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Bill· SS. 166 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) to include otherwise eligible persons who are also entitled to Medicare benefits. Provides for payment under the CHAMPUS program of health care expenses to the extent that such expenses are not payable under Medicare or any other insurance or health plan. Requires a person claiming a benefit under this Act to certify the costs of all charges.
Bill· SS. 159 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Requires the appointment by the President of health-care professionals to the positions of the Surgeon General of the Army, the Surgeon General of the Navy, and the Surgeon General of the Air Force.
Bill· SS. 155 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Health Care Protection Act of 1987 - Encourages each State to establish a program for compensation and reduction of health care malpractice. Authorizes the Attorney General to promulgate regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act. Encourages each State to establish malpractice screening panels with original and exclusive jurisdiction to hear all claims of health care malpractice by State certified or licensed health care personnel. Directs each State to publish a list of licensed health care professions. Sets forth the procedural rules governing the handling of such claims. Requires layperson representation on such panels. Requires panel decisions to be made within 30 days after a hearing. Requires such a panel to determine the amount of malpractice damages owed under State law and to enter an order to pay an award in that amount. Authorizes a State to provide judicial enforcement of an award that is not paid promptly. Prohibits review of a panel decision except for review of allegations of conflict of interest or fraud. Requires that any party to a claim decided by a panel be entitled to trial de novo on such claim in State court. Specifies damage award payment methods. Requires that a panel or court report any findings of health care malpractice or notice of a settlement agreement to the State insurance commissioner and the appropriate State licensing or certification board. Directs the State insurance commissioner to make such reports available to the public and to insurance carriers, who shall be authorized to adjust the rates of involved health care personnel. Limits contingent fees. Subjects an attorney who accepts a fee in excess of such limits to civil liability. Encourages a State to develop a program requiring specified health care institutions to employ a risk management program for the reporting and investigation of all known or suspected incidents of malpractice and the identification of preventive measures to reduce the risk of such incidents. Directs the Governor of a State to certify the State's program and the Attorney General to approve such certification if such program is in compliance with this Act. Directs the Attorney General to make specified payments to a State with a certified program for: (1) program development; and (2) malpractice screening panels. Directs the Governors to report to the Attorney General on the State's use of such payments. Reallocates funds paid to a State which does not have a program in compliance with this Act to those States which the Attorney General determines are most in need of additional funds. Authorizes appropriations beginning in FY 1988.
Bill· SS. 273 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Informed Consent Act - Prohibits any employee of a health facility owned or operated by the Department of Defense from performing an abortion on a pregnant woman without first obtaining her informed consent, in writing. Excepts medical emergencies from such prohibition. Requires the Secretary of Defense to monitor compliance with this Act and to prepare and make available to the public specified informational materials, to be reviewed and updated annually. Creates a cause of action in U.S. district court for any individual aggrieved by any failure of compliance with the informed consent mandate.
Bill· SS. 272 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Informed Consent Act - Prohibits any individual who is employed in a health facility owned or operated by the Federal Government, in a health facility which receives Federal financial assistance, or who receives any Federal financial assistance, from performing an abortion on a pregnant woman unless such individual obtained informed consent from such woman. Excepts medical emergencies from such prohibition. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to monitor compliance with this Act. Authorizes individuals aggrieved by the failure of compliance with this Act to seek appropriate relief in the U.S. district courts. Requires the Secretary to prepare and make specified informational material available to the public and to update such material annually.
Bill· SS. 169 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program of grants to: (1) identify women who received diethylstilbestrol (DES) while pregnant and their children; (2) establish a voluntary registry of such women and children; (3) provide them with periodic cancer screening; and (4) provide health care personnel and the public with information respecting the health hazards of such drug. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· SS. 271 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends the Public Health Service Act to permit family planning projects to offer adoption services. Requires such services to be nondiscriminatory as to race, color, religion, or national origin.
Bill· SS. 210 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a voluntary insurance program to provide catastrophic health insurance benefits for elderly and disabled individuals. Sets forth the scope of benefits which include payment for the reasonable cost and charges not paid for by any other government program: (1) for inpatient hospital care for the first ten days of hospitalization after the second hospitalization in any calendar year; (2) for hospital care after the sixtieth day of any hospitalization; and (3) in excess of $2,000 for a calendar year. Provides that any individual who is disabled or has attained the age of 65 shall be eligible to enroll in such program. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to determine the amount of the monthly premium and to adjust such premium annually.
Bill· SS. 154 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for the development and implementation of poison control centers to provide services, including a toll-free hotline, for poisoning and drug overdose cases. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· SS. 164 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
National Institute of Mental Health Transfer Act of 1987 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to transfer the National Institute of Mental Health (Institute) from the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration to the National Institutes of Health. Sets forth the general purpose of the Institute. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Director of the Institute, to make grants for demonstration projects for the planning, coordination, and improvement of community services for chronically mentally ill individuals, seriously mentally disturbed children, and elderly individuals, and to conduct research concerning such services. Authorizes appropriations for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary, through the Director, to make grants to States for the purpose of developing State comprehensive mental health plans. Requires the Director to develop and publish information respecting the causes and means of preventing suicide. Allows the Secretary, through the Director, to make grants to and enter into agreements with public and nonprofit private entities for research on mental illness.
Bill· SS. 153 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide that health maintenance organizations may provide the services of clinical social workers.
