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Bill· SS. 3589 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1974
Provides, under the Social Security Act, for the establishment and revision of Professional Standards Review Organization areas, such establishment and revision to take into account the recommendations of the doctors of medicine or osteopathy. States that the final determination in the establishment or revision of any Professional Standards Review Organization area shall be subject to review in a civil action commenced by any interested person. Directs the National Professional Standards Review Council to conduct a study for the purpose of evaluating whether, and under what conditions, organizations other than professional associations shall be allowed to perform review functions. Requires each Professional Standards Review Organization to assume responsibility for professional standards review of health care services furnished by or in institutions operated by the Public Health Service and the Veterans Administration in the area which it serves. Requires, in conjunction with such reviews, that procedures be developed whereby deficiencies shall be brought to the attention of administrators of the hospitals and other Federal institutions concerned. Calls for the consolidation of data and reports compiled under these provisions. Directs that criteria of health care shall be identified or developed by each Professional Standards Review Organization, giving due consideration to such criteria of care identified or developed by national medical specialty organizations. States that such criteria of care shall be used by the Professional Standards Review Organization as guides of care. Requires the National Professional Standards Review Council to provide for the distribution to each Professional Standards Review Organization, and to each other agency performing review functions, of appropriate materials indicating various guides being utilized in other geographical areas. Provides for the protection of the confidentiality of medical records compiled under this Act. Empowers the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to enter into a contract with any State medical society or private nonprofit organization (including medical foundations) designated by a State medical society for the provision of necessary technical and other assistance in the creation and operation of local professional standards review organizations.
Bill· HRH.R. 15250 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1974
Health Care Insurance Act - Provides, under the Social Security Act, for medical, dental, and hospital care through a system of voluntary health insurance financed in whole for low-income groups through issuance of certificates, and in part for all other persons through allowance of tax credits. Adds to the Social Security Act a new title entitled Federal Financing of Voluntary Health Insurance. Provides that, for the purpose of providing assistance on behalf of the individuals and their dependents whose income and resources are insufficient to meet the costs of necessary medical, dental, and hospital services, there is established a program of hospital, dental, and medical benefits for any eligible beneficiary and his dependents through the issuance of health insurance certificates, in full payment of allowable premium on a qualified health care insurance policy of his choice. Assets that health insurance certificates of entitlement will be redeemable by the carrier by payment from the Federal Health Insurance Redemption Fund. Includes as eligible beneficiaries under this title any husband and wife both under age 65 and living together and any unmarried person under age 65 who is not a dependent beneficiary. Defines a dependent beneficiary as any child of an eligible beneficiary receiving more than 50 percent of his support from the eligible beneficiary, which child is under 21, or if a student, under age 23. Provides that every individual who is an eligible beneficiary whose income results in no individual income tax liability during his base year, whose dependent beneficiaries have no such liability for their taxable years which end during his base year, and who is not eligible to receive military medical care, shall be eligible to receive a health insurance certificate of entitlement. Asserts that such certificates shall be applicable in full payment of allowable premiums for a qualified health care insurance policy or plan. Requires that such policy or plan shall provide protection for the eligible beneficiary and his dependent beneficiaries for a 12-month period beginning during his benefit year against the expenses of health care, including catastrophic expenses of illness. Allows tax credits for health care insurance. Asserts that every individual who is an eligible beneficiary who has not elected, where eligible, to receive benefits under the provisions for fully-paid health care insurance for the low-income group and who is not eligible to receive military medical care, shall be allowed at his election a credit against his income tax liabliity for his taxable year which ends during his base year; or a health insurance certificate of entitlement acceptable by a qualified carrier in payment toward a premium, under a qualified health care insurance policy. Specifies the amount of the tax credit or the value to be assigned to the health insurance certificate on the basis of allowable premiums. Provides that a health insurance certificate of entitlement means a certificate issued by the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare upon application to him by an eligible beneficiary to apply toward payment of premium on a qualified health care insurance policy or plan. Specifies that a qualified health care insurance policy or plan shall be a contractual agreement specifying benefits under a program offered by a qualified carrier which has been registered by a State Agency and which provides basic institutional and medical coverage and catastrophic expense coverage. Declares that each such qualified health care insurance policy or plan shall be noncancellable and guaranteed renewable so long as the carrier continues to offer to the public one or more qualified health care insurance policies or plans, shall provide protection against the expense of health care without regard to any pre-existing conditions, and shall provide for payment under this title of usual and customary charges for services covered under the policy or plan. Stipulates what cost shall be included under basic coverage and under catastrophic expense coverage. Establishes deductibles for each of the two types of coverage. Creates a Health Insurance Advisory Board which shall consist of eleven persons including the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. Directs that the remaining members, not otherwise in the employ of the Government, shall be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointment in the competitive service. Asserts that the Secretary of HEW shall serve as Chairman. Provides that the members shall be selected from the persons who are specifically qualified to serve on such Board by virtue of their education, training, or experience. Provides that the Health Insurance Advisory Board shall perform such functions as: (1) prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Act; (2) establish minimum Federal standards for the use of State insurance departments in determining whether an insurance company and plan are qualified under this Act; (3) in consultation with carriers, providers of services, and consumers, plan and develop programs whose purposes are to provide for maintaining the quality of medical care; and (4) review the effectiveness of the tax credit program and file an annual report. Grants the States the power to decide which carriers are qualified. Forbids any Federal officer or employee to exercise any supervision or control over the practice of mediciene or dentistry or the manner in which medical or dental services are provided, or over the selection, tenure, or compensation of any officer or employee or any institution, agency, or person providing health services; or to exercise any supervision or control over the administration or operation of any such institution, agency, or person. Creates in the Treasury a trust fund to be known as the Federal Health Insurance Redemption Fund to consist in part of an amount equal to the aggregate amount of premiums paid under this title through the redemption of health insurance certificates.
Bill· HRH.R. 15272 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1974
Arthritis Prevention Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act - Makes it the purpose of this Act to establish: (1) a long-range plan to expand and coordinate the national research, treatment, and control effort against arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases; (2) centers for arthritis prevention, research, screening, early detection, training, treatment, and rehabilitation programs; and (3) programs to develop new and improved methods of arthritis screening and early detection and to establish a central arthritis screening and early detection data bank. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish a National Commission on Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. Specifies the composition, duties, and powers of the Commission. States that the Commission shall formulate a long-range plan to combat arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases with specific recommendations for the utilization and organization of national resources for that purpose. States that the plan shall include a plan for a coordinated research program encompassing existing and proposed Federal, non-Federal and local programs. Enumerates investigations, studies, and programs to be carried out under such plan. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out the above purposes. Establishes within the National Institute on Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases the position of Associate Director for Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. States that the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall establish an Inter-Institute Arthritis and Related Diseases Coordinating Committee to better coordinate research activities relating to arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases. Provides for the development, establishment, construction, and operation of arthritis research and training centers. Specifies the purposes to be achieved by such research and training programs. Provides for the geographical distribution, operational support, and evaluation of such research and training centers. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977 for the establishment of such centers. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish and support arthritis screening, early detection, prevention, and control demonstration programs. Specifies the purpose of such programs. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977 for the establishment and support of such programs. Requires the Secretary to establish the Arthritis Screening and Detection Data Bank as soon as practicable after the enactment of this Act. Provides that not less than $500,000 of the sums appropriated to the National Institutes of Health to carry out the purposes of this Act shall be obligated for basic and clinical orthopedic research conducted or supported by the National Institute on Arthritis, Rheumatism, and Metabolic Diseases.
Bill· HRH.R. 15244 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1974
Provides that the Secretary of Transportation and the Interstate Commerce Commission shall require common carriers under their jurisdiction to prohibit smoking aboard aircraft, railroads, buses, and vessels carrying passengers, except in areas designated for that purpose.
