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123 records in 1986
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1986
Makes appropriations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for the establishment of a cancer research center at the University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences in Memphis, Tennessee.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1986
Prohibits discrimination in the payment for health care services furnished by a physician solely because the physician is a graduate of a foreign medical school.
Germany · German Bundestag · 4 April 1986
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1986
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a health promotion and disease prevention program to serve Native Hawaiians (including the prevention and treatment of certain Native Hawaiian related health problems, the monitoring and collection of data, and the training of Native Hawaiian community health outreach workers). Requires the Secretary to provide grants to Native Hawaiian organizations to develop the management capabilities of such organizations to plan and operate the health promotion and disease prevention program. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an agreement with a Native Hawaiian organization to provide education to Native Hawaiian children in health promotion and disease prevention. Directs the Secretary to establish a Native Hawaiian Program for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention demonstration project in Hawaii to explore ways to meet the unique health care needs of Native Hawaiians. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to the Congress for FY 1988 through 1990. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) designate Native Hawaiians as a medically underserved population; (2) provide grants to Native Hawaiian organizations for the planning of community health centers to serve the Native community; and (3) establish community health centers. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Governor of Hawaii regarding grants for the planning and developing of community health centers to serve the Native Hawaiian community. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 to provide for such grants and to provide for the establishment of community health centers. Authorizes the Secretary to designate Native Hawaiians as a population group that has a health manpower shortage for purposes of the Public Health Service Act. Directs the Secretary to provide health service scholarship assistance to Native Hawaiian students. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to enter into contracts with Native Hawaiian organizations for the provision of health care referral services for Native Hawaiians. Requires the Secretary to prescribe regulations that provide specified criteria for the selection of such organizations. Requires organizations that receive or expend funds pursuant to such contracts to submit quarterly reports to the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of any barriers that may exist to the participation of Native Hawaiians in specified programs established under titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act. Requires the Secretary, within one year after enactment of this Act, to submit a report to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1986
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require nonprofit health service entities which dispense prescription drugs to register with the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Germany · German Bundestag · 21 March 1986
Aussprache auf Verlangen der Fraktion der SPD, unabhängig von einer Fragestunde
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1986
Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to revise the formula (setting the minimum State allotments at 1985 rather than 1984 levels) for block grants for alcohol and drug abuse and mental health services.
United States · United States Senate · 18 March 1986
Germany · German Bundestag · 14 March 1986
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1986
Alzheimer's Disease Research and Assistance Act of 1986 - Directs the National Institute on Aging to develop and encourage partnerships for research in: (1) the etiology, diagnosis, clinical course, treatment, and epidemiology of Alzheimer's disease; (2) the psychological and social functioning of patients with Alzheimer's disease; and (3) methods of raising or sustaining the quality of life for patients with Alzheimer's disease. Directs the National Institute on Aging to establish a scientific and medical advisory panel on Alzheimer's disease to facilitate such partnerships. Directs the National Center for Health Statistics, in cooperation with the National Institute on Aging, to collect medical information necessary to: (1) diagnose and evaluate individuals with Alzheimer's disease; and (2) develop a national data base concerning Alzheimer's disease. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish five additional Alzheimer's disease research centers. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987. Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize the development of programs to assist victims of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders in meeting their day-to-day needs. Directs the National Institute on Aging to conduct research in methods of financing systems of providing long-term care to victims of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Requires the National Institute on Aging to report to the Congress on the results of such research. Directs the National Institute on Aging to develop a data base on needs for long-term care, and on costs of alternative funding. Requires the Commissioner of the Administration on Aging to direct area agencies on aging to maintain registries for various medical and community services. Provides that no skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility which receives payments under title XVIII (Medicare) or under a State plan approved under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act may discriminate in the acceptance or refusal of patients on the grounds that an individual is eligible for Medicaid or suffers from Alzheimer's disease. Requires such facilities to include a functional assessment of the Alzheimer's patient in the initial admission evaluation. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress with respect to implementation of this section. Directs the Secretary to establish mechanisms for: (1) the dissemination of information and guidelines relating to Alzheimer's disease; and (2) training for persons involved in the Social Security Administration's disability determination process. Directs the National Institute on Aging and the National Institute on Mental Health to develop and disseminate curricula for the training of personnel who provide health services to Alzheimer's disease patients. Directs the National Institute on Aging to develop and implement programs to train providers of clinical care services and families of patients with Alzheimer's disease to care for such patients. Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop and implement programs to train personnel who provide long-term care services to patients with Alzheimer's disease; (2) make grants to schools of medicine to train physicians and other health care personnel who provide care to Alzheimer patients who reside in nursing homes; (3) conduct training programs on Alzheimer's disease for safety and transportation personnel; (4) conduct training programs for medical examiners, coroners, and pathologists in the proper conduct of an autopsy to determine whether Alzheimer's disease was a factor contributing to a death; and (5) promulgate regulations to encourage medical examiners, coroners, and pathologists to provide reports concerning the findings of autopsies in which Alzheimer's disease contributed to the death. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1986
Amends title III (General Powers and Duties) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, to provide financial assistance to States for the control of plague. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 and 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1986
Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 - Provides protection from liability under any Federal law for members of a professional peer review body who, in good faith, take actions which adversely affect the clinical privileges or professional society membership of a physician if such actions are certified by a State review committee. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate a State review committee for each State. Requires any entity (including insurance companies) making a payment in a medical malpractice action to report certain information to the Secretary, including: (1) the name of the physician or health care provider; (2) the amount of the payment; and (3) the name of any hospital with which the physician or health care provider is associated. Provides an exception from such reporting requirements where the payment is less than $35,000. Requires each State licensing board which revokes or suspends a physician's license for reasons relating to the physician's professional competence or conduct to report such information to the Secretary. Requires hospitals participating in the Medicare program to obtain certain information from the Secretary regarding staff physicians (or physicians being considered for staff positions). Directs the Secretary to make such information available to State licensing boards. Directs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on the feasibility and desirability of expanding the information reported under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1986
Amends title III (General Powers and Duties) of the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct decennially a national survey on the impact of Federal health care expenditures for health care under programs carried out by the Public Health Service and other entities of the Department of Health and Human Services. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1986
State Comprehensive Mental Health Services Plan Act of 1986 - Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States for the development of State comprehensive mental health services plans. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987. Sets forth the requirements for such plans, which include: (1) establishing objectives for providing mental health prevention and treatment services; (2) describing the resources devoted to, and the activities to be carried out under, such plan; (3) providing case management services for each chronically mentally ill individual; (4) establishing and implementing a program of outreach to, and services for, chronically mentally ill individuals who are homeless; and (5) providing, to the maximum extent feasible, for the delivery of services through community mental health centers. Requires each State to transmit a report to the Secretary describing the progress made by such State in implementing its comprehensive plan. Requires each State to establish an Advisory Council on Mental Health Planning. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish national goals and objectives for a community-based system of mental health care; and (2) conduct a review, at least every three years, of each State's program to determine whether it is in accordance with the national goals and objectives. Authorizes appropriations for Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services Block Grants through FY 1988. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for demonstration projects to provide services for homeless mentally ill individuals. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1986
Minority Health Amendments Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health an Office of Minority Health. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to assign to such Office projects and demonstrations regarding the health concerns of black, Asian, Hispanic, American Indian, and other minority groups. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1988. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the President (for submission to the Congress) on the activities of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and of the Office of Minority Health. Declares that the Office of Minority Health established under this Act supersedes the office of Minority Health established by the Secretary in November 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1986
Makes various recommendations to States regarding the availability of medical care and the resolution of medical malpractice claims, including: (1) reforming State tort law to place caps on the recovery of noneconomic losses in medical malpractice suits and proportioning financial liability based on comparative fault; (2) strengthening State agencies which license, certify, and discipline health care professionals; (3) implementing risk management programs; (4) requiring hospitals to confirm the credentials and work history of physicians; (5) reforming State contract law to enforce agreements to forego malpractice litigation in favor of alternative dispute resolution procedures; and (6) strengthening State insurance regulations to protect consumers.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1986
Parkinson's Disease Amelioration Act - Establishes the Commission for the Amelioration of Parkinsonism Disease which shall: (1) conduct a study of the medical and social management of Parkinsonism; (2) determine whether there is an appropriate balance between basic brain research and clinical research on Parkinsonism and other ailments; (3) investigate and make recommendations concerning the proper roles of Federal, State, and local governments and public and private agencies in the research, prevention, and identification of Parkinson's disease and the treatment and rehabilitation of persons with Parkinson's disease; and (4) develop a national plan for the control of Parkinsonism. Sets forth operating and related provisions. Requires the Commission to make a final report to the President and each House of the Congress within six months. Terminates the Commission 30 days after submission of the final report.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1986
Amends Part B (Alcohol and Drug Abuse) of title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to specify the method of determining State allotments following the sequestration of funds under part C of the the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1986
United States-Mexico Border Health Education and Training Act of 1986 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, from amounts allotted to each State, to make grants to and enter into contracts with schools of medicine and osteopathy to establish and operate health education and training center programs along the border with Mexico (in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas). Requires such border center programs to be cooperative programs between such schools and one or more private or public health education centers located along the border. Requires each border center to have an advisory board. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1986
United States - Mexico Border Health Education and Training Act of 1986 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, from amounts allotted to each State, to make grants to and enter into contracts with schools of medicine and osteopathy to establish and operate health education and training center (border center) programs along the border with Mexico (in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas). Requires such border center programs to be cooperative programs between such schools and one or more private or public health education centers located along the border. Requires each border center to have an advisory board. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1986
President's Council on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Act of 1986 - Amends title XVII of the Public Health Service Act to establish the President's Council on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Includes among the Council's responsibilities an assessment of programs directed toward subgroups of the American population with special health risks. Requires a report to the President and to the Congress within 18 months. Terminates the Council at the earlier of: (1) 18 months after enactment of this Act; or (2) 30 days after receipt of such report.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1986
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to Mary Lasker in recognition of her humanitarian contributions in medical research and education, urban beautification, and the fine arts. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1986
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 3010 (health planning).