Bill· SS. 177 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Health Care for the Uninsured Act of 1987 - Permits States to establish health care pools to: (1) provide health care services to all uninsured individuals; and (2) share among all hospitals in the State the costs of uncompensated care. Requires the implementation of the health care pool at the Federal level where a State does not establish such a program or receive a waiver from the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Allows the Secretary to grant a waiver if an independently formulated State plan would provide the same results. Lists the benefits such State health care pools are required to provide, including: (1) inpatient hospital services; (2) emergency outpatient services; (3) physician services; (4) prenatal, delivery, and post partum services; (5) laboratory and x-ray services; (6) nurse midwife services; (7) home health care services; and (8) inpatient drugs. Requires each uninsured individual who wishes to secure health care through the pool to pay a premium for such coverage based on the individual's family income. Allows a State to require deductibles and coinsurance amounts imposed for users of the services. Provides that the solvency of the State health care pools may be ensured through: (1) premiums collected from individuals; (2) revenues from a tax imposed on the operating net revenue of hospitals within the State; and (3) funds provided by the State or locality. Provides that a hospital may be exempt from such taxes if it: (1) provides uncompensated care at a rate equal to or greater than 200 percent of the State average; or (2) provides care to individuals eligible for Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) at a rate equal to or greater than 200 percent of the State average. Requires the Secretary to establish a health care pool for any State which fails to do so. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to establish special accounts in the Treasury for such States to utilize in carrying out the health care pool established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a hospital services tax on hospitals which are not subject to a State established health care pool.
Law· SS. 136 (100th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, for FY 1989 and each year thereafter, to enter into contracts with Native Hawaiian organizations to provide funds to such organizations to establish and administer health promotion and disease prevention programs to serve Native Hawaiians (including the prevention and treatment of certain Native Hawaiian related health problems, the collection of data, and the training of Native Hawaiian community health outreach workers). Establishes the Native Hawaiian Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Advisory Board to oversee contract and grant awards and to report to the Secretary and the Congress. Requires the Secretary to provide grants to Native Hawaiian organizations to develop the management capabilities of such organizations to plan and operate the health promotion and disease prevention program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 and thereafter. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an agreement with a Native Hawaiian organization (or any Native Hawaiian educational institution) to provide education to Native Hawaiian children in health promotion and disease prevention. Directs the Secretary to establish a Native Hawaiian Program for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention demonstration project in Hawaii to explore ways to meet the unique health care needs of Native Hawaiians. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to the Congress for FY 1987 through 1989. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) designate Native Hawaiians as a medically underserved population; (2) provide grants to Native Hawaiian organizations for the planning of community health centers to serve the Native community; and (3) establish community health centers. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Governor of Hawaii regarding grants for the planning and developing of community health centers to serve the Native Hawaiian community. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 to provide for such grants and to provide for the establishment of community health centers. Authorizes the Secretary to designate Native Hawaiians as a population group that has a health manpower shortage for purposes of the Public Health Service Act. Directs the Secretary to provide health service scholarship assistance to Native Hawaiian students. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 and thereafter. Directs the Secretary to enter into contracts with Native Hawaiian organizations for the provision of health care referral services for Native Hawaiians. Requires the Secretary to prescribe regulations that provide specified criteria for the selection of such organizations. Requires organizations that receive or expend funds pursuant to such contracts to submit quarterly reports to the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 and thereafter. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of any barriers that may exist to the participation of Native Hawaiians in specified programs established under titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act. Requires the Secretary, within one year after enactment of this Act, to submit a report to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 and thereafter. Requires the Secretary to make a grant under the Public Health Service Act to the University of Hawaii for the construction of a building for a Pacific Basin disease research institute. Provides that the Secretary is not required to secure the advice of the National Advisory Council on Health Professions Education with respect to such grant. Requires a 50 percent Federal matching share for the costs of construction of such building. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· SS. 129 (100th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Indian Health Care Amendments of 1987 - Title I: Indian Health Manpower - Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize appropriations for specified Indian health programs for FY 1988 through 1991, including scholarship programs and continuing education allowances. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) from denying scholarship assistance solely on the basis of an applicant's scholastic achievement if such applicant has been admitted to, or maintained good standing at, an accredited health professions institution. Directs the Secretary to grant Indian Health Scholarships to Indians enrolled full-time in certain schools for health professionals. States that the active duty service requirements of the Public Health Service Act can be met by service: (1) in the Indian Health Service (Service); (2) in a program conducted under a contract entered into under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act; (3) in a program assisted under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act; or (4) in the private practice of a health professional if such practice is in a health professional shortage area and addresses the health care needs of a substantial number of Indians. Repeals the Indian Health Scholarship Program under the Public Health Service Act. Amends the Public Health Service Act to make Native Hawaiians, subject to available appropriations, eligible for scholarships under the Indian Health Scholarship Program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988, and for each fiscal year thereafter. Directs the Secretary to maintain a Community Health Representative program to provide for the training and the use of Indians as health paraprofessionals to Indian communities. Title II: Health Services - Enumerates the health services for which the Secretary is authorized to expend funds for the improvement of the health of Indians. Prohibits the use of such funds to offset or limit appropriations made under other Acts. Conditions the allocation of such funds upon the health resource deficiency level of the affected Indian tribes. Permits the allocation of such funds on a service unit basis. Directs the Secretary to establish a review mechanism for tribal petitions regarding the health resource deficiency level of a tribe. Makes programs administered by tribal organizations under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act eligible for specified funds on an equal basis with programs administered directly by the Indian Health Service. Provides that any portion of funds from the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund that are used for contracts under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act may be used for health planning, training, technical assistance, and other administrative support functions. Requires at least one percent of the Fund's appropriation to be expended for research. Requires the Secretary to submit to the Congress a current health services priority system report, including the methodology for determining tribal health resources deficiencies, and the funds needed to raise all tribes to a zero level deficiency. Requires the Secretary to annually provide an update of tribal specific health plans. Directs the President to include with the submission of the budget a separate statement which specifies the amounts obligated to implement enumerated health services. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for specified health services. Designates such appropriations the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund. Establishes an Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund to meet the extraordinary medical costs for victims of disasters or catastrophic illness. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits the use of such funds to offset or limit appropriations made under other Acts. Requires the Secretary to provide health promotion and disease prevention services to Indians. Requires the Secretary to include in each health services priority system report an evaluation of the health promotion and disease prevention needs of Indians and the resources that are currently available to meet such needs. Requires each Indian tribe to include within any tribal specific health plan that such tribe is required to submit to the Secretary a comprehensive plan developed by such tribe for health promotion and disease prevention among its members. Requires the Secretary to develop from such plans a comprehensive plan for the provision by the Service of health promotion and disease prevention services to Indians and a schedule for the provision of such services. Requires the Secretary to establish at least one demonstration project (but no more than four) to determine the most effective and cost-efficient means of providing health promotion and disease prevention services and training to Indians. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with, or make grants to, schools of medicine or osteopathy to carry out such demonstration projects. Terminates such projects 30 months after enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish in the State of Hawaii, as a demonstration project, a Native Hawaiian Program for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention to meet the unique health care needs of Native Hawaiians. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with Native Hawaiian organizations to assist the Secretary in providing health care services under the Native Hawaiian demonstration project. Requires the Secretary to enter into a contract with a Native Hawaiian organization to: (1) conduct a study to determine the incidence of diabetes among Native Hawaiians and ways to reduce its incidence; and (2) prepare an inventory of health care programs within Hawaii that are available for the treatment, prevention, or control of diabetes among Native Hawaiians. Requires such organization to prepare and transmit a report to the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to submit such report to the Congress. Directs the Secretary to enter into a contract with a Native Hawaiian organization to: (1) establish a diabetes control program; (2) promote coordination between all health care providers in the delivery of diabetes related services to Native Hawaiians; (3) establish a model diabetes program to serve Native Hawaiians in Hawaii; (4) develop an outreach program to assure the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diabetes among Native Hawaiians; (5) develop a standardized system to collect, analyze, and report diabetes data among Native Hawaiians; and (6) conduct diabetes research and coordinate such research with State agencies and the Department of Health and Human Services. Directs the Secretary to submit certain reports to the Congress. Requires the Secretary to: (1) include in contracts with Native Hawaiian organizations such conditions to ensure that the objectives of such contracts are achieved; (2) develop procedures to evaluate compliance with, and performance of, contracts entered into by Native Hawaiian organizations; and (3) conduct an annual onsite evaluation of each Native Hawaiian organization. Sets forth specified actions the Secretary may take if a Native Hawaiian organization does not comply with the conditions of a contract. Permits the Secretary, at the request or consent of a Native Hawaiian organization, to amend contracts entered into with such organizations. Requires each Native Hawaiian organization to submit to the Secretary a quarterly report of its activities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1992. Provides that the United States shall have the right to recover reasonable expenses incurred by the Secretary in the provision of health services, through the Service, to individuals. Requires all funds reimbursed to the United States by reason of the provision of such services to be credited to the account of the Service in the Treasury. Title III: Health Facilities - Requires the Secretary to consult with any Indian tribe that might be affected by an expenditure for health facilities before the Secretary makes a commitment for such an expenditure. Conditions the closure of any health care facility upon the Secretary's submission to the Congress of an impact assessment one year prior to the contemplated closing. Directs the President to include with the budgets submitted for FY 1989 through 1991 program information documents for the construction of ten Indian health facilities. Requires the Secretary to submit to the Congress a report relating to the current health facility priority system. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial and technical assistance for the operation and maintenance of sanitation facilities, utility organizations, and emergency repairs of sanitation facilities. Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to transfer funds from the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to the Secretary for the provision of sanitation facilities and services to Indians. Directs the Secretary to implement a ten-year plan to provide safe water and sanitary sewage and solid waste disposal facilities to Indian homes and communities. Requires the Secretary to submit to the Congress a report with respect to current Indian sanitation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Permits tribes, subject to acceptance by the Secretary, to expend certain non-Indian Health Service funds for the renovation of Indian Health Service facilities, subject to specified conditions. Authorizes the Secretary to exchange certain real property with the Bethel Native Corporation (Alaska). Title IV: Access to Health Services - Extends the authorization for specified appropriations for grants and contracts with tribal organizations from FY 1989 through 1991. Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to make certain providers of the Indian Health Service eligible for Medicare and Medicaid payments. Directs the Secretary to ensure that each service unit of the Indian Health Service receives at least half of the amounts to which its facilities are entitled if such amounts are necessary to bring the facilities into compliance with this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish a demonstration project in which certain Indian (and Alaska Native) health organizations which provide health care services shall bill for Medicare and Medicaid payments directly. Requires the Secretary to monitor such organizations and to require quarterly reports on their operations. Sets forth eligibility and participation guidelines for such health service facilities. Requires a final report to the Congress by the end of FY 1994. Title V: Urban Indian Health Services - Directs the Secretary to contract with urban Indian organizations to administer health services programs in urban areas. Sets forth specified requirements to be included in such contracts. Lists criteria for the selection of such organizations. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with urban Indian organizations to determine the health status and unmet health care needs of urban Indians in affected urban areas. Delineates the requirements of such contracts. Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop evaluation procedures for the performance of the contracts entered into under this title; and (2) conduct annual onsite evaluations of each contracting urban Indian organization. Prescribes guidelines for the renewal of health care or referral services contracts. Prohibits renewal of contracts for determination of unmet health needs if such an organization's performance has been noncompliant or otherwise unsatisfactory and problems cannot be resolved. Sets forth other specified contract requirements. Requires urban Indian organizations to submit a quarterly report to the Secretary. Redefines "urban Indian organization" to mean a nonprofit corporate body situated in an urban center and governed by an urban Indian controlled board of directors. Title VI: Organizational Improvements - Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish an automated management information system for the Indian Health Service; and (2) provide Indian tribes and tribal organizations that provide health services under contracts with the Service with such systems. Directs the Secretary to reimburse each tribe and tribal organization for the cost of the operation of such system that is used for the treatment of Service patients. Requires the Secretary to provide such systems. Title VII: Miscellaneous - Authorizes the Secretary to enter into legal agreements with Indian tribes or tribal organizations in order to provide compensation for facility space costs associated with the administration and delivery of health services by the Indian Health Service tribally operated programs. Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary to enter into an agreement to coordinate the efforts of the Department of the Interior and the Department of Health and Human Services in health promotion, disease prevention, and health education among Indian youth. Extends to FY 1990 the time during which Arizona is designated as a contract health service delivery area. Extends eligibility for health services to specified Indians in the State of California through FY 1988. Establishes eligibility guidelines for such medical benefits. Designates the State of California as a contract health service delivery area. Lists programs eligible for Service funds. Restricts circumstances under which the Secretary may remove a member of the National Health Service Corps who is performing obligated service in a health facility operated by or under the Service. Authorizes the Secretary under certain circumstances to provide medical care or benefits by the Service to otherwise ineligible persons. Sets a deadline by which the Secretary must develop and implement a plan to reduce Indian infant, maternal, and fetal alcohol syndrome mortality rates to a certain level or that of the general population. Directs the Secretary to provide contract health services to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians who reside in the Trenton Service Area of specified counties in the States of North Dakota and Montana. Requires the Secretary to examine the feasibility of the sharing of medical facilities and services between the Service and the Veterans Administration. Requires the Secretary to provide health care services for Indians in Montana. Title VIII: Diabetes Prevention and Control - Requires the Secretary to determine: (1) the incidence of diabetes among Indians; (2) activities the Indian Health Service should take to reduce such incidence, to provide guidance in the prevention, treatment, and control of diabetes, to provide early diagnosis, and to ensure proper health care to those Indians who are diagnosed as diabetic; and (3) the fiscal impact to the Federal Government of treating diabetes among such people. Requires the Secretary to prepare an inventory of all health care programs and resources within the United States that are available for the treatment, prevention, or control of diabetes among Indians. Requires the Secretary to transmit to the President and the Congress a report containing his determinations and research activities among Indians. Requires the Secretary to: (1) implement a program to strengthen and expand the diabetes program of the Indian Health Service; (2) screen recipients of diabetes services from the Service; (3) enable the Service to treat such disease effectively; and (4) conduct, for Federal, tribal, and other Indian health care providers, training programs with respect to the prevention and treatment of diabetes. Requires the Secretary to: (1) maintain specified model diabetes clinics; and (2) establish such clinics at additional specified locations. Requires the Secretary to develop specified programs with respect to data collection and analysis and research relating to diabetes among Native Americans. Authorizes appropriations. Title IX: Severability Provision - Provides that any invalidation of the provisions of this Act shall not affect the remaining provisions.
Bill· SS. 10 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care Improvement Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for the establishment and operation of a National Clearinghouse on Emergency Medical Services. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the application procedure for Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grants to provide the State officer responsible for the administration of the State highway safety program an opportunity to participate in the development of any plan relating to emergency medical services. Allows the State official responsible for the provision of emergency medical services the opportunity to participate in the development of the State highway safety program. Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to allow certain grant allotments to be used for the purchase of communications equipment. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to allow grants to be used for the establishment of a uniform emergency telephone number system if certain determinations are made by the Secretary. Requires the Federal Communications Commission to: (1) study the availability of radio frequency channels for emergency medical services communications; (2) establish a plan to ensure that the needs of emergency medical services communications are provided for in the allocations of frequencies; and (3) submit a report to the Congress containing such study and plan. Requires each State, beginning in FY 1989, to submit annual comprehensive emergency medical services and trauma care plans to the Secretary. Establishes a Trauma Care Block Grant program. Sets forth the requirements for the distribution and use of allotments. Sets forth application requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary to study: (1) the financial impact of payments to trauma centers under the Medicare and Medicaid programs; and (2) the long-term economic effects of trauma.
Bill· SS. 6 (100th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Veterans' Health Care Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to include as a veterans' medical benefit services necessary to overcome a service-connected disability which impairs the veteran's procreative ability. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to furnish domiciliary care to any veteran who is found to: (1) have a service-connected disability; or (2) be incapacitated from earning a living and having no means of adequate support. Extends the eligibility for the furnishing of readjustment counseling and related mental health services to veterans or persons currently on active duty who also served on active duty in Vietnam or after May 7, 1975, in an area where hostilities occurred. Extends certain transition period and reporting requirement dates under the Veterans Administration (VA) Vet Center program. Authorizes the Administrator, between January 1, 1988, and December 31, 1991, to conduct a pilot program under which certain veterans will be furnished medical, rehabilitative, and health-related care in noninstitutional settings at not less than five nor more than ten demonstration project sites. Gives priority for the selection of veterans to such program. Provides for case management services by the VA for each veteran participating in such program. Authorizes the Administrator to furnish in-kind assistance to facilities furnishing services to veterans under these provisions. Prohibits the total cost of conducting the pilot program from exceeding 60 percent of the cost incurred by the VA if the VA had instead furnished such services. Requires the Administrator to conduct a study concerning such program, and report the study's findings, concerning the operation of the program during its first 36 months, to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees no later than April 1, 1991. Increases the per diem rates paid to States for providing care to veterans in State homes. Revises provisions relating to the VA's Department of Medicine and Surgery to establish the position of a second Associate Deputy Chief Medical Director to act as a second assistant to the Chief Medical Director of such Department. Prohibits the Administrator from declaring as excess to the needs of the VA or otherwise disposing of the land and improvements at the VA Medical Centers in West Los Angeles and Sepulveda, California. Repeals current Federal law conflicting with such prohibition. Directs the Administrator, no later than March 1, 1987, to report to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees regarding the VA's activities designed to promote increased efforts by medical and other health-professional training schools in: (1) training health-care professionals to care for older patients; and (2) research into the aging process and diseases and disabilities associated with aging. Outlines the information to be included in such report.
