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| 93-hr-17682 | 93 | hr | 17682 | A bill to limit the medicare in-patient hospital deductible. | Health | 1974-12-20 | 1974-12-20 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Heckler, Margaret M. [R-MA-10] | MA | R | H000440 | 0 | Increases the medicare inpatient hospital deductible from $40 to $84 under title XVIII of the Social Security Act. | 2024-08-01T18:39:29Z | |
| 93-hr-17672 | 93 | hr | 17672 | A bill to require federally related health care facilities to test infants for certain diseases. | Health | 1974-12-19 | 1974-12-19 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Koch, Edward I. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | K000302 | 0 | Requires federally related health care facilities to test infants born in the facility or brought to it for health care for specified diseases. Defines a "federally related health care facility" for the purposes of this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:39:23Z | |
| 93-hr-17656 | 93 | hr | 17656 | Medicare Benefits Protection Act | Health | 1974-12-18 | 1974-12-18 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Aspin, Les [D-WI-1] | WI | D | A000224 | 0 | Medicare Benefits Protection Act - Provides that any hospital or nursing home which desires to participate in the medicaid program must also participate in the medicare program (if qualified therefor). Prohibits Federal matching of hospital and nursing home expenses under the medicaid program in the absence of such participation. | 2025-09-03T12:50:30Z | |
| 93-hr-17626 | 93 | hr | 17626 | A bill relating to equitable relief in civil actions brought for the purpose of protecting public health. | Health | 1974-12-12 | 1974-12-12 | Referred to House Committee on Judiciary. | House | Rep. Ruppe, Philip E. [R-MI-11] | MI | R | R000512 | 8 | Provides that in any action brought by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency requesting equitable relief for the purpose of protecting public health, if a party shows that a defendant in such action is discharging or emitting any substance in violation of Federal law (or any State law which is enforceable under Federal law) and that such discharge or emission presents or contributes to a public health risk, the court shall grant such equitable relief as may be necessary promptly to assure that such discharge or emission does not present or contribute to such risks, unless the person who is discharging or emitting such substance demonstrates that: (1) the public health risk does not exist; or (2) it would be arbitrary or capricious to grant such relief (taking into account technological and economic considerations, and magnitude or risk). | 2024-08-01T18:39:26Z | |
| 93-hr-17618 | 93 | hr | 17618 | National Arthritis Act | Health | 1974-12-11 | 1974-12-11 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Rogers, Paul G. [D-FL-11] | FL | D | R000401 | 1 | National Arthritis Act - Expresses the findings of Congress that arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases constitute major health problems and that the development of methods for their diagnosis and treatment deserve the highest national priority. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a National Commission on Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases, and specifies the composition of the Commission. Requires the Commission to survey Federal, State, and local programs relating to arthritis to assess the adequacy and coordination of such programs. Requires the Commission to formulate a long-range plan for the organization of national resources to combat arthritis. States that the Arthritis Plan shall provide a comprehensive program for the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases and plans for Federal, State, and local programs, including specified activities and research. Requires the Commission to prepare an estimate of necessary expenditures for each of the National Institutes of Health to be affected by the Arthritis Plan, which shall be submitted to Congress for comparison with the amounts requested for each fiscal year. Directs the Commission to publish the Arthritis Plan within 210 days of the date on which funds are first appropriated and provides that the Commission shall cease to exist 30 days after the submission of the Plan. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this section. Directs the Secretary to establish an Arthritis Coordinating Committee, to be composed of representatives of Federal departments and agencies involved in research, health services, and rehabilitation programs affecting arthritis. Requires the Committee to submit a report of its work to the Secretary at the end of each fiscal year. Authorizes the Secretary, through the Assistant Secretary for Health: (1) to make grants to public and non-profit private entities for projects for the development and demonstration of methods for ar… | 2025-09-03T12:50:28Z | |
| 93-s-4220 | 93 | s | 4220 | A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a study with regard to histoplasmosis. | Health | 1974-12-10 | 1974-12-10 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. | Senate | Sen. Hartke, Vance [D-IN] | IN | D | H000297 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct a research program with regard to the diagnosis and treatment of histoplasmosis and ocular histoplasmosis. Authorizes, for fiscal years 1975-1977, specified sums to be appropriated for the research programs and for conducting training programs. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 93-hr-17590 | 93 | hr | 17590 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to broaden the coverage of home health service under the supplementary medical insurance program and remove the 100-visit limitation presently applicable thereto, to amend title XIX of such act to require the inclusion of home health services in a State's medicaid program and to permit the payments of rent under such a program for elderly persons who would otherwise require nursing home care, and to provide expanded Federal funding for congregate housing for the displaced and the elderly. | Health | 1974-12-09 | 1974-12-09 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Koch, Edward I. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | K000302 | 0 | Broadens the coverage of home health service under the supplementary medical insurance (Medicare) program of the Social Security Act by authorizing payments for homemaker services under specified circumstances and removes the 100-visit limitation presently applicable to the home health service program. Requires the inclusion of home health services in a State's medicaid program under the Social Security Act and permits the payments of rent under such program for elderly persons who would otherwise require nursing home care. Provides expanded Federal funding for congregate housing for the displaced and the elderly by increasing the amount available for such housing under the low income housing program. | 2024-08-01T18:39:26Z | |
