Healthcare

Indian Health Care Amendments of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983

Indian Health Care Amendments of 1983 - Title I: Indian Health Manpower - Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize appropriations for specified Indian health programs for FY 1985 - 1988, including scholarship programs. Provides that the active duty services obligation incurred by the recipient of an Indian Health Scholarship shall be met by service in the Indian Health Service or in specified programs under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act. Title II: Health Services - Extends from seven to 11 years the fiscal year period during which the Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized to expend certain appropriated funds and to employ personnel in order to eliminate backlogs in Indian health care services. Extends the authorization for specified appropriations for health services from FY 1985 - 1988. Title III: Health Facilities - Extends the authorization for specified appropriations for hospitals, health centers and staff housing from FY 1981 - 1988. Extends from seven to 11 years the fiscal year period during which the Secretary is authorized to expend specified sums for health facilities and safe water and sanitary waste disposal facilities. Title IV: Access to Health Services - Extends the authorization for specified appropriations for grants and contracts with tribal organizations' from FY 1985-1988. Amends the Social Security Act to make any provider of the Indian Health Service eligible for Medicare and Medicaid payments. Title V: Urban Indian Health Services - Directs the Secretary to contract with urban Indian organizations to administer health services programs in urban areas. Details eligibility criteria for such programs. Prescribes reporting and recording procedures for urban Indian organizations which receive or expend funds under this Title. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with urban Indian organizations to determine the health status and unmet health care needs of urban Indians in affected urban areas. Delineates the requirements of such contracts. Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop evaluation procedures for the performance of contracts; and (2) conduct annual onsite evaluations of each contracting urban Indian organization. Prescribes guidelines for the renewal of health care or referral services contracts. Prohibits renewal of contracts for determination of unmet health needs. Requires certain reports to Congress. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 - 1988. Title VI: Health Services for Rural Indians - Directs the Secretary to contract with Indian organizations to administer health services programs in rural areas. Details eligibility criteria for such programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 - 1988. Requires the Secretary to review the rural Indian health services program and to submit an assessment report to the Congress with recommendations for further legislation. Title VII: Miscellaneous - Repeals the requirement that the Secretary conduct a study of the health hazards faced by Indians as a result of a nuclear resource development on or near Indian reservations and communities. Extends from FY 1984 to FY 1988 the time during which Arizona is designated as a contract health service delivery area. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 - 1988. Extends eligibility for health services of specified Indians in the State of California from FY 1984 - 1988. Repeals the personnel ceilings demonstration project. Requires the Secretary to: (1) complete within one year implementation of a program to prevent and control hepatitis-B in Alaska; (2) report to the Congress about the status of such program; and (3) request budget authority for a hepatitis-B control program in Alaska for FY 1985 - 1989. Requires the Secretary to submit an analytical report to the Congress regarding the impact that implementation of clinical care priorities would have had upon the delivery of clinical health care services during FY 1980 - 1983. Prohibits the Secretary from modifying any clinical health care service provided before passage of this Act. Title VIII: Organizational Improvements - Establishes the Indian Health Service in the Department of Health and Human Services. Makes the Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Indian Health the administrator of the Indian Health Service. Transfers to such Assistant Secretary the functions currently performed by the Director of the Indian Health Service. Establishes an Indian Health Advisory Board comprised of Indians or Alaska Natives. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 - 1988. Title IX: Payment for Health Care - Entitles to reimbursement authorized providers of medical or health services for the costs incurred in providing such services to eligible Indians. Prescribes procedures for payment. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 - 1988. Authorizes the Secretary to negotiate a health services contract upon a determination that negotiation is necessary to assure delivery of health services at locations at least 100 miles from the residences of a substantial majority of the Indian population to be served.

Catastrophic Expense Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983

Catastrophic Expense Protection Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) remove the limits on length of inpatient hospital stays; (2) limit post-hospital extended care services to 100 days annually; (3) limit inpatient psychiatric hospital services to a 190 day lifetime maximum; and (4) eliminate the definition of "spell of illness." Sets the inpatient hospital deductible, under part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII, at $350 annually (to be adjusted annually). Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to annually determine and promulgate the inpatient hospital deductible. Sets the coinsurance charge at six percent for inpatient hospital services and post-hospital extended care services. Sets the deductible at $85 (to be adjusted annually), under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII. Directs the Secretary to annually determine and promulgate such deductible. Limits out-of-pocket expenses for deductible and coinsurance by a combined part A and B cap of $2500 annually (to be adjusted annually).