Bill· SS. 3585 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1974
Health Professions Educational Assistance Act - Title I: General Provisions - Renumbers, consolidates, and rearranges existing provisions in title VII of the Public Health Service Act which authorizes Federal assistance to schools of the health professions. Expands the membership of the National Advisory Council on Health Professions Education to include representatives of all the health professions schools assisted under title VII of the Public Health Service Act. Sets forth a revised advanced funding provision. Title II: Assistance for Construction of Teaching Facilities - Extends provisions of the Public Health Service Act authorizing grants, loan guarantees, and interest subsidies for the construction of teaching facilities for the training of physicians, dentists, pharmacists, optometrists, podiatrists, veterinarians, and public health personnel. Authorizes $100 million for fiscal year 1975; $125 million for fiscal year 1976; and $150 million for fiscal year 1977 and each of the next 2 fiscal years for the construction grant program. Authorizes $2 million for fiscal year 1975; $2.5 million for fiscal year 1976; and $3 million for fiscal year 1977 and each of the next 2 fiscal years for loan guarantees and interest subsidies. Title III: Student Assistance ; National Health Service Corps - Revises the student assistance programs authorized under the Public Health Service Act. States that students pursuing a graduate degree in public health would become eligible to apply for health professions student loans under this Act. Repeals the advanced traineeship program for students of public health. Increases the maximum amount of a health professions student loan to equal a health professions student's tuition plus $2,500 per year. Provides that authorizations for the health professions student loan fund are $60 million for each fiscal year 1975 through 1979. Provides for the forgiveness or cancellation of professional educational expenses at the rate of 50 percent for the first year and 50 percent for the second year of service in a health manpower shortage area. Makes students pursuing graduate degrees in public health eligible for the loan forgiveness program. Obligates each individual who receives any student loan under title VII to serve at least 2 years in an area or institution designated by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare as having a shortage of health manpower. States that the individual could serve the obligated period in a shortage area as designated by the Secretary, or could serve as a member of the National Health Service Corps. Provides that individuals who fail to serve the obligated period would be required to pay damages equal to twice the original value of the student assistance received. Repeals the program of health professions student scholarships and the physician shortage area scholarship program, to be replaced by an amended Public Health and National Health Service Corps scholarship training program. Sets forth the features of such program. Title IV: Grants for Health Professions Schools - Extends the existing programs of capitation and special project grants to health professions schools and the program of assistance to area health education centers. Provides that, schools of public health shall be eligible for capitation grants awarded on the basis of the number of students enrolled. States that each grant will equal one-third of the net educational costs of training a student multiplied by the number of full-time students enrolled in the school. Provides total authorizations for the capitation grant program of $292,273,250 for fiscal year 1975, $304,626,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $316,747,350 for fiscal year 1977 and each of the next 2 fiscal years. Prohibits the Secretary from making any capitation grant after June 30, 1974, unless the school assures the Secretary that each student accepted for enrollment agrees to serve in the National Health Service Corps or in a medically underserved area as a private practitioner. Authorizes grants for projects to assist schools of medicine, osteopathy, and dentistry to plan, develop, and implement a nutrition education curriculum. Provides for authorizations for the special projects program of $100 million for each fiscal year 1975 through 1979. Extends the program of start-up assistance for new schools of medicine, osteopathy, and dentistry. Authorizes $11 million for each fiscal year 1975 through 1979. Repeals the program of financial distress grants to health professions schools. Revises the program of assistance to area health education centers by requiring all new centers receiving assistance to: (1) encourage the establishment or maintenance of programs to alleviate shortages of health personnel through training or retraining; (2) provide training programs leading to more efficient utilization of health personnel; (3) initiate new types and patterns or improve existing patterns of training, retraining, continuing education, and advanced training of personnel; and (4) encourage new or more effective approaches to the organization and delivery of health services through the use of team approach. Authorizes appropriations for area health education centers of 75 million for each fiscal year 1975 through 1979. Title V: Assistance for Specialized Training - Extends provisions of the Public Health Service Act which authorize grants to hospitals to develop training programs in family medicine and to provide financial assistance to students and physicians who participate in family medicine programs. Authorizes, for the family medicine grant program, $40 million for each fiscal year 1975 through 1979. Repeals the programs for grants for computer technology health care demonstration programs and grants for training, traineeships, and fellowships for health professions teaching personnel. Authorizes grants to medical and osteopathic schools to train U.S. citizens who transfer from foreign medical schools to a U.S. medical school. Authorizes, for such program $5 million for fiscal year 1975; $10 million for fiscal year 1976; and $15 million for fiscal year 1977 and each of the next 2 fiscal years. Title VI: Allied Health Personnel - Defines the term "allied health personnel". Authorizes a program of allied health special project grants for States, schools and representatives of the allied health professions. Authorizes, for this allied health special projects grant program, $40 million for fiscal 1975; $45 million for fiscal year 1976; and $50 million for fiscal year 1977 and the next 2 fiscal years. Revises the advanced traineeship program for professional allied health personnel and authorizes appropriations of $7.5 million for fiscal year 1975; $9 million for fiscal year 1976; and $10.5 million for fiscal year 1977 and the next 2 fiscal years. Authorizes appropriations for the identification of and assistance to financially, culturally, or educationally deprived persons who have a potential to become allied health personnel. Requires the compilation and dissemination of statistics on allied health personnel and submission to the Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee and the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee of an annual report on these statistics. Title VII: Postgraduate Physician Training - Authorizes a program to certify a limited number and an appropriate balance of postgraduate physician training programs. States that the program would be administered by the Secretary, according to the recommendations of the National Council on Postgraduate Physician Training and 10 regional councils on postgraduate physician training throughout the Nation. Directs the Secretary, according to the recommendations of the council, to set the total number of internship and residency positions to be certified nationwide in the following year. Provides that the total number could not exceed 110 percent of the total number of medical and osteopathic degrees granted in that year. Authorizes the Secretary to compensate institutions which are forced to decrease their number of postgraduate physician training positions because of the 110 percent limit. Requires the Secretary to make grants of up to $100,000 to develop new additional training positions in specialties, and in geographic areas, if the national and regional councils determines such additional positions are needed. Authorizes a study to determine the desired balance of physicians in the various medical and surgical specialties and subspecialties. Title VIII: National Licensure of Physicians and Dentists - Requires the Secretary, in consultation with appropriate professional organizations, to develop and establish national standards for the licensure of all physicians and dentists who wish to practice in the United States. Directs the Secretary to prepare a national examination to initially license physicians and dentists and subsequent reexaminations to renew licenses which would be given at least every 6 years. States that, under the provisions of the national licensure program, individual States would be encouraged to establish their own licensure programs, which must be in accordance with the national standards. Provides that the new national licensure program would establish reciprocal licensure relationships between States which comply with the national standards for licensure of physicians and dentists. Prohibits States from establishing any requirement for the licensure of physicians and dentists which: (1) would be inconsistent with national standards; or (2) would require that the individual applying for the license reside in the State for a certain period of time. Prohibits a State from renewing the license of any physician or dentist who is obligated, under the provisions of this Act, to provide health service in a medically underserved area or as a member of the National Health Service Corps, unless that physician or dentist has fulfilled his obligation, as certified by the Secretary.
Bill· SS. 3586 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1974
Nurse Training Act - Extends the authorization of appropriations for grants under the Public Health Service Act for construction of nursing schools through fiscal year 1979. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to public and other non-profit private schools of nursing and other public or non-profit private entities, and enter into contracts with any public or private entity, to meet the costs of special projects to: (1) develop training programs, and train, for new roles, types, or levels of nursing personnel, including programs for the training of pediatric nurse practitioners or other types of nurse practitioners; (2) increase educational opportunities for disadvantaged students; (3) provide continuing education for nurses; and (4) provide appropriate retraining opportunities for nurses who, after periods of professional inactivity, desire again to engage in nursing on an active basis. Provides for the extension of special project grants and contracts and financial distress grants authorizations under such Act. Provides for the extension of loan guarantees and interest subsidies authorizations for nursing school construction projects under such Act. Extends the student loan program authorization under such Act. Provides for the delegation by the Secretary of his authority to administer nurse training programs to the administrator of a central office or offices in his Department. States that such authority may not be further delegated to regional offices.
Bill· SS. 3584 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1974
Comprehensive Health Manpower Act - Title I: Loan Guarantees for Construction for Replacement or Remodeling of Teaching Facilities - Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may guarantee loans to eligible entities for approved projects for the construction of private nonprofit schools of medicine, osteopathy, denistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, or podiatry, other than for the construction or expansion of buildings, during the period from July 1, 1974 to June 30, 1977. Waives the present requirement for such loans regarding the maintenance or increase of student enrollment when a loan application contains assurances that the teaching facility maintain an enrollment, for a specified period, which is not less than the enrollment during fiscal year 1973. Revises the loan guarantee provisions regarding assistance to nonprofit private schools of nursing and the eligibility requirements thereof. Title II: Capitation Grants, Start-Up Assistance and National Priority Incentive Awards - Sets forth a method for computing the amount of the annual grant to each school with an approved application, providing that each school of medicine, osteopathy, and dentistry shall receive for the fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977, $1,500, $1,250 and $1,000 respectively, for each full-time student enrolled. Reapportions the appropriations for such grants and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1975-1977. Revises the provisions for national priority incentive awards relating to: (1) family practice residency grants; and (2) graduate training in shortage specialities. Title III: Special Projects, Health Manpower Education Incentive Awards, and Financial Distress Grants - Provides for the consolidation of the special project and education incentive award appropriations authorizations. Extends the financial distress grant program for the next three fiscal years, and makes schools of pharmacy uneligible for such program. Title IV: Student Assistance - Provides for preadmission and followup assistance to the disadvantaged, including the payment to them of such stipends as the Secretary deems appropriate. Extends the Federal capital contributions to student loan funds through fiscal year 1980 (formerly through fiscal year 1977). Makes the direct loan interest rate equivalent to the insured loan interest rate by increasing it to 7 percent. Title V: Effective Date - States that this Act is effective with respect to appropriations for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1974, with specified exceptions.
Bill· HRH.R. 15225 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1974
Nurse Training Act - Extends the authorization of appropriations for grants for construction or rehabilitation of nursing schools through fiscal year 1977. Allows the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to public and other non-profit private schools of nursing and other public or non-profit private entities, and enter into contracts with any public or private entity, to meet the costs of special projects to: (1) develop training programs, and train, for new roles, types, or levels of nursing personnel, including programs for the training of pediatric nurse practitioners or other types of nurse practitioners; (2) increase educational opportunities for disadvantaged students; (3) provide continuing education for nurses; and (4) help to increase the supply or improve the distribution by geographic area or by specialty group of adequately trained nursing personnel needed to meet the health needs of the Nation, including the need to increase the availability of personal health services and the need to promote preventive health care. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1977 for such grants and contracts. Allows the Secretary to make grants to assist public or nonprofit private schools of nursing which are in serious financial straits to meet operational costs required to maintain quality educational programs or which have special need for financial assistance to meet accreditation requirements. Authorizes appropriations for such grants through fiscal year 1977. Prescribes a per-student formula for grants to nursing schools for support of their education programs. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1977 for such grants. Extends the authorization of appropriations for traineeships, student loans, and the program to encourage full utilization of educational talent for nursing. Extends the nursing scholarship program. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to determine on a continuing basis the current and projected supply of the various classifications of nurses, their geographic distribution, pay rates, activity status, and advanced training status. Requires a report annually to the Congress upon such findings together with recommendations for legislation.
