments of the results of such research; (c) guidelines for public oversight of such research; and (d) any needed transfer of research capability between Federal agencies; (4) to assist the Federal Council on Radiation Protection in developing public education programs concerning radiation health and safety; and (5) to keep the Congress and appropriate congressional committees advise as to such Federal research activities. Permits the Conference to review Federal agency radiation research requests, according to specified criteria, to decide the scientific merit of such projects and whether they should be conducted by the agency or by an outside entity provided with financial assistance. Requires each Federal agency conducting or providing assistance for such research to conduct similar reviews. Sets forth administrative provisions concerning the operations of the Conference, including the authority to hold public hearings and to issue subpoenas requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of specified documents. Authorizes criminal fines and imprisonment for failure to obey such subpoenas. Directs the President, by July 31, 1988, to transmit to Congress a reorganization plan which transfers the functions of the Conference to other Federal agencies. Terminates the Conference when such plan or a subsequent plan becomes effective. Requires expenses of the Conference to be paid from funds available for the administrative expenses of the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health.
Bill· HRH.R. 5919 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1982
Health Research Act of 1982 - Amends title IV of the Public Health Service Act (National Research Institutes) to establish as an agency of the Public Health Service the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (abolished as a statutory entity by Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1966) consisting of the following 11 categorical institutes: the National Cancer Institute; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; the National Institute on Aging; the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; the National Institute of Dental Research; the National Eye Institute; the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke; the National Institute of General Medical Sciences; and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish additional research institutes. Provides that: (1) the NIH shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; (2) the Secretary acting through the Director shall be responsible for the overall direction of NIH, including specified administrative and supervisory functions; and (3) the Director shall delegate certain program promotion and coordination functions to an Assistant Director including the formulation of a long-range disease Prevention Plan. Directs the Secretary to appoint a National Institutes of Health Advisory Board to: (1) advise and make recommendations to the Secretary and the Director; and (2) prepare a biennial report on its activities. Requires a biennial report to be submitted by the Secretary to the President and to Congress consisting of: (1) a description of the NIH's activities and a five-year plan for future activities and policies; (2) the biennial report of the Advisory Board; and (3) the biennial reports of the directors of each of the national research institutes and their advisory councils. Provides that the Director of the National Cancer Institute shall be appointed by the President and the Directors of the other national research institutes shall be appointed by the Secretary. Sets forth the general duties of the Secretary (acting through the Director of each national research institute) with respect to the aspect of human health for which the institutes were established. Authorizes activities and programs to be supported through grants and contracts approved by each Director. Directs the Secretary to appoint an advisory council for each institute. Sets forth the duties of such advisory councils, including the periodic review of research. Requires the director of each institute to prepare a biennial report. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1983, 1984, and 1985. States the general purpose and defines the scope of the National Cancer Institute. Requires that cancer control programs under the Institute include demonstration methods for disseminating cancer prevention information to the public. Directs the Secretary, through the Director of the Institute, to establish an information and education center to collect and disseminate information on cancer. Authorizes such Director to: (1) support production or distribution of therapeutic substances for cancer research, including biological materials, and set safety standards for their use; (2) with the approval of such Institute's advisory council, support certain cancer research by foreign nationals outside the United States, encourage collaborative research involving American and foreign participants, and train Americans abroad or foreign nationals in the United States; (3) support education and training programs; (4) coordinate certain research by industrial concerns; (5) hire experts and consultants; (6) acquire, repair, or construct facilities, including facilities in the District of Columbia; (7) appoint advisory committees; (8) enter into contracts, leases, or other transactions; and (9) submit an annual budget estimate to the President. Deletes the existing limitation on aggregate payments respecting cooperative agreements to establish cancer research and demonstration centers, and extends the period of support for a center to five years (with additional extensions of not more than five years). Eliminates the existing requirement that at least two members of the President's Cancer Panel be scientists or physicians, and requires the filling of vacancies within 90 days of their occurrence. States the general purpose and defines the scope of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Requires the Secretary, through the Director of the Institute, to establish an information and education center to collect and disseminate information on research, treatment, and prevention of such diseases. Requires special emphasis to be placed on cardiovascular diseases and programs designed for children. Deletes the existing limitation on