Healthcare

Military Health Care System Reform Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1979

Military Health Care System Reform Act of 1979 - Directs the Secretary of Defense, in each geographic region, to appoint a civilian as the military health care administrator for such region to: (1) coordinate the budgeting, planning, programming, and evaluation of all activities of the military health care system within the region; (2) coordinate the allocation of all resources of such system in the region; and (3) designate a catchment area for each major medical facility in the region. Requires such administrators to consult with each other and with health systems agencies to coordinate common health planning and resource allocation in the area. Stipulates that each member of the armed forces who is on active duty and each member of a uniformed service on active duty (upon the member's request) shall be enrolled in the military health care system. Authorizes the enrollment of members or former members of the uniformed services who are entitled to retired or retainer pay and their dependents into such system. Entitles such individuals to medical or dental care at uniformed services medical facilities on a space or staff available basis except that no such enrollee may be denied or limited in treatment at a major military health care facility by reason of the lack of capability of the medical or dental staff at the facility. Directs the Secretary of Defense to issue identification cards to enrollees identifying: (1) the nature of that person's entitlement to medical or dental benefits; and (2) the catchment area of the major military health care facility in which that person resides. Directs each such major facility to establish a program to provide all primary care services for enrollees residing in the facility's catchment area and to provide or arrange for the provision of all other necessary medical or dental care that such a person may require. Sets forth requirements which the Secretary of Defense is to follow in developing the budgets for medical and dental care for each of the military departments. Directs the Secretary to take steps to enable military health care facilities to maximize the efficient training and use of physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and similar practitioners at such facilities. Authorizes the officer or surgeon in charge of a military health care facility to permit private practitioners to provide care for enrollees at such facility. Sets forth the method of paying private physicians performing such services. Entitles military medical professionals to special incentive payments. Stipulates that funds for such payments shall be taken from any budgetary excess of the major military health care facility to which the individual is assigned. Directs the Secretary to establish standards for assessing the performance of military medical professionals in controlling the cost of medical and dental care at the facility to which they are assigned. Directs the Secretary to provide for the recovery of payments for the provision of military medical or dental care from any third-party insurer of the individual receiving such care.

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to emergency inpatient hospital services furnished outside the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1979

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize payment to an individual entitled to hospital insurance benefits under the medicare program for emergency inpatient hospital services furnished outside the United States if such hospital was closer to, or substantially more accessible from, the place at which the emergency occurred than the nearest adequately equipped hospital within the United States.

Pregnant Women's Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1979

Pregnant Women's Assistance Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants for projects to counsel pregnant women on their legal rights, benefits, and services available for caring for the child.

Nurse Training Amendments of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1979

Title I: Nurse Training - Nurse Training Amendments of 1979 - Amends title VIII of the Public Health Service Act to extend the assistance program for nurse training and students, generally at current levels of authorization through fiscal year 1980. Increases and extends the authorization for special project grants and contracts for nurse training programs from $15,000,000 per fiscal year to $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1979 and 1980. Establishes a new assistance program for training nurse anesthetists. Authorizes appropriations of $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1979 and $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1980 for such purpose. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to: (1) arrange for the conduct of a study, either with the National Academy of Sciences (if such body agrees) or with another public or nonprofit private entity (if the Academy declines), to determine the need to continue a specific Federal assistance program for nursing education, taking into account specified factors; and (2) report to Congress on such study by October 1, 1979. Title II: Other Health Professions Programs - Amends title VII of the Public Health Service Act (Health Research and Teaching Facilities and Training of Professional Health Personnel) to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to increase the ceiling on federally insured loans in any academic year to a medical student in a school of medicine, osteopathy, or dentistry from $10,000 to $15,000 upon a determination that educational costs require such increase. Increases the aggregate insured unpaid principal amount for all such insured loans made to any such borrower from $50,000 to $60,000. Authorizes the Secretary to defer the date used with respect to service requirements for National Health Service Corps scholarships for students of medicine, osteopathy, or dentistry for a period longer than the current three-year limit for such deferment. Exempts a medical or osteopathic school participating in an area health education center program from the requirement that such school conduct a program for training physician assistants or nurse practitioners which emphasizes enrolling individuals from the area served by the center of the program, if another school participating in the same program meets such requirement. Increases from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000 the sums which may be obligated for schools of medicine and other types of health care which are financially distressed or unaccredited, from the total authorizations for start-up assistance, financial distress training, and curriculum development of medical schools. Amends the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976 to extend authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1981 for certain area health education programs which were funded under the Public Health Service Act.