| 93-hr-17593 | 93 | hr | 17593 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the per annum full-pay scale for certain personnel of the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration; to make a career in the Department of Medicine and Surgery more attractive. | Health | 1974-12-09 | 1974-12-09 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Satterfield, David E., III [D-VA-3] | VA | D | S000070 | 4 | Establishes the per-annum pay scale for specified personnel of the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration, including the Chief Medical Director, at $49,700. States that in order to attract or retain highly qualified physicians, dentists, and nurses in the Department, such persons may be paid an additional 25 percent of their annual salary. Authorizes the granting of leave with pay for pursuit of studies to such individuals under enumerated circumstances. | 2024-08-01T18:39:25Z | |
| 93-hr-17572 | 93 | hr | 17572 | Health Security Act | Health | 1974-12-05 | 1974-12-05 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Biaggi, Mario [D-NY-10] | NY | D | B000432 | 0 | Health Security Act - Title I: Health Security Benefits - Provides that every resident of the U.S. (and every non-resident citizen when in the U.S.) will be eligible for covered services. Permits reciprocal and "buy-in" agreements for groups of non-resident aliens, and in some cases benefits to U.S. residents when visiting in other countries. Entitles every eligible person to have payments made by the Health Security Board for covered services provided within the United States by a participating provider. Provides that all necessary professional services of physicians, wherever furnished are covered, including preventive care, with two important restrictions: (1) specialist services are covered only when performed by a qualified specialist except in emergency situations, and generally only on referral from a primary physician; and (2) psychiatric services to an ambulatory patient are covered only for active preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic or rehabilitative service with respect to mental illness. Provides that comprehensive dental services (exclusive of most orthodontic services) are covered for children under age 15, with the covered age group increasing by two years each year until all those under age 25 are covered. Provides that: (1) inpatient and outpatient hospital services and services of a home health agency are covered without arbitrary limitation; (2) pathology and radiology services are specifically included as parts of institutional services; and (3) custodial care is specifically excluded in specified institutional settings. Limits payment for skilled nursing home care to 120 days per spell of illness, except that this limit may be increased when the nursing home is owned or managed by a hospital and payment for care is made through the hospital's budget. Limits the psychiatric hospital benefit to 45 consecutive days of active treatment during a spell of illness. Provides coverage for two categories of drug use: prescribed medicines administered to inpatients or outpatients within participati… | 2025-09-03T12:50:29Z | |
| 93-hr-17576 | 93 | hr | 17576 | Arthritis Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act | Health | 1974-12-05 | 1974-12-05 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Rhodes, John J. [R-AZ-1] | AZ | R | R000188 | 0 | Arthritis Prevention Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act - Makes it the purpose of this Act to establish: (1) a long-range plan to expand and coordinate the national research, treatment, and control effort against arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases; (2) centers for arthritis prevention, research, screening, early detection, training, treatment, and rehabilitation programs; and (3) programs to develop new and improved methods of arthritis screening and early detection and to establish a central arthritis screening and early detection data bank. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish a National Commission on Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. Specifies the composition, duties, and powers of the Commission. States that the Commission shall formulate a long-range plan to combat arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases with specific recommendations for the utilization and organization of national resources for that purpose. States that the plan shall include a plan for a coordinated research program encompassing existing and proposed Federal, non-Federal and local programs. Enumerates investigations, studies, and programs to be carried out under such plan. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out the above purposes. Establishes within the National Institute on Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases the position of Associate Director for Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. States that the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall establish an Inter-Institute Arthritis and Related Diseases Coordinating Committee to better coordinate research activities relating to arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases. Provides for the development, establishment, construction, and operation of arthritis research and training centers. Specifies the purposes to be achieved by such research and training programs. Provides for the geographical distribution, operational support, and evaluation of such research and training ce… | 2025-09-03T12:50:27Z | |
