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United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1984
Infant Formula Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish uniform infant formula quality control regulations. Requires manufacturers to test each batch of formula for required nutrients and nutrient levels prior to sale and periodically thereafter.
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1984
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, to conduct human contraceptive research and development.
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1984
Mental Health Act of 1984 - Title I: Mental Health Benefits - Entitles residents and nonresident 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. Requires the Secretary to administer the program 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 national mental health insurance feasibility study and to submit 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, 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, and review general management policies. 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.
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1984
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to collect specified health and safety data on pesticides used on food. Directs the Administrator to revoke a tolerance or exemption based on false, misleading, or inaccurate information. Directs EPA to take action whenever it receives information indicating that specified food residues may not be safe. Grants the manufacturer an opportunity for a hearing. Directs EPA to cancel a tolerance or exemption for a pesticide whose use has been canceled, suspended, or voluntarily withdrawn under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. Revises the administrative procedures governing amendment and repeal of tolerances and exemptions for pesticide residues on food, including an expedited procedure when presented with an imminent hazard. Prohibits the importation into the United States of raw agricultural commodities containing detectable residues of prohibited pesticides. Requires random sampling of such imports to determine if pesticide residues meet the requirements of such Act. Directs the EPA to review the exemptions from pesticide residue limits within 12 months to determine whether or not they are safe.
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1984
Medicare Clinical Training Amendments of 1984 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States for the purpose of assisting hospitals in carrying out approved graduate medical education and other clinical training activities. Sets forth: (1) the method for determining the size of a State's grant; and (2) the requirements a State must meet in order to receive a grant. Requires the grants to be made from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund. Limits the annual aggregate amount of such grants to a specified amount. Requires each State receiving a grant to establish an advisory board to develop recommendations for State policy in supporting graduate medical education and other clinical training activities, and to advise the State with respect to grant allocation requirements. Excludes from reasonable cost the direct costs of graduate medical education and other clinical training activities.
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1984
Expresses the Senate's appreciation to members of the entertainment industry, especially the Entertainment Industries Council, for their work in discouraging and communicating the danger of drug use.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1984
Expresses the Senate's appreciation to members of the entertainment industry, especially the Entertainment Industries Council, for their work in discouraging and communicating the danger of drug use.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1984
Multiple Sector Health Care Strategy Act of 1984 - Title I: Multicare Program - Permits every U.S. resident to apply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for a "Medicard" which can be: (1) used to purchase health care services on a fee-for-service basis; (2) exchanged for health care insurance; or (3) exchanged for the provision of health care services from a prepaid provider. Directs the Secretary to establish fee schedules for services and prescription drugs which will set the maximum "Medicard" payment amounts. Provides for reimbursement to a fee-for-service provider: (1) in the case of a charge which is less than the fee schedule charge, of the lesser of the amount charged or 80 percent of the fee schedule charge; or (2) in the case of a charge which is more than the fee schedule charge, of 80 percent of the fee schedule charge by any amount exceeding the fee schedule. Provides that in the case of inpatient hospital services furnished to Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) eligible individuals, the payment amounts shall be 100 percent instead of 80 percent, reduced by coinsurance amounts of: (1) ten percent for the first ten days of inpatient hospital services in a year; and (2) five percent for the next 50 days, with no such reductions thereafter. Reduces the amount otherwise payable annually to an eligible individual by $250, but provides that the reduction for a family of four or more shall not exceed $1,000. Sets forth exceptions to the provisions of the preceding three sentences. Provides that in the case of an individual enrolled in a health insurance plan or with a prepaid provider, the plan or provider is entitled to a capitation payment equal to: (1) 95 percent, or 100 percent for Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) eligible individuals, of the estimated cost to the Government of payments of services made on the fee-for-service basis; and (2) 100 percent of the