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Bill· SS. 636 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1981
Veterans' Administration Health Care Amendments of 1981 - Entitles the United States to recover the costs of certain medical care and services furnished to a veteran for a non-service-connected disability when such disability is covered by another form of insurance or compensation. Sets forth the formula and procedure for the United States' recovery against the insurer or other entity. Subrogates the United States to the rights of such veteran. Extends for one year the period during which funds appropriated for the establishment of a new State medical school may be expended. Amends the Veterans Health Programs Extension and Improvement Act of 1979 to permit the expansion of the scope of the epidemiological study of the health effects of Agent Orange to include an evaluation of the long term adverse health effects in humans serving in the armed forces of the United States in Vietnam during the Vietnamese conflict or other factors involved in such service, including exposure to other herbicides, chemicals, medications, or environmental hazards or conditions. Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to expand the scope of the literature analysis and review to include an analysis and review of the literature covering other studies relating to the effects of such factors. Directs the Administrator to prescribe regulations establishing guidelines, standards, and criteria for resolving claims for benefits based on exposure to Agent Orange and such other factors during such conflict.
Bill· HRH.R. 2353 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1981
Amends part B (Professional Standards Review) of title XI of the Social Security Act to provide that a Professional Standards Review Organization shall not be considered to be an agency of the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 2318 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1981
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to extend through fiscal year 1986 the authorization of appropriations for the child abuse prevention and treatment program. Provides protection from adverse job actions for persons reporting instances of child abuse and neglect occurring in public or private residential institutions. Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 to extend through fiscal year 1986 the authorization of appropriations for the adoption reform program.
Bill· HRH.R. 2272 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1981
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Amendments of 1981 - Title I: Amendments to the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act of 1970 - Amends the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act of 1970 to extend through fiscal year 1985 the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States, through the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, to implement State plans. Limits any such grant to 50 percent of the total State costs. Requires the Secretary, before making a grant, to review any comments submitted by the State advisory council and local governments regarding the preparation and administration of the State plan. Revises the formula for the determination of the amounts of such grants. Requires the Institute to complete its review of each State plan within 60 days after receipt. Extends through fiscal year 1985 the Secretary's authority to make project grants and contracts to public and nonprofit private entities for demonstration and evaluation projects relating to prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services. Prohibits any grants to States or State agencies for such projects. Directs the Secretary to encourage applications for projects dealing especially with women, the elderly, and individuals under age 18. Limits to six the number of grants and contracts for any particular project. Provides for scaled reductions in grant or contract support for any project from 80 percent down to 30 percent over a six year period. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1985 for all such grants and for grants for research and research centers. Title II: Amendments to the Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act - Amends the Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act to extend through fiscal year 1985 the authority of the Secretary to make grants to States, through the National Institute on Drug Abuse, to implement State plans. Limits any such grant to 50 percent of the total State costs. Requires the Secretary, before making a grant, to review any comments submitted by the State advisory council and local governments regarding the preparation and administration of the State plan. Revises the formula for the determination of the amounts of such grants. Requires the Institute to complete its review of each State plan within 60 days after receipt. Extends through fiscal year 1985 the Secretary's authority to make special project grants and contracts to public and nonprofit private entities for demonstration and evaluation projects relating to prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services. Prohibits any grants to States or State agencies for such projects. Limits to six the number of grants and contracts for any particular project. Directs the Secretary to encourage applications for projects dealing especially with women, the elderly, and individuals under age 18. Provides for scaled reductions in grant or contract support for any project from 80 percent down to 30 percent over a six year period. Authorizes grants and contracts for research into: (1) the causes of drug abuse in a particular area; and (2) improved drug maintenance and detoxification techniques and programs. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1985 for all such grants and contracts. Title III: Technical Amendments - Repeals certain authorization provisions of the Controlled Substances Act. Increases from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 the authorization of appropriations for the National Commission on Alcoholism and Other Alcohol-Related Problems.