Child Health Assurance Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1979

Child Health Assurance Act of 1979 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require the State plan for medical assistance required by such title to provide for making medical assistance available to: (1) any individual who is under the age of 18 and, at the option of the State, to any individual over the age of 17 and under 21, if the individual is a member of a family eligible for aid under the program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children and does not exceed specified income standards; and (2) any woman for a period of her pregnancy and for 60 days following the termination of her pregnancy who on the basis of resources is eligible for aid under the program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children and whose income does not exceed specified standards. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a national child health assurance program (CHAP) income standard for the purpose of establishing the eligibility of, and extent of medical assistance provided to, certain children and pregnant women. Sets the national CHAP income standard at two-thirds of the nonfarm income official poverty line. Defines the services to be made available to pregnant women and eligible individuals under age 21 pursuant to this Act. Requires each State plan for medical assistance under the Medicaid program to provide, in the case of any individual under 21 who has received a timely periodic child health assessment, all care and services available under such program and referral for care and services not available under Medicaid. Sets forth standards of the "child health assessment" required by this Act. States that the health care provider performing such assessment must agree to perform such basic diagnostic and treatment services as an assessment shows to be necessary, or to refer a beneficiary to an appropriate provider for such services, and to provide beneficiaries with routine dental care. Requires such a provider to be reasonably accessible on a continuing basis to beneficiaries whom it has assessed. Stipulates that for individuals under 21 who have received a timely health assessment no enrollment fee or charge for any service will be imposed. Provides for the payment of a percentage of the cost of a State child health assessment program by the Federal Government. Requires each State plan under the Medicaid program to develop a plan to implement a CHAP. Directs the Secretary to establish performance standards for CHAP's. Sets forth penalties for States which fail to comply with such standards. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on each State's CHAP. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the coordination of health care services to children under: (1) the CHAP program and under title XIX; and (2) title V (Maternal and Child Health and Crippled Children's Services) and title XIX of the Social Security Act. Requires the Secretary: (1) to study and conduct demonstration projects in order to evaluate the participation of health care providers in CHAP's and methods of improving their level of participation in these programs; and (2) to develop and carry out experiments and demonstration projects designed to determine the effect of payment on a capitation basis for child health assessments and other services provided under CHAP's upon the level of participation and performance of such providers in these programs. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on such studies. Stipulates that certain individuals will remain eligible for Medicaid by disregarding specified involuntary increases in benefits, compensation, the pensions provided under specified Federal laws. Stipulates that certain individuals under the age of 21 shall remain eligible for Medicaid while inmates in certain juvenile institutions.

An act to extend for three fiscal years the authorizations of appropriations under section 789 and title XII of the Public Health Service Act relating to emergency medical services, to revise and improve the authorities for assistance under such title XII, to increase the authorizations of appropriations and revise and improve the authorities for assistance under part B of title XI of such Act for sudden infant death syndrome counseling and information projects, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1979

Emergency Medical Services Systems Amendments of 1979 - Amends title VII (Health Research and Teaching Facilities and Training of Professional Health Personnel) and title XII (Emergency Medical Services Systems) of the Public Health Service Act to extend authorization of appropriations for assistance for: (1) emergency medical service systems (including grants for planning, initial operation, and expansion and improvement) in the following amounts: $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1980, $43,000,000 for fiscal year 1981, and $46,000,000 for fiscal year 1982; (2) research in emergency medical services in the following amounts: $3,200,000 for fiscal year 1980, $3,500,000 for fiscal year 1981, and $3,800,000 for fiscal year 1982; (3) programs relating to burn injuries in the amount of $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1980 through 1982; and (4) training in emergency medical services in the amount of $10,000,000 (the current level) for each of fiscal years 1980 through 1982.

Medicare Home Health Amendments of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1979

Medicare Home Health Amendments of 1979 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove the 100 visit limitation presently applicable to home health services under such title. Includes occupational therapy as a home health service. Permits a physician's assistant or nurse practitioner, who is supervised by a physician, to establish a plan of care for a home health patient living in a rural area. Eliminates prior hospitalization as a condition for receiving home health services. Requires home health aides to complete a training program developed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Requires each home health agency to submit a bimonthly bill which lists all services provided each individual receiving services from such agency. Directs the Secretary to: (1) designate regional agencies to monitor home health agency costs; (2) establish guidelines to be used in determining the reasonable cost of home health services; (3) monitor the costs of home health services; (4) report to Congress on the frequency of use of home health services by individuals eligible for Medicare benefits; and (5) establish demonstration projects to test the effectiveness of agency or multiagency utilization review committees in ensuring the medical necessity, cost efficiency, and appropriate use of home health services.

Consumer Patient Radiation Health and Safety Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1979

Consumer-Patient Radiation Health and Safety Act of 1979 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate: (1) Federal radiation guidance with respect to consumer-patient radiation matters directly or indirectly affecting public health; (2) guidelines regarding medical and dental exposure to consumer-patients; and (3) criteria and guidelines with respect to: (A) the application of diagnostic X-rays to consumer-patients; and (B) the therapeutic application of radiation to consumer-patients; and (C) the application of radiation to consumer-patients in the treatment of disease. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to promulgate voluntary minimum standards for: (1) the accreditation of educational institutions conducting education programs in radiologic services; and (2) the licensure of radiologic technologists. Directs the Secretary to provide assistance to States in establishing programs to achieve the purposes of this Act. Stipulates that such assistance shall include model laws and may include educational curriculum and teaching aids. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to educational programs accredited under this Act, States, professional organizations, and State radiation protection agencies to carry out the purposes of this Act. Provides for Federal agency compliance with standards promulgated under this Act.