amount by which the per capita annual fee-for-service administrative costs to the Government exceeds such costs under the paragraph. Sets forth the requirements for a qualified plan or provider. Sets forth covered services. Provides for catastrophic coverage for expenses incurred during that part of a calendar year after covered members incur, in the 15 month period ending with December of the year, covered medical expenses equal to the stop loss amount. Provides that for a family with an annual income which is: (1) not over $5,000, the annual stop-loss amount is $500; (2) over $5,000 but not over $7,500, the annual stop-loss amount is $500 plus 25 percent of the amount by which such income exceeds $5,000; or (3) over $7,500 the annual stop-loss amount is $1,125 plus 35 percent of the amount by which such income exceeds $7,500. Sets forth application and income certification guidelines. Establishes the Multicare Benefits Trust Fund (the Fund) which shall consist of the assets in the Federal Hospital Insurance, gifts and bequests, and such amounts as may be deposited in or appropriated to the Fund. Appropriates and transfers to the Fund revenues from employment related hospital insurance taxes and other specified Federal health related revenues. Creates a board of trustees for the Fund and sets forth its duties (which include reports to Congress). Establishes in the office of the Assistant Secretary of Health in the Department of Health and Human Services a Health Care Benefits Administration, to be headed by an Administrator appointed by the Secretary. Requires the Administrator to: (1) educate the public concerning the operation of this Act; (2) monitor the delivery of services under this Act and report annually to Congress; and (3) determine the eligibility of qualified Multicare providers. Establishes in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health in the Department of Health and Human Services a Technology Evaluation Center for Health, to be headed by a Director appointed by the Secretary. Requires the Director to: (1) gather and analyze data for use by the Health Care Financing Administration and by the Health Care Benefits Administration; (2) monitor medical technology developments and disseminate the Center's findings; (3) assist the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission; and (4) monitor and coordinate the technology evaluation activities of Federal entities. Title II: Revenue Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on an eligible individual based upon the health care benefits imputed to such individual. Imputes to the individual for income tax purposes payments made on behalf of the individual under this Act for health care. Requires providers providing imputed benefit income to send to each eligible individual to whom services were provided a statement of the amount of income imputed. Taxes employer contributions to accident and health plans. Repeals the medical expenses deduction. Title III: Conforming Amendments to Medicare, Medicaid, and Other Programs - Repeals part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Sets forth the additional benefits specified under this Act which shall be provided under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of Medicare. Makes other Medicare conforming amendments. Coordinates the provisions of the Act with those of: (1) Medicaid; (2) the Federal employees health benefits program; (3) the Civil Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); and (4) the Veterans' health care program.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1984
Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit hospitals providing "swing-bed" services (long-term care usually provided by nursing homes) from being reimbursed for such services at a higher level than nursing homes. Limits those hospitals which can provide swing-bed services to those designed to hold fewer than 50 beds. (Current law permits hospitals with less than 50 beds to offer such services.) Prohibits a hospital from providing swing-bed services unless at least 96 percent of the beds in the nursing homes in the region of the hospital are occupied. Requires swing-bed hospitals to meet the same certification, licensing, and staff training standards as nursing homes. Limits agreements between the Secretary of Health and Human Services and a swing-bed hospital to 12 months. Permits such a hospital to apply for a renewal of an agreement.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1984
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit payment to be made to a physician in the solo practice of medicine who arranges for physicians' services to be provided by another physician on an occasional basis in certain situations.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1984
In-Flight Medical Emergencies Act - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue final rules requiring passenger-carrying aircraft to carry medical supplies, drugs, and equipment for the treatment of in-flight emergencies. Provides relief from State or Federal civil liability for any licensed medical personnel or air carrier employee who renders emergency medical aid on an airplane or who continues such aid until arrival at a medical facility. Extends such relief to an airplane's crew and owner or operator for providing on-board emergency medical supplies. Makes such relief from liability inapplicable if the actions were done recklessly or with gross negligence.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1984
Antibiotic Protection Act of 1984 - Prohibits: (1) any antibiotic drug certified for human use from being added in sub-therapeutic doses to animal feed or to feed ingredients; and (2) antibiotic drugs or agents not certified for human use from being so used in animal feed unless such drugs have been demonstrated not to increase antibiotic-resistant bacteria in humans or animals.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1984
