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United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1984
Directs the President to designate March 1985 as National Mental Retardation Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1984
Asbestos Workers' Recovery Act - 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 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.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1984
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit rural hospitals of up to 150 beds to furnish services which, if furnished by an extended care facility, would constitute extended care services. (Current law permits rural hospitals of up to 50 beds to furnish such services.)
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1984
Revises the definitions of "veteran" and "preference eligible" under specified provisions of Federal law concerning Federal employment to provide veterans' preference to commissioned Public Health Service officers who served during the Vietnam era.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1984
Mental Health Services Clarification Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to bill the District of Columbia for the costs of services rendered to each person who is or has been admitted to Saint Elizabeths Hospital under the authority of a District of Columbia statute. Specifies particular categories of individuals that the District of Columbia may not bill for services provided to such persons. Phases in the cost-reimbursement system that the District of Columbia must follow over a period of seven years with the District of Columbia's reimbursement payment increasing each year until it reaches 100 percent in FY 1991. Provides that the United States shall be financially responsible for certain categories of patients who receive services at Saint Elizabeths Hospital. Requires that hiring preference be given certain employees of Saint Elizabeths Hospital for career positions in the District of Columbia mental health system. Directs the Secretary to make available any unneeded property to the District of Columbia to provide health or mental health services.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1984
Saint Elizabeths Hospital Transfer Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement with the District of Columbia to transfer to the District of Columbia: (1) the operation of Saint Elizabeths Hospital; and (2) without compensation, all U.S. rights in Saint Elizabeths Hospital property together with buildings and improvements thereon and the personal property used in connection with the facility. Directs the Secretary to transfer to the District of Columbia the unobligated sum appropriated for Saint Elizabeths Hospital. Requires the District of Columbia to transfer, without compensation, to the United States any of the facilities determined to be in excess of its needs. Grants individuals who are career or career-conditional employees of Saint Elizabeths Hospital the opportunity to transfer to the employ of the District of Columbia. Sets forth other provisions for employees of Saint Elizabeths Hospital. Requires Federal agencies to pay the District of Columbia the amount charged by the District of Columbia for services at Saint Elizabeths Hospital provided to patients referred by the Federal agency. Authorizes appropriations for the partial support of the transfer of Saint Elizabeths Hospital and the implementation of such mental health care system.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1984
National Capital Mental Health Services Corporation Act - Establishes in the District of Columbia the National Capital Mental Health Services Corporation (Corporation). Sets forth as the purposes of the Corporation the provision of: (1) mental health and related services to those classes or categories of individuals who were eligible to be served by Saint Elizabeths Hospital and the District of Columbia Mental Health Services Administration on December 23, 1975, and to such other persons as the Corporation may decide; (2) efforts to transfer the primary locus of psychiatric treatment from inpatient psychiatric hospital services to a comprehensive community-based mental health services delivery system; (3) facilities and resources to conduct and support high quality research and training in the mental health disciplines; and (4) facilities and resources to promote the development, demonstration, and evaluation of promising treatment and administrative approaches and models for urban community-based mental health systems. Sets forth various powers, duties, restrictions, and preferences for the Corporation. Directs that the Corporation shall be governed by a Board of Governors composed of 11 voting members. Sets forth the appointment procedure and term of office for the Board of Governors. Establishes an Advisory Board on Community and Labor Relations of not less than ten nor more than 15 members to be appointed by the Chairman of the Board of Governor to advise and assist the Board of Governors and the Corporation. Transfers the employees of Saint Elizabeths Hospital or the Mental Health Services Administration of the District of Columbia Department of Human Services to the Corporation. Sets forth various personnel policies and administrative procedures. Requires the District of Columbia to pay the Corporation for services provided: (1) under order of a District of Columbia court; and (2) to an individual of limited means who is a resident of the District of Columbia. Directs the Attorney General to pay the Corporation for services provided under order of a Federal court in a criminal or involuntary commitment proceeding. Transfers all rights and obligations of the Secretary of Health and Human Services in connection with Saint Elizabeths Hospital, including title thereto, to the Corporation. Transfers the J.B. Johnson building and grounds to the Corporation. Places restrictions on the ability of the Corporation to borrow money. Requires the Corporation to make annual and triennial reports to the President, Congress, the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Mayor of the District of Columbia. Requires an annual audit of the Corporation's accounts. Transfers $5,000,000 to the Corporation from the sum appropriated for Saint Elizabeths Hospital. Authorizes appropriations for grants to the Corporation for FY 1985 through FY 1995. Establishes in the Treasury a loan fund, available to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to make loans to the Corporation if insufficient funding is available to carry out its functions. Provides that the District of Columbia may elect to assume responsibility either: (1) for the assets, liabilities, resources, and services of the Corporation which are primarily for District of Columbia residents; or (2) for all assets, liabilities, resources, and services of the Corporation. Requires notification of such an election within specified time periods. Directs the Corporation to develop a comprehensive transfer implementation plan after notification of the election.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 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.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1984
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 5580 (organ procurement organizations).
