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European Union · European Commission · 10 December 1980
United States · United States Congress · 3 December 1980
Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Act Amendment - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require alcoholic beverages consisting of more than 24 percent alcohol by volume and offered for sale in a container to bear conspicuously on its label and advertising: (1) a warning stating that the use of this product may impair driving ability, create dependence, and be harmful during pregnancy to the unborn; and (2) the legal age required for purchase in the State in which the beverage is sold.
United States · United States Congress · 2 December 1980
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for pneumococcal vaccine and its administration.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1980
Exempts blood fractions used in immunoaugmentative therapy by the Immunology Researching Centre, Limited, of Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas, from the definition of drug under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for a period of five years.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1980
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to include modified bicycle ergometers and modified treadmills in the definition of "medical and other health services."
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1980
Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the program of assistance for comprehensive public health services through fiscal year 1984. Revises the formula for such grant amounts.
Germany · German Bundestag · 23 October 1980
Beschluß Nr. 81/21/EWG
European Union · European Commission · 3 October 1980
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1980
Comprehensive Health Care Reform Act - Title I: Cost Containment Incentives - Amends the Public Health Service Act by adding a new title XIX, "Standards for Health Benefit Plans." Disallows a trade or business expense deduction or an exclusion relating to contributions by employers to accident and health plans under the Internal Revenue Code by an employer who fails to meet the requirements of this title. Requires that an employer offer to his or her employees at least one group health benefit plan (to the extent that such a plan is available) for inpatient hospital services having an annual copayment for hospital services of at least 25 percent, to be paid by the employee. Excepts from such copayment requirement a period from the date on which an employee and his or her family have incurred out-of-pocket medical expenses during a calendar year in an amount in excess of 20 percent of such individuals' combined income and ending on the last day of such calendar year. Requires an employer to make the same expenditure per enrollee with respect to each group health benefit plan regardless of the actual premium cost. Requires an employer to rebate to an employee any excess of the employer's expenditure amount over the premium cost either in cash or other benefits. Prohibits an employer from expending an amount for a plan on behalf of an employee in excess of the premium cost of the most costly group health benefit plan in which at least ten percent of the employees are actually enrolled at the time the expenditure is made. Requires an employer having at least 200 full-time employees to offer his employees at least three health benefit plans with different carriers. Requires the offer of a group health benefit plan to be first made to any collective bargaining representative of an employee. Title II: Catastrophic Illness Insurance - Amends title XIX of the Public Health Service Act (as added by title I of this Act) to disallow a trade or business expense deduction or an exclusion relating to contributions by employers to accident and health plans under the Internal Revenue Code by an employer having 50 or more full-time employees who fails to meet the requirements of this title. Requires a health benefit plan to provide for payment without any cost sharing by any individual covered under the plan for medical expenses from the date on which an employee and his or her family have incurred out-of-pocket medical expenses during a calendar year in an amount in excess of 20 percent of such individuals' combined income and ending on the last day of such calendar year. Requires such plan to disregard any preexisting medical conditions of any such persons. Requires such plan to continue coverage for individuals for a period of six months after the member employee becomes unemployed, ceases to be full-time, or dies. Requires carriers to enter into an arrangement in each State in which it conducts business for the purpose of providing catastrophic illness insurance and preventive care coverage to those persons who are not eligible for coverage under titles II and III of this Act, or a government program of health care. Amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act (Medicare) to remove the 150 day limitation on inpatient hospital services. Provides that the amount payable for inpatient hospital services shall be reduced by a coinsurance amount equal to 20 percent of the charges imposed with respect to such individual, but only for days not within the "benefit period" (defined as the period beginning with the day on which the total expenses incurred by the individual for services for which benefits under this title are payable exceed 20 percent of such person's income from wages and net earnings from self-employment for the preceding calendar year). Provides that 100 percent of the charges or costs of the supplementary medical insurance benefits for the aged and disabled shall be paid during such benefit period. Title III: Preventive Care - Amends title XIX of the Public Health Service Act (as added by titles I and II of this Act) to disallow a trade or business expenses deduction or an exclusion relating to contributions by employers to accident and health plans under the Internal Revenue Code by an employer having 50 or more full-time employees who fails to meet the requirements of this title. Specifies the preventive care services which a carrier who enters into an arrangement with a State pursuant to title II must provide, including maternal care, childhood immunizations, and hypertension screening. Title IV: Internal Revenue Code Amendments - Makes: (1) a deduction by an employer in providing a health benefit plan to his or her employees; and (2) an exclusion by an employer for contributions to accident and health plans, conditional upon such employer's compliance with the requirements of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act. Title V: Effective Dates - Establishes the effective dates of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1980
Requests the President to designate the week of December 7, 1980, through December 13, 1980, as "Respiratory Therapy Week."