Geriatric Manpower Training and Education Act of 1984 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for: (1) internal medicine and general pediatrics training grants; (2) family medicine and general dentistry training grants; (3) grants for start-up assistance and curriculum development to schools; (4) advanced nurse training program grants; and (5) nurse practitioner program grants. Makes specific amounts available, from each authorization of appropriations, for programs relating to geriatrics. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for: (1) training and instruction activities and traineeships and fellowships of the National Institute on Aging; (2) training, instruction, and traineeships relating to the mental health problems and illnesses of the elderly and the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of mentally ill elderly individuals. Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for training, research, and discretionary projects and programs for FY 1986 through 1990. Sets aside for each year a specific amount for training and instructional activities.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1984
National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1984 - Title I: Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research - Establishes: (1) a ten-year National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program; and (2) a Directorate, with the Secretaries of Defense, Agriculture, and Health and Human Services as joint chairpersons, to implement such program. Sets forth the Directorate's functions, including: (1) establishing National Science Foundation-administered matching grants to accelerate the development of uniform and cost-effective standards to monitor nutritional and health status; (2) establishing Centers for Disease Control-administered grants to assist States and local governments to monitor and enhance nutrition services; and (3) submitting an annual report to the President and the Congress by January 15 of each year. Requires the Directorate to prepare a National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Plan which shall: (1) assess and report on U.S. nutritional and dietary trends; (2) sponsor or conduct research; (3) develop and maintain dietary and nutritional data resources; (4) coordinate Federal activities and assist similar State and local activities, including scientific and technical assistance; (5) maintain and coordinate present and future nutrition and dietary surveys, including the development of uniform survey standards; and (6) encourage private sector and academic program participation. Requires a 60-day public comment period before such plan is submitted in final form to the President and the Congress. Provides for scientific research and development in support of such program and plan. Authorizes: (1) FY 1985 appropriations to be available until expended to establish the Directorate and the National Nutrition Monitoring Advisory Council (as provided for in title II of this Act); and (2) ten-year appropriations for the National Science Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control grant programs. Title II: National Nutrition Monitoring Advisory Council - Establishes a 15-member Advisory Council to: (1) evaluate such program and plan; (2) provide scientific and technical advice; and (3) submit an annual report to the Directorate.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1984
Geriatric Manpower Act of 1984 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for: (1) internal medicine and general pediatrics training grants; (2) family medicine and general dentistry training grants; (3) grants for start-up assistance and curriculum development to schools; (4) advanced nurse training program grants; and (5) nurse practitioner program grants. Provides, for each authorization of appropriations, that a specific amount shall be available for programs relating to geriatrics. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for: (1) training and instruction activities and traineeships and fellowships of the National Institute on Aging; (2) training, instruction, and traineeships relating to the mental health problems and illnesses of the elderly and the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of mentally ill elderly individuals. Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for training, research, and discretionary projects and programs for FY 1986 through 1990. Sets aside for each year a specific amount for training and instructional activities.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1984
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to include as "medical and other health services" ambulette service furnished to a wheelchair-bound individual where the use of other methods of transportation is contraindicated by the individual's condition.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1984
