{"database": "openregs", "table": "legislation", "is_view": false, "human_description_en": "where congress = 95 and policy_area = \"Health\" sorted by introduced_date descending", "rows": [["95-hr-14320", 95, "hr", 14320, "A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include dental care among the items and services for which payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program.", "Health", "1978-10-13", "1978-10-13", "Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.", "House", "Rep. Ford, Harold E. [D-TN-8]", "TN", "D", "F000261", 0, "Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for: (1) dentures under the supplementary medical insurance program; and (2) inpatient hospital services in connection with the provision of any service provided by a dentist if hospitalization is required in connection with the provision of such services.", "2024-08-01T20:07:08Z", null], ["95-hr-14324", 95, "hr", 14324, "A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the development of standards for provision of hospice care, to provide for studies and demonstration projects in the provision of hospice care, and for other purposes.", "Health", "1978-10-13", "1978-10-13", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Mazzoli, Romano L. [D-KY-3]", "KY", "D", "M000291", 0, "Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make a grant to a nonprofit private entity to develop standards for the accreditation of organizations providing hospice care. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to study and demonstrate, and to directly conduct such programs as will study and demonstrate:  (1) methods for the provision of hospice care; (2) methods for financing hospice care; and (3) the costs and benefits of hospice care. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the results of such studies and demonstrations. Defines \"hospice care\" as such home care, outpatient services, and backup inpatient services as may be required for terminally ill patients and such support services as members of such patients' families may require as a result of such patients' terminal illnesses. Defines \"terminally ill patient\" as an individual with a prognosis of survival of six months or less.", "2024-08-01T20:07:05Z", null], ["95-hr-14355", 95, "hr", 14355, "Federal Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Act", "Health", "1978-10-13", "1978-10-13", "Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.", "House", "Rep. Pursell, Carl D. [R-MI-2]", "MI", "R", "P000574", 1, "Federal Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Act - Sets forth the finding of Congress that the ultimate objective of the right to health is to preserve health and prevent illness. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to provide, through grants, for the planning, development, and operation of eight regional preventive medicine centers.  Requires that two such centers be located in each of the four major regions of the United States, and, of the two centers, one serve predominantly rural areas and one serve predominantly urban areas. Authorizes appropriations for the planning, development, and operation of such centers. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with public and private entities to provide support for research, development, and demonstration projects in the area of health promotion and disease prevention. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private educational organizations and to regional preventive medicine centers for:  (1) health promotion demonstration projects designed to inform children of the social, nutritional, environmental, behavioral, and other factors which pose risks to health; and (2) the develoment and training of health manpower support in the field of preventive medicine. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress and the President on the goals and activities conducted under this Act.", "2025-09-02T17:11:50Z", null], ["95-hr-14291", 95, "hr", 14291, "A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for optometric and medical vision care.", "Health", "1978-10-12", "1978-10-12", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Corman, James C. [D-CA-21]", "CA", "D", "C000780", 3, "Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for optometric and medical vision care under the supplementary medical insurance program.", "2024-08-01T20:07:08Z", null], ["95-hr-14292", 95, "hr", 14292, "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", "1978-10-12", "1978-10-12", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Corman, James C. [D-CA-21]", "CA", "D", "C000780", 2, "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.", "2024-08-01T20:07:08Z", null], ["95-hr-14304", 95, "hr", 14304, "Medicare Home Health Amendments", "Health", "1978-10-12", "1978-10-12", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14]", "FL", "D", "P000218", 1, "Medicare Home Health Amendments - Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove the 100 visit limitation presently applicable to home health care services under such Title. Eliminates prior hospitalization as a condition of eligibility for home health care services under part A (Hospital Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Eliminates confinement to home as a requirement for receiving home health care services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Includes \"periodic chore services\" within those home health services for which payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program.", "2025-09-02T17:11:42Z", null], ["95-hr-14313", 95, "hr", 14313, "Good Samaritan Act", "Health", "1978-10-12", "1978-10-12", "Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.", "House", "Rep. Pursell, Carl D. [R-MI-2]", "MI", "R", "P000574", 21, "Good Samaritan Act - Declares:  (1) that any physician, registered nurse, or aircraft employee who, in good faith and with a reasonable belief that immediate medical attention is necessary, renders emergency care to an injured or ill person aboard an aircraft within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States 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.", "2025-09-02T17:11:44Z", null], ["95-hr-14283", 95, "hr", 14283, "A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to reimbursement of physicians' services in teaching hospitals.", "Health", "1978-10-11", "1978-10-11", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3]", "AR", "R", "H000124", 0, "Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exclude from inpatient hospital services provided under such Title the services of a physician in a teaching hospital only if:  (1) the hospital elects to receive any payment due under Medicare for reasonable costs of such services;  and (2) all physicians in the hospital agree not to bill charges for professional services rendered in such hospital to individuals covered by Medicare.", "2024-08-01T20:07:11Z", null], ["95-hr-14285", 95, "hr", 14285, "A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and title 37, United States Code, to modify the administration of the Public Health Service, and for other purposes.", "Health", "1978-10-11", "1978-10-11", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Rogers, Paul G. [D-FL-11]", "FL", "D", "R000401", 2, "Amends the Public Health Service Act to stipulate that commissioned officers of the Regular and Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service shall receive the same pay and allowances as are authorized for members of the armed forces. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, to detail personnel of the Service to any appropriate committee of the Congress. Entitles commissioned officers of the Service to the same rights as commissioned officers of the Army with respect to corrections of military records and reviews of discharges or dismissals. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a Warrant Officers Corps within the Service for the purpose of providing support to the health and delivery systems maintained by the Regular and Reserve Corps of the Service. Stipulates that the Surgeon General shall have the grade corresponding with the grade of general; the Deputy Surgeon General shall have the grade corresponding with the grade of lieutenant general; and commissioned officers serving as senior administrators or directors of any agency of the Service in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare shall have the title of Assistant Surgeon General and shall have the grade corresponding with the grade of lieutenant general. Increases the number of special temporary positions in the grade of Assistant Surgeon General which the Surgeon General is authorized to create. Stipulates that an officer of the Service who has received educational financial assistance from the Service and who voluntarily leaves the Service within the greater of six months or twice the period of attendance at an educational institution, shall be obligated to reimburse the Service an amount equal to twice the financial assistance received by such officer. Stipulates that a commissioned officer of the Reserve Corps of the Service who is involuntarily released from active duty after completing at least five years of continuous active duty is entitled to a severance payment computed in accordance with provisions of this Act. Increases the pay grade for certain officers of the Service.  Increases the number of years of service used for computing basic pay for those officers who have attained a masters or doctoral degree. Stipulates that members of the Service be treated in the same manner as members of an armed force with respect to advance payments.", "2024-08-01T20:07:05Z", null], ["95-hr-14264", 95, "hr", 14264, "Environmental Health Personnel Act", "Health", "1978-10-06", "1978-10-06", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Rogers, Paul G. [D-FL-11]", "FL", "D", "R000401", 0, "Environmental Health Personnel Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to and enter into contracts with specified educational entities for special projects to develop new or expanded programs in environmental health and occupational health. Authorizes the appropriation of $2,000,000 for this purpose for fiscal year 1980. Amends such Act to authorize similar grants and contracts to enable such entities to provide traineeships in the areas of environmental health and occupational health.  Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations for the approval of applications for and amounts of such grants.  Directs the Secretary to consult with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and other appropriate individuals with respect to the need for trained personnel in such areas.  Authorizes the appropriation of $4,500,000 for this purpose for fiscal year 1980. Amends such Act to remove the post baccalaureate degree and experience requirements for eligibility for public health traineeships and traineeships for students in other specified health-related programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1980 for projects and programs in environmental health education. Includes environmental health sciences research as a category of eligibility for National Research Service Awards. Includes environmental health sciences research personnel as a category to be studied by the Secretary in his study to establish the Nation's overall need for specified research personnel. Includes, as a priority in the formulation of national health planning goals and in the development and operation of health planning and resources development programs, activities for the promotion of disease prevention, including studies of occupational and environmental factors affecting health and the development of environmental health personnel programs. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to assess, identify and give advice with respect to current and projected personnel needs for the administration and implementation of environmental protection laws under the jurisdiction of the Administrator or individual States. Establishes an advisory board to assist the Administrator in performing these functions. Directs the Administrator to coordinate EPA personnel development, education and training policies, programs and activities to meet the needs identified by this Act.  Requires him to provide technical assistance to Federal and non-Federal entities to assist in the development of personnel training programs.  Requires him to advise such entities to train and employ unemployed persons for positions identified as necessary for administering and implementing environmental protection programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1980 for these purposes. Requires reports to Congress of the Administrator's activities, findings and recommendations which result from the implementation of this Act.", "2025-09-02T17:11:40Z", null], ["95-hr-14228", 95, "hr", 14228, "A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to reimbursement of physicians' services in teaching hospitals.", "Health", "1978-10-04", "1978-10-04", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Satterfield, David E., III [D-VA-3]", "VA", "D", "S000070", 0, "Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exclude from inpatient hospital services provided under such Title the services of a physician in a teaching hospital only if:  (1) the hospital elects to receive any payment due under Medicare for reasonable costs of such services;  and (2) all physicians in the hospital agree not to bill charges for professional services rendered in such hospital to individuals covered by Medicare.", "2024-08-01T20:07:09Z", null], ["95-hr-14232", 95, "hr", 14232, "A bill to amend Public Law 93-233 to delay for one year the amendments made to the Social Security Act respecting teaching hospitals.", "Health", "1978-10-04", "1978-10-04", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Rogers, Paul G. [D-FL-11]", "FL", "D", "R000401", 1, "Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend for one year, until October 1, 1979, the period of time during which the services of physicians in teaching hospitals will be included as inpatient hospital services under that Title.", "2024-08-01T20:07:09Z", null], ["95-hr-14235", 95, "hr", 14235, "Child Health Assurance Act", "Health", "1978-10-04", "1978-10-04", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Carter, Tim Lee [R-KY-5]", "KY", "R", "C000201", 1, "Child Health Assurance Act - Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require the State plan for medical assistance required by such Title to provide for making medical assistance available to: (1) any individual who is under the age of 18 and, at the option of the State, to any individual over the age of 17 and under 21, if the individual is a member of a family eligible for aid under the program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children and does not exceed specified income standards; and (2) any woman for a period of her pregnancy and for 60 days following the termination of her pregnancy who on the basis of resources is eligible for aid under the program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children and whose income does not exceed specified standards. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to establish a national child health assurance program (CHAP) income standard and a national maternal income standard for the purpose of establishing the eligibility of, and extent of medical assistance provided to, certain children and pregnant women. Sets the national CHAP income standard at $2,400 for an individual, $3,000 for a family of two, and an additional $600 for each additional family member.  Sets the national maternal income standard at $3,000 for a pregnant woman, increased by $600 for each additional family member. Defines the services to be made available to pregnant women and eligible individuals under age 21 pursuant to this Act. Requires each State plan for medical assistance under the Medicaid program to provide, in the case of any individual under 21 who has received a timely periodic child health assessment, all care and services available under such program and referral for care and services not available under Medicaid. Sets forth the standards of the \"child health assessment\" required by this Act.  States that the health care provider performing such assessment must agree to perform such basic diagnostic and treatment services as an assessment shows to be necessary, or to refer a beneficiary to an appropriate provider for such services, and to provide beneficiaries with routine dental care. Requires such a provider to be reasonably accessible on a continuing basis to beneficiaries whom it has assessed. Stipulates that for individuals under 21 who have received a timely health assessment no enrollment fee or charge for any service will be imposed. Provides for the payment of a percentage of the cost of a State child health assessment program by the Federal Government.  Defines the term \"Federal CHAP percentage.\"  Sets forth a formula for the determination of such percentage. Directs the Secretary to establish performance standards for CHAP'S.  Sets forth penalties for States which fail to comply with such standards.  Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on each State's CHAP. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the coordination of health care services for children under Title V (Maternal and Child Health and Crippled Children's Services) and Title XIX of the Social Security Act. Requires the Secretary: (1) to study and conduct demonstration projects in order to evaluate the participation of health care providers in CHAP'S and methods of improving their level of participation in these programs; and (2) to develop and carry out experiments and demonstration projects designed to determine the effect of payment on a capitation basis for child health assessments and other services provided under CHAP'S upon the level of participation and performance of such providers in these programs. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on such studies. Stipulates that certain individuals will remain eligible for Medicaid by disregarding specified involuntary increases in benefits, compensation, or pensions provided under specified Federal laws. Stipulates that certain individuals under the age of 21 shall remain eligible for Medicaid while inmates in certain juvenile institutions.", "2025-09-02T17:11:40Z", null], ["95-hr-14236", 95, "hr", 14236, "A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to reimbursement of physicians' services in teaching hospitals.", "Health", "1978-10-04", "1978-10-04", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Carter, Tim Lee [R-KY-5]", "KY", "R", "C000201", 13, "Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exclude from inpatient hospital services provided under such Title the services of a physician in a teaching hospital only if:  (1) the hospital elects to receive any payment due under Medicare for reasonable costs of such services;  and (2) all physicians in the hospital agree not to bill charges for professional services rendered in such hospital to individuals covered by Medicare.", "2024-08-01T20:07:09Z", null], ["95-hr-14237", 95, "hr", 14237, "A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to reimbursement of physicians' services in teaching hospitals.", "Health", "1978-10-04", "1978-10-04", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Carter, Tim Lee [R-KY-5]", "KY", "R", "C000201", 6, "Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exclude from inpatient hospital services provided under such Title the services of a physician in a teaching hospital only if:  (1) the hospital elects to receive any payment due under Medicare for reasonable costs of such services;  and (2) all physicians in the hospital agree not to bill charges for professional services rendered in such hospital to individuals covered by Medicare.", "2024-08-01T20:07:09Z", null], ["95-hr-14216", 95, "hr", 14216, "A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for loans for students in programs for the training of physician assistants and to provide for the allocation of a certain amount of the National Health Service Corps Scholarship funds for scholarships for physician assistants, and to provide for a study of the cost-effectiveness and supply and demand for physician assistants.", "Health", "1978-10-03", "1978-10-03", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Neal, Stephen L. [D-NC-5]", "NC", "D", "N000016", 0, "Amends the Public Health Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to enter into an agreement with any program for the training of physician assistants to establish a student loan fund. Allots a certain amount of the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program funds for scholarships for graduates of programs for the training of physician assistants. Directs the Secretary to conduct and submit to Congress a study of the cost-effectiveness of the use of physician assistants and of the anticipated supply and demand for physician assistants.", "2024-08-01T20:07:05Z", null], ["95-hr-14181", 95, "hr", 14181, "A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to reimbursement of physicians' services in teaching hospitals.", "Health", "1978-09-27", "1978-09-27", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. McDade, Joseph M. [R-PA-10]", "PA", "R", "M000399", 0, "Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exclude from inpatient hospital services provided under such Title the services of a physician in a teaching hospital only if:  (1) the hospital elects to receive any payment due under Medicare for reasonable costs of such services;  and (2) all physicians in the hospital agree not to bill charges for professional services rendered in such hospital to individuals covered by Medicare.", "2024-08-01T20:07:09Z", null], ["95-hr-14167", 95, "hr", 14167, "A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to reimbursement of physicians' services in teaching hospitals.", "Health", "1978-09-25", "1978-09-25", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Carter, Tim Lee [R-KY-5]", "KY", "R", "C000201", 22, "Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exclude from inpatient hospital services provided under such Title the services of a physician in a teaching hospital only if:  (1) the hospital elects to receive any payment due under Medicare for reasonable costs of such services;  and (2) all physicians in the hospital agree not to bill charges for professional services rendered in such hospital to individuals covered by Medicare.", "2024-08-01T20:07:02Z", null], ["95-s-3506", 95, "s", 3506, "A Bill to amend the Social Security Act with respect to health programs authorized under it and for other purposes.", "Health", "1978-09-20", "1978-09-20", "Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.", "Senate", "Sen. Hathaway, William D. [D-ME]", "ME", "D", "H000346", 2, "Amends Title XI (General Provisions and Professional Standards Review) of the Social Security Act to include within the definition of an organization qualified for conditional designation as a Professional Standards Review Organization, an organization of health care practioners who hold independent hospital admitting privileges and who are invited to become members by the organization. Includes as members of the advisory group for each statewide Professional Standards Review Council at least one registered professional nurse and doctor of dental surgery.  Includes one registered professional nurse, one doctor of dental surgery, and one health practioner other than a physician in the National Professional Standards Review Council. Establishes an advisory committee to the National Professional Standards Review Council to be made up of representatives of health care practitioners other than physicians.", "2024-08-01T20:10:57Z", null], ["95-s-3507", 95, "s", 3507, "A Bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the 3-day prior hospitalization requirement for coverage of extended care services.", "Health", "1978-09-20", "1978-09-20", "Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.", "Senate", "Sen. Hathaway, William D. [D-ME]", "ME", "D", "H000346", 0, "Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the requirement that prior hospitalization is necessary before receiving extended care services under the Medicare program.", "2024-08-01T20:10:57Z", null], ["95-s-3508", 95, "s", 3508, "A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include homemaker service as a home health service.", "Health", "1978-09-20", "1978-09-20", "Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.", "Senate", "Sen. Hathaway, William D. [D-ME]", "ME", "D", "H000346", 0, "Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide homemaker services as part of the home health services provided under Medicare.", "2024-08-01T20:10:57Z", null], ["95-hr-14122", 95, "hr", 14122, "A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the payment for drugs and biologicals under part B of the medicare program.", "Health", "1978-09-19", "1978-09-19", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Mathis, Dawson [D-GA-2]", "GA", "D", "M000244", 0, "Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide that the cost of drugs and biologicals need not be included in a bill of a physician or hospital or represent an expense to the physician or hospital in the determination of medical and other health services presently being provided under Medicare for such drugs and biologicals.", "2024-08-01T20:07:02Z", null], ["95-hr-14111", 95, "hr", 14111, "Medicare Deductible and Coinsurance Reduction Act", "Health", "1978-09-18", "1978-09-18", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14]", "FL", "D", "P000218", 1, "Medicare Deductible and Coinsurance Reduction Act - Reduces, under Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act:  (1) the inpatient hospital deductible; and (2) the monthly premiums for hospital insurance for individuals not otherwise eligible for Medicare benefits.  Appropriates to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund the additional amounts required to reimburse the Fund for such additional payments as are caused by the lowering of the inpatient deductibles and monthly premiums. Increases the benefits payable to each individual covered by the supplementary medical insurance program for the aged and disabled.  Reduces deductibles, coinsurance, monthly premium and the charges under such program. Authorizes to be appropriated a Government contribution equal to such amount as necessary to reimburse the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund for such additional payments as caused by the increased benefits payable to individuals and the reduced deductibles and coinsurance charges.", "2025-09-02T17:11:36Z", null], ["95-hr-14024", 95, "hr", 14024, "A bill to permit regulation of automated blood pressure machines to insure the accuracy and reliability of their performance.", "Health", "1978-09-08", "1978-09-08", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Downey, Thomas J. [D-NY-2]", "NY", "D", "D000471", 15, "Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to classify automated blood pressure machines as class II medical devices, notwithstanding certain requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for classification of medical devices, in order to insure the accuracy and reliability of the performance of such machines.", "2024-08-01T20:06:53Z", null], ["95-hr-14003", 95, "hr", 14003, "A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the payment, under the medicare program, of services of physicians rendered in a teaching hospital.", "Health", "1978-09-07", "1978-09-07", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Davis, Mendel J. [D-SC-1]", "SC", "D", "D000125", 0, "Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the exclusion from services provided under such Title of inpatient hospital services provided by a physician in a hospital which has a teaching program. Repeals the provisions under Title XVIII directing that payment for the services of a physician rendered in a teaching hospital be made to a certain fund.", "2024-08-01T20:06:57Z", null], ["95-hr-13980", 95, "hr", 13980, "A bill to increase alternatives to institutionalization for senior citizens.", "Health", "1978-09-06", "1978-09-06", "Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.", "House", "Rep. Fenwick, Millicent H. [R-NJ-5]", "NJ", "R", "F000078", 24, "Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to provide, through demonstration projects, payments to individuals who  are receiving, or are eligible to receive, benefits with respect to post-hospital extended care services under Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act or intermediate care facility services or skilled nursing facility services under Title XIX (Medicaid) of such Act, who do not require 24-hour nursing care or supervision, and who desire to establish a noninstitutional living arrangement which will meet their medical and other needs. Requires payments received to be used to finance appropriate noninstitutional living arrangements which meet the medical and other needs of the individual. Provides that such payments shall not be includable in gross income under the Internal Revenue Code. Requires the Secretary to design demonstration projects for the purpose of determining:   (1) the feasibility of transferring inpatients of skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities to noninstitutional living arrangements; (2) the types and percentage of such inpatients who could live effectively in a noninstitutional living arrangement; and (3) the types and percentages of such inpatients who would benefit economically and qualitatively from transferring to a noninstitutional living arrangement. Directs that funds for such payments be made from the Federal Hospital Insurance Fund established under the Social Security Act and from funds appropriated for Medicaid.", "2024-08-01T20:06:56Z", null], ["95-hr-13981", 95, "hr", 13981, "Medicare Deductible and Coinsurance Reduction Act", "Health", "1978-09-06", "1978-09-06", "Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.", "House", "Rep. Fenwick, Millicent H. [R-NJ-5]", "NJ", "R", "F000078", 13, "Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to provide, through demonstration projects, payments to individuals who  are receiving, or are eligible to receive, benefits with respect to post-hospital extended care services under Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act or intermediate care facility services or skilled nursing facility services under Title XIX (Medicaid) of such Act, who do not require 24-hour nursing care or supervision, and who desire to establish a noninstitutional living arrangement which will meet their medical and other needs. Requires payments received to be used to finance appropriate noninstitutional living arrangements which meet the medical and other needs of the individual. Provides that such payments shall not be includable in gross income under the Internal Revenue Code. Requires the Secretary to design demonstration projects for the purpose of determining:   (1) the feasibility of transferring inpatients of skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities to noninstitutional living arrangements; (2) the types and percentage of such inpatients who could live effectively in a noninstitutional living arrangement; and (3) the types and percentages of such inpatients who would benefit economically and qualitatively from transferring to a noninstitutional living arrangement. Directs that funds for such payments be made from the Federal Hospital Insurance Fund established under the Social Security Act and from funds appropriated for Medicaid.", "2025-09-02T17:11:32Z", null], ["95-hr-13986", 95, "hr", 13986, "Medicare Deductible and Coinsurance Reduction Act", "Health", "1978-09-06", "1978-09-06", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14]", "FL", "D", "P000218", 0, "Medicare Deductible and Coinsurance Reduction Act - Reduces, under Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act:  (1) the inpatient hospital deductible; and (2) the monthly premiums for hospital insurance for individuals not otherwise eligible for Medicare benefits.  Appropriates to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund the additional amounts required to reimburse the Fund for such additional payments as are caused by the lowering of the inpatient deductibles and monthly premiums. Increases the benefits payable to each individual covered by the supplementary medical insurance program for the aged and disabled.  Reduces deductibles, coinsurance, monthly premium and the charges under such program. Authorizes to be appropriated a Government contribution equal to such amount as necessary to reimburse the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund for such additional payments as caused by the increased benefits payable to individuals and the reduced deductibles and coinsurance charges.", "2025-09-02T17:11:32Z", null], ["95-hr-13994", 95, "hr", 13994, "Privacy of Medical Records Act", "Health", "1978-09-06", "1978-09-06", "Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.", "House", "Rep. Preyer, Richardson [D-NC-6]", "NC", "D", "P000520", 0, "Privacy of Medical Records Act - Amends Title XI (General Provisions and Professional Standards Review) of the Social Security Act to direct a medical care facility to permit an individual to have access to such individual's own medical records unless such facility determines, in accordance with criteria established by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, that such access would be likely to harm such individual. Requires a medical facility to correct a medical record within 30 days of an individual's request for correction. Requires a medical care facility to provide an individual with a written notice of its record keeping practices. Sets forth criteria governing the disclosure of medical records by a medical care facility. Permits an individual to authorize the disclosure of such individual's records to another. Authorizes a medical care facility to disclose a medical record without such authorization only in specified instances. Prohibits a medical care facility from participating in Medicare or Medicaid programs unless such facility provides assurances of compliance with this Act. Establishes criminal penalties for obtaining records under false pretenses.  Permits a civil action to be brought for violation of this Act. Defines terms used in this Act.", "2025-09-02T17:11:33Z", null], ["95-s-3479", 95, "s", 3479, "A bill to amend Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prevent the imposition, under part B thereof, of more than one deductible with respect to expenses incurred for the purchase or rental of any particular piece of durable medical equipment.", "Health", "1978-08-25", "1978-08-25", "Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.", "Senate", "Sen. Church, Frank [D-ID]", "ID", "D", "C000388", 0, "Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit a Medicare beneficiary from being charged the annual $60 deductible from Medicare payments more than once on the purchase or rental of a single piece of durable medical equipment if such deductible has been applied in any preceding year with respect to such purchase or rental.", "2024-08-01T20:10:56Z", null], ["95-hr-13915", 95, "hr", 13915, "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", "1978-08-17", "1978-08-17", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Corman, James C. [D-CA-21]", "CA", "D", "C000780", 1, "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.", "2024-08-01T20:06:56Z", null], ["95-hr-13916", 95, "hr", 13916, "A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for optometric and medical vision care.", "Health", "1978-08-17", "1978-08-17", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Corman, James C. [D-CA-21]", "CA", "D", "C000780", 3, "Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for optometric and medical vision care under the supplementary medical insurance program.", "2024-08-01T20:06:48Z", null], ["95-hr-13917", 95, "hr", 13917, "A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of certain psychologists' services under the supplementary medical insurance benefits program established by part B of such title.", "Health", "1978-08-17", "1978-08-17", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Corman, James C. [D-CA-21]", "CA", "D", "C000780", 3, "Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for certain clinical psychologists' services under the supplementary medical insurance program.", "2024-08-01T20:06:55Z", null], ["95-hr-13934", 95, "hr", 13934, "Good Samaritan Act", "Health", "1978-08-17", "1978-08-17", "Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.", "House", "Rep. Pursell, Carl D. [R-MI-2]", "MI", "R", "P000574", 17, "Good Samaritan Act - Declares:  (1) that any physician, registered nurse, or aircraft employee who, in good faith and with a reasonable belief that immediate medical attention is necessary, renders emergency care to an injured or ill person aboard an aircraft within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States 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.", "2025-09-02T17:11:27Z", null], ["95-s-3425", 95, "s", 3425, "Community Mental Health Assistance Act", "Health", "1978-08-17", "1978-08-17", "Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.", "Senate", "Sen. Hathaway, William D. [D-ME]", "ME", "D", "H000346", 8, "Community Mental Health Assistance Act - Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to include among the services provided under such Title: (1) outpatient services by community mental health centers for up to ten visits per year; and (2) partial hospitalization services by a community mental health center for up to 60 visits per year. Stipulates that the 190 days of inpatient psychiatric hospital services to which an individual is entitled under Title XVIII during a lifetime shall be reduced by one day for every three partial hospitalization visits to a community mental health center. Sets forth the conditions of and limitations on payments for community health center services, including criteria for utilization review plans of community mental health centers and transfer agreements between hospitals and community mental health centers. Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to include among the benefits which may be provided under such Act partial hospitalization services and outpatient services furnished by a community mental health center.", "2025-09-02T17:14:29Z", null], ["95-hr-13904", 95, "hr", 13904, "Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Act", "Health", "1978-08-16", "1978-08-16", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Walgren, Doug [D-PA-18]", "PA", "D", "W000044", 1, "Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Act - Title I: Formula and Project Grants for Preventive Health Services - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to States to assist them in planning for and in meeting the costs of providing preventive health services.  States that an application for such a grant shall provide for a detailed plan of a program to reduce, through the prevention of causative conditions, the mortality rates, and, at the option of the applying State, the burden of illness associated with the five leading causes of death in the State.  Sets forth specified information to be included in applications for such grants.  Requires the Secretary to review annually the activities undertaken by each State pursuant to an approved application. Sets forth a procedure for determining the amount of grants which each State shall receive for planning, providing, and operating preventive health services programs. Requires that all information obtained about any individual under any program that is being carried out with respect to such grants shall not be disclosed without such individual's consent. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States, political subdivisions of States, other public entities, or private entities to assist them in meeting the costs of establishing and maintaining: (1) programs for the screening, detection, diagnosis, prevention, referral for treatment, and follow-up on compliance with treatment of hypertension; (2) programs to immunize children against diseases; (3) community and school-based fluoridation programs; (4) programs designed to prevent illness caused by factors in the immediate living environment; (5) programs to prevent diseases borne by rodents; and (6) comprehensive physical fitness programs. Sets forth specified information to be included in applications for such grants. Requires the Secretary to review annually the activities undertaken by each State pursuant to an approved application. Requires that all information obtained about any individual under any program carried out with respect to such grants shall not be disclosed without such individual's consent. Directs the Secretary to establish standards for comprehensive physical fitness programs. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1982 for lead-based paint poisoning prevention programs. Sets forth a new method for determining the total amount of grants received by State health and mental health authorities for comprehensive public health services under the Public Health Service Act.  Authorizes appropriations for such grants through fiscal year 1982. Title II: Resources for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion - Directs the Secretary to make grants to meet the costs of planning and developing new centers, and operating existing and new centers for multidisciplinary health promotion. Directs the Secretary to undertake or support five intensive and comprehensive community based programs to demonstrate and evaluate optimal methods for organizing and delivering comprehensive preventive health services to defined populations.  Requires the Secretary, acting through the National Center for Health Statistics or its equivalent, to submit to Congress on or about January 1, 1981, and on or about January 1 of every third year thereafter, a national disease prevention data profile in order to provide a data base for the effective implementation of this Act and to increase public awareness of the prevalence, incidence, and any trends in the preventable causes of death and disability in the United States.", "2025-09-02T17:11:21Z", null], ["95-hr-13827", 95, "hr", 13827, "A bill to require Government contractors to establish and operate alcohol abuse and alcoholism programs and services, or otherwise arrange for referral to such services, and for other purposes.", "Health", "1978-08-10", "1978-08-10", "Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.", "House", "Rep. Ottinger, Richard L. [D-NY-24]", "NY", "D", "O000134", 0, "Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to require that any Federal Government contract in excess of $2,500 for the procurement of personal property and nonpersonal services shall contain a provision requiring the contracting employer to establish and operate an alcohol abuse and alcoholism rehabilitation program among employees, or arrange for referral to such programs. Amends the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act of 1970 to make the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare responsible for fostering and encouraging alcohol abuse prevention programs and services in State and local government and in private business and industry.", "2025-07-21T19:44:15Z", null], ["95-hr-13787", 95, "hr", 13787, "Medicare Home Health Amendments", "Health", "1978-08-08", "1978-08-08", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14]", "FL", "D", "P000218", 15, "Medicare Home Health Amendments - Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove the 100 visit limitation presently applicable to home health care services under such Title. Eliminates prior hospitalization as a condition of eligibility for home health care services under part A (Hospital Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Eliminates confinement to home as a requirement for receiving home health care services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Includes \"periodic chore services\" within those home health services for which payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program.", "2025-09-02T17:11:25Z", null], ["95-hr-13791", 95, "hr", 13791, "A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize financial assistance for projects and programs to train physicians and other health personnel to identify and deal with the special medical problems related to the mentally retarded and to improve the ability of such personnel to provide health care to the mentally retarded.", "Health", "1978-08-08", "1978-08-08", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-26]", "NY", "R", "G000212", 0, "Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants and enter into contracts for health manpower projects and programs to train physicians and other health personnel to identify and deal with the special medical problems related to the mentally retarded.", "2024-08-01T20:06:43Z", null], ["95-hr-13733", 95, "hr", 13733, "A bill to permit regulation of automated blood pressure machines to ensure the accuracy and reliability of their performance.", "Health", "1978-08-03", "1978-08-03", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Downey, Thomas J. [D-NY-2]", "NY", "D", "D000471", 0, "Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to classify automated blood pressure machines as class II medical devices, notwithstanding certain requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for classification of medical devices, in order to insure the accuracy and reliability of the performance of such machines.", "2024-08-01T20:06:43Z", null], ["95-s-3374", 95, "s", 3374, "A bill to reopen the period during which a state may enter into or modify an agreement which provides for the buying-in of coverage under part B of Medicare for certain individuals eligible for assistance under the states Medicaid program.", "Health", "1978-08-03", "1978-08-03", "Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.", "Senate", "Sen. Gravel, Mike [D-AK]", "AK", "D", "G000388", 0, "Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to reopen the period during which a State may enter into or modify an agreement which provides for coverage under the program of supplementary medical insurance benefits of the Medicare program for certain individuals eligible for public assistance under Title I (Grants to States for Old-Age Assistance and Medical Assistance for the Aged), Title X (Grants to States for Aid to the Blind), Title XIV (Grants to States for Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled), Part A of Title IV (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) or Title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act.", "2024-08-01T20:10:54Z", null], ["95-hr-13706", 95, "hr", 13706, "A bill to repeal certain requirements relating to notice of animal and plant quarantines, and for other purposes.", "Health", "1978-08-02", "1978-08-02", "Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.", "House", "Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15]", "TX", "D", "D000203", 0, "Repeals the requirement that the Secretary of Agriculture give written notice to individuals in control of common carriers of the existence of animal and plant contagion and quarantine zones, and of various regulations affecting the treatment and handling of livestock and produce within such zones.", "2024-08-01T20:06:42Z", null], ["95-hr-13709", 95, "hr", 13709, "A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the medicare program for occupational therapy services, whether furnished as a part of home health services or otherwise.", "Health", "1978-08-02", "1978-08-02", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Green, S. William [R-NY-18]", "NY", "R", "G000417", 0, "Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for occupational therapy services under the supplementary medical insurance program.", "2024-08-01T20:06:48Z", null], ["95-hr-13655", 95, "hr", 13655, "Health Maintenance Organization Amendments", "Health", "1978-07-31", "1978-09-25", "Measure laid on table in House, S. 2534 passed in lieu.", "House", "Rep. Rogers, Paul G. [D-FL-11]", "FL", "D", "R000401", 11, "(Reported to House from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce with amendment, H. Rept. 95-1479)  Health Maintenance Organization Amendments - Extends the authorization of appropriations under the Public Health Service Act through fiscal year 1981 for: (1) grants and contracts for surveys of the feasibility of establishing, operating, or expanding health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and (2) grants, contracts, loans and guarantees for planning and initial development costs related to the establishment of HMOs.   Permits HMOs to seek reimbursement for the cost of services provided to a member who is entitled to benefits under a workmen's compensation law or an insurance policy.   Allows HMOs up to five years to reduce their reliance on contracts with physicians other than staff physicians or those who are not into medical groups or individual practice associations.  Limits the amounts paid for the services of such physicians to 50 percent at any time and 15 percent (30 percent in rural areas) in the fifth and succeeding years.   Removes the financial responsibility of HMOs for services provided by another organization to HMO members who intentionally left the HMO service area to secure such services.   Provides that HMOs are only required to make good faith efforts to provide health services in the event that disaster, war, or other occurrences beyond their control prevent service in accordance with this Act.   Excludes from the definition of basic health services, any health service which the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, upon application of a health maintenance organization, determines is unusual and infrequently provided and is not necessary for the protection of individual health.  Requires the Secretary to publish such determinations in the Federal Register.   Allows HMOs to provide services to full-time students at accredited institutions of higher education for payments that are not fixed under community rating systems.   Requires HMOs to have certain administrative and managerial arrangements and capabilities.   Requires HMOs to carry out enrollment activities of Medicaid beneficiaries in accordance with procedures developed by the Secretary in regulations.   Exempts public HMOs from the requirements that at least one-third of the membership of the policy making body of an HMO be members of the organization and that the body include equitable representation from medically underserved populations served by the HMO.  Requires public HMOs to have advisory boards which meet such requirements.  Permits the delegation of policy authority to such boards.   Allows Federal support for HMO feasibility studies regardless of the financial position of the applicant HMO.   Authorizes up to $1,000,000 for the establishment of a HMO or $6000,000 for a project to significantly expand the membership of, or areas served by a HMO.   Increases the aggregate amount of principal of loans which may be made or guaranteed, or both, for the initial cost of operation of an HMO.   Requires employers that are required to offer their employees the option of membership in a qualified HMO to arrange, upon employee request, for employees' contributions for such membership to be paid through payroll deductions, if such employers already provide: (1) payroll deductions as a means of paying employees' contributions for health benefits or (2) a health benefits plan to which an employee contribution is not required.   Allows funds under the \"Migrant Health\" and \"Community Health Centers\" sections of the Public Health  Service Act to be used for grants to migrant and community health centers which are not HMOs for the planning and development or the provision of health services on a prepaid basis.   Authorizes the Secretary to make loans to HMOs for projects for the acquisition or construction of ambulatory health care facilities and for the acquisition facilities acquired or constructed with such loans and to guarantee to non-Federal lenders and the Federal Financing Bank: (1) their loans to nonprofit private HMOs for such projects; and (2) their loans to private HMOs for such projects which will serve medically underserved populations. Limits the aggregate amount of principal of such loans made or guaranteed. Authorizes the Secretary to make such loans in fiscal years 1978 and after, and only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.  Authorizes the Secretary to take appropriate actions to protect the United States' interest in the event of a default on such loans or loan guarantees.   Directs the Secretary to establish a National Health Maintenance Organization Intern Program to provide training to individuals to become administrators, medical directors, or managers of or assume other managerial positions with, HMOs.  Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts for such Program only for fiscal years 1979 and after, and only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance by appropriation Acts.   Requires each HMO: (1) to file with the Secretary such information as the Secretary may require concerning the fiscal operations of the HMO; and (2) to make such information available to its members.   Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit State and local officers or employees responsible for the expenditures of substantial amounts of funds under the State Medicaid plan from conducting specified business dealings in connection with the State program after leaving office.   Amends the capital expenditure review provisions of the Social Security Act to provide that HMOs be covered equally with other health care institutions.   Authorizes the Secretary to waive specified policy-making body composition requirements for certain HMOs which are part of certain employee health benefits plans and were in operation as of July 1, 1978.  Allows eligible HOMs one and one-half years to apply for this waiver.  Authorizes the Secretary to impose appropriate terms and conditions on such HMOs.  Authorizes the Secretary to require employers to offer two HMO of the same type as an HMO which serves an area in which such employers have at least 25 employees and which has received a waiver.", "2025-09-02T17:11:14Z", null], ["95-hr-13611", 95, "hr", 13611, "Child Health Assurance Act", "Health", "1978-07-26", "1978-10-11", "Measure considered in House.", "House", "Rep. Rogers, Paul G. [D-FL-11]", "FL", "D", "R000401", 11, "Child Health Assurance Act - Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require the State plan for medical assistance required by such Title to provide for making medical assistance available to: (1) any individual who is under the age of 18 and, at the option of the State, to any individual over the age of 17 and under 21, if the individual is a member of a family eligible for aid under the program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children and does not exceed specified income standards; and (2) any woman for a period of her pregnancy and for 60 days following the termination of her pregnancy who on the basis of resources is eligible for aid under the program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children and whose income does not exceed specified standards. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to establish a national child health assurance program (CHAP) income standard and a national maternal income standard for the purpose of establishing the eligibility of, and extent of medical assistance provided to, certain children and pregnant women. Sets the national CHAP income standard at $2,400 for an individual, $3,000 for a family of two, and an additional $600 for each additional family member.  Sets the national maternal income standard at $3,000 for a pregnant woman, increased by $600 for each additional family member. Defines the services to be made available to pregnant women and eligible individuals under age 21 pursuant to this Act. Requires each State plan for medical assistance under the Medicaid program to provide, in the case of any individual under 21 who has received a timely periodic child health assessment, all care and services available under such program and referral for care and services not available under Medicaid. Sets forth the standards of the \"child health assessment\" required by this Act.  States that the health care provider performing such assessment must agree to perform such basic diagnostic and treatment services as an assessment shows to be necessary, or to refer a beneficiary to an appropriate provider for such services, and to provide beneficiaries with routine dental care. Requires such a provider to be reasonably accessible on a continuing basis to beneficiaries whom it has assessed. Stipulates that for individuals under 21 who have received a timely health assessment no enrollment fee or charge for any service will be imposed. Provides for the payment of a percentage of the cost of a State child health assessment program by the Federal Government.  Defines the term \"Federal CHAP percentage.\"  Sets forth a formula for the determination of such percentage. Directs the Secretary to establish performance standards for CHAP'S.  Sets forth penalties for States which fail to comply with such standards.  Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on each State's CHAP. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the coordination of health care services for children under Title V (Maternal and Child Health and Crippled Children's Services) and Title XIX of the Social Security Act. Requires the Secretary: (1) to study and conduct demonstration projects in order to evaluate the participation of health care providers in CHAP'S and methods of improving their level of participation in these programs; and (2) to develop and carry out experiments and demonstration projects designed to determine the effect of payment on a capitation basis for child health assessments and other services provided under CHAP'S upon the level of participation and performance of such providers in these programs. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on such studies. Stipulates that certain individuals will remain eligible for Medicaid by disregarding specified involuntary increases in benefits, compensation, or pensions provided under specified Federal laws. Stipulates that certain individuals under the age of 21 shall remain eligible for Medicaid while inmates in certain juvenile institutions.", "2025-09-02T17:11:14Z", null], ["95-hr-13551", 95, "hr", 13551, "Primary Health Care Act", "Health", "1978-07-20", "1978-07-20", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Maguire, Andrew [D-NJ-7]", "NJ", "D", "M000058", 8, "Primary Health Care Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act: (1) to develop and promote a long-term strategy for addressing primary health care needs; and (2) to alleviate the shortage of health resources in both urban and rural medically underserved areas of the country. Establishes the Commission on National Primary Health Care Needs. Requires the Commission to issue a report to Congress on the national primary health care needs with special attention on the varying needs of both urban and rural areas. Defines the term \"primary care\" as first contact medical care services, including health promotion and disease prevention, and continuous patient management throughout secondary and tertiary treatment. Defines, for purposes of the Public Health Service Act, the following terms: (1) community hospital; (2) hospital-affiliated primary care center (primary care center); (3) primary care group practice; and (4) primary care resident. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to community hospitals for planning, developing, and operating primary care centers in medically underserved populations. Sets forth specified assurances which a community hospital must include in an application for such a grant. Authorizes appropriations for such grants through fiscal year 1981. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary to establish a plan to allow community health centers to retain earned income if the income is used to expand or improve the services of the center. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and contracts to demonstrate new, improved, or expanded primary health and dental care delivery mechanisms in the community setting for: (1) medically underserved populations; or (2) other populations if the Secretary determines that such grants or contracts are necessary to demonstrate particular delivery mechanisms. Defines, for purposes of the Public Health Service Act, the following terms: (1) \"medically underserved population\"; (2) \"rural\"; and (3) \"urban.\"", "2025-09-02T17:11:14Z", null], ["95-hr-13536", 95, "hr", 13536, "A bill to increase alternatives to institutionalization for senior citizens.", "Health", "1978-07-19", "1978-07-19", "Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.", "House", "Rep. Pressler, Larry [R-SD-1]", "SD", "R", "P000513", 0, "Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to provide, through demonstration projects, payments to individuals who  are receiving, or are eligible to receive, benefits with respect to post-hospital extended care services under Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act or intermediate care facility services or skilled nursing facility services under Title XIX (Medicaid) of such Act, who do not require 24-hour nursing care or supervision, and who desire to establish a noninstitutional living arrangement which will meet their medical and other needs. Requires payments received to be used to finance appropriate noninstitutional living arrangements which meet the medical and other needs of the individual. Provides that such payments shall not be includable in gross income under the Internal Revenue Code. Requires the Secretary to design demonstration projects for the purpose of determining:   (1) the feasibility of transferring inpatients of skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities to noninstitutional living arrangements; (2) the types and percentage of such inpatients who could live effectively in a noninstitutional living arrangement; and (3) the types and percentages of such inpatients who would benefit economically and qualitatively from transferring to a noninstitutional living arrangement. Directs that funds for such payments be made from the Federal Hospital Insurance Fund established under the Social Security Act and from funds appropriated for Medicaid.", "2024-08-01T20:06:33Z", null], ["95-hr-13543", 95, "hr", 13543, "A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to request the National Academy of Science to conduct a study concerning standardizing certain tests for determining potential carcinogenicity, and for other purposes.", "Health", "1978-07-19", "1978-07-19", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Wampler, William C. [R-VA-9]", "VA", "R", "W000121", 24, "Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to request the National Academy of Science to conduct a study regarding the desirability of developing a Federal policy for the determination of the potential carcinogenicity in man of chemicals tested primarily in nonhuman test systems through the standardization of certain tests.", "2024-08-01T20:06:35Z", null], ["95-hr-13391", 95, "hr", 13391, "A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to provide outpatient medicaid coverage for certain individuals covered presently only while in nursing homes in order that they might return to their homes.", "Health", "1978-07-10", "1978-07-10", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Frenzel, Bill [R-MN-3]", "MN", "R", "F000380", 0, "Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to authorize any State under such Title to make medical assistance available for treatment of an individual outside a medical institution if such assistance had been provided to the individual while in such institution in order to enable the individual to leave the institution and return to a family. States that such assistance shall be available only to a disabled individual, under the age of 65, whose income does not exceed an amount determined in accordance with standards set forth in this Act.", "2024-08-01T20:06:27Z", null], ["95-hr-13304", 95, "hr", 13304, "A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Clayton Act to exempt incorporated or unincorporated associations of health professions personnel from the Federal Trade Commission Act and the antitrust laws.", "Health", "1978-06-28", "1978-06-28", "Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.", "House", "Rep. Flowers, Walter [D-AL-7]", "AL", "D", "F000218", 0, "Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Clayton Act to exempt incorporated or unincorporated, nonprofit professional associations of health care practitioners, who are licensed and regulated by the States, from the Federal Trade Commission Act and the antitrust laws.", "2024-08-01T20:06:20Z", null], ["95-hr-13314", 95, "hr", 13314, "Medicare Home Health Amendments", "Health", "1978-06-28", "1978-06-28", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14]", "FL", "D", "P000218", 24, "Medicare Home Health Amendments - Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove the 100 visit limitation presently applicable to home health care services under such Title. Eliminates prior hospitalization as a condition of eligibility for home health care services under part A (Hospital Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Eliminates confinement to home as a requirement for receiving home health care services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Includes \"periodic chore services\" within those home health services for which payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program.", "2025-09-02T17:11:03Z", null], ["95-hr-13315", 95, "hr", 13315, "Medicare Home Health Amendments", "Health", "1978-06-28", "1978-06-28", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14]", "FL", "D", "P000218", 24, "Medicare Home Health Amendments - Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove the 100 visit limitation presently applicable to home health care services under such Title. Eliminates prior hospitalization as a condition of eligibility for home health care services under part A (Hospital Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Eliminates confinement to home as a requirement for receiving home health care services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Includes \"periodic chore services\" within those home health services for which payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program.", "2025-09-02T17:11:03Z", null], ["95-hr-13316", 95, "hr", 13316, "Medicare Home Health Amendments", "Health", "1978-06-28", "1978-06-28", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14]", "FL", "D", "P000218", 24, "Medicare Home Health Amendments - Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove the 100 visit limitation presently applicable to home health care services under such Title. Eliminates prior hospitalization as a condition of eligibility for home health care services under part A (Hospital Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Eliminates confinement to home as a requirement for receiving home health care services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Includes \"periodic chore services\" within those home health services for which payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program.", "2025-09-02T17:11:03Z", null], ["95-hr-13317", 95, "hr", 13317, "Medicare Home Health Amendments", "Health", "1978-06-28", "1978-06-28", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14]", "FL", "D", "P000218", 15, "Medicare Home Health Amendments - Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove the 100 visit limitation presently applicable to home health care services under such Title. Eliminates prior hospitalization as a condition of eligibility for home health care services under part A (Hospital Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Eliminates confinement to home as a requirement for receiving home health care services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Includes \"periodic chore services\" within those home health services for which payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program.", "2025-09-02T17:11:09Z", null], ["95-hr-13318", 95, "hr", 13318, "Medicare Home Health Amendments", "Health", "1978-06-28", "1978-06-28", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14]", "FL", "D", "P000218", 22, "Medicare Home Health Amendments - Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove the 100 visit limitation presently applicable to home health care services under such Title. Eliminates prior hospitalization as a condition of eligibility for home health care services under part A (Hospital Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Eliminates confinement to home as a requirement for receiving home health care services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Includes \"periodic chore services\" within those home health services for which payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program.", "2025-09-02T17:11:04Z", null], ["95-hr-13293", 95, "hr", 13293, "Primary Health Care Act", "Health", "1978-06-26", "1978-06-26", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Maguire, Andrew [D-NJ-7]", "NJ", "D", "M000058", 0, "Primary Health Care Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act: (1) to develop and promote a long-term strategy for addressing primary health care needs; and (2) to alleviate the shortage of health resources in both urban and rural medically underserved areas of the country. Establishes the Commission on National Primary Health Care Needs. Requires the Commission to issue a report to Congress on the national primary health care needs with special attention on the varying needs of both urban and rural areas. Defines the term \"primary care\" as first contact medical care services, including health promotion and disease prevention, and continuous patient management throughout secondary and tertiary treatment. Defines, for purposes of the Public Health Service Act, the following terms: (1) community hospital; (2) hospital-affiliated primary care center (primary care center); (3) primary care group practice; and (4) primary care resident. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to community hospitals for planning, developing, and operating primary care centers in medically underserved populations. Sets forth specified assurances which a community hospital must include in an application for such a grant. Authorizes appropriations for such grants through fiscal year 1981. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary to establish a plan to allow community health centers to retain earned income if the income is used to expand or improve the services of the center. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and contracts to demonstrate new, improved, or expanded primary health and dental care delivery mechanisms in the community setting for: (1) medically underserved populations; or (2) other populations if the Secretary determines that such grants or contracts are necessary to demonstrate particular delivery mechanisms. Defines, for purposes of the Public Health Service Act, the following terms: (1) \"medically underserved population\"; (2) \"rural\"; and (3) \"urban.\"", "2025-09-02T17:11:00Z", null], ["95-hr-13271", 95, "hr", 13271, "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", "1978-06-23", "1978-06-23", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Corman, James C. [D-CA-21]", "CA", "D", "C000780", 2, "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.", "2024-08-01T20:06:24Z", null], ["95-hr-13248", 95, "hr", 13248, "A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage, under the supplementary medical insurance program, of certain lenses and illumination aids for individuals suffering from severe limitation of central visual acuity and of the services of an optometrist in prescribing such lenses and aids.", "Health", "1978-06-22", "1978-06-22", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Keys, Martha E. [D-KS-2]", "KS", "D", "K000162", 0, "Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment under the Supplementary Medical Insurance program for lenses prescribed by a physician to improve the eyesight of individuals with severely limited central visual acuity.", "2024-08-01T20:06:24Z", null], ["95-hr-13266", 95, "hr", 13266, "Health Maintenance Organization Amendments", "Health", "1978-06-22", "1978-06-22", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Rogers, Paul G. [D-FL-11]", "FL", "D", "R000401", 0, "Health Maintenance Organization Amendments - Extends the authorization of appropriations under the Public Health Service Act through fiscal year 1981 for:  (1) grants and contracts for surveys of the feasibility of establishing, operating or expanding health maintenance organizations (HMO's); and (2) grants, contracts, loans and loan guarantees for planning and initial development costs related to the establishment of HMO's. Excuses HMO's from providing basic or supplemental health services if the organization is unable to provide such services because of an emergency or a war-risk hazard. Excludes from the definition of basic health services, any health service which the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare determines by regulation is unusual or infrequently provided and is not generally recognized by health professionals as appropriate for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of an illness or injury. Increases the aggregate amount of principal of loans which may be made or guaranteed, or both, for the initial cost of operation of an HMO. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans to HMO's for projects for the acquisition or construction of ambulatory health care facilities and for the acquisition of equipment for facilities acquired or constructed with such loan and to guarantee to lenders:  (1) their loans to nonprofit private HMO's for such projects; and (2) their loans to private HMO's for such projects which will serve medically underserved populations. Requires the Secretary to establish a National Health Maintenance Organization Intern Program to provide, through the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare or HMO's, training to individuals to become administrators of HMO's or to assume other managerial positions with HMO's. Requires each HMO:  (1) to file with the Secretary such information as the Secretary may require concerning the fiscal operations of the HMO; and (2) to provide a reasonable opportunity for the public to inspect such information.", "2025-09-02T17:11:00Z", null], ["95-hr-13182", 95, "hr", 13182, "A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the medicare program for occupational therapy services, whether furnished as a part of home health services or otherwise.", "Health", "1978-06-19", "1978-06-19", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Boggs, Corinne C. (Lindy) [D-LA-2]", "LA", "D", "B000592", 3, "Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for occupational therapy services under the supplementary medical insurance program.", "2024-08-01T20:06:23Z", null], ["95-hr-13185", 95, "hr", 13185, "A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include ambulance, first-aid, and rescue squad members as public safety officers eligible to receive certain benefits, and for other purposes.", "Health", "1978-06-19", "1978-06-19", "Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.", "House", "Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1]", "NJ", "D", "F000215", 0, "Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend death benefit coverage to public safety officers who die as a result of a medical condition arising out of or exacerbated by official duties.  Extends such benefit coverage to any person serving in an official capacity, with or without compensation, as an ambulance, first-aid, or rescue squad member.", "2024-08-01T20:06:17Z", null], ["95-hr-13189", 95, "hr", 13189, "Comprehensive Health Care Insurance Act", "Health", "1978-06-19", "1978-06-19", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Regula, Ralph [R-OH-16]", "OH", "R", "R000141", 0, "Comprehensive Health Care Insurance Act - Requires every employer to offer each of his employees and their families qualified health care insurance.  States that such coverage shall be optional with the employee.  Requires an employer to contribute to the cost of such coverage for the benefit of an electing employee and his family at least 65 percent of the premium, with the employee contributing the balance. Establishes, for low-income employees, a program of certificates of entitlement or income tax credit in the amount by which the portion of the premium payable by such an employee exceeds the premium for which he would be liable under the program of health insurance for the unemployed or self-employed as established by this Act. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring suit to compel an employer to comply with the provisions of this Act. Stipulates that employers experiencing substantial increases in payroll cost due to the provisions of this Act will be entitled to a cash payment by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or a credit against income tax. States that premiums for employee groups of one to 100 persons and self-employed persons shall not exceed 125 percent of the estimated average in the State of the annual premium for employee groups of more than 100 persons. Sets forth a plan of health insurance providing hospital, medical, dental, and other health care services for non-employed and self-employed individuals and their families.  Establishes, as a means of implementing such plan, a program of certificates of entitlement issued by the Secretary and credits against income tax for the premium for qualified health care insurance. States that the amount of Federal participation shall be related to the income of the individual or family, the Government to pay the full premium for those whose annual incomes are insufficient to create income tax liability, and to pay a gradually smaller proportion of the premium for others in relation to increasing amounts of income tax liability. Provides qualified health care insurance for an individual or family with no tax liability for the base year. Stipulates that the premium rate to be charged for a qualified health care insurance policy offered under such plan for any year shall in no case exceed 125 percent of the estimated average of premiums paid in the State for qualified health care insurance for groups of employees with more than 100 members. Excludes from qualified health care insurance coverage payment for stipulated items, including: (1) personal comfort items; (2) eyeglasses, hearing aids, or orthopedic shoes; and (3) private room inpatient hospital accommodations. Limits the aggregate amount of expenditures for catastrophic illness expenses. Sets forth requirements which must be met by qualified health care insurance plans. Establishes the Federal Health Insurance Redemption Fund.  