Prevention and Treatment of Alcoholism, Alcohol Abuse, and Drug Abuse Among Women Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983

Prevention and Treatment of Alcoholism, Alcohol Abuse, and Drug Abuse Among Women Act of 1983 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require State block grant programs for the prevention and treatment of alcoholism, alcohol abuse, and drug abuse to give special attention to women, including homemakers, single mothers, divorced mothers, displaced homemakers, and pregnant women. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and carry out a research program into various aspects of the problem of alcoholism, alcohol abuse, and drug abuse among women. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the results of such research. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988.

Part B Premium Redistribution Act

United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983

Part B Premium Redistribution Act - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide that the monthly premium for part B enrollees shall be equal to 40 percent of the monthly actuarial rate for enrollees age 65 and over. Requires each such enrollee to also pay a tax imposed under the Internal Revenue Code equal to the lesser of $550 annually (to be adjusted annually) or an amount equal to one percent of the individual's adjusted gross income in excess of the zero bracket amount and his or her personal exemptions. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to annually determine the monthly premium. Authorizes to be appropriated annually to the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund an amount equal to the amount by which the total amount paid out of the Trust Fund exceeds the total premiums paid to the Trust Fund or transferred to the Trust Fund by the tax imposed under this Act.

Indian Health Care Amendments of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983

Indian Health Care Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, as amended by the Indian Health Care Amendments of 1980, to authorize specific appropriations for FY 1985-1987. Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to determine which individual Indians shall receive Indian Health Scholarships. Prohibits the payment of health professions preparatory scholarships to Indians who are employed in the Indian Health Service during nonacademic periods of the school year. Prohibits the use of funds which were authorized to eliminate backlogs in Indian health care to offset or limit appropriations made under other Acts. Lists the purposes for which the appropriated funds shall be expended. Designates as the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund certain authorized appropriations necessary to raise all tribes to a specified level on the Indian Health Service's priority system. Requires the Secretary to submit to the Congress a current health services priority system report, including the levels of health services and funds needed to raise Indian communities to a parity with that of the general population. Specifies the minimum percentage of funds to be expended by the Secretary for research into specified areas of Indian health care. Sets a deadline by which the Secretary must develop and implement a plan to reduce infant mortality among Indian tribes to a rate no greater than infant mortality among all citizens. Specifies funds available for such a plan. Establishes an Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund to be administered by the Secretary for the sole purpose of meeting the extraordinary cost of medical disasters or catastrophic illnesses. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to expend certain sums over a three- year period for the construction or renovation of the top five priority inpatient care facilities and ambulatory care facilities, together with the requisite staff quarters. Requires the Secretary to submit to the Congress the current health facilities priority system report. Directs the Secretary to provide the Congress with one year's notice of any contemplated closing of an Indian health care facility. Directs the Secretary to begin implementing in FY 1985 a ten-year plan to provide safe water supply and sanitary sewage and solid waste disposal facilities to Indian homes and communities. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress the Service's current Indian sanitation facilities priority system, and the funds needed to raise all communities to a zero level of deficiency. Authorizes specified appropriations to provide sanitation facilities. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial and technical assistance for the operation and maintenance of sanitation facilities, utility organizations, and emergency repairs of sanitation facilities. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to contract with urban Indian organizations to administer health services programs in urban areas. Details eligibility criteria for such programs. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes eligibility guidelines for certain persons who are otherwise ineligible for medical care and benefits provided by either the Indian Health Service or by tribes contracting from the Service. Establishes the Office of Indian Health Affairs in the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to administer all Indian health programs and authorities. Places the Office of Indian Health Affairs under the direction of an Assistant Secretary for Indian Health. Transfers the Indian Health Service to such Office. Authorizes the Secretary to waive Indian preference laws on an ad hoc basis for transfers occurring during a specified period.