Saint Elizabeths Hospital and District of Columbia Mental Health Services Act - Provides that, effective October 1, 1987, the District of Columbia shall assume full responsibility for the provision of mental health services to residents of the District. Establishes time schedules for the preparation and review of a system implementation plan for a comprehensive District mental health system. Sets forth the components of the plan. Requires the establishment of a labor-management advisory committee to make recommendations on the plan. Requires the solicitation of comments from the public with respect to the development of the plan. Permits the shift of selected program responsibilities and staff resources from Saint Elizabeths Hospital to the District of Columbia with the mutual agreement of the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Secretary of Health and Human Services if such transfer is consistent with the plan. Requires that both a financial and physical plant audit of Saint Elizabeths Hospital be completed by January 1, 1986. Makes the Secretary responsible for making repairs and renovations necessary to bring those facilities at Saint Elizabeths Hospital which are to be utilized by the District as part of the comprehensive system up to applicable health and safety codes and standards. Directs the Secretary to maintain all other facilities in the conditions described in the audit until the time of transfer to the District. Creates a joint responsibility on the part of the District and the Secretary for providing citizens with the full range and scope of mental health services during the service coordination transition period. Describes the process for congressional review and adoption of the system implementation plan. Requires the Mayor to implement the plan by October 1, 1991. Sets forth transition provisions which shall apply to employees of Saint Elizabeths Hospital. Provides for the transfer of the property connected with Saint Elizabeths Hospital to the District, except that identified by the Secretary as necessary for the delivery of Federal mental health programs at Saint Elizabeths Hospital. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for the District of Columbia comprehensive mental health system. Authorizes the head of the appropriate Federal agency to pay the District the full costs of mental health care provided to Federal mental health care individuals. Authorizes a special Federal payment for FY 1986 through 1991 for: (1) assistance to the District in establishing and maintaining a comprehensive mental health care system; (2) assistance in the assumption of greater financial responsibility for the provision of mental health care to District residents during that period of time; and (3) payment of the Government's liability for accrued annual leave balances for hospital employees assumed by the District under the system implementation plan. Provides that capital improvements to facilities at Saint Elizabeths Hospital shall be the shared responsibility of the District and the Federal government during the transition period.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1984
Designates the month of October 1984 as National Head Injury Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1984
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) provide assistance for drug abuse prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation and related programs; and (2) use drug forfeiture funds in the Treasury for such purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1984
Designates the week of February 18 through February 24, 1985, as CPR Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1984
Saint Elizabeths Hospital and District of Columbia Mental Health Services Act - Provides that, effective October 1, 1987, the District of Columbia shall assume full responsibility for the provision of mental health services to residents of the District. Establishes time schedules for the preparation, review, and adoption of a system implementation plan for a comprehensive District mental health system. Sets forth the components of the plan. Requires the establishment of a labor-management advisory committee to make recommendations on the plan. Requires the solicitation of comments from the public with respect to the development of the plan. Permits the shift of selected program responsibilities and staff resources from Saint Elizabeths Hospital to the District of Columbia with the mutual agreement of the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Secretary of Health and Human Services if such transfer is consistent with the plan. Requires that both a financial and physical plant audit of Saint Elizabeths Hospital be completed by January 1, 1986. Makes the Secretary responsible for making repairs and renovations necessary to bring those facilities at Saint Elizabeths Hospital which are to be utilized by the District as part of the comprehensive system up to applicable health and safety codes and standards. Creates a joint responsibility on the part of the District and the Secretary for providing citizens with the full range and scope of mental health services during the service coordination transition period. Describes the process for congressional review and adoption of the system implementation plan. Requires the Mayor to implement the plan by October 1, 1991. Sets forth transition provisions which shall apply to employees of Saint Elizabeths Hospital. Provides for the transfer of the property connected with Saint Elizabeths Hospital to the District, except that identified by the Secretary as necessary for the delivery of Federal mental health programs at Saint Elizabeths Hospital. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for the District of Columbia comprehensive mental health system. Authorizes the head of the appropriate Federal agency to pay the District the full costs of mental health care provided to Federal mental health care individuals. Authorizes a special Federal payment for FY 1986 through 1991 for: (1) assistance to the District in establishing and maintaining a comprehensive mental health care system; (2) assistance in the assumption of greater financial responsibility for the provision of mental health care to District residents during that period of time; and (3) payment of the Government's liability for accrued annual leave balances for hospital employees assumed by the District under the system implementation plan. Provides that capital improvements to facilities at Saint Elizabeths Hospital shall be the shared responsibility of the District and the Federal government during the transition period.