Authorizes appropriations to the fund of amounts equal to the aggregate amount of premiums paid under this Act.  Requires carriers offering qualified health care insurance policies to participate in an assigned-risk pool which may be established in such State by the State insurance department or by such agency as may be authorized by the State. Establishes a Health Insurance Advisory Board to: (1) prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Act; (2) establish minimum Federal standards for the use of State insurance departments in determining whether an insurance company and plan are qualified under this Act; (3) in consultation with carriers, providers of services, and consumers, plan, review, and develop, where necessary, programs whose purposes are to provide for maintaining the quality of medical care; and (4) review the effectiveness of the program established by this Act. Stipulates that individuals collecting unemployment compensation are eligible for coverage under this Act, unless covered through an employed member of his family. Permits an income tax credit for premiums paid for qualified insurance plans under this Act.", "2025-09-02T17:11:02Z", null], ["95-hr-13195", 95, "hr", 13195, "Comprehensive Health Care Insurance Act", "Health", "1978-06-19", "1978-06-19", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Cederberg, Elford A. [R-MI-10]", "MI", "R", "C000263", 0, "Comprehensive Health Care Insurance Act - Requires every employer to offer each of his employees and their families qualified health care insurance.  States that such coverage shall be optional with the employee.  Requires an employer to contribute to the cost of such coverage for the benefit of an electing employee and his family at least 65 percent of the premium, with the employee contributing the balance. Establishes, for low-income employees, a program of certificates of entitlement or income tax credit in the amount by which the portion of the premium payable by such an employee exceeds the premium for which he would be liable under the program of health insurance for the unemployed or self-employed as established by this Act. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring suit to compel an employer to comply with the provisions of this Act. Stipulates that employers experiencing substantial increases in payroll cost due to the provisions of this Act will be entitled to a cash payment by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or a credit against income tax. States that premiums for employee groups of one to 100 persons and self-employed persons shall not exceed 125 percent of the estimated average in the State of the annual premium for employee groups of more than 100 persons. Sets forth a plan of health insurance providing hospital, medical, dental, and other health care services for non-employed and self-employed individuals and their families.  Establishes, as a means of implementing such plan, a program of certificates of entitlement issued by the Secretary and credits against income tax for the premium for qualified health care insurance. States that the amount of Federal participation shall be related to the income of the individual or family, the Government to pay the full premium for those whose annual incomes are insufficient to create income tax liability, and to pay a gradually smaller proportion of the premium for others in relation to increasing amounts of income tax liability. Provides qualified health care insurance for an individual or family with no tax liability for the base year. Stipulates that the premium rate to be charged for a qualified health care insurance policy offered under such plan for any year shall in no case exceed 125 percent of the estimated average of premiums paid in the State for qualified health care insurance for groups of employees with more than 100 members. Excludes from qualified health care insurance coverage payment for stipulated items, including: (1) personal comfort items; (2) eyeglasses, hearing aids, or orthopedic shoes; and (3) private room inpatient hospital accommodations. Limits the aggregate amount of expenditures for catastrophic illness expenses. Sets forth requirements which must be met by qualified health care insurance plans. Establishes the Federal Health Insurance Redemption Fund.  Authorizes appropriations to the fund of amounts equal to the aggregate amount of premiums paid under this Act.  Requires carriers offering qualified health care insurance policies to participate in an assigned-risk pool which may be established in such State by the State insurance department or by such agency as may be authorized by the State. Establishes a Health Insurance Advisory Board to: (1) prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Act; (2) establish minimum Federal standards for the use of State insurance departments in determining whether an insurance company and plan are qualified under this Act; (3) in consultation with carriers, providers of services, and consumers, plan, review, and develop, where necessary, programs whose purposes are to provide for maintaining the quality of medical care; and (4) review the effectiveness of the program established by this Act. Stipulates that individuals collecting unemployment compensation are eligible for coverage under this Act, unless covered through an employed member of his family. Permits an income tax credit for premiums paid for qualified insurance plans under this Act.", "2025-09-02T17:11:02Z", null], ["95-hr-13131", 95, "hr", 13131, "Medicare Home Health Amendments", "Health", "1978-06-14", "1978-06-14", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Green, S. William [R-NY-18]", "NY", "R", "G000417", 0, "Medicare Home Health Amendments - Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove the 100 visit limitation presently applicable to home health care services under such Title. Eliminates prior hospitalization as a condition of eligibility for home health care services under part A (Hospital Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Eliminates confinement to home as a requirement for receiving home health care services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Includes \"periodic chore services\" within those home health services for which payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program.", "2025-09-02T17:10:57Z", null], ["95-hr-13121", 95, "hr", 13121, "A bill to provide increased benefits under part B of the medicare program with respect to the treatment of mental, psychoneurotic, and personality disorders of outpatients.", "Health", "1978-06-13", "1978-06-13", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Lloyd, Marilyn [D-TN-3]", "TN", "D", "L000381", 0, "Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to increase to a maximum of $810 the amount of benefits under the Medicare program which may be paid with respect to the treatment of mental, psychoneurotic, and personality disorders of outpatients.", "2024-08-01T20:06:15Z", null], ["95-s-3199", 95, "s", 3199, "Uranium Miners Compensation Act", "Health", "1978-06-13", "1978-06-13", "Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources.", "Senate", "Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]", "NM", "R", "D000407", 0, "Uranium Miners' Compensation Act - Requires claims for benefits for death or total disability due to lung disease as a result of employment in a uranium mine to be filed pursuant to State workmen's compensation law.  Provides that such claims may be filed pursuant to this Act when a State workmen's compensation law does not provide adequate coverage for such lung disease. Directs the Secretary of Labor to publish in the Federal Register a list of State workmen's compensation laws which do not provide adequate coverage. Requires any claim for benefits under this Act to be filed within three years of the discovery of total disability due to lung disease in a uranium mine or in the case of death, the date of such death. Requires uranium mine operators, in States included on the list, to secure the payment of benefits for which such operator is liable by qualifying as a self-insurer, or insuring the payment of benefits with any stock company or mutual company.  Sets forth requirements to be included in such insurance policies. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to initiate research within the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and authorizes the Secretary to make research grants, relating to lung disease in uranium mines. Prohibits discrimination against any worker by a mine operator due to such miner suffering from such lung disease. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.", "2025-09-02T17:14:20Z", null], ["95-hr-13035", 95, "hr", 13035, "A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for the cutting and removal of corns, warts, and calluses and the reduction of club nails.", "Health", "1978-06-08", "1978-06-08", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Green, S. William [R-NY-18]", "NY", "R", "G000417", 0, "Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for foot care involving the cutting and removal of corns, warts, and calluses and the trimming of club nails.", "2024-08-01T20:06:14Z", null], ["95-hr-13028", 95, "hr", 13028, "A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to request the National Academy of Science to conduct a study concerning standardizing certain tests for determining potential carcinogenicity, and for other purposes.", "Health", "1978-06-07", "1978-06-07", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Wampler, William C. [R-VA-9]", "VA", "R", "W000121", 0, "Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to request the National Academy of Science to conduct a study regarding the desirability of developing a Federal policy for the determination of the potential carcinogenicity in man of chemicals tested primarily in nonhuman test systems through the standardization of certain tests.", "2024-08-01T20:06:08Z", null], ["95-hr-12975", 95, "hr", 12975, "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", "1978-06-05", "1978-06-05", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Corman, James C. [D-CA-21]", "CA", "D", "C000780", 2, "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.", "2024-08-01T20:06:13Z", null], ["95-hr-12916", 95, "hr", 12916, "Brown Lung Disease Act", "Health", "1978-06-01", "1978-06-01", "Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.", "House", "Rep. Derrick, Butler C. [D-SC-3]", "SC", "D", "D000267", 6, "Brown Lung Disease Act - Requires that any claim for disability payments due to byssinosis (Brown Lung Disease), other than for those paid by the employer pursuant to this Act, shall be filed pursuant to the applicable State worker's compensation law.  Provides that, for periods when such law does not provide adequate coverage, benefits may be claimed under this Act.  States that the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) shall publish a list of State worker's compensation laws which provide adequate coverage. Sets forth the standards by which the Secretary shall judge the adequacy of the coverage for byssinosis provided by a State's workers compensation law. Directs each employer to pay benefits for each death or total disability due to byssinosis arising out of employment.  Sets forth the amount of such payments.  Provides for the reduction of such payments by the amount of State worker's compensation payments received, or in accordance with the amount of Social Security benefits received. Requires the Secretary, in conjunction with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, to establish standards, which shall include appropriate presumptions, for determining whether a worker is totally disabled or in the case of a deceased worker was totally disabled, from byssinosis and whether such byssinosis arose out of the employment. States that each employer shall be liable for the securing of benefits to employees equal to or greater than those provided by this Act.  Sets forth the means by which an employer shall secure the payment of benefits for which such employer is liable during any period in which a State worker's compensation law is not included on the list published by the Secretary. States that nothing in this Act shall relieve any employer of the duty to comply with any State worker's compensation law, except insofar as such State law is in conflict with the provisions of this Act and the Secretary, by regulation, so prescribes. Provides that during any period after the date of enactment of this Act in which a State workmen's compensation law is not included on the list published by the Secretary certain provisions of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act shall be applicable. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with and make grants to public and private agencies and organizations and individuals for the construction, purchase, and operation of fixed site and mobile clinical facilities for the analysis, examination, and treatment of respiratory and pulmonary impairments in active and inactive textile plant workers. Requires the Secretary to initiate research within the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Authorizes the Secretary to make research grants to public and private agencies and organizations and individuals for the purpose of devising a simple and effective test to measure, detect, and treat respiratory and pulmonary impairments in active and inactive workers.", "2025-09-02T17:10:51Z", null], ["95-s-3160", 95, "s", 3160, "Urban and Rural Para-Medical Act", "Health", "1978-05-26", "1978-05-26", "Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources.", "Senate", "Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH]", "OH", "D", "G000236", 2, "Urban and Rural Para-Medical Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants for:  (1) training allied health personnel to meet the special needs of medically underserved areas;  (2) training such personnel in conjunction with hospitals and medical schools in medically underserved areas;  and (3) establishing allied health medical centers in affiliation with hospital centers. Directs that priority for such training and employment shall be given residents of medically underserved areas and to veterans who have received similar training.", "2025-09-02T17:14:20Z", null], ["95-hr-12875", 95, "hr", 12875, "A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for the cutting and removal of corns, warts, and calluses and the reduction of club nails.", "Health", "1978-05-25", "1978-05-25", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Moakley, John Joseph [D-MA-9]", "MA", "D", "M000834", 6, "Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for foot care involving the cutting and removal of corns, warts, and calluses and the trimming of club nails.", "2024-08-01T20:06:04Z", null], ["95-s-3143", 95, "s", 3143, "A bill to increase alternatives to institutionalization for senior citizens.", "Health", "1978-05-25", "1978-05-25", "Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.", "Senate", "Sen. Case, Clifford P. [R-NJ]", "NJ", "R", "C000220", 0, "Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to provide, through demonstration projects, payments to individuals who  are receiving, or are eligible to receive, benefits with respect to post-hospital extended care services under Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act or intermediate care facility services or skilled nursing facility services under Title XIX (Medicaid) of such Act, who do not require 24-hour nursing care or supervision, and who desire to establish a noninstitutional living arrangement which will meet their medical and other needs. Requires payments received to be used to finance appropriate noninstitutional living arrangements which meet the medical and other needs of the individual. Provides that such payments shall not be includable in gross income under the Internal Revenue Code. Requires the Secretary to design demonstration projects for the purpose of determining:   (1) the feasibility of transferring inpatients of skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities to noninstitutional living arrangements; (2) the types and percentage of such inpatients who could live effectively in a noninstitutional living arrangement; and (3) the types and percentages of such inpatients who would benefit economically and qualitatively from transferring to a noninstitutional living arrangement. Directs that funds for such payments be made from the Federal Hospital Insurance Fund established under the Social Security Act and from funds appropriated for Medicaid.", "2024-08-01T20:10:40Z", null], ["95-s-3131", 95, "s", 3131, "Medicare Mental Illness Non-Discrimination Act", "Health", "1978-05-23", "1978-05-23", "Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.", "Senate", "Sen. Case, Clifford P. [R-NJ]", "NJ", "R", "C000220", 3, "Medicare Mental Illness Non-Discrimination Act - Makes findings that mental illness is more prevalent in elderly persons than in younger adults and that the social security coverage for mental illness is not on an equal basis with coverage for other types of illnesses. Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) eliminate the 190 day lifetime limit for in-patient psychiatric care; and (2) limit the amount which a provider of services may charge a Medicare patient for mental health care services to 20 percent of the amount customarily charged for such services.", "2025-09-02T17:14:14Z", null], ["95-hr-12800", 95, "hr", 12800, "Health Services and Health Research Amendments", "Health", "1978-05-19", "1978-05-19", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Staggers, Harley O. [D-WV-2]", "WV", "D", "S000778", 0, "Health Services and Health Research Amendments - Title I: Appropriation Authorizations - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1979 and for the two succeeding fiscal years for: (1) health statistics and health services research; (2) migrant health programs; (3) community health centers; (4) National Health Service Corps programs; (5) assistance to medical libraries; (6) cancer activities; (7) cardiovascular, lung, and blood activities; (8) National Research Service Awards; (9) population research and family planning services; (10) genetic diseases programs; (11) sudden infant death syndrome programs; (12) hemophilia centers; (13) community mental health centers; (14) rape prevention and control; and (15) home health services and training. Title II:  Revisions to Health Services and Health Research Authorities - Authorizes the Surgeon General to provide to public and private entities, for use in research, chemicals and animals that either: (1) are not readily available; or (2) for research purposes need to be produced or maintained on a centralized or standarized basis. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants for projects to demonstrate innovative methods of providing health care to medically underserved populations in nonmetropolitan areas. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the costs of operating entities which serve medically underserved populations and would normally be eligible for a grant except for the fact that the entities do not provide all primary health services as defined by the Act or have not established governing boards in accordance with the Act.  Stipulates that such entities may receive grants, but only if: (1) an entity has received at least three prior grants; (2) there are unusual circumstances preventing compliance; and (3) the population served is not being served by another eligible entity. Requires the Secretary to provide for the care and treatment without charge of any person suffering from Hansen's disease. Requires the Secretary to make payments to the Board of Health of Hawaii for the care and treatment in its facilities of persons suffering from Hansen's disease. Amends the Community Mental Health Centers Act to provide for the carry-over of unspent community mental health center funds into the following year. Stipulates that funds carried over shall be treated as a part of the subsequent grant, and that subsequent grants shall be reduced. Title III:  Preventive Health Activities - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary to make a grant to each State to assist the State in meeting the costs of preventive health activities.  