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1980
Health Care Protection Act of 1980 - Authorizes each State to establish a program for compensation and reduction of health care malpractice. Authorizes the Attorney General to promulgate regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes each State to establish malpractice screening panels with original and exclusive jurisdiction to hear all claims of health care malpractice by State certified or licensed health care personnel. Sets forth the procedural rules governing the handling of such claims by such panels. Requires such a panel to determine the amount of damages owed under State law by a defendant found liable for a compensable injury resulting from health care malpractice and enter an order to pay an award in that amount. Authorizes a State to provide judicial enforcement of an award that is not paid promptly. Prohibits review of a panel decision except for review of allegations of a conflict of interest by a panel member or of fraud. Specifies methods of payment of such damage awards. Requires that any party to a claim decided by a panel be entitled to trial de novo on such claim in State court. Requires that a panel or court report any findings of health care malpractice or notice of a settlement agreement to the State insurance commissioner and the State licensing or certification board with jurisdiction over the health care personnel concerned. Directs the State insurance commissioner to make such reports available to the public and to insurance carriers, which shall be authorized to adjust the rates of any health care personnel involved in such malpractice. Sets limits on the amount of the contingent fee which may be awarded to a winning claimant's attorney. Subjects an attorney who accepts a fee in excess of such limits to civil liability. Encourages a State to develop a program requiring specified health care institutions within the State to employ a risk management program for the reporting and investigation of all known or suspected incidents of malpractice within such institutions and the identification of preventive measures to reduce the risk of such incidents. Directs the Governor of a State to certify the State program and the Attorney General to approve such certification if such program is in compliance with this Act. Directs the Attorney General to make specified payments to a State with a certified program to support the establishment of the malpractice screening panels and the development of the State program under this Act. Directs the Governor to report to the Attorney General on the State's use of such payments. Reallocates funds paid to a State which does not have a program in compliance with this Act to those States which the Attorney General determines are most in need of additional funds to support certified programs.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1980
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to Congress and the Veterans Administration on the relationship between exposure of military personnel to radiation following the atomic detonations at Hiroshima and Nagasaki or in the testing preceding such detonations and any health problems they may presently have.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1980
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to preempt the Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Law only with regard to reporting, fiduciary responsibility, and administration.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1980
Designates November 28, 1980, as "National Lifeliner Day."
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1980
Department of Defense-Veterans' Administration Health Care Planning and Improvements Act - Title I: Use of Veterans' Administration Medical Resources in Treating Members of the Armed Forces Injured During a Period of War or Other Armed Conflict - Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to furnish hospital care to any member of the Armed Forces for a service-connected disability incurred or aggravated during a period of war or other armed conflict. Requires the Secretary of Defense to certify to the Administrator that the Armed Forces lacks the capacity to furnish such care because of the number of casualties sustained during such conflict. Directs the Administrator to prescribe regulations, not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, to ensure that such members are given priority for hospital care over all other persons except veterans in need of such care for service-connected disabilities. Title II: Interagency Sharing of Medical Resources - Establishes the Federal Interagency Health Resources Committee to be composed of the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. Directs the Committee: (1) to evaluate the opportunities for the interagency sharing of health resources between the Department of Defense and the Veterans' Administration; (2) to prescribe policies and procedures for such interagency sharing; and (3) within 180 days after enactment of this Act, to prescribe guidelines for such interagency sharing to the directors of health care facilities of the Department and the Administration. Requires such guidelines to provide that: (1) the director of each facility shall enter into cooperative arrangements for providing health care to beneficiaries of other facilities; (2) the availability of medical care to beneficiaries of an agency other than the providing agency shall be on a referral basis; (3) an agency shall be reimbursed for a medical service provided to a beneficiary of another agency; and (4) sharing agreements shall be operative upon agreement by medical facility directors unless disapproved by an agency involved. Directs the Administration and the Department to submit to specified congressional committees an annual report regarding interagency medical resource sharing activities.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1980
Amends the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act to direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations, by July 1, 1981, requiring the monitoring of radioactive materials before such materials are loaded onto an aircraft. Directs air carriers who transport such materials to make available a radiation monitoring device to each employee of such carriers who is employed: (1) at an airport at which such materials are loaded or unloaded; or (2) on aircraft in which such materials are transported.