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 1984
Designates the month of September 1985 as National Mental Retardation Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 1984
Indian Juvenile Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Act - Title I: Interdepartmental Agreement - Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to coordinate specified efforts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service regarding drug and alcohol abuse programs for Indian youth. Requires certain officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service to agree to coordinate and share resources with any Indian tribe upon such tribe's request. Title II: Education - Amends the Indian Elementary and Secondary School Assistance Act, the Indian Education Act, and the Adult Education Act, respectively, to provide for: (1) grants for the training of alcohol and drug abuse counselors in Indian Elementary schools; (2) a specified percentage of fellowships to be awarded to persons specializing in guidance counseling for alcohol and drug abuse; and (3) grants to support pilot adult education projects which provide drug and alcohol abuse counseling services. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide drug and alcohol abuse curricula in Bureau of Indian Affairs Schools and schools operated under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. Requires the Secretary to publish an alcohol and drug abuse quarterly newsletter. Title III: Family and Social Services - Requires the Director of the Indian Health Service to provide training in alcohol and drug abuse problems to specified schools, Indian Health Service personnel, and others. Title IV: Law Enforcement - Provides for the detention of Indian juveniles in temporary emergency shelters if their offenses are related to the use or possession of drugs or alcohol. Title V: Juvenile Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation - Requires the Director of the Indian Health Service to: (1) conduct a study regarding residential alcohol or drug abuse treatment; and (2) provide alcohol and drug abuse treatment services in specified facilities. Title VI: Definitions, Effective Date, and Authorization of Appropriations - Sets forth definitions and the effective date. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 1984
Designates the week beginning April 14, 1985, as National Alopecia Areata Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 5 September 1984
Saint Elizabeths Hospital and District of Columbia Mental Health Services Act - Provides that, effective October 1, 1987, the District of Columbia shall assume full responsibility for the provision of mental health services to residents of the District. Establishes time schedules for the preparation and review of a system implementation plan for a comprehensive District mental health system. Sets forth the components of the plan. Requires the establishment of a labor-management advisory committee to make recommendations on the plan. Requires solicitation of comments from the public with respect to the development of the plan. Permits the shift of selected program responsibilities and staff resources from Saint Elizabeths Hospital to the District of Columbia with the mutual agreement of the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, if such transfer is consistent with the plan. Requires that both a financial and physical plant audit of Saint Elizabeths Hospital be completed by January 1, 1986. Makes the Secretary responsible for making repairs and renovations necessary to bring those facilities at Saint Elizabeths Hospital which are to be utilized by the District as part of the comprehensive system up to applicable health and safety codes and standards. Creates a joint responsibility on the part of the District and the Secretary for providing citizens with the full range and scope of mental health services during the service coordination transition period. Establishes the Mental Health Services Transition Commission whose function is to review, amend, and adopt the system implementation plan for the provision of comprehensive mental health services in the District of Columbia. Sets forth transition provisions which shall apply to employees of Saint Elizabeths Hospital. Provides for the transfer of property connected with Saint Elizabeths Hospital to the District. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for the District of Columbia comprehensive mental health system. Authorizes the head of the appropriate Federal agency to pay the District the full costs of mental health care provided for Federal mental health care individuals. Authorizes a special Federal payment for FY 1986 through 1991 for assistance to the District in establishing and maintaining the comprehensive mental health care system. Provides that capital improvements to facilities at Saint Elizabeths Hospital shall be the shared responsibility of the District and the Federal Government during the transition period.
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1984
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a clinical trial in order to determine the efficiency and economic feasibility of providing Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) coverage for personal emergency response systems. Requires each personal emergency response system to include, for purposes of the clinical trial: (1) communication equipment located in the home which transmits signals for emergency medical assistance over the telephone; (2) a local response center to monitor such signals; and (3) medical personnel or other persons to provide emergency medical assistance. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to transmit to Congress a report containing the findings and conclusions of the clinical trial, along with any legislative recommendations.
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1984
Amends parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit a nurse practitioner to recertify the need for certain services originally certified by a physician. Permits recertification by a nurse practitioner under part A for inpatient psychiatric hospital services, inpatient tuberculosis hospital services, post-hospital extended care services, and home health services. Permits recertification by a nurse practitioner under part B for home health services.