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1984
Designates November 1984 as National Diabetes Month.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1984
Alternative Medical Liability Act - Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for an alternative liability system for malpractice. Requires a health care provider, in order to participate in the alternative liability program, to participate, directly or through an insurance company which has agreed to be the compensation obligor with respect to that provider, in an assigned claims plan which meets the requirements of this paragraph in order to insure the payment of compensation benefits by compensation obligors. Permits entities (including insurance companies) in a State to organize and maintain, subject to approval and regulation by the State insurance regulator, an assigned claims plan and adopt rules for its operation consistent with this paragraph. Provides that if such a plan is not established or maintained in a State, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall organize and maintain an assigned claims plan for the State. Requires each assigned claims plan to provide for the assessment of costs on a fair and equitable basis consistent with the liability system established by this Act. Prohibits an assigned claims plan from permitting an entity covered under the plan from withdrawing from the plan retrospectively. Permits an injured individual entitled to compensation benefits from a compensation obligor to obtain them through the assigned claims plan if the initiating compensation obligor claims that it is or is financially unable to fulfill its obligation. Provides that where an assigned claims plan finds that a compensation obligor which is associated with such plan reasonably claims that it is or is financially unable to pay the compensation benefits it owes, the assigned claims plan shall promptly assign the claims to a member or members of the plan and notify the individual or individuals entitled to receive such benefits of the identity and address of the assignee or assignees. Permits any such assignee to seek payment from the compensation obligor or its successor of 120 percent of the costs and expenses in fulfilling the obligor's obligations. Defines the "compensation obligor", with respect to a personal injury as the health care provider obligated to pay benefits for an injury and includes: (1) any other entity (including an insurance company) obligated for payment; and (2) any person joined with respect to the injury. Prohibits an individual from bringing a civil action against a health care provider for a disease or injury arising from health care services provided pursuant to Medicare, Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act), an armed forces' or veterans' health plan, the Federal employees' health benefits program, or any other health benefits program established under Federal law in the case of a provider which is participating in an assigned claims plan and is potentially liable for the injury, if the provider provides the individual (within a specified time period) with a written tender to pay compensation benefits in accordance with the alternative liability malpractice system. States that civil actions include any civil action which could have been brought against a compensation obligor with respect to recovery of damages relating to personal injury, whether based on: (1) negligence or gross negligence; (2) strict or absolute liability in tort; (3) breach of express or implied warranty or contract; (4) failure to discharge a duty to warn or instruct or to obtain consent; or (5) any other theory that is the basis for an award of damages for personal injury. States that civil actions do not include: (1) any action to recover for compensation benefits tendered under this Act; or (2) any action in the nature of a wrongful death action, but only in the case of such an action for losses accruing to survivors after the death of an injured individual and resulting from the death of an individual. Permits a health care provider making a tender to join any person who is potentially liable for the injury. Provides that any disagreement as to any party's share of the costs shall be submitted to binding arbitration and that each party's share shall be based on the comparative fault of the parties. Sets forth provisions relating to the subrogation of parties. Provides that the amount of compensation benefits payable with respect to a personal injury is equal to the net economic loss resulting from the injury, plus attorney's fees. Defines "net economic loss" and other terms used in defining "net economic loss." Requires compensation benefits to be paid not later than 30 days after the date that reasonable proof of the fact and amount of net economic loss incurred is submitted to the initiating compensation obligor, except that payment may be made, for expenses incurred over periods not exceeding 31 days, within 15 days after the end of the period. Provides that if reasonable proof is supplied as to only a portion of net economic loss, and the portion totals $100 or more, the compensation benefits with respect to that portion shall be paid without regard to the remainder of the net economic loss. Sets the statute of limitations for a claim under this Act at five years. Provides, upon the request of an injured individual or compensation obligor, for the disclosure of information concerning facts about, and the mental and physical examination of, the injured individual. Provides that in the case of a dispute as to the right of an injured individual or compensation obligor to discover information, a petition may be made to a court having jurisdiction over the matter for an order for discovery. Provides that if a health care provider tenders compensation benefits with respect to an injured individual and there is a dispute between the compensation obligors and the injured individual respecting the determination of the amount of compensation benefits owing, except as otherwise provided for in this Act, application may be made to a court with appropriate jurisdiction for a declaration as the amount of compensation benefits owed. Permits an obligation to pay compensation benefits to be discharged by a settlement or lump sum payment, except that no such discharge shall be made with respect to an injury with a current value of net economic loss exceeding $5,000 unless a court having jurisdiction over the matter determines that the settlement is fair to the injured individual. Permits an agreement or judgment to be modified as to amounts to be paid in the future upon a finding that a material and substantial change of circumstances has occurred after the date the agreement or judgment was made, or that there is newly discovered evidence which would not have been known previously in the exercise of reasonable diligence. Provides that the preceding provisions of this Act shall not apply to any personal injury occurring: (1) before January 1, 1987; or (2) in a State which has in effect an alternative medical liability law which the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines meets specified requirements. Sets forth requirements for a State alternative medical liability law.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1984
Mental Health Corporation Act - Establishes in the District of Columbia a Mental Health Corporation (Corporation). Sets forth as the purpose of the Corporation to provide mental health services of the highest quality to the residents of the District of Columbia and to other persons as the Corporation may decide. Sets forth various duties, powers, restrictions, and preferences for the Corporation. Directs that the Corporation shall be governed by a Board of Governors composed of 12 voting members. Sets out the appointment procedure and term of office for the Board of Governors. Provides that the number of members of the Board of Governors who are not residents of the District of Columbia shall be five or less. Directs the Corporation to provide mental health services to residents of the District of Columbia. Authorizes the Corporation to: (1) provide such services to other persons; (2) provide other related services; and (3) engage in, and permit other persons to utilize its facilities for, related research and training. Requires the Attorney General to pay the Corporation for services provided under order of a Federal court in a criminal proceeding. Directs the District of Columbia to pay the Corporation for services provided: (1) under order of a District of Columbia court; or (2) to an individual of limited means who is a resident of the District of Columbia. Places restrictions on the ability of the Corporation to borrow money. Requires the Corporation to make annual and triennial reports to the President, the Congress, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Mayor of the District of Columbia. Requires an annual audit of the Corporation's accounts. Requires the Corporation to transfer any unneeded real property to either the United States or the District of Columbia. Transfers $1,000,000 to the Corporation from the sums appropriated for Saint Elizabeths Hospital. Authorizes appropriations for grants to the Corporationn for FY 1985 through 1991. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a loan fund, available to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to make loans to the Corporation if the monies available to the Corporation are not sufficient to carry out its functions. Transfers the J.B. Johnson building and grounds to the District of Columbia.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1984
Designates the week of October 14 through October 20, 1984, as Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1984
Dangerous Drug Diversion Control Act of 1984 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow the Attorney General to place an uncontrolled substance under temporary controls which provide for registration, recordkeeping, and criminal penalties in order to avoid imminent hazard to the public safety. Sets forth the procedure for issuing a temporary control order. Authorizes the Attorney General to exempt certain compounds, mixtures, or preparations from control. Provides that persons who dispense controlled substances shall obtain from the Attorney General a registration for a period for not more than three years. Allows the Attorney General to deny, suspend, or revoke a registration if such registration is inconsistent with the public interest. Establishes authority for the Attorney General to take control of drugs when a registration expires or a registrant ceases doing business in the manner the registration contemplates. Requires registrants to notify the Attorney General of a change of address. Raises the penalties for criminal offenses involving manufacturing or distributing schedule II nonnarcotic substances. Makes it a Federal offense to knowingly obtain controlled substances by use of an expired registration number. Provides for forfeiture of controlled substances possessed in violation of such Act. Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to allow the Attorney General to authorize the importation of certain narcotic raw materials (opium, poppy straw, and coca leaves) necessary for medical or scientific purposes. Revises the importation requirements for narcotic and nonnarcotic substances. Makes changes in the registration requirements for importers and exporters of controlled substances. Allows the Attorney General to deny, revoke, or suspend a registration taking into consideration the public interest and international obligations. Makes it unlawful to export controlled substances from the United States without the required proof that the export does not violate the law of the importing country.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1984