aggregate payments respecting research and demonstration centers for heart, blood vessel, lung, and blood diseases. States the general purpose of the National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Directs the Secretary to establish information and education centers for: (1) arthritis; (2) diabetes mellitus; (3) digestive diseases; and (4) kidney diseases. Establishes in such Institute: (1) the National Arthritis Information Clearinghouse; (2) the National Digestive Diseases Data System; (3) the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse; (4) the National Kidney Diseases Data System; and (5) the National Kidney Diseases Information Clearinghouse. Authorizes the Associate Directors of the Institute to carry out research and training support programs in their respective areas. Establishes: (1) a Kidney and Urologic Diseases Coordinating Committee; and (2) a Skin Disease Interagency Coordinating Committee. Establishes the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Advisory Board. Extends the terms of such Institute's advisory boards through FY 1985. Transfers responsibility for multipurpose arthritis and diabetes centers from the Secretary to the Director. Extends the initial assistance period to five years, with additional extensions of up to five years. Establishes: (1) digestive diseases and kidney and urologic diseases research centers; and (2) Advisory Council subcommittees. Requires such Institute to include in its biennial report a description of activities under the arthritis, diabetes, and digestive diseases plans. Sets forth the general purpose of the National Institute on Aging. Transfers the responsibility for public information and education programs on aging from the Secretary to the Director of such Institute. Sets forth the general purposes of the National Institutes of: (1) Allergy and Infectious Diseases; (2) Child Health and Human Development; (3) Dental Research; (4) Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke; (5) General Medical Sciences; (6) Environmental Health Sciences; and (7) Mental Health. Sets forth the general purpose of the National Eye Institutes. Authorizes appropriations for National Research Service Awards through FY 1985. Limits the scope of the Institutional Review Board's authority to federally-financed research. Exempts research which does not involve human risk from such review authority. Requires the Director of NIH to establish procedures for periodic, technical, and scientific peer review of NIH research. States that such procedures shall require that: (1) the reviewing entity be given a written description of the research to be reviewed; and (2) such entity shall provide the advisory council of the institute involved with the results of such review. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) accept certain conditional gifts for the NIH or a national research institute; and (2) establish suitable memorials for donations of $50,000 or more. States that the National Center for Health Services Research and the National Institution for Occupational Safety and Health are agencies of NIH. Terminates the National Advisory Health Council. Makes technical changes in specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act and other Federal health laws. Redesignates existing title V of such Act as title XXI and adds a new title V (Administration and Coordination of the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse). Transfers statutory authority for the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and for the National Institute of Drug Abuse to the Public Health Service Act. Delineates alcohol and drug abuse authorities under such Act. Consolidates various reporting requirements into two triennial reports to Congress. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1985. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1985 for: (1) the National Center for Health Care Technology; (2) the National Library of Medicine; and (3) health information and promotion programs. Provides for a study of the effects of commercialization on biomedical research. Requires completion of this study by September 30, 1984. Requires the NIH to: (1) assist (through September 30, 1984) scientists associated with small business in preparing grant and contract applications under title IV of such Act; (2) insure that such scientists are invited to participate on peer review committees; and (3) report on these activities to the appropriate congressional committees by September 30, 1984.
Bill· HRH.R. 5914 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1982
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Health Care Delivery Systems Administration (Administration). Delegates to the Administration functions currently performed by specified units of the Health Services Administration and the Health Resources Administration. Directs the Secretary to establish within the Administration a Bureau for Health Promotion, Disease Prevention, and Health Education. Transfers to such Bureau functions of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, the Center for Health Promotion and Education, the Office of Smoking and Health, and the Center for Environmental Health. Directs the Secretary to establish within the National Institutes of Health a National Institute of Health Statistics and Systems Research. Transfers to such Institute functions of the National Center for Health Statistics and the National Center for Health Services Research. Directs the Secretary to transfer the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to the National Institutes of Health. Directs the Secretary to establish within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health a Center for State Services to be headed by a Deputy Assistant Secretary for State Services. Transfers to such Office functions of specified units of the Center for Disease Control. Directs the Secretary to transfer to the Food and Drug Administration the functions of the Center for Disease Control's laboratory improvement program. Directs the Secretary to delegate specified international health functions to the Assistant Secretary for International Health.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 403 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the rights of residents in nursing and intermediate care facilities.