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1984
Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 - Title I: Abbreviated New Drug Applications - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize abbreviated applications for the approval of a new drug. Sets forth the contents of an abbreviated application, including: (1) information to show that the conditions of use prescribed in the labeling proposed for a new drug have been previously approved for a drug that appears on a list prepared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (listed drug); and (2) a certification relating to patents covering such listed drug. Requires an applicant who makes such a certification to state in the application that a specified notice has been given to: (1) each owner of the patent (or owner-representative); and (2) the holder (or holder-representative) of the approved application for the drug or drug use claimed by the patent. Sets forth information to be included in such notice. Requires the permission of the Secretary before an abbreviated application may be submitted for a new drug which has a different active ingredient or whose route of administration, dosage form, or strength differ from that of a listed drug. Directs the Secretary to approve an application for a drug unless specified findings are made. Requires the Secretary to approve or disapprove an application within a specified time. Requires the approval of a drug to be withdrawn or suspended if the application for approval was abbreviated and it refers to a drug the approval of which was withdrawn or suspended for specified reasons. Requires the Secretary, within 60 days of enactment, to publish: (1) a list of each drug which has been approved for safety and effectiveness before enactment of this Act; (2) the date of approval (if after 1981) and the number of the application; and (3) whether in vitro or in vitro bioequivalence studies, or both, are required for applications filed under this Act which will refer to the drug published. Provides for periodic revisions of the list. Prohibits listing of a drug whose approval has been withdrawn or suspended. Requires the applicant to file with the application (or amend it when the information becomes available) the patent number and the expiration date of any patent which claims the drug or a method of using it and with respect to which a claim of patent infringement could reasonably be asserted if a non-licensee engaged in the drug's manufacture, use, or sale. Requires the Secretary to disapprove the application if it does not contain such patent information, or to withdraw appproval if the patent information was not filed within a specified time after notification. Requires a similar certification relating to patents covering a drug for which the applicant files a non-abbreviated application for approval. Requires the applicant who makes such a certification to state that the applicant has given notice to specified patent-owners and application-holders or their representatives. Requires safety and effectiveness data submitted in a non-abbreviated application to be made available to the public, if not previously disclosed, upon request, under certain conditions. Provides for the promulgation of regulations to administer the amendments made by this title. Title II: Patent Extension - Extends the term of a patent which claims a product, a method of using a product, or a method of manufacturing a product if specified conditions are met. Requires among such conditions that: (1) the term of the patent has not expired before an application for extension is submitted; (2) the term of the patent has never been extended; and (3) an application for extension is submitted by the owner of record of the patent or its agent and in accordance with specified requirements. Sets special conditions for an application for a product primarily using recombinant DNA technology. Limits the rights derived from a patent during an extension period to the rights available before the term of the patent expired. Limits, with specified exceptions, the term of the extension to the time equal to the regulatory review period for the approved product. Sets forth the requirements for an extension application. Requires the Patent Commissioner to notify the Secretary of Health and Human Services of the extension application if the patent involves any human drug product, a medical device, or a food or color additive, or a method of use or manufacture subject to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Provides for review of the application by the Secretary. Declares that it is not a patent infringement to make, use, or sell a patented invention (other than a new animal drug or veterinary biological product) solely for uses reasonably related to the development and submission of information under a Federal law which regulates the manufacture, use, or sale of drugs. Declares that it shall be a patent infringement to submit an abbreviated application for a drug claimed, or whose use is claimed, in a patent if the purpose of the submission is to obtain approval to engage in the commercial manufacture, use, or sale of such a drug before the patent expires. Sets forth civil remedies for such an infringement. Prohibits injunctive or other relief in an action for patent infringement if the relief would prohibit the making, using, or selling of a patented invention for uses reasonably related to the development of information under a Federal drug regulatory law. Makes the invalidity of a patent extension a defense in a patent infringement action. Title III: Separability Clause - Provides that if any provision of this Act is declared unconstitutional, the remainder of the Act shall not be affected.
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1984
Alzheimer's Disease Research Coordination Act of 1984 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the National Institute on Aging to coordinate Alzheimer's disease research and related research in various scientific disciplines conducted or supported by the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Health and Human Services. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) insure that a portion of the budget of the Alzheimer's disease research centers is used for related multidisciplinary research; and (2) report annually to Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1984
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with specified Federal agencies, to prepare and submit to the Congress by January 1, 1987, a report concerning the effectiveness and coordination of Federal and State programs with respect to lower animal cancer research. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1984
Obstetric Care Information Act - Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant) of the Social Security Act to require a State plan under such title to insure that a pregnant woman: (1) has the opportunity, upon her request, to inspect, copy, and have explained any medical records relating to her condition or treatment; (2) is informed, beforehand, of the side effects, risks, contraindications, and effectiveness of the procedures, drugs, or devices, and of alternative methods of treatment; and (3) consents to treatment. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish guidelines with respect to the explanation of the side effects, risks, contraindications, and effectiveness of drugs and devices intended for use by pregnant women. Deems misbranded any drug or device offered for sale to a woman for use during pregnancy or parturition which does not meet such guidelines.