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide that a county with an average wage rate which is no less than the average wage rate for a standard metropolitan statistical area in the State shall be considered an urban area for purposes of the prospective payment system.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1984
Designates November 25 through December 1, 1984, as National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1984
Expresses the sense of the Congress that local governments should adopt a parental responsibility liquor ordinance which would make parents and homeowners responsible for the consumption of alcoholic beverages on their premises by individuals under the legal drinking age.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1984
Health Professions and Nursing Educational Assistance Amendments of 1984 - Title I: Health Professions Educational Assistance - Part A: Authorization of Appropriations - Amends title VII (Health Research and Teaching Facilities and Training of Professional Health Personnel) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize FY 1985 through 1988 appropriations for: (1) construction and equipment; (2) health education assistance loans; (3) student loans and scholarships for students of exceptional need; (4) departments of family medicine; (5) area health education centers; (6) physician assistants training; (7) general medicine and dentistry training; (8) internal medicine and pediatrics; (9) educational assistance to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds; (10) curriculum development grants; (11) financial distress assistance; (12) graduate health administration and other related graduate programs; (13) public health traineeships; (14) preventive medicine training; and (15) allied health grants and assistance to disadvantaged individuals in allied health training. Part B: Program Revisions - Defines graduate programs in clinical psychology for purposes of such title. Includes such programs within the scope of educational assistance to persons from disadvantaged backgrounds. Sets forth specified rulemaking procedures. Authorizes grant authority for teaching facilities equipment. Requires schools participating in the health professions student loan program to provide specified loan information to the recipient-student. Provides for Federal assumption of defaulted loans after a school has unsuccessfully pursued specified collection procedures. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit disclosure of defaulters' addresses to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for loan collection purposes. Establishes a loan-in-kind repayment program to permit the Secretary to reduce the debts of health professions school graduates for the performance of service in academic, nonprofit research, or community or public service employment. Sets forth program provisions. Requires the Secretary to submit annual program reports to Congress. Prohibits first-year scholarships to students of exceptional financial need from exceeding yearly total attendance costs. Sets forth eligibility and application provisions for public health school capitation grants. Requires (presently authorizes) the Secretary to obligate ten percent (presently up to ten percent) of area health education center appropriations for special projects. Authorizes grants for advanced educational programs in the general practice of dentistry. Requires obligation of at least ten percent of family medicine and general dentistry appropriations for such grants. Authorizes grants for health professions pilot and special projects, including curriculum and faculty development. Permits funding of graduate health administration programs with at least 20 students and a specified minority enrollment. Authorizes grants for special projects in: (1) biostatistics or epidemiology; (2) health planning and administration; (3) environmental health sciences; (4) nutrition; (5) behavioral sciences; (6) geriatrics; (7) health promotion and disease prevention; (8) alcoholism; (9) sexually transmitted diseases; (10) medical care costs; and (11) accidents within and outside the workplace. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1988 appropriations. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1988 appropriations for educational assistance to disadvantaged individuals in allied health training. Repeals statutory authority for: (1) the Lister Hill scholarship program; (2) family medicine training grants; (3) education of U.S. students returning from foreign medical schools; and (4) occupational health training and education centers. Title II: Nurse Training - Amends title VIII (Nurse Training) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize FY 1985 through 1988 appropriations for: (1) advanced nurse training; (2) nurse practitioner; (3) demonstration projects; (4) special projects; (5) traineeships for advanced training of professional nurses; and (6) traineeships for nurse anesthetists.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1984
Designates the week of September 16 through September 22, 1984, as Emergency Medicine Week.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1984
Designates the month of November 1984 as National Alzheimer's Disease Month.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1984
Veterans' Health Care and Facilities Improvement Act of 1984 - Revises the requirements concerning the special policemen who protect Veterans Administration (VA) property. Increases the maximum fines for violations of regulations governing such property. Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to appoint a chief inspector to supervise VA police officers. Sets forth requirements concerning police uniform design and cost reimbursement. Directs the Administrator to report to the Veterans' Affairs Committees within 90 days on the implementation of these provisions and the number and salary of officers proposed to be assigned to such facilities. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to furnish medical treatment to veterans of the Vietnam era who served in Southeast Asia and suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. Limits treatment of such disorder to specified VA medical facilities. Directs the Administrator to compile and publish research results concerning the causes and treatment of such disorder. Terminates such assistance after FY 1988. Modifies the due date of the Comptroller General's report on the compliance of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget with certain statutory requirements relating to funded personnel ceilings for the VA's Department of Medicine and Surgery. Directs the Administrator to make an annual rather than a triennial report to Congress on the adequacy of per diem rates for payments made to States providing domiciliary, nursing home, and hospital care to veterans. Makes the first report due June 30, 1985 (currently, due June 30, 1986). Extends from FY 1984 to FY 1985 the authority of the Administrator 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. Expands the amount of authorizations available for the research and education activities of Veterans Administration geriatric centers. Authorizes the Administrator to provide States with funds for the acquisition as well as the construction of State home facilities for veterans. Entitles veterans receiving service-connected disability compensation who are housebound or in need of regular aid to VA furnished drugs and medicines.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1984
Amends the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to study toxic contamination in Atlantic coast estuarine and marine fish to determine if contamination by polychlorinated biphenyls or other toxicants constitute a public health hazard and, if so, the extent of such hazard. Requires a report to Congress. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and 1986 for such study.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1984
Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize FY 1985 and 1986 appropriations for family planning services, personnel training, and informational and educational materials.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1984
Title I: Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services - Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations for alcohol and drug abuse and mental health services block grants. Sets aside at least ten percent of such fiscal year appropriations for alcohol and drug abuse services for women and for mental health services for severely disturbed children and adolescents. Limits Federal assistance to 80 percent of a project's costs. Bases State allotments on population and per capita income. Sets minimum State allotments at 1984 levels. Permits direct grant payments to Indian tribes or tribal organizations. Requires participating States to: (1) make funds available for local mental health centers through FY 1987; (2) collect data on alcohol and drug abuse and mental illness; (3) establish a State mental health services planning council to serve as an advocate for the mentally ill and monitor the State comprehensive mental health plan; (4) develop a comprehensive mental health plan; and (5) use 75 percent of post FY 1984 grants for prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation projects. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through FY 1987, to administer such block grants through the Administrator of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration. Establishes in such Administration an Associate Administrator for Special Populations to identify and include the needs of minorities and women in the Administration's programs. Establishes the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Strategy Council to periodically assess and advise regarding the national needs for alcohol and drug abuse and mental health services and the extent to which such needs are being met by existing programs. Requires an annual report to the appropriate congressional committees. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for demonstration projects, data collection, and technical assistance. Requires the Secretary to make grants to medical schools for training in the identification and treatment of alcohol and drug abuse. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations for alcohol and drug abuse research. Requires the Secretary to present to Congress by April 15, 1985, a comprehensive national plan to combat alcoholism and alcohol abuse. Repeals title III of the Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act. Amends the definition of "detoxification treatment" under the Controlled Substances Act to increase the maximum number of treatment days from 21 to 180. Requires the Secretary to promulgate related implementing regulations within 90 days. Title II: Developmental Disabilities Assistance - Amends the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act to increase FY 1984 authorizations of appropriations, and authorize FY 1985 through 1988 appropriations for: (1) the protection and advocacy of individual rights, including related reports; (2) university affiliated demonstration and training grants; (3) State allotments; and (4) other demonstration projects which have national significance or are conducted in more than one State or involve more than one Federal agency or department. Includes: (1) prevention activities within the definition of "services for persons with developmental disabilities"; and (2) certain entities providing training or disseminating information within the definition of "satellite center." Requires the: (1) Secretary to report annually to Congress regarding State activities funded under such Act, and to make the report public; and (2) States to report annually to the Secretary. Requires States to provide assurances to the Secretary that the implementing agency will not be redesignated unless there is good cause for such action and unless notice has been given to affected developmentally-disabled persons or their representatives. Increases minimum university affiliated facility grants from $150,000 to $200,000. Makes the existing $75,000 minimum satellite center grant effective for all such centers. Revises State and territorial allotment provisions. Requires State application plans to provide for manpower assessment activities. Limits funds for such purposes to not more than ten percent of priority service funds.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1984
Health Professions and Services Amendments of 1984 - Title I: Programs Under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1986 for the Federal health education assistance loan insurance program. Permits amounts from the student loan fund to be used for any public or other nonprofit school which is located in a State and which offers graduate programs in clinical psychology. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986 for health professions student loans. Requires that beginning in FY 1984 any agreement entered into with a school for the operation of a student loan fund provide that at least one-half of the Federal contribution in a fiscal year to the school's student loan fund be used to make loans to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986 for scholarships for students of exceptional financial need and for departments of family medicine. Requires, in making grants to schools with departments of family medicine, that priority be given to an applicant which demonstrates a commitment to making its family medicine program a permanent component of its medical education training program. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986 for area health education centers. Permits grants to be made to public and nonprofit private schools of public health for projects to develop new programs or expand existing programs in human nutrition, geriatrics, health promotion and disease prevention, alcoholism, and injury due to accidents. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986 for such grants. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986 for grants for: (1) physician assistant programs; and (2) general internal medicine and general pediatric programs. Requires, in making such grants, that priority be given to an applicant which demonstrates a commitment to making its general internal medicine and general pediatrics programs permanent components of its medical education training program. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986 for grants for family medicine and the general practice of dentistry. Requires at least seven percent of the amount appropriated for such grants in any fiscal year to be obligated. Requires priority to be given in making such grants to an applicant which demonstrates a commitment to making its family medicine program a permanent component of its medical education training program. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986 for health education assistance to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. Permits such funds to be used for public and nonprofit private schools which offer graduate programs in clinical psychology. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986 for grants to health professions schools for conversion and curriculum grants. Permits such grants to be used to maintain and improve schools which provide the first or last two years of education leading to the degree of doctor of medicine. Permits curriculum development grants to allied health profession schools or institutions. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986 for grants for: (1) advanced financial distress assistance; (2) graduate programs in health administration; (3) traineeships for students in other graduate programs; (4) public health traineeships; and (5) training in preventive medicine. Changes the composition of the National Advisory Council on Health Professions Education to require that at least one member be a representative of schools of public health. Title II: Programs under Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1988 for grants and contracts for special projects and for advanced nurse training programs. Permits such grants to be used for programs which lead to masters and doctoral degrees and which prepare nurses to serve as nurse educators, administrators, and researchers, or in clinical nurse specialties which require advanced training. Provides for educational grants for nurse midwives. Permits grants to be made to public and nonprofit private entities for projects to demonstrate: (1) improvements in clinical nursing care in institutions; (2) improvements in clinical nursing care in homes, independent nursing practice arrangements, and ambulatory facilities; and (3) programs to encourage nurses to practice in health manpower shortage areas. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for such grants. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for grants to cover costs of traineeships for training of nurse anesthetists. Permits the use of grant funds for traineeships for nurses in masters degree and doctoral degree programs. Title III: National Health Service Corps Program - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1988 for the National Health Service Corps program. Requires action to be taken to assure that the conditions of any written agreement concerning National Health Service Corps scholarships are adhered to. Prohibits the removal of an area from the areas determined to be health manpower shortage areas unless it is also determined that such an area does not have a population group which has such a shortage or a facility which has such a shortage. Title IV: Health Maintenance Organizations and Migrant and Community Health Centers - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1988 for grants and contracts for feasibility surveys and loan guarantees for planning and for initial development costs. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for health maintenance organizations and migrant and community health centers. Permits such funds to be used for repaying loans made by the Farmer's Home Loan Administration for buildings. Limits the amount of grant funds available to community health centers to enable the centers to plan and develop the provision of health services on a prepaid basis to not more than five percent of the funds appropriated to community health centers.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1984
Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize preventive health services appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987. Increases minimum population-based State allotments from $3000 to $3500. Bases a State's post-FY 1984 hypertension allotments upon 65 percent of its total preventive health services project grant amounts. Requires States to collect by October 1, 1984, specified preventive health services data.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1984
Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations for: (1) family planning services, personnel training, and informational and educational materials; and (2) the adolescent family life demonstration program.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1984
Title I: Organ Procurement Activities - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for the planning of qualified organ procurement organizations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the establishment, initial operation, and expansion of qualified organ procurement organizations. Sets forth eligibility criteria. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1990. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a United States Transplantation Network to provide a central registry linking donors and potential recipients; (2) establish and maintain an organ recipient registry; (3) maintain an identifiable unit in the Department of Health and Human Services to coordinate Federal organ transplant programs and policies; and (4) publish an annual report on the scientific and clinical status of organ transplantation. Directs the Secretary to establish a Task Force on Organ Transplantation. Requires such Task Force to: (1) conduct a national conference within six months; and (2) report to the Secretary. Terminates the Task Force 12 months after such report is submitted. Requires the Secretary to make immunosuppressive drugs available, upon request and without cost, to transplant centers for use on an outpatient basis by individuals who have received an organ transplant at such centers. Requires such centers to furnish such drugs to its outpatients on the basis of the center's determination of the patient's need and the patient's inability to pay for them through insurance coverage or other resources. Requires the Comptroller General to report annually to Congress concerning the allocation of such drugs. Requires the Secretary to submit a recommendation to Congress by October 1, 1985, concerning the feasibility and desirability of authorizing reimbursements under title XVIII of the Social Security Act for immunosuppressive drugs on an outpatient basis by individuals who have received organ transplants. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986. Title II: Prohibition of Organ Purchases - Prohibits the purchase or sale of human organs if such transfer affects commerce. Establishes criminal penalties for such violations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1984
Designates certain land and improvements of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, as the Mary Woodard Lasker Center for Health Research and Education.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1984
