bill_id,congress,bill_type,bill_number,title,policy_area,introduced_date,latest_action_date,latest_action_text,origin_chamber,sponsor_name,sponsor_state,sponsor_party,sponsor_bioguide_id,cosponsor_count,summary_text,update_date,url
96-hr-8407,96,hr,8407,Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Act Amendment,Health,1980-12-03,1980-12-03,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-36]",CA,D,B000918,0,"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.",2025-09-02T13:55:10Z,
96-hr-8406,96,hr,8406,Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act of 1980,Health,1980-12-02,1980-12-28,Public Law 96-611.,House,"Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24]",CA,D,W000215,1,"(Measure passed Senate, amended)  Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act of provide Medicare coverage for pneumococcal vaccine and its administration.   Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, prior to the beginning of a quarter, to estimate the amount to which a State is entitled under part E and then to pay to the State the amount so estimated.   Revises the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (part A of title IV) eligibility requirements for individuals (who are otherwise eligible) and are between the ages of 18 and 21 so as to restrict such payments to students regularly attending a school in grade twelve or below or regularly attending a course of vocational or technical training, other than a course provided by or through a college or university, designed to fit the individual for gainful employment.   Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Act to include within the resources of an SSI applicant for the purpose of determining resources any resource owned by the applicant within the preceding 24 months if the applicant gave away or sold the resource at less than fair market value for the purpose of establishing SSI eligibility.   Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Act to deny assistance, for specified periods, to an individual who would otherwise be eligible but for the fact that the individual disposed of resources for less than fair market value.   Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act of 1980 - Requires appropriate State authorities to give full faith and credit to a child custody determination by a court of another State which has jurisdiction and meets specified conditions. Authorizes a State court with jurisdiction to modify a custody determination of another State court which no longer has or has declined to exercise jurisdiction.   Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Act to direct the Secretary to enter into an agreement with any State able and willing to do so, under which the services of the Parent Locator Service shall be made available to the State for the purpose of determining the whereabouts of any absent parent or child when such information is to be used to locate the parent or child for the purpose of:  (1) enforcing any State or Federal law with respect to the unlawful taking or restraint of a child; or (2) making or enforcing a child custody determination.   Directs the Attorney General to report to Congress concerning steps taken to apply to parental kidnapping Federal laws pertaining to leaving a jurisdiction to avoid prosecution or giving testimony.   Makes technical amendments to the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code.   Provides that certain auditing regulations pertaining to part D of title IV shall remain in effect until October 1, 1981.",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
96-hr-8336,96,hr,8336,A bill to amend section 314(d) of the Public Health Service Act to extend for three fiscal years the program of assistance for comprehensive public health services.,Health,1980-11-13,1980-11-13,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Carter, Tim Lee [R-KY-5]",KY,R,C000201,0,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.,2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
96-hr-8337,96,hr,8337,A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage under the medicare program of modified bicycle ergometers and modified treadmills.,Health,1980-11-13,1980-11-13,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Cavanaugh, John J. [D-NE-2]",NE,D,C000261,0,"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.""",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
96-hr-8341,96,hr,8341,"A bill to exempt certain blood fractions from the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for five years, and for other purposes.",Health,1980-11-13,1980-11-13,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. McDonald, Lawrence P. [D-GA-7]",GA,D,M000413,0,"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.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
96-hr-8309,96,hr,8309,Comprehensive Health Care Reform Act,Health,1980-10-02,1980-10-02,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-29]",NY,R,S000675,0,"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.",2025-09-02T13:55:11Z,
96-sjres-208,96,sjres,208,"A joint resolution to designate the week of December 8, 1980, as ""Respiratory Therapy Week "".",Health,1980-09-30,1980-09-30,Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]",NM,R,D000407,0,"Requests the President to designate the week of December 7, 1980, through December 13, 1980, as ""Respiratory Therapy Week.""",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
96-hr-8212,96,hr,8212,A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study whether there is a relationship between the exposure of members of the Armed Forces of the United States to nuclear radiation in connection with the atomic detonations at Hiroshima and Nagasaki during 1945 and various symptoms currently exhibited by such members.,Health,1980-09-25,1980-09-25,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Gibbons, Sam [D-FL-7]",FL,D,G000153,0,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.,2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
96-s-3161,96,s,3161,Health Care Protection Act of 1980,Health,1980-09-25,1980-09-25,Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,I000025,0,"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.",2025-09-02T13:57:13Z,
96-hjres-616,96,hjres,616,"A joint resolution designating November 28, 1980 as National Lifeliner Day.",Health,1980-09-24,1980-09-24,Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.,House,"Rep. Heckler, Margaret M. [R-MA-10]",MA,R,H000440,4,"Designates November 28, 1980, as ""National Lifeliner Day.""",2024-02-06T20:04:02Z,
96-hr-8133,96,hr,8133,Department of Defense-Veterans Administration Health Care Planning and Improvements Act,Health,1980-09-17,1980-09-17,Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.,House,"Rep. Beard, Robin [R-TN-6]",TN,R,B000280,0,"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.",2025-09-02T13:55:07Z,
96-hr-8108,96,hr,8108,"A bill to require the monitoring of radioactive materials transported by air, and for other purposes.",Health,1980-09-15,1980-09-15,Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.,House,"Rep. Burton, John [D-CA-5]",CA,D,B001153,0,"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.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
96-hr-8074,96,hr,8074,Hospital Ambulatory Services Reimbursement Reform Act,Health,1980-09-04,1980-09-04,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Bingham, Jonathan B. [D-NY-22]",NY,D,B000472,0,"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.",2025-09-02T13:55:00Z,
96-sjres-201,96,sjres,201,"A joint resolution to provide for the designation of a week as ""National Lupus Week"".",Health,1980-09-04,1980-10-10,Public Law 96-419.,Senate,"Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA]",CA,D,C000877,29,"Requests the President to designate the week of October 19-25, 1980, as ""National Lupus Week.""",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
96-hr-8050,96,hr,8050,A bill to provide for demonstration projects whereby medicare patients receiving chemotherapy or radiation therapy may be housed and boarded in setting other than inpatient hospital facilities.,Health,1980-08-28,1980-08-28,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Duncan, John J. [R-TN-2]",TN,R,D000534,0,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.,2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
96-hr-8025,96,hr,8025,A bill to limit medicare and medicaid payments for certain drugs.,Health,1980-08-26,1980-08-26,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Eckhardt, Bob [D-TX-8]",TX,D,E000035,1,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.,2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
96-s-3065,96,s,3065,Federal Physicians Comparability Act of 1980,Health,1980-08-26,1980-08-26,Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD]",MD,R,M000241,0,"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.",2025-09-02T13:57:09Z,
96-hr-8004,96,hr,8004,Mental Health Act of 1977,Health,1980-08-22,1980-08-22,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20]",TX,D,G000272,0,"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.",2025-09-02T13:55:00Z,
96-hr-7995,96,hr,7995,"A bill to extend authorizations of appropriations for the developmental disabilities programs under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, and for other purposes.",Health,1980-08-21,1980-08-21,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24]",CA,D,W000215,0,"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.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
96-hr-7972,96,hr,7972,Provider Payment Review Board Act,Health,1980-08-20,1980-08-20,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Heftel, Cecil [D-HI-1]",HI,D,H000449,3,"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.",2025-09-02T13:55:00Z,
96-hr-7927,96,hr,7927,A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the medicare program for certain services performed by chiropractors.,Health,1980-08-18,1980-08-18,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Alexander, Bill [D-AR-1]",AR,D,A000103,0,"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.",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
96-hr-7936,96,hr,7936,A bill to exempt certain blood fractions from the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act for five years.,Health,1980-08-18,1980-08-18,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. McDonald, Lawrence P. [D-GA-7]",GA,D,M000413,2,"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.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
96-hr-7938,96,hr,7938,"A bill to designate the hospital known as the Veterans Administration Medical Center, located in Reno, Nevada, as the ""Ioannis A. Lougaris Veterans Administration Medical Center"".",Health,1980-08-18,1980-08-18,Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.,House,"Rep. Santini, James D. [D-NV-98]",NV,D,S000058,0,"Designates the Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Reno, Nevada, as the ""Ioannis A. Lougaris Veterans' Administration Medical Center.""",2024-02-07T16:12:44Z,
96-s-3029,96,s,3029,A bill to amend the Social Security Act with respect to professional mental health services.,Health,1980-08-06,1980-08-06,Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI]",HI,D,M000250,1,"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.",2021-06-14T20:09:26Z,
96-s-3036,96,s,3036,Good Samaritan Act,Health,1980-08-06,1980-08-06,Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS]",MS,R,C000567,0,"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.",2025-09-02T13:57:03Z,
96-s-3019,96,s,3019,A bill to provide for demonstration projects whereby medicare patients receiving chemotherapy or radiation therapy may be housed and boarded in settings other than inpatient hospital facilities.,Health,1980-08-05,1980-08-05,Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO]",MO,R,D000030,3,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.,2021-06-14T20:09:23Z,
96-s-3010,96,s,3010,"A bill to designate the hospital known as the Veterans' Administration Medical Center, located in Reno, Nevada, as the ""Ioannis A. Lougaris Veterans' Administration Medical Center"".",Health,1980-08-04,1980-08-04,Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Laxalt, Paul D. [R-NV]",NV,R,L000148,1,"Designates the Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Reno, Nevada, as the ""Ioannis A. Lougaris Veterans' Administration Medical Center.""",2025-01-14T17:02:09Z,
96-hr-7911,96,hr,7911,Health Planning Technical Amendments of 1980,Health,1980-07-31,1980-08-28,Text as passed House inserted in H. R. 7036.,House,"Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24]",CA,D,W000215,7,"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.",2025-09-02T13:54:55Z,
96-hjres-590,96,hjres,590,"A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to proclaim November 14, 1980, as ""National Operating Room Nurses Day"".",Health,1980-07-28,1980-07-28,Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.,House,"Rep. Tauke, Thomas Joseph [R-IA-2]",IA,R,T000053,8,"Authorizes and requests the President to designate November 14, 1980, as ""National Operating Room Nurses Day.""",2024-02-06T20:04:02Z,
96-s-2958,96,s,2958,Federal Interagency Medical Resources Sharing and Coordination Act of 1980,Health,1980-07-23,1980-09-30,Referred jointly to House Committees on Armed Services; and Veterans' Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Percy, Charles H. [R-IL]",IL,R,P000222,3,"(Measure passed Senate, amended)  Federal Interagency Medical Resources Sharing and Coordination Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the Veterans' Administration: (1) to evaluate the opportunities for the interagency sharing of medical resources and facilities between the Department of Defense and the Veterans' Administration; (2) to prescribe policies and procedures for such interagency sharing and monitor the implementation of such policies and procedures; (3) to consult with other Federal health care providers to ensure optimum coordination in the delivery of direct health care; and (4) within 180 days after enactment of this Act, to prescribe uniform 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 direct health 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 a joint annual report regarding interagency medical resource sharing guidelines, opportunities, arrangements, and activities.",2025-09-02T13:57:02Z,
96-hr-7733,96,hr,7733,"A bill to require the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to study whether there may be a relationship between exposure of members of the Armed Forces of the United States to nuclear radiation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki immediately after World War II and various symptoms currently exhibited by such members.",Health,1980-07-02,1980-07-02,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Carter, Tim Lee [R-KY-5]",KY,R,C000201,0,"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.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
96-hr-7744,96,hr,7744,A bill to provide coverage under part B of the medicare program for supplies and services furnished by hospices to individuals who have been determined to be terminally ill.,Health,1980-07-02,1980-07-02,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16]",CA,D,P000047,35,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.,2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
96-hr-7758,96,hr,7758,Health Planning Technical Amendments of 1980,Health,1980-07-02,1980-07-02,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24]",CA,D,W000215,1,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.,2025-09-02T13:54:54Z,
96-hr-7710,96,hr,7710,Voluntary Food Supplement Act of 1980,Health,1980-07-01,1980-07-01,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. McDonald, Lawrence P. [D-GA-7]",GA,D,M000413,0,"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.",2025-09-02T13:54:49Z,
96-hr-7675,96,hr,7675,"A bill to direct the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases to conduct such studies as may be necessary to determine the safety and efficacy under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) as a topical analgesic and to provide that, if the drug is so determined to be safe and effective, new drug applications may be approved under such section based on the evidence submitted by the Institute.",Health,1980-06-26,1980-06-26,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Heckler, Margaret M. [R-MA-10]",MA,R,H000440,0,"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.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
96-hr-7680,96,hr,7680,Financially Distressed Hospitals Assistance Act,Health,1980-06-26,1980-06-26,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-19]",NY,D,R000053,0,"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.",2025-09-02T13:54:49Z,
96-s-2876,96,s,2876,Contraceptive Labeling and Advertising Act,Health,1980-06-25,1980-06-25,Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Javits, Jacob K. [R-NY]",NY,R,J000064,1,"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.",2025-09-02T13:56:56Z,
96-hr-7641,96,hr,7641,A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for medicaid coverage of acupuncturists' services.,Health,1980-06-24,1980-06-24,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Burton, John [D-CA-5]",CA,D,B001153,0,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.,2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
96-hr-7642,96,hr,7642,A bill to provide benefits under part B of the medicare program with respect to acupuncture treatment in States which license or certify individuals who furnish such treatment.,Health,1980-06-24,1980-06-24,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Burton, John [D-CA-5]",CA,D,B001153,0,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.,2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
96-hr-7649,96,hr,7649,"A bill to designate the outpatient clinic of the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Fresno, California, as the ""Victor Maghakian Clinic"".",Health,1980-06-24,1980-06-24,Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.,House,"Rep. Pashayan, Charles, Jr. [R-CA-17]",CA,R,P000097,15,"Designates the outpatient clinic of the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Fresno, California, as the ""Victor Maghakian Clinic.""",2024-02-07T16:12:44Z,
96-hr-7616,96,hr,7616,A bill to establish a national center for clinical pharmacology in the Department of Health and Human Services.,Health,1980-06-18,1980-06-18,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14]",FL,D,P000218,0,"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.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
96-s-2847,96,s,2847,Asbestos Health Hazards Compensation Act of 1980,Health,1980-06-18,1980-06-18,Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Hart, Gary W. [D-CO]",CO,D,H000287,0,"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.",2025-09-02T13:56:56Z,
96-hr-7596,96,hr,7596,"A bill entitled: ""The Small and Rural Laboratory Protection Act"".",Health,1980-06-17,1980-06-17,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1]",NE,R,B000403,19,"Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to halt immediately implementation of those regulations relating to clinical laboratory personnel published October 12, 1979, and published as corrected October 23, 1979.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
96-s-2840,96,s,2840,Financially Distressed Hospitals Assistance Act,Health,1980-06-17,1980-06-17,Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Javits, Jacob K. [R-NY]",NY,R,J000064,6,"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.",2025-09-02T13:56:56Z,
96-s-2841,96,s,2841,Hospital Ambulatory Services Reimbursement Reform Act,Health,1980-06-17,1980-06-17,Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Javits, Jacob K. [R-NY]",NY,R,J000064,7,"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.",2025-09-02T13:57:00Z,
96-hr-7577,96,hr,7577,Prescription Drug Freshness Act,Health,1980-06-13,1980-06-13,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-26]",NY,R,G000212,0,"Prescription Drug Freshness Act - Requires the prominent labeling of prescription and over-the-counter drugs and pharmaceuticals, whose effectiveness or potency become diminished after storage, as to the date beyond which the product shall not be used. Authorizes the Food and Drug Administration to establish the ""beyond use"" dates for all applicable products, and the manner in which they shall be labeled. Prohibits the Administration from promulgating any regulations under this Act which add two percent or more to the cost of such drugs.",2025-09-02T13:54:49Z,