Bill· HRH.R. 2251 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1981
Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Act Amendment - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem an alcoholic beverage misbranded if it consists of more than 24 percent alcohol by volume and does not bear a health warning on its label, labeling, and advertising. Requires such health warning to state that use of such product may cause sickness or death, impair driving ability, create dependence or addiction, and harm the unborn during pregnancy. Requires the label to state that legal age is required for purchase.
Bill· HRH.R. 2254 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1981
Reye's Syndrome Act of 1981 - Amends title XI (Genetic Disease, Hemophilia Programs, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish, through the National Institute of Neurological, Communicative Disorders, and Stroke, the Reye's Syndrome Coordinating Committee. Directs such Committee to: (1) make grants and enter into contracts for clinical research and treatment; and (2) establish mobile research teams. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984 for such activities. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress within six months following the end of the Committee's authorization.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 197 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1981
Requests the President to designate the week of February 7 through 13, 1982, as "National Scleroderma Week."
Bill· HRH.R. 2226 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1981
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for demonstration projects (in at least three States, including a rural area) for the provision of preventive health services to the elderly through traveling health care practitioners (other than a physician). Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the results of the demonstration projects.
Bill· HRH.R. 2212 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1981
Federal Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Act of 1981 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide financial assistance to: (1) appropriate entities for the planning, development, and operation of eight regional preventive medicine centers; (2) public and private entities for research, development, and demonstrations in specified health promotion areas; and (3) public and nonprofit private educational organizations and agencies and regional preventive medicine centers for (A) demonstration projects designed to provide children with information about health risks and with behavioral skills to eliminate such risks; and (B) development and training of health manpower for faculty, administrative, and traineeship support of preventive medicine personnel. Directs the Secretary to report to the President and Congress on the impact of this Act and specified subjects relating to health promotion. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.
Bill· HRH.R. 2224 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1981
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for hearings on disputed Medicare claims by an impartial person other than the carrier designated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to administer benefits under such title.
Bill· HRH.R. 2223 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1981
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to reduce the inpatient hospital deductible specified under such title to its 1978 level.
Bill· HRH.R. 2155 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1981
Grants the United States the right to recover the costs of care and services furnished by the Veterans' Administration to veterans for non-service connected disabilities to the extent that such veterans have similar insurance contracts or rights to such care. Sets forth a formula for determining the amount of such recovery. Sets forth the procedures for pursuing such recovery.
Bill· HRH.R. 2158 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1981
Military Veterans' Administration Medical Sharing Act of 1981 - Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs and the Secretary of Defense to direct the Chief Medical Director of the Veterans' Administration and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to form an interagency committee to oversee opportunities for sharing the medical resources of the Veterans' Administration and the Department of Defense. Directs the Administrator and the Secretary to jointly establish guidelines for the sharing of medical resources by health care facilities of the Administration and the Department. Requires such guidelines to include provisions for cooperative sharing agreements with such health care facilities explicitly defining the care to be provided on a reimbursable basis. Directs the Administration and the Secretary to submit an annual joint report to Congress setting forth the guidelines prescribed, the opportunities for interagency sharing agreements, and the progress of interagency activities to share medical resources.