Family Planning Amendments of 1984 - Amends title X (Population Research and Voluntary Family Planning Programs) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants and contracts for: (1) voluntary family planning projects; (2) pregnancy testing and counseling demonstration projects; and (3) infertility demonstration projects. Authorizes FY 1985 and 1986 appropriations. Gives priority to entities which did not receive a grant or contract under this title prior to October 1, 1984. States that participating entities shall seek to encourage family participation. Specifies that training grants and contracts shall include clinical training for personnel, including obstetrical and gynecological nurse practitioners, and training for educators and counselors. Authorizes FY 1985 and 1986 appropriations. Specifies that research projects may include contraceptive development, infertility, natural family planning methods, and program delivery and management. Eliminates formula grant provisions. Specifies that information and educational materials shall emphasize the parental role in transmitting values of family life and sexual responsibility to children. Prohibits support for projects for developing and making available information or materials designed for public school use. Authorizes FY 1985 and 1986 appropriations. States that: (1) unemancipated minors shall not be denied family planning services because of their economic situation; and (2) the financial resources of parents and minors shall be considered in determining assistance eligibility. States that a person's acceptance of family planning services shall be voluntary and not be an eligibility prerequisite for other services. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from requiring a grantee to advise, refer, or provide particular methods of birth control, sterilization, or abortion which would be contrary to such grantee's religious or moral principles. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this title for programs that promote, encourage, refer, or provide abortion as a family planning method. Directs the Secretary to fully implement such provision. Directs the Secretary annually to: (1) submit to Congress a five-year plan for family planning services, research, and personnel training; and (2) collect data on the number of users, the types of services chosen, and the sources of financial assistance for subsidized family planning services in the United States. Authorizes States to establish their own policies respecting the provision of services to minors.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1984
Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations for the adolescent family life demonstration program.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1984
Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, and Drug Abuse Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations for research and demonstration programs of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through NIAAA, to make demonstration project grants for alcoholism and alcohol abuse prevention and treatment. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary, through NIDA, to make demonstration project grants for drug abuse and treatment. Gives priority for primary prevention programs. Directs: (1) the Secretary to coordinate applications within a State; and (2) the State program agency to submit its application evaluation to the Secretary within 30 days of receipt. Directs the Secretary to encourage programs for racial and ethnic minorities, youth, women, the elderly, the handicapped, and families of drug abusers. Limits grants to a maximum of five years. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations. Sets aside at least 25 percent of annual appropriations for primary prevention and intervention programs. Repeals specified demonstration grant provisions of the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Act of 1970, and the Drug Abuse, Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Act. Directs the Secretary: (1) through NIAAA to carry out research on the prevention, causes, treatment, and impact of alcoholism and alcohol abuse among women; and (2) through NIDA to carry out similar research on drug abuse among women. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations. Directs the Secretary, by January 1, 1985, to prepare and submit to Congress a national plan to combat alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Requires such report to include: (1) a model State program; (2) an analysis of funds spent for treatment and their settings; (3) a description of other health related alcohol problems; and (4) legislative recommendations. Authorizes television public service announcements to educate the public about the problems of alcohol and drug abuse. Repeals title IV of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1984
Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize FY 1985 through 1988 appropriations for: (1) the National Health Service Corps program; and (2) the National Health Service Corps scholarship program. Authorizes FY 1989 through 1992 appropriations for existing scholarship payments. Prohibits the removal of the designation "health manpower shortage area" unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services has determined that such area does not have either an eligible population group or an eligible facility.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1984
Title I: Preventive Health Programs - Preventive Health Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Centers for Disease Control, to make program grants for: (1) lead poisoning prevention; (2) community and school-based fluoridation; and (3) neonatal screening programs for genetic diseases in new-born infants. Sets forth application requirements. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress by December 30, 1985, and December 30, 1987, regarding such programs' effectiveness. Makes Indian tribes eligible for such grants. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations for preventive health services: (1) to immunize against vaccine-preventable diseases; and (2) for tuberculosis. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Centers for Disease Control, to make grants for information and education and control of acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations for sexually transmitted disease (presently venereal disease) prevention and control projects (research, public information and education, professional training, and State project grants). Increases the appropriation obligations limit from five to ten percent for such non-State project grants. Repeals the existing "venereal disease" definition. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations for preventive health and health services block grants. Increases minimum population-based State allotments from $3,000 to $3,500. Bases a State's post FY 1984 hypertension allotments upon 75 percent of its total preventive health services project grant amounts. Requires States to collect by October 1, 1984, specified preventive health services data. Repeals the provision prohibiting the Secretary from prescribing specified State block grant certification requirements. Title II: Title X Programs - Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations for family planning services, personnel training, and informational and educational training. Title III: Title XX Programs - Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations for the adolescent family life demonstration program.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1984
Health Professions and Services Amendments of 1984 - Title I: Programs Under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1988 for the Federal health education assistance loan insurance program. Permits amounts from the student loan fund to be used for any public or other nonprofit school which is located in a State and which offers graduate programs in clinical psychology. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for health professions student loans. Requires that beginning in FY 1984 any agreement entered into with a school for the operation of a student loan fund provide that at least one-half of the Federal contribution in a fiscal year to the school's student loan fund be used to make loans to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for scholarships for students of exceptional financial need and for departments of family medicine. Requires, in making grants to schools with departments of family medicine, that priority be given to an applicant which demonstrates a commitment to making its family medicine program a permanent component of its medical education training program. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for area health education centers. Permits grants to be made to public and nonprofit private schools of public health for projects to develop new programs or expand existing programs in human nutrition, geriatrics, health promotion and disease prevention, alcoholism, and injury due to accidents. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for such grants. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for grants for: (1) physician assistant programs; and (2) general internal medicine and general pediatric programs. Requires, in making such grants, that priority be given to an applicant which demonstrates a commitment to making its general internal medicine and general pediatrics programs permanent components of its medical education training program. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for grants for family medicine and the general practice of dentistry. Requires at least seven percent of the amount appropriated for such grants in any fiscal year to be obligated. Requires priority to be given in making such grants to an applicant which demonstrates a commitment to making its family medicine program a permanent component of its medical education training program. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for health education assistance to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. Permits such funds to be used for public and nonprofit private schools which offer graduate programs in clinical psychology. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for grants to health professions schools for conversion and curriculum grants. Permits such grants to be used to maintain and improve schools which provide the first or last two years of education leading to the degree of doctor of medicine. Permits curriculum development grants to allied health profession schools or institutions. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for grants for: (1) advanced financial distress assistance; (2) graduate programs in health administration; (3) traineeships for students in other graduate programs; (4) public health traineeships; and (5) training in preventive medicine. Changes the composition of the National Advisory Council on Health Professions Education to require that at least one member be a representative of schools of public health. Title II: Programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1988 for grants and contracts for special projects and for advanced nurse training programs. Permits such grants to be used for programs which lead to masters and doctoral degrees and which prepare nurses to serve as nurse educators, administrators, and researchers, or in clinical nurse specialties which require advanced training. Provides for educational grants for nurse midwives. Permits grants to be made to public and nonproft private entities for projects to demonstrate: (1) improvements in clinical nursing care in institutions; (2) improvements in clinical nursing care in homes, independent nursing practice arrangements, and ambulatory facilities; and (3) programs to encourage nurses to practice in health manpower shortage areas. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for such grants. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for grants to cover costs of traineeships for training of nurse anesthetists. Permits the use of grant funds for traineeships for nurses in masters degree and doctoral degree programs. Title III: National Health Service Corps Program - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1988 for the National Health Service Corps program. Requires action to be taken to assure that the conditions of any written agreement concerning National Health Service Corps scholarships are adhered to. Prohibits the removal of an area from the areas determined to be health manpower shortage areas unless it is also determined that such an area does not have a population group which has such a shortage or a facility which has such a shortage. Title IV: Health Maintenance Organizations and Migrant and Community Health Centers - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1988 for grants and contracts for feasibility surveys and loan guarantees for planning and for initial development costs. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for health maintenance organizations and migrant and community health centers. Permits such funds to be used for repaying loans made by the Farmer's Home Loan Administration for buildings. Limits the amount of grant funds available to community health centers to enable the centers to plan and develop the provision of health services on a prepaid basis to not more than five percent of the funds appropriated to community health centers.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1984
Extends from FY 1984 to FY 1985 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. Expands the amount of authorizations available for the research and education activities of Veterans Administration geriatric centers.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1984
Preventive Health Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Centers for Disease Control, to make program grants for: (1) lead poisoning prevention; (2) community and school-based fluoridation; and (3) neonatal screening programs for genetic diseases in new-born infants. Sets forth application requirements. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress by December 30, 1985, and December 30, 1987, regarding such programs' effectiveness. Makes Indian tribes eligible for such grants. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations for preventive health services: (1) to immunize against vaccine-preventable diseases; and (2) for tuberculosis. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Centers for Disease Control, to make grants for information and education about and for control of acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations for sexually transmitted disease (presently venereal disease) prevention and control projects (research, public information and education, professional training, and State project grants). Increases the appropriation obligations limit from five to ten percent for such non-State project grants. Repeals the existing "venereal disease" definition. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations for preventive health and health services block grants. Increases minimum population-based State allotments from $3,000,000 to $3,500,000. Bases a State's post FY 1984 hypertension allotments upon 75 percent of its total preventive health services project grant amounts. Requires States to collect by October 1, 1984, specified preventive health services data. Repeals the provision prohibiting the Secretary from prescribing State block grant certification requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1984
Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenthood Act of 1984 - Amends title XX (Adolescent Family Life Demonstration Projects) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants and projects for: (1) prenatal and postpartum care; (2) well-child infant care; (3) comprehensive family planning services to prevent unintended repeat pregnancies; and (4) educational, vocational, and other counseling services. Gives priority to under-18 year olds where the incidence of adolescent child bearing is high, where the proportion of low income and minority families is high, and where such services are most needed. Stresses the role of voluntary family support. States that services provided under this Act shall be voluntary. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish a program data reporting system; and (2) report annually to Congress. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1984
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require manufacturers, importers, and distributors of medical devices to maintain certain records respecting procedures for the handling of complaints, analysis of device failures, and the return of devices.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1984
Health Professions Minority Training Assistance Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to accredited public or nonprofit health professions schools to establish a fund from which low interest loans may be made to low income students. Sets forth the eligibility requirements for health professions schools for such a grant. Sets as eligibility requirements for a loan that a student be a member of a minority group and have a demonstrated financial need. Limits such loans to the lesser of $6,000 or one-half of the cost of attending the school in which he is enrolled or to which he has been accepted. States that such loans shall be repayable over a ten-year period which begins one year after the student ceases a full-time course of study, excluding periods of: (1) active duty performed as a member of a uniformed service; (2) service as a volunteer under the Peace Corps Act; or (3) periods of advanced professional training including internships and residencies. Cancels such debt upon the death of the borrower or upon permanent or total disability. Authorizes appropriations for such grants through FY 1987. Directs the Secretary to make grants to accredited public or nonprofit health professsions schools to establish a fund from which loans may be made to minority students from families with gross incomes of less than $30,000. Sets forth the eligibility requirements a student must meet for such a loan. Requires payment of interest on such loans during a postgraduate training period. Permits a waiver of such interest payments for health professionals in training programs in areas designated as health manpower shortage areas. Provides for partial payment by the Secretary of principal and interest on any such loan for an individual who enters into an agreement to practice his profession for a period of at least two years in a health manpower shortage area and meets certain other requirements. Permits the Secretary to designate academic institutions as health manpower shortage areas with regard to forgiveness of loans. Authorizes appropriations for the purposes of making such grants through FY 1988. Provides for federally guaranteed loans to assist minority graduates of health profession schools to set up private practices in underserved areas. Establishes in the Treasury a loan guarantee funds to be available for such loan guarantees. Permits the Secretary to make annual grants to accredited public or nonprofit health professions schools with at least 20 percent minority enrollment for the support of the education programs of such schools. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1987 for such grants. Directs the Secretary to make annual endowment development grants to accredited public or nonprofit health professions schools with 50 percent or more minority students or students from families with gross incomes of $30,000 or less. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1987 for such grants. Directs the Secretary to make annual grants to accredited public or nonprofit health professions schools to identify, recruit and train minorities for careers as teachers and investigators on the faculties of such schools. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1987 for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit health professions schools for scholarships to be awarded to full-time students in financial need. Grants priority to minority health profession students. Authorizes appropriations for such grants through FY 1987. Requires the Secretary to make annual grants to no more than 20 individuals (to be known as Charles Drew Fellows) for fellowships of up to $15,000 per year to health professions students who intend to pursue academic careers. Requires priority to be given to students who have been accepted to postgraduate study at an accredited school of medicine, osteopathy, or dentistry. Authorizes appropriations for such grants through FY 1987. Provides for apportionment of appropriations if approved grants exceed the total of the amounts appropriated. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1987 for the purpose of entering into contracts for health research and teaching facilities and the training of professional health personnel. Authorizes the advanced financial distress and the disadvantaged assistance programs of the Public Health Service Act through FY 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1984
