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United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1982
Requests the President to designate March 21, 1983, as National Taste and Smell Disease Awareness Day.
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1982
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Amendments of 1982 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to repeal the prohibition on the use in advertising of Food and Drug Administration approvals. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to consider relevant safety data and voluntary standards developed by private organizations in establishing performance standards for medical devices. Authorizes the Secretary, after consultation with appropriate classification panels, to amend or revoke any performance standard prescribed under such Act. Revises the procedures for proposed rulemaking for performance standards for medical devices. Repeals the Filled Milk Act which prohibits the sale of imitation milk.
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1982
Designates the week beginning October 1, 1982, as National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1982
Medical Device Amendments of 1982 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to consider relevant safety data and voluntary standards developed by private organizations in establishing performance standards for medical devices. Authorizes the Secretary, after consultation with appropriate classification panels, to amend or revoke any performance standard prescribed under such Act. Revises the procedures for proposed rulemaking for performance standards for medical devices. Requires medical device manufacturers to inform the Secretary of the presence of unreasonable risks to public health in devices intended for human use. Repeals the prohibition on the use in labeling or advertising of representations concerning Food and Drug Administration approvals. Repeals the Filled Milk Act which prohibits the sale of imitation milk.
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1982
Health Planning Block Grant Act of 1982 - Replaces title XV (National Health Planning and Development) of the Public Health Service Act with State health planning block grants. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 and 1984. Sets forth a schedule for the issuance of regulations, the approval or disapproval of State applications, and the obligation of funds. Denies funding to any State which does not revise its certificate of need laws to accord with this Act. Bases State allotments on population. Provides that any unallocated funds shall be returned to the Treasury. Provides with regard to State allotments that: (1) unobligated funds shall be available to the State for the next fiscal year; and (2) payments may be reduced by the value of furnished supplies or certain travel costs. Requires States to use their allotments to develop a certificate of need program and a State health plan. Prohibits a State from receiving funds unless its application has been approved by the Secretary. Requires such application to include a report on intended expenditures. Requires States to prepare activity reports and to audit expenditures at least every two years. Prohibits discrimination on the basis of age, handicap, sex, religion, race, color, or national origin in the administration of any programs or activities funded under this Act. Prescribes compliance and enforcement measures. Requires States to determine that there is a need for a new institutional health service and capital expenditure before offering such a service or obligating funds. Exempts health maintenance organization (HMO) services and inpatient health care facilities controlled by an HMO or group of HMOs from certificate of need requirements, upon approval of application for such exemption. Permits the approval of a certificate of need for an HMO in certain circumstances, especially for the acquisition of major medical equipment. Requires that certificates of need for capital expenditures state a maximum spendable amount. Authorizes the State agency to withdraw after a hearing a certificate of need for applicant noncompliance. Requires the State agency to review a certificate of need application on the basis of the State Health Plan. Sets forth procedural requirements respecting a State certificate of need program. Prescribes the general contents of a State health plan. Requires a biennial revision of such plan. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States for the regional health planning agencies. Sets forth a formula for the allocation of grant funds. Conditions such grants on the designation of intrastate or interstate health planning areas established according to specified criteria. Requires a regional health planning agency for each such area. Limits the sources of non-Federal contributions to such agencies. Describes the functions of such agencies. Directs the Secretary, by grants or contracts, to assist public or private nonprofit entities in meeting the operating costs of a center for multidisciplinary health planning methods development and technical assistance. Repeals the health planning block grant program effective at the end of the third complete successive fiscal year after enactment of this Act. States that such repeal will not affect any suits or other proceedings begun before such effective date.
United States · United States Congress · 18 August 1982
Designates the week beginning October 1, 1982, as National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1982
Catastrophic Health Expense and Cost Constraint Act - Title I: Catastrophic Automatic Protection Plan (CAPP)-Part A: Establishment of Catastrophic Automatic Protection Plan - Adds as a new title to the Social Security Act, title XXI - Catastrophic Automatic Protection Plan. Establishes a voluntary insurance plan to provide automatic protection to families against catastrophic medical expenses, the Catastrophic Automatic Protection Plan (CAPP), to be funded by general revenues and coinsurance amounts. Provides that a family will be eligible for CAPP assistance for CAPP covered expenses after members of the family incur medical expenses equal to the deductible. Varies the deductible depending on income, the maximum being $750 plus 30 percent of the amount by which a family's income exceeds $7,500. Sets forth provisions relating to applications for assistance under this Act. Specifies penalties for any family which intentionally falsifies an income statement. Provides that payments shall be made for up to 100 percent of covered CAPP medical expenses and services except that in the case of prescription drugs for chronic illness the payment rate shall be 75 percent. Provides that the coinsurance amount shall be equal to approximately 10 to 20 percent of family income, graduated according to income. Provides that there shall be no coinsurance payments after a family has incurred expenses equal to the "CAPP stop-loss". Provides that the CAPP stop-loss for any year shall be equal to approximately 10 to 20 percent of family income, again graduated according to income. Part B: Payment of Providers and Administration - Provides that payments with respect to CAPP covered services which are described in title XVIII (Medicare) of the Act shall be made to providers, with specified exceptions, in the amount and in accordance with the procedures set forth in such title. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for a listing, within specified therapeutic categories, of drug entities which may be legally introduced into interstate commerce. Provides that any individual dissatisfied with any determination relating to the individual's eligibility for or amount of CAPP benefits shall be entitled to a hearing concerning such determination and to judicial review of the Secretary's final decision. Part C: Definitions - Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act, including "CAPP covered services" which is defined as services furnished to an individual to the extent payment for such service may be made under the Medicare program, except that under CAPP: (1) inpatient psychiatric services shall be covered for 45 days in a calendar year; and (2) the limitations on the extent of inpatient hospital services shall not apply with respect to CAPP covered services. Provides, in addition, that such term includes the furnishing of prescription drugs for treatment of chronic illness for individuals entitled to hospital insurance benefits under part A of title XVIII. Directs the Secretary to provide for an evaluation, by an entity outside the Department of Health and Human Services, of the implementation of this Act during its first five years and to report to Congress on the evaluation. Title II: Health Cost Restraint and Employer Health Plans - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include in a taxpayer's gross income any contribution by his or her employer to a health plan for any month to the extent that such contribution amount exceeds a specified limitation. Limits the employer contribution for the coverage of an employee and his or her family to $100. Provides that the applicable dollar limit for a nonqualified health plan shall be zero. Set forth requirements used to determine whether or not a plan is nonqualified. Includes among the requirements of a qualified health plan the requirements that the plan: (1) provide minimum coverage, which means CAPP covered services; and (2) shall not be treated as providing minimum coverage if the aggregate amount of nonreimbursable deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance with respect to a covered employee during any year for covered deductible medical expenses (as computed under CAPP) and expenses for which assistance is provided such employee or family under CAPP in a calendar year exceeds $3,500. Requires that the employer contribution under a qualified health plan be at least 50 percent of the per employee cost. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into an agreement with a State under which the State could certify a health plan. Revises the deduction for medical, dental, and other health expenses by providing that there shall be allowed as a deduction the following amounts, not compensated for by insurance: (1) the amount by which the medical care expenses of the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, and dependents who are blind or disabled or who are receiving Medicare because of end-stage renal disease exceed three percent of adjusted gross income or the amount by which the expenses of medical care (other than care under the supplementary medical insurance program of Medicare) provided the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, and dependents while a resident of a long-term care facility or an institution for the physically or mentally handicapped exceed three percent of adjusted gross income; (2) an amount (not in excess of $150) equal to one-half of the expenses for insurance (which is not a qualified individual health plan); and (3) an amount (not in excess of $500) equal to the expenses for a qualified individual health plan, if no payment is made by the taxpayer's employer toward the plan. Sets forth the requirements of a qualified individual health plan, including a requirement that the plan include CAPP covered services. Title III: Medicare Amendments - Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide that individuals entitled to certain part A benefits are eligible under CAPP. Provides coverage for: (1) items and services related to pregnancy, delivery, and the care of a child through one year after birth; and (2) such immunizations against communicable diseases that are capable of causing serious illnesses or death without immunization. Provides that any charge for any service or procedure performed by a doctor shall be reasonable if: (1) the service or procedure is performed in a designated physician shortage area; (2) the physician has a regular practice in the shortage area; (3) the charge does not exceed the prevailing charge level as otherwise determined; and (4) the charge does not exceed the amount generally charged by such physician for similar services. Provides an alternative hospital reimbursement system. Authorizes a legal entity (which may be a hospital, associations of hospitals, or a State or local government) to apply to the Secretary to have hospital services provided by specified hospitals serving the same geographic area reimbursed under such an alternative system rather than as provided under title XVIII or XIX (Medicaid) of the Act. Authorizes a State to apply to have all hospitals in the State reimbursed under the alternative method. Requires approval of the alternative method if under the alternative method: (1) hospital expenditures under Medicare and Medicaid (title XIX of the Act) will not be greater than if the alternative system was not in effect; and (2) there will not be a significant reduction of or refusal to admit specified classes of patients to hospitals. Permits the States and certain legal entities to apply for a grant to aid in establishing the alternative system. Revises provisions relating to payments to and contractual arrangments with health maintenance organizations (HMO) on behalf of individuals eligible for Medicare. Directs the Secretary to annually determine a per capita rate of payment for each class of individuals: (1) enrolled with an HMO pursuant to this Act and entitled to benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII and enrolled under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII; and (2) enrolled with an HMO under part B only. Provides a rate for each class equal to 95 percent of the adjusted average per capital cost for that class. Defines the term "adjusted average per capital cost" to mean the average per capital amount that the Secretary estimates would be payable for services furnished under the Medicare program, if the services were to be furnished by other than an HMO. Directs the Secretary in establishing classes of individuals to take into consideration such factors as age, sex, institutional status, disability status, place of residence, and other factors which the Secretary determines to be appropriate. Redefines an HMO. Requires an HMO to meet certain requirements, including limits on premiums, deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments. Provides that individuals enrolled in the Medicare program shall be eligible under this Act for enrollment with any HMO with which the Secretary has contracted. Prohibits premiums, deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments of an HMO for services in addition to those available to Medicare enrollees from exceeding, for such individuals, the adjusted community rate for such services. Defines the adjusted community rate. Provides that if the Secretary is not satisfied that an HMO has the capacity to bear the risk of potential losses under a risk-sharing contract under this Act or if the HMO so elects, the HMO may be reimbursed on the basis of reasonable cost if the Secretary is satisfied that the HMO is able to perform its contracted obligations effectively and efficiently. Provides for the coverage of the services of a physician assistant or nurse practitioner furnished pursuant to a contract under title XVIII to a member of an HMO. Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to prohibit a capital expenditure made by or on behalf of a health care facility from being subject to review pursuant to the limitation on Federal participation for capital expenditures of part A if the obligation of the capital expenditure by the facility would not be reviewed under the Public Health Service Act. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study and report to Congress concerning additional benefits offered by HMOs. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Secretary to reduce Federal Medicaid payments to a State if the State: (1) reduces the number of categories of individuals eligible for benefits or the extent of such benefits under titles XIX, XX (Grants to States for Services), or XXI of the Act; and (2) makes changes that result in an increase in the amount of payments that would otherwise be made under title XXI. States that it shall be considered an unfair trade practice for any entity to advertise that any amounts paid to an individual represent reimbursement for the deductible under CAPP.
