Healthcare

A resolution directing the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to recommend to the Congress ways of improving the quality of health care provided the Nation's aging veterans.

United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1978

Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to prepare and submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report containing recommendations and proposals for means of improving the delivery of health care and related services to senior veterans not later than December 31, 1979. Defines senior veteran for purposes of theis Act as a veteran 60 years of age or older.

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize financial assistance for projects and programs to train physicians and other health personnel to identify and deal with the special medical problems related to the mentally retarded and to improve the ability of such personnel to provide health care to the mentally retarded.

United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1978

Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants and enter into contracts for health manpower projects and programs to train physicians and other health personnel to identify and deal with the special medical problems related to the mentally retarded.

Medicare Home Health Amendments

United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1978

Medicare Home Health Amendments - Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove the 100 visit limitation presently applicable to home health care services under such Title. Eliminates prior hospitalization as a condition of eligibility for home health care services under part A (Hospital Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Eliminates confinement to home as a requirement for receiving home health care services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Includes "periodic chore services" within those home health services for which payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program.

A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 12347) to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the programs of assistance for libraries of medicine and the programs of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the National Cancer Institute, to revise and extend the program for National Research Service Awards, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1978

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 12347 (National Institutes of Health assistance extension).

A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 12584) to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the authorities under that Act relating to health services research and health statistics and to establish a National Center for Health Care Technology, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1978

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 12584 (National Center for Health Care Technology).

A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill H.R. 12303 to amend title VIII of the Public Health Service Act to extend for two fiscal years the program of assistance for nurse training, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1978

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 12303 (Nurse Training assistance extension).

A bill to provide assistance to rural water systems in achieving compliance with title XIV of the Public Health Service Act, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1978

Title I: Amendments to the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants: (1) to a water system or association with the legal authority to construct, operate, and maintain a water system to enable such a system or association to serve its users at a reasonable rate and to achieve compliance with national drinking water regulations imposed by Title XIV (Safety of Public Water Systems) of the Public Health Service Act;and (2) to a water system which has achieved compliance with all national drinking water regulations to enable such a system to serve its users at a reasonable rate. Title II: Amendments to Title XIV of the Public Health Service Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide that any public water system: (1) which is located in a rural area; (2) which is not in compliance with any national primary drinking water regulation; (3) which is unable to comply because to achieve compliance would require the imposition of an unreasonable user rate; and (4) which has applied for a grant which would enable such system achieve compliance, shall be deemed to be in compliance from the date of grant application and ending on the date of application withdrawal or the date facilities are operational. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1979 for research, technical assistance, information, and training of personnel under Title XIV.

A bill to reopen the period during which a state may enter into or modify an agreement which provides for the buying-in of coverage under part B of Medicare for certain individuals eligible for assistance under the states Medicaid program.

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1978

Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to reopen the period during which a State may enter into or modify an agreement which provides for coverage under the program of supplementary medical insurance benefits of the Medicare program for certain individuals eligible for public assistance under Title I (Grants to States for Old-Age Assistance and Medical Assistance for the Aged), Title X (Grants to States for Aid to the Blind), Title XIV (Grants to States for Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled), Part A of Title IV (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) or Title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act.

A bill to permit regulation of automated blood pressure machines to ensure the accuracy and reliability of their performance.

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1978

Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to classify automated blood pressure machines as class II medical devices, notwithstanding certain requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for classification of medical devices, in order to insure the accuracy and reliability of the performance of such machines.

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code and the Public Health Service Act, as amended, to provide for adjustments in the benefits afforded participants in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program.

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1978

Increases the stipend for individuals participating in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program. Amends the Public Health Service Act to make former members of such program who have completed all obligated service in one of the military departments eligible for special grants under such Act to engage in private practice in a health manpower shortage area.

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the medicare program for occupational therapy services, whether furnished as a part of home health services or otherwise.

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1978

Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for occupational therapy services under the supplementary medical insurance program.