96-hr-7527,96,hr,7527,National Health Care Reform Act of 1980,Health,1980-06-09,1980-06-09,Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.,House,"Rep. Gephardt, Richard A. [D-MO-3]",MO,D,G000132,1,"National Health Care Reform Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish actuarial categories, including an aged and disabled actuarial category, of individuals eligible for Federal financial assistance toward the purchase of membership in a health care plan qualified under this Act (health care contributions). Sets forth the factors to be considered by the Secretary in establishing such categories. Requires the Secretary to delineate the United States into health care areas according to specified criteria. Title I:  Health Care Contributions - Makes every individual who is:  (1) a resident of the United States;  and (2) a citizen of the United States or a lawful resident alien, eligible for a health care contribution.  Stipulates that a person who is a dependent of an eligible individual is not eligible for a health care contribution. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a tax exclusion of contributions paid by an eligible individual's employer toward the premium of a qualified health care plan. Sets forth the conditions for such exclusion. Establishes limits on the amount of the tax exclusion allowed to an eligible individual. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a taxpayer a tax credit for the premium paid by such taxpayer during the taxable year for membership in a qualified health care plan. Limits the tax credit to individuals eligible for a health care contribution under this Act. Specifies the maximum allowable credit for a taxable year.  Sets forth additional limitations on such credit. Directs the Secretary to make a direct health care contribution to each eligible individual who is aged or disabled and who elects to receive such contribution in lieu of any benefits under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (Medicare). Requires the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register the amount of direct health care contributions for aged or disabled individuals made for each health care area.  Sets forth the method for computing such contributions. Entitles an eligible individual, whose family income is below specified guidelines, to receive for the year in which a qualified health care plan is effective (plan year) a direct health care contribution.  Limits entitlement to a direct health care contribution to one eligible individual per family.  Sets forth the conditions for receipt of a direct health care contribution for the financially needy.  Entitles an eligible aged or disabled individual to such a contribution only if such individual has: (1) elected to receive such a contribution in lieu of Medicare benefits;  and (2) waived any right to a direct health care contribution for the aged or disabled for the plan year. Provides for the periodic transfer of funds from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund established under the Social Security Act to make payments for such health care contributions to aged or disabled individuals.  Directs the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register the amount of direct health care contributions for the financially needy made for each health care area.  Specifies the amounts of such health care contributions. Allows the Secretary to enter into a contract with any State under which the State will determine the eligibility for and the amount of a direct health care contribution for financially needy, State residents. Directs the Secretary to issue a health care voucher to eligible individuals in the amount of the direct health care contribution.  Specifies the contents of such voucher and the date of issuance of such voucher.  Requires a qualified health care plan to accept a voucher issued to an eligible individual as full or partial payment of the plan's premium for a plan year.  Requires the Secretary to make payments to a qualified health care plan presenting such vouchers. Sets forth the terms for such payments.  Prohibits the Secretary from withholding any portion of the health care payments to which a qualified health care plan is entitled to offset any amount owed to the United States by the plan, an eligible individual, or any other person.  Prohibits the Secretary from denying payment of an invalid voucher unless a qualified health care plan had actual knowledge of such invalidity when it accepted such voucher.  Prevents the assignment or attachment of a health care voucher by an individual. Title II:  Qualified Plans - Allows a health care plan to apply to the Secretary for certification as a qualified plan in one or more health care areas.  Requires the Secretary to act upon the application of a health care plan for qualification within 30 days after receipt of such application, otherwise such application shall be deemed approved.  Sets forth the factors to be considered by the Secretary in acting upon each application.  Directs the Secretary to provide a health care plan with a written explanation and a hearing in the event of disapproval of the plan's application. Provides for the continued qualification of an approved plan until it is disqualified under this Act.  Prohibits the Secretary from changing regulations which affect qualified plans for a plan year later than April 1 of the previous year unless all qualified plans thereby affected agree to a later date. Requires a qualified plan to provide its members with basic health care services including: (1) medical, surgical, and obstetrical care;  (2) inpatient, outpatient, and other institutional health services, plus home health or institutional services for aged or disabled individuals; (3) preventive health services;  (4) prescription drugs incident to basic health care services; (5) blood;  (6) emergency transportation;  and (7) medical equipment, including therapeutic devices and prosthetic appliances.  Specifies exclusions from the required basic health care services. Requires a qualified plan to provide a written membership agreement which sets forth the rights and obligations of the plan and its members. States that the term of each membership agreement shall be a plan year.  Limits membership in a qualified plan to eligible residents of the health care area in which the qualified plan is located.  Requires a qualified plan to have an open membership enrollment, with specified exceptions including the number of medically high-risk individuals.  Directs a qualified plan to provide an individual with a written explanation if membership is denied. Sets forth the terms of the qualified plan enrollment periods. Requires a qualified plan which enrolls an eligible individual to enroll as associated members any spouse or dependents (other than aged or disabled individuals) who are named by the individual.  Provides for the automatic enrollment of each person who becomes a spouse or dependent (other than aged or disabled individuals) of an enrolled member. Requires each qualified plan to establish for each plan year for each health care area in which it is located an annual premium for each actuarial category established by the Secretary under this Act.  Sets a maximum permissible cost per plan year for basic health services for a member of a qualified plan. Requires the Secretary to publish such maximum cost in the Federal Register.  Allows a premium reduction to reflect prepayment or administrative savings effected by group purchases.  Requires a qualified plan to permit monthly premium payments by members.  Provides that if a member prepays premiums to one qualified plan and then enrolls in a different qualified plan during the plan year, such prepaid premiums must be transferred to the latter plan for such member.  Entitles an aged or disabled individual who tenders a health care voucher which is greater than the premium for such individual to a refund or credit. Requires a qualified plan to report annually to the Secretary with enrollment information for each health care area in which the plan is located.  Requires a qualified plan to submit to the Secretary any proposed changes in coverage. Requires a qualified plan to provide financial information and make payments to the Health Benefits Assurance Corporation established under this Act. Requires a qualified plan to file with the Secretary a brochure for a plan year describing:  (1) the health care services to be provided;  (2) the method by which such services will be provided;  (3) the location of health care facilities;  (4) the maximum amount of expenditures required of a member;  (5) the health care area or areas in which the plan will be offered;  (6) the premium charged for each actuarial category; and (7) the installments in which such premium may be paid. Directs the Secretary and the qualified plan to make such brochures available to the public. Allows advertising of the health care plan based on such brochure.  Directs the Secretary to bar the distribution of a misleading and inaccurate brochure or advertisement of a health care plan. Allows members of qualified plans to refuse services by a person designated by the plan to provide such service.  Allows health care personnel to refuse for moral reasons to provide certain services. Requires arbitration of specified grievances between an individual and a qualified plan. Sets forth limitations on the authority of the Secretary, the authority of the qualified plan, the authority of the sponsor of a qualified plan, and the authority of a deliverer of health care services. Requires the Secretary to disqualify a plan if the Secretary determines that proposed changes in the plan will prevent the plan from providing basic health care services or will require excessive out-of-pocket expenditures. Allows the Secretary to disqualify a plan if the Secretary finds that the plan's sponsor has violated the antitrust provisions established by this Act.  Sets the effective date of disqualification.  Allows the Secretary to rescind such disqualification if the plan meets certain criteria.  Prohibits treatment of a plan as a qualified plan after the U.S. Health Court appoints a receiver. Requires the Secretary to provide information about qualified plans and to help process applications for health care vouchers by preparing and distributing pamphlets and by working with other organizations. Allows an eligible individual to authorize any person to act as the individual's agent and to take any necessary action under this Act or as a member of a qualified plan. Permits only a chartered health care contribution agent to serve as an authorized agent for more than 25 persons.  Directs the Secretary to designate as chartered health care contribution agents persons who meet specified qualifications of honesty and expertise. Prohibits State payments under title III (Unemployment Compensation) and title IV (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of the Social Security Act to any eligible person who is not a member of a qualified plan. Requires membership in a qualified plan in order to qualify for supplemental security income benefits and for food stamp benefits. Exempts specified persons from requirements of membership in a qualifying plan. Grants standing to a qualified plan to assert the rights of its members.  Deems members to have assigned their rights to a claim to their qualified plan in specified circumstances. Repeals the provisions of Federal law relating to Federal employee health insurance. Requires the Federal Government to contribute to the premium of a health plan on behalf of Federal employees. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee an insurance policy of a qualified plan in health care areas where similar insurance is not available at commercially reasonable rates. Establishes the Health Benefits Assurance Corporation to review health plan applications for financial certification. Exempts the Corporation from all Federal, State, and local taxes.  Sets forth the powers of the Corporation. Directs the Corporation to review periodically the financial ability of such qualified plan to fulfill its obligations. Requires the Corporation to establish and finance a protective fund to assure the provision of health care services to members of qualified plans financially unable to meet their obligations. Establishes a revolving fund in the U.S. Treasury for the Corporation to use to carry out its duties with regard to the protective fund. Authorizes the Corporation to issue debt obligations.  Requires a qualified plan to repay the Corporation if any amount of the protective fund is used to fulfill the obligations of such plan. Allows applications to be made to the Secretary for payment for basic health care services furnished to a non-member of a qualified plan. Requires a panel of three arbitrators to arbitrate a dispute between an individual and a plan involving $10,000 or more.  Requires a single arbitrator in disputes involving less than $10,000.  Sets forth the arbitration procedures. Provides for judicial review of any agency action by the Health Court. Prohibits judicial review of a determination that a plan is qualified. Establishes the Health Court.  Sets forth the organization of such Court. Grants such Court exclusive jurisdiction over all civil actions brought to enforce this Act and all civil claims and disputes arising under this Act and under agreements by or with qualified plans. Directs the Court to appoint a receiver for a qualified plan if the Court determines there is a strong possibility the plan will not be able to fulfill its obligations to its members. Prohibits the commencement, or requires the suspension, of any Federal or State bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding during any period for which a receiver has been appointed. Establishes a Health Court of Appeals with jurisdiction over appeals brought from the Health Court.  Allows the Supreme Court to review cases in the Health Court of Appeals by writ of certiorari. Sets forth criminal penalties for violations of this Act or specified sections of the Internal Revenue Code. Title III:  Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and contracts to compensate public or private nonprofit charitable organizations for providing graduate medical education and training for health care professionals. Preempts specified State and local laws, including those which would prevent or impede the health care delivery system reforms of this Act. Revises the medical expense deduction provisions of the Internal Revenue Code to exclude the separate deduction for medical insurance and to prohibit any deduction for premiums paid to qualified health care plans. Sets forth the method of determining the adjustment amount which States, that have elected to accept health care contributions instead of Medicaid assistance, owe the Federal government or which the Federal government owes such States. Repeals provisions of the Social Security Act concerning professional standards review, uniform reporting, capital expenditure limitations, hospital utilization and bylaws, and customary charges.  Revises the reasonable cost definition of the Medicare provisions to be costs actually incurred. Repeals specified provisions of the Public Health Services Act concerning health maintenance organizations, health planning, and health resources development.  Negates the duty of an institution to provide free care and to fulfill community service obligations if 50 percent or more of the patient days of such institution were accounted for by members of qualified plans. Title IV:  Effective Dates and Nonseverability - Establishes the effective date of this Act. Prohibits the Secretary from making a direct health care contribution to an individual who has not made a timely election to receive the health care contribution instead of Medicare benefits. Repeals the Medicare provisions after more than 50 percent of the eligible persons elect health care contributions. Requires a State to notify the Secretary by a certain date of its irrevocable election to accept health care contributions instead of Medicaid benefits.  Deems such a State to have agreed to make any necessary adjustment payments. Deems the Act invalid, except the repeals and amendments of the Social Security and the Public Health Service Acts, if any portion of this Act is found to be invalid.",2025-09-02T13:54:50Z,
96-s-2801,96,s,2801,"A bill to designate the Indian Health Facility in Ada, Oklahoma the ""Carl Albert Indian Health Facility.",Health,1980-06-09,1980-10-09,Public Law 96-415.,Senate,"Sen. Boren, David L. [D-OK]",OK,D,B000639,0,"Designates the Indian health facility in Ada, Oklahoma, as the ""Carl Albert Indian Health Facility.""",2025-06-20T19:33:16Z,
96-s-2797,96,s,2797,A bill to require the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services to submit a report with respect to the effects of hazardous wastes.,Health,1980-06-06,1980-06-06,Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI]",RI,D,P000193,0,"Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to prepare, and submit to Congress within six months, a report on the known and suspected hazards associated with substances identified as hazardous wastes pursuant to specified provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Requires that such report include a description of the nature of the hazards to human health posed by each substance, both directly and indirectly through the environment and through hazards to other forms of life.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
96-hr-7502,96,hr,7502,A bill to allow State medicaid plans to provide medical assistance for institutional services for mentally retarded individuals who are not otherwise provided such assistance because they are not treated as residents of the State.,Health,1980-06-05,1980-06-05,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Edwards, Jack [R-AL-1]",AL,R,E000084,0,Allows a State Medicaid plan approved under Title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide medical assistance for institutional services for mentally retarded individuals who are not otherwise provided such assistance because they are not treated as residents of the State. Sets forth conditions which the State may impose on such assistance.,2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
96-hr-7490,96,hr,7490,A bill for the relief of the Herbert J. Thomas Memorial Hospital.,Health,1980-06-04,1980-06-04,Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-4]",WV,D,R000011,0,Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified amount to Herbert J. Thomas Memorial Hospital in West Virginia for settlements of suits resulting from a Federal and State program. Limits the amount of such funds which may be used to pay attorney's fees.,2021-06-14T19:44:14Z,
96-hr-7468,96,hr,7468,"A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide that the Federal medical assistance percentage will be 100 percent for individuals during periods in which they have been incorrectly certified as SSI recipients, and for other purposes.",Health,1980-05-29,1980-05-29,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL-7]",AL,D,S000320,6,Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide complete medical coverage to any individual during any period in which that person is considered eligible for supplemental security income benefits because of an incorrect determination by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Requires the Secretary to promptly give notice and explain any termination of payment of supplemental security benefits to the State agency which administers that individual's State Medicaid Plan.,2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
96-hr-7446,96,hr,7446,A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase the personal needs allowance for institutionalized recipients to thirty dollars per individual and sixty dollars per couple.,Health,1980-05-28,1980-05-28,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Beard, Edward [D-RI-2]",RI,D,B000279,0,Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require any State plan for medical assistance to exclude a personal needs allowance of at least $30 per month for an individual in a skilled nursing or intermediate care facility or $60 per month for a couple from the annual income of such individual for purposes of determining such individual's eligibility for assistance.,2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
96-s-2761,96,s,2761,A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require that States provide medicaid coverage for dental services (including dental prosthetics) for eligible individuals 65 or older.,Health,1980-05-22,1980-05-22,Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]",MI,D,L000261,3,Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require that States provide medicaid coverage for dental services (including dental prosthetics) for eligible individuals 65 or older.,2021-06-14T20:08:25Z,
96-hr-7422,96,hr,7422,A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize medicare payments for certain inpatient hospital services furnished by a hospital operated by the Veterans' Administration.,Health,1980-05-21,1980-05-21,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Sabo, Martin Olav [D-MN-5]",MN,D,S000005,17,Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require payments to any Veterans' Administration hospital for inpatient services furnished to a person entitled to Medicare hospital benefits if that person was not entitled to free services at such hospital and the services were not otherwise reasonably available within the area of the hospital.,2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
96-s-2732,96,s,2732,"A bill to direct that a clinical investigation of the safety and efficacy of dimethyl sulfoxide as a drug to be used by persons with arthritis be conducted through the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism and Digestive Diseases.",Health,1980-05-16,1980-05-16,Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Packwood, Bob [R-OR]",OR,R,P000009,14,"Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) to conduct a clinical investigation of the safety and efficacy of dimethyl sulfoxide as a drug to be used by persons with arthritis.",2025-04-21T12:24:17Z,
96-hr-7334,96,hr,7334,A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize the use of heroin for terminally ill cancer patients.,Health,1980-05-13,1980-05-13,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Madigan, Edward R. [R-IL-21]",IL,R,M000041,20,Amends the Controlled Substances Act to permit specified practitioners to register to dispense heroin for an inpatient who has been diagnosed as being terminally ill with cancer.,2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
96-hr-7328,96,hr,7328,Medicaid Community Care Act of 1980,Health,1980-05-12,1980-05-12,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. McDade, Joseph M. [R-PA-10]",PA,R,M000399,0,"Medicaid Community Care Act of 1980 - Authorizes a State with a plan approved under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to apply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) to have Federal payments for home health care services, nursing services, home health aid services, medical equipment for use in the home, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology services, endiology services, adult day health services, respite care, short-term full-term nursing care, homemaker services, and nutrition counseling made at a higher rate the the rate for other care and services provided under the State plan. Specifies that the Federal medical assistance percentage for such services and the comprehensive assessments provided for in this Act shall be the lesser of:  (1) the Federal medical assistance percentage determined under title XIX plus 25 percent; or (2) 90 percent of the cost of such services and assessments. Requires an application to be accompanied by a community care plan which:  (1) provides for a comprehensive assessment of each individual eligible or applying for Medicaid who is likely to need long-term skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility services; (2) makes available, under title XIX, the care and services for which the higher Federal payment may be made to individuals determined pursuant to a comprehensive assessment to be in need of long-term facility services and for whom such assistance is a feasible alternative to long-term facility services; and (3) coordinates the services provided under this Act with similar services provided under the Older Americans Act of 1965, and under titles XVIII (Medicare) and XX (Grants to States for Services) of the Social Security Act. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress with respect to the program established under this Act. Permits a State, for the purposes of title XIX, to treat a noninstitutionalized individual the same as an individual who is in a long-term care facility if the noninstitutionalized individual meets the income and resources standards for long-term facility residents and has been determined, pursuant to an assessment under this Act, to need long-term facility services.",2025-09-02T13:54:41Z,
