An Act to amend the Community Mental Health Centers Act to revise and extend the programs under that Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the programs of assistance for libraries of medicine, the programs of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and of the National Cancer Institute, and the program for National Research Service Awards, to establish the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research, and for other purposes.

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Introduced

27 January 1978

Last action

9 November 1978 · President

Status

Public Law 95-622.

Summary

Title I: Community Mental Health Centers Extension - Community Mental Health Centers Extension Act - Amends the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963 to authorize through fiscal year 1979 appropriations for: (1) grants for planning community mental health centers (CMHC) programs; (2) public or nonprofit private community mental health centers and other public or private nonprofit entities which provide mental health services; (3) consultation and educational services of CMHC's; and (4) the National Center for the Prevention and Control of Rape. Allows unexpended grants made to CMHC's to be carried forward to the subsequent grant period without being deducted from the subsequent grant award. Title II: Biomedical Research Extension - Biomedical Research Extension Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Surgeon General to make research chemicals and research animals available to appropriate public authorities, health officials and scientists engaged in special study. Directs that the appointed members of the Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine be appointees of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare rather than of the President. Authorizes through fiscal year 1981 appropriations for medical libraries for programs under the Public Health Service Act. Authorizes the Director of the National Cancer Institute to provide for the establishment of new centers for basic research. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for the National Cancer Institute. Authorizes through fiscal year 1979 appropriations for research and training in diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lung, and blood and the management of blood resources. Requires that National Research Service Awards to include cost of living increase allowances. Reduces from 20 months to 12 months the length of service in a health-related activity in which a nonteaching recipient of a National Health Service Award must engage for each year of such Award to the individual. Establishes a new formula for the calculation of the amount which the United States is entitled to recover from an individual who fails to fulfill the service obligations incurred by receipt of a National Health Service Award. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1979, 1980, and 1981 for payments under National Research Service Awards and grants for such Awards.

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Timeline

27 January 1978
Introduced
Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources.
Source: IntroReferral
27 January 1978
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
15 May 1978
Reported
Reported to Senate from the Committee on Human Resources with amendment, S. Rept. 95-838.
Source: Committee
15 May 1978
Reported
Reported to Senate from the Committee on Human Resources with amendment, S. Rept. 95-838.
Source: Committee
26 June 1978
Floor
Measure called up by unanimous consent in Senate.
Source: Floor
26 June 1978
Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Measure passed Senate, amended (inserted similar provisions of S. 2579 as passed Senate).
Source: Floor
28 June 1978
Introduced
Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Source: IntroReferral
14 October 1978
Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: Measure passed House, amended.
Source: Floor
14 October 1978
Floor
Measure called up under motion to suspend rules and pass in House.
Source: Floor
14 October 1978
Passed
Senate agreed to House amendments.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
14 October 1978
Passed
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to House amendments.
Source: NotUsed
14 October 1978
Passed
Measure passed House, amended.
Source: Floor
30 October 1978
Floor
Measure presented to President.
Source: Floor
30 October 1978
President
Measure presented to President.
Source: President
9 November 1978
President
Public Law 95-622.
Source: President
9 November 1978
Became law
Signed by President.
Source: BecameLaw
9 November 1978
President
Signed by President.
Source: President

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