Health Services Act

Summary

Health Services Act - Title I: Community Health Centers, Migrant Health Centers, and Community Mental Health Centers - Sets forth congressional findings regarding the need for the provision of high quality essential health services and comprehensive mental health services in all American communities. States that the essential health services which shall be provided by a community health center are: (1) physician services (including consultant and referral services by a physician) and, where feasible, services of physicians' assistants and nurse clinicians; (2) emergency medical services; (3) diagnostic laboratory and radiologic services; (4) preventive health services; (5) transportation services necessary to overcome special difficulty of access to services provided by the community health center; and (6) services which promote and facilitate optimal use of available health services. Specifies that a community health center shall provide services in the following manner: (1) directly through its own professional staff and supporting resources; and (2) indirectly under agreements with providers designed to assure to the patient maximum accessibility to efficient, economical, and high-quality services. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make planning grants to any public or private nonprofit agency, organization, or institution which has demonstrated the capacity to prepare a satisfactory plan for providing essential health services through a community health center. Provides that the Secretary may make development grants to any public or private nonprofit agency, organization, or institution which has a plan satisfactory to the Secretary for providing essential health services through a community health center. States that grants for development shall be made to assist in meeting the costs of: (1) development of essential and supplemental health services, including the addition of new services to those already offered, to the extent that such costs are not ordinary costs of operation, as defined in regulations of the Secretary; (2) development of the resources and techniques to achieve compliance with specified conditions; and (3) acquisition and construction of new facilities, expansion and remodeling of existing facilities, leasing of facilities, and initial equipment of facilities acquired, constructed, expanded, remodeled, or leased with financial assistance provided for grants under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make operating grants to any: (1) community health center; or (2) public or private nonprofit agency, organization, or institution which is providing services or meets the definition of a community health center except that it is not providing all of the essential health services described in this Act. Sets forth conditions to be met for approval of grant applications. Directs the Secretary to appoint and organize a National Advisory Council on Community Health Centers which shall advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Secretary on matters concerning the organization, operation, and funding of community health centers and other grantees. Authorizes appropriations of $500,000 for each fiscal year 1975-1979 for planning grants. Authorizes appropriations of $30,000,000 for each fiscal year 1975-1979 for development grants. Authorizes necessary appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the succeeding four fiscal years to make operating grants. Directs the Secretary to make available planning, development, and operating grants for the establishment and maintenance of migrant health centers. Sets forth conditions for the approval of migrant health center grants. Directs the Secretary to appoint and organize a National Advisory Council on Migrant Health Centers which shall advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Secretary on matters concerning the organization, operation, and funding of migrant health centers and other grantees under this part. Authorizes appropriations for migrant health center grants for the fiscal years 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979. Directs the Secretary to make available planning, development, and operating grants for the establishment and maintenance of community mental health centers. Sets forth conditions for the approval of mental health center grants. Authorizes the Secretary to provide all necessary technical and other nonfinancial assistance (including fiscal and program management and training in fiscal and program management) to any public or private, nonprofit agency, organization, or institution which is eligible to receive grants under this Act to assist such agency, organization, or institution in developing plans for and in becoming a community health center. Authorizes appropriations for community mental health center grants for the fiscal years 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979. Title II: Health Revenue Sharing - Authorizes appropriations of $90,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the four succeeding fiscal years for grants to States for comprehensive public health resources.

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 5 September 1974

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 1 April 1974

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