Bill· HRH.R. 15211 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1974
Nurse Training Act - Extends the authorization of appropriations for grants for construction or rehabilitation of nursing schools through fiscal year 1977. Allows the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to public and other non-profit private schools of nursing and other public or non-profit private entities, and enter into contracts with any public or private entity, to meet the costs of special projects to: (1) develop training programs, and train, for new roles, types, or levels of nursing personnel, including programs for the training of pediatric nurse practitioners or other types of nurse practitioners; (2) increase educational opportunities for disadvantaged students; (3) provide continuing education for nurses; and (4) help to increase the supply or improve the distribution by geographic area or by specialty group of adequately trained nursing personnel needed to meet the health needs of the Nation, including the need to increase the availability of personal health services and the need to promote preventive health care. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1977 for such grants and contracts. Allows the Secretary to make grants to assist public or nonprofit private schools of nursing which are in serious financial straits to meet operational costs required to maintain quality educational programs or which have special need for financial assistance to meet accreditation requirements. Authorizes appropriations for such grants through fiscal year 1977. Prescribes a per-student formula for grants to nursing schools for support of their education programs. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1977 for such grants. Extends the authorization of appropriations for traineeships, student loans, and the program to encourage full utilization of educational talent for nursing. Extends the nursing scholarship program. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to determine on a continuing basis the current and projected supply of the various classifications of nurses, their geographic distribution, pay rates, activity status, and advanced training status. Requires a report annually to the Congress upon such findings together with recommendations for legislation.
Bill· SS. 3577 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1974
Health Facilities Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to any public or private nonprofit entity to assist such entity in meeting up to 75 percent of the costs of any project for the (1) construction or modernization of a public or other nonprofit outpatient facilitiy or (2) modernization of a public or other nonprofit health facility which will serve a medically underserved population. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans and loan guarantees to assist public and other nonprofit entities in meeting the costs of projects for the above purposes. Directs the Secretary to establish a facilities account for each State and to credit, each fiscal year, to each such account an allotment from the sums appropriated for such year on the basis of the population, the financial need, and the extent of the need for construction and modernization of the facilities of the respective states. Stipulates that no grant, loan, or loan guarantee for any project may be made under this Act unless an application therefor has been submitted to the Secretary and approved by him. States that such application shall be in such form, submitted in such manner, and contain such information, as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe. Sets forth general and technical provisions relating to the granting of loans and loan guarantees. Establishes in the Treasury a loan guarantee and loan fund which shall be available to the Secretary without fiscal year limitation, in such amounts as may be specified from time to time in appropriations Acts: (1) to enable him to make loans under this Act; (2) to enable him to discharge his responsibilities under guarantees issued by him under this Act; (3) for payment of interest on the loans which are guaranteed under this Act; and (4) for repurchase by him of direct loans made under this Act which have been sold and guaranteed. Authorizes to be appropriated to the fund from time to time such amounts as may be necessary to provide capital required for the fund. Directs the Secretary to prescribe by regulation: (1) criteria for determining needs for health facilities for which assistance is available under this Act; (2) criteria for determining the extent to which existing facilities, for which assistance is available under this Act; are in need of modernization; (3) the general manner in which each local health planning agency shall determine the priority of projects within the area under its jurisdiction based upon the relative need of various populations and in various sub-areas within such area lacking adequate facilities of the several types for which assistance is available under this Act; (4) general standards of construction and equipment for facilities of various classes and in various types of locations, for which assistance is available under this Act; and (5) the means by which each entity which receives or has received financial assistance under this Act shall be required to demonstrate compliance with the assurances required to be made at the time such assistance was received. Authorizes appropriations of $210,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the succeeding two fiscal years. Authorizes such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years for direct loans and guarantee loans under the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 15186 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1974
Home Health Services Act - Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, for the establishment and initial operation of public and nonprofit private agencies which will provide home health services in areas in which such services are not otherwise available. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants: (1) to meet the initial and expanding costs of such agencies; and (2) for programs for the training of professional and paraprofessional personnel to provide home health services. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 15192 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1974
Provides, under the Social Security Act, that any State with a statewide Professional Standards Review Organization shall be established, upon the request of the Governor of such State, as one area for which a Professional Standards Rivew Organization may be designated.
Bill· HRH.R. 15177 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1974
Nurse Training Act - Extends the authorization of appropriations for grants for construction or rehabilitation of nursing schools through fiscal year 1977. Allows the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to public and other non-profit private schools of nursing and other public or non-profit private entities, and enter into contracts with any public or private entity, to meet the costs of special projects to: (1) develop training programs, and train, for new roles, types, or levels of nursing personnel, including programs for the training of pediatric nurse practitioners or other types of nurse practitioners; (2) increase educational opportunities for disadvantaged students; (3) provide continuing education for nurses; and (4) help to increase the supply or improve the distribution by geographic area or by specialty group of adequately trained nursing personnel needed to meet the health needs of the Nation, including the need to increase the availability of personal health services and the need to promote preventive health care. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1977 for such grants and contracts. Allows the Secretary to make grants to assist public or nonprofit private schools of nursing which are in serious financial straits to meet operational costs required to maintain quality educational programs or which have special need for financial assistance to meet accreditation requirements. Authorizes appropriations for such grants through fiscal year 1977. Prescribes a per-student formula for grants to nursing schools for support of their education programs. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1977 for such grants. Extends the authorization of appropriations for traineeships, student loans, and the program to encourage full utilization of educational talent for nursing. Extends the nursing scholarship program. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to determine on a continuing basis the current and projected supply of the various classifications of nurses, their geographic distribution, pay rates, activity status, and advanced training status. Requires a report annually to the Congress upon such findings together with recommendations for legislation.
Bill· HRH.R. 15147 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1974
Provides, under the Social Security Act, for the establishment and revision of Professional Standards Review Organization areas, such establishment and revision to take into account the recommendations of the doctors of medicine or osteopathy. States that the final determination in the establishment or revision of any Professional Standards Review Organization area shall be subject to review in a civil action commenced by any interested person. Directs the National Professional Standards Review Council to conduct a study for the purpose of evaluating whether, and under what conditions, organizations other than professional associations shall be allowed to perform review functions. Requires each Professional Standards Review Organization to assume responsibility for professional standards review of health care services furnished by or in institutions operated by the Public Health Service and the Veterans Administration in the area which it serves. Requires, in conjunction with such reviews, that procedures be developed whereby deficiencies shall be brought to the attention of administrators of the hospitals and other Federal institutions concerned. Calls for the consolidation of data and reports compiled under these provisions. Directs that criteria of health care shall be identified or developed by each Professional Standards Review Organization, giving due consideration to such criteria of care identified or developed by national medical specialty organizations. States that such criteria of care shall be used by the Professional Standards Review Organization as guides of care. Requires the National Professional Standards Review Council to provide for the distribution to each Professional Standards Review Organization, and to each other agency performing review functions, of appropriate materials indicating various guides being utilized in other geographical areas. Provides for the protection of the confidentiality of medical records compiled under this Act. Empowers the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to enter into a contract with any State medical society or private nonprofit organization (including medical foundations) designated by a State medical society for the provision of necessary technical and other assistance in the creation and operation of local professional standards review organizations.
Bill· HRH.R. 15110 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Provides, under the Social Security Act, for the establishment and revision of Professional Standards Review Organization areas, such establishment and revision to take into account the recommendations of the doctors of medicine or osteopathy. States that the final determination in the establishment or revision of any Professional Standards Review Organization area shall be subject to review in a civil action commenced by any interested person. Directs the National Professional Standards Review Council to conduct a study for the purpose of evaluating whether, and under what conditions, organizations other than professional associations shall be allowed to perform review functions. Requires each Professional Standards Review Organization to assume responsibility for professional standards review of health care services furnished by or in institutions operated by the Public Health Service and the Veterans Administration in the area which it serves. Requires, in conjunction with such reviews, that procedures be developed whereby deficiencies shall be brought to the attention of administrators of the hospitals and other Federal institutions concerned. Calls for the consolidation of data and reports compiled under these provisions. Directs that criteria of health care shall be identified or developed by each Professional Standards Review Organization, giving due consideration to such criteria of care identified or developed by national medical specialty organizations. States that such criteria of care shall be used by the Professional Standards Review Organization as guides of care. Requires the National Professional Standards Review Council to provide for the distribution to each Professional Standards Review Organization, and to each other agency performing review functions, of appropriate materials indicating various guides being utilized in other geographical areas. Provides for the protection of the confidentiality of medical records compiled under this Act. Empowers the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to enter into a contract with any State medical society or private nonprofit organization (including medical foundations) designated by a State medical society for the provision of necessary technical and other assistance in the creation and operation of local professional standards review organizations.
Bill· HRH.R. 15098 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to halt the sales and distribution of food, drugs, and cosmetics adulterated or misbranded in a manner which presents an imminent hazard to the public health. Requires the recall or destruction, as may be appropriate, of such drugs, cosmetics, or food. Sets forth civil penalties for violation of the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 15090 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Provides, under the Social Security Act, for the establishment and revision of Professional Standards Review Organization areas, such establishment and revision to take into account the recommendations of the doctors of medicine or osteopathy. States that the final determination in the establishment or revision of any Professional Standards Review Organization area shall be subject to review in a civil action commenced by any interested person. Directs the National Professional Standards Review Council to conduct a study for the purpose of evaluating whether, and under what conditions, organizations other than professional associations shall be allowed to perform review functions. Requires each Professional Standards Review Organization to assume responsibility for professional standards review of health care services furnished by or in institutions operated by the Public Health Service and the Veterans Administration in the area which it serves. Requires, in conjunction with such reviews, that procedures be developed whereby deficiencies shall be brought to the attention of administrators of the hospitals and other Federal institutions concerned. Calls for the consolidation of data and reports compiled under these provisions. Directs that criteria of health care shall be identified or developed by each Professional Standards Review Organization, giving due consideration to such criteria of care identified or developed by national medical specialty organizations. States that such criteria of care shall be used by the Professional Standards Review Organization as guides of care. Requires the National Professional Standards Review Council to provide for the distribution to each Professional Standards Review Organization, and to each other agency performing review functions, of appropriate materials indicating various guides being utilized in other geographical areas. Provides for the protection of the confidentiality of medical records compiled under this Act. Empowers the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to enter into a contract with any State medical society or private nonprofit organization (including medical foundations) designated by a State medical society for the provision of necessary technical and other assistance in the creation and operation of local professional standards review organizations.