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize financial assistance for organ procurement organizations, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983

National Organ Transplant Act - Title I: Organ Procurement Activities - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make planning and operations grants for local organ procurement organizations. Sets forth eligibility criteria. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1989. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a United States Transplantation Network to provide a central registry linking donors and potential recipients; (2) establish and maintain an organ recipient registry; (3) maintain an identifiable unit in the Department of Health and Human Services to coordinate Federal organ transplant programs and policies; and (4) publish an annual report on the scientific and clinical status of organ transplantation. Directs the Secretary to establish a Task Force on Organ Transplantation. Requires such Task Force to: (1) conduct a national conference within six months; and (2) report to the Secretary. Terminates the Task Force 12 months after such report is submitted. Title II: Prohibition of Organ Purchases - Prohibits the purchase or sale of human organs if such transfer affects commerce. Establishes criminal penalties for such violations.

A bill to establish a limitation on the use of friable asbestos products in any Federal assisted construction project.

United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983

Prohibits the head of any executive agency from making a loan or grant or ordering the procurement of materials for any facility which is to be constructed of materials containing any friable asbestos product, unless he or she determines that there is no adequate substitute for such product.

Supplementary Medical Insurance Improvements Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983

Supplementary Medical Insurance Improvements Act of 1983 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide the following insurance options to an enrollee automatically, unless the enrollee specifically declines to be covered under this Act: (1) the elimination of the limitation on the number of days of inpatient hospital services provided under part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII; (2) the elimination of coinsurance imposed for inpatient hospital services over 60 days under part A; and (3) payment for 100 percent, instead of 80 percent, of the reasonable charges for part B benefits. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to annually determine the monthly actuarial rate for enrollees under the above provisions and sets the premium for the above benefits at that rate. Provides part B enrollees with automatic coverage, unless specifically denied, of medical expenses for prescription drugs for the treatment of chronic illness. Directs the Secretary to: (1) annually establish a prospective payment schedule which establishes the payment to be made for such expenses; (2) establish, by therapeutic category, a formulary of the drugs and biologicals necessary for treatment of a chronic disease; and (3) annually determine the monthly actuarial rate for the coverage of such expenses. Sets the premium at such actuarial rate. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on alternatives for reducing the cost-sharing burdens placed by Medicare on individuals entitled to its benefits.

Aufgaben des Heilpraktiker-Berufs im pluralen Gesundheitswesen sowie künftige Ausbildungsanforderungen (G-SIG: 10050223)

Germany · German Bundestag · 18 November 1983

Rural Health Clinics Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1983

Rural Health Clinics Act of 1983 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide that small rural health clinics (as defined by this Act) using National Health Service Corps personnel shall have to repay the Public Health Service for such services only if actual revenues exceed their estimated budget. Authorizes: (1) an additional payback waiver if such clinics demonstrate need or service improvement plans; and (2) an entity which is not a small health center to qualify for such payback waiver.

National Childhood Vaccine Injury Compensation Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1983

National Childhood Vaccine-Injury Compensation Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the National Vaccine-Injury Compensation Program as an elective alternate remedy to judicial action for specified vaccine-related injuries. Grants sole eligibility and compensation jurisdiction to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Sets forth compensation provisions. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct studies on pertussis and rubella vaccines, and to develop other related information materials. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1986. Establishes an Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines to advise the Secretary on the implementation of such program, recommend research priorities and changes in vaccine-related injury standards, and vaccine safety and supply changes. Establishes in the Treasury a National Vaccine-Injury Compensation Trust Fund. Authorizes FY 1984 funds. Requires health care providers who vaccinate patients to keep specified records. Requires the Secretary to: (1) make a pediatric vaccine-risk study; and (2) make related parent information materials available. Requires pediatric health care providers to distribute such materials to parents and legal guardians. Requires a congressional report within two years, and biennially thereafter.

A joint resolution to provide for the designation of the week of November 25 through December 1, 1984, as "National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week."

United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1983

Designates November 25 through December 1, 1984, as National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week.

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Medicare reimbursement for hospital care be at reasonable levels.

United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1983

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) reimbursement rates for hospices not be lowered below those published August 22, 1983, in the Federal Register; (2) the Health Care Financing Administration should begin to collect reliable data on cost experiences of hospices participating in the Medicare program (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) so that future rate changes will reflect the accurate cost of service which terminally ill patients require; and (3) no further delay in publishing the final regulations implementing the Medicare hospice benefit will be tolerated.

A joint resolution designating the week of April 8 through 14, 1984, as "Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week".

United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1983

Designates April 8 through 14, 1984, as Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week.

A joint resolution designating the month of March 1984 as National Eye Donor Month.

United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1983

Designates March 1984 as National Eye Donor Month.

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that United States medical schools should accommodate the American medical students evacuated from Grenada.