Bill· SS. 2242 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1982
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to include coverage for the services of a mental health specialist. Defines mental health specialists to mean a: (1) clinical psychologist; (2) clinical social worker; (3) psychiatric nurse specialist; or (4) psychiatrist.
Bill· SS. 2238 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1982
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment under the supplementary insurance program for dental care including dentures, eye examinations including eyeglasses, and hearing examinations including hearing aids.
Law· SJRESS.J.Res. 170 (97th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1982
Designates the week of November 7, 1982, through November 14, 1982, as National Hospice Week.
Bill· HRH.R. 5893 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1982
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for physician administered drugs used for treating neoplasms.
Bill· HRH.R. 5846 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1982
Extends for one year the authority of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to contract for hospital care or medical services in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands without reference to patient loads or incidence of provision of medical services for veterans treated by the Veterans' Administration in the contiguous 48 states.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 417 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982
Requests the President to designate the week of October 19 through October 25, 1982, as Lupus Awareness Week.
Bill· HRH.R. 5653 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1982
Comprehensive Smoking Prevention Education Act of 1982 - Amends title XVII (Health Information and Health Promotion) of the Public Health Service Act to establish in the Department of Health and Human Services an Office of Smoking and Health to inform the public of the health hazards of cigarettes. Sets forth the Office's authority and duties, including conducting research and assisting educational programs directly or through grants. Establishes an Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health to be composed of representatives from the Departments of Labor and Education, the Federal Trade Commission, and any other Federal agency designated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Directs such Committee to meet at least four times a year and names the Director of the Office of Smoking and Health as chairman. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report annually to the Congress. Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to make it unlawful to advertise or export cigarettes without the required labeling (repeals the existing export exemption). Makes it unlawful to manufacture, package, import, or export cigarettes containing any chemical substances without the label so stating. Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to establish a cigarette labeling system under which each brand of cigarettes shall bear a different specified health warning each year of a seven-year cycle. Eliminates certain congressional notification and reporting requirements. Increases the fine for violation of such Act from $10,000 to $100,000. Permits individual civil actions to be brought in U.S. district courts for violations of such Act. Requires a plaintiff to give 60-day notice to the FTC and the defendant. Permits intervention and consolidation. Allows the court to award attorneys fees and other costs.
Bill· SS. 2142 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1982
Peer Review Improvement Act of 1982 - Replaces the present professional standards review program (part B of title XI of the Social Security Act) with the program established by this Act. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to contract with utilization and quality control peer review organizations (organizations) as defined in title XI (General Provisions) of the Act. Amends title XI to redesignate part B - Peer Review of the Utilization and Quality of Health Care Services (currently, Professional Standards Review). Defines a utilization and quality control peer review organization as an entity which: (1) is composed of a substantial number of the licensed doctors of medicine or osteopathy engaged in the practice of medicine or surgery within designated areas established by the Secretary; and (2) is able to perform review functions as required by this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish geographic areas with respect to which contracts will be made. Requires such areas to be the same as those established under part B prior to enactment of the Utilization and Quality Control Peer Review Act of 1982, except that such areas shall be consolidated according to specified criteria. Requires each contract to provide that: (1) the organization shall perform the functions required under this Act; (2) the initial contract shall be for two years and shall be renewable annually afterwards; (3) the Secretary may evaluate the organization's effectiveness; (4) the contract may be terminated by the organization upon 90 days notice; (5) the Secretary may terminate a contract upon 90 days notice to the organization; and (6) the Secretary and the organization shall include negotiated objectives in the contract. Sets forth procedures the Secretary must follow prior to terminating a contract. Requires an organization to perform the following functions: (1) review the professional activities of area health care practitioners and determine whether the services provided were necessary, met professional standards and could have been provided more economically; (2) determine whether payment shall be made under Medicare; (3) notify a practitioner or provider whenever the organization determines that any services furnished or to be furnished are disapproved; (4) determine