A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to make assistance available under the medicaid program for patients in mental institutions without regard to their age (instead of only for those patients in such institutions who are under 22 or over 65 as at present).

United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1979

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to eliminate all age restrictions presently applicable to individuals applying for inpatient psychiatric hospital service benefits under the Medicaid program.

A bill to extend through October 1, 1979, provisions which expired on October 1, 1978, relating to payment under the Social Security Act for services of physicians rendered in a teaching hospital.

United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1979

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend for one year, until October 1, 1979, the period of time during which the services of physicians in teaching hospitals will be included as inpatient hospital services under that title.

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include as a home health service, nutritional counseling provided by or under the supervision of a registered dietitian.

United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1979

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for nutritional counseling as part of the home health services provided under the supplementary medical insurance program.

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act for the purpose of including community mental health centers among the entities which may be qualified providers of service for medicare purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1979

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to include services by a community mental health center among the benefits provided under such title for up to: (1) 25 outpatient visits per year; and (2) 60 partial hospitalization visits per year. Stipulates that in determining the 190-day limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services under the Medicare program, one day shall be included for every three partial hospitalization visits to a community mental health center. Sets forth the conditions and limitations on payments for community mental health center services.

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for services which may be performed by a dentist on the same basis as presently allowed for physicians under the medicare program, and to authorize payment under such program for all inpatient hospital services furnished in connection with dental procedures requiring hospitalization.

United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1979

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage under the Medicare program for: (1) all services performed by a dentist which would be covered if performed by a physician; and (2) inpatient hospital services furnished because of the security of the dental procedure.

Diabetes Research and Training Amendments and National Diabetes Advisory Board Extension Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1979

Diabetes Research and Training Amendments and National Diabetes Advisory Board Extension Act of 1979 - Amends title IV of the Public Health Service Act (National Research Institutes) to redesignate the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases and the Advisory Council to such Institute as the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, Diabetes, and Digestive Diseases and the National Arthritis, Metabolism, Diabetes, and Digestive Diseases Advisory Council. Establishes within the Advisory Council separate subcommittees on diabetes, arthritis, digestive diseases, and kidney diseases. Directs these subcommittees to: (1) review applications made to the Director of the Institute for research projects relating to such diseases and make recommendations to the Advisory Council; and (2) review and evaluate programs directed at such diseases. Establishes within the Institute the position of Associate Director for Diabetes. Sets forth the duties of the Associate Director, including: (1) having primary responsibility for all diabetes-mellitus-related activities supported or conducted by the National Institutes of Health; (2) providing information to public and private agencies with respect to such activities; and (3) reporting and making recommendations to the Director of the National Institutes of Health with respect to other enumerated functions. Extends the authorization of appropriations for diabetes research and training centers in the following amounts: $14,000,000 for fiscal year 1981, $17,000,000 for fiscal year 1982, and $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1983 through 1985. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to provide from such amounts up to ten training stipends through each center in any fiscal year. Eliminates as an ex officio member of the National Diabetes Advisory Board the Secretary of Defense or his designee; and adds as such a member the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development or his designee. Revises the terms of appointed members of the Board. Directs the Board to amend the Diabetes Plan (formulated by the National Commission on Diabetes under the National Diabetes Mellitus Research and Education Act) as is necessary to insure its continuing relevance. Extends the current level of authorizations for the purposes of the Board ($300,000 per fiscal year) through fiscal year 1985. Extends the expiration date of the Board from September 30, 1980, to September 30. 1985.

A bill to require that skilled nursing homes furnishing services under the medicare and medicaid programs be adequately equipped with wheelchairs and other appropriate equipment and supplies.

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1979

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require that skilled nursing facilities be adequately equipped with wheelchairs and other appropriate equipment and supplies.

Community Mental Health Assistance Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1979

Community Mental Health Assistance Act of 1979 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to include among the services provided under such title: (1) outpatient services by community mental health centers for up to 25 visits per year; and (2) partial hospitalization services by a community mental health center for up to 60 visits per year. Stipulates that the 190 days of inpatient psychiatric hospital services to which an individual is entitled under title XVIII during a lifetime shall be reduced by one day for every three partial hospitalization visits to a community mental health center. Sets forth the conditions of and limitations on payments for community mental health center services, including criteria for utilization review plans of community mental health centers and transfer agreements between hospitals and community mental health centers. Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to include among the benefits which may be provided under such Act partial hospitalization services and outpatient services furnished by a community mental health center.

Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1979

Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1979 - Amends the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevent, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act of 1970 to provide that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall consult with the Executive Director of the Domestic Council before appointing the Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). Allows the Director of the NIAAA, when authorized by the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, to obtain the services of up to 100 experts or consultants who have scientific or professional qualifications. Redesignates the Interagency Committee on Federal Activities for Alcohol Abuse as the Interdepartmental Committee on Federal Activities for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Directs such Committee, in addition to the functions required by current law, to monitor, in cooperation with the Institute, the establishment and operation of occupational alcoholism and alcohol abuse prevention and treatment programs among Federal contractors. Stipulates that the Committee membership of specified Federal departments, as provided by current law, shall include representation with policy level authority. Directs the Committee to report biennially on Federal activities relating to the problems of alcohol and the prevalence of occupational programs among Federal contractors. Directs the Secretary to establish an Intradepartmental Committee on Departmental Activities on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to evaluate departmental policies, programs, and activities related to alcoholism and alcohol abuse. Makes Federal civilian employees' families eligible for alcoholism programs and services developed by the Office of Personnel Management. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Institute, to develop a variety of model occupational programs for replication in different types of business concerns and State and local government entities. Extends the authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1982 for Federal assistance for State and local programs dealing with alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Directs the Secretary, on the request of any State, to provide technical assistance for specified purposes, including systems of data collection, program management, accountability, and evaluation, and accreditation of treatment facilities and personnel. Makes certain revisions with respect to the State Plans which are required for participation in the Federal assistance program, including that such a Plan provides assurance that the State agency will develop occupational programs, and that the State evaluate other programs within the State which deal with alcohol-related problems. Extends the authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1982 for Federal assistance to States under the Uniform Alcoholism and Intoxication Treatment Act. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct demonstration and evaluation projects, with a high priority on prevention and early intervention projects in occupational and educational settings and on modified community living and workcare arrangements. Extends the authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1982 for project grants and contracts, but stipulates that at least eight percent of such sums must go to preventive programs. Establishes a new grant program for demonstration and implementation of insurance regulations to treat alcoholism and alcohol abuse equivalently with other chronic health conditions. Prohibits discrimination against alcoholic abusers and alcoholics, solely because of their alcohol abuse or alcoholism, by any service-related facility which receives Federal funds. Includes within the program of research which the Secretary is directed to carry out under current law, the social causes of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Stipulates that grants for research projects are to be made with particular emphasis on the relationship between alcohol abuse and domestic violence, the effects of alcohol during pregnancy, and the relationship between the abuse of alcohol and other drugs. Extends the authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1982 for research related to the problems of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Makes certain revisions with respect to the National Alcohol Research Centers, including: (1) the extension of research to biomedical, behavioral, and social issues related to alcoholism; (2) the requirement that Centers have the capacity to conduct courses for nursing, social work, and other specialized graduate students, and programs of continuing education; and (3) the stipulation that the Secretary not designate new Centers if such designation will dilute the funding of existing Centers. Extends the authorization of appropriations for such Centers through fiscal year 1982.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the 10-year citizenship requirement for eligibility for veterans' health care benefits for lawful permanent residents of the United States who were members of the Armed Forces of Czechoslovakia or Poland during World War I or World War II and to extend such benefits to lawful permanent residents of the United States who were members of the Armed Forces of Russia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic, Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania during either such war.

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1979

Provides that certain persons who served in allied forces during World War I or World War II must be permanent United States residents in order to receive specified veterans' health and medical benefits (presently such persons must have been U.S. citizens for at least ten years). Enlarges the category of such allied forces to include the armed forces of Russia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Limits the requirement of providing a French or British certification of military service to those persons who served in the Polish or Czechoslovakian armed forces.

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of certain psychologists' services under the supplementary medical insurance benefits program established by part B of such title.

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1979

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for certain clinical psychologists' services under the supplemental medical insurance program.

A bill for the relief of certain hospitals and health-care facilities.

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1979

Relieves hospitals and health-care facilities in Health, Education, and Welfare Department Region IV of Medicare payments made in adherence with a policy issued and later reversed by the Atlantic Regional Office of the Bureau of Health Insurance.

A bill to require that imported meat and meat food products made in whole or in part of imported meat be subjected to certain tests and that such meat or products to be labeled "imported" at all stages of distribution until delivery to the final consumer; to require that the cost of conducting such tests, inspections, and identification procedures on imported meat and meat food products be borne by the exporters of such articles; to require certain eating establishments, which serve imported meat, to inform customers of this fact; and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1979

Title I: Meat Labeling and Inspection - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require the labeling as imported of any imported meat or meat product which is capable of use as human food, or its container. Requires that such product: (1) meet the same health standards as domestically produced products; and (2) be tested in the exporting country. Requires periodic tests of such products in the United States by the Department of Agriculture as well. Requires certain eating establishments serving imported meat to inform customers of this fact.

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of certain psychologists' services under the supplementary medical insurance benefits program established by part B of such title.

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1979

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for certain clinical psychologists' services under the supplemental medical insurance program.

A joint resolution authorizing the President to proclaim September 8 of each year as National Cancer Prevention Day.

