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United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1984
Designates the week of October 7 through October 13, 1984, as National Drug Enforcement Officers Week.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1984
Designates the week of September 10 through September 16, 1984, as Teenage Alcohol Abuse Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1984
Designates the month of August 1984 as Ostomy Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1984
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from establishing a rate of payment for hospice care which is less than specified amounts for routine home care, continuous home care, inpatient respite care, and general inpatient care. Directs the Secretary to: (1) annually review and, if appropriate, adjust such rates; and (2) periodically report to Congress on such review and adjustments.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1984
Authorizes and requests the President to designate March 18, 1985, as National Taste and Smell Disease Awareness Day and to invite Governors and chief officials of State and local governments to make similar designations.
Germany · German Bundestag · 1 June 1984
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1984
Expresses the sense of Congress that television and radio networks and stations broadcasting coverage of the XXIII Olympiad should include public service announcements or other informational programming warning young people of the dangers of alcohol and drug abuse.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1984
Reproductive Health Equity Act - Amends the Social Security Act (Medicaid), the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, the Peace Corps Act, the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, and other Federal laws covering armed forces personnel and dependents, and Federal employees' health benefits, to provide that services related to abortion are made available in the same manner as are other pregnancy- related services under federally-funded programs.
Germany · German Bundestag · 25 May 1984
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1984
Uniform Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to withhold five percent in FY 1987, and ten percent in FY 1988, of certain Federal-aid highway funds from States in which the minimum drinking age is less than 21 years.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1984
Medicare Long-Term Care Act of 1984 - Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish a voluntary program to provide long-term care benefits for aged and disabled individuals who elect to enroll under such program, financed from premium payments by enrollees together with contributions from funds appropriated by the Federal Government and contributions by States. Lists criteria for eligibility for long-term care service benefits. States that the benefits provided to an individual under this Act shall consist of: (1) home health services; (2) homemaker services; (3) nutrition services; (4) long-term institutional care services; (5) day care and foster home services; and (6) community mental health center outpatient services. Provides that the benefits provided under this Act shall not go into effect unless a State has a certified long-term care agency. Enumerates the requirements for certification of a State long-term care agency by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, including a requirement that such agency monitor the activities of each community long-term care center in the State. Provides for the payment of premiums for benefits received under this Act by individuals who elect to participate in the long-term care program. Establishes the Federal Long-Term Care Trust Fund. Creates a Board of Trustees of such Trust Fund, composed of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, all ex officio. Requires a community long-term care center to: (1) provide the items and services listed in this Act to each eligible individual who resides in the area served by such center and who is certified as requiring such services; (2) evaluate and certify the long-term care needs of an individual for whom such care may be required in order to maintain such individual in an independent living arrangement which is reasonable given such individual's state of health and other circumstances (but not including such individual's economic circumstances); (3) maintain a continuous relationship with (and evaluate periodically, but not less than annually) each individual who is receiving any of the items and services listed in this Act; (4) provide full opportunity for such individual and his family to participate in the determinations and functions under this Act; (5) provide an organized system for making its existence and location known to all eligible individuals in its service area and for making known to such individuals the method or methods by which they may most efficiently obtain and use the services which it makes available; and (6) perform such other functions as the Secretary of Health and Human Services may by regulation prescribe in order to have such center most effectively carry out the purposes of this Act. Sets forth a formula by which payments to States for the reimbursement of community long-term care centers may be calculated. Directs the Secretary, after consultation with organizations representing the chief executives of the various States, and other interested parties, to develop and make available to community long-term care centers one or more methods of obtaining payment for the benefits covered under this Act on a prospective basis. States that once a community long-term care center elects a particular prospective method, it may not alter its election without the prior approval of the Secretary. Provides that whenever the Secretary finds that the number of community long-term care centers electing a particular prospective payment method promulgated in accordance with this Act is not sufficient to provide an adequate basis for either the operation or evaluation of that method, the Secretary shall withdraw that method and allow the community long-term care centers which have elected such method to select another method within 30 days of notice of such withdrawal. Permits a Governor of a State to certify to the Secretary a method of prospective payment other than those promulgated under this Act. States that the determination of whether an individual is entitled to benefits under this Act shall be made by the Secretary in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Provides for increases in supplemental security income benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1984
Designates the week of October 14 through October 20, 1984, as Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1984
Directs the President to designate March 1985 as National Mental Retardation Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1984
Asbestos Workers' Recovery Act - Title I: Supplemental Benefits - Establishes a Federal supplemental benefit program for death or disability caused by occupational exposure to asbestos. Provides guidelines for: (1) the calculation of benefits in proportion to disability; (2) payment methods; and (3) payment priorities. Exempts such supplemental benefits from: (1) any tax or legal process; and (2) any offset for administrative benefits under State or Federal law. Sets guidelines for the offset of supplemental benefits where reorganization or liquidation proceedings occur under Federal bankruptcy laws. Makes supplemental benefits payable only out of the Asbestos-Related Disease Trust Fund established by this Act. Conditions eligibility for supplemental benefits upon such benefits' being the exclusive remedy of an individual for occupational exposure to asbestos. Prescribes guidelines for the filing and payment of asbestos-related disease claims. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to apply by analogy specified portions of the Social Security Act when making determinations of: (1) entitlement to benefits; (2) review of claims; and (3) delegations of authority to State agencies. Directs the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to determine annually the average weekly wage for manufacturing workers in each State. Requires such determinations to govern decisions regarding all claims filed in the following calendar year. Requires the Secretary to rely upon: (1) prior court decisions regarding a claimant; (2) prior determinations by the appropriate workers' compensation program regarding specified eligibility criteria. Specifies exceptions. Requires the Secretary to apply the appropriate workers' compensation law when reviewing supplemental benefit claims. Creates within the Department of Health and Human Services the National Medical Panel on Asbestos-Related Diseases to: (1) decide which diseases belong to the list of asbestos-related diseases; (2) review claims to determine whether a person's disease was caused by asbestos exposure; and (3) publish certain Medical Assessment Guidance Documents. Provides guidelines for the appointment of medical scientists to the Panel from certain organizations. Directs the Panel to promulgate a list of asbestos-related diseases and to provide explanations of any decisions to include or omit a disease from such list. Outlines conditions under which the Panel shall review claims for asbestos-related diseases which do not appear on the panel's list of diseases. Requires the Panel to determine within a specified time whether the disease in the referred claim should be included on such list. Requires the Panel to publish Medical Assessment Guidance Documents including specific medical diagnostic criteria to aid parties and decisionmakers determine whether a death or disability was caused by occupational exposure to asbestos. Title II: Finance - Prescribes guidelines under which: (1) assessments are imposed against each asbestos defendant; (2) assessment allocation factors are assigned to asbestos defendants; (3) assessments are imposed against asbestos insurance policies; and (4) assessments are imposed against companies undergoing Federal bankruptcy proceedings. Sets the aggregate semiannual assessment on defendants in 1985 and 1986 at $150,000,000. Imposes interest upon assessments not paid by the due date. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) conduct studies determining assessment allocation factor amounts and assessment apportionment ratios; and (2) promulgate compliance regulations. States that assessment payments do not prejudice the right to recover or challenge such payments. Treats asbestos-related disease assessments imposed upon either an asbestos defendant or an asbestos insurance policy, for Federal income tax purposes, as ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in carrying on the trade or business, on the one hand, and insurance contract losses, on the other. Treats asbestos-related disease assessments as miscellaneous excise taxes. Establishes in the Treasury the Asbestos-Related Disease Trust Fund (the Trust Fund). Details the manner in which such Trust Fund shall be funded and administered. Makes the Secretary of the Treasury the Managing Trustee, and delineates trustee functions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and subsequent years. Establishes within the Department of the Treasury the Asbestos-Related Disease Trust Fund Conservation Committee comprised of the Managing Trustee and five public members appointed by the President. Includes among the consultation and review functions of such Committee: (1) claim disposition; (2) grant and contract awards; and (3) claims and assessments analysis. Directs the Committee to submit an annual report to the Congress regarding the performance of its responsibilities. Authorizes the Committee, with the advice and assistance of the Secretary of Labor, to instruct the Managing Trustee to award grants and contracts to specified organizations for the purpose of: (1) improving State workers' compensation programs; (2) assuring the availability of medical specialists to assist government agencies; (3) establishing medical evaluation units to determine occupational sources of asbestos-related diseases; and (4) medical treatment research. Title III: Miscellaneous - Makes the supplemental benefits under this Act and the applicable workers' compensation programs the exclusive remedy for occupational exposure to asbestos. Exempts certain persons from liability for occupational exposure to asbestos. Removes jurisdiction from State or Federal tribunals to adjudicate any claim of liability for occupational exposure to asbestos after enactment of this Act. Confers jurisdiction for judicial review of administrative acts under this Act only upon the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Confers jurisdiction for questions of assessments and constitutionality under this Act only upon a special three-judge district court established in the District Court for the District of Columbia. Requires all administrative costs and expenses of this Act to be paid out of the Trust Fund. Directs the Secretaries of Health and Human Services, of Labor, of the Treasury, and the Attorney General to submit an analysis and certification of their respective costs under this Act to the Managing Trustee for reimbursement.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1984
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit rural hospitals of up to 150 beds to furnish services which, if furnished by an extended care facility, would constitute extended care services. (Current law permits rural hospitals of up to 50 beds to furnish such services.)
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1984
Revises the definitions of "veteran" and "preference eligible" under specified provisions of Federal law concerning Federal employment to provide veterans' preference to commissioned Public Health Service officers who served during the Vietnam era.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1984
Mental Health Services Clarification Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to bill the District of Columbia for the costs of services rendered to each person who is or has been admitted to Saint Elizabeths Hospital under the authority of a District of Columbia statute. Specifies particular categories of individuals that the District of Columbia may not bill for services provided to such persons. Phases in the cost-reimbursement system that the District of Columbia must follow over a period of seven years with the District of Columbia's reimbursement payment increasing each year until it reaches 100 percent in FY 1991. Provides that the United States shall be financially responsible for certain categories of patients who receive services at Saint Elizabeths Hospital. Requires that hiring preference be given certain employees of Saint Elizabeths Hospital for career positions in the District of Columbia mental health system. Directs the Secretary to make available any unneeded property to the District of Columbia to provide health or mental health services.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1984
Saint Elizabeths Hospital Transfer Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement with the District of Columbia to transfer to the District of Columbia: (1) the operation of Saint Elizabeths Hospital; and (2) without compensation, all U.S. rights in Saint Elizabeths Hospital property together with buildings and improvements thereon and the personal property used in connection with the facility. Directs the Secretary to transfer to the District of Columbia the unobligated sum appropriated for Saint Elizabeths Hospital. Requires the District of Columbia to transfer, without compensation, to the United States any of the facilities determined to be in excess of its needs. Grants individuals who are career or career-conditional employees of Saint Elizabeths Hospital the opportunity to transfer to the employ of the District of Columbia. Sets forth other provisions for employees of Saint Elizabeths Hospital. Requires Federal agencies to pay the District of Columbia the amount charged by the District of Columbia for services at Saint Elizabeths Hospital provided to patients referred by the Federal agency. Authorizes appropriations for the partial support of the transfer of Saint Elizabeths Hospital and the implementation of such mental health care system.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1984