Bill· HRH.R. 2126 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1981
Mental Health Act of 1981 - Title I: Mental Health Benefits - Entitles residents and non-resident citizens to mental health benefits under this Act. Enumerates mental health services covered by this Act, stipulating that payments for such services shall be made by the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the recipient's behalf. Sets forth qualifications of psychiatric hospitals for participation in the program under this Act, including the provision of active diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitative services, and accreditation by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals. Directs that the program under this Act be administered by the Secretary with the advice and assistance of a Committee on Mental Health responsible for approval of all providers under this Act and the establishment of relevant guidelines and qualifications. Requires the Secretary to conduct a study of the feasibility of establishing a national program of mental health insurance and to submit a report of the findings to the President and Congress. Creates a mental health trust fund in the Treasury. Appropriates to the fund specified tax revenues. Creates a Board of Trustees of such fund, with the Secretary of the Treasury as the Managing Trustee, to hold the fund, report annually to Congress on the operation and status of the fund, report to Congress when the amount of the fund is unduly small, and review general policies followed in managing the fund. Makes it the duty of the Managing Trustee to invest such portions of the trust fund, according to specified instructions as are not required to meet current withdrawals. Title II: Mental Health Taxes - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a series of mental health taxes on employees' income, employers' income, self-employment income, and unearned income. Sets forth rules applicable to the nondeductibility of mental health taxes from the employee's exempt wages. Excludes from an individual's gross income an employer's payment of such tax.
Bill· HRH.R. 2101 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1981
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for physician administered drugs used for treating neoplasms.
Bill· SS. 560 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1981
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Amendments of 1981 - Amends title XI (Genetic Diseases, Hemophilia Programs, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) of the Public Health Service Act to extend funding authorizations for the sudden infant death program through fiscal year 1984.
Bill· SS. 561 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1981
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Opportunities Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to extend through fiscal year 1986 the authorizations of appropriations for the child abuse prevention and treatment program and for centers to treat problems relating to sexual abuse of children. Continues provisions for earmarking such funds through fiscal year 1986. Requires that a State, in order to receive assistance under such Act, have in effect a State law which provides protection from adverse job actions for persons reporting instances of child abuse and neglect occurring in public or private residential institutions. Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 to declare that title II of such Act may be cited as the "Adoption Opportunities Act of 1978." Extends the authorization of appropriations under such Act for the adoption reform program through fiscal year 1986.
Bill· HRH.R. 2068 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1981
Reye's Syndrome Act of 1981 - Amends title XI of the Public Health Service Act (Genetic Diseases, Hemophilia Programs, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish, through the National-Institute of Neurological, Communicative Disorders, and Stroke, the Reye's Syndrome Coordinating Committee to make grants to and enter into contracts with public and nonprofit private entities for a three-year project to establish two comprehensive Reye's Syndrome diagnostic and treatment centers. Includes among the duties of such centers: (1) the conduct of basic and clinical research; (2) the development of new and improved treatments; (3) the provision of physician training programs; and (4) informational services, with respect to the detention, diagnosis, and treatment of Reye's Syndrome. Directs the Secretary to submit a report to Congress within six months of the project. Authorizes the Committee to provide financial assistance to public agencies, nonprofit private entities, and entities and individuals not associated with the centers to conduct research on Reye's Syndrome. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.
Bill· HRH.R. 2060 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1981
Amends title XIV (Safety of Public Water Systems) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize a State with primary enforcement responsibility for drinking water standards to grant variances from turbidity requirements to public water systems within their jurisdictions upon a finding that due to compelling factors, including economic factors, the public system is unable to comply with such requirements with respect to not more than one percent of the users of such system and such variance will not result in an unreasonable health risk.
Bill· HRH.R. 2020 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1981
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment under the Medicare program for eyeglasses, hearing aids, and dentures, including examinations for the purpose of prescribing or fitting such items.