96-hr-7299,96,hr,7299,Mental Health Systems Act,Health,1980-05-07,1980-08-22,"Measure laid on table in House,  S. 1177 passed in lieu.",House,"Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24]",CA,D,W000215,9,"(Measure passed House, amended, roll call #483 (277-15))  Mental Health Systems Act - =Title I: Community Mental Health Services= - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make preparation grants to public or nonprofit private entities recommended by the State mental health authority for projects to: (1) assess mental health service needs; (2) design programs; (3) obtain financial and professional assistance; and (4) encourage community involvement. Prohibits: (1) any grant from exceeding $75,000; (2) a mental health service area from receiving more than one such grant; and (3) any service area from receiving a grant if it has previously received a planning grant under the Community Mental Health Centers Act. Authorizes appropriations for each of fiscal years 1982-1984.   Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private community mental health centers (CMHCs) for nonconstruction expenses. Limits eligibility to CMHCs that: (1) are State-operated; or (2) have been approved by the State mental health authority.  Requires applications to be accompanied by assurances from such authority that the grant and all other funding sources the applicant CMHC may reasonably be expected to receive will cover the operating expenses for the year in which the grant is to be made.  Limits grant eligibility to the first eight years of a CMHC's operation.  Permits a rollover of unused funds to the next fiscal year.  Provides that the amount of the grant shall be the lesser of: (1) the amount equal to the amount by which a CMHC's annual operating costs exceed its revenues; or (2) a decreasing annual percentage of operating costs.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1991 for CMHC continuation grants.   Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State mental health authorities, CMHCs, and other public and nonprofit private entities for services to the chronically mentally ill, including: (1) case management; (2) access to mental, medical, rehabilitation, and dental services; and (3) access to employment, housing, and other support services.  Directs the Secretary to give special consideration to projects which supplement existing community services. Sets forth the following order of applicant priority for such projects: (1) State mental health authorities; (2) CMHCs; and (3) public and nonprofit private entities in areas without CMHCs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State mental health authorities, CMHCs, and other public and nonprofit private entities for mental health and support services for severely mentally disturbed children and adolescents and members of their families.  Prohibits such a grant to be made to a nonprofit private or a public (other than a State mental health authority) entity in an area served by a CMHC.  Sets forth the following order of applicant priority: (1) State mental health authorities; (2) CMHCs; and (3) public and nonprofit private entities in areas without CMHCs.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public or nonprofit private entities to provide mental health services to unserved or underserved priority populations.  States that applications for such grants shall only be approved if: (1) the State mental health authority has recommended approval; (2) the application contains assurances of increased services to such populations and of their opportunities to comment on the proposed project and on its later performance; and (3) the applicant will provide outpatient mental services and two of six other specified related services during the first three years that it receives a grant, and has a plan for the provision of all such services upon the expiration of such first three years.  Prohibits approval of an application of an entity which has received a three-year grant unless the applicant is providing outpatient services and all of the specified six related services.  Prohibits: (1) more than two grants in any single mental health service area during the same fiscal year; (2) more than ten grants to any such area; and (3) more than five grants for service for the same group.  Directs the Secretary to determine grant amounts.  Stipulates that the fourth and fifth grants may not exceed 60 percent and 30 percent, respectively, of the project's costs.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to CMHCs for consultation and education services, followup services, and program administration. Limits eligibility to those CMHCs which have received community health center grants under this Act or under the Community Mental Health Centers Act, but are no longer eligible (because of limitations on number of grants or period of eligibility) for such assistance.  States that as of fiscal year 1984, such eligibility shall be further limited to State-run or State-recommended CMHCs. Prohibits any single CMHC from receiving more than five grants.  Directs the Secretary to determine grant amounts.  Stipulates that any such grant may not exceed $1.00 per capita for the population of the mental health service area.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the provision of mental health services to: (1) public or nonprofit private ambulatory health care centers; and (2) public or nonprofit private entities which provide emergency and outpatient mental services and consultation and education services.  Requires an application to include an affiliation agreement between a provider of ambulatory care services and a provider of mental health services.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   Authorizes the Indian Health Service, upon the request of any tribe or urban Indian organization, to apply to the Secretary for any grant under this title.  Provides that such a grant: (1) shall be made on the same terms and conditions that apply to non-Federal entities; and (2) shall be made even though the project to be funded serves residents of two or more mental health service areas of a State.  Exempts such Service from specified preliminary State grant reviews.   Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for: (1) employment services and training for employees adversely affected by changes in mental health services delivery systems; and (2) innovative mental health projects.  Authorizes up to five percent of the funds appropriated under this title for such projects.  Stipulates that at least 50 percent of such funds shall be used for training and employment projects.   =Title II: State Programs= - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State mental health authorities for: (1) data collection and analysis; (2) planning and administration; (3) performance standards and evaluation; and (4) other appropriate mental health services improvement projects. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with State mental health authorities under which such authorities will: (1) disburse Federal funds under this Act; (2) review projects funded under this Act; and (3) perform other functions as agreed upon by the Secretary and State mental health authority. States that the Secretary, as determined by such agreements, shall make grants to such authorities to meet their costs in carrying out the agreements.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   =Title III: Prevention= - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities to demonstrate and evaluate the effectiveness of intervention techniques and mental health promotion activities in the prevention of mental illness.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   =Title IV: General Provisions= - States that before any entity in a State may be eligible to receive funds under this Act such State must have in effect a mental health services plan which: (1) has been approved by the Secretary; (2) is consistent with the State health plan prepared in accordance with the Public Health Service Act; and (3) has been prepared by the requisite State agency and submitted to the Secretary through the Governor.   Authorizes the Secretary, after giving notice and opportunity for a hearing to the State agency, to discontinue funds to any entity for noncompliance.   States that a State mental health services plan shall consist of an administrative part and a services part.  Requires the administrative part to provide for: (1) a State agency to administer the plan; (2) an advisory council to consult with such agency; (3) periodic reports to the Secretary and recordkeeping; (4) statistics collection; (5) periodic plan review and modification; and (6) personnel standards on a merit basis.  Requires the services part to: (1) identify the State's mental health service areas; (2) identify the needs and the adequacy of resources to meet such needs; (3) describe the proposed allocation of resources; (4) describe proposals to coordinate State and local services; (5) describe the legal rights of mentally ill persons; and (6) provide for emphasis of outpatient mental health services, including protections for employees adversely affected by such programs.   Prohibits a grant to be made under this Act unless such application is approved by the Secretary.  Sets forth the contents of such an application, including: (1) a budget, which shows funding sources and allocation, activities to be conducted, and target populations; (2) a statement of objectives; (3) in the case of any project to be assisted under title I of this Act under which health services are to be provided, assurances that the applicant: (a) has prepared a schedule of fees and discounts and has made reasonable effort to secure payment and reimbursement for services; (b) will provide that all fees will be paid to the center and all services provided by health professionals will be performed only at the center; and (c) will require that all patients be under professional staff supervision and that a member of such staff will be available to provide emergency mental health care; (4) arrangements, when necessary, for serving populations with limited English-speaking ability; (5) a system to assure that an employee who reports the applicant's failure to comply with applicable Federal or State law or regulations will not be discharged or discriminated against because of such report; (6) assurances that facilities meet State fire and safety codes; (7) assurances of reporting and recordkeeping accessibility; (8) assurances that funds under this Act will not supplant non-Federal funds; and (9) assurances that the project is consistent with the State mental health services plan.   Authorizes the Secretary to obligate up to two percent of the total appropriations under titles I and II of this Act for any fiscal year for technical assistance to any grant recipient.   Prohibits any single mental health service area from receiving more than ten grants under specified sections of this Act and the Community Mental Health Centers Act.   Requires the Secretary to: (1) prescribe grantee performance standards; and (2) consider any prior performance under this Act by an applicant in determining whether or not to approve a new application.  Provides that: (1) with the Secretary's approval, a grantee may use a portion of the grant for project evaluation; and (2) the Secretary may obligate in a fiscal year up to one percent of appropriations under this Act to monitor grantees.   Defines ""community mental health center"" as a legal entity providing mental health service principally to individuals residing or employed in a mental health service area, regardless of such individuals' finances, past health condition, or any other factor.  Sets forth services required to be provided by such CMHCs, including: (1) inpatient, outpatient, and emergency services; (2) assistance to courts and other public agencies in screening persons for inpatient mental health care; (3) where appropriate, treatment as an alternative to inpatient care; (4) education and counseling; (5) follow-up care for discharged patients; (6) specialized services for children and for the elderly; (7) transitional half-way house services; and (8) alcohol and drug abuse programs.  Requires each CMHC to have: (1) a quality assurance program; (2) a medical records system; (3) a professional advisory board; and (4) an administrative unit responsible for providing education and consultation services (unless waived by the Secretary).   Authorizes the indirect provision of services by a CMHC through satellite facilities or through arrangements with other entities or health professionals.   Limits the Secretary's contract authority in any fiscal year to the extent or in such amounts as provided in advance by appropriation Acts.   =Title V: Minority Concerns= - Establishes as of October 1, 1980, the position of Associate Director for Minority Concerns within the National Institute of Mental Health.  Authorizes grant and contract programs in the areas of: (1) mental health services delivery to minorities; (2) mental health problems of minorities; and (3) increased minority representation in the mental health fields.   =Title VI: Rape Services Support Program= - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and contract with public and nonprofit private entities for services to rape victims, including: (1) counseling and follow-up counseling; (2) assistance in securing mental health, legal, medical, and social services; and (3) rape prevention and victim assistance projects.  Directs the Secretary to: (1) determine grant amounts, but prohibits any such grant from exceeding 90 percent of the project's cost; (2) establish a grant review panel; and (3) coordinate such activities with other similar Federal programs.  Prohibits disclosure of personally identifiable information by a grant or contract recipient except for the purpose for which such information was obtained or with the consent of the person supplying the information.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981-1984.  Prohibits the Secretary from obligating in any fiscal year more than ten percent of appropriated funds for technical assistance to assist in application development.   =Title VII:  Extension of Community Mental Health Centers Act= - Amends the Community Mental Health Centers Act to extend through fiscal year 1981 grant authority for: (1) program planning; (2) initial operation costs; (3) consultation and education services; (4) financial distress; and (5) rape prevention. Increases the maximum number of financial distress grants to a CMHC from five to six.  Extends the waiver period for CMHC's which do not meet certain requirements from fiscal year 1980 to fiscal year 1981.   =Title VIII: Miscellaneous= - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require an individual who has received a clinical traineeship in psychology, psychiatry, nursing, or social work that was not of a limited duration or experimental nature to serve in a State mental institution, a health manpower shortage area, or other area designated by the Secretary.  States that: (1) such service shall be at the rate of one year for each year of traineeship; (2) failure to fulfill such service shall obligate the individual to repay three times the cost of the traineeship plus interest; and (3) such service may not be used to concurrently repay obligations owed under this Act and under the National Research Service Award and the National Health Service Corps Scholarships programs.   Requires that commissioned medical and dental officers of the Public Health Service Corps receive special pay at the same rate as similar officers in the Armed Forces.   States that there are shortages in the mental health care specialties.   Makes technical and conforming amendments to this Act.",2025-09-02T13:54:41Z,
96-s-2655,96,s,2655,A bill to approve dimethyl sulfoxide for the treatment of acute brain and spinal cord injuries.,Health,1980-05-05,1980-05-05,Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID]",ID,R,M000346,2,Makes an approved new drug application effective for the use of dimethyl sulfoxide as an intravenous drug for the treatment of acute brain and spinal cord injuries.,2025-04-21T12:24:17Z,
96-s-2656,96,s,2656,A bill to approve dimethyl sulfoxide for the treatment of scleroderma.,Health,1980-05-05,1980-05-05,Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID]",ID,R,M000346,2,Makes an approved new drug application effective for the use of dimethyl sulfoxide as a treatment for scleroderma.,2025-04-21T12:24:17Z,
96-s-2657,96,s,2657,"A bill to approve dimethyl sulfoxide for the relief of inflammation from arthritis, bursitis, rheumatism, and other disorders of the musculoskeletal system.",Health,1980-05-05,1980-05-05,Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID]",ID,R,M000346,2,"Makes an approved new drug application effective for the use of dimethyl sulfoxide as a topical drug for the relief of inflamation from arthritis, bursitis, rheumatism, and other disorders of the musculoskeletal system.",2025-04-21T12:24:17Z,
96-s-2643,96,s,2643,Emergency Child Health Services Act of 1980,Health,1980-05-01,1980-05-01,Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,I000025,1,"Emergency Child Health Services Act of 1980 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for demonstration programs for children's emergency medical services.  Sets forth eligibility requirements. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to Congress by January 1, 1984, regarding such programs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981-83 for such programs.",2025-09-02T13:56:49Z,
96-s-2644,96,s,2644,A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide for the direct reimbursement of qualified gerontological nurse practitioners under medicare and medicaid.,Health,1980-05-01,1980-05-01,Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,I000025,1,"Amends the Social Security Act to revise, for medicare purposes, the definition of ""skilled nursing facility"" to require that such facilities provide for having a qualified professional gerontological nurse practitioner available, on at least a consultant basis, to assure that necessary gerontological nursing services are furnished.  Revises the definition of ""physician"", for medicare purposes, to include a qualified professional nurse practitioner who is licensed by the State in which such nurse performs such function or action, but only with respect to functions or actions which such nurse is legally authorized to perform as a registered nurse in a State by such State and, then only for purposes of specified provisions relating to: (1) medical and other health services; (2) certification of the need for inpatient psychiatric hospital services; and (3) the requirement that each patient at a hospital be under the care of a physician. Defines ""qualified professional gerontological nurse practitioner"", for both medicare and medicaid purposes, as an individual who:  (1) is licensed to practice nursing by the State in which such function or action is performed; and (2) (a) holds a master's degree in gerontological nursing or a related field from an accredited educational institution, or (b) is certified as a gerontological nurse practitioner by the duly recognized professional nurses  organization. Includes among the requirements for State plans for medical assistance, for medicaid purposes, provisions that qualified professional gerontological nurse practitioners:  (1) who are legally authorized to provide professional services will be among those for whose professional services payment will be made, with respect to health services covered under the State plan; (2) will be available, at least on a consultant basis, to assure that necessary gerontological nursing services are furnished to patients at any intermediate care facility or skilled nursing facility receiving payments for services under the State plan; (3) will be extended the same staff and similar privileges as physicians, with respect to professional services both groups are authorized to provide, in any hospital receiving payments under the State plan; and (4) will base admissions to such hospitals on nursing diagnoses or a determined functional diagnosis.",2021-06-14T20:07:40Z,