National Capital Mental Health Services Corporation Act - Establishes in the District of Columbia the National Capital Mental Health Services Corporation (Corporation). Sets forth as the purposes of the Corporation the provision of: (1) mental health and related services to those classes or categories of individuals who were eligible to be served by Saint Elizabeths Hospital and the District of Columbia Mental Health Services Administration on December 23, 1975, and to such other persons as the Corporation may decide; (2) efforts to transfer the primary locus of psychiatric treatment from inpatient psychiatric hospital services to a comprehensive community-based mental health services delivery system; (3) facilities and resources to conduct and support high quality research and training in the mental health disciplines; and (4) facilities and resources to promote the development, demonstration, and evaluation of promising treatment and administrative approaches and models for urban community-based mental health systems. Sets forth various powers, duties, restrictions, and preferences for the Corporation. Directs that the Corporation shall be governed by a Board of Governors composed of 11 voting members. Sets forth the appointment procedure and term of office for the Board of Governors. Establishes an Advisory Board on Community and Labor Relations of not less than ten nor more than 15 members to be appointed by the Chairman of the Board of Governor to advise and assist the Board of Governors and the Corporation. Transfers the employees of Saint Elizabeths Hospital or the Mental Health Services Administration of the District of Columbia Department of Human Services to the Corporation. Sets forth various personnel policies and administrative procedures. Requires the District of Columbia to pay the Corporation for services provided: (1) under order of a District of Columbia court; and (2) to an individual of limited means who is a resident of the District of Columbia. Directs the Attorney General to pay the Corporation for services provided under order of a Federal court in a criminal or involuntary commitment proceeding. Transfers all rights and obligations of the Secretary of Health and Human Services in connection with Saint Elizabeths Hospital, including title thereto, to the Corporation. Transfers the J.B. Johnson building and grounds to the Corporation. Places restrictions on the ability of the Corporation to borrow money. Requires the Corporation to make annual and triennial reports to the President, Congress, the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Mayor of the District of Columbia. Requires an annual audit of the Corporation's accounts. Transfers $5,000,000 to the Corporation from the sum appropriated for Saint Elizabeths Hospital. Authorizes appropriations for grants to the Corporation for FY 1985 through FY 1995. Establishes in the Treasury a loan fund, available to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to make loans to the Corporation if insufficient funding is available to carry out its functions. Provides that the District of Columbia may elect to assume responsibility either: (1) for the assets, liabilities, resources, and services of the Corporation which are primarily for District of Columbia residents; or (2) for all assets, liabilities, resources, and services of the Corporation. Requires notification of such an election within specified time periods. Directs the Corporation to develop a comprehensive transfer implementation plan after notification of the election.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1984
Amends the Saccharin Study and Labeling Act to extend until May 1, 1988, the period during which the Secretary of Health and Human Services may not take certain actions to restrict the continued use of saccharin or of any food, drug, or cosmetic containing saccharin.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1984
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 5580 (organ procurement organizations).
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1984
Designates November 1984 as National Diabetes Month.
Germany · German Bundestag · 18 May 1984
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1984
Alternative Medical Liability Act - Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for an alternative liability system for malpractice. Requires a health care provider, in order to participate in the alternative liability program, to participate, directly or through an insurance company which has agreed to be the compensation obligor with respect to that provider, in an assigned claims plan which meets the requirements of this paragraph in order to insure the payment of compensation benefits by compensation obligors. Permits entities (including insurance companies) in a State to organize and maintain, subject to approval and regulation by the State insurance regulator, an assigned claims plan and adopt rules for its operation consistent with this paragraph. Provides that if such a plan is not established or maintained in a State, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall organize and maintain an assigned claims plan for the State. Requires each assigned claims plan to provide for the assessment of costs on a fair and equitable basis consistent with the liability system established by this Act. Prohibits an assigned claims plan from permitting an entity covered under the plan from withdrawing from the plan retrospectively. Permits an injured individual entitled to compensation benefits from a compensation obligor to obtain them through the assigned claims plan if the initiating compensation obligor claims that it is or is financially unable to fulfill its obligation. Provides that where an assigned claims plan finds that a compensation obligor which is associated with such plan reasonably claims that it is or is financially unable to pay the compensation benefits it owes, the assigned claims plan shall promptly assign the claims to a member or members of the plan and notify the individual or individuals entitled to receive such benefits of the identity and address of the assignee or assignees. Permits any such assignee to seek payment from the compensation obligor or its successor of 120 percent of the costs and expenses in fulfilling the obligor's obligations. Defines the "compensation obligor", with respect to a personal injury as the health care provider obligated to pay benefits for an injury and includes: (1) any other entity (including an insurance company) obligated for payment; and (2) any person joined with respect to the injury. Prohibits an individual from bringing a civil action against a health care provider for a disease or injury arising from health care services provided pursuant to Medicare, Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act), an armed forces' or veterans' health plan, the Federal employees' health benefits program, or any other health benefits program established under Federal law in the case of a provider which is participating in an assigned claims plan and is potentially liable for the injury, if the provider provides the individual (within a specified time period) with a written tender to pay compensation benefits in accordance with the alternative liability malpractice system. States that civil actions include any civil action which could have been brought against a compensation obligor with respect to recovery of damages relating to personal injury, whether based on: (1) negligence or gross negligence; (2) strict or absolute liability in tort; (3) breach of express or implied warranty or contract; (4) failure to discharge a duty to warn or instruct or to obtain consent; or (5) any other theory that is the basis for an award of damages for personal injury. States that civil actions do not include: (1) any action to recover for compensation benefits tendered under this Act; or (2) any action in the nature of a wrongful death action, but only in the case of such an action for losses accruing to survivors after the death of an injured individual and resulting from the death of an individual. Permits a health care provider making a tender to join any person who is potentially liable for the injury. Provides that any disagreement as to any party's share of the costs shall be submitted to binding arbitration and that each party's share shall be based on the comparative fault of the parties. Sets forth provisions relating to the subrogation of parties. Provides that the amount of compensation benefits payable with respect to a personal injury is equal to the net economic loss resulting from the injury, plus attorney's fees. Defines "net economic loss" and other terms used in defining "net economic loss." Requires compensation benefits to be paid not later than 30 days after the date that reasonable proof of the fact and amount of net economic loss incurred is submitted to the initiating compensation obligor, except that payment may be made, for expenses incurred over periods not exceeding 31 days, within 15 days after the end of the period. Provides that if reasonable proof is supplied as to only a portion of net economic loss, and the portion totals $100 or more, the compensation benefits with respect to that portion shall be paid without regard to the remainder of the net economic loss. Sets the statute of limitations for a claim under this Act at five years. Provides, upon the request of an injured individual or compensation obligor, for the disclosure of information concerning facts about, and the mental and physical examination of, the injured individual. Provides that in the case of a dispute as to the right of an injured individual or compensation obligor to discover information, a petition may be made to a court having jurisdiction over the matter for an order for discovery. Provides that if