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1979

Authorizes and requests the President to designate September 8 of each year as "National Cancer Prevention Day."

A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to clarify the scope of its coverage.

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Amends the National Labor Relations Act to include within the definition of "professional employees" for the purposes of such Act any intern, resident, fellow, or other trainee in a professional training program who receives compensation for work performed in such program and otherwise meets in present definition of such an employee.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to contract for the furnishing of private health care to veterans when such health care is authorized by a Veterans' Administration physician as necessary for the treatment of medical emergency.

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to contract for the furnishing of private health care to veterans when such health care is authorized by a Veterans' Administration physician as necessary for the treatment of a medical emergency.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an increase in the benefits payable for certain home improvements and structural alterations which are necessary or appropriate for the home health care of certain veterans with service-connected disabilities, and for an addition to the types of improvements and alterations for which those benefits are payable.

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Increases the amounts which the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may pay to certain disabled veterans for home improvements and structural alterations which are necessary for the home health care of such veterans.

Drug Regulation Reform Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Drug Regulation Reform Act of 1979 - Title I: Drug Regulation Reform - States the findings of Congress. Prohibits the manufacture, importation, export, or distribution of a drug entity or a drug product without the prior issuance by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare of a monograph containing a description of such drug and requirements and guidelines for the contents of information labeling for the forms of drug products eligible for licensing under such monograph. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to require, in a monograph, postmarketing surveillance of any drug, old or new, for a period of up to five years. Limits the issuance of such monographs to drugs determined safe and effective. Defines "safe" as meaning the health benefits of the drug entity or product clearly outweigh the risks it presents, taking into account pertinent standards and requirements. Defines "effective" to mean that a drug entity when incorporated into a drug product used in accordance with the use conditions set forth on the drug label, will have the effect represented. Provides for amendment, suspension, or revocation of a monograph under specified conditions. Authorizes the provisional issuance of a monograph (not to exceed five years) for any drug entity intended to be used in treatment of a life-threatening or severely debilitating disease when: (1) no other effective methods of treatment exist; or (2) such drug entity offers a major advantage to patients compared to the benefits of alternative methods; and (3) delaying issuance would present significantly greater risks to patients affected by such disease. Requires significant evidence of effectiveness and safety for such provisional issuance. Establishes a monograph-petition review procedure requiring a public hearing on the issuance, amendment, or revocation of any monograph, followed by a review of the evidence and issues by a drug science advisory committee, whose recommendations shall be forwarded to the Secretary for his final decision. Authorizes judicial review of a final order of the Secretary by a United States Court of Appeals. Requires, with specified exceptions, the registration of domestic and foreign establishments engaged in the manufacture, importation, export, or distribution of any drug entity or drug product. Prohibits for five years after the issuance date of a monograph the licensure of any drug product without: (1) written authorization from the monograph petitioner; or (2) data and information independent of the monograph which would support a determination that the monograph could be issued. Permits the licensure of a drug product, after the expiration of such five-year period, without the making of necessary animal and clinical studies already made to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of the drug product under the original monograph. Requires registration of any drug to be used in a drug investigation, and revocation of registration if the human participants in the investigation are subject to unreasonable and significant risk of illness or injury. Specifies standards and requirements for such investigations. Requires the informed consent of participants in such investigations. Requires the informed consent of participants in such investigations unless the immediate use of the drug product is, in the investigator's opinion, needed to preserve the participant's life and time is not sufficient to obtain either consent from either the participant or his legal representatives. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) issue written guidelines regarding protocols and methods for conducting investigations; and (2) to review and advise, upon request, regarding specified aspects of a drug investigation. Requires unlicensed drug products and drug entities not subject to monographs to obtain permits for export to foreign countries. Specifies requirements for such exports. Exempts homeopathic drug entities and products from monograph, licensure, and investigational use requirements if manufactured or imported in accordance with import/export registration requirements of this Act. Requires: (1) patient information labeling in layperson's language of the risks, benefits, side effects and so forth of any drug entity or product; and (2) practitioner information labeling that identifies the licensee, registrant, permittee and manufacturer of such drug. Directs the Secretary to prepare and publish a compendium of all prescription drugs eligible for licensing under issued monographs. Prohibits from the promotional labeling of any prescription drug product indications for use, comparisons with other drug products, or dosage recommendations not contained in the information labeling of such product. Prohibits drug product licensees and their agents from: (1) distributing sample prescription drug products without charge; and (2) providing services or transferring items to specified medical personnel or their families, if the value of the service or item is at least $5.00, and no charge is made. Requires disclosure of the sponsorship by a drug product licensee or distributor of medical and scientific educational materials (other than labeling). Forbids the disclosure by pharmacists and their agents of prescriptions or information contained in prescriptions to anybody but the patient, the prescribing practitioners, or other specified persons. Prohibits licensees and their agents from obtaining or attempting to obtain such information. Prescribes civil, criminal, and administrative penalties, and subjects drug entities and products to seizure, for violations of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses in any matter relating to implementation or enforcement of this Title. Authorizes the Secretary to inspect drug manufacturing and distributing establishments to determine compliance with this Title. Title II: National Center for Clinical Pharmacology; Evaluation of the Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish, in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the National Center for Clinical Pharmacology to conduct and support, by grants: (1) research in clinical pharmacology and clinical pharmacy; and (2) an ongoing review and analysis of the use of drug products in the United States. Directs the Secretary to contract for an independent evaluation of Title I and its effect on: (1) protection of the public against adverse reactions from and misuse of drug products; (2) innovation in drug research; (3) the economics of the pharmaceutical industry; (4) the cost of drug products; (5) prescribing practices; and (6) the time required for the issuance of monographs. Requires a report on such evaluation to the appropriate Committees of Congress within seven years of enactment.