Sets forth assurances which each application for such a grant must contain. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1981 for the screening, detection, diagnosis, prevention, and referral for hypertension.", "2025-09-02T17:10:45Z", null], ["95-s-3115", 95, "s", 3115, "Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Act", "Health", "1978-05-19", "1978-05-19", "Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources.", "Senate", "Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]", "MA", "D", "K000105", 9, "Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Act - Title I: Formula and Project Grants for Preventive Health Services - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to States to assist them in planning for and in meeting the costs of providing preventive health services.  States that an application for such a grant shall provide for a detailed plan of a program to reduce, through the prevention of causative conditions, the mortality rates, and, at the option of the applying State, the burden of illness associated with the five leading causes of death in the State.  Sets forth specified information to be included in applications for such grants.  Requires the Secretary to review annually the activities undertaken by each State pursuant to an approved application. Sets forth a procedure for determining the amount of grants which each State shall receive for planning, providing, and operating preventive health services programs. Requires that all information obtained about any individual under any program that is being carried out with respect to such grants shall not be disclosed without such individual's consent. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States, political subdivisions of States, other public entities, or private entities to assist them in meeting the costs of establishing and maintaining: (1) programs for the screening, detection, diagnosis, prevention, referral for treatment, and follow-up on compliance with treatment of hypertension; (2) programs to immunize children against diseases; (3) community and school-based fluoridation programs; (4) programs designed to prevent illness caused by factors in the immediate living environment; (5) programs to prevent diseases borne by rodents; and (6) comprehensive physical fitness programs. Sets forth specified information to be included in applications for such grants. Requires the Secretary to review annually the activities undertaken by each State pursuant to an approved application. Requires that all information obtained about any individual under any program carried out with respect to such grants shall not be disclosed without such individual's consent. Directs the Secretary to establish standards for comprehensive physical fitness programs. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1982 for lead-based paint poisoning prevention programs. Sets forth a new method for determining the total amount of grants received by State health and mental health authorities for comprehensive public health services under the Public Health Service Act.  Authorizes appropriations for such grants through fiscal year 1982. Title II: Resources for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion - Directs the Secretary to make grants to meet the costs of planning and developing new centers; and operating existing and new centers, for multidisciplinary health promotion. Directs the Secretary to undertake or support five intensive and comprehensive community based programs to demonstrate and evaluate optimal methods for organizing and delivering comprehensive preventive health services to defined populations.  Requires the Secretary, acting through the National Center for Health Statistics or its equivalent, to submit to Congress on January 1, 1981, and on January 1 of every third year thereafter, a national disease prevention data profile in order to provide a data base for the effective implementation of this Act and to increase public awareness of the prevalence, incidence, and any trends in the preventable causes of death and disability in the United States. Title III: Amendments to the Food Provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to Foster Health Promotion - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the publication of additional nutritional information on food package labels. Authorizes exemptions from such guidelines if the Secretary finds that a satisfactory labeling requirement of a State or a political subdivision is required by compelling local conditions. Includes distilled spirits, wines, and malt beverages in the definition of food for purposes of the Act. Directs the Secretary to notify the Federal Trade Commission of the nutritional information required to be on food labels, and to recommend to the Commission which of such information should be required to be included in the advertising of labeled food. Title IV: Programs Designed to Promote Health Trhough Smoking Deterrance - Prohibits smoking in any enclosed area open to the public in any Federal facility or in any stairway, elevator, hallway, conveyance, waiting room, reception room, conference room, or hearing room in any facility. Requires smokers to be effectively separated from nonsmokers in any restaurant, cafeteria, snackbar, or lounge in any Federal facility. Requires each instrumentality of the United States: (1) to use reasonable efforts to effectively separate the workplaces of its employees who do not smoke and who wish to be so separated from the workplaces of its employees who do smoke; and (2) to insure the effective separation of smoking and nonsmoking employees in planning, designing, purchasing, leasing, or otherwise obtaining new facilities. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to impose a health protection tax on every cigarette manufactured in or imported into the United States based on the number of toxic units, as defined in the Act, contained in the cigarette. Authorizes the appropriation of those amounts received from such taxes for use in the provision of preventive health services under the Public Health Service Act. Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to prohibit the manufacture, importation, or packaging for sale or distribution of any cigarettes: (1) if the package fails to bear the tax and nicotine content stated in milligrams; and (2) if the package fails to bear one of a number of specified statements. Requires the Secretary to establish a comprehensive program to deter smoking among children and adolescents. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of: (1) the relative risks associated with smoking cigarettes of varying levels of tar and nicotine; and (2) the health risks associated with smoking cigarettes containing any substances commonly added to commercially manufactured cigarettes.", "2025-09-02T17:14:20Z", null], ["95-s-3116", 95, "s", 3116, "Formula and Project Grants for Preventive Health Services and Resources for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Act", "Health", "1978-05-19", "1978-09-30", "Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate.", "Senate", "Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]", "MA", "D", "K000105", 15, "(Reported to Senate from the Committee on Human Resources with amendment, S. Rept. 95-1196)  Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Act - =Title I:  Formula and Project Grants for Preventive Health Services= - Amends the Public Health Service Act to set forth a new method for determining the total amount of grants received by State health and mental health authorities for comprehensive public health services. Authorizes appropriations for such grants through fiscal year 1981.   Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to States to assist them in planning for and in meeting the costs of providing preventive health services.  States that an application for such a grant shall provide for a detailed plan of a program to reduce, through the prevention of causative conditions, the mortality rates, and, at the option of the applying State, the burden of illness associated with the five leading causes of death in the State.  Sets forth specified information to be included in applications for such grants.   Requires the Secretary to review annually the activities undertaken by each State pursuant to an approved application.   Sets forth a procedure for determining the amount of grants which each State shall receive for starting preventive health services programs.   Requires that all information obtained about any individual under any program that is being carried out with respect to such grants shall not be disclosed without such individual's consent, except for specified health service, research or statistical, audit or evaluation, or other purposes required by law.   States that this title shall not be construed to require any State or local agency to have a preventive health service program which would require any person, who objects to any treatment provided under such a program, to be treated or to have any child or ward treated under such program.   Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States, political subdivisions of States, other public entities, or private entities to assist them in meeting the costs of establishing and maintaining: (1) programs for the screening, detection, diagnosis, prevention, referral for treatment, and follow-up on compliance with treatment of hypertension; (2) programs to immunize children against diseases; (3) community and school-based fluoridation programs; and (4) programs to prevent disease borne by rodents.   Sets forth specified information to be included in applications for such grants.   Requires the Secretary to review annually the activities undertaken by each State pursuant to an approved application.   Requires that all information obtained about any individual under any program carried out with respect to such grants shall not be disclosed without such individual's consent, except for specified health service, research or statistical, audit or evaluation, or other purposes required by law.   Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1981 for lead-based paint poisoning prevention programs.   =Title II:  Resources for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion= - Directs the Secretary to undertake or support five intensive and comprehensive community based programs to demonstrate and evaluate optimal methods for organizing and delivering comprehensive preventive health services to defined populations.   Directs the Secretary to:  (1) establish a comprehensive program designed to deter smoking among children and adolescents; and (2) conduct a study or studies of the relative health risks associated with smoking cigarettes of varying levels of tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide, and containing any substances commonly added to commercially manufactured cigarettes.   Requires the Secretary, acting through the National Center for Health Statistics or its equivalent, to submit to Congress on December 1, 1980, and on December 1 of every third year thereafter, a national disease prevention data profile in order to provide a data base for the effective implementation of this Act and to increase public awareness of the prevalence, incidence, and any trends in the preventable causes of death and disability in the United States.   =Title III:  Office of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine= - Directs the Secretary to establish in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an Office of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine to support projects, conduct research, and disseminate information in the areas of physical fitness and sports medicine.  Designates the President's Council on Physical Fitness as an Advisory Body of such Office. Authorizes the Office:  (1) to make matching grants to each State for the establishment of State Councils on Physical Fitness, or appropriate similar administrative units; (2) to make grants or enter into contracts with public or private entities to conduct research and establish model projects with regard to improvement of physical fitness; (3) to establish a program of project grants to research the problem of athletic injuries; and (4) to establish a Clearinghouse on Sports Medicine Research to disseminate the results of such research to practitioners in relevant fields of health care and physical fitness.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1980 and 1981 to carry out the purposes of this title.   Directs the Office and the Office of Education to conduct a joint conference during 1979 on the teaching and support of educational programs in lifetime sports by secondary and postsecondary educational institutions.", "2025-09-02T17:14:20Z", null], ["95-s-3118", 95, "s", 3118, "Smoking Deterrence Act", "Health", "1978-05-19", "1978-05-19", "Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources.", "Senate", "Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]", "MA", "D", "K000105", 10, "Smoking Deterence Act - Prohibits smoking in any enclosed area open to the public in any Federal facility or in any stairway, elevator, hallway, conveyance, waiting room, reception room, conference room, or hearing room in any facility. Requires smokers to be effectively separated from nonsmokers in any restaurant, cafeteria, snackbar, or lounge in any Federal facility. Requires each instrumentality of the United States:  (1) to use reasonable efforts to effectively separate the workplaces of its employees who do not smoke and who wish to be so separated from the workplaces of its employees who do smoke; and (2) to insure the effective separation of smoking and nonsmoking employees in planning, designing, purchasing, leasing, or otherwise obtaining new facilities. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to impose a health protection tax on every cigarette manufactured in or imported into the United States based on the number of toxic units, as defined in the Act, contained in the cigarette. Authorizes the appropriation of those amounts received from such taxes to provide preventive health services under the Public Health Service Act. Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to prohibit the manufacture, importation, or packaging for sale or distribution of any cigarettes:  (1) if the package fails to bear the tar and nicotine content stated in milligrams; and (2) if the package fails to bear one of a number of specified statements. Requires the Secretary to establish a comprehensive program to deter smoking among children and adolescents. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of:  (1) the relative risks associated with smoking cigarettes of varying levels of tar and nicotine; and (2) the health risks associated with smoking cigarettes containing any substances commonly added to commercially manufactured cigarettes.", "2025-09-02T17:14:20Z", null], ["95-hr-12788", 95, "hr", 12788, "A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the special requirements for qualification of for-profit home health agencies under the medicare program.", "Health", "1978-05-18", "1978-05-18", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Conable, Barber B., Jr. [R-NY-35]", "NY", "R", "C000666", 0, "Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the requirement that home health agencies providing medical services under such Title have a nonprofit, tax-exempt status or a license granted by the State in which it provides such services.", "2024-08-01T20:06:04Z", null], ["95-hr-12790", 95, "hr", 12790, "A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for optometric and medical vision care.", "Health", "1978-05-18", "1978-05-18", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Corman, James C. [D-CA-21]", "CA", "D", "C000780", 5, "Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for optometric and medical vision care under the supplementary medical insurance program.", "2024-08-01T20:06:03Z", null], ["95-s-3099", 95, "s", 3099, "Health Services and Health Research Amendments", "Health", "1978-05-18", "1978-05-18", "Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources.", "Senate", "Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]", "MA", "D", "K000105", 0, "Health Services and Health Research Amendments - Title I:  Appropriation Authorizations - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1979 and for the two succeeding fiscal years for: (1) health statistics and health services research; (2) migrant health programs; (3) community health centers; (4) National Health Service Corps programs; (5) assistance to medical libraries; (6) cancer activities; (7) cardiovascular, lung, and blood activities; (8) National Research Service Awards; (9) population research and family planning services; (10) genetic diseases programs; (11) sudden infant death syndrome programs; (12) hemophilia centers; (13) community mental health centers; (14) rape prevention and control; and (15) home health services and training. Title II:  Revisions to Health Services and Health Research Authorities - Authorizes the Surgeon General to provide to public and private entities, for use in research, chemicals and animals that either: (1) are not readily available; or (2) for research purposes need to be produced or maintained on a centralized or standarized basis. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants for projects to demonstrate innovative methods of providing health care to medically underserved populations in nonmetropolitan areas. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the costs of operating entities which serve medically underserved populations and would normally be eligible for a grant except for the fact that the entities do not provide all primary health services as defined by the Act or have not established governing boards in accordance with the Act.  Stipulates that such entities may receive grants, but only if: (1) an entity has received at least three prior grants; (2) there are unusual circumstances preventing compliance; and (3) the population served is not being served by another eligible entity. Requires the Secretary to provide for the care and treatment without charge of any person suffering from Hansen's disease. Requires the Secretary to make payments to the Board of Health of Hawaii for the care and treatment in its facilities of persons suffering from Hansen's disease. Amends the Community Mental Health Centers Act to provide for the carry-over of unspent community mental health center funds into the following year. Stipulates that funds carried over shall be treated as a part of the subsequent grant, and that subsequent grants shall be reduced. Title III:  Preventive Health Activities - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary to make a grant to each State to assist the State in meeting the costs of preventive health activities. Sets forth assurances which each application for such a grant must contain. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1981 for the screening, detection, diagnosis, prevention, and referral for treatment of hypertension.", "2025-09-02T17:14:20Z", null], ["95-s-3105", 95, "s", 3105, "Catastrophic Health Insurance and Medical Assistance Reform Act", "Health", "1978-05-18", "1978-05-18", "Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.", "Senate", "Sen. Long, Russell B. [D-LA]", "LA", "D", "L000428", 4, "Catastrophic Health Insurance and Medical Assistance Reform Act - Title I: Catastrophic Illness Insurance - Establishes a Catastrophic Health Insurance program under the Social Security Act.  