United States · United States Congress · 4 September 1980
Requests the President to designate the week of October 19-25, 1980, as "National Lupus Week."
United States · United States Congress · 4 September 1980
Hospital Ambulatory Services Reimbursement Reform Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to reimburse financially distressed hospitals for community service costs incurred in providing covered outpatient services to certain poor and uninsured individuals. Sets forth the method of determining community service costs and the method of apportioning the costs to the program. Requires the State in which a financially distressed hospital is located to submit an application to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on behalf of such hospital in order for the hospital to participate in the reimbursement program. Sets forth a description of the data necessary to be included in the application. Sets forth the criteria for approval of the application. Allows the State to submit a revised application if the first application is disapproved. Limits the duration of an approved application to one year. Permits the Secretary to request that a hospital, for which a renewal application has been made, make certain changes. Limits the amount of additional reimbursement for any hospital to the combined net deficit in the operation of the outpatient department and emergency room. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Hospital Financing Stabilization and Reorganization, to be composed of nine persons appointed by the Secretary, to: (1) advise the Secretary with regard to the implementation of this Act; (2) review applications submitted pursuant to this Act; and (3) monitor and evaluate certain practices of hospitals receiving reimbursement under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 August 1980
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out at least three demonstration projects whereby Medicare patients receiving chemotherapy may be housed in facilities other than inpatient acute care hospital facilities. States that the accessibility of such alternative facilities to such patients for both ordinary and emergency treatment shall be considered in determining the appropriateness of such alternative facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 27 August 1980
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 7020 (waste disposal).
United States · United States Congress · 26 August 1980
Federal Physicians Comparability Act of 1980 - Amends the Federal Physicians Comparability Allowance Act of 1978 to entitle a physician who has been employed by the Government for more than one year to: (1) variable special pay, in addition to any other pay or allowance, ranging from $5,000 to $10,000 per year based on the creditable service of the physician; and (2) an annual incentive payment of $10,000 for any 12-month period during which the physician is not undergoing medical internship or initial residency training, provided the physician executes an agreement to remain on active duty for one year after receiving such payment. Entitles such a physician who is board certified to an additional payment for board certification in an amount ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 depending on the creditable service of the physician. Includes: (1) any physician paid under the Senior Executive Service, the Merit Pay System, or a pay system for the Panama Canal Commission or the United States Postal Service within the definition of "Government physician"; and (2) the Library of Congress within the definition of "agency" for purposes of such Act. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management: (1) to prescribe regulations for the administration of the provisions of this Act; (2) to conduct a review every two years of the special pay authorized by this Act; and (3) to report the results of each review of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 26 August 1980
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit Medicare and Medicaid payments for any new drug or drug similar to a new drug: (1) which has been provisionally approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; (2) which may be dispensed only upon prescription; (3) for which the Secretary has issued a notice of a hearing on a proposed order to withdraw approval of such drug because the drug is not effective for all the uses prescribed in its labeling; and (4) for which the Secretary has found no compelling medical need. Continues such prohibition until the Secretary withdraws such proposed order.
United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1980
Mental Health Act of 1977 - Title I: Mental Health Benefits - Entitles residents and non-resident citizens to mental health benefits under this Act. Enumerates mental health services covered by this Act, stipulating that payments for such services shall be made by the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the recipient's behalf. Sets forth qualifications of psychiatric hospitals for participation in the program under this Act, including the provision of active diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitative services, and accreditation by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals. Directs that the program under this Act be administered by the Secretary with the advice and assistance of a Committe on Mental Health responsible for approval of all providers under this Act and the establishment of relevant guidelines and qualifications. Requires the Secretary to conduct a study of the feasibility of establishing a national program of mental health insurance and to submit a report of the findings to the President and Congress. Creates on the books of the Treasury a Federal Mental Health Trust Fund. Appropriates to the fund specified tax revenues. Creates a Board of Trustees of the Trust Fund, with the Secretary of the Treasury as the Managing Trustee, to hold the fund, report annually to Congress on the operation and status of the fund, report to Congress when the amount of the fund is unduly small, and review general policies followed in managing the fund. Makes it the duty of the Managing Trustee to invest such portions of the trust fund, according to specified instructions, as are not required to meet current withdrawals. Title II: Mental Health Taxes - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a series of mental health taxes on employees' income, employers' income, self-employment income, and unearned income. Sets forth rules applicable to the nondeductibility of mental health taxes from the employee's exempt wages. Excludes from an individual's gross income an employer's payment of the mental health tax.