European Union · EUR-Lex · 17 August 1982
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1982
Designates the week beginning on October 24, 1982, as National Tourette Syndrome Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1982
Designates the week beginning on November 21, 1982, as National Alzheimer's Disease Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1982
National Nursing Home Standards Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a National Commission on the Regulation of Nursing Homes. Provides for a moratorium on deregulation of skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities until September 30, 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1982
Medicaid and Medicare Part B Budget Reconciliation Amendments of 1982 - Title I: Medicaid Savings - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit with respect to categorically needy beneficiaries: (1) the imposition of any enrollment fee, premium or similar charge; and (2) the imposition of any deduction, cost sharing, or similar charge with respect to emergency services or care and services furnished to an inpatient in a skilled or intermediate nursing facility, a pregnant woman, an individual under 21, or an individual enrolled in a health maintenance organization (HMO). Provides that any deduction, cost sharing, or similar charge with respect to: (1) inpatient hospital services may not exceed one dollar per day; (2) outpatient hospital services, physicians' services, or clinic services may not exceed one dollar per visit; and (3) other care and services will be nominal. Permits a charge of up to four dollars per visit for emergency services in certain instances. Prohibits with respect to medically needy beneficiaries any deduction, cost sharing, or similar charge with respect to care and services which are furnished: (1) to a pregnant woman; (2) to an individual under 21; or (3) for emergency services. Provides that any deduction, cost sharing, or similar charge otherwise imposed will be nominal with respect to other care and services, except that a four dollar charge per visit may be imposed for emergency room services in certain instances. Prohibits a provider participating under a State's Medicaid plan from denying care or services to a beneficiary because of inability to pay a deduction, cost sharing, or similar charge. Prohibits the imposition of a lien against the property of any individual prior to his or her death on account of medical assistance paid or to be paid on the individual's behalf under a State's plan except: (1) pursuant to a court judgment; and (2) in the case of the real property of an individual who is an inpatient in a skilled nursing facility or an intermediate care facility and who is reasonably likely to remain an inpatient for the remainder of the individual's life. Provides that if an individual is discharged the lien shall dissolve. Provides that there shall be no adjustment or recovery of any medical assistance correctly paid on behalf of an individual under the plan, except: (1) in the case of an individual who was 65 or older when he or she received such assistance or with respect to property subject to a lien or a trust established relating to the lien, from the estate or trust on the individual's death; or (2) in the case of property which is subject to a lien and which has been sold, the proceeds of the sale pertaining to the lien shall be put into a trust and, if the lien would have been dissolved (pursuant to discharge from a nursing facility), the trust shall be terminated. Provides that the adjustment or recovery specified above shall be made only after: (1) the death of a surviving spouse; (2) there are no surviving children under 21 or children who are blind or disabled; or (3) in the case of a lien, there is no sibling or child lawfully residing in the home. Authorizes the denial of assistance to an individual while an inpatient in a nursing facility, if: (1) it is likely that the individual will remain in the facility for the remainder of his or her life; and (2) at any time prior to the month in which the individual applied for assistance the individual disposed of a home for less than fair market value. Provides that an individual shall not be ineligible in certain circumstances (including the circumstance where denial would cause undue hardship). Directs the Secretary to provide for an adjustment in the amount of payment made to a State so that the State will receive an amount equivalent to the amount it would have been paid under Medicaid if the State had a qualified hospital cost review program, if the annual rate of increase in aggregate hospital inpatient costs per capita or per admission for 1983 or 1984 in a State with an election in effect (as authorized in this Act) is less than the State target rate of increase. Authorizes a State to have the above provisions apply in lieu of an offset for qualified hospital cost review programs for FY 1983 and 1984. Provides that, for the purposes of title XIX, any individual who meets the following qualifications shall be deemed a recipient of supplemental security income (SSI) under the SSI program (title XVI of the Act): (1) the individual is under 18 and disabled; (2) the individual requires the level of care provided in a hospital, skilled nursing facility, or intermediate care facility, and such care is appropriately provided outside such an institution and is no more expensive than care in such an institution; and (3) if the individual were in an institution, the individual would be eligible for SSI. Authorizes a State to treat, for purposes of Medicaid eligibility, as an individual receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) (part A of title IV of the Act) an individual who would be eligible for AFDC but for specified income limitations made under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, if the individual meets specified alternative requirements as the State may provide. Makes technical amendments to the Omnibus Budget Reconcilitation Act of 1981. Title II: Medicare (Part B) Savings - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to reduce the reimbursement for inpatient radiology and pathology services from 100 to 80 percent. Provides that, in determining the prevailing charge levels for physicians' services rendered during the 12-month period ending September 30, 1983, prevailing charge levels shall not exceed 104 percent of the level in effect for the 12-month period ending June 30, 1982. Provides that, for subsequent periods, the Secretary shall treat the level set during such 12-month period as having fully provided for economic changes which would otherwise have been taken into account. Provides that such limitation shall not apply to any physician with an assignment agreement in effect with the Secretary. Revises provisions relating to payments to and contractual arrangements with health maintenance organizations (HMOs) on behalf of individuals eligible for Medicare. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to annually determine a per capita rate of payment for each class of individuals: (1) enrolled with an HMO pursuant to this Act, entitled to benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII, and enrolled under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII; and (2) enrolled with an HMO and enrolled under part B only. Provides a rate for each class equal to 95 percent of the adjusted average per capita cost for that class. Defines the term "adjusted average per capita cost" to mean the average per capita amount that the Secretary estimates would be payable for services furnished under the Medicare program, if the services were to be furnished by other than an HMO. Directs the Secretary in establishing classes of individuals to take into consideration age, institutional status, disability status, and place of residence, and other factors determined appropriate by the Secretary. Redefines an HMO. Requires an HMO to meet certain requirements, including limits on premiums, deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments. Provides that individuals enrolled in the Medicare program shall be eligible under this Act with any HMO with which the Secretary has contracted. Prohibits premiums, deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments of an HMO from exceeding the adjusted community rate, for any additional services. Defines the adjusted community rate. Requires an HMO to provide additional benefits which are at least equal in value to the difference between the average per capita payment and the adjusted community rate, if the adjusted community rate is less than the average per capita payment rates of payment. Provides that the additional benefits shall be either reducted charges or additional health benefits. Requires each contract between the Secretary and an HMO to contain provisions giving the Secretary the right to inspect an HMO's books and to evaluate an HMO's services. Provides that if the Secretary is not satisfied that an HMO has the capacity to bear the risk of potential losses under a risk-sharing contract under this Act, or if the HMO so elects, the HMO may be reimbursed on the basis of reasonable cost if the Secretary is satisfied that the HMO is able to perform its contractual obligations effectively and efficiently. Includes in the definition of medical and other health services the services of a physician assistant or a nurse practioner furnished to a member of an HMO. Provides that the new HMO provisions of this Act shall not apply: (1) to a beneficiary enrolled on the effective date unless the individual requests that they apply or the Secretary determines they should apply because of administrative burdens; (2) to an HMO with a current risk contract or with a demonstration project for five years after the effective date; or (3) to an HMO with an existing demonstration project, if at enactment the HMO was furnishing services pursuant to the contract and the project concludes after enactment. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study and report to Congress concerning additional benefits selected by HMOs. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study and report to Congress concerning the extent of, and reasons for, the termination by Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries of their membership in HMOs. Permits merchant seamen who are entitled to treatment and hospitalization under the Public Health Service Act and who were eligible for Medicare to enroll in Medicare.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to empower the Food and Drug Administration to enjoin the distribution of forged or counterfeit drugs. (Currently such power vests in the district courts of the United States and the U.S. courts of the Territories.)
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982
Prohibits the delivery by mail of: (1) drug abuse oriented advertisements; or (2) imitation controlled substances shipped in response to such advertisements. Provides an exemption from such prohibition with respect to such a substance: (1) used under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for research or as a placebo in the professional practice of a registered practitioner; or (2) mailed in connection with an application for approval under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exempt any hospital which is located outside of a standard metropolitan statistical area and which has less than 100 acute care beds from certain reasonable cost limitations.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1982
National Commission on Neurofibromatosis Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a National Commission on Neurofibromatosis within 60 days. Sets forth operating and related provisions. Authorizes the Commission to transmit interim reports. Requires: (1) a final report to the President and to each House of Congress within one year; and (2) the Secretary to file a final report and a budget analysis for neurofibromatosis research with the appropriate congressional committees within 15 days after the President submits his budget to Congress. Terminates the Commission three months after submission of the final report. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1982
Designates the week beginning on October 24, 1982, as National Tourette Syndrome Awareness Week.
Germany · German Bundestag · 5 July 1982
Germany · German Bundestag · 2 July 1982
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1982
Amends the Public Health Service Act to specify that health maintenance organizations may provide clinical psychologist services.
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1982
Health Planning Deregulation Act of 1982 - Replaces existing title XV (National Health Planning and Development) of the Public Health Service Act with a new title XV (Health Planning Deregulation). Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983. Bases State allotments on population, with a minimum allotment of $100,000. States that funds may be used for: (1) State or local health planning; and (2) experiments designed to promote competition in health care financing and delivery. Requires States to: (1) provide at least 25 percent funding; and (2) file audits and reports.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1982
Designates the week beginning on October 24, 1982, as National Parkinson's Disease Week.