Bill· HRH.R. 15131 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Makes optional, under the Social Security Act, enrollment fees, premiums, or similar charges now required to be paid by some individuals under medicaid.
Bill· HRH.R. 15128 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Nurse Training Act - Extends the authorization of appropriations for grants for construction or rehabilitation of nursing schools through fiscal year 1977. Allows the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to public and other non-profit private schools of nursing and other public or non-profit private entities, and enter into contracts with any public or private entity, to meet the costs of special projects to: (1) develop training programs, and train, for new roles, types, or levels of nursing personnel, including programs for the training of pediatric nurse practitioners or other types of nurse practitioners; (2) increase educational opportunities for disadvantaged students; (3) provide continuing education for nurses; and (4) help to increase the supply or improve the distribution by geographic area or by specialty group of adequately trained nursing personnel needed to meet the health needs of the Nation, including the need to increase the availability of personal health services and the need to promote preventive health care. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1977 for such grants and contracts. Allows the Secretary to make grants to assist public or nonprofit private schools of nursing which are in serious financial straits to meet operational costs required to maintain quality educational programs or which have special need for financial assistance to meet accreditation requirements. Authorizes appropriations for such grants through fiscal year 1977. Prescribes a per-student formula for grants to nursing schools for support of their education programs. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1977 for such grants. Extends the authorization of appropriations for traineeships, student loans, and the program to encourage full utilization of educational talent for nursing. Extends the nursing scholarship program. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to determine on a continuing basis the current and projected supply of the various classifications of nurses, their geographic distribution, pay rates, activity status, and advanced training status. Requires a report annually to the Congress upon such findings together with recommendations for legislation.
Bill· HRH.R. 15113 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Arthritis Prevention Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act - Makes it the purpose of this Act to establish: (1) a long-range plan to expand and coordinate the national research, treatment, and control effort against arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases; (2) centers for arthritis prevention, research, screening, early detection, training, treatment, and rehabilitation programs; and (3) programs to develop new and improved methods of arthritis screening and early detection and to establish a central arthritis screening and early detection data bank. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish a National Commission on Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. Specifies the composition, duties, and powers of the Commission. States that the Commission shall formulate a long-range plan to combat arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases with specific recommendations for the utilization and organization of national resources for that purpose. States that the plan shall include a plan for a coordinated research program encompassing existing and proposed Federal, non-Federal and local programs. Enumerates investigations, studies, and programs to be carried out under such plan. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out the above purposes. Establishes within the National Institute on Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases the position of Associate Director for Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. States that the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall establish an Inter-Institute Arthritis and Related Diseases Coordinating Committee to better coordinate research activities relating to arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases. Provides for the development, establishment, construction, and operation of arthritis research and training centers. Specifies the purposes to be achieved by such research and training programs. Provides for the geographical distribution, operational support, and evaluation of such research and training centers. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977 for the establishment of such centers. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish and support arthritis screening, early detection, prevention, and control demonstration programs. Specifies the purpose of such programs. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977 for the establishment and support of such programs. Requires the Secretary to establish the Arthritis Screening and Detection Data Bank as soon as practicable after the enactment of this Act. Provides that not less than $500,000 of the sums appropriated to the National Institutes of Health to carry out the purposes of this Act shall be obligated for basic and clinical orthopedic research conducted or supported by the National Institute on Arthritis, Rheumatism, and Metabolic Diseases.
Bill· HRH.R. 15111 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Prohibits hospitals which receive Federal support from compensating physicians and other persons for the referral of patients for treatment. Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may revoke Federal support for hospitals which continue to violate the provisions of this Act after being given an opportunity to comply.
Bill· HRH.R. 15112 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Nurse Training Act - Extends the authorization of appropriations for grants for construction or rehabilitation of nursing schools through fiscal year 1977. Allows the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to public and other non-profit private schools of nursing and other public or non-profit private entities, and enter into contracts with any public or private entity, to meet the costs of special projects to: (1) develop training programs, and train, for new roles, types, or levels of nursing personnel, including programs for the training of pediatric nurse practitioners or other types of nurse practitioners; (2) increase educational opportunities for disadvantaged students; (3) provide continuing education for nurses; and (4) help to increase the supply or improve the distribution by geographic area or by specialty group of adequately trained nursing personnel needed to meet the health needs of the Nation, including the need to increase the availability of personal health services and the need to promote preventive health care. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1977 for such grants and contracts. Allows the Secretary to make grants to assist public or nonprofit private schools of nursing which are in serious financial straits to meet operational costs required to maintain quality educational programs or which have special need for financial assistance to meet accreditation requirements. Authorizes appropriations for such grants through fiscal year 1977. Prescribes a per-student formula for grants to nursing schools for support of their education programs. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1977 for such grants. Extends the authorization of appropriations for traineeships, student loans, and the program to encourage full utilization of educational talent for nursing. Extends the nursing scholarship program. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to determine on a continuing basis the current and projected supply of the various classifications of nurses, their geographic distribution, pay rates, activity status, and advanced training status. Requires a report annually to the Congress upon such findings together with recommendations for legislation.
Bill· HRH.R. 15089 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Extends for one year (until January 1, 1976) the effective date of the prohibition against medicare coverage for items and services which are covered under Federal employee health benefits plans unless there are appropriate modifications in such plans (or in the law governing them). Requires a report from the Civil Service Commission and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare on the steps being taken to effect such modifications.
Bill· HRH.R. 15096 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Provides that the 100 percent Federal reimbursement to States under the medicaid program for compensation of inspectors maintaining compliance with Federal standards (as temporarily increased from 75 percent by the Social Security Amendments of 1972) shall continue on a permanent basis.
Bill· HRH.R. 15087 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Arthritis Prevention Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act - Makes it the purpose of this Act to establish: (1) a long-range plan to expand and coordinate the national research, treatment, and control effort against arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases; (2) centers for arthritis prevention, research, screening, early detection, training, treatment, and rehabilitation programs; and (3) programs to develop new and improved methods of arthritis screening and early detection and to establish a central arthritis screening and early detection data bank. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish a National Commission on Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. Specifies the composition, duties, and powers of the Commission. States that the Commission shall formulate a long-range plan to combat arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases with specific recommendations for the utilization and organization of national resources for that purpose. States that the plan shall include a plan for a coordinated research program encompassing existing and proposed Federal, non-Federal and local programs. Enumerates investigations, studies, and programs to be carried out under such plan. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out the above purposes. Establishes within the National Institute on Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases the position of Associate Director for Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. States that the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall establish an Inter-Institute Arthritis and Related Diseases Coordinating Committee to better coordinate research activities relating to arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases. Provides for the development, establishment, construction, and operation of arthritis research and training centers. Specifies the purposes to be achieved by such research and training programs. Provides for the geographical distribution, operational support, and evaluation of such research and training centers. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977 for the establishment of such centers. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish and support arthritis screening, early detection, prevention, and control demonstration programs. Specifies the purpose of such programs. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977 for the establishment and support of such programs. Requires the Secretary to establish the Arthritis Screening and Detection Data Bank as soon as practicable after the enactment of this Act. Provides that not less than $500,000 of the sums appropriated to the National Institutes of Health to carry out the purposes of this Act shall be obligated for basic and clinical orthopedic research conducted or supported by the National Institute on Arthritis, Rheumatism, and Metabolic Diseases.
Bill· SS. 3543 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1974
Bilingual Health Opportunities Act - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1974 and each of the three succeeding fiscal years of such sums as may be necessary to establish up to four bilingual health training clinical centers in communities where a substantial proportion of the residents is of limited English-speaking ability. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to arrange for the conduct of a study or studies to determine the effectiveness of health education institution admissions examinations in evaluating accurately the potential and ability of the student applicant of limited English-speaking ability to participate in and benefit from the educational program, taking into account the need to eliminate any cultural bias in the presentation of admissions examinations.
Bill· HRH.R. 15077 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1974
Authorizes the payment under the supplementary medical insurance program of Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for regular physical examinations.
Bill· HRH.R. 15075 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1974
Provides, under the Social Security Act, for the establishment and revision of Professional Standards Review Organization areas, such establishment and revision to take into account the recommendations of the doctors of medicine or osteopathy. States that the final determination in the establishment or revision of any Professional Standards Review Organization area shall be subject to review in a civil action commenced by any interested person. Directs the National Professional Standards Review Council to conduct a study for the purpose of evaluating whether, and under what conditions, organizations other than professional associations shall be allowed to perform review functions. Requires each Professional Standards Review Organization to assume responsibility for professional standards review of health care services furnished by or in institutions operated by the Public Health Service and the Veterans Administration in the area which it serves. Requires, in conjunction with such reviews, that procedures be developed whereby deficiencies shall be brought to the attention of administrators of the hospitals and other Federal institutions concerned. Calls for the consolidation of data and reports compiled under these provisions. Directs that criteria of health care shall be identified or developed by each Professional Standards Review Organization, giving due consideration to such criteria of care identified or developed by national medical specialty organizations. States that such criteria of care shall be used by the Professional Standards Review Organization as guides of care. Requires the National Professional Standards Review Council to provide for the distribution to each Professional Standards Review Organization, and to each other agency performing review functions, of appropriate materials indicating various guides being utilized in other geographical areas. Provides for the protection of the confidentiality of medical records compiled under this Act. Empowers the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to enter into a contract with any State medical society or private nonprofit organization (including medical foundations) designated by a State medical society for the provision of necessary technical and other assistance in the creation and operation of local professional standards review organizations.