A bill to amend section 1625 of the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants under that section to be made to nonprofit private hospitals.

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Amends title XVI of the Public Health Service Act (Health Resources Development) to authorize construction and modernization project grants designed to eliminate safety hazards or to avoid noncompliance with accreditation standards to be made to nonprofit private medical facilities, in addition to State and local governments as currently provided.

Emergency Medical Services Amendments of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Emergency Medical Services Amendments of 1979 - Amends title XII of the Public Health Service Act (Emergency Medical Services Systems) to make certain revisions with respect to the grant procedure for the establishment, initial operation, and improvement of emergency medical services systems. Extends the authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1982 for assistance for emergency medical services systems. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to hospitals with special expertise in burn injuries to assist in providing fellowships for burn treatment training.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authorization for certain expiring health care programs of the Veterans' Administration, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Extends the authorization of appropriations to fiscal year: (1) 1985 to assist States in constructing facilities for providing veterans with domiciliary care, nursing home care, and for the alteration and expansion of existing structures for providing such care in State homes; and (2) 1984 for medical information pilot programs. Prohibits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs from entering into any agreement for providing any assistance to health manpower training programs, to Veterans Administration - affiliated medical schools, or to establish new State medical schools, after December 31, 1979. Authorizes appropriations for such medical schools and training programs for each succeeding fiscal year (presently authorized for each of the six succeeding fiscal years). Eliminates a requirement for grants to affiliated medical schools and to health manpower training institutions that a proposed project will substantially increase the number of students at such medical school or training institution.

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include dental care, eye care, and hearing aids among the items and services for which payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program.

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for dental care including dentures, eye examinations including eyeglasses, and hearing aids including examination.

National Digestive Diseases Prevention, Cure, and Control Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

National Digestive Diseases Prevention, Cure, and Control Act - Amends title IV of the Public Health Service Act (National Research Institutes) to establish a National Digestive Diseases Education and Information Clearinghouse to collect and disseminate information respecting digestive diseases and to serve as a national educational resource for patients with digestive diseases. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to medical schools for education and training programs in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of digestive diseases. Establishes a 24-member part-time National Digestive Diseases Advisory Board to advise on the coordination of Federal agencies' efforts in the implementation of the long- range plan of the National Commission on Digestive Diseases, among other specified functions. Terminates such Board on September 30, 1982.

National Digestive Diseases Prevention, Cure, and Control Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

National Digestive Diseases Prevention, Cure, and Control Act - Amends title IV of the Public Health Service Act (National Research Institutes) to establish a National Digestive Diseases Education and Information Clearinghouse to collect and disseminate information respecting digestive diseases and to serve as a national educational resource for patients with digestive diseases. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to medical schools for education and training programs in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of digestive diseases. Establishes a 24-member part-time National Digestive Diseases Advisory Board to advise on the coordination of Federal agencies' efforts in the implementation of the long- range plan of the National Commission on Digestive Diseases, among other specified functions. Terminates such Board on September 30, 1982.

A bill to provide medicare coverage for orthopedic shoes or other supportive devices prescribed by a physician for correction or treatment of abnormalities of the feet or legs which cause serious detrimental medical effects.

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for orthopedic shoes if prescribed by a practitioner licensed to prescribe such items.

Drug Benefits for the Aged Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Drug Benefits for the Aged Act of 1979 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a Drug Benefit Program for the Aged to pay for prescription drugs from participating pharmacies. Directs the Secretary to establish a Drug Benefits List of prescription and nonlegend qualified drugs, limited to specified pharmacological therapeutic categories which the Secretary deems appropriate for the treatment of conditions, illnesses, or injuries to the person or well-being of aged individuals. Specifies conditions under which participating pharmacies may substitute lower cost, therapeutic equivalents for prescribed drugs. Establishes a Drug Benefits Council to advise the Secretary on policy in general and the content and format of the drug benefits list in particular. Sets conditions for the participation of pharmacies in the program. Prescribes criminal penalties for fraud.