a health care provider tenders compensation benefits with respect to an injured individual and there is a dispute between the compensation obligors and the injured individual respecting the determination of the amount of compensation benefits owing, except as otherwise provided for in this Act, application may be made to a court with appropriate jurisdiction for a declaration as the amount of compensation benefits owed. Permits an obligation to pay compensation benefits to be discharged by a settlement or lump sum payment, except that no such discharge shall be made with respect to an injury with a current value of net economic loss exceeding $5,000 unless a court having jurisdiction over the matter determines that the settlement is fair to the injured individual. Permits an agreement or judgment to be modified as to amounts to be paid in the future upon a finding that a material and substantial change of circumstances has occurred after the date the agreement or judgment was made, or that there is newly discovered evidence which would not have been known previously in the exercise of reasonable diligence. Provides that the preceding provisions of this Act shall not apply to any personal injury occurring: (1) before January 1, 1987; or (2) in a State which has in effect an alternative medical liability law which the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines meets specified requirements. Sets forth requirements for a State alternative medical liability law.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1984
Mental Health Corporation Act - Establishes in the District of Columbia a Mental Health Corporation (Corporation). Sets forth as the purpose of the Corporation to provide mental health services of the highest quality to the residents of the District of Columbia and to other persons as the Corporation may decide. Sets forth various duties, powers, restrictions, and preferences for the Corporation. Directs that the Corporation shall be governed by a Board of Governors composed of 12 voting members. Sets out the appointment procedure and term of office for the Board of Governors. Provides that the number of members of the Board of Governors who are not residents of the District of Columbia shall be five or less. Directs the Corporation to provide mental health services to residents of the District of Columbia. Authorizes the Corporation to: (1) provide such services to other persons; (2) provide other related services; and (3) engage in, and permit other persons to utilize its facilities for, related research and training. Requires the Attorney General to pay the Corporation for services provided under order of a Federal court in a criminal proceeding. Directs the District of Columbia to pay the Corporation for services provided: (1) under order of a District of Columbia court; or (2) to an individual of limited means who is a resident of the District of Columbia. Places restrictions on the ability of the Corporation to borrow money. Requires the Corporation to make annual and triennial reports to the President, the Congress, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Mayor of the District of Columbia. Requires an annual audit of the Corporation's accounts. Requires the Corporation to transfer any unneeded real property to either the United States or the District of Columbia. Transfers $1,000,000 to the Corporation from the sums appropriated for Saint Elizabeths Hospital. Authorizes appropriations for grants to the Corporationn for FY 1985 through 1991. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a loan fund, available to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to make loans to the Corporation if the monies available to the Corporation are not sufficient to carry out its functions. Transfers the J.B. Johnson building and grounds to the District of Columbia.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1984
Designates the week of October 14 through October 20, 1984, as Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1984
Dangerous Drug Diversion Control Act of 1984 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow the Attorney General to place an uncontrolled substance under temporary controls which provide for registration, recordkeeping, and criminal penalties in order to avoid imminent hazard to the public safety. Sets forth the procedure for issuing a temporary control order. Authorizes the Attorney General to exempt certain compounds, mixtures, or preparations from control. Provides that persons who dispense controlled substances shall obtain from the Attorney General a registration for a period for not more than three years. Allows the Attorney General to deny, suspend, or revoke a registration if such registration is inconsistent with the public interest. Establishes authority for the Attorney General to take control of drugs when a registration expires or a registrant ceases doing business in the manner the registration contemplates. Requires registrants to notify the Attorney General of a change of address. Raises the penalties for criminal offenses involving manufacturing or distributing schedule II nonnarcotic substances. Makes it a Federal offense to knowingly obtain controlled substances by use of an expired registration number. Provides for forfeiture of controlled substances possessed in violation of such Act. Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to allow the Attorney General to authorize the importation of certain narcotic raw materials (opium, poppy straw, and coca leaves) necessary for medical or scientific purposes. Revises the importation requirements for narcotic and nonnarcotic substances. Makes changes in the registration requirements for importers and exporters of controlled substances. Allows the Attorney General to deny, revoke, or suspend a registration taking into consideration the public interest and international obligations. Makes it unlawful to export controlled substances from the United States without the required proof that the export does not violate the law of the importing country.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1984
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide that a county with an average wage rate which is no less than the average wage rate for a standard metropolitan statistical area in the State shall be considered an urban area for purposes of the prospective payment system.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1984
Designates November 25 through December 1, 1984, as National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1984
Expresses the sense of the Congress that local governments should adopt a parental responsibility liquor ordinance which would make parents and homeowners responsible for the consumption of alcoholic beverages on their premises by individuals under the legal drinking age.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1984
Health Professions and Nursing Educational Assistance Amendments of 1984 - Title I: Health Professions Educational Assistance - Part A: Authorization of Appropriations - Amends title VII (Health Research and Teaching Facilities and Training of Professional Health Personnel) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize FY 1985 through 1988 appropriations for: (1) construction and equipment; (2) health education assistance loans; (3) student loans and scholarships for students of exceptional need; (4) departments of family medicine; (5) area health education centers; (6) physician assistants training; (7) general medicine and dentistry training; (8) internal medicine and pediatrics; (9) educational assistance to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds; (10) curriculum development grants; (11) financial distress assistance; (12) graduate health administration and other related graduate programs; (13) public health traineeships; (14) preventive medicine training; and (15) allied health grants and assistance to disadvantaged individuals in allied health training. Part B: Program Revisions - Defines graduate programs in clinical psychology for purposes of such title. Includes such programs within the scope of educational assistance to persons from disadvantaged backgrounds. Sets forth specified rulemaking procedures. Authorizes grant authority for teaching facilities equipment. Requires schools participating in the health professions student loan program to provide specified loan information to the recipient-student. Provides for Federal assumption of defaulted loans after a school has unsuccessfully pursued specified collection procedures. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit disclosure of defaulters' addresses to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for loan collection purposes. Establishes a loan-in-kind repayment program to permit the Secretary to reduce the debts of health professions school graduates for the performance of service in academic, nonprofit research, or community or public service employment. Sets forth program provisions. Requires the Secretary to submit annual program reports to Congress. Prohibits first-year scholarships to students of exceptional financial need from exceeding yearly total attendance costs. Sets forth eligibility and application provisions for public health school capitation grants. Requires (presently authorizes) the Secretary to obligate ten percent (presently up to ten percent) of area health education center appropriations for special projects. Authorizes grants for advanced educational programs in the general practice of dentistry. Requires obligation of at least ten percent of family medicine and general dentistry appropriations for such grants. Authorizes grants for health professions pilot and special projects, including curriculum and faculty development. Permits funding of graduate health administration programs with at least 20 students and a specified minority enrollment. Authorizes grants for special projects in: (1) biostatistics or epidemiology; (2) health planning and administration; (3) environmental health sciences; (4) nutrition; (5) behavioral sciences; (6) geriatrics; (7) health promotion and disease prevention; (8) alcoholism; (9) sexually transmitted diseases; (10) medical care costs; and (11) accidents within and outside the workplace. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1988 appropriations. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1988 appropriations for educational assistance to disadvantaged individuals in allied health training. Repeals statutory authority for: (1) the Lister Hill scholarship program; (2) family medicine training grants; (3) education of U.S. students returning from foreign medical schools; and (4) occupational health training and education centers. Title II: Nurse Training - Amends title VIII (Nurse Training) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize FY 1985 through 1988 appropriations for: (1) advanced nurse training; (2) nurse practitioner; (3) demonstration projects; (4) special projects; (5) traineeships for advanced training of professional nurses; and (6) traineeships for nurse anesthetists.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1984
Designates the week of September 16 through September 22, 1984, as Emergency Medicine Week.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1984
Designates the month of November 1984 as National Alzheimer's Disease Month.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1984
Veterans' Health Care and Facilities Improvement Act of 1984 - Revises the requirements concerning the special policemen who protect Veterans Administration (VA) property. Increases the maximum fines for violations of regulations governing such property. Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to appoint a chief inspector to supervise VA police officers. Sets forth requirements concerning police uniform design and cost reimbursement. Directs the Administrator to report to the Veterans' Affairs Committees within 90 days on the implementation of these provisions and the number and salary of officers proposed to be assigned to such facilities. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to furnish medical treatment to veterans of the Vietnam era who served in Southeast Asia and suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. Limits treatment of such disorder to specified VA medical facilities. Directs the Administrator to compile and publish research results concerning the causes and treatment of such disorder. Terminates such assistance after FY 1988. Modifies the due date of the Comptroller General's report on the compliance of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget with certain statutory requirements relating to funded personnel ceilings for the VA's Department of Medicine and Surgery. Directs the Administrator to make an annual rather than a triennial report to Congress on the adequacy of per diem rates for payments made to States providing domiciliary, nursing home, and hospital care to veterans. Makes the first report due June 30, 1985 (currently, due June 30, 1986). Extends from FY 1984 to FY 1985 the authority of the Administrator to contract for hospital care or medical services in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands without reference to patient loads or incidence of provision of medical services for veterans treated by the Veterans Administration in the contiguous 48 States. Expands the amount of authorizations available for the research and education activities of Veterans Administration geriatric centers. Authorizes the Administrator to provide States with funds for the acquisition as well as the construction of State home facilities for veterans. Entitles veterans receiving service-connected disability compensation who are housebound or in need of regular aid to VA furnished drugs and medicines.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1984
Amends the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to study toxic contamination in Atlantic coast estuarine and marine fish to determine if contamination by polychlorinated biphenyls or other toxicants constitute a public health hazard and, if so, the extent of such hazard. Requires a report to Congress. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and 1986 for such study.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1984
Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize FY 1985 and 1986 appropriations for family planning services, personnel training, and informational and educational materials.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1984
Title I: Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services - Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations for alcohol and drug abuse and mental health services block grants. Sets aside at least ten percent of such fiscal year appropriations for alcohol and drug abuse services for women and for mental health services for severely disturbed children and adolescents. Limits Federal assistance to 80 percent of a project's costs. Bases State allotments on population and per capita income. Sets minimum State allotments at 1984 levels. Permits direct grant payments to Indian tribes or tribal organizations. Requires participating States to: (1) make funds available for local mental health centers through FY 1987; (2) collect data on alcohol and drug abuse and mental illness; (3) establish a State mental health services planning council to serve as an advocate for the mentally ill and monitor the State comprehensive mental health plan; (4) develop a comprehensive mental health plan; and (5) use 75 percent of post FY 1984 grants for prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation projects. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through FY 1987, to administer such block grants through the Administrator of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration. Establishes in such Administration an Associate Administrator for Special Populations to identify and include the needs of minorities and women in the Administration's programs. Establishes the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Strategy Council to periodically assess and advise regarding the national needs for alcohol and drug abuse and mental health services and the extent to which such needs are being met by existing programs. Requires an annual report to the appropriate congressional committees. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for demonstration projects, data collection, and technical assistance. Requires the Secretary to make grants to medical schools for training in the identification and treatment of alcohol and drug abuse. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations for alcohol and drug abuse research. Requires the Secretary to present to Congress by April 15, 1985, a comprehensive national plan to combat alcoholism and alcohol abuse. Repeals title III of the Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act. Amends the definition of "detoxification treatment" under the Controlled Substances Act to increase the maximum number of treatment days from 21 to 180. Requires the Secretary to promulgate related implementing regulations within 90 days. Title II: Developmental Disabilities Assistance - Amends the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act to increase FY 1984 authorizations of appropriations, and authorize FY 1985 through 1988 appropriations for: (1) the protection and advocacy of individual rights, including related reports; (2) university affiliated demonstration and training grants; (3) State allotments; and (4) other demonstration projects which have national significance or are conducted in more than one State or involve more than one Federal agency or department. Includes: (1) prevention activities within the definition of "services for persons with developmental disabilities"; and (2) certain entities providing training or disseminating information within the definition of "satellite center." Requires the: (1) Secretary to report annually to Congress regarding State activities funded under such Act, and to make the report public; and (2) States to report annually to the Secretary. Requires States to provide assurances to the Secretary that the implementing agency will not be redesignated unless there is good cause for such action and unless notice has been given to affected developmentally-disabled persons or their representatives. Increases minimum university affiliated facility grants from $150,000 to $200,000. Makes the existing $75,000 minimum satellite center grant effective for all such centers. Revises State and territorial allotment provisions. Requires State application plans to provide for manpower assessment activities. Limits funds for such purposes to not more than ten percent of priority service funds.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1984