Bill· HRH.R. 15053 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1974
National Huntington's Disease Control Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a national program for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of, and research in, Huntington's disease. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants for projects for the establishment and operation of Huntington's disease screening, treatment, and counseling programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each each of the next two fiscal years for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for research in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Huntington's disease. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 and for each of the next two fiscal years for use for such grants. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to develop information and educational materials relating to Huntington's disease and to disseminate such information and materials to persons providing health care and to the public in general. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the next two fiscal years to carry out this information program. Sets forth the requirements for applications for grants under this Act and the administration of such grants. Directs the Secretary to establish a program within the Public Health Service to provide for voluntary Huntington's disease screening, counseling, and treatment.
Bill· HRH.R. 15068 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1974
Provides, under the Social Security Act, for the establishment and revision of Professional Standards Review Organization areas, such establishment and revision to take into account the recommendations of the doctors of medicine or osteopathy. States that the final determination in the establishment or revision of any Professional Standards Review Organization area shall be subject to review in a civil action commenced by any interested person. Directs the National Professional Standards Review Council to conduct a study for the purpose of evaluating whether, and under what conditions, organizations other than professional associations shall be allowed to perform review functions. Requires each Professional Standards Review Organization to assume responsibility for professional standards review of health care services furnished by or in institutions operated by the Public Health Service and the Veterans Administration in the area which it serves. Requires, in conjunction with such reviews, that procedures be developed whereby deficiencies shall be brought to the attention of administrators of the hospitals and other Federal institutions concerned. Calls for the consolidation of data and reports compiled under these provisions. Directs that criteria of health care shall be identified or developed by each Professional Standards Review Organization, giving due consideration to such criteria of care identified or developed by national medical specialty organizations. States that such criteria of care shall be used by the Professional Standards Review Organization as guides of care. Requires the National Professional Standards Review Council to provide for the distribution to each Professional Standards Review Organization, and to each other agency performing review functions, of appropriate materials indicating various guides being utilized in other geographical areas. Provides for the protection of the confidentiality of medical records compiled under this Act. Empowers the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to enter into a contract with any State medical society or private nonprofit organization (including medical foundations) designated by a State medical society for the provision of necessary technical and other assistance in the creation and operation of local professional standards review organizations.
Bill· HRH.R. 15041 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1974
Health Care Insurance Act - Provides, under the Social Security Act, for medical, dental, and hospital care through a system of voluntary health insurance financed in whole for low-income groups through issuance of certificates, and in part for all other persons through allowance of tax credits. Adds to the Social Security Act a new title entitled Federal Financing of Voluntary Health Insurance. Provides that, for the purpose of providing assistance on behalf of the individuals and their dependents whose income and resources are insufficient to meet the costs of necessary medical, dental, and hospital services, there is established a program of hospital, dental, and medical benefits for any eligible beneficiary and his dependents through the issuance of health insurance certificates, in full payment of allowable premium on a qualified health care insurance policy of his choice. Assets that health insurance certificates of entitlement will be redeemable by the carrier by payment from the Federal Health Insurance Redemption Fund. Includes as eligible beneficiaries under this title any husband and wife both under age 65 and living together and any unmarried person under age 65 who is not a dependent beneficiary. Defines a dependent beneficiary as any child of an eligible beneficiary receiving more than 50 percent of his support from the eligible beneficiary, which child is under 21, or if a student, under age 23. Provides that every individual who is an eligible beneficiary whose income results in no individual income tax liability during his base year, whose dependent beneficiaries have no such liability for their taxable years which end during his base year, and who is not eligible to receive military medical care, shall be eligible to receive a health insurance certificate of entitlement. Asserts that such certificates shall be applicable in full payment of allowable premiums for a qualified health care insurance policy or plan. Requires that such policy or plan shall provide protection for the eligible beneficiary and his dependent beneficiaries for a 12-month period beginning during his benefit year against the expenses of health care, including catastrophic expenses of illness. Allows tax credits for health care insurance. Asserts that every individual who is an eligible beneficiary who has not elected, where eligible, to receive benefits under the provisions for fully-paid health care insurance for the low-income group and who is not eligible to receive military medical care, shall be allowed at his election a credit against his income tax liabliity for his taxable year which ends during his base year; or a health insurance certificate of entitlement acceptable by a qualified carrier in payment toward a premium, under a qualified health care insurance policy. Specifies the amount of the tax credit or the value to be assigned to the health insurance certificate on the basis of allowable premiums. Provides that a health insurance certificate of entitlement means a certificate issued by the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare upon application to him by an eligible beneficiary to apply toward payment of premium on a qualified health care insurance policy or plan. Specifies that a qualified health care insurance policy or plan shall be a contractual agreement specifying benefits under a program offered by a qualified carrier which has been registered by a State Agency and which provides basic institutional and medical coverage and catastrophic expense coverage. Declares that each such qualified health care insurance policy or plan shall be noncancellable and guaranteed renewable so long as the carrier continues to offer to the public one or more qualified health care insurance policies or plans, shall provide protection against the expense of health care without regard to any pre-existing conditions, and shall provide for payment under this title of usual and customary charges for services covered under the policy or plan. Stipulates what cost shall be included under basic coverage and under catastrophic expense coverage. Establishes deductibles for each of the two types of coverage. Creates a Health Insurance Advisory Board which shall consist of eleven persons including the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. Directs that the remaining members, not otherwise in the employ of the Government, shall be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointment in the competitive service. Asserts that the Secretary of HEW shall serve as Chairman. Provides that the members shall be selected from the persons who are specifically qualified to serve on such Board by virtue of their education, training, or experience. Provides that the Health Insurance Advisory Board shall perform such functions as: (1) prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Act; (2) establish minimum Federal standards for the use of State insurance departments in determining whether an insurance company and plan are qualified under this Act; (3) in consultation with carriers, providers of services, and consumers, plan and develop programs whose purposes are to provide for maintaining the quality of medical care; and (4) review the effectiveness of the tax credit program and file an annual report. Grants the States the power to decide which carriers are qualified. Forbids any Federal officer or employee to exercise any supervision or control over the practice of mediciene or dentistry or the manner in which medical or dental services are provided, or over the selection, tenure, or compensation of any officer or employee or any institution, agency, or person providing health services; or to exercise any supervision or control over the administration or operation of any such institution, agency, or person. Creates in the Treasury a trust fund to be known as the Federal Health Insurance Redemption Fund to consist in part of an amount equal to the aggregate amount of premiums paid under this title through the redemption of health insurance certificates.
Bill· HRH.R. 15051 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1974
Nurse Training Act - Extends the authorization of appropriations for grants for construction or rehabilitation of nursing schools through fiscal year 1977. Allows the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to public and other non-profit private schools of nursing and other public or non-profit private entities, and enter into contracts with any public or private entity, to meet the costs of special projects to: (1) develop training programs, and train, for new roles, types, or levels of nursing personnel, including programs for the training of pediatric nurse practitioners or other types of nurse practitioners; (2) increase educational opportunities for disadvantaged students; (3) provide continuing education for nurses; and (4) help to increase the supply or improve the distribution by geographic area or by specialty group of adequately trained nursing personnel needed to meet the health needs of the Nation, including the need to increase the availability of personal health services and the need to promote preventive health care. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1977 for such grants and contracts. Allows the Secretary to make grants to assist public or nonprofit private schools of nursing which are in serious financial straits to meet operational costs required to maintain quality educational programs or which have special need for financial assistance to meet accreditation requirements. Authorizes appropriations for such grants through fiscal year 1977. Prescribes a per-student formula for grants to nursing schools for support of their education programs. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1977 for such grants. Extends the authorization of appropriations for traineeships, student loans, and the program to encourage full utilization of educational talent for nursing. Extends the nursing scholarship program. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to determine on a continuing basis the current and projected supply of the various classifications of nurses, their geographic distribution, pay rates, activity status, and advanced training status. Requires a report annually to the Congress upon such findings together with recommendations for legislation.
Bill· HRH.R. 15052 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1974
National Huntington's Disease Control Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a national program for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of, and research in, Huntington's disease. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants for projects for the establishment and operation of Huntington's disease screening, treatment, and counseling programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each each of the next two fiscal years for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for research in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Huntington's disease. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 and for each of the next two fiscal years for use for such grants. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to develop information and educational materials relating to Huntington's disease and to disseminate such information and materials to persons providing health care and to the public in general. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the next two fiscal years to carry out this information program. Sets forth the requirements for applications for grants under this Act and the administration of such grants. Directs the Secretary to establish a program within the Public Health Service to provide for voluntary Huntington's disease screening, counseling, and treatment.
Bill· HRH.R. 15048 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1974
Provides, under the Social Security Act, for the establishment and revision of Professional Standards Review Organization areas, such establishment and revision to take into account the recommendations of the doctors of medicine or osteopathy. States that the final determination in the establishment or revision of any Professional Standards Review Organization area shall be subject to review in a civil action commenced by any interested person. Directs the National Professional Standards Review Council to conduct a study for the purpose of evaluating whether, and under what conditions, organizations other than professional associations shall be allowed to perform review functions. Requires each Professional Standards Review Organization to assume responsibility for professional standards review of health care services furnished by or in institutions operated by the Public Health Service and the Veterans Administration in the area which it serves. Requires, in conjunction with such reviews, that procedures be developed whereby deficiencies shall be brought to the attention of administrators of the hospitals and other Federal institutions concerned. Calls for the consolidation of data and reports compiled under these provisions. Directs that criteria of health care shall be identified or developed by each Professional Standards Review Organization, giving due consideration to such criteria of care identified or developed by national medical specialty organizations. States that such criteria of care shall be used by the Professional Standards Review Organization as guides of care. Requires the National Professional Standards Review Council to provide for the distribution to each Professional Standards Review Organization, and to each other agency performing review functions, of appropriate materials indicating various guides being utilized in other geographical areas. Provides for the protection of the confidentiality of medical records compiled under this Act. Empowers the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to enter into a contract with any State medical society or private nonprofit organization (including medical foundations) designated by a State medical society for the provision of necessary technical and other assistance in the creation and operation of local professional standards review organizations.