the types and kinds of cases with respect to which the organization will exercise review authority; (5) apply professionally developed norms of care, diagnosis, and treatment within its area; (6) examine the records of any practitioner or provider with respect to which the organization has a responsibility for review; (7) collect appropriate information; and (8) coordinate information exchanges. Prohibits a physician from reviewing health care services provided by the physician or any organization to which the physician is associated. Entitles any dissatisfied Medicare beneficiary and any provider or practitioner dissatisfied with an organizations's findings to a reconsideration of the findings. Requires practitioners and providers providing services under Medicare to assure that services provided will be provided economically and will be of a quality which meets professionally recognized standards of care. Authorizes the Secretary to exclude a practitioner or provider from participating in Medicare if the practitioner or provider fails to meet stated standards. Provides that no person providing information to any organization having a contract shall be held to have violated any civil or criminal law, unless: (1) the information is unrelated to the performance of the contract; or (2) the information is false and the person knew or had reason to believe the information was false. Exempts health care practitioners and providers from civil liability to any person on account of any action taken pursuant to a contract if due care was exercised in the performance of his or her profession. Directs the Secretary to make payment to an organization incurred in connection with the defense of any suit related to the performance of its duties. Authorizes a State plan approved under any title of the Social Security Act to provide for contracting with an organization to perform review functions. Provides that the Federal share of such expenditures shall be 75 percent. Provides for payment from the trust funds of the Medicare program to cover review expenses under Medicare. Declares that an organization shall not be a Federal agency for purposes of the Freedom of Information Act. Prohibits disclosure of any information acquired by an organization except for specified purposes. Sets forth criminal penalties for any person violating the disclosure provisions. Sets forth reporting requirements. Exempts Christian Science sanatoriums. Requires providers to provide an organization the data necessary for the organization to carry out its functions. Makes conforming amendments to title XIX (Medicaid). Provides for demonstration projects to determine whether the use of competitive bidding under part B of title XI would be beneficial.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 327 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1982
Designates March 1982 as National Eye Donor Month.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 376 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representative that: (1) there should be no further reductions in the Medicare program (title XVIII of the Social Security Act); and (2) Congress must develop a reimbursement system that promotes cost efficient quality health care.
Bill· SS. 2130 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1982
Orphan Drug Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations to exempt from such Act drugs intended solely for drug treatment investigations. Defines "drug treatment investigation" as an investigation of a drug which involves human participants with a rare disease or condition. Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services an interagency committee known as the Committee on Orphan Drug Development. Makes it the function of such committee to promote the development of drugs for rare diseases or conditions (orphan drugs). Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to submit to the Committee an annual report on the rare disease and condition research activities of NIH. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to submit to the Committee an annual report on the use of the tax credit for experimental expenses. Requires the Committee to report by June 1 of each year to the appropriate congressional committees on its activities and the results of its evaluations, including the report submitted by NIH and the Secretary of the Treasury. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for qualified experimental expenses incurred while researching orphan drugs.
Bill· HRH.R. 5565 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1982
Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into loan forgiveness agreements with specified physicians (including podiatrists) who agree to practice at least two years in health manpower shortage areas. Permits such agreements to be renewed for up to four consecutive one-year periods. Sets forth the Secretary's payments schedule. Establishes annual and aggregate payments limits for any one individual. Limits the number of agreements for each of fiscal years 1985 through 1988. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1985 through 1988. Directs the Secretary to prescribe certain regulations concerning health manpower shortage areas by January 1, 1984.
Bill· HRH.R. 5574 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1982
Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Act to provide for Medicaid in American Samoa.
Bill· HRH.R. 5546 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1982
States that the Federal Trade Commission shall not have any authority to investigate or regulate health professionals or any association of health professionals. Provides that the antitrust authority of the Attorney General shall remain unaffected.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 408 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1982
Requests the President to designate January 1983 as National Cerebral Palsy Month.