Bill· HRH.R. 1887 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1981
Department of Defense-Veterans' Administration Health Care Planning and Improvements Act - Title I: Use of Veterans' Administration Medical Resources in Treating Members of the Armed Forces Injured During a Period of War or Other Armed Conflict - Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to furnish hospital care to any member of the Armed Forces for a service-connected disability incurred or aggravated during a period of war or other armed conflict. Requires the Secretary of Defense to certify to the Administrator that the Armed Forces lack the capacity to furnish such care because of the number of casualties sustained during such conflict. Directs the Administrator to prescribe regulations, not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, to ensure that such members are given priority for hospital care over all other persons except veterans in need of such care for service-connected disabilities. Title II: Interagency Sharing of Medical Resources - Establishes the Federal Interagency Health Resources Committee to be composed of the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. Directs the Committee to: (1) evaluate the opportunities for the interagency sharing of health resources between the Department of Defense and the Veterans' Administration; (2) prescribe policies and procedures for such interagency sharing; and (3) within 180 days after enactment of this Act, prescribe guidelines for such interagency sharing to the directors of health care facilities of the Department and the Administration. Requires such guidelines to provide that: (1) the director of each facility shall enter into cooperative arrangements for providing health care to beneficiaries of other facilities; (2) the availability of medical care to beneficiaries of an agency other than the providing agency shall be on a referral basis; (3) an agency shall be reimbursed for a medical service provided to a beneficiary of another agency; and (4) sharing agreements shall be operative upon agreement by medical facility directors unless disapproved by an agency involved. Directs the Administration and the Department to submit to specified Congressional committees an annual report regarding interagency medical resource sharing activities.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 177 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1981
Requests the President to designate the week of May 24 through May 30, 1981, as "National Intensive and Critical Care Week."
Bill· HRH.R. 1874 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer a $25.00 income tax deduction from gross income for each pint of blood donated during the taxable year.
Bill· SS. 433 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Health Incentives Reform Act of 1981 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include in a taxpayer's gross income any contribution to him or on his behalf by his employer to a health benefit plan, or dental benefit plan, or both, for any month: (1) to the extent that such contribution amount exceeds a specified limitation; or (2) if such employer fails to comply during that month with any of certain specified requirements. Limits the employer's contribution to: (1) $50 for employee-only coverage, adjusted according to a specified formula for fluctuations in the Consumer Price Index medical care component; (2) $100 for employee-and-spouse coverage, adjusted similarly; and (3) $125 for family group-coverage, adjusted similarly. Requires any employer having a total of more than 100 employees covered under any health benefit plan offered by such employer to require that such plan offer at least three coverage options, each offered by a separate carrier. Requires the employer to make the same amount of contribution for each option offered. Requires continuity of coverage for family members following the death, termination, or divorce of the employee. Requires minimum benefits from each plan (or option thereof) which comprise the same types of coverage provided under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Requires each plan (or option) to provide for full payment of services during a catastrophic benefit period.
Bill· HRH.R. 1720 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Establishes the Interagency Task Force on Ocean Dumping of Radioactive Wastes (the task force). Directs the task force to: (1) prepare an inventory of ocean sites at which radioactive wastes were dumped between 1945 and 1970; (2) make a preliminary assessment of the adverse effects of such wastes on the environment and public health; and (3) develop a comprehensive plan for continuous monitoring of such wastes in order to assess short-and long-term adverse impacts on the environment and public health. Empowers the task force to issue subpoenas for any evidence relating to any incident of ocean dumping of radioactive waste. Requires any Federal agencies which engaged in or authorized such dumping to furnish information upon written request of the task force. Requires the task force to report to Congress by October 1, 1982, on the activities required by this Act. Directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set up a preliminary monitoring program on those ocean sites at which radioactive wastes which cause significant adverse impacts on the environment and public health were dumped before 1970. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such program.
Bill· HRH.R. 1705 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Amends title XI (General Provisions) of the Social Security Act to abolish the Professional Standards Review Organizations which were established to review services covered under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 1712 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage of "personal emergency response services" provided by a "personal emergency monitoring agency." Defines "personal emergency response services" as the maintenance of digital electronic communication equipment in the home which signals a "personal emergency monitoring agency" for help.
Bill· HRH.R. 1768 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Amends title IV (National Research Institutes) of the Public Health Service Act to provide that the institute currently authorized to conduct research on neurological diseases shall be named the "National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke." Requires obligation of at least $16,000,000 of the sums appropriated for such Institute for research in the area of regeneration of the spinal cord.