United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1980
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 7203 (Health services personnel).
United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1980
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 7036 (National research institutes).
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 1980
Amends the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for three years for: (1) State allotments for the protection of the rights of persons with developmental disabilities; (2) grants to university affiliated facilities training personnel to work with, or to provide demonstration services for, persons with developmental disabilities; (3) allotments to State programs for persons with developmental disabilities; and (4) demonstration projects for improving services to persons with developmental disabilities.
United States · United States Congress · 20 August 1980
Provider Payment Review Board Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to replace the Provider Reimbursement Review Board with the Provider Payment Review Board. Sets forth the composition of the Provider Payment Review Board. Permits the Board to establish its own divisions, to determine the character of cases to be heard initially by the Board or its divisions, and to review any decision rendered by one of its divisions. Permits a provider of Medicare services to obtain a hearing before the Board when the provider is dissatisfied with a refusal of its fiscal intermediary to reopen or revise its reimbursement decision if the provider requested such reopening within a specified time or, if the request is made more than 180 days after the reimbursement decision, if the provider has presented new and material evidence. Adds to the requirements for appeals by groups of providers a requirement that the amount in controversy must be $50,000 or more for all cost reporting periods in dispute. Sets forth the rules regarding the parties to a hearing of the Board, the power of the Board to recognize persons representing parties to a hearing, and the power of the Board to issue subpoenas. Grants the right to obtain judicial review of a Board decision to any parties to the hearing other than the fiscal intermediary. Makes the final decision of the Board binding on all parties to the hearing for the cost reporting periods covered by the decision. Makes such decision binding on the Secretary of Health and Human Services and on the party intermediary with respect to all other parties for all subsequent cost reporting periods unless the Secretary promulgates a regulation inconsistent with the Board's decision. Binds by such decision the Secretary and all fiscal intermediaries with respect to determinations for which the same issues and facts pertain unless the Secretary publishes within 120 days of the decision a statement of nonacquiescence in such decision. Permits a provider of services to obtain judicial review of certain final decisions of the fiscal intermediary if the Board determines or is deemed to have determined that it is without authority to decide the question. Requires the Board to provide for publication of its decisions and to submit an annual report on its activities to Congress. Permits judicial review of a regulation or instruction of the Secretary or of the Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration if such action is brought within a certain period of time and if the regulation or instruction financially affects either a provider of services of $100,000 for any cost reporting period reporting period or a group of providers of services of $500,000 for any such period.
United States · United States Congress · 18 August 1980
Exempts blood fractions used in immunoaugmentative therapy by the Immunology Researching Centre, Limited, of Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas from the definition of drug under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for a period of five years.
United States · United States Congress · 18 August 1980
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize payment for specified services performed by chiropractors, including x-rays and physical examinations, and related routine laboratory tests.
United States · United States Congress · 18 August 1980
Designates the Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Reno, Nevada, as the "Ioannis A. Lougaris Veterans' Administration Medical Center."
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1980
Amends title XI (General Provisions and Professional Standards Review) of the Social Security Act to establish a National Professional Mental Health Services Commission (the Commission) appointed by the President. Sets forth the membership requirements for such Commission. Requires the Commission to determine which professional mental health services are safe, effective, and appropriate in treating specified mental problems and to make recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services with respect to their reimbursement under this Act. Directs the Commission to determine the patient conditions for which it would recommend a physical examination by a physician. Prohibits payment under this Act for any professional mental health services which the Commission formally recommends should not be reimbursed unless the Secretary disagrees with such recommendation and notifies the Commission thereof within 120 days of receipt of such recommendation. Precludes judicial review of both the Commission's recommendations and the Secretary's ultimate decision. Disallows payment under this Act for any mental health services which are not necessary to: (1) prevent the institutionalization of or rehabilitate a noninstitutionalized patient; or (2) diagnose or treat an institutionalized patient. Directs the Commission to provide information and data to the National Professional Standards Review Council established under this Act. Requires the Commission to make recommendations to the Secretary for the establishment of a professional review program to review regularly the validity and adequacy of professional mental health care. Directs the Commission to recommend research projects to assist it in carrying out its duties. Directs the Secretary to conduct such projects except where the Secretary specifically disapproves a requested study or requires additional information from the Commission. Establishes a physician advisory panel to assist the Commission in determining which mental health services should be performed only by a physician (as defined in this Act). Sets forth the membership of such panel. Directs the panel to report to the Secretary if it disagrees with any of the Commission's recommendations. Requires the Office of Technology Assessment to report to Congress on the Commission's effectiveness in carrying out its duties. States that the Commission shall cease to exist after December 31, 1990. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to increase the benefits in connection with the treatment of mental, psychoneurotic, and personality disorders of an individual who is not an inpatient at a hospital to a maximum of $1,000.00. Directs the Commission to conduct a study on the need for: (1) inclusion under Medicare of any additional professional mental health services; and (2) safeguards relating to cost, safety, and quality of such services. Requires the Commission to report its findings to the Secretary at the earliest practicable time. States that the Secretary shall submit such report with an analysis of the findings and the estimated cost of implementing them to Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1980
Good Samaritan Act - Declares: (1) that any licensed medical personnel or aircraft employee who, in good faith, renders emergency care to an injured or ill person aboard an aircraft shall not be liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission by such individual in rendering such care, except for any act or omission amounting to gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct; and (2) that any such individual shall not be liable for any such act or omission in rendering continued emergency care to the injured or ill person during transportation from the aircraft to a medical facility for further treatment or care.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1980
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out at least three demonstration projects whereby Medicare patients receiving chemotherapy may be housed in facilities other than inpatient acute care hospital facilities. States that the accessibility of such alternative facilities to such patients for both ordinary and emergency treatment shall be considered in determining the appropriateness of such alternative facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1980
Designates the Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Reno, Nevada, as the "Ioannis A. Lougaris Veterans' Administration Medical Center."
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1980
Health Planning Technical Amendments of 1980 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend from three to five years the time limit for a health systems agency to complete its initial review of existing institutional health services. Limits the authorized appropriation to a health service agency to $3,750,000 for any fiscal year. Amends the alternative sets of requirements which a health maintenance organization or combination of such organizations must meet in order to buy, lease, or acquire a health care facility. Modifies the definitions of the terms "provider of health care" and "expenditure minimum." Exempts expenditures for health research not affecting a facility's services or charges to its patients from the requirement of a capital expenditure certificate of need. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for primary health centers. Makes other technical changes in specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act and other Federal laws regarding health planning.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1980
Authorizes and requests the President to designate November 14, 1980, as "National Operating Room Nurses Day."
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1980
Federal Interagency Medical Resources Sharing and Coordination Act of 1980 - Establishes the Federal Interagency Health Resources Committee to be composed of the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs. Directs the Committee: (1) to evaluate the opportunities for the interagency sharing of health resources between the Department of Defense and the Veterans' Administration; (2) to prescribe policies and procedures for such interagency sharing; and (3) within 180 days after enactment of this Act, to prescribe guidelines for such interagency sharing to the directors of health care facilities of the Department and the Administration. Requires such guidelines to provide that: (1) the director of each facility shall enter into cooperative arrangements for providing health care to beneficiaries of other facilities; (2) the availability of medical care to beneficiaries of an agency other than the providing agency shall be on a referral basis; (3) an agency shall be reimbursed for a medical service provided to a beneficiary of another agency; and (4) sharing agreements shall be operative upon agreement by medical facility directors unless disapproved by an agency involved. Directs the Administration and the Department to submit to specified congressional committees an annual report regarding interagency medical resource sharing activities.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to carry out a study of the possible relationship between exposure of military personnel to radiation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki immediately after World War II and any health problems they may presently have. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress and the Veterans Administration regarding such study.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and the Disabled) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to make such benefits available for health services and medical supplies furnished by hospices to individuals who: (1) are determined by a physician to be terminally ill and to have less than six months to live; and (2) are U.S. citizens or legal aliens who have resided in the United States for the preceding five years.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Health Planning Technical Amendments of 1980 - Makes technical changes in specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act and other Federal law regarding health planning.
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1980
Voluntary Food Supplement Act of 1980 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exclude from the definition of food additive the food itself, a combination of foods, or foods for special dietary use, or the ingredients thereof, unless being used as preservatives or flavors for a food. Excludes from the definition of "drug" foods for special dietary use, or for preservation or treatment of dietary deficiency conditions.