Germany · German Bundestag · 18 June 1982
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1982
Requests the President to designate the week of November 30 through December 5, 1982, as National Preventive Dentistry for the Elderly Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) nursing facility Medicare compliance surveys should be conducted at least annually; (2) reinspections for violation corrections should be conducted within 90 days; (3) Federal funds for such surveys should continue; (4) the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals should not have the authority to certify Medicare compliance; and (5) the proposed Department of Health and Human Services health care facilities certification regulations should not be adopted.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1982
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for the professional services of a licensed or certified acupuncturists.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should not adopt as final certain proposed rules issued on May 24, 1982, relating to survey and certification procedures for nursing homes and other health care facilities and suppliers participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1982
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit reimbursement to health care providers for costs incurred which are directly related to influencing employees respecting proposed unionization.
Germany · German Bundestag · 11 June 1982
Germany · German Bundestag · 11 June 1982
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1982
Authorizes the Miami Serpentarium Laboratories, Incorporated, to manufacture and distribute in interstate commerce the drug PROven for the treatment of multiple sclerosis.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1982
Comprehensive Smoking Prevention Education Act of 1982 - Amends title XVII (Health Information and Health Promotion) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to inform the public of the health hazards of cigarettes through research, demonstration, and educational activities. Establishes an Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health to coordinate Federal and private activities. Requires the Committee to meet at least four times a year. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Congress. Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to change existing label warning provisions to require cigarette packages and advertisements to carry specified health warnings. Makes it unlawful to manufacture, import, or package cigarettes for sale or distribution in the United States without package disclosure of tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide levels (based on Federal Trade Commission tests). Requires the Commission to perform these tests at least once a year. Increases the fine for Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act violations from $10,000 to $100,000.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) Medicare beneficiaries should not have to pay more out-of-pocket costs for health care under the Medicare program; and (2) any Medicare savings from budget cuts should not cause an increase in out-of-pocket Medicare expenses.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that certain proposed health care facility certification regulations should be withdrawn.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) nursing facility Medicare compliance surveys should be conducted at least annually; (2) Federal funds for such surveys should continue; (3) the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals should not have the authority to certify Medicare compliance; and (4) the proposed Department of Health and Human Services health care facilities certification regulations should not be adopted.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1982
Designates the week of October 17 through October 23, 1982, as Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should not adopt as final certain proposed rules issued on May 24, 1982, relating to survey and certification procedures for nursing homes and other health care facilities and suppliers participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1982
Designates the week beginning on November 21, 1982, as National Alzheimer's Disease Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1982
Handicapped Infants Protection Act of 1982 - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect to conduct a study of child abuse or neglect in federally assisted or operated health care facilities. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) report the results of this study to the Congress within three months; and (2) give priority to information about adoption and foster care of handicapped infants. Prohibits doctors or other health care facility personnel from withholding nutrition or medical treatment from a handicapped infant. Provides a private right of action for violations of this Act. States that any punitive damage awards shall be used for the benefit of the infant involved in the suit, or if deceased, for research and treatment of handicapped infants. Directs the Center to establish and disseminate violations reporting procedures. Provides civil and criminal immunity and job protection for persons reporting such violations. Requires health care facilities to provide parents or guardians of handicapped infants with information about agency assistance for these infants.
Germany · German Bundestag · 26 May 1982
Abschluß von fünf Gesamtvereinbarungen seit Inkrafttreten des RehaAnglG, relative Bedeutungslosigkeit des Instruments "Gesamtvereinbarung" wegen andersartiger Zusammenarbeit der Rehabilitationsträger
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1982
Makes technical changes in the Public Health Service Act. Transfers the administrative provisions of the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1974 to the Public Health Service Act. Establishes an Assistant Administrator of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration to promote the prevention research programs of the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Directs the Administrator to establish a process for appropriate response to information regarding scientific fraud and incidences of violations of the rights of human subjects in projects where funding is made available under this Act. Transfers specified provisions of the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act of 1970 to the Public Health Service Act. Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress a report containing: (1) current information on the health consequences of using alcoholic beverages; (2) a description of research findings made with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism; (3) the health consequences and extent of drug abuse in the United States; (4) research findings made with respect to drug abuse; and (5) recommendations for legislative and administrative action. Provides for technical and scientific peer review of biomedical and behavioral research and development grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts. Authorizes appropriations for alcohol and drug abuse research for FY 1983 through 1985. Makes technical changes in the Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act. Repeals sections of the Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Act of 1970 and the Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act, to conform with the provisions of this Act. Repeals the Marihuana Health Reporting Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1982
Health Research Extension Act of 1982 - Amends title IV of the Public Health Service Act (National Research Institutes) to establish as an agency of the Public Health Service the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (abolished as a statutory entity by Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1966) consisting of the following 12 categorical institutes: the National Cancer Institute; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; the National Institute on Aging; the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; the National Institute of Dental Research; the National Eye Institute; the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke; the National Institute of General Medical Sciences; the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; and the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disease. Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish additional research institutes. Provides that: (1) NIH shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; (2) the Secretary acting through the Director shall be responsible for the overall direction of NIH, including specified administrative and supervisory functions; and (3) the Director shall delegate certain program promotion and coordination functions to an Assistant Director including the formulation of a long-range disease Prevention Plan. Directs the Secretary to appoint a National Institutes of Health Advisory Board to: (1) advise and make recommendations to the Secretary and the Director; and (2) prepare a biennial report on its activities. Requires a biennial report to be submitted by the Secretary to the President and to Congress consisting of: (1) a description of NIH's activities and a five-year plan for future activities and policies; (2) the biennial report of the Advisory Board; and (3) the biennial reports of the directors of each of the national research institutes and their advisory councils. Provides that the Director of the National Cancer Institute shall be appointed by the President and the Directors of the other national research institutes shall be appointed by the Secretary. Sets forth the general duties of the Secretary (acting through the Director of each national research institute) with respect to the aspects of human health for which the institutes were established. Authorizes activities and programs to be supported through grants and contracts approved by each Director. Directs the Secretary to appoint an advisory council for each institute. Sets forth the duties of such advisory councils, including the periodic review of research. Requires the director of each institute to prepare a biennial report. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1985. States the general purpose and defines the scope of the National Cancer Institute. Requires that cancer control programs under the Institute include demonstration methods for disseminating cancer prevention information to the public. Directs the Secretary, through the Director of the Institute, to establish an information and education center to collect and disseminate information on cancer. Authorizes such Director to: (1) support production or distribution of therapeutic substances for cancer research, including biological materials, and set safety standards for their use; (2) with the approval of such Institute's advisory council, support certain cancer research by foreign nationals outside the United States, encourage collaborative research involving American and foreign participants, and train Americans abroad or foreign nationals in the United States; (3) support education and training programs; (4) coordinate certain research by industrial concerns; (5) hire experts and consultants; (6) acquire, repair, or construct facilities, including facilities in the District of Columbia; (7) appoint advisory committees; (8) enter into contracts, leases, or other transactions; and (9) submit an annual budget estimate to the President. Deletes the existing limitation on aggregate payments respecting cooperative agreements to establish cancer research and demonstration centers, and extends the period of support for a center to five years (with additional extensions of not more than five years). Eliminates the existing requirement that at least two members of the President's Cancer Panel be scientists or physicians, and requires the filling of vacancies within 90 days of their occurrence. States the general purpose and defines the scope of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Requires the Secretary, through the Director of the Institute, to collect and disseminate information on research, treatment, and prevention of such diseases. Requires special emphasis to be placed on cardiovascular diseases and programs designed for children. Deletes the existing limitation on aggregate payments respecting research and demonstration centers for heart, blood vessel, lung, and blood diseases. States that the general purpose of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases is the conduct and support of research, training, and related programs respecting diabetes and endocrine and metabolic diseases, digestive diseases and nutrition, and kidney, urologic, and hematologic diseases. States the general purpose of the National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Directs the Secretary to establish information and education centers for: (1) diabetes; (2) digestive diseases; and (3) kidney diseases. Establishes in such Institute: (1) the National Digestive Diseases Data System; (2) the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse; (3) the National Kidney Diseases Data System; and (4) the National Kidney Diseases Information Clearinghouse. Authorizes the Associate Directors of the Institute to carry out research and training support programs in their respective areas. Establishes: (1) a Kidney and Urologic Diseases Coordinating Committee; and (2) a Skin Disease Interagency Coordinating Committee. Establishes the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Advisory Board. Extends the terms of such Institute's advisory boards through FY 1985. Transfers responsibility for multipurpose diabetes centers from the Secretary to the Director. Extends the initial assistance period to five years, with additional extensions of up to five years. Establishes: (1) digestive diseases and kidney and urologic diseases research centers; and (2) Advisory Council subcommittees. Requires the Director to conduct research in diet therapy for kidney failure, and to report to the Congress by January 1, 1986. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1985. Requires such Institute to include in its biennial report a description of activities under the diabetes and digestive diseases plans. Establishes the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases in NIH. Requires the Institute to develop a national plan for research and related activities. Establishes: (1) the National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Data System; (2) the National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Information Clearinghouse; and (3) an Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Interagency Coordinating Committee. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for arthritis and musculoskeletal diseases demonstration projects. Establishes multipurpose arthritis and musculoskeletal diseases centers. Sets five- year support periods for these centers (with additional extensions of not more than five years), Requires the Institute to submit a biennial report. Sets forth the general purposes of the National Institutes of: (1) Allergy and Infectious Diseases; (2) Child Health and Human Development; (3) Dental Research; (4) Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke; (5) General Medical Sciences; (6) Environmental Health Sciences; and (7) Mental Health. Sets forth the general purposes of the National Eye Institute and the National Institute on Aging. Establishes an Interagency Committee on Spinal Cord Injury. Requires a report to Congress not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year. Terminates such Committee on September 30, 1985. Authorizes appropriations for National Research Service Awards through FY 1985. Limits the scope of the Institutional Review Board's authority regarding federally-financed research. Exempts research which does not involve human risk from such review authority. Requires the Director of NIH to establish procedures for periodic, technical, and scientific peer review of NIH research. States that such procedures shall require that: (1) the reviewing entity be given a written description of the research to be reviewed; and (2) such entity shall provide the advisory council of the institute involved with the results of such review. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) accept certain conditional gifts for NIH or a national research institute; and (2) establish suitable memorials for donations of $50,000 or more. States that the National Center for Health Services Research and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health are agencies of NIH. Terminates the National Advisory Health Council. Makes technical changes in specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act and other Federal health laws. Transfers the National Center for Health Services Research and the National Center for Health Statistics from the Public Health Service to NIH. Eliminates FY 1983 and 1984 funding authorizations for the National Center for Health Care Technology. Transfers the National Library of Medicine from the Public Health Service to NIH. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1985. Requires the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases to report to the appropriate congressional committes by December 31, 1982, regarding expanded Institute research. Requires the Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, and Allergies and Infectious Diseases to conduct a joint pertussis vaccine study. Requires a report to Congress by January 1, 1984. Requires the Instititue on Aging to conduct a study of personnel for the health needs of the elderly. Requires a report to the appropriate congressional committees by March 1, 1984. Provides for a study of the effects of commercialization on biomedical research. Requires completion of this study by September 30, 1984. Requires NIH to: (1) assist (through September 30, 1984) scientists associated with small business in preparing grant and contract applications under title IV of such Act; (2) insure that such scientists are invited to participate on peer review committees; and (3) report on these activities to the appropriate congressional committees by September 30, 1984. Establishes an Interagency Committee on Learning Disabilities. Requires a report to Congress within 18 months. Terminates the Committee 90 days after such report is submitted.