Bill· SS. 144 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends the District of Columbia Code to require that eight members of the District of Columbia Commission on Mental Health be physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, or psychiatric nurse clinical specialists who practice in the District of Columbia and have not less than five years' experience in the treatment of mental illnesses. (Current law requires all eight to be physicians.)
Bill· SS. 149 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends the District of Columbia Code to require that eight members of the District of Columbia Commission on Mental Health be physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, or clinical social workers who practice in the District of Columbia and have not less than five years' experience in the treatment of mental illnesses. (Current law requires all eight to be physicians.)
Bill· SS. 63 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Act of 1987 - Establishes the National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome to: (1) advise the Congress, the President, and Federal agencies on policies and programs designed to reduce the incidence of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and address problems encountered by individuals having AIDS; (2) monitor the progression of AIDS; (3) evaluate AIDS research activities and health services; (4) study the effects that AIDS has had on the armed forces; and (5) identify financial resources available to prevent and treat AIDS. Directs the Commission to report to the President and the Congress. Terminates the Commission 90 days after submitting such report. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· SS. 152 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide that graduate programs in clinical psychology are health professions schools for the purposes of title VII (Health Research and Teaching Facilities).
Bill· SS. 143 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Compassionate Pain Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a 60-month program under which parenteral diacetylmorphine shall be made available through hospital and other prescribed pharmacies for the relief of pain from terminal cancer (as defined by this Act). Directs the Secretary to provide for the manufacture of such drug. Permits physicians registered under the Controlled Substances Act to prescribe such drug. States that for purposes of such program the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and titles II and III of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 shall not apply with respect to: (1) the importing of opium; and (2) the manufacture, distribution, and dispensing of parenteral diacetylmorphine. Requires: (1) the Secretary to make program reports to specified congressional committees; and (2) the Comptroller General of the United States to make a program report to such committees 56 months after the program is established. Requires the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees concerning: (1) the extent of research activities in the management of pain which have received funds through the National Institutes of Health; (2) the ways in which the Federal Government supports the training of health personnel in pain management; and (3) recommendations for expanding and improving the training of health personnel in pain management. Permits the Secretary at any time six months after implementation of the program to modify or terminate the program.
Bill· SS. 103 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the position of Associate Director for Special Populations in the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and in the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Makes the Associate Directors responsible for the development, coordination, and support of policies and programs to assist women and minority members who are alcoholics, alcohol abusers, or drug abusers.
Bill· SS. 132 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends the Public Health Service Act to permit individuals who receive National Health Service Corps scholarships to perform obligated service in certain units of the Department of Defense (to be determined by agreement of the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Health and Human Services).
Bill· SS. 24 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to eliminate, for five years, in the case of individuals medically determined to have acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), the requirement that an individual be entitled to disability benefits for at least 24 consecutive months in order to qualify for hospital insurance benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Act. Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to State and local governments to establish programs to test blood to detect the presence of antibodies to the human T-cell lymphotrophic virus (HTLV-III virus). Allows such grants to be used to: (1) conduct blood tests; (2) purchase materials and kits for such tests; (3) provide training for personnel who will conduct such tests; and (4) process the results of such tests. Sets forth application requirements. Requires State and local governments which receive such grants to submit an annual report to the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to transmit a summary of such reports to the Congress annually. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary to make grants to eligible State and local governments to support projects for education and information dissemination concerning Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Specifies eligibility requirements for State and local governments. Sets forth application requirements. Requires State and local governments which receive such grants to submit an annual report to the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to transmit a summary of such reports to the Congress annually. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Requires the Secretary to conduct a survey on children with AIDS who lack ongoing parental involvement and support or who have been placed in foster care.
Bill· HRH.R. 382 (100th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Federal Employees Health Care Freedom-of-Choice Act of 1987 - Amends provisions relating to Federal employee health benefits to authorize direct payment or reimbursement for services performed by a: (1) chiropractor; (2) qualified clinical social worker; (3) marriage and family therapist; and (4) nurse midwife, nurse practitioner, and any other nurse. Delcares that this Act does not supersede or preempt any State or local law which relates to licensing or certification of health practitioners.
Bill· HRH.R. 339 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Requires any State receiving Federal funds for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) counseling and education to: (1) have a system to trace the partners of individuals with AIDS; (2) test those individuals for AIDS; and (3) counsel those individuals about the infectious nature of the syndrome.
Bill· HRH.R. 384 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Federal Employees Long-Term Health Care Act of 1987 - Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to conduct, during calendar years 1989 through 1991, a demonstration project to determine the feasibility and desirability of establishing, on a permanent basis, the concept of a social health maintenance organization for Federal employees and their families. Limits the contractor for such a project to certain comprehensive medical plans. Specifies the terms and conditions of the project contract, including benefits: (1) without any deductible; and (2) limited to expenses totaling at most $18,000 per calendar year, with the individual being liable for 25 percent of any such expenses. States that the project shall be designed by OPM, participating carriers, and a consultant contracted for by the OPM. Requires periodic written evaluations of the project by the consultant, to be submitted to OPM and certain congressional committees. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991.
Bill· HRH.R. 344 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Requires any individual imprisoned in a Federal correctional institution, or in a correctional facility which receives Federal funds, and any individual seeking permanent residence in the United States to be tested for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or the virus HTLV-III/LAV. Requires any individual identified as a result of such test as a carrier of AIDS to be notified and counseled about the risks of spreading it.