A bill to repeal certain requirements relating to notice of animal and plant quarantines, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1978

Repeals the requirement that the Secretary of Agriculture give written notice to individuals in control of common carriers of the existence of animal and plant contagion and quarantine zones, and of various regulations affecting the treatment and handling of livestock and produce within such zones.

Health Maintenance Organization Amendments

United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1978

Health Maintenance Organization Amendments - Extends the authorization of appropriations under the Public Health Service Act through fiscal year 1981 for: (1) grants and contracts for surveys of the feasibility of establishing, operating or expanding health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and (2) grants, contracts, loans and guarantees for planning and initial development costs related to the establishment of HMOs. Excludes from the definition of basic health services, any health service which the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare determines by regulation is unusual or infrequently provided and is not generally recognized by health professionals as appropriate for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of an illness or injury. Authorizes up to $1,000,000 for the establishment of a HMO or $600,000 for a project to significantly expand the membership of, or areas served by a HMO. Increases the aggregate amount of principal of loans which may be made or guaranteed, or both, for the initial cost of operation of an HMO. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans to HMOs for projects for the acquisition or construction of ambulatory health care facilities and for the acquisition of equipment for facilities acquired or constructed with such loan and to guarantee to lenders: (1) their loans to nonprofit private HMOs for such projects; and (2) their loans to private HMOs for such projects which will serve medically underserved populations. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Health Maintenance Organization Intern Program to provide training to individuals to become administrators, medical directors, or managers of, or assume other managerial positions with HMOs. Requires each HMO: (1) to file with the Secretary such information as the Secretary may require concerning the fiscal operations of the HMO; and (2) to make such information available to its members. Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit State and local officers or employees responsible for the expenditures of substantial amounts of funds under the State Medicaid plan from conducting specified business dealings in connection with the State program after leaving office.

Child Health Assurance Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1978

Child Health Assurance Act - Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require the State plan for medical assistance required by such Title to provide for making medical assistance available to: (1) any individual who is under the age of 18 and, at the option of the State, to any individual over the age of 17 and under 21, if the individual is a member of a family eligible for aid under the program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children and does not exceed specified income standards; and (2) any woman for a period of her pregnancy and for 60 days following the termination of her pregnancy who on the basis of resources is eligible for aid under the program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children and whose income does not exceed specified standards. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to establish a national child health assurance program (CHAP) income standard and a national maternal income standard for the purpose of establishing the eligibility of, and extent of medical assistance provided to, certain children and pregnant women. Sets the national CHAP income standard at $2,400 for an individual, $3,000 for a family of two, and an additional $600 for each additional family member. Sets the national maternal income standard at $3,000 for a pregnant woman, increased by $600 for each additional family member. Defines the services to be made available to pregnant women and eligible individuals under age 21 pursuant to this Act. Requires each State plan for medical assistance under the Medicaid program to provide, in the case of any individual under 21 who has received a timely periodic child health assessment, all care and services available under such program and referral for care and services not available under Medicaid. Sets forth the standards of the "child health assessment" required by this Act. States that the health care provider performing such assessment must agree to perform such basic diagnostic and treatment services as an assessment shows to be necessary, or to refer a beneficiary to an appropriate provider for such services, and to provide beneficiaries with routine dental care. Requires such a provider to be reasonably accessible on a continuing basis to beneficiaries whom it has assessed. Stipulates that for individuals under 21 who have received a timely health assessment no enrollment fee or charge for any service will be imposed. Provides for the payment of a percentage of the cost of a State child health assessment program by the Federal Government. Defines the term "Federal CHAP percentage." Sets forth a formula for the determination of such percentage. Directs the Secretary to establish performance standards for CHAP'S. Sets forth penalties for States which fail to comply with such standards. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on each State's CHAP. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the coordination of health care services for children under Title V (Maternal and Child Health and Crippled Children's Services) and Title XIX of the Social Security Act. Requires the Secretary: (1) to study and conduct demonstration projects in order to evaluate the participation of health care providers in CHAP'S and methods of improving their level of participation in these programs; and (2) to develop and carry out experiments and demonstration projects designed to determine the effect of payment on a capitation basis for child health assessments and other services provided under CHAP'S upon the level of participation and performance of such providers in these programs. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on such studies. Stipulates that certain individuals will remain eligible for Medicaid by disregarding specified involuntary increases in benefits, compensation, or pensions provided under specified Federal laws. Stipulates that certain individuals under the age of 21 shall remain eligible for Medicaid while inmates in certain juvenile institutions.