Bill· HRH.R. 15043 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1974
Arthritis Prevention Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act - Makes it the purpose of this Act to establish: (1) a long-range plan to expand and coordinate the national research, treatment, and control effort against arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases; (2) centers for arthritis prevention, research, screening, early detection, training, treatment, and rehabilitation programs; and (3) programs to develop new and improved methods of arthritis screening and early detection and to establish a central arthritis screening and early detection data bank. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish a National Commission on Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. Specifies the composition, duties, and powers of the Commission. States that the Commission shall formulate a long-range plan to combat arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases with specific recommendations for the utilization and organization of national resources for that purpose. States that the plan shall include a plan for a coordinated research program encompassing existing and proposed Federal, non-Federal and local programs. Enumerates investigations, studies, and programs to be carried out under such plan. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out the above purposes. Establishes within the National Institute on Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases the position of Associate Director for Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. States that the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall establish an Inter-Institute Arthritis and Related Diseases Coordinating Committee to better coordinate research activities relating to arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases. Provides for the development, establishment, construction, and operation of arthritis research and training centers. Specifies the purposes to be achieved by such research and training programs. Provides for the geographical distribution, operational support, and evaluation of such research and training centers. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977 for the establishment of such centers. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish and support arthritis screening, early detection, prevention, and control demonstration programs. Specifies the purpose of such programs. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977 for the establishment and support of such programs. Requires the Secretary to establish the Arthritis Screening and Detection Data Bank as soon as practicable after the enactment of this Act. Provides that not less than $500,000 of the sums appropriated to the National Institutes of Health to carry out the purposes of this Act shall be obligated for basic and clinical orthopedic research conducted or supported by the National Institute on Arthritis, Rheumatism, and Metabolic Diseases.
Bill· HRH.R. 15029 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1974
Revises the definition of the term "State" to authorize the inclusion of Guam in the programs authorized by the Public Health Service Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 15019 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1974
Health Security Act - Title I: Health Security Benefits - Provides that every resident of the U.S. (and every non-resident citizen when in the U.S.) will be eligible for covered services. Permits reciprocal and "buy-in" agreements for groups of non-resident aliens, and in some cases benefits to U.S. residents when visiting in other countries. Entitles every eligible person to have payments made by the Health Security Board for covered services provided within the United States by a participating provider. Provides that all necessary professional services of physicians, wherever furnished are covered, including preventive care, with two important restrictions: (1) specialist services are covered only when performed by a qualified specialist except in emergency situations, and generally only on referral from a primary physician; and (2) psychiatric services to an ambulatory patient are covered only for active preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic or rehabilitative service with respect to mental illness. Provides that comprehensive dental services (exclusive of most orthodontic services) are covered for children under age 15, with the covered age group increasing by two years each year until all those under age 25 are covered. Provides that: (1) inpatient and outpatient hospital services and services of a home health agency are covered without arbitrary limitation; (2) pathology and radiology services are specifically included as parts of institutional services; and (3) custodial care is specifically excluded in specified institutional settings. Limits payment for skilled nursing home care to 120 days per spell of illness, except that this limit may be increased when the nursing home is owned or managed by a hospital and payment for care is made through the hospital's budget. Limits the psychiatric hospital benefit to 45 consecutive days of active treatment during a spell of illness. Provides coverage for two categories of drug use: prescribed medicines administered to inpatients or outpatients within participating hospitals; or to enrollees of comprehensive health service organizations, and drugs necessary for the treatment of specified chronic illnesses or conditions requiring long or expensive therapy. Requires the Board and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish two lists of approved drugs, taking into account the safety, efficacy and cost of each drug. Provides a broad list of approved medicines available for use in institutions and by comprehensive health service organizations and a more restricted list which is available for use outside such organized settings. Provides that the appliances benefit is similar in concept and operation to the drug benefit, subject to a limitation on aggregate cost. Asserts that the professional services of optometrists and podiatrists are covered, subject to regulations, as are diagnostic or therapeutic services furnished by independent pathology laboratories and radiology services. States that health services furnished or paid for under a workmen's compensation law are not covered. Provides that the services of a professional practitioner are not covered if they are furnished in a hospital which is not a participating provider. Requires that participating providers meet standards established in this title or by the Board. Requires that such providers must agree to provide services without discrimination, to make no unauthorized charge to the patient for any covered service, and to furnish data necessary for utilization review by professional peers, statistical studies by the Board, and verification of information for payments. Makes professional practitioners, licensed when the program begins, eligible to practice in the State where they are licensed and requires that all newly licensed applicants for participation meet national standards established by the Board in addition to those required by his State. Establishes conditions of participation for general hospitals similar to those required under Medicare. States that the two requirements not found in the Medicare program are: (1) that the hospital must not discriminate in granting staff privileges on any grounds unrelated to professional qualifications; and (2) that it establish a pharmacy and drug therapeutics committee for supervision of hospital drug therapy. Provides that psychiatric hospitals will be eligible to participate only if the Board finds that the hospital (or a distinct part of the hospital) is engaged in furnishing active diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative services to mentally ill patients. Establishes conditions of participation for skilled nursing homes similar to those established for extended care facilities under Medicare. Makes provisions for the participation of home health service agencies. Describes as eligible a health maintenance organization which undertakes to provide an enrolled population either with complete health care or with complete health security services (other than institutional services, mental health or dental services) for the maintenance of the health and care of ambulatory patients. Permits a foundation sponsored by a county or other local medical society to participate as a provider of services. Authorizes the Board to deal separately with the primary care portion of a system of comprehensive health care where it is necessary to rely on arrangements with other providers. Permits the Board to contract directly with public or other nonprofit mental health centers and mental health day care services. Specifies the broad and general conditions under which independent pathology laboratories, independent radiological services, and providers of drugs, devices, appliances, equipment, or ambulance services may qualify as providers under Health Security. Requires that a participating skilled nursing home have in effect an agreement with at least one participating hospital for the transfer of patients and medical and other information as medically appropriate. Prohibits in malpractice judgments any damages to be awarded to the injured party for the cost of remedial services which he is entitled to receive under this Act. Excludes the institutions of the Department of Defense and the Veterans Administration, and institutions of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare serving merchant seamen or Indians or Alaskan natives, from serving as participating providers, as well as any employee of these institutions when he is acting as an employee. Provides reimbursement for any services furnished by these institutions or agencies to eligible persons who are not a part of their normal clientele. Permits a physician, dentist, optometrist, or podiatrist, licensed in one State and meeting the national standards, to furnish Health Security benefits in any other State, the scope of his permissible practice being governed by the law of the State in which he is practicing. Grants a similar authority to other health professional and nonprofessional personnel. Establishes the Health Security Trust Fund, to receive the net assets of existing (Medicare) funds taken over by the Health Security program, the yield of the Health Security taxes, and the Government's contribution from general revenues amounting to 100 percent of the yield from these taxes. Provides that three separate accounts shall be established in the Health Security Trust Fund: a Health Service Account, a Health Resources Development Account, and an Administration Account. Provides that in each of the first two years of the program operation, 2 percent of the Trust Fund shall be set aside for the Health Resources Development Fund; and the allocation shall increase by 1 percent at two-year intervals to 5 percent within the next 6 years. Provides for allocation of the Health Services account among the regions of the country. Provides that the allocation to each region shall be based on the aggregate sum expended during the most recent 12-month period for covered services (with appropriate modification for estimated changes in the consumer price index, the expected number of eligible beneficiaries, and estimated changes in the number of participating providers). Provides that the Board will divide the allocation to each region into funds available to pay: institutional services; physician services; dental services; furnishing of drugs; furnishing of devices, applications, and equipment; and miscellaneous services. Provides that payments for covered services provided to eligible persons by participating providers will be made from the Health Service Account in the Trust Fund. Describes the method to be used in applying, as between practitioners electing the various methods of payment fee for service, the monies available in each health service area for payment to each category of professional providers. Authorizes the Board to experiment with other methods of reimbursement so long as the experimental method does not increase the cost of service or lead to overutilization or underutilization of services. Provides that skilled nursing homes and home health agencies will be paid in the same manner as a general hospital (on an approved annual budget basis). Provides that a health maintenance organization will be paid for covered services, on the basis of a fixed capitation rate multiplied by the number of eligible enrollees. Contains a series of provisions for developing a continuous process of health service planning and for assisting in the recruitment, education, and training of health personnel. Authorizes special improvement grants: (1) to any public or other nonprofit health agency or institution to establish improved coordination and linkages with other providers of services, and (2) to organizations providing comprehensive ambulatory care to improve their utilization review, budget, statistical, or records and information retrieval systems, to acquire equipment needed for those purposes, or to acquire equipment useful for mass screening or for other diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. Sets forth the responsibilities and duties of the Secretary of HEW and the Board with regard to this title. Creates an administrative structure within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare with exclusive responsibility