Health Professions and Services Amendments of 1984 - Title I: Programs Under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1986 for the Federal health education assistance loan insurance program. Permits amounts from the student loan fund to be used for any public or other nonprofit school which is located in a State and which offers graduate programs in clinical psychology. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986 for health professions student loans. Requires that beginning in FY 1984 any agreement entered into with a school for the operation of a student loan fund provide that at least one-half of the Federal contribution in a fiscal year to the school's student loan fund be used to make loans to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986 for scholarships for students of exceptional financial need and for departments of family medicine. Requires, in making grants to schools with departments of family medicine, that priority be given to an applicant which demonstrates a commitment to making its family medicine program a permanent component of its medical education training program. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986 for area health education centers. Permits grants to be made to public and nonprofit private schools of public health for projects to develop new programs or expand existing programs in human nutrition, geriatrics, health promotion and disease prevention, alcoholism, and injury due to accidents. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986 for such grants. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986 for grants for: (1) physician assistant programs; and (2) general internal medicine and general pediatric programs. Requires, in making such grants, that priority be given to an applicant which demonstrates a commitment to making its general internal medicine and general pediatrics programs permanent components of its medical education training program. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986 for grants for family medicine and the general practice of dentistry. Requires at least seven percent of the amount appropriated for such grants in any fiscal year to be obligated. Requires priority to be given in making such grants to an applicant which demonstrates a commitment to making its family medicine program a permanent component of its medical education training program. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986 for health education assistance to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. Permits such funds to be used for public and nonprofit private schools which offer graduate programs in clinical psychology. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986 for grants to health professions schools for conversion and curriculum grants. Permits such grants to be used to maintain and improve schools which provide the first or last two years of education leading to the degree of doctor of medicine. Permits curriculum development grants to allied health profession schools or institutions. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986 for grants for: (1) advanced financial distress assistance; (2) graduate programs in health administration; (3) traineeships for students in other graduate programs; (4) public health traineeships; and (5) training in preventive medicine. Changes the composition of the National Advisory Council on Health Professions Education to require that at least one member be a representative of schools of public health. Title II: Programs under Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1988 for grants and contracts for special projects and for advanced nurse training programs. Permits such grants to be used for programs which lead to masters and doctoral degrees and which prepare nurses to serve as nurse educators, administrators, and researchers, or in clinical nurse specialties which require advanced training. Provides for educational grants for nurse midwives. Permits grants to be made to public and nonprofit private entities for projects to demonstrate: (1) improvements in clinical nursing care in institutions; (2) improvements in clinical nursing care in homes, independent nursing practice arrangements, and ambulatory facilities; and (3) programs to encourage nurses to practice in health manpower shortage areas. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for such grants. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for grants to cover costs of traineeships for training of nurse anesthetists. Permits the use of grant funds for traineeships for nurses in masters degree and doctoral degree programs. Title III: National Health Service Corps Program - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1988 for the National Health Service Corps program. Requires action to be taken to assure that the conditions of any written agreement concerning National Health Service Corps scholarships are adhered to. Prohibits the removal of an area from the areas determined to be health manpower shortage areas unless it is also determined that such an area does not have a population group which has such a shortage or a facility which has such a shortage. Title IV: Health Maintenance Organizations and Migrant and Community Health Centers - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1988 for grants and contracts for feasibility surveys and loan guarantees for planning and for initial development costs. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for health maintenance organizations and migrant and community health centers. Permits such funds to be used for repaying loans made by the Farmer's Home Loan Administration for buildings. Limits the amount of grant funds available to community health centers to enable the centers to plan and develop the provision of health services on a prepaid basis to not more than five percent of the funds appropriated to community health centers.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1984
Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize preventive health services appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987. Increases minimum population-based State allotments from $3000 to $3500. Bases a State's post-FY 1984 hypertension allotments upon 65 percent of its total preventive health services project grant amounts. Requires States to collect by October 1, 1984, specified preventive health services data.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1984
Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations for: (1) family planning services, personnel training, and informational and educational materials; and (2) the adolescent family life demonstration program.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1984