Sets forth the eligibility criteria for individuals. Provides that every individual who: (1) is a resident of the United States; and (2) is a citizen of, or a lawfully admitted alien in, the United States shall be entitled to catastrophic health insurance benefits provided by this Act in cases where he is not covered by an employer plan. Delimits the scope of benefits, includes therein hospital and related insurance benefits (hospital, post-hospital and home health services) and medical and other health benefits. Provides for a general deductible from:  (a) the reasonable costs of inpatient hospital services past 60 days; and (b) inpatient hospital benefits of the higher of the following: (1) $2,000; or (2) $2,000 adjusted by the Consumer Price Index to reflect changes in fees for physician services (in $100 increments). Permits payments for specified mental health care services.  Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to promulgate regulations prescribing standards designed to assure that services consisting of the furnishing of blood or blood products, or the application of procedures or courses of treatment which are experimental or extraordinarily complex, will be provided only when such services are appropriate to the health care needs of the patient. Creates, in the United States Treasury, a Federal Catastrophic Health Insurance Trust Fund to provide a reserve for payment of benefits authorized by this Act. States that individuals covered under approved employer or self-employed plans shall be entitled to those benefits rather than the benefits provided by the catastrophic health insurance plan.  Defines the term \"employer plan\" as meaning an insurance policy, contract, or other arrangement entered into between an employer and a carrier, in consideration of premiums or other periodic payments, undertaken to pay for the costs of health services received by the employer's employees. Requires that the coverage provided under such plans must include a package of benefits which is the same as that provided by the Federal catastrophic health insurance benefits plan established under this Act.  Sets forth additional requirements governing employer health plans. Establishes an Actuarial Committee to prepare and recommend annually to the Secretary a Table of Values of Catastrophic Health Insurance Coverage, which shall establish the actuarial value of one year's catastrophic health insurance coverage for employers, carriers, and others involved in the programs. Allows an income tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for the actuarial value of catastrophic health insurance coverage for the self-employed and for the employees covered under approved employer plans. Title II:  Medical Assistance Plan for Low-Income People - Requires assistance for low-income individuals and families, for the costs of necessary hospital, skilled nursing facility, medical, and other health care services are provided. Guarantees free choice by patients of health services from any person, institution, or agency qualified under this Act.  Permits individuals the option of obtaining other health insurance protection. Describes the medical assistance plan, what individuals are eligible to receive its health benefits, and the application procedure. Enumerates the scope of benefits under the plan, including: (1) 60 days of inpatient hospital services; (2) skilled nursing facility services; and (3) home health services.  Prescribes the co-payment requirements and procedures of persons eligible for benefits. Makes special provisions relating to Medicaid recipients and the circumstances under which such persons are eligible for health benefits under this title. Creates the Medical Coverage Trust Fund.  Makes provisions for State contributions to the Fund. Prohibits exclusion by employers of specified employees from coverage under group health insurance plans. Title III:  Private Basic Health Insurance Certification Program - States that any insurer may provide any health insurance policy to the Secretary for his examination and certification.  Sets forth the standards under which the Secretary shall not certify any such insurance policy. Title IV:  Amendments to the Medicare Program Immunizations - Authorizes payments for immunizations which the Secretary determines are appropriate under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, but only if provided on a scheduled allowance basis, as determined under regulations promulgated by the Secretary. Extends coverage of the renal disease program authorized under such Act to specified individuals not previously covered. Title V:  General Provisions Relating to Health Insurance Under Social Security Act - Expresses the policy of Congress to encourage and expand philanthropic support for health care.", "2025-09-02T17:14:15Z", null], ["95-hr-12755", 95, "hr", 12755, "A bill to permit individuals and their relatives to supplement medicaid payments for skilled nursing facility services and intermediate care facility services provided under title XIX of the Social Security Act.", "Health", "1978-05-17", "1978-05-17", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Lloyd, Marilyn [D-TN-3]", "TN", "D", "L000381", 0, "Permits individuals or their relatives to make supplementary payments for medical services provided by a skilled nursing facility or an intermediate care facility without losing payments for such services under the Medicaid Program of Title XIX of the Social Security Act.", "2024-08-01T20:05:52Z", null], ["95-hr-12729", 95, "hr", 12729, "A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit one or more county governments in a State to provide for additional medical assistance under the State's medicaid plan.", "Health", "1978-05-15", "1978-05-15", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14]", "FL", "D", "P000218", 0, "Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit county governments to provide to their residents through the State's Medicaid plan a level of medical assistance which is greater in amount, duration, or scope than that available under the plan to other State residents.  Requires county governments to show that their plans for providing additional benefits do not result in excessive administrative costs or otherwise conflict with the administration of the State Medicaid plan.", "2024-08-01T20:05:52Z", null], ["95-hr-12584", 95, "hr", 12584, "Health Services Research, Health Statistics, and Health Care Technology Act", "Health", "1978-05-04", "1978-09-25", "Measure laid on table in House, S. 2466 passed in lieu.", "House", "Rep. Rogers, Paul G. [D-FL-11]", "FL", "D", "R000401", 9, "(Measure passed House, amended, roll call #826 (306-77))  Health Services Research, Health Statistics, and Health Care Technology Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend authorizations of appropriations through fiscal year 1981 for health service research, evaluation, and demonstration activities, and health statistical activities.   Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, acting through the National Center for Health Statistics, to establish standardized means for the collection of health information and statistics under laws administered by the Secretary.   Establishes the Cooperative Health Statistical System, for the purpose of producing comparable and uniform health information and statistics.   Requires the Secretary, acting through the Center, to:  (1) coordinate the activities of Federal agencies in the design and implementation of the System; and (2) make grants to State and local health agencies to assist them in meeting the cost of data collection carried out under the System.   Requires the Secretary, acting through the Center, to establish guidelines for the collection, compilation, analysis, publication, and distribution of statistics and information necessary for determining the effects and conditions of employment and indoor and outdoor environmental conditions on the public health.   Requires the Secretary and the National Academy of Sciences to conduct an ongoing study of the present and projected future health costs of pollution and environmental conditions resulting from human activity.   Requires the Directors of the National Center for Health Statistics and the Center for Disease Control to serve as members of the Task Force on Environmental Cancer and Heart and Lung Disease.   Requires the Task Force to conduct a study to identify the need for and recommend guidelines for the collection, compilation, analysis, publication, and distribution of statistics and information necessary for determining:  (1) the extent to which conditions of employment and indoor and outdoor environmental conditions may cause cancer or heart or lung diseases; and (2) the other effects on the public health which may reasonably be anticipated to result from such conditions.   Establishes in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare the National Center for Health Care Technology.   Requires the Secretary, acting through the Center, to undertake and support comprehensive assessments of health care technology.   Requires the Secretary, acting through the Center, to undertake and support by grant or contract, research in, and demonstrations and evaluations of: (1) the factors that affect the use of health care technologies in the United States; and (2) methods for disseminating information on health care technologies to health professionals.   Establishes the Health Care Technology Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary and the Director of the Center with respect to the performance of the National Center for Health Care Technology.   Requires the United States Commmttee on Vital and Health Statistics to conduct a study of the issues respecting and the recommendations for establishing a Federal system:  (1) to facilitate studies of the effects of hazardous substances on humans; and (2) to locate individuals who have been or may have been exposed to hazardous substances to determine the effect on their health of such exposure and to assist them in obtaining appropriate medical care and treatment.   Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the National Eye Institute, to carry out a program of grants for vision research facilities.   Authorizes the Secretary to waive the requirements for capitation grants for dental schools if the Secretary determines that compliance with such requirements will prevent a school from maintaining its accreditation.   Amends the Clean Air Act to provide that if the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency promulgates a design or operational standard with respect to air pollutants from buildings, such design or operational standard shall be treated as establishing allowable emission limitations.", "2025-09-02T17:10:33Z", null], ["95-s-3038", 95, "s", 3038, "A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage, under the supplementary medical insurance program, of certain lenses and illumination aids for individuals suffering from severe limitation of central visual acuity and of the services of an optometrist in prescribing such lenses and aids.", "Health", "1978-05-04", "1978-05-04", "Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.", "Senate", "Sen. Williams, Harrison A., Jr. [D-NJ]", "NJ", "D", "W000502", 2, "Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment under the Supplementary Medical Insurance program for lenses prescribed by a physician to improve the eyesight of individuals with severely limited central visual acuity.", "2024-08-01T20:10:38Z", null], ["95-hr-12548", 95, "hr", 12548, "A bill to amend section 330 of the Public Health Service Act to provide grants for developmental and demonstration projects relating to the provision of health services to medically underserved populations.", "Health", "1978-05-03", "1978-05-03", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Lujan, Manuel, Jr. [R-NM-1]", "NM", "R", "L000506", 0, "Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to carry out developmental and demonstration projects for providing, improving, or expanding accessibility, acceptability, or quality of health services provided to medically underserved populations.", "2024-08-01T20:05:43Z", null], ["95-hr-12460", 95, "hr", 12460, "Health Centers Amendments", "Health", "1978-05-01", "1978-10-13", "Certain provisions inserted in S. 2474 as passed House.", "House", "Rep. Rogers, Paul G. [D-FL-11]", "FL", "D", "R000401", 9, "(Reported to House from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce with amendment, H. Rept. 95-1186)  Health Centers Amendments - =Title I:  Public Health Service Act Amendments= - Amends the Public Health Service Act to remove preventive dental services from the category of primary health services provided by migrant health centers and to designate such services as supplemental health services.  Adds pharmaceutical services to the category of primary health services provided by such centers.  Removes public health services from the supplemental health services provided by such centers and adds social services.   Provides guidelines for the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to use in determining the amount of grants made to migrant health centers.   Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1981 for migrant health centers.   Removes preventive dental services from the primary health services provided by community health centers and adds pharmaceutical services. Includes preventive dental services in the supplemental health services provided by community health centers.   Provides guidelines for the Secretary to follow in determining the amount of grants made to community health centers.   Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1981 for community health centers.   Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to provide technical assistance for the planning, developing, or operation of migrant health centers, community health centers, or any other centers for the delivery of primary health care.   Directs the Secretary to establish a Primary Health Care Advisory Committee to make recommendations to the Secretary regarding the capabilities of applicants for such grants, the renewal of such grants, and the required evaluation of the effectiveness of entities assisted by such grants.   Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for demonstration projects related to health services in rural medically underserved areas.   Extends the authority of the Secretary to guarantee to non-Federal lenders payment of the principal of and interest on loans made to health maintenance organizations for planning projects through September 30, 1979.   Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1980 for health maintenance organizations.   =Title II:  Mental Health Programs= - Community Mental Health Centers Amendments - Sets forth a schedule under which a community mental health center will provide, within three years of its establishment, the full range of mental health services required to be provided by such a center under the Community Mental Health Centers Act.   Amends the Public Health Service Act to add to the list of subjects deserving priority consideration in the formulation of national health planning goals:  (1) the elimination of inappropriate placement in institutions of persons with mental health problems and the improvement of the quality of care provided in institutions providng mental health services; and (2) the assurance of access to community mental health centers and other mental health care providers for needed mental health services, and the emphasis on outpatient care as a preferable alternative to inpatient mental health services.   Requires the health systems plan of each health systems agency established under the Public Health Service Act to include goals for the delivery of mental health services.  States that such goals shall be developed with the assistance of persons knowledgeable and experienced in the delivery of such services.   Authorizes State Health Coordinating Councils, in advising State health planning and development agencies, to use the assistance of persons knowledgeable in the delivery of mental health services.   Requires that State plans under the Comprehensive Mental Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act of 1970 and the Drug Abuse and Treatment Act of 1972 be consistent with the State health plans in effect under the Public Health Service Act as amended by this Title.   Authorizes the Secretary to make annual supplemental support grants to community mental health centers to assist such centers in meeting the costs of providing specified consultation and education services.   Repeals the program of financial distress grants for community mental health centers effective October 1, 1980.   Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1981 for consultation and education services provided by community mental health centers.  Repeals such services effective October 1, 1980.   Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1980 for conversion grants for community mental health centers.  Repeals such grants effective October 1, 1980.   Extends the authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1981 for:  (1) grants to plan community health center programs; (2) grants for initial operation of community health centers; (3) programs of the National Center for the Prevention and Control of Rape.   Authorizes community mental health centers to carryover unobligated funds to the next succeeding year to be used for the same purposes for which such grant was made but only if the center is eligible to receive a grant for such succeeding year. Stipulates that the amount of a grant for such a center for any year shall be reduced by the amount of unobligated funds carried over.   Requires the State mental health authority to: (1) establish minimum standards for the maintenance and operation of community mental health centers; (2) establish a program for community mental health centers within the State; and (3) designate a State advisory council to consult with it in carrying out its functions under this Act and the Public Health Service Act.   Requires the Secretary to make grants to State mental health authorities to assist them in meeting the costs of carrying out State mental health programs.  Requires each State, in order to receive such grants, to submit an application containing specified assurances.  Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1981 for such grants.", "2025-09-02T17:10:37Z", null], ["95-hr-12468", 95, "hr", 12468, "A bill to provide for a comparison study of the costs and other factors associated with the establishment of reimbursement guidelines for respiratory therapy.", "Health", "1978-05-01", "1978-05-01", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Duncan, John J. [R-TN-2]", "TN", "R", "D000534", 2, "Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct a study assessing the cost effectiveness of reimbursing providers of respiratory therapy according to an hourly salary equivalency system and the effect of such a proposed system upon the quality of respiratory therapy services.", "2024-08-01T20:05:47Z", null], ["95-hr-12420", 95, "hr", 12420, "A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for optometric and medical vision care.", "Health", "1978-04-27", "1978-04-27", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Holland, Kenneth L. [D-SC-5]", "SC", "D", "H000719", 1, "Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for optometric and medical vision care under the supplementary medical insurance program.", "2024-08-01T20:05:49Z", null], ["95-hr-12424", 95, "hr", 12424, "A bill to amend Title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to provide home health care service and other services to individuals who would otherwise be eligible to receive medical assistance if they were institutionalized.", "Health", "1978-04-27", "1978-04-27", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Meyner, Helen S. [D-NJ-13]", "NJ", "D", "M000685", 0, "Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit States to provide home health care and other services to individuals who would otherwise be eligible to receive medical assistance if they were institutionalized.", "2024-08-01T20:05:44Z", null], ["95-hr-12378", 95, "hr", 12378, "A bill to amend title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for a more equitable assignment of a fee profile by the Secretary to physicians establishing a new practice in an area.", "Health", "1978-04-26", "1978-04-26", "Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.", "House", "Rep. Duncan, John J. [R-TN-2]", "TN", "R", "D000534", 0, "Permits payment of charges for services of a physician without regard to the fee profile requirement under the Supplementary Medical Insurance program of Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act if such physician (1) has not had computed a fee profile on the basis of past charges over a 12 month period; (2) has established a regular practice in an area; (3) has not charged more for a service than he customarily charges or more than other physicians in the area charge for the same service.", "2024-08-01T20:05:49Z", null], ["95-hr-12401", 95, "hr", 12401, "Rural Health Needs Planning Act", "Health", "1978-04-26", "1978-04-26", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Baucus, Max [D-MT-1]", "MT", "D", "B000243", 1, "Rural Health Needs Planning Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to have the national guideline for health planning reflect the unique circumstances and needs of the medically underserved populations including isolated rural communities. Requires to be included on the National Council of Health Planning and Development not fewer than seven persons who are not providers of health services including individuals who are members of urban and rural medically underserved populations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to health systems agencies on the basis of square mileage served by the agency, for the development and operation of subarea councils and requires health systems agencies to consider the views of such councils. Changes the formula by which the size of grants to health systems agencies shall be determined. Requires that members of the Statewide Health Coordinating Council who are consumers of health or mental health care and who are not providers of health or mental health care must include individuals who are members of rural and urban underserved populations, if such populations exist in the State.", "2025-09-02T17:10:32Z", null], ["95-hr-12347", 95, "hr", 12347, "Biomedical Research and Research Training Amendments", "Health", "1978-04-25", "1978-10-14", "Measure laid on table in House, S. 2450 passed in lieu.", "House", "Rep. Rogers, Paul G. [D-FL-11]", "FL", "D", "R000401", 10, "Biomedical Research and Research Training Amendments - Title I:  Libraries of Medicine - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend through fiscal year 1981 authorizations for assistance to medical libraries. Title II:  Programs of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - Extends the authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1981 to carry out programs for the prevention and treatment of heart, lung, and blood diseases. Title III:  Programs of the National Cancer Institute - Extends the authorization of appropriations through 1981 for programs for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer. Provides for the appointment of the director of the National Cancer Institute by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare instead of by the President as is currently required. Requires the Director of the National Cancer Institute in carrying out the National Cancer Program: (1) to implement an expanded and intensified research program for the prevention of cancer caused by occupational or environmental exposure to carcinogens; and (2) to publish an annual report listing all known or suspected carcinogens to which a significant number of persons in the United States are exposed evaluating the existing regulatory standards designed to reduce or eliminate exposure to carcinogens. Requires the Director of the National Cancer Institute to establish and support programs for the detection, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer and for rehabilitation and counseling respecting cancer. Requires such programs to include:  (1) locally initiated education and demonstration programs to disseminate information respecting the detection, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer and rehabilitation and counseling respecting cancer to health professionals providing care to individuals with cancer; (2) the demonstration of and the education of health professionals in methods for early detection of cancer and the identification of individuals with a high risk of developing cancer; and (3) the demonstration of new methods for the dissemination of information to the public concerning the early detection and treatment of cancer and information concerning unapproved and ineffective methods for the control of cancer. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, through the National Cancer Institute and in cooperation with the National Cancer Advisory Board, to carry out cancer research and investigation programs. Authorizes the Secretary, in carrying out such programs:  (1) to purchase radium; and (2) to provide facilities for training and instruction in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Requires the National Cancer Program to consist of:  (1) an expanded cancer research program including a research program for the prevention of cancer caused by occupational or environmental exposure to carcinogens; and (2) other activities of the Institute. Sets forth the duties and functions of the Director of the Institute in carrying out the National Cancer Program. Authorizes the Director of the Institute to make grants under this Act for cancer research or training. Stipulates that 18 members of the National Cancer Advisory Board shall be appointed by the Secretary. Sets forth procedures and regulations affecting the Board. Establishes the President's Cancer Panel. Requires the Panel to monitor the development and execution of the National Cancer Program. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1981 for the National Cancer Institute and the President's Cancer Panel. Title IV:  National Research Service Awards - Extends authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1981 for National Research Service Awards. Title V: Miscellaneous - Authorizes the Secretary to make available for biomedical and behavioral research, substances and living organisms when such action would promote the ends of such research. Transfers authority from the Surgeon General to the Secretary to conduct, in the Public Health Service, research and investigation on the physical and mental impairments of man. Requires the Secretary to conduct and support studies and testing of substances for carcinogenicity, teratogenicity, mutagenicity, and other harmful biological effects. Requires the Secretary to establish a comprehensive program of research into the biological effects of low-level ionizing radiation.", "2025-09-02T17:10:25Z", null], ["95-hr-12358", 95, "hr", 12358, "A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the development of standards for provision of hospice care, to provide for studies and demonstration projects in the provision of hospice care, and for other purposes.", "Health", "1978-04-25", "1978-04-25", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Walgren, Doug [D-PA-18]", "PA", "D", "W000044", 0, "Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make a grant to a nonprofit private entity to develop standards for the accreditation of organizations providing hospice care. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to study and demonstrate, and to directly conduct such programs as will study and demonstrate:  (1) methods for the provision of hospice care; (2) methods for financing hospice care; and (3) the costs and benefits of hospice care. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the results of such studies and demonstrations. Defines \"hospice care\" as such home care, outpatient services, and backup inpatient services as may be required for terminally ill patients and such support services as members of such patients' families may require as a result of such patients' terminal illnesses. Defines \"terminally ill patient\" as an individual with a prognosis of survival of six months or less.", "2024-08-01T20:05:35Z", null], ["95-hr-12363", 95, "hr", 12363, "A bill to amend title 42, to provide for appropriate reimbursement for certain services provided by non-profit rehabilitation clinics to crippled and aged persons covered by the medicare program.", "Health", "1978-04-25", "1978-04-25", "Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.", "House", "Rep. Wiggins, Charles E. [R-CA-39]", "CA", "R", "W000448", 0, "Defines \"public provider\" for purposes of reimbursement to nonprofit rehabilitation clinics which provide medical services to aged and disabled individuals covered by the Supplementary Medical Insurance program of Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act.", "2024-08-01T20:05:41Z", null], ["95-hr-12370", 95, "hr", 12370, "Health Services Amendments", "Health", "1978-04-25", "1978-10-13", "Measure laid on table in House, S. 2522 and S. 2474 passed in lieu with similar provisions.", "House", "Rep. Rogers, Paul G. [D-FL-11]", "FL", "D", "R000401", 6, "(Measure passed House, amended, roll call #918 (343-27))  Health Services Amendments - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for grants to States for comprehensive State health planning.   Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under the Act to make grants to State health authorities to assist in meeting the costs of providing comprehensive public health services.  Directs that funds received should be used to supplement non-Federal funds for comprehensive public health services and not to supplant such funds.   Provides guidelines by which each State and local public health entity shall compute the amount of such funds it shall receive.   Requires the Secretary to review annually the activities undertaken by each State public health authority to determine if such authority complied with the assurances provided with the application for funds.  Authorizes the Secretary to withhold payment from authorities which have failed to meet such assurances.   Provides that the total amount of grants received by a public health authority shall be determined by the Secretary and provides guidelines by which such a determination is to be made.   Extends the authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1981 for:  (1) disease control programs to immunize children against immunizable diseases; (2) rodent control programs; (3) other specified disease control programs under the Act; (4) projects and programs for the prevention and control of venereal disease; (5) project grants and contracts for family planning services; (6) training grants and contracts for personnel to carry out family planning service programs; (7) research in family planning; (8) assistance in developing and making available family planning and population growth information; (9) genetic disease programs; (10) sudden infant death syndrome programs; (11) hemophilia programs; (12) establishing, operating, and training personnel for home health services as defined in the Social Security Act; and (13) lead-based paint poisoning prevention programs.   Requires recipients of family planning grants to establish an advisory committee to review and approve informational and educational materials developed or made available under such grant in order to assure that such material will be suitable for the purposes of Title X (Population Research and Voluntary Family Planning Programs) of the Act and for the population and community to which the material will be available.  Stipulates that the committee shall include individuals broadly representative of the community.   Requires the Secretary to conduct epidemiological assessments and surveillance of genetic diseases to define the scope and extent of such diseases and the need for programs to control such diseases.   Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State health authorities to assist them in meeting the costs of providing programs for screening for, and the detection, diagnosis, prevention, and control of hypertension.   Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for lead-based paint poisoning prevention programs.  Defines \"lead-based paint poisoning prevention program.   Requires the Secretary to study the long-term effect on child development of various levels of lead in blood.   Repeals provisions of the Act which require that grants for the establishment and operation or improvement of an emergency medical services systems facility be made for project costs in the year in which the grant is made.   Requires the Secretary to establish, within the Office of the Secretary, a Select Panel for the Promotion of Child Health.   Requires the Panel to:  (1) formulate specific goals with respect to the promotion of the health status of children and expectant mothers; and (2) develop a comprehensive national plan for achieving such goals.", "2025-09-02T17:10:32Z", null], ["95-hr-12292", 95, "hr", 12292, "A bill to amend section 330 of the Public Health Service Act to provide grants for developmental and demonstration projects relating to the provision of health services to medically underserved populations.", "Health", "1978-04-24", "1978-04-24", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN-4]", "TN", "D", "G000321", 0, "Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to carry out developmental and demonstration projects for providing, improving, or expanding accessibility, acceptability, or quality of health services provided to medically underserved populations.", "2024-08-01T20:05:35Z", null], ["95-hr-12303", 95, "hr", 12303, "Nurse Training Amendments", "Health", "1978-04-24", "1978-09-19", "Measure laid on table in House, S. 2416 passed in lieu.", "House", "Rep. Rogers, Paul G. [D-FL-11]", "FL", "D", "R000401", 13, "Nurse Training Amendments -  Title I:  Nurse Training - Amends Title VIII (Nurse Training) of the Public Health Service Act to extend for two fiscal years, through fiscal year 1980, the program of financial assistance for nurse training. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to cover the costs of traineeships for the training of licensed registered nurses to be nurse anesthetists. Requires the Secretary to arrange for a study to determine the need to continue a specific program of Federal financial support for nursing education. Title II:  Other Health Professions Programs - Increases authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for National Health Service Corps programs. Authorizes the Secretary to increase the limits on Federal loan insurance and insured loans to students enrolled in a school of medicine, osteopathy, and dentistry.", "2025-09-02T17:10:25Z", null], ["95-hr-12277", 95, "hr", 12277, "A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to provide home health care service and other services to individuals who would otherwise be eligible to receive medical assistance if they were institutionalized.", "Health", "1978-04-20", "1978-04-20", "Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.", "House", "Rep. Rinaldo, Matthew J. [R-NJ-12]", "NJ", "R", "R000262", 2, "Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit States to provide home health care and other services to individuals who would otherwise be eligible to receive medical assistance if they were institutionalized.", "2024-08-01T20:05:35Z", null]], "truncated": false, "filtered_table_rows_count": 724, "expanded_columns": [], "expandable_columns": [], "columns": ["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"], "primary_keys": ["bill_id"], "units": {}, "query": {"sql": "select 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 from legislation where \"congress\" = :p0 and \"policy_area\" = :p1 order by introduced_date desc limit 101", "params": {"p0": "95", "p1": "Health"}}, "facet_results": {"congress": {"name": "congress", "type": "column", "hideable": false, "toggle_url": "/openregs/legislation.json?congress=95&policy_area=Health", "results": [{"value": 95, "label": 95, "count": 724, "toggle_url": "https://www.pawtectors.org/openregs/legislation.json?policy_area=Health", "selected": true}], "truncated": false}, "bill_type": {"name": "bill_type", "type": "column", "hideable": false, "toggle_url": "/openregs/legislation.json?congress=95&policy_area=Health", "results": [{"value": "hr", "label": "hr", "count": 614, "toggle_url": "https://www.pawtectors.org/openregs/legislation.json?congress=95&policy_area=Health&bill_type=hr", "selected": false}, {"value": "s", "label": "s", "count": 96, "toggle_url": "https://www.pawtectors.org/openregs/legislation.json?congress=95&policy_area=Health&bill_type=s", "selected": false}, {"value": "hconres", "label": "hconres", "count": 6, "toggle_url": "https://www.pawtectors.org/openregs/legislation.json?congress=95&policy_area=Health&bill_type=hconres", "selected": false}, {"value": "hres", "label": "hres", "count": 5, "toggle_url": "https://www.pawtectors.org/openregs/legislation.json?congress=95&policy_area=Health&bill_type=hres", "selected": false}, {"value": "hjres", "label": "hjres", "count": 1, "toggle_url": "https://www.pawtectors.org/openregs/legislation.json?congress=95&policy_area=Health&bill_type=hjres", "selected": false}, {"value": "sconres", "label": "sconres", "count": 1, "toggle_url": "https://www.pawtectors.org/openregs/legislation.json?congress=95&policy_area=Health&bill_type=sconres", "selected": false}, {"value": "sres", "label": "sres", "count": 1, "toggle_url": "https://www.pawtectors.org/openregs/legislation.json?congress=95&policy_area=Health&bill_type=sres", "selected": false}], "truncated": false}, "policy_area": {"name": "policy_area", "type": "column", "hideable": false, "toggle_url": "/openregs/legislation.json?congress=95&policy_area=Health", "results": [{"value": "Health", "label": "Health", "count": 724, "toggle_url": "https://www.pawtectors.org/openregs/legislation.json?congress=95", "selected": true}], "truncated": false}}, "suggested_facets": [{"name": "origin_chamber", "toggle_url": "https://www.pawtectors.org/openregs/legislation.json?congress=95&policy_area=Health&_facet=origin_chamber"}, {"name": "sponsor_party", "toggle_url": "https://www.pawtectors.org/openregs/legislation.json?congress=95&policy_area=Health&_facet=sponsor_party"}, {"name": "cosponsor_count", "toggle_url": "https://www.pawtectors.org/openregs/legislation.json?congress=95&policy_area=Health&_facet=cosponsor_count"}, {"name": "introduced_date", "type": "date", "toggle_url": "https://www.pawtectors.org/openregs/legislation.json?congress=95&policy_area=Health&_facet_date=introduced_date"}, {"name": "latest_action_date", "type": "date", "toggle_url": "https://www.pawtectors.org/openregs/legislation.json?congress=95&policy_area=Health&_facet_date=latest_action_date"}, {"name": "update_date", "type": "date", "toggle_url": "https://www.pawtectors.org/openregs/legislation.json?congress=95&policy_area=Health&_facet_date=update_date"}], "next": "1978-04-20,95-hr-12277", "next_url": "https://www.pawtectors.org/openregs/legislation.json?congress=95&policy_area=Health&_next=1978-04-20%2C95-hr-12277&_sort_desc=introduced_date", "private": false, "allow_execute_sql": true, "query_ms": 1120.913808932528, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}