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1984
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a clinical trial in order to determine the efficiency and economic feasibility of providing Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) coverage for personal emergency response systems. Requires each personal emergency response system to include, for purposes of the clinical trial: (1) communication equipment located in the home which transmits signals for emergency medical assistance over the telephone; (2) a local response center to monitor such signals; and (3) medical personnel or other persons to provide emergency medical assistance. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to transmit to Congress a report containing the findings and conclusions of the clinical trial, along with any legislative recommendations.
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1984
Amends the Military Selective Service Act to eliminate the requirement that persons under the age of 21 register for military service while there remains in effect a reduction in Federal highway aid to States which have not established a minimum drinking age of 21.
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1984
Amends the Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1985 to require that: (1) at least five percent of the funds earmarked for the Agency for International Development shall be available only for the delivery of primary health care services and basic health education, training for health care workers, and medical supplies and equipment for primary health care, with such assistance to be provided through private and voluntary organizations and international organizations wherever appropriate; (2) not more than one-third of the amount allocated for such services may be used in any one country; and (3) funds allocated to carry out these provisions shall remain available until September 30, 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1984
Designates the month of October 1984 as National Head Injury Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1984
Organ Transportation Good Samaritan Act - Limits to gross negligence the liability of persons who without compensation transport by air in interstate commerce human transplant organs.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1984
Directs the President to designate March 1985 as National Mental Retardation Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1984
Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to decrease the multiplier in the inpatient hospital deductible formula from $45 to $40.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1984
Health Care Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act of 1984 - Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) remove the limits on inpatient hospital stays; (2) increase from 100 to 150 days coverage for post-hospital extended care services; (3) reduce the deductible for inpatient hospital services; and (4) reduce coinsurance for post-hospital extended care. Requires the amount of the monthly premium under part A for a year to be an amount such that the aggregate amount of premiums will cover the costs to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund of such additional benefits and reduced deductibles and coinsurance. Provides that if an individual has a private insurance plan that would cover the additional benefits provided by this Act, then that individual will not be entitled to the additional benefits provided through part A and shall not be required to pay a premium under part A for such benefits. Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII to permit any individual enrolled under part B to pay a premium amount which would cover any copayments otherwise not payable under part B because the payment rate for a service is less than 100 percent. Requires the amount of the monthly premium under part B for a year to be an amount such that the aggregate amount of premiums will cover the costs to the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund of such additional benefits. Provides for automatic enrollment for such benefit when an individual enrolls under part B, unless an individual notifies the Secretary of Health and Human Services that he or she does not wish to be enrolled. Directs the Secretary to appoint a Commission on Extended Care Services to conduct a study of extended care services under Medicare. Requires the Secretary to report the results of the study to the appropriate House and Senate committees.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1984
Establishes within the Department of Justice the Strike Force on Health Quackery, composed of two representatives from each of the following organizations: (1) the Department of Justice; (2) the Food and Drug Administration; (3) the Federal Trade Commission; and (4) the U.S. Postal Service. Requires the Strike Force to make a full analysis of (including a plan to curtail) the sale and promotion of drugs, medical devices, and medical treatments which are known to be false or whose safety and effectiveness is not proven. Sets forth periodic reporting requirements and requires a final report to Congress upon termination of the Task Force three years after its establishment.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1984
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to create, within the National Library of Medicine, a clearinghouse for consumer health education and information.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1984
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 4567 (Indian health care).
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1984
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 2934 (health planning services).