Bill· SS. 2104 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1982
Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct studies and demonstration projects to streamline the administration of the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS). Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 5531 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
Community Home Health Services Act of 1982 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities and loans to proprietary entities to establish and operate home health programs, including professional and paraprofessional training. Limits such grants and loans to areas without adequate services, including inadequate transportation services. Sets forth assistance priority factors. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983-1984. Requires the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees by January 1, 1984. Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to expand home health care coverage, including coverage for homemaker-home health services, nonprofit hospitals, and transportation. Revises related payment provisions. Directs the Secretary to: (1) analyze and make recommendations regarding alternative reimbursement methods for home health services; (2) implement the most cost effective method within 180 days; (3) carry out reimbursement demonstration projects and report to the Congress by January 1, 1984, and (4) investigate Medicare and Medicaid fraud and report to the Congress within 18 months. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a tax credit for households with qualifying dependents receiving home health care services. Limits such tax credit to 1983-1984. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report to Congress by September 30, 1984, regarding the number of such credits taken and their effect on tax revenues.
Bill· HRH.R. 5523 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
Brown Lung Benefits and Prevention Act of 1982 - Provides brown lung benefits to individuals who are totally disabled and surviving dependents of such individuals when existing State worker's compensation laws are inadequate (as determined by the Secretary of Labor). Sets forth a benefits entitlement schedule. Requires claims under this Act to be filed within four years of a medical determination of brown lung disability. Requires survivors' claims to be filed within four years after enactment of this Act, or three years after the date of death, whichever is later. States that an employer shall be liable for the securing of employees benefits equal to or greater than those provided by this Act, including acquiring insurance or qualifying as a self-insurer under specified conditions. Makes an employer liable to the United States for nonpayment of benefits paid on his or her behalf by the Secretary (as required by this Act). Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts for employment-related respiratory and pulmonary research. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 5484 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1982
Comprehensive Medicare Reform Act of 1982 - Title I: Amendments to Part A (Hospital and Inpatient Services) - Amends Part A (Hospital and Inpatient Services) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate limits on inpatient hospital services. Eliminates the deductible and coinsurance for inpatient hospital services and post-hospital extended care services furnished in a skilled nursing facility. Increases payments for emergency hospital services. Title II: Amendments to Part B (Supplementary Medical Assistance) - Includes preventive health services, routine physical checkups, eyeglasses and eye examinations, hearing aids and hearing examinations, immunizations, drugs and biologicals, orthopedic shoes and supportive devices for the feet, and certain dental services as items or services provided under part B (Supplementary Medical Assistance) of title XVIII. Expands the chiropractic and optometric services available under part B. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) provide for the determination from time to time of a product price list; and (2) establish dispensing fees. Increases the amount of expenses for covered services paid for from 80 to 90 percent. Increases the reimbursement available for outpatient mental disorders. Revises the determination of the prevailing charge level used in determining the reasonable charge. Title III: Funding and Effective Date - Appropriates amounts necessary to make payments for the increased services provided under this Act. Sets forth effective date provisions.
Bill· HRH.R. 5481 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1982
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for the influenza vaccine and its administration.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 348 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the rights of residents in nursing and intermediate care facilities.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 338 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1982
Expresses the disapproval of the House of Representatives of the District of Columbia's Natural Death Act of 1981.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 257 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1982
Expresses the disapproval of the House of Representatives of the District of Columbia's Natural Death Act of 1981.
Bill· HRH.R. 5339 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1982
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) and part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to place Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands on the same basis as States in regard to payment under the Medicaid program.
Bill· SS. 2013 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1982
Amends the Controlled Substances Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a temporary heroin program under which confiscated heroin shall be made available to pharmacies of qualified hospitals for dispensing to cancer patients for the relief of pain. Sets forth application requirements for such program for qualified hospitals designed to protect against the diversion of distributed heroin into illicit channels. Authorizes the Secretary to import opium to manufacture heroin, if amounts confiscated are insufficient to meet the needs of qualified hospitals. Amends specified provisions of law to conform to provisions of this Act. Requires the Secretary to report to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources within specified time periods on the activities under the temporary heroin program. Requires the Director of the National Cancer Institute to secure an exemption from the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for heroin to be used in certain investigations by the Institute.