United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1983

Expresses the sense of Congress that U.S. medical schools should accommodate the U.S. medical students evacuated from Grenada.

A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to allow increased inspection of records.

United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1983

Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to extend the inspection authority of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over records ( currently limited to manufacturers and distributors of prescription drugs) to manufacturers and distributors of drugs containing caffeine and ephedrine. Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to add additional substances to this list, through notice and comment rulemaking, if they become substances of abuse. Prohibits the manufacture and distribution of drugs which a reasonable person would believe to be a controlled substance. Repeals the prohibition on obtaining injunctions against the manufacturers and distributors of counterfeit drugs and the making, selling or concealing of the equipment used to make counterfeit drugs. Extends the FDA's seizure authority to prohibited look-alike drugs.

A joint resolution honoring Chad Knutson whose remarkably unselfish decision to donate his organs at his death made possible multiple life and sight-saving transplant operations.

United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1983

Pays tribute to Chad Knutson and his parents for his decision to donate his organs at his death which made possible multiple transplant operations.

A bill to amend the Public Health Services Act to clarify the meaning of least restrictive setting for the mentally ill.

United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1983

Amends the Public Health Service Act to clarify the meaning of least restrictive setting for the mentally ill for purposes of community mental health grants.

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that United States medical schools should accommodate the American medical students evacuated from Grenada.

United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1983

Expresses the sense of Congress that U.S. medical schools should accommodate the U.S. medical students evacuated from Grenada.

Health Care Cost Containment Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 4 November 1983

Health Care Cost Containment Act of 1983 - Grants an antitrust exemption to health care insurers for the purposes of: (1) acquiring data on health care costs and services; and (2) entering into service and cost agreements with health care providers. Authorizes the Attorney General to investigate such joint activities to determine whether they conform to this Act.

Community and Family Living Amendments Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 4 November 1983

Community and Family Living Amendments Act of 1983 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require a State plan to provide that a severely disabled individual entitled to medical assistance shall receive such assistance only if such individual resides in a community or family living facility. Permits a severely disabled individual residing in a facility other than a community or family living facility to receive assistance only if: (1) medically necessary; and (2) and the total time the individual will spend in the other facility does not exceed two years. Sets forth provisions, with respect to a severely disabled individual living in a community or family living facility, on: (1) determining payments to a State; and (2) requirements a State must fulfill to receive payments, including the signing of a community and family living implementation agreement with the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Defines "severely disabled individual" and "community or family living facility." Lists provisions required in a community and family living implementation agreement. Increases Medicaid matching payments by five percent for an individual removed from an institution to a community or family living facility, for the first five years such an individual is in the community or family living facility. Reduces payments to a State if a community or family living facility in the State is found to be out of compliance with applicable standards for care of the mentally retarded. Requires a written report to the Secretary at least once every six months concerning facility compliance. Authorizes any interested party to bring an action to enjoin a violation of this Act. Authorizes a State to make community or family living arrangement care and services available to any severely disabled individual under age 18 who spends (or is a member of a family that spends) at least five percent of the individual's or family's adjusted gross income for care and services for such individual. Sets forth the effective date and transitional provisions which provide for phasing out funding for certain institutions over a ten year period. Exempts from such phasing out facilities presently in operation with 15 or fewer beds.

Rural Health Clinics Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 4 November 1983

Rural Health Clinics Act of 1983 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide that small rural health clinics (as defined by this Act) using National Health Service Corps personnel shall have to repay the Public Health Service for such services only if actual revenues exceed their estimated budgets. Authorizes an additional payback waiver if such clinics demonstrate need or service improvement plans.

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 November 1983

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Act - Title I: Task Force on Organ Procurement and Transplantation - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Task Force on Organ Procurement and Transplantation to develop a national plan for organ procurement and a donor network. Requires a report to the President and the appropriate congressional committees within three months. Terminates the Task Force three months after such report is submitted. Title II: Organ Procurement and Transplantation - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a private sector Organ Procurement and Transplantation Registry to provide for a national donor-recipient network. Authorizes grant authority for such purposes. Title III: Annual Report on Organ Transplantation - Directs the Secretary to report annually on the scientific and clinical status of organ transplantation. Title IV: Prohibition of Organ Purchases - Prohibits the sale or purchase of human organs in interstate commerce. Establishes criminal penalties for such violations.