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize funds for school based fluoride rinse programs.

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1978

Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to States for dental disease control programs. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1981 for fluoride rinse programs to be administered in schools.

78/689/EEC: Council Decision of 25 July 1978 amending Decision 75/365/EEC setting up a Committee of Senior Officials on Public Health

European Union · EUR-Lex · 25 July 1978

Primary Health Care Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1978

Primary Health Care Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act: (1) to develop and promote a long-term strategy for addressing primary health care needs; and (2) to alleviate the shortage of health resources in both urban and rural medically underserved areas of the country. Establishes the Commission on National Primary Health Care Needs. Requires the Commission to issue a report to Congress on the national primary health care needs with special attention on the varying needs of both urban and rural areas. Defines the term "primary care" as first contact medical care services, including health promotion and disease prevention, and continuous patient management throughout secondary and tertiary treatment. Defines, for purposes of the Public Health Service Act, the following terms: (1) community hospital; (2) hospital-affiliated primary care center (primary care center); (3) primary care group practice; and (4) primary care resident. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to community hospitals for planning, developing, and operating primary care centers in medically underserved populations. Sets forth specified assurances which a community hospital must include in an application for such a grant. Authorizes appropriations for such grants through fiscal year 1981. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary to establish a plan to allow community health centers to retain earned income if the income is used to expand or improve the services of the center. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and contracts to demonstrate new, improved, or expanded primary health and dental care delivery mechanisms in the community setting for: (1) medically underserved populations; or (2) other populations if the Secretary determines that such grants or contracts are necessary to demonstrate particular delivery mechanisms. Defines, for purposes of the Public Health Service Act, the following terms: (1) "medically underserved population"; (2) "rural"; and (3) "urban."

A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to request the National Academy of Science to conduct a study concerning standardizing certain tests for determining potential carcinogenicity, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1978

Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to request the National Academy of Science to conduct a study regarding the desirability of developing a Federal policy for the determination of the potential carcinogenicity in man of chemicals tested primarily in nonhuman test systems through the standardization of certain tests.

A bill to increase alternatives to institutionalization for senior citizens.

United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1978

Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to provide, through demonstration projects, payments to individuals who are receiving, or are eligible to receive, benefits with respect to post-hospital extended care services under Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act or intermediate care facility services or skilled nursing facility services under Title XIX (Medicaid) of such Act, who do not require 24-hour nursing care or supervision, and who desire to establish a noninstitutional living arrangement which will meet their medical and other needs. Requires payments received to be used to finance appropriate noninstitutional living arrangements which meet the medical and other needs of the individual. Provides that such payments shall not be includable in gross income under the Internal Revenue Code. Requires the Secretary to design demonstration projects for the purpose of determining: (1) the feasibility of transferring inpatients of skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities to noninstitutional living arrangements; (2) the types and percentage of such inpatients who could live effectively in a noninstitutional living arrangement; and (3) the types and percentages of such inpatients who would benefit economically and qualitatively from transferring to a noninstitutional living arrangement. Directs that funds for such payments be made from the Federal Hospital Insurance Fund established under the Social Security Act and from funds appropriated for Medicaid.

A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide reimbursement at a level of 100% to States for the administrative costs they incur in implementing the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.

United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1978

Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to pay to each State which has a plan approved under such Title the whole cost attributable to the administration of so much of such plan as relates to the provision of medical assistance in Indian health service facilities which are eligible for reimbursement pursuant to the Medicaid program.