Child Health Assurance Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Child Health Assurance Act of 1979 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require the State plan for medical assistance required by such title to provide for making medical assistance available to: (1) any individual who is under the age of 18 and, at the option of the State, to any individual over the age of 17 and under 21, if the individual is a member of a family eligible for aid under the program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children and does not exceed specified income standards; and (2) any woman for a period of her pregnancy and for 60 days following the termination of her pregnancy who on the basis of resources is eligible for aid under the program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children and whose income does not exceed specified standards. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a national child health assurance program (CHAP) income standard and a national maternal income standard for the purpose of establishing the eligibility of, and extent of medical assistance provided to, certain children and pregnant women. Sets the national CHAP income standard at $2,400 for an individual, $3,000 for a family of two, and an additional $600 for each additional family member. Sets the national maternal income standard at $3,000 for a pregnant woman, increased by $600 for each additional family member. Defines the services to be made available to pregnant women and eligible individuals under age 21 pursuant to this Act. Requires each State plan for medical assistance under the Medicaid program to provide, in the case of any individual under 21 who has received a timely periodic child health assessment, all care and services available under such program and referral for care and services not available under Medicaid. Sets forth the standards of the "child health assessment" required by this Act. States that the health care provider performing such assessment must agree to perform such basic diagnostic and treatment services as an assessment shows to be necessary, or to refer a beneficiary to an appropriate provider for such services, and to provide beneficiaries with routine dental care. Requires such a provider to be reasonably accessible on a continuing basis to beneficiaries whom it has assessed. Stipulates that for individuals under 21 who have received a timely health assessment no enrollment fee or charge for any service will be imposed. Provides for the payment of a percentage of the cost of a State child health assessment program by the Federal Government. Defines the term "Federal CHAP percentage." Sets forth a formula for the determination of such percentage. Requires each State plan under the Medicaid program to develop a plan to implement a CHAP. Directs the Secretary to establish performance standards for CHAP's. Sets forth penalties for States which fail to comply with such standards. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on each State's CHAP. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the coordination of health care services for children under title V (Maternal and Child Health and Crippled Children's Services) and title XIX of the Social Security Act. Requires the Secretary: (1) to study and conduct demonstration projects in order to evaluate the participation of health care providers in CHAP's and methods of improving their level of participation in these programs; and (2) to develop and carry out experiments and demonstration projects designed to determine the effect of payment on a capitation basis for child health assessments and other services provided under CHAP's upon the level of participation and performance of such providers in these programs. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on such studies. Stipulates that certain individuals will remain eligible for Medicaid by disregarding specified involuntary increases in benefits, compensation, or pensions provided under specified Federal laws. Stipulates that certain individuals under the age of 21 shall remain eligible for Medicaid while inmates in certain juvenile institutions.

A joint resolution designating the week of October 8 through October 14, 1979, as "National Diabetes Week".

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Designates the week of May 14 through May 20, 1979, as "National Diabetes Week."

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the types of transportation for patients which may be included in the definition of medical and other health services under such title.

United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1979

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to include within the medical and other health services covered by such title the transportation of patients confined to a stretcher or wheelchair in a vehicle which is not equipped as an ambulance but which is adequately equipped to transport such patients.

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the medicare program for certain services performed by chiropractors.

United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1979

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize payment for specified services performed by chiropractors, including x-rays and diagnostic laboratory tests.

A bill to protect the privacy of medical records maintained by the United States, programs assisted by the United States, or insurance companies engaged in business in interstate commerce.

United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1979

Prohibits the disclosure of medical records maintained by Federal agencies or insurance companies without the written consent of the patient. Permits the disclosure of records in specified circumstances. Provides penalties and permits civil actions for violating this Act.

Asbestos School Hazard Detection and Control Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1979