National Organ Transplant Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 November 1983

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Act - Title I: Task Force on Organ Procurement and Transplantation Establishment - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Task Force on Organ Procurement and Transplantation to develop a national plan for organ procurement and a donor network. Requires a report to the President and the appropriate congressional committees within three months. Terminates the Task Force three months after such report is submitted. Title II: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Registry - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a private sector Organ Procurement and Transplantation Registry to provide for a national donor-recipient network. Authorizes grant authority for such purposes. Title III: Annual Report on Organ Transplantation - Directs the Secretary to report annually on the scientific and clinical status of organ transplantation. Title IV: Prohibition of Organ Purchases - Prohibits the sale or purchase of human organs in interstate commerce. Establishes criminal penalties for such violations.

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit medicare reimbursement to hospitals and other providers of services for legal fees.

United States · United States Congress · 3 November 1983

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide that the term "operating costs of inpatient hospital services" does not include costs of legal fees to the extent that they: (1) exceed a reasonable hourly rate; (2) exceed, on a per case basis, a reasonable limit; or (3) are for expenses in a case where the provider is already represented by counsel, unless additional counsel is required, there is a reasonable likelihood of the provider prevailing, and the costs incurred are reasonable.

A bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce to approve and distribute to food service operations instructions for removing food which has become lodged in a person's throat.

United States · United States Congress · 3 November 1983

Directs the Secretary of Commerce, upon recommendation of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to approve and distribute to food service operations instructions for removing food (especially the Heimlich technique) which has become lodged in a person's throat.

A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require that special consideration be given to providing assistance to older individuals who suffer from Alzheimer's disease and other neurological diseases, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 1 November 1983

Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to direct the Commissioner of the Administration on Aging: (1) in making training and recruitment grants and contracts, to give special consideration to the recruitment and training of volunteers and persons employed in or preparing for employment in that part of the field of aging which relates to providing custodial and skilled care for older individuals who suffer from Alzheimer's disease and other neurological diseases; and (2) in making grants and contracts for demonstration projects to give special consideration for projects designed to meet the special needs of older individuals who suffer from Alzheimer's disease and other neurological diseases and projects designed to provide family respite services with respect to older individuals who suffer from Alzheimer's disease and other neurological diseases. Authorizes appropriations under such Act for FY 1985 for training, research, and discretionary projects and requires that a specified minimum amount be made available to carry out provisions relating to Alzheimer's disease and other neurological diseases.

Community Home Care Services Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 1 November 1983

Community Home Care Services Act of 1983 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for the coordination of the Public Health Service Act, the Older Americans Act, and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act in the furnishing of home care services. Authorizes a State, under title XIX, to establish a program under which individuals are furnished home care services if they: (1) are eligible for Medicaid, or would be eligible if institutionalized; or (2) would require institutional care but for the furnishing of home care services. Provides that such program need not be in effect statewide. Makes participation in the program by any individual voluntary. Requires that such a program: (1) assess the needs of each applicant; (2) develop a plan of care for each eligible individual; and (3) provide a case-management system for each individual. Provides that Federal funding to a State for the program shall be equal to the Federal medical assistance percentage, increased by ten percentage points of the total spent by the State for the program. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require hospitals and skilled nursing facilities participating in Medicare to have in effect a procedure for the discharge planning of each patient who may be eligible for home care services under a State's medicaid program.

Home and Community Based Services for the Elderly and the Disabled Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 1 November 1983

Home and Community Based Services for the Elderly and the Disabled Act of 1983 - Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize a block grant program for home and community based services. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) FY 1985 for program planning and implementation; and (2) FY 1986 through 1988 for program services. Allots a State's funds on the basis of its elderly population compared to such national population. Makes Indian tribes or tribal organizations eligible grant recipients. States that grants may be used to: (1) coordinate existing services and maximize the use of funds under this Act; (2) develop means to identify elderly and disabled individuals who are at risk of institutionalization or who could be deinstitutionalized if home and community based services were available; (3) develop cost-effective services; and (4) provide specified medical and related social, occupational, educational, and supportive services. Permits the Secretary to provide States with planning and operating technical assistance. Prohibits the use of funds for: (1) inpatient services; (2) cash payments to intended recipients; (3) land purchase or construction; (4) purchases of major medical equipment; or (5) financial aid to other than public or nonprofit entities. Sets forth State application provisions, including requirements that public hearings regarding fund distributions be held, the establishing of a State entity to administer such funds and programs.