Nurse Education Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize funds for FY 1984 through 1987 for the nursing special projects program. Authorizes additional projects that demonstrate: (1) institutional and nursing service organizational arrangements that support more cost effective health care delivery systems; or (2) effective means of facilitating the transition of students in schools of nursing to nursing practice. Revises the advanced nurse training program to authorize grants and contracts that lead to master's and doctoral degrees and which prepare professional nurses to serve as nurse educators, administrators, consultants, researchers or to serve in clinical nurse specialties. Authorizes grants and contracts for: (1) schools of nursing to develop and operate programs for nurse practitioners; and (2) accredited certificate programs for nurse midwives. Redefines "programs for the education of nurse practitioners" as programs for registered nurses which lead to a master's degree or a doctoral degree, except those programs that educate nurse midwives. Repeals authority for grants and contracts to be used for preparation of faculty members. Reauthorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987. Revises the authority for traineeships for advanced training of professional nurses to cover the costs of traineeships for nurses in master's or doctoral degree programs which educate such nurses to serve as nurse practitioners, midwives, administrators, educators, or researchers or to serve in other professional nursing specialties. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987. Extends the authority for traineeships for training nurse anesthetists to cover the cost of improving existing programs. Provides financial assistance to nurse anesthetist faculty members for advanced education. Continues the nursing student loan program and authorizes appropriations for new capital contributions to nursing schools' revolving loan funds. Allows the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) the addresses of all persons who have defaulted on nursing student loans. Authorizes the Secretary of HHS to disclose this information to nursing schools to assist them in the collection of defaulted loans. Repeals the requirement that a certain portion of loan appropriations be reserved for students who have neither been students nor been employed on a full-time basis for the past seven years. Eliminates the preference for first year students for nursing student loans. Establishes within the Health Resources and Services Administration the Bureau of Nursing. Establishes within the Bureau the Center for Nursing Studies and Research. Requires the Center to conduct and support programs of basic and clinical research and training. Provides that the center disseminate information relating to: (1) the promotion of health; (2) the prevention of illness; (3) the response of patients and families to acute and chronic illnesses; and (4) nursing education, services and resources. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates the Division of Nursing of the Health Resources Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1984
Developmental Disabilities Act of 1984 - Amends the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963 to cite title I of such Act as the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act. States that with regard to State grants and university-affiliated facilities grants under this Act, the Federal project share shall be 75 percent generally, and 90 percent in poverty areas. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) recordkeeping and audits; (2) U.S. recovery rights for facility sale or nonuse; (3) State operations control; and (4) reporting requirements of of the States and the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Secretary of Education before awarding grants or approving any State plan under this Act. Provides for grant recipient employment of handicapped persons. Sets forth congressional findings respecting the rights of persons with developmental disabilities. Requires a State to have a plan approved by the Secretary in order to receive planning and service funds. Sets forth plan requirements, including the establishment of a State Planning Council to serve as an advocate for persons with developmental disabilities. Requires each State program to include a habilitation plan as provided for under this Act. Requires such plans to be reviewed at least annually. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations. Allocates State amounts based on: (1) population; (2) financial need; and (3) the extent of need for such services. Prohibits any State from receiving such grants unless it has in effect a system to protect and advocate the rights of persons with developmental disabilities. Sets forth such a system's requirements. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations. Directs the Secretary to make grants to university affiliated facilities to aid in the provision of interdisciplinary training, the conduct of service demonstration programs, and the dissemination of information which will increase and support the independence, productivity, and integration into the community of persons with developmental disabilities. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to: (1) a recipient facility for satellite feasibility studies, applied research, or service-related-training; and (2) assist in establishing satellite centers, including administrative and operating costs. Requires the Secretary to establish implementing regulations within six months. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to make special project grants. Directs the Secretary to prepare and submit to Congress within six months a study on intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations for such purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1984
Designates the month of October 1984 as National Spina Bifida Month.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1984
Amends the Public Health Service Act to rename the National Center for Health Services Research the National Center for Health Services Research and Medical Technology Assessment. Includes among the duties of the Center research, evaluation, and demonstration projects respecting the safety, efficacy, effectiveness, cost effectiveness, and social, economic, and ethical impacts of health care technologies. Requires the Center to advise the Secretary of Health and Human Services respecting medical technology issues and make recommendations with respect to whether specific medical technologies should be reimbursable under federally financed health programs. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Center, to undertake and support (by grant or contract) research regarding technology diffusion, methods to assess medical technology, and specific medical technologies. Requires any such grant over a specified amount to be reviewed by the National Advisory Council on Medical Technology Assessment established by this Act. Sets forth the functions pertaining to medical technology assessment for which the Secretary may make a grant to support a non-profit entity. Establishes the National Advisory Council on Medical Technology Assessment to advise the Secretary and the Center with respect to the performance of the medical technology assessment functions set forth by this Act. Repeals the provisions of such Act which provide for the establishment of the National Center for Health Care Technology. Authorizes appropriations for health service research, evaluation, and demonstration activities undertaken or supported by the Center. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1987 for health statistical, epidemiological, and medical technology assessment activities undertaken or supported by the Center or by the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1984
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue an order to revoke an exemption from the tolerance requirements for a pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural commodity and establish a tolerance for such chemical, if it is determined that such action is necessary to prevent an imminent hazard to the public health. Makes such an order effective upon its issuance and requires its publication in the Federal Register. Sets forth provisions for a public hearing on such order. States that the effective date of any such order shall not be delayed during administrative or judicial review. Prohibits judicial review until completion of a hearing. Directs the Administrator to revoke exemptions in effect for residues of ethylene dibromide and establish a tolerance for such chemical under which only residues of the chemical which are safe will be permitted to remain in or on the raw agricultural commodity. Declares that Federal rule making procedures shall apply to rules to amend regulations establishing tolerances or exempting tolerances, except that the Administrator may allow informal hearings on such rules. Sets forth revocation procedures, if it is determined that residues of a pesticide chemical permitted by a tolerance established under such regulations may not be safe. Includes among the factors to be considered in promulgating regulations establishing tolerances: (1) the potential acute and chronic health hazards which may result from exposure to residues of a pesticide chemical; and (2) the synergistic effect upon health of combining certain pesticide residues in or on raw agricultural commodities. Requires the Administrator to establish tolerances at zero level for pesticides determined not to leave any residues in or on raw agricultural commodities. Prohibits the Administrator from exempting a pesticide chemical from the necessity for a tolerance on the ground that there is no practical method of detecting its residues or that the pesticide does not leave residues on agricultural commodities. Revises provisions with respect to persons who may petition for the registration of a pesticide to conform to provisions of this Act. Sets forth provisions for the Administrator to revoke a regulation if it is found that false, misleading, or inaccurate information was submitted in connection with its promulgation. Provides that tolerances or exemptions established as a result of postponements shall not remain in effect for more than 180 days. Requires the Administrator, during the four years after enactment of this Act, to conduct a survey of the information available on the aforementioned additional factors for establishing pesticide tolerances to determine: (1) if such information was submitted in connection with a proceeding to establish a tolerance; and (2) if such information was derived from well-conducted studies and is consistent with sound scientific principles. Sets forth revocation procedures for tolerances resulting in unfavorable determinations. Requires the Administrator within 180 days of enactment of this Act, to review the pesticide exemptions in effect to determine: (1) if there is any practical method of detecting such pesticide residues in or on raw agricultural commodities; (2) if such pesticide leaves any residue in or on such commodities; or (3) if such residues are safe. Sets forth revocation procedures. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct random samplings of raw agricultural commodities imported into the United States to determine if the amounts of pesticide residues on such commodities meet Federal standards. Sets forth procedures for the Administrator if the use of a pesticide chemical is cancelled, suspended, or voluntarily withdrawn under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. Transfers the functions of the Secretary of Health and Human Services with respect to pesticide tolerances to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1984