Military Health Care System Reform Act

United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1978

Military Health Care System Reform Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to appoint regional civilian military health care administrators to coordinate budgeting, planning, and the allocation of health care resources. Provides for the enrollment of active duty personnel, former members of the military, and military dependents in the military health care system for the provision of medical and dental care. States that enrolled persons shall not be denied or limited in the care provided by reason of the capability of the medical or dental staffs of major military helath care facilities. Provides for the supply of identification cards to enrolled persons. Requires major military health care facilities to establish programs to provide services to enrolled persons. Establishes budgeting requirements for such programs. Directs the Secretary of Defense to take steps to maximize training and use of physician assistance, nurse practitioners, and similar practioners at military health care facilities. Authorizes private physicians to provide medical and dental care at such facilities. Prescribes procedures for processing contract claims for services by private physicians. Entitles military medical personnel to a special performance incentive payment if fiscal year facility expenses are below budgeted expenditures. Prescribes performance standards to be used in determining the amount of such special pay. Requires the Secretary to provide for recovery of payments from health care insurers, employers, or other entities contractually or legally obligated to make payment for the provision of such care to enrolled individuals.

A resolution expressing the sense of the House with respect to mutual action by the United States and Canada to protect and enhance the quality of air resources along their mutual border so as to promote the public health and welfare.

United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1978

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of State: (1) make every effort to negotiate an agreement with Canada to preserve out mutual airshed, protect air resources, and maintain air quality; and (2) take whatever diplomatic actions necessary to reduce or eliminate any undesirable impact on both countries resulting from air pollution from any source.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to clarify the exclusion from gross income of National Research Service Awards made under section 472 of the Public Health Service Act by providing that such awards shall be excludable from gross income to the same extent as other scholarships and fellowship grants.

United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1978

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that all amounts, compensation, goods and services received as National Research Service Awards under the Public Health Service Act since July 12, 1974, are excludable from gross income to the same extent as scholarships and fellowship grants. Provides a minimum period of limitations for refunds of taxes assessed on such amounts of one year commencing with the date of this enactment.

A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to provide outpatient medicaid coverage for certain individuals covered presently only while in nursing homes in order that they might return to their homes.

United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1978

Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to authorize any State under such Title to make medical assistance available for treatment of an individual outside a medical institution if such assistance had been provided to the individual while in such institution in order to enable the individual to leave the institution and return to a family. States that such assistance shall be available only to a disabled individual, under the age of 65, whose income does not exceed an amount determined in accordance with standards set forth in this Act.

Medicare Home Health Amendments

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1978

Medicare Home Health Amendments - Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove the 100 visit limitation presently applicable to home health care services under such Title. Eliminates prior hospitalization as a condition of eligibility for home health care services under part A (Hospital Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Eliminates confinement to home as a requirement for receiving home health care services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Includes "periodic chore services" within those home health services for which payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program.

Medicare Home Health Amendments

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1978

Medicare Home Health Amendments - Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove the 100 visit limitation presently applicable to home health care services under such Title. Eliminates prior hospitalization as a condition of eligibility for home health care services under part A (Hospital Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Eliminates confinement to home as a requirement for receiving home health care services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Includes "periodic chore services" within those home health services for which payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program.

Medicare Home Health Amendments

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1978

Medicare Home Health Amendments - Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove the 100 visit limitation presently applicable to home health care services under such Title. Eliminates prior hospitalization as a condition of eligibility for home health care services under part A (Hospital Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Eliminates confinement to home as a requirement for receiving home health care services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Includes "periodic chore services" within those home health services for which payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program.

Medicare Home Health Amendments

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1978

Medicare Home Health Amendments - Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove the 100 visit limitation presently applicable to home health care services under such Title. Eliminates prior hospitalization as a condition of eligibility for home health care services under part A (Hospital Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Eliminates confinement to home as a requirement for receiving home health care services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Includes "periodic chore services" within those home health services for which payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program.