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1980
Amends the Social Security Act to provide that: (1) grants, gifts, or endowments which are not designated for paying any specific operating costs; (2) Government grants which are not available for use as operating funds; and (3) income derived from grants, gifts, or endowments which is not available for use as operating funds, shall not be deducted from the operating costs of nonprofit providers of health services for purposes of determining the reasonable costs of such services under the Maternal and Child Health, Medicare, and Medicaid programs. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare) to provide that certain types of donor designated grants and gifts shall not be deducted from such operating costs under certain conditions.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1980
Financially Distressed Hospitals Assistance Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a program of grants to financially distressed hospitals serving the medically indigent on an inpatient and outpatient basis. Sets forth eligibility and application criteria, including the development of a hospital services reorganization plan. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review an application within 90 days of receipt. Requires the Governor of the applicant-hospital's State to advise the Secretary whether such hospital is a necessary source of essential health services to the community in which it is located. States that such grants may be used for payment of: (1) current indebtedness; (2) expenses related to reorganizing hospital services; and (3) retraining or severance pay for personnel adversely affected by such reorganization. Limits any single grant to a maximum of three years. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Hospital Financing Stabilization and Reorganization to: (1) advise the Secretary; (2) review grant applications and make recommendations to the Secretary; and (3) evaluate the health services provided under health services reorganization plans. Exempts the Council from the two-year termination provisions under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1980
Requires the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases to conduct such studies as are necessary to determine the safety and efficacy of dimethyl sulfoxide as a topical analgesic. Requires the submission and approval by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of a new drug application should such investigations prove the safety and efficacy of such substance for its intended use.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1980
Contraceptive Labeling and Advertising Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that the label for contraceptive drugs and devices state: (1) the range of effectiveness of such drugs and devices in preventing contraception in humans; (2) the directions for use; and (3) that professional advice should be sought to determine the most appropriate form of contraception. Requires information labeling to accompany such drug or device which summarizes the benefits and risks and states adequate directions for use and storage. Requires advertisements and other printed descriptive matter issued with respect to such drug or device to contain information respecting the range of effectiveness based upon clinical and use testing results.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1980
Designates the outpatient clinic of the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Fresno, California, as the "Victor Maghakian Clinic."
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1980
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to include coverage for the services of an acupuncturist who is licensed or certified by a State. Requires the coverage to apply under a State plan approved under title XIX.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1980
Amends part B of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide benefits with respect to acupuncture treatment in States which license or certify individuals who furnish such treatment.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1980
Asbestos Health Hazards Compensation Act of 1980 - States that the provisions of this Act shall apply only to disability or death of an affected person resulting from occupational exposure to asbestos or from the occupational exposure to asbestos of a member of such person's household. Establishes minimum workers' compensation standards for State and Federal asbestos-related death or disability benefits, including: (1) compensation for partial or total disability or death at not less than 66 2/3 percent of the claimant's average gross weekly wage; (2) benefits indexed on the basis of wage scale changes in the claimant's job; (3) payments for the duration of the disability, or the life of the claimant, without limitation on the dollar amount or the period of payment; (4) payment of medical and rehabilitation benefits by the responsible parties without limitation on the dollar amount or the period of payment; (5) the provision that such benefits shall not be offset by any other benefits paid to the claimant nor be considered as income for tax purposes; (6) payment to the widow or widower of a claimant for life or until remarriage; and (7) a three year period of eligibility for filing a claim under this Act. Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) prescribe standards for determining whether a death or disability was asbestos-related; and (2) review State and Federal workers' compensation laws to determine whether they meet the requirements set forth in this Act. Permits a claimant who receives compensation from a State or Federal workers' compensation agency that is less than the compensation prescribed under this Act to file a petition for review with the Benefits Review Board (established under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act). Authorizes the Board to order an employer to pay the appropriate level of compensation. Sets forth appeals provisions. Permits an employer who pays a workers' compensation award to bring other responsible parties into the proceeding to determine the amount they should contribute to the compensation. Establishes an Apportionment Criteria Commission to develop the criteria to be used by State and Federal workers' compensation agencies in such apportionment determinations. Provides that the compensation procedure established under this Act shall be the sole and exclusive remedy for asbestos-related compensation claims. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress regarding the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1980
Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services the National Center for Clinical Pharmacology under a Director appointed by the Secretary. Authorizes the Center to conduct and support research in clinical pharmacology and clinical pharmacy. Requires the Center to conduct an ongoing review and analysis of the use of drug products in the United States. Requires the Center to prepare an annual Drug Experience Assessment Report for the Secretary. Directs the Center to facilitate analysis of the consequences of State and Federal regulation of the manufacture, importation, exportation, and distribution of drug products, research activities and practices, and the practices of the pharmaceutical industry and health professionals respecting drug products. Requires the Director to periodically report to the Secretary on new techniques in research, areas where current research is insufficient, and promising new drugs in foreign countries.