Amends title X (Population Research and Voluntary Family Planning Programs) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987 for family planning services. Requires a participating entity to provide each person requesting its services with benefit and risk information (including methods of pregnancy prevention and courses of action available to a person already pregnant) and to provide appropriate referral services. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987 for personnel training. Specifies that such personnel training shall include clinical training for obstetric-gynecologic nurse practitioners and training for educators and counsellors. Repeals existing formula grant provisions. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct and make grants and contracts for contraceptive development and evaluation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 for such purpose. Specifies that research grants and contracts may be made for improving the clinical management and direct delivery of family planning services. Specifies that informational and educational grants and contracts may be made for projects respecting pregnancy, human sexuality, and parenthood. Authorizes the Secretary to provide related technical assistance and information clearinghouse activities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987 for such purpose. Prohibits funds under such title from being used to perform or pay for abortions (presently prohibited from use in programs where abortion is a family planning method). Directs the Secretary to annually collect data on: (1) the numbers and age, sex, and family income of persons who receive family planning services; (2) the types of services chosen; (3) the number of low-income persons and teenagers at risk of unintended pregnancies; and (4) the sources of funding for subsidized family planning services in the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants or contracts for such data collection. Requires such information to be made available to the public.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1984
Title I: Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services - Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987 for alcohol and drug abuse and mental health services block grants. Sets aside at least ten percent of such fiscal year appropriations for alcohol and drug abuse services for women and for mental health services for severely disturbed children and adolescents. Limits Federal assistance to 80 percent of a project's costs. Bases State allotments on population and per capita income. Sets minimum State allotments at 1984 levels. Permits direct grant payments to Indian tribes or tribal organizations. Sets aside at least ten percent of mental health appropriations for establishing new community mental health centers or providing services through existing centers. Requires participating States to: (1) make funds available for local mental health centers through FY 1987; (2) collect data on alcohol and drug abuse and mental illness; (3) establish a State mental health services planning council to serve as an advocate for the mentally ill and monitor the State comprehensive mental health plan; and (4) develop a comprehensive mental health plan. Establishes the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Strategy Council to periodically assess and advise regarding the national needs for alcohol and drug abuse services and mental health services and the extent to which such needs are being met by existing programs. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for demonstration projects, data collection, and technical assistance. Requires the Secretary to make grants to medical, nursing, and other graduate schools for training in the identification and treatment of alcohol and drug abuse. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987 for alcohol and drug abuse research. Requires the Secretary to present to Congress by April 15, 1985, a comprehensive national plan to combat alcoholism and alcohol abuse. Repeals title III of the Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act. Amends the definition of "detoxification treatment" under the Controlled Substances Act to increase the maximum number of treatment days from 21 to 180. Requires the Secretary to promulgate related implementing regulations within 90 days. Title II: Developmental Disabilities Assistance - Amends the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act to increase authorizations of appropriations for FY 1984, and authorize appropriations for FY 1985 through 1988 for: (1) the protection and advocacy of individual rights, including related reports; (2) university affiliated demonstration and training grants; (3) State allotments; and (4) other demonstration projects which have national significance or are conducted in more than one State or involve more than one Federal agency or department. Includes: (1) prevention activities within the definition of "services for persons with developmental disabilities"; and (2) certain entities providing training or disseminating information within the definition of "satellite center." Requires the: (1) Secretary to report annually to Congress regarding State activities funded under such Act, and to make such report public; and (2) States to report annually to the Secretary. Requires States to provide assurances to the Secretary that the implementing agency will not be redesignated unless there is good cause for such action and unless notice has been given to affected developmentally-disabled persons or their representatives. Increases minimum university affiliated facility grants from $150,000 to $200,000. Makes the existing $75,000 minimum satellite center grant effective for all such centers. Revises State and territorial allotment provisions. Requires State application plans to provide for manpower assessment activities. Limits funds for such purposes to not more than ten percent of priority service funds.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1984
Redesignates the Office of Under Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Department of Health and Human Services as the Office of the Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services. Establishes in such Department the Offices of: (1) Under Secretary for Health; and (2) Under Secretary for Human Services. Makes the Under Secretary for Health responsible for the Public Health Service, the Health Care Financing Administration, and the Office of Assistant Secretary for Health. Makes the Under Secretary for Human Services responsible for the Social Security Administration, the Office of Human Development Services, and the Office of Community Services.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1984
Designates the week beginning on November 11, 1984, as National Blood Pressure Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1984
Health Professions Training Assistance Amendments of 1984 - Title I: Authorization of Appropriations - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for the following through FY 1988: (1) the Federal health education assistance loan insurance program; (2) health professions student loans; (3) scholarships for students of exceptional financial need; (4) medical school departments of family medicine; (5) area health education centers; (6) training of physician assistants; (7) training programs in general internal medicine and general pediatrics; (8) training programs in family medicine and general practice of dentistry; (9) educational assistance to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds; (10) conversion and curriculum grants; (11) advanced financial distress assistance; (12) graduate programs in health administration; (13) public health traineeships; (14) training in preventive medicine; (14) the National Center for Health Services Research; (15) the National Center for Health Statistics; and (16) traineeships for students in other graduate programs. Title II: Program Revisions - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include schools of chiropractic as health professional schools eligible to participate in educational assistance to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. Amends the definition of physician assistants to require an individual trained as such to be qualified to provide primary health care under the supervision of a physician and to have training in disease prevention, health promotion, geriatric medicine and home health care. Includes colleges and institutions providing additional training in a science related to health care within the definition of school of allied health. Provides for a definition of allied health professionals which includes individuals with postbaccalaureate training in a science related to health care. Includes an individual representing one of the allied health professional educational programs on the National Advisory Council on Health Professions Education. Defines the term "graduate program in clinical psychology" for the purposes of such Act. Makes such a program eligible to participate in educational assistance programs to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to assist in the acquisition of equipment and instrumentation for teaching facilities. Limits the deferral of interest and principal payments on health education assistance loans to a maximum period of four years internship and residency after the completion of medical school. Eliminates the two percent ceiling on the insurance premium. Permits funds in the student loan insurance fund to be used for collection of defaults. Makes students in schools of allied health eligible for student loans. Ends Federal reimbursement of a school for its capital contribution to the health professions student loan program if the borrower becomes unable to repay the debt. Permits schools with federally funded student loan programs to charge borrowers an insurance premium against cancellation of liability. Revises the procedure for determining the amount a school may assess for failure of a borrower to pay all or any part of an assessment. Authorizes Federal assistance in collecting a loan in default if the school has previously exercised all due diligence in attempting to collect the loan. Permits the salary of a Federal employee who has defaulted on a student loan to be withheld. Limits Federal capital contributions to student loan programs to schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, pharmacy, podiatry, optometry, or veterinary medicine that established student loan funds with Federal capital contributions after July 1, 1972. Provides that if any such school reduces its enrollment significantly, or closes, any excess cash balance in the student loan fund shall be returned and allocated to schools with deficient loan funds. Sets forth a formula for making annual grants to schools of public health for support of educational programs taking into consideration full-time and full-time equivalents of part-time students. Authorizes appropriations for such grants through FY 1988. Sets forth eligibility requirements. Eliminates the requirement that area health education centers provide training for physician assistants and nurse practitioners. Permits approved advanced educational programs in the general practice of dentistry in nonhospital based training programs. Sets forth the health priorities for curriculum development projects for health, health profession and allied health profession schools. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to assist State and local health agencies in health services research including the establishment of a user liaison program and a technical assistance program. Repeals provisions of such Act referring to certain expired programs. Requires the Secretary to study financial disincentives to graduates of health professions schools affecting the specialty of practice chosen by such graduates or their decision to practice in an area which lacks an adequate number of health care professionals. Directs the Secretary to make recommendations for legislation and administrative action to correct any disincentive identified.