Bill· HRH.R. 425 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Health Security Act - Title I: Health Security Benefits - Makes every U.S. resident and nonresident citizen eligible for health services covered under this Act. Authorizes the Health Security Board to enter into reciprocal agreements for coverage of nonresident aliens when in the United States and U.S. citizens residing abroad. Entitles every eligible person to have payment made by the Health Security Board for any covered service provided within the United States by a participating provider. Extends coverage to: (1) professional physician services, including psychiatric services to outpatients under specified conditions; (2) dental services; (3) institutional services; and (4) pharmaceutical benefits. Directs the Board to establish, disseminate, and review annually: (1) a list of drugs for use in participating institutions, organizations, and associations; (2) a list of diseases and drugs for use outside such organizational settings, which shall include drug therapy for chronic conditions; and (3) lists of therapeutic devices, appliances, and equipment (including eyeglasses, hearing aids, and prosthetic appliances), and the conditions under which such items are covered benefits. Requires drugs to be listed by their established names as defined in the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and also, to the extent the Board deems appropriate, by trade names. Extends coverage to other professional and supporting services, including: (1) services of optometrists and podiatrists; (2) diagnostic and therapeutic services of independent pathology laboratories and radiology services; (3) mental health day care services; (4) alcoholism and drug abuse treatment; (5) family planning and rehabilitation services; (6) emergency and nonemergency transportation services; and (7) other supporting services, such as psychological, physiotherapy, nutrition, social work, or health education services, when furnished on behalf of certain approved organizations. Excludes from coverage: (1) health services furnished or paid for under Federal or State workmen's compensation laws; (2) primary or secondary school health services to the extent specified by regulation; (3) cosmetic surgery; (4) the furnishing of unapproved drugs and appliances; (5) certain medical or surgical procedures which the Board finds are experimental or too costly or scarce to provide on a nationwide basis; (6) certain services which are already furnished or available from another provider; and (7) services of a professional practitioner which are furnished in a nonparticipating hospital. Makes professional practitioners who are licensed on the effective date of enactment of this title eligible providers, but requires practitioners after such date to meet national standards established by the Board in addition to existing State standards. Specifies general eligibility requirements for participating providers, including the filing with the Board of an agreement: (1) not to discriminate in providing services to eligible persons; (2) not to make unauthorized charges; and (3) to comply with reporting requirements. Sets forth specific eligibility requirements for various types of participating providers, including: (1) general and psychiatric hospitals; (2) skilled nursing homes; (3) home health service agencies; (4) group practice organizations; (5) individual practice associations; and (6) other health service organizations and providers, including independent pathology laboratories and radiological services, ambulance services, and providers of drugs, devices, appliances, and equipment. Sets forth criteria for the utilization review plan of hospitals and skilled nursing homes. Requires skilled nursing homes to have in effect an agreement with at least one participating hospital for the transfer of patients and medical and other information. Limits the eligibility of providers operating newly constructed or enlarged facilities which are unnecessary for the furnishing of adequate services. Prohibits damages in malpractice judgments from being awarded for the cost of remedial services for which the injured party is entitled to receive payment under this Act. Excludes institutions and employees of the Department of Defense, Veterans Administration, and institutions and employees of the Department of Health and Human Services serving merchant seamen, Indians, or Alaskan Natives, from serving as participating providers, but allows reimbursement for services furnished by such institutions to eligible persons who are not part of their normal clientele. Permits a physician, dentist, optometrist, or podiatrist licensed in one State, and meeting the national standards, to furnish Health Security benefits in any other State. Grants similar authority to other professional and nonprofessional health personnel. Establishes the Health Security Trust Fund to receive the net assets of existing (Medicare) funds taken over by the Health Security program, the yield of the Health Security taxes, and the Government's contribution from general revenues amounting to 200 percent of the yield from these taxes. Directs the Board to fix for each fiscal year the maximum amount which may be obligated for expenditure from the trust fund. Establishes in the Trust Fund a health services account, a health resources development account, an administration account, and a residual general account. Provides for the allocation of the health services account among regions of the country. Provides that payments for covered services furnished to eligible persons by participating providers shall be made from the health services account in the Trust Fund. Sets forth specific payment requirements for the various types of participating providers. Sets forth various payment provisions for health care providers, institutions, and pharmacies. Authorizes the Board to: (1) assist in the establishment, expansion, and operation of group practice organizations, other public or nonprofit health service agencies, and nonprofit organizations furnishing comprehensive dental services; and (2) provide for the recruitment, education, and training of needed health personnel. Authorizes special improvement grants: (1) to any public or other nonprofit health agency or institution to establish improved coordination and linkages with other providers of services; and (2) to organizations providing comprehensive ambulatory care, to improve their utilization review, budget, statistical, or records and information retrieval systems, to acquire equipment needed for those purposes, or to acquire equipment useful for mass screening or for other diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. Sets the terms and conditions for construction and improvement loans made by the Board. Authorizes grants for the development of programs of personal care services. Authorizes appropriations for the purposes of the health services development fund. Creates an administrative structure within the Department of Health and Human Services with exclusive responsibility for the administration of the Health Security Program. Establishes a five-member, full-time Health Security Board serving under the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Sets forth the responsibilities and duties of the Board and the Secretary. Provides that this title shall be administered by the Board through the regions of the Department and, within each region, through health service areas, which shall be the same as those areas established by the Secretary under the Public Health Service Act. Establishes a National Health Security Advisory Council. Authorizes the Advisory Council to appoint professional or technical