for administration of the Health Security program. Establishes a five-member full-time Health Security Board serving under the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Provides that the members shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, for five-year overlapping terms. Creates the position of an Executive Director, appointed by the Board with the approval of the Secretary. Provides that the Executive Director shall serve as secretary to the Board and shall perform such duties in the administration of the program as the Board assigns to him. Provides that the program will be administered through the regional offices of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Requires the establishment of sub-regional (service area) offices. Establishes a National Health Security Advisory Council, with the Chairman of the Board serving as the Council's Chairman and 20 additional members not in the employ of the Federal Government. Authorizes the Advisory Council to appoint professional or technical committees to assist in its functions. Provides that the Advisory Council will advise the Board on matters of general policy in the administration of the program, the formulation of regulations and the allocation of funds for services. Charges the Board with responsibility for informing the public and providers about the administration and operation of the Health Security program. Requires the Board to make a continuing study and evaluation of the program, including adequacy, quality and costs of services. Authorizes the Board directly or by contract to make detailed statistical and other studies on a national, regional, or local basis of any aspect of the title; to develop and test incentive systems for improving quality of care, methods of peer review of drug utilization and of other service performances; to develop and test systems of information retrieval, budget programs, instrumentation for multiphasic screening or patient services, reimbursement systems for drugs; and to make such other studies which it considers would improve the quality of services of administration of the program. Grants authority to the Board, in accordance with regulations, to make determinations of who are participating providers of services, determinations of eligibility, of whether services are covered, and the amount to be paid to providers. Allows a provider of services who is dissatisfied with a final Board determination to obtain a hearing before a Board panel, and judicial review of a final decision. Authorizes the Board, with the advice and assistance of the Commission on the Quality of Health Care, to issue and review regulations assuring the quality of care furnished under this Act. Requires continuing professional education by physicians, dentists, optometrists, and podiatrists. Provides for the appointment of a Deputy Secretary of HEW and an Under Secretary for Health and Science. States that no provision of this Act shall alter any contractual obligation of an employer to provide health services to his employees and their dependents. Title II: Health Security Taxes - Converts the existing Medicare hospital insurance payroll taxes into Health Security taxes, and raises the rates to 1 percent on employees and 3.5 percent on employers. Raises the wage base for the employee tax from the present $7,800 to $15,000 or, if higher 125 percent of the contribution and benefit base. Broadens the definitions of covered employment to include foreign agricultural workers, employees of the U.S. and its instrumentalities (other than members of the armed forces and the President, Vice-President, and Members of Congress), employees of charitable and similar organizations, railroad employees, and (for the employee tax only) employees of States and their political subdivisions and instrumentalities. Excludes from the gross income of employees, for income tax purposes, payment by their employers of part or all of the Health Security taxes on the employees. Spells out the precise effective dates of the new payroll tax provisions. Converts the existing Medicare self-employment tax into a Health Security self-employment tax, and raises the rate to 2.5 percent, and raises the maximum taxable self-employment income from $7,800 to $15,000. Adds a new 1 percent Health Security tax on unearned income (unless such income is less than $400 a year), subject to the same maximum on taxable income as is applicable to the employee and self-employment taxes. Title III: Commission on the Quality of Health Care - Establishes in the Department of HEW a Commission on the Quality of Health Care, with the primary responsibility of: (1) initiating and continuing development of methods of assessing the quality of health care furnished under the Health Security Act, and (2) submitting to the Secretary and the Health Security Board its findings and recommendations. Stipulates that in carrying out its duties the Commissioner shall emphasize, and give first consideration to, care furnished for those illnesses and conditions which have relatively high incidence in the population and which are relatively amenable to medical or other care. Title IV: Repeal or Amendment of Other Acts - Makes various conforming amendments to the medicare, medicaid, vocational rehabilitation, and Federal employees health benefits statutes to bring it into conformity with this Act. Requires that, after the effective date of benefits, no State shall be required to furnish any service covered under Health Security as a part of its State plan for participation under Medicaid, and that the Federal government will have no responsibility to reimburse any State for the cost of providing a service which is covered under Health Security. Provides that funds available under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act or the Maternal and Child Health title of the Social Security Act shall not be used to pay for personal health services after the effective date of benefits, except (to the extent prescribed in regulations by the Secretary of HEW) to pay for services which are more extensive than those covered under Health Security. Title V: Studies Related to Health Security - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Treasury to study the coverage of health services for U.S. residents in other countries. Directs the Secretary of HEW to study the feasibility and desirability of coordinating the Federal health benefit programs for merchant seamen, and Indians and Alaskan natives, and veterans and members of the Armed Forces, with the Health Security Benefit Program.
Bill· HRH.R. 15006 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1974
National Family Health Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish and administer the national family health protection program. Requires such program to provide every individual with the means of obtaining a basic health protection policy from a qualified company of his choice, in order to provide comprehensive health protection for himself and his family. Requires the Secretary to issue to each head of a family a certificate each year enabling him to purchase such a policy. Makes provisions in the income tax return for applying for such certificate. Requires such a policy to cover the reasonable cost of: inpatient hospital services, outpatient hospital services, extended care services, post-hospital extended care services, home health services, post-hospital home health services, medical care and other health services, and physician's services. Includes in the definition of such services the necessary drugs, supplies, x-ray and laboratory tests, and ambulance services. Sets forth stipulations for determining and adjusting the reasonable costs of such services. Prohibits payment under such a policy for items or services: which are not reasonable and necessary for diagnosis and treatment; which are paid for directly or indirectly by a governmental entity; which are not provided in the United States; which are for routine physical checkups; which are for custodial care; and which are for normal dental care. Limits full payment of hospital bed and board to 120 days, 80 percent during the next 120 days and 50 percent thereafter. Limits payments for home or office physician's visits to $5 per visit to the extent such visits exceed $50 per year. Defines a qualified insurance company. Provides that such companies may redeem an individual's health certificate by presenting them to the Secretary. Provides for the assignment of high risk families among such companies. Establishes the Health Protection Reserve Fund to make payments under this Act when an insurance company is unable to make such payments. Requires the insurance companies to make payments to the fund. Repeals the Medicare and Medicaid programs of the Social Security Act. Imposes a tax equal to 5 percent of a person's adjusted income tax in order to cover the costs of this program. Authorizes additional appropriations from time to time equal to such tax, as may be needed to cover the costs of such program.
Bill· HRH.R. 15012 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1974
Provides, under the Social Security Act, for the establishment and revision of Professional Standards Review Organization areas, such establishment and revision to take into account the recommendations of the doctors of medicine or osteopathy. States that final determinations in the establishment or revision of any Professional Standards Review Organization area shall be subject to review in a civil action commenced by any interested person. Directs the National Professional Standards Review Council to conduct a study for the purpose of evaluating whether, and under what conditions, organizations other than professional associations shall be allowed to perform review functions. Requires each Professional Standards Review Organization to assume responsibility for professional standards review of health care services furnished by or in institutions operated by the Public Health Service and the Veterans Administration in the area which it serves. Requires, in conjunction with such reviews, that procedures be developed whereby deficiencies shall be brought to the attention of administrators of the hospitals and other Federal institutions concerned. Calls for the consolidation of data and reports compiled under these provisions. Directs that criteria of health care shall be identified or developed by each Professional Standards Review Organization, giving due consideration to such criteria of care identified or developed by national medical speciality organizations. States that such criteria of care shall be used by the Professional Standards Review Organization as guides of care. Requires the National Professional Standards Review Council to provide for the distribution to each Professional Standards Review Organization, and to each other agency performing review functions, of appropriate materials indicating various guides being utilized in other geographical areas. Provides for protection of the confidentiality of medical records compiled under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 15004 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1974
Federal Medical Malpractice Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a system whereby a person who believes that he has been the victim of a wrongful or negligent act or omission on the part of a medical person or hospital can obtain swift economical adjudication of his claim, and under which the liability of medical persons and hospitals will be limited to an amount which is a fair approximation of the injury that may have been inflicted by the wrongful or negligent act or omission. Provides that after the one-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act any medical malpractice suit brought against: (1) any medical person who provides medical services the cost of which is paid for, in whole or in part, by money the source of which is, directly or indirectly, from Federal funds; or (2) any hospital or other health care facility that receives money the source of which is, directly or indirectly, from Federal funds, or that allows a medical person to provide medical care services to persons in the hospital or other health care facility; shall be brought only in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to establish medical zones and to establish a Federal Medical Malpractice Board in each zone. States that any medical malpractice suit to which this Act applies shall be filed with the Federal Medical Malpractice Board in the medical zone as in which the act may be filed only within the two-year period beginning on the date such act or omission occurred. Stipulates that, with respect to each medical malpractice suit filed with each Board, the Board shall determine and make a finding of fact and make an award for or against payment of recovery, according to a compensation schedule after a full and complete hearing and only upon the evidence adduced at that hearing. Directs the Secretary to establish a compensation schedule for each board which will indicate the amount of the award to be given in the case of death or injury resulting from a wrongful or negligent act or omission of a medical person or hospital. States that in the case of injury resulting in partial disability actual awards shall be computed on the percentage of the disability or injury multiplied times the amount shown on the compensation schedule for such injury or disability. Provides that in no case shall the actual award exceed the amount shown on the compensation schedule for such injury, disability, or death.