Bill· HRH.R. 1718 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases, to: (1) conduct a clinical investigation of the safety and efficacy of dimethyl sulfoxide as a drug to be used by persons with arthritis; and (2) report to Congress within one year of enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1694 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require that States include standards for determining need for continued skilled nursing facilities or intermediate care facilities in their plan for medical assistance. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct investigative and oversight activities designed to determine whether there exists any basis to support a finding that the plan no longer complies with minimum requirements. States that an individual shall be deemed to be in need of skilled nursing facility services if determined to need care in such a facility on a daily basis.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 168 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Requests the President to designate the month of September, 1981, as "National Rehabilitation Month."
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 172 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Requests the President to designate the second week of April of each year as "National Medical Laboratory Week."
Bill· HRH.R. 1663 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1981
Establishes within the National Institutes of Health the Office of Drugs of Limited Commercial Value under the direction of the Director of the National Institutes of Health. Establishes within the Office an advisory council to advise the Director and make recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services respecting the time required for drug approval under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Authorizes the Director to provide financial assistance to entities for the development of drugs of limited commercial value, defined as a drug for a condition or disease of low incidence, to undertake the development of such drugs, undertake studies to determine the potential and need for specific drugs, and coordinate the efforts of public and private entities engaged in the development of such drugs. Requires the submission and approval of an application containing the scientific basis for the development and the proposed therapeutic use of the drug and other specified information before financial assistance is provided. Requires each entity receiving funds to keep specified records. Requires the Director to report to Congress within two years on the effectiveness of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1679 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1981
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe rules and regulations requiring certain air carriers, railroads, and motor carriers carrying passengers for hire in interstate commerce to set aside areas for the exclusive use of nonsmokers.
Bill· SS. 385 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1981
Pacific Basin Rehabilitation Needs Study Act - Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to direct the Department of Education's National Institute for Handicapped Research to conduct a study of the mental and physical rehabilitation needs of the Pacific Basin. Requires a report to Congress within one year of enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1554 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1981
Youth Camp Safety Act - Establishes in the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services an Office of Youth Camp Safety to be headed by a Director of Youth Camp Safety. Confers upon the Director the primary responsibility for the promulgation and enforcement of Federal and State youth camp safety regulations. Provides for Congressional disapproval of such proposed regulations. Requires any State which desires to assume responsibility for the development and modification of youth camp safety standards to submit a State plan to the Director for approval. Allows a State whose plan has been rejected to obtain review of the decision in the United States court of appeals. Authorizes the Director to make grants to States for the development of youth camp safety plans, such grants not to exceed 80 percent of the cost of carrying out the State plan. Authorizes the Director to enter and inspect youth camps and their records. Charges the Director with: (1) establishing within the Department of Health and Human Services an Advisory Council on Youth Camp Safety; and (2) reporting to the Congress and the President annually. Establishes judicial procedures to restrain any condition or practice which poses an imminent danger of serious injury at such camps. Prescribes penalties for violations by youth camp operators of the standards promulgated pursuant to this Act. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 through 1985.
Bill· HRH.R. 1569 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1981
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for certain clinical psychologists' services under the supplemental medical insurance program.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 153 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1981
Requests the President to designate September 8 of each year as "National Cancer Prevention Day."
Bill· HRH.R. 1538 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1981
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize payment to an individual entitled to hospital insurance benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Act for emergency inpatient hospital services furnished outside the United States if such hospital was closer to, or substantially more accessible than, the place at which the emergency occurred than the nearest adequately equipped hospital within the United States.
Bill· SS. 313 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1981
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit a State to terminate an individual's benefits for up to one year after notice and opportunity for hearing, if it is determined, by a preponderance of the evidence, that such individual has committed specified Medicaid abuses.