committees to assist in its functions. Directs the Board to appoint regional and local advisory councils and professional and technical advisory committees. Provides for the participation of appropriate State agencies in the administration of the Health Security program. Specifies responsibilities of the Board. Authorizes the Board, with the advice and assistance of the Commission on the Quality of Health Care, to issue and review regulations assuring the quality of care furnished under this Act. Provides for monitoring of such services by a Professional Standards Review Organization. Directs the Board to establish continuing education requirements for physicians, dentists, optometrists, and podiatrists. Sets forth conditions under which major surgery and other specialized services designated in regulations are covered under this program. Establishes the positions of a Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services and an Under Secretary for Health and Science. Authorizes appropriations for the purposes of this title. Declares that no provision of this Act shall alter any contractual obligation of an employer to provide health services to his employees and their dependents. Title II: Health Security Taxes - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to convert the existing Medicare hospital insurance payroll taxes into Health Security taxes, and raises the rates to one percent on employees and 3.5 percent on employers. Excludes from the gross income of employees, for income tax purposes, payment by their employers of part of the Health Security taxes on employees. Converts the existing Medicare self-employment tax into a Health Security self-employment tax, raising the rate to 2.5 percent. Adds a new 2.5 percent tax on health security unearned income (unless such income is less than $400 a year), subject to the same maximum on taxable income as is applicable to the employee and self-employment taxes. Denies tax deductions for services covered by this Act. Title III: Commission on the Quality of Health Care - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish in the Department of Health and Human Services a Commission on the Quality of Health Care, with the primary responsibilities of: (1) initiating and continuing development of methods of assessing the quality of health care furnished under this Act; and (2) submitting to the Secretary and the Health Security Board appropriate findings and recommendations. Directs the Commission to give special consideration to care furnished for those illnesses and conditions which have a relatively high incidence in the population and which are relatively amendable to medical or other care. Title IV: Repeal or Amendment of Other Acts - Makes conforming and technical amendments to specified Acts. Repeals the Medicare program. Provides that after the effective date of benefits received under this Act no State shall be required to furnish any service covered under Health Security as a part of its State plan for participation under Medicaid. Title V: Studies Related to Health Security - Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury, to study the practicability of extending the coverage of health services for U.S. residents in other countries. Directs the Secretary to study the means of coordinating the Federal health benefit programs for merchant seamen and Indians and Alaskan Natives, veterans, and members of the armed forces with the Health Security benefit program.
Bill· HRH.R. 407 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
National Home Health Clearinghouse Act of 1987 - Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services a Home Health Clearinghouse to gather and disseminate information concerning the various public and private agencies providing home health care and related services to the elderly. Directs the Clearinghouse to: (1) establish a computerized system for such purposes; and (2) publish current descriptions of Federal services and benefits available to the elderly under the Social Security Act, the Older Americans Act of 1965, and other related laws. Requires a cost report to the Congress within one year. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 399 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Prohibits any individual from obtaining a position as a graduate medical student or a physician in any federally funded hospital or medical facility if such individual's license to practice medicine was procured through an intentional misrepresentation of a material fact (including cheating on an examination required for licensing).
Bill· HRH.R. 391 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Breast Cancer Screening Act of 1987 - Amends title IV (National Research Institutes) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish breast cancer screening centers at the national cancer research and demonstration centers. Requires screening to be provided to any woman 35 years or older at a cost of no more than $25 per screening. Requires the Secretary to have such screening centers in operation within one year of enactment of this Act. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the efficiency and economic feasibility of providing such screening on a nation-wide basis.
Bill· HRH.R. 396 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Comprehensive Health Care Reform Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the National Commission on Health Care Reform to: (1) study the national health care system and its ability to provide quality cost-effective health care; (2) examine methods of restructuring the national health care system; and (3) examine the potential cost of implementing a restructured system. Requires the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Congress and the Secretary by January 1, 1988. Terminates the Commission on January 1, 1988.
Bill· HRH.R. 392 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to regulate the compensation received by investigators testing medical devices.
Bill· HRH.R. 287 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Health Care for the Homeless Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to qualified entities to enable them to deliver outpatient health care and outpatient mental health, case management, and advocacy services to homeless individuals. Requires such entities to be qualified recipients of State Medicaid payments. Assigns preference to grant applicants with experience in delivering health care or mental health services to the homeless, medically underserved populations, or individuals who are chronically mentally ill. Requires services under such grant to be provided 24 hours a day. Sets forth other grant requirements. Provides certain limitations on charges for services. States that services must be provided regardless of the recipient's ability to pay. Sets forth restrictions on the use of grant funds. Limits any such grant to 75 percent of the cost of services. Outlines application requirements and procedures. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Amends the Social Security Act to provide that clinics may provide Medicaid services to the homeless.
Bill· HRH.R. 273 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Centers for Disease Control, to make grants and enter into contracts for State and local public health emergency prevention and treatment programs. Establishes in the Treasury a Public Health Emergency Fund for such purposes. Authorizes $60,000,000 for FY 1987 and for subsequent years such sums as necessary to have $60,000,000 in the Fund at the beginning of each fiscal year. Requires a report to the appropriate congressional committees on any such expenditures made during a fiscal year.