Bill· HRH.R. 14973 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1974
Hemophilia Act - Provides that any individual suffering from hemophilia may file a claim for benefits under this Act with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in such form and containing such information as he may reasonably require. States that benefits under this Act shall be paid to, or on behalf of a claimant, in an amount equal to 100 percent of the actual cost of providing blood, blood products, and services associated with the treatment of hemophilia, less: (1) amounts payable by third parties (including governmental agencies), and (2) amounts determined by the Secretary (in accordance with this Act) to be payable by the individual suffering from hemophilia. Authorizes to be appropriated for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 1973, and ending June 30, 1976, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act. Directs the Secretary to provide for the establishment of no less than fifteen new centers for the diagnosis and treatment of individuals suffering from hempophilia. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this section $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $15,000,000 for the fiscal year year ending June 30, 1976. Provides that the Secretary shall establish a program within the Public Health Service to provide for diagnosis, treatment, and counseling of individuals suffering from hemophilia. States that such program shall be made available through the facilities of the Public Health Service to any individual requesting diagnosis, treatment, or counseling for hemophilia. Permits the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities, and to enter into contracts with public and private entities and individuals to establish blood fractionation centers, for the purpose of fractionating and making available for distribution blood and blood products, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary to hemophilia treatment and diagnostic centers. Authorizes to be appropriated $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976 for this purpose. Establishes in the National Institutes of Health a National Hemophilia Advisory Board to be composed of twenty members. States that it shall be the function of the Board to: (1) establish guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of persons suffering from hemophilia; and (2) submit a report to the President for transmittal to the Congress not later than January 31 of each year on the scope of actions conducted under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 14947 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1974
Medicare Long-Term Care Act - Establishes, under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (Medicare), 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 the States. Lists criteria for eligibility for long-term care service benefits. Provides that the benefits provided to an individual by 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. Enumerates the requirements for a State long-term care agency. Provides for the payment of premiums for benefits received under this Act. Establishes on the books of the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the Federal Long-Term Care Trust Fund. Creates a body to be known as the Board of Trustees, composed of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, all ex officio. States that the Secretary of the Treasury shall be the Managing Trustee of the Board of Trustees and that the Commissioner of Social Security shall serve as the Secretary of the Board of Trustees. Provides that the Board of Trustees shall meet not less frequently than once each calendar year. Enumerates the duties of the Board of Trustees. Declares that a community long-term care center shall: (1) provide the items and services listed in this Act to each individual (i) who is eligible for benefits under this part, (ii) who resides in the area served by such center and (iii) 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 periodically evaluate 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 individuals in its service area who are eligible for benefits under this part, 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) performs such other functions as the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may by regulation prescribe in order to have such center most effectively carry out the purposes of this Act. Provides a formula for payments to States for the reimbursement of community long-term care centers. 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 withn 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 him. Provides for increases in supplemental security income benefits.
Bill· HRH.R. 14934 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1974
Arthritis Prevention Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act - Makes it the purpose of this Act to establish: (1) a long-range plan to expand and coordinate the national research, treatment, and control effort against arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases; (2) centers for arthritis prevention, research, screening, early detection, training, treatment, and rehabilitation programs; and (3) programs to develop new and improved methods of arthritis screening and early detection and to establish a central arthritis screening and early detection data bank. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish a National Commission on Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. Specifies the composition, duties, and powers of the Commission. States that the Commission shall formulate a long-range plan to combat arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases with specific recommendations for the utilization and organization of national resources for that purpose. States that the plan shall include a plan for a coordinated research program encompassing existing and proposed Federal, non-Federal and local programs. Enumerates investigations, studies, and programs to be carried out under such plan. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out the above purposes. Establishes within the National Institute on Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases the position of Associate Director for Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. States that the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall establish an Inter-Institute Arthritis and Related Diseases Coordinating Committee to better coordinate research activities relating to arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases. Provides for the development, establishment, construction, and operation of arthritis research and training centers. Specifies the purposes to be achieved by such research and training programs. Provides for the geographical distribution, operational support, and evaluation of such research and training centers. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977 for the establishment of such centers. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish and support arthritis screening, early detection, prevention, and control demonstration programs. Specifies the purpose of such programs. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977 for the establishment and support of such programs. Requires the Secretary to establish the Arthritis Screening and Detection Data Bank as soon as practicable after the enactment of this Act. Provides that not less than $500,000 of the sums appropriated to the National Institutes of Health to carry out the purposes of this Act shall be obligated for basic and clinical orthopedic research conducted or supported by the National Institute on Arthritis, Rheumatism, and Metabolic Diseases.
Bill· HRH.R. 14930 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1974
Comprehensive Health Manpower Act - Title I: Loan Guarantees for Construction for Replacement or Remodeling of Teaching Facilities - Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may guarantee loans to eligible entities for approved projects for the construction of private nonprofit schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, or podiatry, other than for the construction or expansion of buildings, during the period from July 1, 1974 to June 30, 1977. Waives the present requirement for such loans regarding the maintenance or increase of student enrollment when a loan application contains assurances that the teaching facility maintain an enrollment, for a specified period, which is not less than the enrollment during fiscal year 1973. Revises the loan guarantee provisions regarding assistance to nonprofit private schools of nursing and the eligibility requirements therefor. Title II: Capitation Grants, Start-Up Assistance and National Priority Incentive Awards - Sets forth a method for computing the amount of the annual grant to each school with an approved application, providing that each school of medicine, osteopathy, and dentistry shall receive for the fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977, $1,500, $1,250 and $1,000 respectively, for each full-time student enrolled. Reapportions the appropriations for such grants and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1975-1977. Revises the provisions for national priority incentive awards relating to: (1) family practice residency grants; and (2) graduate training in shortage specialties. Title III: Special Projects, Health Manpower Education Incentive Awards, and Financial Distress Grants - Provides for the consolidation of the special project and education incentive award appropriations authorizations. Extends the financial distress grant program for the next three fiscal years, and makes schools of pharmacy ineligible for such program. Title IV: Student Assistance - Provides for preadmission and followup assistance to the disadavantaged, including the payment to them of such stipends as the Secretary deems appropriate. Extends the Federal capital contributions to student loan funds through fiscal year 1980 (formerly through fiscal year 1977). Makes the direct loan interest rate equivalent to the insured loan interest rate by increasing it to 7 percent. Title V: Effective Date - States that this Act is effective with respect to appropriations for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1974, with specified exceptions.
Bill· HRH.R. 14926 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1974
Arthritis Prevention Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act - Makes it the purpose of this Act to establish: (1) a long-range plan to expand and coordinate the national research, treatment, and control effort against arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases; (2) centers for arthritis prevention, research, screening, early detection, training, treatment, and rehabilitation programs; and (3) programs to develop new and improved methods of arthritis screening and early detection and to establish a central arthritis screening and early detection data bank. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish a National Commission on Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. Specifies the composition, duties, and powers of the Commission. States that the Commission shall formulate a long-range plan to combat arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases with specific recommendations for the utilization and organization of national resources for that purpose. States that the plan shall include a plan for a coordinated research program encompassing existing and proposed Federal, non-Federal and local programs. Enumerates investigations, studies, and programs to be carried out under such plan. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out the above purposes. Establishes within the National Institute on Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases the position of Associate Director for Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. States that the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall establish an Inter-Institute Arthritis and Related Diseases Coordinating Committee to better coordinate research activities relating to arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases. Provides for the development, establishment, construction, and operation of arthritis research and training centers. Specifies the purposes to be achieved by such research and training programs. Provides for the geographical distribution, operational support, and evaluation of such research and training centers. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977 for the establishment of such centers. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish and support arthritis screening, early detection, prevention, and control demonstration programs. Specifies the purpose of such programs. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977 for the establishment and support of such programs. Requires the Secretary to establish the Arthritis Screening and Detection Data Bank as soon as practicable after the enactment of this Act. Provides that not less than $500,000 of the sums appropriated to the National Institutes of Health to carry out the purposes of this Act shall be obligated for basic and clinical orthopedic research conducted or supported by the National Institute on Arthritis, Rheumatism, and Metabolic Diseases.
Bill· HRH.R. 14910 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1974
Brown Lung Benefits Act - Provides benefits for sufferers from byssinosis. Defines the term "byssinosis" to mean a chronic dust disease of the lung arising out of employment in a textile plant. Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the regulations promulgated by him under this Act, make payments of benefits with respect to the total disability of any textile worker due to byssinosis, and to the death of any such worker whose death was due to byssinosis. Asserts that the Secretary shall, by regulation, prescribe standards for determining whether a textile worker is totally disabled due to byssinosis and for determining whether the death of a textile worker was due to byssinosis. Provides that such regulations shall be promulgated and published in the Federal Register at the earliest practicable date after the date of enactment of this Act, and in no event later than the end of the third month following the month in which the Act is enacted. Provides that such regulations may be modified or additional regulations promulgated from time to time thereafter. Provides that benefit payments shall be made by the Secretary as follows: (1) in the case of total disability of a textile worker due to byssinosis, the disabled worker shall be paid benefits during the disability at a rate equal to 50 percent of the minimum monthly payment to which a Federal employee in grade GS-2, who is totally disabled is entitled; (2) in the case of death of a textile worker due to byssinosis or of a textile worker receiving benefits under this Act, benefits shall be paid to his widow (if any) at the rate the deceased worker would receive such benefits if he were totally disabled; and (3) in the case of an individual entitled to benefit payments who has one or more dependents, the benefit payments shall be increased at the rate of 50 percent of such benefit payments, if such individual has one dependent, 75 percent if such individual has two dependents, and 100 percent if such individual has three or more dependents. States that nothing in this Act shall relieve any operator of a textile plant of the duty to comply with any State workmen's compensation law, except insofar as such State law is in conflict with the provisions of this Act and the Secretary, by regulation, so prescribes. Provides that the provisions of any State workmen's compensation law which provides greater benefits than the benefits payable under this Act shall not thereby be construed or held to be in conflict with the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to issue such regulations as he deems appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Act. Provides that, within one hundred and twenty days following the convening of each session of Congress, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress an annual report upon the subject matter of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 14931 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1974
National Health Service Corps Amendments - Extends the authorization of appropriations for the National Health Service Corps through the next three fiscal years, in such sums as may be necessary. Authorizes the making of grants to facilitate the providing of health services in manpower-shortage areas, for the costs of establishing medical practice management systems, and for the costs of acquiring supplies or equipment pursuant to the Public Health Service Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 14911 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1974
Includes, under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, breast prosthesis among the items and services for which payment may be made under the present supplementary medical insurance program of such Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 14890 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1974
Reduces specified deductible payments by patients for treatment under the uniformed services health benefits program. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1079 (b))
Bill· HRH.R. 14896 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1974
Sets forth the minimum amount of benefits which must be in dispute, under the supplementary medical insurance program of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, before a hearing or judicial review may be granted a claimant in appeal of a decision of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.