Asbestos School Hazard Detection and Control Act of 1979 - States the purposes of this Act to be to: (1) establish a Federal task force to ascertain the extent of the danger from asbestos materials in schools to children or employees; (2) require States to establish programs for asbestos inspection in schools; (3) provide scientific and technical assistance to States and local school boards; (4) provide loans for the mitigation of serious asbestos hazards in schools; and (5) assure that no disciplinary action be taken against employees for calling attention to such hazards. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish an Asbestos Hazards Schools Safety Task Force within 30 days of enactment. States that the duties of such Task Force shall include: (1) preparing educational materials; (2) compiling and disseminating medical, scientific, and technical materials to State and local entities; (3) reviewing and approving State plans for loans and reimbursements; (4) establishing criteria for levels of asbestos hazards in schools; and (5) making recommendations to the Secretary for technical assistance grants. Requires States in order to participate in programs under this Act to submit an asbestos safety plan no later than September 1, 1979. States that such plan shall include: (1) a timetable for identifying imminent asbestos health hazards; (2) a description of the procedures to be used to locate and identify such hazards; (3) a timetable for the removal of such hazards; (4) procedures for recordkeeping; and (5) the identification of a State agency to prepare and administer such plan. Provides that local governmental units responsible for the administration and safety of schools may be reimbursed for up to one half of their asbestos hazards detection expenses. Directs the Secretary to determine those costs that are reimbursable. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) waive such reimbursement limitation; and (2) allocate up to 20 percent of such asbestos detection funds for use in education and technical assistance programs. Requires recipients of such asbestos detection funds to file a report with the Secretary describing detection and testing activities undertaken, the results, and the plan for correcting any discovered asbestos hazards. Establishes an Asbestos Hazards Control Loan Program in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Stipulates that loans from such program shall be: (1) available only to correct imminent asbestos hazards in schools to school children or school employees; (2) limited to projects covering more than 2,500 square feet, in which the asbestos level is at a level specified by the Secretary; (3) for a period not exceeding 20 years; (4) interest free; and (5) used to cover not more than half the cost of correcting such asbestos hazards (although the Secretary may waive such limitation). Requires applications for such loans to describe: (1) the nature of the asbestos problem; (2) the results of preliminary testing; and (3) the methods to be used to correct such problem. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the appropriate House and Senate committees regarding such loan program. Directs the Secretary to promulgate and distribute to the States safety standards and procedures for testing the level of asbestos in schools and for determining the likelihood of the leakage of asbestos into the school environment. Stipulates that no employer receiving funds under this Act shall discriminate against or discipline any worker who focuses public attention on an asbestos problem in his or her school district. Stipulates that nothing in this Act shall restrict any other legal rights in connection with the purchase or installation of asbestos materials in schools, or with any claim or disability or death from exposure to asbestos in a school setting.

A bill to provide for demonstration projects for training and employment of recipients of benefits, under programs of Aid to Families with Dependent Children, as homemakers and home health aides.

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1979

Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to enter into agreements with 12 States for the purpose of conducting demonstration projects for the training and employment as homemakers or home health aids of individuals who have been certified by the appropriate State or local government agency as being eligible for financial assistance under a State plan of Aid to Families with Dependent Children approved under title IV of the Social Security Act. Directs the Secretary to submit annual reports to the Congress evaluating the demonstration projects.

A bill to require a health warning on the labels of bottles containing certain alcoholic beverages.

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1979

Amends the Federal Alcohol Administration Act to make it unlawful to sell, ship, deliver for sale or shipment, or otherwise introduce in interstate or foreign commerce any bottle containing a beverage of more than 24 percent alcohol unless the label of such bottle contains a specified warning with respect to the health hazards of alcoholic beverages.

Verwaltungsaufwand bei der Erhöhung des monatlichen Bundeszuschusses zur Krankenversicherung der Studenten (G-SIG: 00049250)

Germany · German Bundestag · 9 February 1979

Medicare Supplemental Health Insurance Information Disclosure and Protection Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1979

Medicare Supplemental Health Insurance Information Disclosure and Protection Act of 1979 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to subject to fine or imprisonment or both any individual who, for the purpose of selling or attempting to sell insurance, misrepresents in any way that he or she is acting under the authority of, or in association with, the health insurance program of title XVIII. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to develop model legislation and regulations concerning proposed minimum requirements for the sale of Medicare supplemental insurance to Medicare eligible individuals. Directs the Secretary to study the feasibility of a program of Federal certification of Medicare supplemental insurance. Directs the Federal Trade Commission to study deceptive practices in the sale of Medicare supplemental insurance.

A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to eliminate Federal payments for abortions under the medicaid program except for abortions to prevent the death of the mother.

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1979

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit Federal payments for abortion under such title except when necessary to prevent the death of the mother.

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for optometric and medical vision care.

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1979

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for optometric and medical vision care under the supplementary medical insurance program.

A bill to require that imported meat and meat food products made in whole or in part of imported meat be subjected to certain tests and that such meat or products be identified as having been imported; to require the inspection of imported dairy products and that such products comply with certain minimum standards of sanitation; to require that the cost of conducting such tests, inspections, and identification procedures on imported meat and meat food products and on dairy products, as the case may be, be borne by the exporters of such articles, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1979

Title I: Meat and Meat Products - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require the labeling as imported of the package or container of any imported meat or meat product capable of use as human food. Requires that such products: (1) meet the same health standards as domestically produced meat; and (2) be tested in the exporting country. Requires periodic tests of such products in the United States by the Department of Agriculture. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe necessary assessments and fees. Title II: Dairy Products - Prohibits the importation of dairy products into the United States unless certified wholesome and pure by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Requires the Secretary to establish standards for such products comparable to standards imposed on domestic dairy products. Directs the Secretary to inspect imported dairy products and to require a certificate of compliance to accompany them. Requires imported dairy products to comply with United States labeling and packaging requirements, and to carry indications on their labeling that they are imported.

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for regular physical examinations.

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1979

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for one physical checkup a year under the supplementary medical insurance program.

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include as a home health service, nutritional counseling provided by or under the supervision of a registered dietitian.

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1979

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for nutritional counseling as part of the home health services provided under the supplementary medical insurance program.