Bill· HRH.R. 186 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require nonprofit health service entities which dispense prescription drugs to register with the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Bill· HRH.R. 169 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
National Voluntary Health Insurance Act of 1987 - Creates a National Voluntary Health Insurance Agency (Agency) to operate a National Voluntary Health Insurance Plan (Plan) with funds supplied by voluntary subscriptions and matching Treasury funds. Describes the administrative composition of the Agency, whose Director will be nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. States that the Agency shall issue no rules or regulations, but shall be governed solely by this Act and its amendments. Authorizes appropriations. Withholds funding for duplicative benefits currently provided as hospital and medical service insurance benefits or payments by other Government agencies, including Medicare, Medicaid, and the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS). Enumerates Plan benefits to include: (1) medical services when provided by a licensed doctor of osteopathic medicine or medical doctor and wherever furnished, including psychiatric medicine, surgery, obstetrics, radiological and electrical procedures, pathology tests, transfusions, medication and immunization, injections, and anesthesia; (2) reconstructive oral surgery; (3) podiatric surgery; (4) laboratory services; and (5) inpatient or outpatient hospital services, supplies, medication, transfusions, and food provided by approved hospitals, including general or special hospitals, outpatient clinics, emergency wards, convalescent hospitals, nursing homes, and acute alcohol or drug toxification treatment centers. Excludes from coverage: (1) cosmetic surgery not approved under this Act; (2) certain services that are not medically necessary; (3) services for the benefit of a second party other than the enrollee; (4) certain employer responsibilities, such as those of a workers' compensation insurer; (5) services already covered by another plan; (6) hospital or laboratory services provided by an unapproved facility; and (7) certain other medical advice and services. Sets the amount of premium payments at $40 per month for each adult and $20 for each child. Entitles subscribers with a total annual family income of less than $12,000 to have their premiums calculated on a percentage-of-income basis, to a minimum monthly premium of five dollars per adult. Provides for the payment of premiums by employers and for the reinstatement of coverage on account of unpaid premiums paid within 60 days of the due date. Requires the Agency to establish a trust fund for the deposit of all premiums and at least an equal amount of money appropriated from the Treasury. Directs the Congress to deposit in such fund the amount of $5,000,000,000 by the effective date of the Plan. Declares that the total amount of general funds appropriated to the fund shall not exceed the total amount of subscribers' premiums after the Plan's fifth year of operation. Reserves 35 percent of the total amount of subscribers' premiums deposited in the trust fund for the payment of medical and laboratory service benefits, 62 percent of such premiums for hospital service benefits, and three percent for administrative costs. Applies a parallel apportionment scheme to trust fund monies derived from Treasury general funds. Sets forth enrollment and reimbursement provisions. Allows participating providers to require an enrollee to pay a reasonable charge in addition to the Plan fee. Sets forth standards and procedures governing Plan participation by medical service providers, laboratories, and hospitals. Directs the Agency to: (1) set a fee for every professionally recognized diagnostic and therapeutic medical service and for all laboratory pathological tests; and (2) provide each approved hospital with a schedule or per diem rate and charges that it will pay. Requires that the medical and laboratory services fees be in proportion to the usual, customary, and reasonable fees for such services and that the hospital charges be based on each hospital's certified annual financial and operating cost statement. Specifies certain additional requirements with respect to hospital charges. Requires Agency consultation with appropriate medical professional society personnel in the setting and revision of schedules and fees. Sets forth requirements with respect to the auditing, payment, and assessment on claims and the utilization of Plan benefits. Authorizes the Agency to temporarily or permanently exclude any enrollee or provider for making fraudulent payment or service claims. Mandates that the Agency directors, within a specified time period, consider the advisability and feasibility of offering additional Plan benefits and that they bring their recommendations before the Congress for appropriate amendment of this Act. Permits Plan subscribers to receive Plan benefits within the context of a prepaid group medical practice or Health Maintenance Organization. Provides for premium increases or changes in trust fund allocations in the event Plan costs exceed trust fund reserves. Requires the Congress, at the time this Act becomes operational, to amend the rates of Social Security taxes relative to the reduction in Social Security health insurance expenditures effected by this Act. Requires that all malpractice claims be resolved by arbitration, and sets forth procedures to govern such arbitration, including provision for appeals to the appropriate State or Federal court. Declares that the resources of the Agency and of the Plan shall not be used in any way directly to regulate the quality or availability of, or to establish or operate, medical and hospital services. Details the estimated cost of the Plan for FY 1987.
Bill· HRH.R. 164 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program of grants to: (1) identify women who received diethylstilbestrol (DES) while pregnant and their children; (2) establish a voluntary registry of such women and children; (3) provide them with periodic cancer screening; and (4) provide health care personnel and the public with information respecting the health hazards of such drug. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 99 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Prohibits any Federal agency or employee from inspecting or acquiring medical or dental records of patients whose medical or dental care was not provided directly by the Federal Government or under a program receiving Federal assistance, unless the patient has authorized the disclosure. Establishes criminal penalties for violators and authorizes aggrieved persons to seek injunctive relief.
Bill· HRH.R. 183 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Requires the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program to contract for temporary health care for veterans in the West Palm Beach, Florida, area who will eventually be served by the West Palm Beach Veterans Administration Medical Center, upon its completion. Requires the Administrator to implement such program and to report to the Congress a plan for such implementation within specified periods. Terminates the authority for the pilot program when a new Veterans Administration medical facility serving such area is opened.
Bill· HRH.R. 57 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Requires the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health to develop, publish, and distribute suicide prevention information. Requires the Director to report annually to the Congress on such activities. Authorizes appropriations.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 8 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that States should enact legislation which: (1) requires that the blood tests required for couples seeking to be married include testing for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), AIDS-related complex, and testing to determine if the individual is a carrier of the virus which causes AIDS; (2) requires the tracing and counseling of such individuals found to have AIDS or to be carriers of AIDS; (3) encourages designated hospitals to offer blood transfusions directly between the blood donor and recipient; (4) requires individuals seeking to be licensed as health care professionals to test negatively for AIDS, AIDS-related complex, and the AIDS virus; (5) permits nurses to wear protective garments when dealing with AIDS patients; (6) prohibits the operation of public baths; and (7) requires all persons who are seeking a marriage license who have been arrested for prostitution, who are imprisoned in a State, or who are seeking permanent residence in the United States to be tested for AIDS or the virus HTLV-III/LAV (providing that any individual found to be an AIDS carrier shall be notified of the test results and counseled about the risks of spreading AIDS).
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 10 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President's FY 1988 budget request for activities related to acquired immune deficiency syndrome should not be reduced.