Maternal, Infant and Crippled Children's Health Reform Act

Summary

Maternal, Infant, and Crippled Children's Health Reform Act - Amends the Social Security Act to establish in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a unit known as the National Office of Maternal and Child Health. Requires the National Office to: (1) seek to improve maternal and child health care services through coordination of the activities of Federal health agencies with respect to maternal and child health and crippled children's services; (2) develop a data collection and retrieval system to serve as a central source of information related to the health of mothers and children; and (3) develop a long-range program to promote the availability of health services to all pregnant women, infants, and children. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to appoint a National Advisory Council on Maternal and Child Health. Requires such Council to advise and assist the States and the Secretary and the National Office. Directs the Council to study Federal health programs for mothers, infants, and children. Sets forth the scope of such study.

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 9 June 1978

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