A joint resolution designating the week beginning April 8, 1984, as "National Hearing Impaired Awareness Week".

United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1983

Designates the week beginning April 8, 1984, as National Hearing Impaired Awareness Week.

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the system under which communities pay the United States for the services of National Health Service Corps personnel.

United States · United States Congress · 28 October 1983

Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise community pay-back provisions for National Health Service Corps personnel services to provide that the pay-back amount for an eligible entity shall be the difference between expected annual fees and other revenues and expected costs. Sets forth entities required to use the old method. Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to allow such an entity to use the new method under this Act under specified conditions. States that in order to make such annual computation, an entity shall submit to the Secretary of a description of needed primary and supplemental health services and an expected budget. States that from such submission the Secretary shall determine needed health services and anticipated revenues and costs, which shall be used to determine community pay-back amounts. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such pay-back in whole or in part if an entity demonstrates it needs such money to: (1) expand services; (2) increase patient capacity; (3) construct or modernize facilities; (4) improve administration; or (5) establish a financial reserve. Requires any excess revenues to be used to recruit or retain health care professionals or for other specified purposes.

National Organ Transplant Act

United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1983

National Organ Transplant Act - Title I: Amendment to Public Health Service Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make planning and operations grants for local organ procurement organizations. Sets forth eligibility criteria. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1989. Directs the Secretary to establish a private nonprofit United States Transplantation Network to provide a central registry linking donors and potential recipients. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish in the office of the Assistant Secretary for Health a National Center for Organ Transplantation to coordinate Federal organ transplantation activities; and (2) appoint an advisory council for such Center. Requires the Secretary to publish an annual organ transplantation report. Title II: Medicare and Medicaid Amendments - Amends the Social Security Act to permit Medicare organ transplantations at specified centers. Exempts organ procurement activities from specified cost limits. Requires States to develop written Medicaid payment polices for organ transplants. Requires State Medicaid plans to participate in any transplant program established under Medicare. Requires designated Medicare transplant centers to serve Medicaid patients. Title III: Prohibition of Organ Purchases - Prohibits the sale of human organs. Subjects violators to maximum penalties of $50,000 or five years in prison, or both.

A bill to amend the level of funding authorized for the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant for the purpose of ensuring no less than the current level of services for fiscal year 1984.

United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1983

Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant) of the Social Security Act to increase the authorization of appropriations for FY 1984 and for each following fiscal year.

A resolution to condemn the sale for profit of human organs for transplantation.

United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1983

Expresses the sense of the Senate to condemn the sale for profit of human organs for transplantation, and to urge the appropriate congressional committees to adopt legislation prohibiting such practice.

Vaccine Injury Compensation Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1983

Vaccine-Injury Compensation Act of 1983 - Directs the President to evaluate the establishment of a Federal program to compensate victims seriously injured by Government vaccination programs. Directs the President to design and report to Congress by July 1, 1984, such a proposed program and alternative programs, with associated costs, which: (1) do not propose creating a new agency or hiring additional Federal personnel; (2) ensure that victims of episodic vaccination programs and participants in all childhood vaccination programs are eligible for compensation; (3) propose options including the imposition of a vaccination fee to create a compensation trust fund; and (4) ensure that State governments participate in the administration and, if appropriate, the expense of the program.

Anpassung der Krankenversicherungsbeiträge der Rentner an die Beitragsschwankungen der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung (G-SIG: 10040792)

Germany · German Bundestag · 21 October 1983

Neufassung des § 520 Abs. 1 RVO zur Vermeidung von Überzahlungen beim Arbeitgeberanteil der Beiträge zur gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung von pflichtversicherten Arbeitnehmern (G-SIG: 10050149)

Germany · German Bundestag · 21 October 1983

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1983

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Act - Title I: Task Force on Organ Procurement and Transplantation - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Task Force on Organ Procurement and Transplantation to develop a national plan for organ procurement and a donor network. Requires a report to the President and the appropriate congressional committees within three months. Terminates the Task Force three months after such report is submitted. Title II: Organ Procurement and Transplantation - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a private sector Organ Procurement and Transplantation Registry to provide for a national donor-recipient network. Authorizes grant authority for such purposes. Title III: Annual Report on Organ Transplantation - Directs the Secretary to report annually on the scientific and clinical status of organ transplantation. Title IV: Prohibition of Organ Purchases - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the sale or purchase of human organs in interstate commerce. Establishes criminal penalties for such violations.