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1984
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide medicare coverage for routine cancer screening.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1984
Designates the week beginning on October 7, 1984, as Mental Illness Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1984
Indian Health Care Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, as amended by the Indian Health Care Amendments of 1980, to authorize specific appropriations for FY 1985-1987. Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to grant Indian Health Scholarships to Indians enrolled full-time in certain schools for health professionals. Prohibits the denial of such scholarships solely on the basis of scholastic achievement if the applicant has been admitted into an accredited health professions institution. Deems service under a contract pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act as meeting the active service requirements of the National Health Service Corps Scholarship program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985-1987. Prohibits the payment of health professions preparatory scholarships to Indians who are employed in the Indian Health Service during nonacademic periods of the school year. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985-1987 for specified health services. Designates such appropriations the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund. Sets allocation guidelines. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress regarding a health services priority system. Establishes an Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund to meet the extraordinary costs of medical disasters or catastrophic illnesses. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding the Fund's operation by a certain time. Requires the Secretary to submit to the Congress a health facilities priority system report regarding the construction or renovation needs of the top ten priority inpatient and ambulatory care facilities. Requires the Secretary to notify the Congress one year prior to the planned closure of a health care facility. Directs the Secretary to begin implementing in FY 1985 a ten-year plan to provide safe water supply and sanitary sewage and solid waste disposal facilities to Indian homes and communities. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress the Service's current Indian sanitation facilities priority system, and the funds needed to raise all communities to a zero level of deficiency. Authorizes specified appropriations to provide sanitation facilities. 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 appropriations for FY 1985-1987. Directs the Secretary to contract with urban Indian organizations to provide health care or referral services programs in urban areas. Details eligibility criteria for such programs. Requires the Secretary to submit to the Congress a report which assesses the health status and unmet health care needs of urban Indians. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985-1987. Removes the Indian Health Service from the Health Resources and Services Administration and places it in the Public Health Service. Directs the Indian Health Service to submit an annual budget directly to the President. Provides that all funds appropriated for obligation by the Indian Health Service shall be directly received by such Service from the President and the Office of Management and Budget. Authorizes the Secretary to waive certain requirements for competitive procurement of health services if the responsible Chief Medical Officer certifies that such requirements would compromise the quality of health services. Directs the Secretary to establish an Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse within the Indian Health Service. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985-1987. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to coordinate efforts with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Education to develop programs to combat alcohol and drug abuse among Indian juveniles, including preventive education programs in schools under the aegis of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to arrange with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of health hazards faced by Indians and Indian miners exposed to nuclear resource developments on or near Indian communities. Directs the Secretary and the Indian Health Service to develop a health care plan which addresses the results of such study. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress both the health hazard study and the ensuing health care plan, within certain times. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes eligibility guidelines for certain California Indians and for certain persons who are otherwise ineligible for medical benefits provided by either the Indian Health Service or by tribes contracting with the Service. Requires the Secretary to: (1) provide a vaccination program to prevent and control hepatitis-B among Alaskan Natives; (2) report to the Congress regarding program details; and (3) recommend steps to control the incidence of hepatitis-B. Designates the State of California as a contract health service delivery area. Lists programs eligible for Indian Health 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 under the aegis of the Indian Health Service. Sets a deadline by which the Secretary must develop and implement a plan to reduce Indian infant and maternal mortality rates to that of the general population.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1984
Pharmaceutical Export Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to permit the export of certain drugs (including biological products) intended for human or animal use even though such drugs have not been approved or licensed for use in the United States. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and keep current a list of foreign countries having adequate governmental health authorities to which such drugs may be shipped. Provides for additions to and removals from the list. Includes among the first countries to be listed Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Sets forth criteria any unapproved drug must meet to be permitted export to both listed and unlisted countries. Requires, at a minimum, that the drug: (1) be approved or licensed in a listed country; (2) be either exempt for investigational use in the United States, or be intended for diseases or health conditions in a foreign country which do not exist in the United States; (3) has completed sufficient Phase I clinical investigation, if intended for human use, to permit the initiation of Phase II or Phase III clinical studies; and (4) has not had its sale in the foreign country declared contrary to public health and safety. Makes labeling requirements. Adds further criteria for export to a listed country. Requires periodic notification to foreign governments of U.S. regulatory decisions, actions, information, and labeling requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1984
Designates November 1984 as National Hospice Month.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1984
National Cancer Screening Act of 1984 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to the Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo, New York, and to the Tampa Cancer Center of the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, for the planning and implementation of model programs to develop an economical method for early cancer detection. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1984
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require Medicaid plans to provide dental services for individuals aged 65 or older.