Healthcare

A bill to amend the Social Security Act to permit American Samoa to establish a medicaid program.

United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1982

Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Act to provide for Medicaid in American Samoa.

A bill to provide that the Federal Trade Commission shall not have any authority to investigate or regulate the health professions.

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1982

States that the Federal Trade Commission shall not have any authority to investigate or regulate health professionals or any association of health professionals. Provides that the antitrust authority of the Attorney General shall remain unaffected.

A joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to issue a proclamation designating the month of January, 1983 as National Cerebral Palsy Month.

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1982

Requests the President to designate January 1983 as National Cerebral Palsy Month.

projet de loi modifiant la loi n° 191 du 24 avril 1944 et certaines dispositions du code de la santé publique relatives à l'exercice de la profession de sage-femme

France · Senate · 17 February 1982

Einsparungen der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung bei Industriebezug der Arzneimittel; Höhe der Handelsspanne des Großhandels bzw. der Arznei-Taxe der Apotheken und der Werbungskosten der pharmazeutischen Industrie (G-SIG: 09045320)

Germany · German Bundestag · 12 February 1982

Neuregelung des Arbeitgeberbeitrags zur gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung nach dem Urteil des Bundessozialgerichts zur Orientierung der Beitragssätze an den Pflichtkassen (G-SIG: 09045322)

Germany · German Bundestag · 12 February 1982

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to conduct studies and demonstration projects to develop incentives for economy in the administration of the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services while maintaining or improving the quality of health and medical care available under such programs.

United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1982

Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct studies and demonstration projects to streamline the administration of the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS). Authorizes appropriations.

Community Home Health Services Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982

Community Home Health Services Act of 1982 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities and loans to proprietary entities to establish and operate home health programs, including professional and paraprofessional training. Limits such grants and loans to areas without adequate services, including inadequate transportation services. Sets forth assistance priority factors. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983-1984. Requires the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees by January 1, 1984. Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to expand home health care coverage, including coverage for homemaker-home health services, nonprofit hospitals, and transportation. Revises related payment provisions. Directs the Secretary to: (1) analyze and make recommendations regarding alternative reimbursement methods for home health services; (2) implement the most cost effective method within 180 days; (3) carry out reimbursement demonstration projects and report to the Congress by January 1, 1984, and (4) investigate Medicare and Medicaid fraud and report to the Congress within 18 months. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a tax credit for households with qualifying dependents receiving home health care services. Limits such tax credit to 1983-1984. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report to Congress by September 30, 1984, regarding the number of such credits taken and their effect on tax revenues.

Brown Lung Benefits and Prevention Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982

Brown Lung Benefits and Prevention Act of 1982 - Provides brown lung benefits to individuals who are totally disabled and surviving dependents of such individuals when existing State worker's compensation laws are inadequate (as determined by the Secretary of Labor). Sets forth a benefits entitlement schedule. Requires claims under this Act to be filed within four years of a medical determination of brown lung disability. Requires survivors' claims to be filed within four years after enactment of this Act, or three years after the date of death, whichever is later. States that an employer shall be liable for the securing of employees benefits equal to or greater than those provided by this Act, including acquiring insurance or qualifying as a self-insurer under specified conditions. Makes an employer liable to the United States for nonpayment of benefits paid on his or her behalf by the Secretary (as required by this Act). Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts for employment-related respiratory and pulmonary research. Authorizes appropriations.

Comprehensive Medicare Reform Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1982

Comprehensive Medicare Reform Act of 1982 - Title I: Amendments to Part A (Hospital and Inpatient Services) - Amends Part A (Hospital and Inpatient Services) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate limits on inpatient hospital services. Eliminates the deductible and coinsurance for inpatient hospital services and post-hospital extended care services furnished in a skilled nursing facility. Increases payments for emergency hospital services. Title II: Amendments to Part B (Supplementary Medical Assistance) - Includes preventive health services, routine physical checkups, eyeglasses and eye examinations, hearing aids and hearing examinations, immunizations, drugs and biologicals, orthopedic shoes and supportive devices for the feet, and certain dental services as items or services provided under part B (Supplementary Medical Assistance) of title XVIII. Expands the chiropractic and optometric services available under part B. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) provide for the determination from time to time of a product price list; and (2) establish dispensing fees. Increases the amount of expenses for covered services paid for from 80 to 90 percent. Increases the reimbursement available for outpatient mental disorders. Revises the determination of the prevailing charge level used in determining the reasonable charge. Title III: Funding and Effective Date - Appropriates amounts necessary to make payments for the increased services provided under this Act. Sets forth effective date provisions.

A bill to provide for medicare coverage of influenza vaccine and its administration.

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1982

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for the influenza vaccine and its administration.

Darstellung der Neuregelung in der Krankenversicherung der Rentner durch den Verband der privaten Krankenversicherung eV (G-SIG: 09045385)

Germany · German Bundestag · 5 February 1982

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the rights of residents in certain health care facilities.

United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1982

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the rights of residents in nursing and intermediate care facilities.

A resolution disapproving the action of the Council of the District of Columbia approving the Natural Death Act of 1981.

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1982

Expresses the disapproval of the House of Representatives of the District of Columbia's Natural Death Act of 1981.

Förderung unabhängiger Institute für die Strukturforschung im Gesundheitswesen (G-SIG: 09045036)

Germany · German Bundestag · 29 January 1982

A concurrent resolution disapproving the action of the Council of the District of Columbia approving the Natural Death Act of 1981.

United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1982

Expresses the disapproval of the House of Representatives of the District of Columbia's Natural Death Act of 1981.

A bill to amend the Social Security Act to place Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands on the same basis as States for the purpose of payment under the medicaid program.

United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1982

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) and part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to place Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands on the same basis as States in regard to payment under the Medicaid program.

A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to establish a temporary program under which heroin would be made available through qualified hospital pharmacies for the relief of pain of cancer patients.

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1982

Amends the Controlled Substances Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a temporary heroin program under which confiscated heroin shall be made available to pharmacies of qualified hospitals for dispensing to cancer patients for the relief of pain. Sets forth application requirements for such program for qualified hospitals designed to protect against the diversion of distributed heroin into illicit channels. Authorizes the Secretary to import opium to manufacture heroin, if amounts confiscated are insufficient to meet the needs of qualified hospitals. Amends specified provisions of law to conform to provisions of this Act. Requires the Secretary to report to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources within specified time periods on the activities under the temporary heroin program. Requires the Director of the National Cancer Institute to secure an exemption from the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for heroin to be used in certain investigations by the Institute.