96-hr-7203,96,hr,7203,Health Professions Education and Distribution Act of 1980,Health,1980-04-29,1980-09-26,Conference scheduled in Senate.,House,"Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24]",CA,D,W000215,6,"(Measure passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 2375)  Health Professions Education and Distribution Act of 1980 - Reaffirms the Federal Government's partnership with the nation's health professions schools and students so that, with Federal assistance: (1) all Americans can be assured equal opportunities to enter a health career; (2) all Americans can be assured equal access to qualified health professions personnel; and (3) the health professions schools, as a national resource, can assist in accomplishing these objectives.   States that amendments made by this Act shall take effect October 1, 1981.   =Title I: Education of Health Personnel= - Redesignates title VII of the Public Health Service Act as ""Education of Health Personnel Training.""   Sets forth the general duties of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare), under Title VII, including:  (1) health personnel training; (2) health personnel geographic and specialty distribution; (3) providing equal career opportunities; (4) assuring delivery of health care; and (5) maximizing the cost effectiveness of health education, training, and services.   Defines ""nonprofit"" to mean an entity owned and operated by one or more corporations or associations of which no part of the net earnings accrue to any private shareholder or individual.  Adds ""school of chiropractic"" to the list of defined schools.  Defines ""graduate program in health administration"" and ""graduate program in clinical psychology."" Defines ""school of medicine"" as any public school in a State that offers an accelerated integrated program of undergraduate premedical education and medical education leading to advanced entry into an accredited four year medical school.  Defines ""accredited"" to mean a school or program accredited by a group recognized and approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.  Provides that a school or program that has not been in operation long enough to receive accreditation at the time of its grant application may be considered accredited for purposes of this title if the Secretary so approves.   Defines ""allied health personnel"" to mean persons trained at the associate, baccalaureate, master's, or doctoral level in a health care related science, and who are not graduates of schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatry, chiropractic, public health, nursing, or a graduate program in health administration or clinical psychology.  Defines the term ""school of allied health.""   Renames the National Advisory Council on Health Professions Education the National Advisory Council on Health Personnel.  Revises membership requirements of such Council, including increasing its size from 20 to 24 persons.   Revises provisions requiring the Secretary to compile health personnel data.  Revises related reporting requirements, including: (1) a general status report every two years (presently annual reports); and (2) status reports every two years on students in health training, teachers and teaching facilities, and minorities.  Sets forth guidelines regarding the confidentiality of individually identifiable personal data, including: (1) informing any individual asked to supply such data whether or not he or she is legally required to do so, and of any consequences of providing or not providing such information; (2) making such data available upon request to the individual concerned; (3) assuring that nonrelated use of such data is not made, unless consent has been given by the individual concerned; (4) informing an individual, upon request, of the use being made of such data, and the identity of the individuals and entities receiving such data.  Prohibits any entity which maintains a record of personal data from complying with a request from the Secretary for such data without first getting the consent of the individual concerned.   Prohibits the Secretary from disclosing personal data (other than to the individual concerned) unless: (1) such individual requires the information for purposes of this Act; or (2) the information is requested by a compulsory legal process.  Requires the Secretary to notify the individual concerned of any such disclosure demand.   Requires any entity receiving funds under titles VII or VIII of such Act to submit an annual report to the Secretary.   Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   Revises provisions regarding shared residency training positions to:  (1) repeal a reporting requirement (no later than February 1, 1980); (2) require such positions in any approved physician residency program; and (3) change the required amount of participant training.   Sets forth provisions regarding grant applications and payments including authorizing the Secretary to provide related technical assistance. Prohibits the Secretary from entering into a contract with, or making a grant, loan guarantee, or interest subsidy payment under titles VII or VIII of such Act to, any entity that charges higher tuition or fees to certain students because they are the recipients of Federal educational assistance.   Replaces the existing grant authority for new construction of teaching facilities with one authorizing such grants for renovation, modernization, and conversion of existing facilities. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for the construction of ambulatory, primary care teaching facilities for the training of pharmacists, optometrists, podiatrists, veterinarians, dentists, or professional public health personnel (presently limited to physicians and dentists).  Redefines ""ambulatory primary care teaching facilities"" and enlarges the scope of construction grants for such facilities.  Removes the requirement that a certain percentage of appropriated funds be used for specified categories of such construction grants. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   Requires that when such a facility which is affiliated with but not owned by an eligible school applies for a construction grant, loan guarantee, or interest subsidy, both the facility and the school must submit a joint application.  Limits any such assistance to that part of the construction attributable to teaching or research needs.  Revises application requirements for such grants.  Repeals related provisions regarding:  (1) matters to be considered by the Secretary and the National Advisory Council on Health Personnel; (2) priority consideration for certain projects; (3) regional health professions programs; and (4) grant approval determinations.  Requires the Secretary to give special consideration in fiscal years 1982-1983 to grant applications from two-year medical schools wishing to convert to a degree program.   Reduces the maximum amount of a construction grant from 80 to 70 percent of such costs. Removes the limitation on the amount of a grant which the Secretary may make for the construction of ambulatory, primary care teaching facilities. Subjects such grants to the limitations established for grants made for other projects.   Requires the Secretary to release all recipients of construction grants, loan guarantees, or interest subsidies from any contractual obligation to fulfill enrollment increases.  States that such provisions shall be effective on the date of enactment of this Act.   Extends the program of construction loan guarantees and interest subsidies until September 30, 1984 (presently September 30, 1980).  Authorizes increased interest subsidies (six or seven percent rather than present three percent) for projects initially guaranteed or subsidized after October 1, 1981.  Prohibits guaranteeing such a loan or making such an interest subsidy payment if either would cause the total of the principal of such guaranteed loans and the principal of nonguaranteed loans for which such an interest subsidy agreement exists to exceed $10,000 in any fiscal year.   Extends the Federal program of insured new loans to students in health professions schools to fiscal year 1984 (presently to fiscal year 1980). Extends the deadline for granting such insurance on any such loans or installments from September 30, 1982, to September 30, 1987.   Revises the maximum annual and aggregate amounts of federally insured student loans.  Extends eligibility for such loans to:  (1) graduate students in health administration or clinical psychology; (2) chiropractic programs; (3) physician assistant or dental auxiliary training programs; and (4) advanced nursing students.  Includes living expenses amoung the permissible uses of such loans.  Removes:  (1) the numerical limit on the number of student-borrowers; and (2) the prohibition on concurrent borrowing under this Act and the guaranteed student loan program under the Higher Education Act.  Extends from three to four or five years specified periods exempted from principal and interest installment payments.  Adds a graduated repayment option and a variable interest option as parts of the written loan agreement.  Replaces the maximum 12 percent interest on the unpaid principal balance of the loan with a rate not to exceed the average of the bond equivalent rates of the 91-day Treasury bills plus two and a half percent.  Prohibits the maximum annual interest rate on such loans from exceeding such equivalent rates plus two and a half percent. Exempts borrowers from making interest payments during specified deferment periods.  States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to preclude the borrower and the lender from consolidating all the borrower's debts into a single instrument (but not on terms less favorable to such borrower).  Authorizes the bankruptcy discharge of an unpaid loan under specified conditions. Eliminates the Secretary's authority to enter into a written contract with a borrower to discharge a portion of his/her loan for service in a health manpower shortage area.  Redefines the term ""eligible institution"" and defines the term ""collegiate school of nursing.""   States with regard to student eligibility in a program of accelerated integrated (undergraduate-graduate) medical study that a reference to a ""student"" shall refer only to a student in the last four years of such program.   Eliminates the Secretary's authority to require a fiscal audit of an institution respecting funds received from a student-borrower.  Authorizes the Secretary to collect other information from such borrower or lender.  Eliminates the 50 percent ceiling on the number of students in schools of medicine, dentistry, or osteopathy who may receive such insured loans.   Authorizes a school to make loans for fiscal year 1982 to certain students in their last year of full-time study.   Limits Federal appropriations for such loan funds to fiscal year 1981 (presently through fiscal year 1983).  Revises the period for the distribution of such loan fund assets from October - December 1983 to October - December 1982. Requires the Secretary to make up to $5,000,000 from such funds available annually for loan forgiveness and to deposit any remaining funds in the Service Contingent Loan Fund established by this Act.   Authorizes a loan program for students in schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatry, pharmacy, public health; (2) graduate programs in health administration; (3) programs for the training of physician assistants or expanded function dental auxiliaries; or (4) nursing or nursing anesthetist programs.  Prohibits any student from receiving such a loan at the same time that he/she is receiving funds under the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program, the Indian Health Service Corps Scholarship Program, or the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program.  Sets forth the maximum annual ($12,500 and $20,000) and aggregate ($50,000 and $80,000) amounts of such loans.  Sets forth loan agreement provisions including acceleration of repayment.  Provides for deferral of principal repayment (but not interest) for specified service including:  (1) national priority service; (2) National Health Corps or Indian Health Service; (3) military service; (4) Peace Corps Act service; and (5) certain medical internships or residencies. Prohibits inclusion of such deferral periods when computing the 15-year maximum repayment period. Authorizes interest rate reductions for specified types of medical study and service.  Requires a student-borrower to enter into a contingent service agreement with the Secretary as a condition for such loan.  Sets forth required provisions of such agreement.   Authorizes the Secretary to reduce Federal reimbursement or health services payments to a defaulting borrower who is practicing his/her profession. Permits bankruptcy discharge of a loan debt under specified circumstances.  Requires cancellation of a service or payment obligation upon death or permanent disability.  Directs the Secretary to provide a student-borrower with a waiver of service or payment obligation whenever:  (1) the service obligation would involve extreme hardship; or (2) such borrower fails to maintain the acceptable academic level or leaves such program before its completion.   Requires the Secretary to prepare an ongoing list of borrowers and their education and employment plans.  States that a borrower shall only be eligible for service in the year that the first loan repayments are due.  Sets forth procedures to be followed by the Secretary in determining which borrowers shall be called to service.   Prohibits National Health Service Corps scholarships or certain State scholarships from being awarded in any year in which such loans are not offered.   Requires the Secretary to make an annual determination of a participating institution's aggregate financial needs, and to issue the necessary obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury. Limits the maximum amounts of such obligations for fiscal years 1982-1984.  Requires at least 25 percent of such obligations to be available annually for nursing schools.  Directs the Secretary of the Tresury to purchase any other related obligations, and permits the Secretary to sell such obligations. States that all such purchases, redemptions, and sales shall be treated as public debt transactions of the United States.  Requires that borrowed sums be deposited in the Service Contingent Loan Fund and redemption of such notes made from such Fund.   Establishes a Service Contingent Loan Fund in the Treasury.  Sets forth provisions regarding the liabilities and assets of such Fund.  Authorizes necessary appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Sevices to establish a Loan Discharge Fund to be used in connection with the discharge of loans to borrowers who are serving in national priority positions.   Provides for the pro rata reduction of loan funds available to institutions.  Prohibits more than five percent of annual loan funds received by an institution from being set aside for unexpected student needs.  Requires that a request for allocated funds in one fiscal year be reduced by the amount of unexpended funds remaining from the previous year.   Includes clinical psychologists within the categories eligible for National Health Service Corps Scholarships.  Revises Scholarship application priorities as follows:  (1) first, to previous recipients; (2) second, to family medicine scholarship recipients; and (3) third, to other applicants.  Directs the Secretary to give priority within each priority category to individuals who will provide medical or dental services through the Indian Health Service.  Requires the Secretary to:  (1) make application decisions by July 1 of each year; and (2) notify an applicant's school of his/her Scholarship application and approval.  Eliminates the maximum number of years (four) for which an individual may receive a Scholarship.  Makes the existing mandatory release of a National Health Service Corps scholarship recipient to fulfill his or her period of obligated service through an independent practice arrangement discretionary with the Secretary.  Includes Public Health Service scholarship recipients (prior to October 1, 1977) within such option.  Replaces the financial base requirement with one requiring a person serving under the independent practice option to agree to accept assignment under the medical program.  Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to individuals serving under the independent practice option.  Sets forth payment schedules (including malpractice insurance coverage) for such service. Eliminates the liquidated damages provision for breach of such Scholarship contract.  Extends the National Health Service Corps Scholarship program through fiscal year 1984.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1985-1987 (presently 1981-1983) for students who are in such program as of October 1, 1984 (presently 1980). Eliminates the Lister Hill (family practice) scholarship program.   Directs the Secretary to make grants to States for State scholarship programs to meet health care needs in health manpower shortage areas.  Stipulates that such grants may be used only to fund the cost of such scholarships.  Requires the Secretary to report to Congress annually regarding:  (1) fund allocations to each State; (2) number of scholarships given by each State; and (3) distribution of scholarships among the health professions.  Sets forth requirements and contractual agreements for such State programs.  Prohibits: (1) States or schools from requiring a student to accept such agreements as a condition of entry into a school or program; (2) Scholarship recipients from participating in such State program; (3) States with three or more schools of medicine, dentistry, or osteopathy from allocating more than 50 percent of such scholarships to students at any one school; and (4) the Secretary from making a grant unless the State provides assurances that it will spend at least as much funds from non-Federal sources as it did in the previous fiscal year.  Requires the Secretary to provide matching funds.  Sets forth the formula for the allocation of grant funds.  Prohibits any State from receiving more than ten percent of appropriations in any fiscal year.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   Extends the program of financial need scholarships for first year students through fiscal year 1984.  Establishes a maximum award of the lesser of tuition and fees plus $2,500, or $5,000.  Bases the distribution of scholarship funds on:  (1) the allotment of two scholarships to an eligible school; and (2) the proportionate enrollment of first-year students with exceptional financial need.   Adds a new program of up to 50 percent (or $30,000) loan repayment by the Secretary if the student serves for up to four years in a health manpower shortage area.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   Directs the Secretary to make loan forgiveness payments for specified educational loans on behalf of students from families below a specified income level who, after October 1, 1981, completed their first year at a school of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, or podiatry but failed to be advanced to their second year.  Prohibits any such payments from exceeding the amount of nonreimbursable tuition and fees (including courses retaken).  States that this repayment provision shall take effect as of October 1, 1982.   Eliminates the health professions capitation grant programs.  Establishes a program of national priority incentive grants to schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry, and public health for programs and projects in the national interest. Provides that for fiscal years 1982-1984:  (1) schools of medicine, public health, osteopathy, and dentistry will receive $250 per student; (2) schools of veterinary medicine will receive $150 per student; (3) schools of optometry will receive $75 per student; (4) schools of podiatry will receive $100 per student; and (5) schools of pharmacy will receive $70 per student.  Sets forth objectives which must be met by participating schools, including minority enrollment increases.  Sets forth grant application provisions.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to new schools (which begin instruction after July 1, 1980) of veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatry, or public health.  Requires any participating school to have at least 23 full-time students in the first- year class.  Requires that priority be given to:  (1) increase the number of entering students; (2) accelerate the beginning date of instruction; or (3) affiliated applicants.  Requires that special consideration be given if the applicant-school will be located in a health manpower shortage area or in a State that has no other school of the same type.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   Directs the Secretary to make grants ($50,000 times the number of third-year students) to private two-year medical schools wishing to convert to accredited degree-granting medical schools. Prohibits any such grant from being made unless:  (1) the application has been submitted to the Secretary no later than September 30, 1982; (2) third-year students are enrolled no later than the school year beginning in fiscal year 1984; and (3) the Secretary receives assurances of affiliation with an accredited hospital.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982.   Authorizes the Secretary to make financial distress grants to schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry, public health, or nursing for purposes of:  (1) operational costs; (2) accreditation requirements; or (3) operational, managerial, and financial reforms. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a multi-year contract or cooperative agreement with such schools to meet incurred or prospective operating costs required to remove such school from long-standing financial instability.  States that in order to receive such a grant a school must:  (1) submit a plan for achieving financial solvency; and (2) have received financial distress support for at least three years. Prohibits any school from receiving such special assistance for more than five years.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1986.   Extends the family medicine grant program through fiscal year 1984.  Removes the ""clinical"" requirement concerning such program.   Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to or enter into contracts with schools of medicine, osteopathy, or dentistry for preventive or community health related services including: (1) training programs; (2) academic administrative units; (3) joint programs; and (4) continuing education.  Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to schools of medicine, osteopathy, or public health relating to occupational health for:  (1) curricula development; (2) clerkships; (3) graduate studies; (4) innovative and continuing education programs; and (5) training programs in environmental health with special emphasis on chemically induced diseases.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   Extends the area health education center program through fiscal year 1984.   Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to any public or nonprofit educational institution for interdisciplinary training programs among specified schools of medical and health studies.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   Replaces the existing grant program for internal medicine and pediatric residencies with a grant and contract program to provide clinical training to students in specified medical and health schools in areas that are geographically remote from the main teaching sites and that are in medically underserved areas.  Prohibits such a grant from being awarded to an area health education center that is already receiving assistance under an area health center grant.  States that not more than: (1) 20 percent of available funds shall be used for carrying out research related to the support needs of practitioners in health manpower shortage areas; nor (2) 40 percent of such funds shall be used for continuing education.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   Replaces the existing grant programs for occupational health training and education centers with a grant and contract program to develop or expand instruction in:  (1) geriatrics; (2) nutrition; (3) disease prevention and health promotion; (4) physical medicine and rehabilitation; (5) toxicology; or (6) social and behavioral sciences as applied to patient care.  Authorizes the Secretary to set aside up to 20 percent of available funds to develop curricula in other health areas.  Authorizes the Secretary to make grants or contracts for:  (1) health policy and health care; (2) clinical training; and (3) health personnel evaluations.  Requires the Secretary to give special consideration to applications for primary care services.  Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and contracts for management training programs for health care providers and administrators.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   Replaces the existing program of family practice and dentistry grants with a grant and contract program for projects to reduce educational costs.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   Extends the assistance to persons from disadvantaged backgrounds program through fiscal year 1984.  Requires that at least 80 percent of annual appropriations be awarded to institutions of higher education.  Authorizes funds to be used to provide stipends to individuals in preliminary education programs if such individuals would not otherwise be able to participate.   Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and contracts for programs to increase the participation of women in health careers, including recruitment and counseling.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   Replaces the existing programs of start-up assistance, curriculum development, and financial distress assistance with a grant and contract program for projects and advanced traineeships for allied health professionals, including:  (1) regional resource centers; (2) clinical training and demonstration projects; (3) recruitment; (4) qualification standards; (5) curriculum development; and (6) training allied health personnel for teaching or administrative-supervisory positions.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   Establishes graduate education grant programs for fiscal years 1982-1984 in:  (1) family medicine; (2) traineeships and fellowships in primary care internal medicine and pediatrics; (3) preventive medicine and dentistry; (4) training in physical medicine and rehabilitation; (5) general dentistry; and (6) special physician training projects.   Extends the graduate health administration program through fiscal year 1984.  Increases from $100,000 to $150,000 the amount of non-Federal funds an applicant must obligate.  Requires that specified courses and course concentrations be offered.   Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for fiscal years 1982-1984 to persons who:  (1) have a doctoral degree (or equivalent) in an underrepresented health field; and (2) agree to serve at least two years as a faculty member in a school of public health.   Provides with regard to graduate traineeships in: (1) schools of public health; and (2) other health programs that:  (1) the students must be U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents; (2) such traineeships shall be based on need; and (3) the applicant-school shall provide assurances to the Secretary that all traineeship recipients have baccalaureate degrees.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   Directs the Secretary to have a health care management evaluation and report prepared and to submit such report to the appropriate congressional committees within 24 months.   Authorizes the Secretary to make grants or contracts to schools of public health for special projects in:  (1) disease prevention or health promotion; (2) biostatistics or epidemiology; (3) health administration; (4) environmental or occupational health; (5) nutrition; (6) geriatrics; or (7) women's or child health.  Directs that special consideration be given to midcareer leadership programs.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to certain schools for special projects in:  (1) biostatistics or epidemiology; (2) health administration; (3) environmental or occupational health; or (4) nutrition.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   =Title II:  Nurse Education Amendments= - Nurse Education Amendments of 1980 - Extends the grant program for nursing facilities construction, loan guarantees, and interest subsidies through fiscal year 1984.   Revises the existing restriction on new project interest subsidy payments. Extends authorizations through fiscal year 1984 for the Treasury loan guarantee and interest subsidy fund.  Prohibits the total amount of loans which are first guaranteed and the loans for which interest subsidies are approved from exceeding $5,000,000 in any fiscal year.   Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to new nursing schools (whose first year enrollment exceeds 23 full-time students) which begin instruction after July 1, 1980.  Sets forth grant amounts for the preceding year and the first two years of enrollment.  Requires that priority be given to applicants: (1) in a nurse shortage area; (2) who will increase enrollment or accelerate the beginning date of instruction; and (3) who have an affiliation with a health professions institution.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1980-1982.   Repeals the existing nursing school financial distress grant program to conform to changes made by this Act.   Revises the nursing special project grant program to authorize grants and contracts for:  (1) retraining and continuing education; (2) geographic and specialty distribution; (3) educational research; (4) specified categories of curriculum development; and (5) clinical education.  Authorizes the Secretary, with the advice of the National Advisory Council on Nurse Training, to assist and encourage other Federal departments and agencies to utilize their resources for nurse training programs. Requires the Secretary to consult with such Council before acting on any grant application. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   Revises the advanced nurse training grant program to:  (1) authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984; and (2) provide that priority be given to projects in geographic areas lacking such programs and to projects providing part-time opportunities.   Eliminates the requirement in the nurse practitioner traineeship program that trainees be residents of a health manpower shortage area. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and contracts with nursing schools and other institutions to increase the enrollment of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.  States that such funds may be used for recruitment, counseling, preliminary education, and publicizing funding information. Stipulates that not more than 20 percent of such funds may be awarded to nonnursing schools. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   Replaces the existing capitation grant program with a program of national priority incentive grants to support nursing education and other related projects in the national interest.  Provides that grant amounts shall be determined on the basis of enrollment.  Sets forth the formulae for collegiate, associate, and diploma nursing schools.  Provides for ratable fund reductions.  Requires the Secretary to consult with the National Advisory Council on Nurse Training before acting on any grant application.  States that a grant may be made only if the application:  (1) is from a public or nonprofit private nursing school; (2) contains information required by the Secretary; and (3) provides for fiscal control and accounting procedures. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   Includes advanced clinical training within the categories for which nurse traineeship grants may be given.  Eliminates the provision regarding special consideration for specified traineeship programs. States that grants may be given to full or part-time students.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.   Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984 for the nurse anesthetists traineeship program.   Eliminates the restriction that participants in the nurse student loan program under such Act cannot receive a loan under the National Defense Education Act of 1958.  Eliminates the authorization of appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1983 for loans to students to finish their education.  Authorizes loans for fiscal year 1982 to those nursing students who are in their last year of schooling and have previously received such loans.  Requires the Secretary to deposit amounts received pursuant to the distribution of assets from the capital contribution funds into the Service Contingent Loan Fund.   Extends the formula for nursing school scholarship grants through fiscal year 1984 and to authorize necessary grants for the two succeeding fiscal years for students who initially received them prior to October 1, 1984.  Limits such scholarships to students who have received the maximum amount available under the basic educational opportunity grants (title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965) and are still in financial need.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.  Provides for ratable reduction of funds.  Eliminates existing provisions regarding fund transfers to the scholarship and loan programs.   =Title III:  National Health Service Corps Program= - Requires the Secretary to provide for training of National Health Corps Scholarship recipients to prepare them for service in medically underserved areas.  Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements for such training.  Authorizes the assignment of Corps personnel to hospitals if:  (1) the hospital serves a medically underserved population; (2) the hospital has a graduate medical program; and (3) such assignment will reduce the number of foreign medical exchange participants at the hospital. Prohibits such assignment without assurances to the Secretary that the hospital is taking steps to reduce the number of such aliens.  Requires the Secretary to first seek an obligated scholarship recipient who received his or her training in the underserved area's State before assigning a Corps member to a health manpower shortage area (other than certain medical facilities).  Provides for the reduction of shared health services costs to a hospital replacing a foreign medical exchange participant with a Corps person.   Requires the Secretary to first seek an obligated scholarship recipient who received his or her training in the underserved area's State before assigning a Corps member to a health manpower shortage area (other than certain medical facilities).   Directs the Secretary to include information on those persons released from their service obligation in his annual report on the Corps.   Makes the provisions of this title effective as of October 1, 1980.   =Title IV:  Miscellaneous= - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding alien graduates of foreign medical schools to:  (1) limit an alien's stay to the lesser of seven years or the time normally required to complete a designated course of medical study (presently two years with a one year extension); (2) permit such alien to change his/her designated course of medical study upon approval of the Director of the International Communication Agency (presently must continue course of education under which admitted into the United States); (3) make such duration of stay and course change provisions applicable to those aliens entering the United States on or after January 10, 1978; (4) extend through December 31, 1985, the waiver authority (allowing such alien graduates to study in the United States) if (a) ""substantial disruption"" of health services would result without their participation; and (b) the limit on such entries has not been exceeded; (5) set forth entry limits for calendar years 1981-1985; (6) require the sponsoring hospital and State and municipal health authorities to submit to the Secretary a plan (of which the program using such aliens is a part) to reduce to zero by January 1, 1986, the number of requested waivers, and to report annually respecting its implementation; and (7) require the Secretary to provide information regarding such alien to the Attorney General and require the Attorney General to enforce such numerical entry limitations.   Directs the Secretary to:  (1) conduct clinical tests to assess the safety and efficacy of chiropractic care for the relief of certain neuromusculoskeletal and organic disorders; (2) establish within 90 days of enactment of this Act, a review board to oversee such clinical tests; and (3) submit an annual report to the Congress (and to specified Committees) regarding such tests.   Makes the provisions of this title effective as of October 1, 1980.   =Title V:  Radiation Health and Safety= - Jennings Randolph Consumer-Patient Radiation Health and Safety Act of 1980 - States that the purposes of this Act are to establish standards for: (1) certifying persons who administer radiation; and (2) training.  Directs the Secretary, in consultation with other Federal agencies, States, and professional organizations, to promulgate minimum standards for the accreditation of training programs and for the certification of such persons. Requires the Secretary to:  (1) provide a model State radiologic procedure safety law; and (2) reduce a State's funding under the Public Health Service Act if such State fails to enact safety standards consistent with this Act within three years of its enactment (permits an extension of up to two years).  Permits a State to utilize a private accreditation or certification program if such program is consistent with the requirements of this Act.  Permits the Secretary to exempt a grant or loan from the requirements of this Act if there is no unreasonable danger to the public.   Directs the Secretary, in consultation with other Federal agencies, States, and professional organizations, to promulgate guidelines aimed at reducing radiation exposure in medical diagnosis and treatment.   Requires  that standards promulgated pursuant to this Act shall apply to Executive departments, agencies, and instrumentalities.  Stipulates that the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall prescribe regulations making such standards applicable to the Veterans Administration (VA).  Requires the Administrator to submit a report regarding such VA regulations to the appropriate congressional committees not later than 180 days after standards are promulgated by the Secretary.   Makes the provisions of this title effective as of October 1, 1980.",2025-04-21T12:24:17Z,
96-s-2603,96,s,2603,Family Care Demonstration Project Act,Health,1980-04-24,1980-04-24,Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS]",KS,R,K000017,8,"Family Care Demonstration Project Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare), in consultation with the Commissioner of the Administration on Aging, to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, any public or private entity, including any hospital that has a medicare agreement in effect, to conduct demonstration programs for the placement of specified elderly persons in private homes as foster care residents. Requires that such elderly persons be:  (1) 65 years old or older; (2) inpatients in a hospital or nursing home, but no longer require inpatient care; (3) ambulatory and require continued medical support services or intermittent medical or skilled nursing care similar to the care provided in an intermediate care facility, but do not require continuous skilled nursing services; and (4) lack other appropriate residential arrangements to provide necessary services. Directs the Secretary to require that such programs establish standards to assure that specified criteria are met.  Includes among such criteria, requirements that such programs:  (1) provide for placement in the homes of blood relatives whenever possible if such homes meet applicable requirements; (2) include placements in homes of relatives and in other foster care homes in order to evaluate care in both settings; (3) provide for contribution to the cost of care by the elderly person to the extent that this does not unduly deplete such person's resources; (4) assure persons in whose home such foster care is given are compensated; and (5) assists members of the family providing foster care in making alternative short-term care arrangements when necessary. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) provide, to the extent feasible, for the distribution of such grants or contracts among urban and rural areas; and (2) determine the amount of any such grant or contract. Sets forth certain recordkeeping requirements for such programs. Requires that such records be available to the Secretary and the Comptroller General for audit and examination. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to appropriate entities with respect to such programs. Directs the Secretary to establish an information clearinghouse regarding foster care programs available in the United States. Directs the Secretary to evaluate such programs and report to Congress by January 1, 1984. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations relating to the compensation to be received by persons in whose home an elderly person receives foster care under such program. Authorizes the Secretary, in carrying out such demonstration programs, to make:  (1) foster care maintenance payments on behalf of elderly persons who are eligible for medicare hospital insurance benefits, from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund; and (2) payments to States under the medicaid program with respect to amounts expended by States for foster care maintenance payment to elderly persons otherwise eligible for medical assistance under the State's approved Medicaid plan.  Sets forth factors upon which the Secretary is to make determinations of the amount of such payments.  Prohibits taking such foster care into consideration in determining eligibility for, or amount of, supplemental security income benefits or specified State payments. Authorizes appropriations for such grants and contracts of $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 1981 through 1983. Provides that such appropriations shall be:  (1) available for the costs of such demonstration programs, including payments to persons in whose home an elderly person receives foster care; and (2) available with regard to any elderly person participating in the program, including those for whom specified payments and contributions do not adequately compensate persons in whose home they receive care.",2025-09-02T13:56:49Z,
96-s-2613,96,s,2613,Federal Interagency Medical Resources Sharing and Coordination Act of 1980,Health,1980-04-24,1980-04-24,Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Percy, Charles H. [R-IL]",IL,R,P000222,0,"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, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare), and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs. Directs the Committee to take specified measures culminating with:  (1) the establishment of uniform policies and procedures for interagency sharing of health resources by Federal direct health care providers; and (2) the promulgation, within 120 days after enactment of this Act, of guidelines for the interagency sharing of medical resources by health care facilities within the jurisdiction of the Secretaries and the Administrator.  Requires that such guidelines provide that:  (1) shared services shall not be limited to specialized medical resources; (2) the availability of a medical facility of one agency to a beneficiary of another 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. Requires each agency providing medical services under this Act to report annually to Congress concerning such services.  Directs the General Accounting Office to monitor and report annually to Congress on the progress of the Department of Defense, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Veterans' Administration in implementing this Act.",2025-09-02T13:56:56Z,
96-hr-7150,96,hr,7150,"A bill to designate the Indian Health Facility in Ada, Oklahoma, the ""Carl Albert Indian Health Facility"".",Health,1980-04-23,1980-04-23,Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.,House,"Rep. Watkins, Wes [D-OK-3]",OK,D,W000194,0,"Designates the Indian health facility in Ada, Oklahoma, as the ""Carl Albert Indian Health Facility.""",2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
96-hr-7122,96,hr,7122,Guillain-Barre Syndrome Compensation Commission Act,Health,1980-04-22,1980-04-22,Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Mazzoli, Romano L. [D-KY-3]",KY,D,M000291,20,"Guillain-Barre Syndrome Compensation Commission Act - Establishes the Guillain-Barre Syndrome Compensation Commission to fairly and expeditiously hear, determine, and pay claims against the United States for injuries to individuals who contracted such syndrome after immunization pursuant to the swine flu program.  Sets forth the composition and operating procedures of such Commission.  Authorizes the Commission to appoint a director and staff and procure other necessary personnel. Directs the Commission to hold hearings at times and places necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.  Authorizes the Commission to issue subpenas relative to procuring evidence of the liability of the United States for damages to a claimant. Provides judicial procedures for refusal to obey such subpenas.  Authorizes the Chairperson of the Commission to secure any information from Federal agencies not exempted from disclosure by rule of law. Directs that any claim for relief under this Act shall be submitted to the Commission within 12 months after the date of enactment of such Act.  Requires the Commission, within 120 days of receipt of such claim, to hold a hearing to determine the eligibility and amount of damages due any such claimant. Declares a claimant eligible for damages if:  (1) a timely claim has been filed; (2) the Guillain-Barre Syndrome was contracted within 20 weeks after immunization; and (3) the claimant has not received a full settlement of such claim against the United States.  Specifies time periods under which the Commission shall make a final determination pursuant to any claim and to make payment of damages due any claimant.  Declares that any payment to a claimant shall be in full settlement of all claims of such claimant against the United States arising out of the swine flu program. Directs the Commission to submit a final report to the President and each House of Congress pursuant to its operations under this Act, within three years after the date of enactment of such Act. Declares that the Commission shall terminate on a date determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.",2025-09-02T13:54:37Z,
96-s-2590,96,s,2590,"A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for dental care, eyeglasses, and hearing aids under the part B supplementary medical insurance program.",Health,1980-04-22,1980-04-22,Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH]",OH,D,M000678,0,"Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment, under the supplementary medical insurance program, for dental care including dentures, eye examinations including eyeglasses, and hearing aids including examination.",2021-06-14T20:07:26Z,
96-sjres-165,96,sjres,165,"A joint resolution to designate May 1980 as ""Better Hearing and Speech Month"".",Health,1980-04-22,1980-04-22,Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD]",MD,R,M000241,0,"Authorizes the President to designate May, 1980, as ""Better Hearing and Speech Month.""",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