Medicare Home Health Amendments

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1978

Medicare Home Health Amendments - Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove the 100 visit limitation presently applicable to home health care services under such Title. Eliminates prior hospitalization as a condition of eligibility for home health care services under part A (Hospital Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Eliminates confinement to home as a requirement for receiving home health care services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Includes "periodic chore services" within those home health services for which payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program.

A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Clayton Act to exempt incorporated or unincorporated associations of health professions personnel from the Federal Trade Commission Act and the antitrust laws.

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1978

Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Clayton Act to exempt incorporated or unincorporated, nonprofit professional associations of health care practitioners, who are licensed and regulated by the States, from the Federal Trade Commission Act and the antitrust laws.

Judgment of the Court of 28 June 1978.#Simmenthal SpA v Amministrazione delle finanze.#Reference for a preliminary ruling: Pretura di Alessandria - Italy.#Fees for veterinary and public health inspection.#Case 70/77.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 28 June 1978

Primary Health Care Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1978

Primary Health Care Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act: (1) to develop and promote a long-term strategy for addressing primary health care needs; and (2) to alleviate the shortage of health resources in both urban and rural medically underserved areas of the country. Establishes the Commission on National Primary Health Care Needs. Requires the Commission to issue a report to Congress on the national primary health care needs with special attention on the varying needs of both urban and rural areas. Defines the term "primary care" as first contact medical care services, including health promotion and disease prevention, and continuous patient management throughout secondary and tertiary treatment. Defines, for purposes of the Public Health Service Act, the following terms: (1) community hospital; (2) hospital-affiliated primary care center (primary care center); (3) primary care group practice; and (4) primary care resident. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to community hospitals for planning, developing, and operating primary care centers in medically underserved populations. Sets forth specified assurances which a community hospital must include in an application for such a grant. Authorizes appropriations for such grants through fiscal year 1981. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary to establish a plan to allow community health centers to retain earned income if the income is used to expand or improve the services of the center. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and contracts to demonstrate new, improved, or expanded primary health and dental care delivery mechanisms in the community setting for: (1) medically underserved populations; or (2) other populations if the Secretary determines that such grants or contracts are necessary to demonstrate particular delivery mechanisms. Defines, for purposes of the Public Health Service Act, the following terms: (1) "medically underserved population"; (2) "rural"; and (3) "urban."

A bill to promote public health and welfare by preventing unwanted conceptions and reducing the need for abortions among all women, especially teenagers, through improved and expanded family planning services and population research activities by the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1978

Comprehensive Family Planning Services, Research in Human Reproduction, and Prevention of Unwanted Teenage Pregnancy Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, public or nonprofit entities to assist: (1) in the establishment, maintenance and expansion of voluntary family planning projects which offer a broad range of family planning methods (including natural family planning methods) to all persons who need and desire them; (2) in the provision through such projects of comprehensive services appropriate to the needs of teenagers who are at risk of unwanted pregnancy; and (3) in the establishment and operation of demonstration projects aimed toward the alleviation of problems of infertility through counseling, referral, and medical services to persons who need and desire them. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public or nonprofit private entities and enter into contracts with public or nonprofit private entities and individuals: (1) to establish and maintain a network of community-based informational and educational services designed to help adolescents more fully understand the risks and consequences of teenage pregnancy and childbearing; and (2) to assist in developing appropriate information and educational materials for dissemination to such community-based services. Requires the Secretary to annually report a plan for achieving the purposes set forth in this Act with particular emphasis on assistance to adolescents. Authorizes the appropriation of specified amounts for fiscal years 1979 through 1981 to carry out the programs specified in this Act.

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the medicare program for certain services performed by chiropractors.

United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1978

Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize payment for specified services performed by chiropractors, including x-rays and physical examinations, and related routine laboratory tests.