Title I: Organ Procurement Activities - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for the planning of qualified organ procurement organizations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the establishment, initial operation, and expansion of qualified organ procurement organizations. Sets forth eligibility criteria. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1990. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a United States Transplantation Network to provide a central registry linking donors and potential recipients; (2) establish and maintain an organ recipient registry; (3) maintain an identifiable unit in the Department of Health and Human Services to coordinate Federal organ transplant programs and policies; and (4) publish an annual report on the scientific and clinical status of organ transplantation. Directs the Secretary to establish a Task Force on Organ Transplantation. Requires such Task Force to: (1) conduct a national conference within six months; and (2) report to the Secretary. Terminates the Task Force 12 months after such report is submitted. Requires the Secretary to make immunosuppressive drugs available, upon request and without cost, to transplant centers for use on an outpatient basis by individuals who have received an organ transplant at such centers. Requires such centers to furnish such drugs to its outpatients on the basis of the center's determination of the patient's need and the patient's inability to pay for them through insurance coverage or other resources. Requires the Comptroller General to report annually to Congress concerning the allocation of such drugs. Requires the Secretary to submit a recommendation to Congress by October 1, 1985, concerning the feasibility and desirability of authorizing reimbursements under title XVIII of the Social Security Act for immunosuppressive drugs on an outpatient basis by individuals who have received organ transplants. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986. Title II: Prohibition of Organ Purchases - Prohibits the purchase or sale of human organs if such transfer affects commerce. Establishes criminal penalties for such violations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1984
Designates certain land and improvements of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, as the Mary Woodard Lasker Center for Health Research and Education.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1984
Family Planning Amendments of 1984 - Amends title X (Population Research and Voluntary Family Planning Programs) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants and contracts for: (1) voluntary family planning projects; (2) pregnancy testing and counseling demonstration projects; and (3) infertility demonstration projects. Authorizes FY 1985 and 1986 appropriations. Gives priority to entities which did not receive a grant or contract under this title prior to October 1, 1984. States that participating entities shall seek to encourage family participation. Specifies that training grants and contracts shall include clinical training for personnel, including obstetrical and gynecological nurse practitioners, and training for educators and counselors. Authorizes FY 1985 and 1986 appropriations. Specifies that research projects may include contraceptive development, infertility, natural family planning methods, and program delivery and management. Eliminates formula grant provisions. Specifies that information and educational materials shall emphasize the parental role in transmitting values of family life and sexual responsibility to children. Prohibits support for projects for developing and making available information or materials designed for public school use. Authorizes FY 1985 and 1986 appropriations. States that: (1) unemancipated minors shall not be denied family planning services because of their economic situation; and (2) the financial resources of parents and minors shall be considered in determining assistance eligibility. States that a person's acceptance of family planning services shall be voluntary and not be an eligibility prerequisite for other services. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from requiring a grantee to advise, refer, or provide particular methods of birth control, sterilization, or abortion which would be contrary to such grantee's religious or moral principles. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this title for programs that promote, encourage, refer, or provide abortion as a family planning method. Directs the Secretary to fully implement such provision. Directs the Secretary annually to: (1) submit to Congress a five-year plan for family planning services, research, and personnel training; and (2) collect data on the number of users, the types of services chosen, and the sources of financial assistance for subsidized family planning services in the United States. Authorizes States to establish their own policies respecting the provision of services to minors.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1984
Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations for the adolescent family life demonstration program.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1984
Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, and Drug Abuse Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations for research and demonstration programs of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through NIAAA, to make demonstration project grants for alcoholism and alcohol abuse prevention and treatment. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary, through NIDA, to make demonstration project grants for drug abuse and treatment. Gives priority for primary prevention programs. Directs: (1) the Secretary to coordinate applications within a State; and (2) the State program agency to submit its application evaluation to the Secretary within 30 days of receipt. Directs the Secretary to encourage programs for racial and ethnic minorities, youth, women, the elderly, the handicapped, and families of drug abusers. Limits grants to a maximum of five years. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations. Sets aside at least 25 percent of annual appropriations for primary prevention and intervention programs. Repeals specified demonstration grant provisions of the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Act of 1970, and the Drug Abuse, Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Act. Directs the Secretary: (1) through NIAAA to carry out research on the prevention, causes, treatment, and impact of alcoholism and alcohol abuse among women; and (2) through NIDA to carry out similar research on drug abuse among women. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations. Directs the Secretary, by January 1, 1985, to prepare and submit to Congress a national plan to combat alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Requires such report to include: (1) a model State program; (2) an analysis of funds spent for treatment and their settings; (3) a description of other health related alcohol problems; and (4) legislative recommendations. Authorizes television public service announcements to educate the public about the problems of alcohol and drug abuse. Repeals title IV of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1984
Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize FY 1985 through 1988 appropriations for: (1) the National Health Service Corps program; and (2) the National Health Service Corps scholarship program. Authorizes FY 1989 through 1992 appropriations for existing scholarship payments. Prohibits the removal of the designation "health manpower shortage area" unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services has determined that such area does not have either an eligible population group or an eligible facility.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1984
Title I: Preventive Health Programs - Preventive Health Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Centers for Disease Control, to make program grants for: (1) lead poisoning prevention; (2) community and school-based fluoridation; and (3) neonatal screening programs for genetic diseases in new-born infants. Sets forth application requirements. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress by December 30, 1985, and December 30, 1987, regarding such programs' effectiveness. Makes Indian tribes eligible for such grants. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations for preventive health services: (1) to immunize against vaccine-preventable diseases; and (2) for tuberculosis. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Centers for Disease Control, to make grants for information and education and control of acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations for sexually transmitted disease (presently venereal disease) prevention and control projects (research, public information and education, professional training, and State project grants). Increases the appropriation obligations limit from five to ten percent for such non-State project grants. Repeals the existing "venereal disease" definition. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations for preventive health and health services block grants. Increases minimum population-based State allotments from $3,000 to $3,500. Bases a State's post FY 1984 hypertension allotments upon 75 percent of its total preventive health services project grant amounts. Requires States to collect by October 1, 1984, specified preventive health services data. Repeals the provision prohibiting the Secretary from prescribing specified State block grant certification requirements. Title II: Title X Programs - Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations for family planning services, personnel training, and informational and educational training. Title III: Title XX Programs - Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations for the adolescent family life demonstration program.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1984