Bill· SS. 315 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1981
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to repeal the provision under which a State is prohibited from charging an enrollment fee, premium, or deduction for inpatient hospital services, outpatient services, laboratory and X-ray services, skilled nursing facility services, certain physicians' services, and home health services to an individual who is eligible for Medicaid and who is receiving aid or assistance under titles I (Old Age and Medical Assistance), X (Aid to the Blind), XIV (Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled), XVI (Supplemental Security Income), or IV part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of such Act. Directs that any charge for any Medicaid benefit provided to any such individual shall be nominal.
Bill· SS. 314 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1981
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit a State to establish a program under which relatives of a Medicaid beneficiary receiving skilled nursing facility services or intermediate care facility services may contribute to a fund used to provide such services.
Bill· SS. 316 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1981
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit a State, under certain circumstances, to purchase, either through a competitive bidding process or otherwise: (1) laboratory and X-ray services; (2) family planning supplies; (3) prescription drugs; (4) dentures; (5) prosthetic devices; or (6) eyeglasses.
Bill· HRH.R. 1466 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1981
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified amount to Herbert J. Thomas Memorial Hospital in the State of West Virginia.
Bill· HRH.R. 1436 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1981
Amends title VII (Health Research and Teaching Facilities and Training of Professional Health Personnel) of the Public Health Service Act to provide that enrollment increases made by schools of medicine to receive assistance from the Veterans' Administration shall not be considered in determining if such schools have met the first-year enrollment requirements for capitation grant educational assistance.
Bill· HRH.R. 1424 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1981
Prescription Drug Labeling Act -Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that in the labeling and advertising of drugs sold by prescription the established name of such drug must appear each time the drug's proprietary name is used. Allows a pharmacist to fill or refill a prescription for a drug identified by its proprietary name with a substitute drug of the same established name or the same qualitative composition, unless the prescription requires the proprietary name drug exclusively. Requires that such substitute drugs, whether identified in the prescription by proprietary or by established name, be sold at a cost to the patient which is less than the cost of the drug so identified.
Bill· HRH.R. 1420 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1981
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide, through demonstration projects payments to eligible individuals who do not require 24-hour nursing care and who desire to establish a medical, noninstitutional living arrangement: (1) post-hospital extended care services under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act; or (2) intermediate care facility services or skilled nursing facility services under title XIX (Medicaid) of such Act. Requires payments received to be used to finance appropriate medical, noninstitutional living arrangements. Provides that such payments shall not be includable in gross income under the Internal Revenue Code. Requires the Secretary to design the demonstration projects to determine: (1) the feasibility of transferring inpatients of skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities to noninstitutional living arrangements; (2) the types and percentage of such inpatients who could live effectively in a noninstitutional living arrangement; and (3) the types and percentages of such inpatients who would benefit economically and qualitatively from a noninstitutional living arrangement. Directs that funds for such payments be made from the Federal Hospital Insurance Fund established under the Social Security Act and from funds appropriated for Medicaid.
Bill· HRH.R. 1392 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1981
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize the President to enter into agreements establishing reciprocal arrangements between such title and the program of any foreign country providing similar services to individuals either directly or by insurance payments. Requires that any such agreement specify: (1) the nature and extent of payment to be made to or on behalf of the individuals entitled to benefits; (2) limitations on the nature and duration of health services and on entitlement of individuals to benefits on a reciprocal basis; and (3) the methods by which the cost of providing health services on a reciprocal basis shall be shared by the United States and the foreign country. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make rules and regulations and establish procedures necessary to implement and administer such agreements. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into interim arrangements with any hospital in a foreign country which is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals or such other hospitals as the Secretary finds meet specified health and safety standards.
Bill· HRH.R. 1356 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1981
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize payment for specified services performed by chiropractors, including x-rays, physical examinations, and related routine laboratory tests.
Bill· HRH.R. 1365 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1981
Amends titles XI, part A (General Provisions) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to increase the dollar limitations on Medicaid payments to Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands and to eliminate the 50 percent limitation on the Federal medical assistance percentages applicable to the Medicaid programs of such territories and raise such limitation to the same level as that in the States.