Health Maintenance Organization Amendments

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1978

Health Maintenance Organization Amendments - Extends the authorization of appropriations under the Public Health Service Act through fiscal year 1981 for: (1) grants and contracts for surveys of the feasibility of establishing, operating or expanding health maintenance organizations (HMO's); and (2) grants, contracts, loans and loan guarantees for planning and initial development costs related to the establishment of HMO's. Excuses HMO's from providing basic or supplemental health services if the organization is unable to provide such services because of an emergency or a war-risk hazard. Excludes from the definition of basic health services, any health service which the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare determines by regulation is unusual or infrequently provided and is not generally recognized by health professionals as appropriate for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of an illness or injury. Increases the aggregate amount of principal of loans which may be made or guaranteed, or both, for the initial cost of operation of an HMO. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans to HMO's for projects for the acquisition or construction of ambulatory health care facilities and for the acquisition of equipment for facilities acquired or constructed with such loan and to guarantee to lenders: (1) their loans to nonprofit private HMO's for such projects; and (2) their loans to private HMO's for such projects which will serve medically underserved populations. Requires the Secretary to establish a National Health Maintenance Organization Intern Program to provide, through the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare or HMO's, training to individuals to become administrators of HMO's or to assume other managerial positions with HMO's. Requires each HMO: (1) to file with the Secretary such information as the Secretary may require concerning the fiscal operations of the HMO; and (2) to provide a reasonable opportunity for the public to inspect such information.

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage, under the supplementary medical insurance program, of certain lenses and illumination aids for individuals suffering from severe limitation of central visual acuity and of the services of an optometrist in prescribing such lenses and aids.

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1978

Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment under the Supplementary Medical Insurance program for lenses prescribed by a physician to improve the eyesight of individuals with severely limited central visual acuity.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to clarify the exclusion from gross income of National Research Service Awards made under section 472 of the Public Health Service Act by providing that such awards shall be excludable from gross income to the same extent as other scholarships and fellowship grants.

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1978

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that all amounts, compensation, goods and services received as National Research Service Awards under the Public Health Service Act since July 12, 1974, are excludable from gross income to the same extent as scholarships and fellowship grants. Provides a minimum period of limitations for refunds of taxes assessed on such amounts of one year commencing with the date of this enactment.

Comprehensive Health Care Insurance Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1978

Comprehensive Health Care Insurance Act - Requires every employer to offer each of his employees and their families qualified health care insurance. States that such coverage shall be optional with the employee. Requires an employer to contribute to the cost of such coverage for the benefit of an electing employee and his family at least 65 percent of the premium, with the employee contributing the balance. Establishes, for low-income employees, a program of certificates of entitlement or income tax credit in the amount by which the portion of the premium payable by such an employee exceeds the premium for which he would be liable under the program of health insurance for the unemployed or self-employed as established by this Act. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring suit to compel an employer to comply with the provisions of this Act. Stipulates that employers experiencing substantial increases in payroll cost due to the provisions of this Act will be entitled to a cash payment by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or a credit against income tax. States that premiums for employee groups of one to 100 persons and self-employed persons shall not exceed 125 percent of the estimated average in the State of the annual premium for employee groups of more than 100 persons. Sets forth a plan of health insurance providing hospital, medical, dental, and other health care services for non-employed and self-employed individuals and their families. Establishes, as a means of implementing such plan, a program of certificates of entitlement issued by the Secretary and credits against income tax for the premium for qualified health care insurance. States that the amount of Federal participation shall be related to the income of the individual or family, the Government to pay the full premium for those whose annual incomes are insufficient to create income tax liability, and to pay a gradually smaller proportion of the premium for others in relation to increasing amounts of income tax liability. Provides qualified health care insurance for an individual or family with no tax liability for the base year. Stipulates that the premium rate to be charged for a qualified health care insurance policy offered under such plan for any year shall in no case exceed 125 percent of the estimated average of premiums paid in the State for qualified health care insurance for groups of employees with more than 100 members. Excludes from qualified health care insurance coverage payment for stipulated items, including: (1) personal comfort items; (2) eyeglasses, hearing aids, or orthopedic shoes; and (3) private room inpatient hospital accommodations. Limits the aggregate amount of expenditures for catastrophic illness expenses. Sets forth requirements which must be met by qualified health care insurance plans. Establishes the Federal Health Insurance Redemption Fund. Authorizes appropriations to the fund of amounts equal to the aggregate amount of premiums paid under this Act. Requires carriers offering qualified health care insurance policies to participate in an assigned-risk pool which may be established in such State by the State insurance department or by such agency as may be authorized by the State. Establishes a Health Insurance Advisory Board to: (1) prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Act; (2) establish minimum Federal standards for the use of State insurance departments in determining whether an insurance company and plan are qualified under this Act; (3) in consultation with carriers, providers of services, and consumers, plan, review, and develop, where necessary, programs whose purposes are to provide for maintaining the quality of medical care; and (4) review the effectiveness of the program established by this Act. Stipulates that individuals collecting unemployment compensation are eligible for coverage under this Act, unless covered through an employed member of his family. Permits an income tax credit for premiums paid for qualified insurance plans under this Act.