Germany · German Bundestag · 21 May 1982
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1982
Amends title XVII (Health Information and Health Promotion) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for health information and promotion programs through FY 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1982
Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for medical libraries through FY 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1982
Locates the National Center for Health Statistics in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (in the Department of Health and Human Services) for FY 1983 and 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1982
Amends title IV of the Public Health Service Act (National Research Institutes) to establish as an agency of the Public Health Service the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (abolished as a statutory entity by Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1966) consisting of the following 11 categorical institutes: the National Cancer Institute; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; the National Institute on Aging; the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; the National Institute of Dental Research; the National Eye Institute; the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke; the National Institute of General Medical Sciences; and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish additional research institutes. Provides that: (1) the NIH shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; (2) the Secretary acting through the Director shall be responsible for the overall direction of NIH, including specified administrative and supervisory functions; (3) the Director shall delegate to an Assistant Director certain program promotion and coordination functions, including the formulation of a long-range disease Prevention Plan; and (4) the Director shall submit an annual budget estimate to the President and the Congress. Directs the Secretary to appoint a National Institutes of Health Advisory Board to: (1) advise and make recommendations to the Secretary and the Director; and (2) prepare a biennial report on its activities. Requires a biennial report to be submitted by the Secretary to the President and to Congress consisting of: (1) a description of the NIH's activities and a five-year plan for future activities and policies; (2) the biennial report of the Advisory Board; and (3) the biennial reports of the directors of each of the national research institutes and their advisory councils. Requires the Director to establish Centers for Research and Demonstration of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1985. Provides that the Director of the National Cancer Institute shall be appointed by the President and the Directors of the other national research institutes shall be appointed by the Secretary. Sets forth the general duties of the Secretary (acting through the Director of each national research institute) with respect to the aspect of human health for which the institutes were established. Authorizes activities and programs to be supported through grants and contracts approved by each Director. Directs the Secretary to appoint an advisory council for each institute. Sets forth the duties of such advisory councils, including the periodic review of research. Requires the director of each institute to prepare a biennial report. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983, 1984, and 1985. States the general purpose and defines the scope of the National Cancer Institute. Requires that cancer control programs under the Institute include demonstration methods for disseminating cancer prevention information to the public. Directs the Secretary, through the Director of the Institute, to establish an information and education center to collect and disseminate information on cancer. Authorizes such Director to: (1) support production or distribution of therapeutic substances for cancer research, including biological materials, and set safety standards for their use; (2) with the approval of such Institute's advisory council, support certain cancer research by foreign nationals outside the United States, encourage collaborative research involving American and foreign participants, and train Americans abroad or foreign nationals in the United States; (3) support education and training programs; (4) coordinate certain research by industrial concerns; (5) hire experts and consultants; (6) acquire, repair, or construct facilities, including facilities in the District of Columbia; (7) appoint advisory committees; (8) enter into contracts, leases, or other transactions; and (9) submit an annual budget estimate to the President. Deletes the existing limitation on aggregate payments respecting cooperative agreements to establish cancer research and demonstration centers, and extends the period of support for a center to five years (with additional extensions of not more than five years). Eliminates the existing requirement that at least two members of the President's Cancer Panel be scientists or physicians, and requires the filling of vacancies within 90 days of their occurrence. States the general purpose and defines the scope of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Requires the Secretary, through the Director of the Institute, to collect and disseminate information on research, treatment, and prevention of such diseases. Requires special emphasis to be placed on cardiovascular diseases and programs designed for children. Deletes the existing limitation on aggregate payments respecting research and demonstration centers for heart, blood vessel, lung, and blood diseases. States the general purpose of the National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Directs the Secretary to establish information and education centers for: (1) arthritis; (2) diabetes mellitus; (3) digestive diseases; and (4) kidney diseases. Establishes in such Institutes: (1) the National Arthritis Information Clearinghouse; (2) the National Digestive Diseases Data System; (3) the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse; (4) the National Kidney Diseases Data System; and (5) the National Kidney Diseases Information Clearinghouse. Authorizes the Associate Directors of the Institute to carry out research and training support programs in their respective areas. Establishes: (1) a Kidney and Urologic Diseases Coordinating Committee; and (2) a Skin Disease Interagency Coordinating Committee. Establishes the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Advisory Board. Extends the terms of such Institutes's advisory boards through FY 1985. Transfers responsibility for multipurpose arthritis and diabetes centers from the Secretary to the Director. Extends the initial assistance period to five years, with additional extensions of up to five years. Establishes: (1) digestive diseases and kidney and urologic diseases reseach centers; and (2) Advisory Council subcommittees. Requires such Institute to include in its biennial reports a description of activities under the arthritis, diabetes, and digestive diseases plans. Requires the Director to conduct research in diet therapy for kidney failure, and to report to the Congress by January 1, 1986. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1985. Sets forth the general purpose of the National Institute on Aging. Transfers the responsibility for public information and education programs on aging from the Secretary to the Director of such Institute. Sets forth the general purposes of the National Institutes of: (1) Allergy and Infectious Diseases; (2) Child Health and Human Development; (3) Dental Research; (4) Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke; (5) General Medical Sciences; and (6)Environmental Health Sciences. Sets forth the general purpose of the National Eye Institutes. Establishes an Interagency Committee on Spinal Cord Injury. Requires a report to Congress not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year. Terminates such Committee on September 30, 1985. Authorizes appropriations for National Research Service Awards through FY 1985. Limits the scope of the Institutional Review Board's authority to review federally-financed research. Exempts research which does not involve human risk from such review authority. Requires the Director of NIH to establish procedures for periodic, technical, and scientific peer review of NIH research. States that such procedures shall require that: (1) the reviewing entity be given a written description of the research to be reviewed; and (2) such entity shall provide the advisory council of the institute involved with the results of such review. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) accept certain conditional gifts for the NIH or a national research institute; and (2) establish suitable memorials for donations of $50,000 or more. Establishes in the Public Health Service a National Institute on Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases. Requires a plan for a national program to be developed and transmitted to Congress within 180 days. Provides for the development and modernization of new and existing multipurpose arthritis and muscular disease research centers. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1985. Establishes an Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disease Coordinating Committee. Requires a report to the Secretary within 60 days of the end of each fiscal year. Terminates the National Health Advisory Council. Makes technical changes in specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act and other Federal laws. Eliminates FY 1983 and 1984 funding authorizations for the National Center for Health Care Technology. Requires the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to report to the appropriate congressional committees by December 31, 1982, regarding expanded Institute research. Provides for a study of the effects of commercialization on biomedical research. Requires completion of this study by September 30, 1984. Requires the NIH to: (1) assist (through September 30, 1984) scientists associated with small business in preparing grant and contract applications under title IV of such Act; (2) insure that such scientists are invited to participate on peer review committees; and (3) report on these activities to the appropriate congressional committees by September 30, 1984. Establishes an Interagency Committee on Learning Disabilities. Requires a report to Congress within 18 months. Terminates the Committee 90 days after such report is submitted. Requires the Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, and Allergies and Infectious Diseases to conduct a joint pertussis vaccine study. Requires a report to Congress by January 1, 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1982
Amends the Public Health Service Act to transfer the National Center for Health Services Research and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health from the Public Health Service to the National Institutes of Health.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1982
Makes technical changes in the Public Health Service Act. Transfers the administrative provisions of the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1974 to the Public Health Service Act. Establishes an Assistant Administrator of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration to promote the preventive research programs of the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Directs the Administrator to establish a process for appropriate response to information regarding scientific fraud and incidences of violations of the rights of human subjects in projects where funding is made available under this Act. Transfers specified provisions of the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Act of 1970 to the Public Health Service Act. Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress a report containing: (1) current information on the health consequences of using alcoholic beverages; (2) a description of research findings made with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism; (3) the health consequences and extent of drug abuse in the United States; (4) research findings made with respect to drug abuse; and (5) recommendations for legislative and administrative action. Provides for technical and scientific peer review of biomedical and behavioral research and development grants, cooperative agreements and contracts. Authorizes appropriations for alcohol and drug abuse research for FY 1983 through 1985. Makes technical changes in the Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act. Repeals sections of the Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Act of 1970 and the Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act to conform with the provisions of this Act. Repeals the Marihuana Health Reporting Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1982
Makes technical and conforming amendments to: (1) the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981; (2) the Public Health Service Act; (3) the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Act of 1970; (4) the Controlled Substances Act; (5) the Consumer Product Safety Act; (6) the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970; and (7) the Health Planning and Resources Development Amendments of 1970. Amends the Public Health Service Act, effective as of October 1, 1982, to include specified mental health demonstration funds in the block grant retraining allocation formula. Amends the Federal Hazardous Substances Act to provide that for purposes of remedies respecting banned hazardous substances: (1) the term "manufacturer" includes an importer for resale; and (2) a dealer who sells an article or substance wholesale shall be considered the distributor for such sale. Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1984 for nurse anesthetist training. Requires a baccalaureate degree (currently a postbaccalureate degree is required) for specified nonpublic health school graduate health traineeships. Provides that funds appropriated under title VIII (Nurse Training) of such Act may be used to provide technical assistance for any authority under such title. Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to sell real property pledged as security on specified medical facility loans. Eliminates the requirement that the National Center for Health Statistics serve as a clearinghouse for guideline information on the health effects of working conditions and the environment. Permits grants to community health centers serving underserved populations for the purpose of repaying certain Farmers Home Administration loans. Permits Public Health Service appointments in the field of psychology.