96-hr-7089,96,hr,7089,A bill to establish an office in the National Institutes of Health to assist in the development of drugs for diseases and conditions of low incidence.,Health,1980-04-17,1980-04-17,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Holtzman, Elizabeth [D-NY-16]",NY,D,H000752,49,"Establishes within the National Institutes of Health the Office of Drugs of Limited Commercial Value under the direction of the Director of the National Institutes of Health. Establishes within the Office an advisory council to advise the Director and make recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly Health, Education, and Welfare) respecting the time required for drug approval under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Authorizes the Director to provide financial assistance to entities for the development of drugs of limited commercial value, defined as a drug for a condition or disease of low incidence, to undertake the development of such drugs, undertake studies to determine the potential and need for specific drugs, and coordinate the efforts of public and private entities engaged in the development of such drugs. Requires the submission and approval of an application containing the scientific basis for the development of the drug and the proposed therapeutic use of the drug and other specified information before financial assistance is provided.  Requires each entity receiving funds to keep specified records. Requires the Director to report to Congress within two years on the effectiveness of this Act.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
96-hr-7042,96,hr,7042,A bill to provide payment for dental services under part B of the medicare program.,Health,1980-04-15,1980-04-15,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Collins, Cardiss [D-IL-7]",IL,D,C000634,0,Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for:  (1) dentures; and (2) dental care and treatment under the supplementary medical insurance program.,2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
96-s-2536,96,s,2536,A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to terminate eligibility for medicaid medical assistance for up to one year for individuals determined to have abused the Medicaid program.,Health,1980-04-03,1980-04-03,Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Heflin, Howell [D-AL]",AL,D,H000445,1,"Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit a State to terminate benefits, for up to one year, to an individual who, after notice and opportunity for hearing, is determined by a preponderance of the evidence to have committed specified abuses under Medicaid.",2021-06-14T20:07:10Z,
96-s-2537,96,s,2537,A bill to permit relatives of Medicaid eligible individuals residing in nursing homes to contribute voluntarily to a State fund for the provision of such care.,Health,1980-04-03,1980-04-03,Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Heflin, Howell [D-AL]",AL,D,H000445,1,Permits a State to establish a program under which relatives of a Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) beneficiary receiving skilled nursing facility services or intermediate care facility services may contribute to a fund used to provide such services.,2021-06-14T20:07:10Z,
96-s-2538,96,s,2538,A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow States to provide for competitive bidding for the purchase of certain items under their Medicaid plans.,Health,1980-04-03,1980-04-03,Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Heflin, Howell [D-AL]",AL,D,H000445,1,"Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit a State, under certain circumstances, to purchase, either through a competitive bidding process or otherwise: (1) laboratory and X-ray services; (2) family planning supplies; (3) prescription drugs; (4) dentures; (5) prosthetic devices; or (6) eyeglasses.",2021-06-14T20:07:10Z,
96-s-2539,96,s,2539,Medical Radiation Safety Act of 1980,Health,1980-04-03,1980-04-03,Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Javits, Jacob K. [R-NY]",NY,R,J000064,0,"Medical Radiation Safety Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Radiation Policy Council, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and appropriate State agencies, to promulgate dental and medical radiologic procedure accreditation and certification standards. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States (not to exceed 50 percent of the costs) for such programs.  Directs the Secretary to provide a model law for radiologic safety to the States. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary to prescribe radiological equipment safety regulations.  Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to promulgate Federal radiation protection guidelines which shall encourage the therapeutic medical application of radiation with the minimum radiologic exposure. States that any such standards shall apply to all executive departments and agencies. States that no later than three years after enactment of this Act:  (1) Federal assistance will only be provided in States having accreditation and certification programs consistent with Federal standards;  and (2) no Federal assistance will be provided to any person not in compliance with specified Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act regulations.  Authorizes the Secretary to make hardship exceptions to such requirements.",2025-09-02T13:56:49Z,
96-sres-404,96,sres,404,A resolution requesting the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a comprehensive review of all pertinent scientific information relating to the risks and benefits associated with human exposure to nitrites.,Health,1980-04-03,1980-04-03,Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Talmadge, Herman E. [D-GA]",GA,D,T000035,17,"Requests the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a comprehensive review of all pertinent scientific information relating to the risks and benefits associated with human exposure to nitrites, including the Newberne study and all other animal feeding studies and nitrosamine occurrence in food and beverages.",2025-04-21T12:24:17Z,
96-hr-7017,96,hr,7017,"A bill to require the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to study whether there may be a relationship between exposure of members of the Armed Forces of the United States to nuclear radiation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki immediately after World War II and various symptoms currently exhibited by such members.",Health,1980-04-02,1980-04-02,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Davis, Robert W. [R-MI-11]",MI,R,D000131,16,"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.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
96-hr-7023,96,hr,7023,"A bill to direct that a clinical investigation of the safety and efficacy of dimethyl sulfoxide as a drug to be used by persons with arthritis be conducted through the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases.",Health,1980-04-02,1980-04-02,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Hopkins, Larry J. [R-KY-6]",KY,R,H000776,124,"Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) to conduct a clinical investigation of the safety and efficacy of dimethyl sulfoxide as a drug to be used by persons with arthritis.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
96-hr-7028,96,hr,7028,A bill to permit relatives of Medicaid eligible individual residing in nursing homes to contribute voluntarily to a State fund for the provision of such care.,Health,1980-04-02,1980-04-02,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL-7]",AL,D,S000320,6,Permits a State to establish a program under which relatives of a Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) beneficiary receiving skilled nursing facility services or intermediate care facility services may contribute to a fund used to provide such services.,2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
96-hr-7030,96,hr,7030,A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to terminate eligibility for medicaid medical assistance for up to one year for individuals determined to have abused the Medicaid program.,Health,1980-04-02,1980-04-02,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL-7]",AL,D,S000320,6,"Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit a State to terminate benefits, for up to one year, to an individual who, after notice and opportunity for hearing, is determined by a preponderance of the evidence to have committed specified abuses under Medicaid.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
96-hr-7031,96,hr,7031,A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow States to provide for competitive bidding for the purchase of certain items under their Medicaid plans.,Health,1980-04-02,1980-04-02,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL-7]",AL,D,S000320,6,"Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit a State, under certain circumstances, to purchase, either through a competitive bidding process or otherwise: (1) laboratory and X-ray services; (2) family planning supplies; (3) prescription drugs; (4) dentures; (5) prosthetic devices; or (6) eyeglasses.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
96-hr-7035,96,hr,7035,"Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Amendments of 1980",Health,1980-04-02,1980-04-02,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24]",CA,D,W000215,0,"Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Amendments of 1980 - Title I:  Amendments to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to redefine the term ""interstate commerce"" that affects commerce between any State or territory and any place outside thereof. Eliminates the requirement that the Secretary of Health and Human Services, (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) designate the optional ingredients which shall be named on the label of a food or class of food for which a definition and standard of identity has been prescribed which permits the use of optional ingredients. States that a food which purports to be or is represented as a food for which a definition and standard of identity has been prescribed shall be deemed misbranded if such food does not conform to such definition and standard and its label does not bear the name of the food specified in such definition and standard.  Requires that labels of food contain a list of each ingredient in order of predominance by weight, and, where required, stating the percentage which each ingredient comprises of the total food product, other than spices, flavorings, and colorings.  Eliminates the exemption of butter, cheese, or ice cream from the declaration of artificial color on the label requirement. Requires each food processor who processes food for export to the United States to register with the Secretary the name and location of such processor's place of business and processing plant and the foods to be processed in such establishment.  Requires such processors to notify the Secretary whenever a discontinuance or substantive change in such activity takes place.  Permits the Secretary to exempt any food processor from such requirements.  Declares food processed in an unregistered establishment misbranded.  Makes failure to register a prohibited act under the Federal, Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Sets forth requirements for prescription animal drugs. Authorizes the Secretary to require the addition of specific inert chemical makers to aid in verifying the presence of specified new animal drugs in animal feed.  Eliminates the requirement for annual re-registration of producers of drugs and devices. Prohibits entry into the United States of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic for which an import notice has not been filed with the Secretary. Requires such notice to identify the product, the manufacturer, and the registration number assigned to such manufacturer or processor under this Act and to designate an agent within the jurisdiction of the United States.  Makes violations of such requirements a prohibited act.  States that foods imported in violation of such requirements shall be deemed misbranded. Permits the detention of a food, drug, or cosmetic which an inspector has reason to believe is adulterated or misbranded.  Applies the requirements respecting the detention of devices to foods, drugs, and cosmetics. Increases the criminal fines for violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act biological products provisions. Grants the Secretary the same authority as that possessed by the Federal Trade Commission when administering and enforcing this Act. Permits the inspection of a consulting laboratory in which food, drugs, devices, or cosmetics are being processed, packed, or held.  Permits such inspectors access to the quality control records of any establishment involved in such proceedings. Permits the Secretary to prescribe a system of coding of food, drugs, devices, and cosmetics and to require manufacturers, processors, and packers to implement such system.  Makes products which fail to comply with such requirements misbranded. Title II:  Other Amendments - Repeals the Filled Milk Act, the definition of nonfat dry milk and butter, and the requirement for a fair packaging and labeling report.  Amends the Tea Importation Act to set forth procedures for the acquisition of samples by examiners from importers and consignees.",2025-09-02T13:54:32Z,
96-hr-7036,96,hr,7036,Health Research Act of 1980,Health,1980-04-02,1980-08-28,"Measure laid on table in House, S. 988 passed in lieu.",House,"Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24]",CA,D,W000215,7,"(Measure passed House, amended (inserted text of H.R. 7911 as passed House), roll call #506 (292-48))  Health Research Act of 1980 - Amends title IV of the Public Health Service Act (National Research Institutes) to establish as an agency of the Public Health Service the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (abolished as a statutory entity by Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1966), consisting of the following 11 categorical institutes; the National Cancer Institute; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases; the National Institute on Aging; the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; the National Institute of Dental Research; the National Eye Institute; the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke; the National Institute of General Medical Sciences; and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to:  (1) establish, or abolish, additional research institutes; and (2) expand the functions of existing institutes.   Provides that:  (1) the NIH shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; (2) the Secretary and the Director, pursuant to the Secretary's delegation, shall be responsible for the overall direction of NIH, including specified administrative and supervisory functions; and (3) the Director shall delegate certain program promotion and coordination functions to an Assistant Director.   Directs the Secretary to appoint a National Institutes of Health Advisory Board to:  (1) advise and make recommendations to the Secretary and the Director; and (2) prepare an annual report on its activities.   Requires an annual report to be submitted by the Secretary to the President and to Congress consisting of:  (1) a description of the NIH's activities, and a five-year plan for future activities and policies; (2) the annual report of the Advisory Board; and (3) the annual reports of the directors of each of the national research institutes, and the annual reports of their advisory councils.   Provides that the Director of the National Cancer Institute shall be appointed by the President, and the Directors of the other national research institutes shall be appointed by the Secretary.   Sets forth the general duties of the Secretary (acting through the Director of each national research institute) with respect to the aspect of human health for which the institutes were established. Authorizes activities and programs to be supported through grants and contracts approved by each Director.   Directs the Secretary to appoint an advisory council for each institute.  Sets forth the duties of such advisory councils, including the periodic review of research.  Requires the director of each institute to prepare an annual report.   Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983, for each of the eleven institutes, and for specified programs within the institutes. Provides that the authorization for each such institute and program for fiscal year 1984 shall equal the 1983 authorization plus 15 percent.  Prohibits:  (1) general funds appropriated under the Public Health Service Act from being used by such institutes; and (2) funds appropriated for the institutes from being used for National Research Service Awards. Authorizes the Director to allocate additional funds ($100,000,000 through fiscal year 1983) to an institute for accelerated research in an area of special promise. Requires the Director to report annually to the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources and the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce regarding such special research projects.   States the general purpose and defines the scope of the National Cancer Institute.  Requires that cancer control programs under the Institute include demonstration methods for disseminating cancer prevention information to the public.  Directs the Secretary, through the Director of the Institute, to establish an information and education center to collect and disseminate information on cancer.  Authorizes such Director to:  (1) support production or distribution of therapeutic substances for cancer research, including biological materials, and set safety standards for their use; (2) with the approval of such Institute's advisory council, support certain cancer research by foreign nationals outside the United States, encourage collaborative research involving American and foreign participants, and train Americans abroad or foreign nationals in the United States; (3) support education and training programs; (4) coordinate certain research by industrial concerns; (5) hire up to 150 experts and consultants; (6) acquire, repair, or construct facilities, including facilities in the District of Columbia; (7) appoint advisory committees; (8) enter into contracts, leases, or other transactions; and (9) submit an annual budget estimate to the President.  Deletes the existing limitation on aggregate payments respecting cooperative agreements to establish cancer research and demonstration centers, and extends the period of support for a center to five years (with additional extensions of not more than five years).   Eliminates the existing requirement that at least two members of the President's Cancer Panel be scientists or physicians, and requires the filling of vacancies within 90 days of occurrence.   States the general purpose and defines the scope of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Requires the Secretary, through the Director of the Institute, to establish an information and education center to collect and disseminate information on research, treatment, and prevention of such diseases.  Requires special emphasis to be placed on cardiovascular diseases and programs designed for children.  Deletes the existing limitation on aggregate payments respecting research and demonstration centers for heart, blood vessel, lung, and blood diseases.   States the general purpose of the National Institute on Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases (NIAMDD).  Directs the Secretary, through the Director of the Institute, to establish information and education centers for:  (1) arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases; (2) diabetes mellitus and endocrine and metabolic diseases; and (3) digestive diseases;  and (4) kidney, urologic, and hemotologic diseases.   Directs the Secretary to:  (1) to investigate the safety and efficacy of using demethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as an arthritis relief;  and (2) report the findings to the Congress within one year.   Consolidates existing provisions regarding the Diabetes Coordinating Committee, the Arthritis Coordinating Committee, and the Digestive Diseases Coordinating Committee, and designates each as an Interagency Coordinating Committee.  Designates the membership of such Committees, and requires at least four annual meetings. Requires each Committee to submit an annual report to the Secretary and to the Director of NIH.   Consolidates existing provisions regarding the Associate Directors for Digestive Diseases and for Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases.  Establishes Associate Directors for Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases, and for Kidney, Urology, and Hematologic Diseases.   Consolidates the authorities for the National Diabetes Advisory Board and the National Arthritis Advisory Board.  Establishes a National Digestive Diseases Advisory Board.  Provides that each Board shall be composed of 18 appointed members and nonvoting ex-officio members, and sets forth membership qualifications, term of office provisions, and compensation provisions. Requires of each Board:  (1) at least four meetings annually; and (2) an annual report to the Secretary and to Congress.  Provides for the termination of each Board on September 30, 1983.  Terminates the existing National Arthritis Advisory Board and the National Diabetes Advisory Board within 90 days of enactment of this Act.   Requires that (arthritis demonstration) grants be made for projects investigating the epidemiology of arthritis.  Transfers responsibility for the Arthritis Data System from the Secretary to the Director of NIAMDD.   Transfers responsibility for providing financial support of multipurpose arthritis centers from the Secretary to such Director.  Authorizes funds to be used to provide stipends for nurses and allied health professionals enrolled in certain training programs. Extends the initial assistance period for a center to five years, and authorizes additional extensions of up to five years.   Transfers responsibility for providing financial support for diabetes research and training from the Secretary to such Director.  Limits the initial assistance period to five years, and authorizes additional extensions of up to five years. Requires such Director to:  (1) annually evaluate and report to Congress regarding the activities of such centers; and (2) establish the diabetes data system.   Requires such Director to prepare for inclusion in the annual NIH report a description of NIAMDD's activities under the current:  (1) Arthritis Plan; (2) diabetes plan; and (3) digestive diseases plan.   Sets forth the general purpose of the National Institute on Aging.  Transfers the responsibility for public information and education programs on aging from the Secretary to the Director of such Institute.   Sets forth the general purposes of the National Institutes of:  (1) Allergy and Infectious Diseases; (2) Child Health and Human Development; (3) Dental Research; (4) Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke; (5) General Medical Sciences; (6) Environmental Health Sciences; and (7) Mental Health.  Transfers from the Secretary to the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development the responsibility to conduct such research.  Sets forth the general purpose of the National Eye Institute.   