A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include ambulance, first-aid, and rescue squad members as public safety officers eligible to receive certain benefits, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1978

Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend death benefit coverage to public safety officers who die as a result of a medical condition arising out of or exacerbated by official duties. Extends such benefit coverage to any person serving in an official capacity, with or without compensation, as an ambulance, first-aid, or rescue squad member.

Comprehensive Health Care Insurance Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1978

Comprehensive Health Care Insurance Act - Requires every employer to offer each of his employees and their families qualified health care insurance. States that such coverage shall be optional with the employee. Requires an employer to contribute to the cost of such coverage for the benefit of an electing employee and his family at least 65 percent of the premium, with the employee contributing the balance. Establishes, for low-income employees, a program of certificates of entitlement or income tax credit in the amount by which the portion of the premium payable by such an employee exceeds the premium for which he would be liable under the program of health insurance for the unemployed or self-employed as established by this Act. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring suit to compel an employer to comply with the provisions of this Act. Stipulates that employers experiencing substantial increases in payroll cost due to the provisions of this Act will be entitled to a cash payment by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or a credit against income tax. States that premiums for employee groups of one to 100 persons and self-employed persons shall not exceed 125 percent of the estimated average in the State of the annual premium for employee groups of more than 100 persons. Sets forth a plan of health insurance providing hospital, medical, dental, and other health care services for non-employed and self-employed individuals and their families. Establishes, as a means of implementing such plan, a program of certificates of entitlement issued by the Secretary and credits against income tax for the premium for qualified health care insurance. States that the amount of Federal participation shall be related to the income of the individual or family, the Government to pay the full premium for those whose annual incomes are insufficient to create income tax liability, and to pay a gradually smaller proportion of the premium for others in relation to increasing amounts of income tax liability. Provides qualified health care insurance for an individual or family with no tax liability for the base year. Stipulates that the premium rate to be charged for a qualified health care insurance policy offered under such plan for any year shall in no case exceed 125 percent of the estimated average of premiums paid in the State for qualified health care insurance for groups of employees with more than 100 members. Excludes from qualified health care insurance coverage payment for stipulated items, including: (1) personal comfort items; (2) eyeglasses, hearing aids, or orthopedic shoes; and (3) private room inpatient hospital accommodations. Limits the aggregate amount of expenditures for catastrophic illness expenses. Sets forth requirements which must be met by qualified health care insurance plans. Establishes the Federal Health Insurance Redemption Fund. Authorizes appropriations to the fund of amounts equal to the aggregate amount of premiums paid under this Act. Requires carriers offering qualified health care insurance policies to participate in an assigned-risk pool which may be established in such State by the State insurance department or by such agency as may be authorized by the State. Establishes a Health Insurance Advisory Board to: (1) prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Act; (2) establish minimum Federal standards for the use of State insurance departments in determining whether an insurance company and plan are qualified under this Act; (3) in consultation with carriers, providers of services, and consumers, plan, review, and develop, where necessary, programs whose purposes are to provide for maintaining the quality of medical care; and (4) review the effectiveness of the program established by this Act. Stipulates that individuals collecting unemployment compensation are eligible for coverage under this Act, unless covered through an employed member of his family. Permits an income tax credit for premiums paid for qualified insurance plans under this Act.