A bill to amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to information on physician assignment practices under the medicare program.

United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1983

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to compile, annually, a list of physicians serving individuals enrolled under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act indicating the share of claims which each physician has accepted on an assignment basis in the preceding year. Directs the Secretary to: (1) publish, annually, a list of all physicians who have agreed to accept payment on the basis of assignment for all services furnished under part B; and (2) provide enrollees, annually, a list of physicians in their area who have signed an agreement under which they agree to accept payment under part B on the basis of an assignment for all services furnished under part B.

Höhe der Beitragssenkungen in der sozialen Krankenversicherung 1983 (G-SIG: 10040853)

Germany · German Bundestag · 7 October 1983

A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that the label of all drugs disclose the active and inactive ingredients in the drug.

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1983

Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require drug labels to disclose active and inactive ingredients. (Under current law, generally only active ingredients are required to be disclosed.)

A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish maximum concentration levels for aspartame as a food additive.

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1983

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish maximum concentration levels for aspartame as a food additive.

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 6 October 1983.#SA Delhaize Frères "Le Lion" and others v Belgian State.#References for a preliminary ruling: Tribunal de première instance de Bruxelles - Belgium.#Public health inspections at the frontier - Harmonization directives - Articles 30 and 36.#Joined cases 2/82, 3/82 and 4/82.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 6 October 1983

National Organ Transplant Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1983

National Organ Transplant Act - Title I: Amendment to Public Health Service Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make planning and operations grants for local organ procurement organizations. Sets forth eligibility criteria. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1989. Directs the Secretary to establish a private nonprofit United States Transplantation Network to provide a central registry linking donors and potential recipients. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health a National Center for Organ Transplantation to coordinate Federal organ transplantation activities; and (2) appoint an advisory council for such Center. Requires the Secretary to publish an annual organ transplantation report. Title II: Medicare and Medicaid Amendments - Amends the Social Security Act to permit Medicare organ transplantations at specified centers. Exempts organ procurement activities from specified cost limits. Requires States to develop written Medicaid payment polices for organ transplants. Requires State Medicaid plans to participate in any transplant program established under Medicare. Requires designated Medicare transplant centers to serve Medicaid patients. Title III: Prohibition of Organ Purchases - Prohibits the sale of human organs. Subjects violators to maximum penalties of $50,000 or five years in prison, or both.

A bill to amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to information on physician assignment practices under the medicare program.

United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1983

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to compile, annually, a list of physicians serving individuals enrolled under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act indicating the share of claims which each physician has accepted on an assignment basis in the preceding year. Directs the Secretary to: (1) publish, annually, a list of all physicians who have agreed to accept payment on the basis of assignment for all services furnished under part B; and (2) provide annually to enrollees, annually, a list of physicians in their area who have signed an agreement under which they will accept payment under part B on the basis of an assignment for all services furnished under part B.

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for direct medicare reimbursement for services performed by registered nurse anesthetists.

United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1983

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for anesthesia services and related care provided by a registered nurse anesthetist.

A joint resolution to designate the week of October 16, 1983 through October 22, 1983, as "National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week".

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1983

Designates October 16 through October 22, 1983, as National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week.

A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase the Federal medical assistance matching percentage for services provided to certain pregnant women and young children under State medicaid plans.

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1983

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide that the Federal medical assistance percentage shall be 100 percent with respect to amounts expended as medical assistance for services furnished to a qualified child or pregnant woman. Limits coverage of children to qualified children under one year of age as of enactment. Sets forth a schedule to provide coverage for qualified children under five years of age as of October 1, 1987.

Drug Enforcement Coordination Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1983

Amends the Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act to revise the authority of the Office of Drug Abuse Policy within the Office of the President. Allows the President to appoint the Vice President to be the Director. Requires Deputy Directors for Drug Abuse Prevention and for Drug Enforcement. Requires the Director to establish, plan, and coordinate Federal drug abuse functions. Directs the Director to make recommendations to the President and consult and assist State and local governments in order to implement such policies. Directs the Attorney General to notify the Director that a certain drug has a potential for abuse or should be transferred or removed from a schedule under the Controlled Substances Act. Requires the Director to submit an annual report to Congress on the activities conducted under this Act. Authorizes appropriations.