Directs the Secretary to establish through the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, the Reye's Syndrome Coordinating Committee. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Committee, to make grants for:  (1) the establishment of two Reye's syndrome diagnostic and treatment centers;  and (2) independent research concerning such disease. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress respecting such activities no later than April 1, 1984.  Authorizes appropriations for such centers and independent research for fiscal years 1981-1983.   Requires at least $16,000,000 of the annual appropriations for the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke be used for research in the area of spinal cord regeneration.   Provides with regard to National Research Service Awards:  (1) that physicians, dentists, nurses, or other similar persons who are Award recipients may fulfill their service obligation by providing services to a medically underserved population (without regard to whether such services are performed for a health maintenance organization as currently required); (2) that the first 12 months training shall not be counted for purposes of service obligation; and (3) funding authorizations for fiscal years of 1982 ($232,991,000), and 1983 ($262,814,000).   Limits the scope of the Institutional Review Board's authority to federally-financed research.  Exempts research which does not involve human risk from such review authority.   Requires the Director of NIH to establish procedures for periodic, technical and scientific peer review of NIH research.  States that such procedures shall require that:  (1) the reviewing entity be given a written description of the research to be reviewed; and (2) such entity shall provide the advisory council of the institute involved with the results of such review.   Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) accept certain conditional gifts for the NIH or a national research institute; (2) establish suitable memorials for donations of $50,000 or more.   Terminates the National Advisory Health Council.   Directs the Comptroller General to evaluate the National Research Service Awards Program to determine its effect on the number of physicians entering the various medical specialties, and to report to Congress not later than January 1, 1983.   Authorizes funds for fiscal years 1981 ($15,000,000), 1982 ($17,000,000), and 1983 ($19,000,000) for tuberculosis programs.   Requires the Comptroller General to study:  (1) the performance of review functions by advisory councils to the national research institutes; and (2) the performance of research review at such institutes.  Requires such results to be submitted to the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources and to the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce by January 1, 1983.   Makes technical changes in specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act and other Federal law regarding health planning.   Amends such Act to:  (1) extend from three to five years the time limit in which health system agencies must complete their review of specified institutional and home health services; (2) revise the method for allocating health service agency planning funds in cases where such appropriations are less than the amounts authorized; (3) authorize $94,000,000 for the National Health Service Corps for fiscal year 1981;  (4) exempt 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;  and (5) extend the deadline for States to conform their certificate of need laws with Federal requirements.",2025-09-02T13:54:32Z,
96-s-2534,96,s,2534,Veterans' Administration Health-Care Program Amendments of 1980,Health,1980-04-02,1980-06-05,"Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H. R. 7102 passed in lieu.",Senate,"Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA]",CA,D,C000877,6,"(Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H. R. 7102 passed in lieu)  Veterans' Administration Health-Care Program Amendments of 1980 - =Title I:  Health Care Personnel Amendments= - Veterans' Administration Health-Care Personnel Amendments of 1980 - Amends the Veterans' Administration Physician and Dentist Pay Comparability Act of 1975 to authorize the payment of special pay to physicians and dentists in the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration (VA) who are employed intermittently or less than half-time, occupy internship or residency positions, or are retired annuitants.   Exempts physicians, dentists, nurses, and other health- care professionals employed by the Department from the Senior Executive Service.   Authorizes the position of Director of Nursing Service to be filled by a qualified registered nurse serving as an Assistant Chief Medical Director or as a Deputy Assistant Chief Medical Director.   Increases pay under the basic pay schedules for: (1) employees of the Office of the Chief Medical Director; (2) physicians and dentists; (3) nurses; (4) nursing support; and (5) clinical podiatrists and optometrists.  Provides for special pay and additional pay under special guidelines for such personnel.   Authorizes the Administrator to increase the rates of pay, within specified limits, for selected personnel in specified geographic areas in order to provide rates competitive with comparable health personnel by non-federal health care facilities in the same labor market.   Directs the Administrator to study the need for and impact on personnel needs of converting certain employees to the pay schedules and other administrative provisions of Federal law dealing with veterans' benefits.  Requires that such report be submitted to the Veterans' Affairs Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives within 18 months of the date of enactment of this Act.   Permits the Chief of Staff of a VA medical center and other chiefs of staff serving on a less than full-time basis to continue to receive remuneration from an outside source.  Prohibits such employee from receiving increases in special pay.   Authorizes the Administrator to provide support for the training of selected registered nurses and nurse practitioners for a baccalaureate degree in nursing.   Directs that the personnel of the Department of Medicine and Surgery serving on less than a full-time basis shall receive civil service retirement credit for such service only on a pro-rata basis.   Excludes licensed practical or vocational nurses, and nursing assistants from the jurisdiction of the disciplinary boards appointed by the Chief Medical Officer.   Restricts the activities of the Special Medical Advisory Groups established by the Administrator to policy matters related to education and training arising in connection with the program with respect to which it was appointed.  Directs that final decisions concerning employment at the VA facility must be made by the VA.   Establishes a medical center advisory committee in each VA health-care facility to advise medical center management with respect to all matters concerning the provision of health care to eligible veterans and dependents.   Increases special and incentive pay for physicians and dentists in the Department of Medicine and Surgery.  Establishes additional special pay for physicians and dentists serving in an area in which there are extraordinary difficulties in the recruitment and retention of such personnel.   Establishes a Veterans' Administration Physicians' and Dentists' Pay Board.  Sets forth the composition and duties of such Board.  Requires the Board to investigate pay distinctions among VA doctors and dentists and such professionals in other Federal agencies and in the private sector and to report annually on the need for special pay as an incentive for recruitment of doctors and dentists by the VA.   Requires the Administrator to conduct a pilot program and study for a specified period of time on the difficulties of recruitment and retention of nursing and nursing support personnel in at least six geographic regions.  Requires the submission of the results of such study to Congress.   =Title II:  Geriatric Research and Care Amendments of 1980= - Veterans' Geriatric Research and Care Amendments of 1980 - Declares that the purposes of this title are: (1) to improve and expand the capability of VA health care facilities; and (2) to advance scientific knowledge regarding the needs of an increasing number of older veterans and the methods of meeting such needs.   Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, upon the recommendation of the Chief Medical Director, to designate up to 15 VA health-care facilities as centers of geriatric research, education, and clinical activities.  Directs the Administrator, in designating locations for such centers:  (1) to designate each qualifying facility which is operating a geriatric research, education, and clinical center; (2) to assure appropriate geographic distribution of such facilities; and (3) to limit the designation of any such facility to those which conform to specified criteria.   Directs the Administrator to establish a Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee within the Department of Medicine and Surgery.  Sets forth the membership and functions of such Committee.  Requires the Committee to submit a report to the Administrator, through the Chief Medical Director, within 30 months of the date of enactment of this Act.  Directs the Administrator to transmit such report to the appropriate Congressional committees.   Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 through 1984 for the purposes of this Act.   Requires that one Assistant Chief Medical Director be a qualified physician trained or experienced in geriatrics who shall be directly responsible to the Chief Medical Director for all geriatric research, education, and clinical health-care policy and evaluation in the Department.   =Title III:  Veterans' Administration Health-Care Cost Recovery Provisions= - Veterans' Administration Health-Care Cost Recovery Provisions of 1980 - Permits the United States to recover, subject to specified limitations, conditions, and procedures, the costs of care and services furnished by the VA to a veteran for a non-service-connected disability where the disability:  (1) was incident to such veteran's employment and is covered under workers' compensation; (2) was the result of an automobile accident in a State requiring auto no-fault insurance; or (3) was the result of a crime of personal violence in a State, or local subdivision thereof, providing health care to victims of crimes in that State or subdivision.   Directs the Administrator to design a protocol for and conduct a study of the extent to which veterans, who are recipients of care and services under the VA (for the treatment of non-service-connected disabilities), would be entitled to receive health care and services, reimbursement for the expenses of some, or indemnification for having received some under one or more private health plans, Medicare, or Medicaid.  Directs that such protocol shall be designed in consultation with representatives of health insurance carriers, veterans' service organizations, the Library of Congress, the Congressional Budget Office, and the Veterans' Affairs Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives.  Specifies the areas to be examined in accordance with such protocol.   Directs the Librarian of Congress and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to study the effect on health insurance premiums and administrative costs that would result from the enactment of legislation providing the United States the right to recover the cost of care and services furnished to veterans for such veterans' non-service-connected disabilities from such veterans' health insurers.   =Title IV:  Miscellaneous Amendments= - Redefines the term ""travel and transportation of persons, and transportation of things, for officers and employees of the executive branch of the Government"" to exclude travel reimbursements for eligible veterans, dependents, and survivors, otherwise authorized under provisions relating to veterans' benefits.   Amends the Veterans' Administration Program Extension Act of 1978 to extend, until February 1, 1981, the time by which the Administrator shall report to Congress and the President on VA hospital care and medical services in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.",2025-01-14T17:02:09Z,
96-hr-6982,96,hr,6982,Uniformed Services Health Professionals Special Pay Act of 1980,Health,1980-04-01,1980-06-23,"Measure laid on table in House, S. 2460 passed in lieu.",House,"Rep. Nichols, Bill [D-AL-3]",AL,D,N000095,9,"(Measure passed House, amended)  Uniformed Services Health Professionals Special Pay Act of 1980 - Provides special and additional pay for physicians in the Armed Forces who are on active duty for a period of not less than one year.  Sets forth a schedule for such special pay providing that:  (1) physicians below pay grade 0-7 are to receive between $1,200 and $10,000 per year based on years of creditable service; and (2) physicians above pay grade 0-6 are to receive $1,000 per year.   Entitles a physician eligible for special pay to an additional $10,000 annual payment for any 12-month period during which he or she is not undergoing medical internship or initial residency training, based on years of creditable service, upon the execution of a written agreement under which the officer agrees to remain on active duty for at least one year.   Authorizes additional special pay (from $2,000 to $5,000 based on years of creditable service) for those physicians eligible for special pay who are board certified (under regulations prescribed by this Act).   Allows a qualified medical officer an incentive special pay not to exceed $8,000 for any 12-month period during which the officer is not undergoing medical internship or initial residency training.  Limits the amount paid in special pay in any fiscal year to an amount equal to six percent of the total amount paid in such year for special pay.   States that such a physician must agree in writing to remain on active duty for a period of not less than one year beginning on the date the officer accepts the award of such special pay.  Permits the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of the military department concerned, to terminate at any time any officer's entitlement to special pay.   Includes, in the computation of creditable service:  (1) all periods which the officer spent in medical internship or residency training during which the officer was not on active duty; and (2) all periods of active service in the Medical Corps of the Army or Navy, as medical officer of the Air Force, or as a Public Health Service (PHS) medical officer.   Entitles a medical officer of the Public Health Service who is on active duty for a period of at least one year to special pay at specified rates.   Allows a qualified medical officer an incentive special pay not to exceed $8,000 for any 12-month period during which the officer is not undergoing medical intership or initial residency training. Limits the amount paid in special pay in any fiscal year to an amount equal to six percent of the total amount paid in such year for special pay.   States that such a physician must agree in writing to remain on active duty for a period of not less than one year beginning on the date the office accepts the award of such special pay.  Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to terminate, pursuant to regulations, at any time an PHS officer's entitlement to special pay.   Directs that such pay be paid annually at the beginning of the 12-month period of entitlement. Provides that any such officer who terminates active duty service within the twelve-month period shall reimburse to the United States any amount applicable to the unserved portion of such duty.  Provides for special pay for dentists, optometrists, and veterinarians.  Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to pay four months basic pay to dental officers of the Army, Navy, or Air Force, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide such pay to medical officers (including dental officers) of the Public Health Service, when such officers:  (1) serve on active duty in a critical specialty; (2) complete initial active duty obligations; and (3) enter into a written agreement to remain on active duty for one additional year.  Allows each Secretary to determine the method of such payments.   Prohibits the amount of special pay to which an officer is entitled to be included in computing the amount of any increase in pay, retirement pay, severance pay, or readjustment pay.   Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to conduct a review every two years of the special pay for health professionals.  Requires a report to Congress of the results of such review.",2025-09-02T13:54:34Z,
96-hr-6966,96,hr,6966,Uniformed Services Health Professionals Special Pay Act of 1980,Health,1980-03-28,1980-03-28,Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.,House,"Rep. Nichols, Bill [D-AL-3]",AL,D,N000095,1,"Uniformed Services Health Professionals Special Pay Act of 1980 - Provides special and additional pay for physicians in the Armed Forces or the Public Health Service who are on active duty for a period of not less than one year. Sets forth a schedule for such special pay providing that:  (1) physicians below pay grade 0-7 are to receive between $1,200 and $10,000 per year based on years of creditable service; and (2) physicians above pay grade 0-6 are to receive $1,000 per year. Entitles a physician eligible for special pay to an additional $10,000 annual payment for any 12 month period during which he or she is not undergoing medical internship or initial residency training, based on years of creditable service, upon the execution of a written agreement under which the officer agrees to remain on active duty for at least one year. Authorizes additional special pay (from $2,000 to $5,000 based on years of creditable service) for those physicians eligible for special pay who are board certified under regulations prescribed by this Act. Allows a qualified medical officer an incentive special pay not to exceed $8,000 for any 12 month period during which the officer is not undergoing medical internship or initial residency training.  Limits the amount paid in special pay in any fiscal year to an amount equal to six percent of the total amount paid in such year for special pay. States that such a physician must agree in writing to remain on active duty for a period of not less than one year beginning on the date the officer accepts the award of such special pay.  Permits the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of the military department concerned, to terminate at any time any officer's entitlement to special pay. Includes, in the computation of creditable service:  (1) all periods which the officer spent in medical internship or residency training during which the officer was not on active duty; and (2) all periods of active service in the Medical Corps of the Army or Navy, as medical officer of the Air Force, or as a Public Health Service medical officer. Entitles a medical officer of the Public Health Service who is on active duty for a period of at least one year to special pay at specified rates. Provides for special pay for dentists, optometrists, and veterinarians. Prohibits the amount of special pay to which an officer is entitled to be included in computing the amount of any increase in pay, retirement pay, severance pay, or readjustment pay. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to conduct a review every two years of the special pay for health professionals.  Requires a report to Congress on the results of such review.",2025-09-02T13:54:34Z,
96-s-2501,96,s,2501,Uniformed Services Health Professionals Special Pay Act of 1980,Health,1980-03-28,1980-03-28,Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA]",GA,D,N000171,2,"Uniformed Services Health Professionals Special Pay Act of 1980 - Provides special and additional pay for physicians in the Armed Forces or the Public Health Service who are on active duty for a period of not less than one year. Sets forth a schedule for such special pay providing that:  (1) physicians below pay grade 0-7 are to receive between $1,200 and $10,000 per year based on years of creditable service; and (2) physicians above pay grade 0-6 are to receive $1,000 per year. Entitles a physician eligible for special pay to an additional $10,000 annual payment for any 12 month period during which he or she is not undergoing medical internship or initial residency training, based on years of creditable service, upon the execution of a written agreement under which the officer agrees to remain on active duty for at least one year. Authorizes additional special pay (from $2,000 to $5,000 based on years of creditable service) for those physicians eligible for special pay who are board certified (under regulations prescribed by this Act). Allows a qualified medical officer an incentive special pay not to exceed $8,000 for any 12 month period during which the officer is not undergoing medical internship or initial residency training.  Limits the amount paid in special pay in any fiscal year to an amount equal to six percent of the total amount paid in such year for special pay. States that such a physician must agree in writing to remain on active duty for a period of not less than one year beginning on the date the officer accepts the award of such special pay.  Permits the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of the military department concerned, to terminate at any time any officer's entitlement to special pay. Includes, in the computation of creditable service:  (1) all periods which the officer spent in medical internship or residency training during which the officer was not on active duty; and (2) all periods of active service in the Medical Corps of the Army or Navy, as medical officer of the Air Force, or as a Public Health Service medical officer. Entitles a medical officer of the Public Health Service who is on active duty for a period of at least one year to special pay at specified rates. Provides for special pay for dentists, optometrists, and veterinarians. Prohibits the amount of special pay to which an officer is entitled to be included in computing the amount of any increase in pay, retirement pay, severance pay, or readjustment pay.",2025-09-02T13:56:47Z,
96-hjres-526,96,hjres,526,"A joint resolution designating May 1980 as ""National Arthritis Month"".",Health,1980-03-27,1980-03-27,Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.,House,"Rep. Gramm, Phil [D-TX-6]",TX,D,G000365,10,"Designates May 1980, as ""National Arthritis Month.""",2024-02-06T20:04:02Z,