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the medicare program for occupational therapy services, whether furnished as a part of home health services or otherwise.

United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1978

Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for occupational therapy services under the supplementary medical insurance program.

Vorausschätzung der Ausgabenentwicklung in der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung für die Jahre 1978 und 1982 im Sozialbericht 1978 (G-SIG: 00046680)

Germany · German Bundestag · 16 June 1978

Medicare Home Health Amendments

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1978

Medicare Home Health Amendments - Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove the 100 visit limitation presently applicable to home health care services under such Title. Eliminates prior hospitalization as a condition of eligibility for home health care services under part A (Hospital Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Eliminates confinement to home as a requirement for receiving home health care services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Includes "periodic chore services" within those home health services for which payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program.

Uranium Miners Compensation Act

United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1978

Uranium Miners' Compensation Act - Requires claims for benefits for death or total disability due to lung disease as a result of employment in a uranium mine to be filed pursuant to State workmen's compensation law. Provides that such claims may be filed pursuant to this Act when a State workmen's compensation law does not provide adequate coverage for such lung disease. Directs the Secretary of Labor to publish in the Federal Register a list of State workmen's compensation laws which do not provide adequate coverage. Requires any claim for benefits under this Act to be filed within three years of the discovery of total disability due to lung disease in a uranium mine or in the case of death, the date of such death. Requires uranium mine operators, in States included on the list, to secure the payment of benefits for which such operator is liable by qualifying as a self-insurer, or insuring the payment of benefits with any stock company or mutual company. Sets forth requirements to be included in such insurance policies. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to initiate research within the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and authorizes the Secretary to make research grants, relating to lung disease in uranium mines. Prohibits discrimination against any worker by a mine operator due to such miner suffering from such lung disease. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.

A bill to provide increased benefits under part B of the medicare program with respect to the treatment of mental, psychoneurotic, and personality disorders of outpatients.

United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1978

Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to increase to a maximum of $810 the amount of benefits under the Medicare program which may be paid with respect to the treatment of mental, psychoneurotic, and personality disorders of outpatients.

A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to limit civil liability of health care providers for damages arising in connection with health care treatment paid for under the Social Security Act to the extent that such damages include the cost of health care services for which payment may be made under that Act.

United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1978

Amends Title XI, Part A (General Provisions) of the Social Security Act to exclude from the civil liability of any health care practitioner or provider of health care services under any law of the United States, of any State, or of any political subdivision thereof, in any action for damages arising out of care or treatment for which payment has been made (in whole or in part) under the Social Security Act, costs incurred or anticipated for health care services for which payment may be made under this Act.

A bill to designate the Indian Health Facility in Ada, Oklahoma, the "Carl Albert Indian Health Care Facility".

United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1978

Designates the Indian Health Facility in Ada, Oklahoma, as the "Carl Albert Indian Health Facility."

A bill to amend chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, to include chiropractic care in the health care which may be provided members and certain former members of the uniformed services and their dependents in facilities of the uniformed services and under CHAMPUS, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1978

Includes chiropractic care in the health care which may be provided to members and former members of the armed forces and their dependents in facilities of the uniformed services and under the Civilian Health and Medical Plan of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS).

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for the cutting and removal of corns, warts, and calluses and the reduction of club nails.

United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1978

Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for foot care involving the cutting and removal of corns, warts, and calluses and the trimming of club nails.

A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to request the National Academy of Science to conduct a study concerning standardizing certain tests for determining potential carcinogenicity, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1978

Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to request the National Academy of Science to conduct a study regarding the desirability of developing a Federal policy for the determination of the potential carcinogenicity in man of chemicals tested primarily in nonhuman test systems through the standardization of certain tests.