Health Professions and Services Amendments of 1984 - Title I: Programs Under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1988 for the Federal health education assistance loan insurance program. Permits amounts from the student loan fund to be used for any public or other nonprofit school which is located in a State and which offers graduate programs in clinical psychology. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for health professions student loans. Requires that beginning in FY 1984 any agreement entered into with a school for the operation of a student loan fund provide that at least one-half of the Federal contribution in a fiscal year to the school's student loan fund be used to make loans to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for scholarships for students of exceptional financial need and for departments of family medicine. Requires, in making grants to schools with departments of family medicine, that priority be given to an applicant which demonstrates a commitment to making its family medicine program a permanent component of its medical education training program. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for area health education centers. Permits grants to be made to public and nonprofit private schools of public health for projects to develop new programs or expand existing programs in human nutrition, geriatrics, health promotion and disease prevention, alcoholism, and injury due to accidents. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for such grants. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for grants for: (1) physician assistant programs; and (2) general internal medicine and general pediatric programs. Requires, in making such grants, that priority be given to an applicant which demonstrates a commitment to making its general internal medicine and general pediatrics programs permanent components of its medical education training program. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for grants for family medicine and the general practice of dentistry. Requires at least seven percent of the amount appropriated for such grants in any fiscal year to be obligated. Requires priority to be given in making such grants to an applicant which demonstrates a commitment to making its family medicine program a permanent component of its medical education training program. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for health education assistance to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. Permits such funds to be used for public and nonprofit private schools which offer graduate programs in clinical psychology. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for grants to health professions schools for conversion and curriculum grants. Permits such grants to be used to maintain and improve schools which provide the first or last two years of education leading to the degree of doctor of medicine. Permits curriculum development grants to allied health profession schools or institutions. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for grants for: (1) advanced financial distress assistance; (2) graduate programs in health administration; (3) traineeships for students in other graduate programs; (4) public health traineeships; and (5) training in preventive medicine. Changes the composition of the National Advisory Council on Health Professions Education to require that at least one member be a representative of schools of public health. Title II: Programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1988 for grants and contracts for special projects and for advanced nurse training programs. Permits such grants to be used for programs which lead to masters and doctoral degrees and which prepare nurses to serve as nurse educators, administrators, and researchers, or in clinical nurse specialties which require advanced training. Provides for educational grants for nurse midwives. Permits grants to be made to public and nonproft private entities for projects to demonstrate: (1) improvements in clinical nursing care in institutions; (2) improvements in clinical nursing care in homes, independent nursing practice arrangements, and ambulatory facilities; and (3) programs to encourage nurses to practice in health manpower shortage areas. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for such grants. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for grants to cover costs of traineeships for training of nurse anesthetists. Permits the use of grant funds for traineeships for nurses in masters degree and doctoral degree programs. Title III: National Health Service Corps Program - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1988 for the National Health Service Corps program. Requires action to be taken to assure that the conditions of any written agreement concerning National Health Service Corps scholarships are adhered to. Prohibits the removal of an area from the areas determined to be health manpower shortage areas unless it is also determined that such an area does not have a population group which has such a shortage or a facility which has such a shortage. Title IV: Health Maintenance Organizations and Migrant and Community Health Centers - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1988 for grants and contracts for feasibility surveys and loan guarantees for planning and for initial development costs. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for health maintenance organizations and migrant and community health centers. Permits such funds to be used for repaying loans made by the Farmer's Home Loan Administration for buildings. Limits the amount of grant funds available to community health centers to enable the centers to plan and develop the provision of health services on a prepaid basis to not more than five percent of the funds appropriated to community health centers.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1984
Extends from FY 1984 to FY 1985 the authority of the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to contract for hospital care or medical services in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands without reference to patient loads or incidence of provision of medical services for veterans treated by the Veterans Administration in the contiguous 48 States. Expands the amount of authorizations available for the research and education activities of Veterans Administration geriatric centers.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1984
Preventive Health Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Centers for Disease Control, to make program grants for: (1) lead poisoning prevention; (2) community and school-based fluoridation; and (3) neonatal screening programs for genetic diseases in new-born infants. Sets forth application requirements. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress by December 30, 1985, and December 30, 1987, regarding such programs' effectiveness. Makes Indian tribes eligible for such grants. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations for preventive health services: (1) to immunize against vaccine-preventable diseases; and (2) for tuberculosis. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Centers for Disease Control, to make grants for information and education about and for control of acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations for sexually transmitted disease (presently venereal disease) prevention and control projects (research, public information and education, professional training, and State project grants). Increases the appropriation obligations limit from five to ten percent for such non-State project grants. Repeals the existing "venereal disease" definition. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1987 appropriations for preventive health and health services block grants. Increases minimum population-based State allotments from $3,000,000 to $3,500,000. Bases a State's post FY 1984 hypertension allotments upon 75 percent of its total preventive health services project grant amounts. Requires States to collect by October 1, 1984, specified preventive health services data. Repeals the provision prohibiting the Secretary from prescribing State block grant certification requirements.