96-s-2490,96,s,2490,Infant Formula Act of 1980,Health,1980-03-27,1980-09-08,"Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H. R. 6940 passed in lieu.",Senate,"Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH]",OH,D,M000678,9,"(Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 6940 passed in lieu)  Infant Formula Act of 1980 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to set forth requirements for infant formulas.  States that formulas which do not conform to such requirements shall be deemed to be adulterated.  Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise such requirements, establish quality control procedures, and establish requirements respecting the retention of records of required procedures.   Requires such manufacturer of an infant formula to notify the Secretary whether the formula as processed meets such requirements and of any changes in such formula or its processing.  Requires a manufacturer who has knowledge which reasonably supports the conclusion that an infant formula leaving his or her control may be adulterated or misbranded so as to present a risk to human health to promptly notify the Secretary.  Sets forth reporting and recordkeeping requirements respecting the distribution of such formula as may be necessary to effect and monitor recalls.  Directs the Secretary to prescribe the scope and extent of such recalls.   Exempts infant formulas represented and labelled for use by infants having unusual medical or dietary problems from the specified nutrient requirements of such Act.  Permits the Secretary to establish terms and conditions for the exemption of other infant formulas from such requirements.   Grants an inspector enforcing the provisions of this Act access to specified records of the manufacturer at all reasonable times.  Makes the failure to submit required reports or to provide required notice prohibited acts under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.   Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the long-term effect on infants of hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis resulting from infant formulas deficient in chloride.   Directs the Secretary to study and report to the appropriate committees of Congress on: (1) existing Federal requirements for the labeling of such formula to determine the effects of such requirements on infant nutrition and the proper use of such formula; and (2) the issues concerning the export of infant formula which does not meet the requirements of this Act.   Amends the Controlled Substances Act to direct the Attorney General to select annually the controlled substances(s) determined to have the highest rate of abuse and prepare and make available to specified agencies of States descriptive and actual distribution patterns in such States of each such substance.   Amends the Psychotropic Substances Act of 1978 to reinstitute criminal penalties for violations relating to the possession, use, distribution, sale, or reporting requirements for piperidine.   Amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish criminal penalties for a violation of such Act involving in excess of 1,000 pounds of marihuana.  Establishes increased criminal penalties for a person committing multiple violations.",2025-09-02T13:56:50Z,
96-hr-6929,96,hr,6929,A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to make uniform the capitation grant requirements for schools of optometry.,Health,1980-03-26,1980-03-26,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Dannemeyer, William E. [R-CA-39]",CA,R,D000044,0,Amends the Public Health Service Act to conform Federal grant requirements for nonprofit private schools of optometry to such requirements for other schools of optometry.,2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
96-hr-6940,96,hr,6940,"An act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to strengthen the authority under that Act to assure the safety and nutrition of infant formulas, and for other purposes.",Health,1980-03-26,1980-09-26,Public Law 96-359.,House,"Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24]",CA,D,W000215,23,"(Measure passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 2490)  Infant Formula Act of 1980 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to set forth requirements for infant formulas.  States that formulas which do not conform to such requirements shall be deemed to be adulterated. Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise such requirements, establish quality control procedures and establish requirements respecting the retention of records of required procedures.   Requires each manufacturer of an infant formula to notify the Secretary whether the formula as processed meets such requirements and of any changes in such formula or its processing. Requires a manufacturer who has knowledge which reasonably supports the conclusion that an infant formula leaving his or her control may be adulterated or misbranded so as to present a risk to human health to promptly notify the Secretary.  Sets forth reporting and recordkeeping requirements respecting the distribution of such formula as may be necessary to effect and monitor recalls.  Directs the Secretary to prescribe the scope and extent of such recalls.   Exempts infant formulas represented and labelled for use by infants having unusual medical or dietary problems from the specified nutrient requirements of such Act.  Permits the Secretary to establish terms and conditions for the exemption of other infant formulas from such requirements.   Grants an inspector enforcing the provisions of this Act access to specified records of the manufacturer at all reasonable times.  Makes the failure to submit required reports or to provide required notice prohibited acts under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.   Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the long-term effect on infants of hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis resulting from infant formulas deficient in chloride.   Directs the Secretary to study and report to the appropriate committees of Congress on: (1) existing Federal requirements for the labeling of such formula to determine the effects of such requirements on infant nutrition and the proper use of such formula; and (2) the issues concerning the export of infant formula which does not meet the requirements of this Act.   Amends the Controlled Substances Act to direct the Attorney General to select annually the controlled substances determined to have the highest rate of abuse and prepare and make available to specified agencies of State descriptive and actual distribution patterns in such States of each such substance.   Amends the Psychotropic Substances Act of 1978 to reinstate criminal penalties for violations relating to the possession, use, distribution, sale, or reporting requirements for piperidine.   Amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish criminal penalties for a violation of such Act involving in excess of 1,000 pounds of marihuana.  Establishes increased criminal penalties for a person committing multiple violations.",2025-04-21T12:24:17Z,
96-hr-6895,96,hr,6895,Prepaid Prescription Program Negotiation Act,Health,1980-03-24,1980-03-24,Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Addabbo, Joseph P. [D-NY-7]",NY,D,A000052,4,Prepaid Prescription Program Negotiation Act - Permits associations of professional pharmacists to negotiate collectively with third-party insurers (including Federal and State governments) relative to their reimbursement for dispensing prepaid prescriptions.,2025-09-02T13:54:32Z,
96-hr-6902,96,hr,6902,Health Research Act of 1980,Health,1980-03-24,1980-03-24,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24]",CA,D,W000215,7,"Health Research Act of 1980 - Amends title IV of the Public Health Service Act (National Research Institutes) to establish as an agency of the Public Health Service the National Institutes of Health (abolished as a statutory entity by Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1966), consisting of the following 11 categorical institutes: the National Cancer Institute; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases; the National Institute on Aging; the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; the National Institute of Dental Research; the National Eye Institute; the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke; the National Institute of General Medical Sciences; and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Enumerates the duties of the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including the authority to obtain the services of not more than 200 scientific or professional experts or consultants.  Requires the Director to delegate certain functions to the Assistant Director of NIH. Directs the Secretary to appoint a National Institutes of Health Advisory Board to:  (1) advise and make recommendations to the Director of NIH; and (2) prepare an annual report on its activities. Requires the Director of NIH to submit to the President, Congress, and the Secretary an annual report, including a five-year plan for the activities and program policies of the Director and the unrevised annual reports of the Advisory Council and other advisory boards of NIH. Provides that the Director of the National Cancer Institute shall be appointed by the Secretary. Sets forth the general duties of the Secretary (acting through the Director of each national research institute) with respect to the aspect of human health for which the institutes were established.  Authorizes activities and programs to be supported through grants and contracts approved by each Director. Provides that the Director of each institute (except the National Institute of General Medical Sciences) shall appoint an assistant director to coordinate and promote the prevention, education, and health information programs of the institute. Directs the Secretary to appoint an advisory council for each national research institute. Sets forth general provisions applicable to the councils, including that each council shall:  (1) consist of 18 voting members appointed by the Secretary for four-year terms; and (2) review research projects and programs submitted under its jurisdiction, collect information in its field, advise the Director with respect to grant expenditures, and convene workshops and conferences. Applies special provisions to the National Cancer Advisory Board. Requires each Director to prepare an annual report including a five-year plan for the institute's activities and policies. Extends the authorization of appropriations in specific amounts for each of the 11 institutes through fiscal year 1983. Sets forth specific provisions relating to each of the national research institutes. States the general purpose of each institute. Establishes an Interagency Technical Committee on Cancer to coordinate aspects of all Federal health programs and activities relating to cancer to assure their technical soundness and to provide for necessary exchange of information. Extends the authorization of appropriations in specific amounts for each of the following bodies and programs through fiscal year 1983:  (1) the National Arthritis Advisory Board, the National Diabetes Advisory Board, and the National Digestive Diseases Advisory Board; (2) arthritis demonstration projects and data system; (3) multipurpose arthritis centers; and (4) diabetes research and training centers. Revises certain provisions relating to national research service awards.  Extends the authorization of appropriations for such awards through fiscal year 1983.  Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress by January 1, 1983, on the effect of such program on the number of physicians who enter the various medical specialties. Carries forward certain general provisions relating to the Institutes. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1983 for grants for preventive health service programs for tuberculosis.",2025-09-02T13:54:27Z,
96-hr-6887,96,hr,6887,A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the program of assistance for health professions schools in financial distress.,Health,1980-03-20,1980-03-20,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Carter, Tim Lee [R-KY-5]",KY,R,C000201,1,"Amends the Public Health Service Act to limit financial distress grants to any school of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, or public health in serious financial need (thus excluding currently eligible schools of veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, and podiatry). Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, Health, Education, and Welfare) to give special consideration to grant applications from such schools having significant enrollments of students from ethnic or racial minorities or from low-income families. Authorizes the Secretary to make such grants to meet, in addition to costs already provided for under such Act, costs of:  (1) maintaining the quality of educational programs; and (2) strengthening academic resources and capabilities. Prohibits the Secretary from requiring changes in the educational component of the program of a recipient school.  Limits the requirement of proper expenditure assurances to grant recipients (currently, all grant applicants must submit such assurances). Authorizes the Secretary to obligate grant funds in advance of appropriation.  Requires proportionate reductions in obligated funds should appropriations fail to equal the projected amount. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1981 and for each of the four succeeding fiscal years. Eliminates the $5,000,000 ceiling on obligated or expended funds for start-up assistance grants for schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry, and public health.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
96-s-2460,96,s,2460,"An act to amend chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, to revise the special pay provisions for medical officers in the uniformed services and to extend the special pay provisions for other health professionals in the uniformed services, and for other purposes.",Health,1980-03-20,1980-06-28,Public Law 96-284.,Senate,"Sen. Hart, Gary W. [D-CO]",CO,D,H000287,0,"(Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H. R. 6982)  Uniformed Services Health Professionals Special Pay Act of 1980 - Provides special and additional pay for physicians in the Armed Forces who are on active duty for a period of not less than one year. Sets forth a schedule for such special pay providing that:  (1) physicians below pay grade 0-7 are to receive between $1,200 and $10,000 per year based on years of creditable service; and (2) physicians above pay grade 0-6 are to receive $1,000 per year.   Entitles a physician eligible for special pay to an additional $10,000 annual payment for any 12 month period during which he or she is not undergoing medical internship or initial residency training, based on years of creditable service, upon the execution of a written agreement under which the officer agrees to remain on active duty for at least one year.   Authorizes additional special pay (from $2,000 to $5,000 based on years of creditable service) for those physicians eligible for special pay who are board certified (under regulations prescribed by this Act).   Allows a qualified medical officer an incentive special pay not to exceed $8,000 for any 12 month period during which the officer is not undergoing medical internship or initial residency training.  Limits the amount paid in special pay in any fiscal year to an amount equal to six percent of the total amount paid in such year for special pay.   States that such a physician must agree in writing to remain on active duty for a period of not less than one year beginning on the date the officer accepts the award of such special pay.  Permits the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of the military department concerned, to terminate at any time any officer's entitlement to special pay.   Includes, in the computation of creditable service:  (1) all periods which the officer spent in medical internship or residency training during which the officer was not on active duty; and (2) all periods of active service in the Medical Corps of the Army or Navy, as medical officer of the Air Force, or as a Public Health Service (PHS) medical officer.   Entitles a medical officer of the Public Health Service who is on active duty for a period of at least one year to special pay at specified rates.   Allows a qualified medical officer an incentive special pay not to exceed $8,000 for any 12 month period during which the officer is not undergoing medical internship or initial residency training. Limits the amount paid in special pay in any fiscal year to an amount equal to six percent of the total amount paid in such year for special pay.   States that such a physician must agree in writing to remain on active duty for a period of not less than one year beginning on the date the office accepts the award of such special pay.  Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to terminate, pursuant to regulations, at any time a PHS officer's entitlement to special pay.   Directs that such pay be paid annually at the beginning of the twelve-month period of entitlement. Provides that any such officer who terminates active duty service within the twelve-month period shall reimburse to the United States any amount applicable to the unserved portion of such duty.  Provides for special pay for dentists, optometrists, and veterinarians.  Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to pay four months basic pay to dental officers of the Army, Navy, or Air Force, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide such pay to medical officers (including dental officers) of the Public Health Service, when such officers:  (1) serve on active duty in a critical specialty; (2) complete initial active duty obligations; and (3) enter into a written agreement to remain on active duty for one additional year.  Allows each Secretary to determine the method of such payments.   Prohibits the amount of special pay to which an officer is entitled to be included in computing the amount of any increase in pay, retirement pay, severance pay, or readjustment pay.   Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to conduct a review every two years of the special pay for health professionals.  Requires a report to Congress on the results of such review.",2025-01-14T17:07:58Z,
96-hjres-516,96,hjres,516,"A joint resolution designating the week beginning February 1, 1981, as ""National Scleroderma Week"".",Health,1980-03-19,1980-03-19,Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.,House,"Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16]",CA,D,P000047,104,"Designates the week beginning February 1, 1981, as ""National Scleroderma Week.""",2024-02-06T20:04:02Z,
96-hr-6880,96,hr,6880,Health Amendments of 1979,Health,1980-03-19,1980-03-19,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Staggers, Harley O. [D-WV-2]",WV,D,S000778,0,"Health Amendments of 1979 - Title I: Appropriation Authorizations - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1983 for specified cancer, cardiovascular, lung, blood, and diabetes activities. Extends the authorization of appropriations for the National Diabetes Advisory Board through fiscal year 1981.  Extends the expiration date of such Board to September 30, 1981. Authorizes appropriations for arthritis demonstration projects and data system for fiscal years 1981 through 1984.  Extends the authorization of appropriations for multipurpose arthritis centers through fiscal year 1983.  Extends the authorization of appropriations for the National Arthritis Advisory Board through fiscal year 1981. Extends the expiration date of such Board to September 30, 1981. Amends the Community Mental Health Centers Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for rape prevention and control through fiscal year 1983. Title II:  Revisions to Various Health Authorities - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the formula for the calculation of National Health Service Corps cost sharing. Raises the number of members composing the National Diabetes Advisory Board from 23 to 24. Adds the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development or his or her designee as an ex officio member of such Board. Amends the Community Mental Health Centers Act to eliminate specified rape prevention control reports and assistance. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to repeal the exemption from regulation as cosmetics of coal-tar hair dyes. Amends the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1946, to provide for advances to a specified service and supply fund.",2025-09-02T13:54:32Z,
96-hr-6843,96,hr,6843,Medicaid Community Care Act of 1980,Health,1980-03-18,1980-03-18,Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.,House,"Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3]",AR,R,H000124,0,"Medicaid Community Care Act of 1980 - Authorizes a State with a plan approved under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to apply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) to have Federal payments for home health care services, nursing services, home health aid services, medical equipment for use in the home, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology services, endiology services, adult day health services, respite care, short-term full-term nursing care, homemaker services, and nutrition counseling made at a higher rate the the rate for other care and services provided under the State plan. Specifies that the Federal medical assistance percentage for such services and the comprehensive assessments provided for in this Act shall be the lesser of:  (1) the Federal medical assistance percentage determined under title XIX plus 25 percent; or (2) 90 percent of the cost of such services and assessments. Requires an application to be accompanied by a community care plan which:  (1) provides for a comprehensive assessment of each individual eligible or applying for Medicaid who is likely to need long-term skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility services; (2) makes available, under title XIX, the care and services for which the higher Federal payment may be made to individuals determined pursuant to a comprehensive assessment to be in need of long-term facility services and for whom such assistance is a feasible alternative to long-term facility services; and (3) coordinates the services provided under this Act with similar services provided under the Older Americans Act of 1965, and under titles XVIII (Medicare) and XX (Grants to States for Services) of the Social Security Act. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress with respect to the program established under this Act. Permits a State, for the purposes of title XIX, to treat a noninstitutionalized individual the same as an individual who is in a long-term care facility if the noninstitutionalized individual meets the income and resources standards for long-term facility residents and has been determined, pursuant to an assessment under this Act, to need long-term facility services.",2025-09-02T13:54:27Z,