| 93-hr-17568 | 93 | hr | 17568 | A bill relating to equitable relief in civil actions brought for the purpose of protecting public health. | Health | 1974-12-04 | 1974-12-04 | Referred to House Committee on Judiciary. | House | Rep. Ruppe, Philip E. [R-MI-11] | MI | R | R000512 | 0 | Provides that in any action brought by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency requesting equitable relief for the purpose of protecting public health, if a party shows that a defendant in such action is discharging or emitting any substance in violation of Federal law (or any State law which is enforceable under Federal law) and that such discharge or emission presents or contributes to a public health risk, the court shall grant such equitable relief as may be necessary promptly to assure that such discharge or emission does not present or contribute to such risks, unless the person who is discharging or emitting such substance demonstrates that: (1) the public health risk does not exist; or (2) it would be arbitrary or capricious to grant such relief (taking into account technological and economic considerations, and magnitude or risk). | 2024-08-01T18:39:21Z | |
| 93-hr-17520 | 93 | hr | 17520 | 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 | 1974-11-26 | 1974-11-26 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Corman, James C. [D-CA-22] | CA | D | C000780 | 0 | Provides for the coverage of a clinical psychologists' services under the supplementary medical insurance benefits program of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. | 2024-08-01T18:39:19Z | |
| 93-hr-17512 | 93 | hr | 17512 | A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program of Federal financial assistance for research programs and specialized treatment centers for the study and treatment of problems respecting human fertility and sterility and the human reproductive process. | Health | 1974-11-25 | 1974-11-25 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Koch, Edward I. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | K000302 | 9 | Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants under the Public Health Service Act for research in fertility and sterility in humans and the human reproductive process, and for training and fellowship grants to allow persons to undertake such research. Empowers the Secretary to establish in the National Institutes of Health and in the various geographical regions of the United States not more than five specialized treatment centers to (1) provide assistance to individuals seeking medical services to enable them to bear children, and (2) undertake clinical research and training in, and demonstration of, advanced diagnostic and treatment methods relating to problems of human reproduction. Provides that the Secretary may enter into cooperative arrangements with public and private nonprofit agencies and institutions to pay all or part of the cost of planning, establishing, and providing basic operating support for such specialized treatment centers. Allows Federal spending for (1) construction, (2) staffing and other basic operating costs, (3) training, and (4) demonstration projects. Authorizes to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 and for each of the next four fiscal years such sums as may be necessary to make payments as provided in this Act. Provides that family planning projects and services assisted under the Public Health Service Act shall include counseling for individuals who have been unable to bear children and who seek medical assistance in bearing children, and referral of such individuals to specialized regional treatment centers established under this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:39:15Z | |
| 93-s-4185 | 93 | s | 4185 | A bill to amend part A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to cover certain additional inpatient hospital services furnished outside the United States to individuals insured for benefits provided under such part A. | Health | 1974-11-25 | 1974-11-25 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 0 | Authorizes coverage of emergency inpatient hospital services furnished outisde the United States to individuals insured for hospital benefits under the Medicare program of the Social Security Act. | 2024-08-01T18:43:23Z | |
| 93-hr-17451 | 93 | hr | 17451 | Arthritis Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act | Health | 1974-11-19 | 1974-11-19 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Aspin, Les [D-WI-1] | WI | D | A000224 | 0 | Arthritis Prevention Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act - Makes it the purpose of this Act to establish: (1) a long-range plan to expand and coordinate the national research, treatment, and control effort against arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases; (2) centers for arthritis prevention, research, screening, early detection, training, treatment, and rehabilitation programs; and (3) programs to develop new and improved methods of arthritis screening and early detection and to establish a central arthritis screening and early detection data bank. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish a National Commission on Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. Specifies the composition, duties, and powers of the Commission. States that the Commission shall formulate a long-range plan to combat arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases with specific recommendations for the utilization and organization of national resources for that purpose. States that the plan shall include a plan for a coordinated research program encompassing existing and proposed Federal, non-Federal and local programs. Enumerates investigations, studies, and programs to be carried out under such plan. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out the above purposes. Establishes within the National Institute on Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases the position of Associate Director for Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. States that the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall establish an Inter-Institute Arthritis and Related Diseases Coordinating Committee to better coordinate research activities relating to arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases. Provides for the development, establishment, construction, and operation of arthritis research and training centers. Specifies the purposes to be achieved by such research and training programs. Provides for the geographical distribution, operational support, and evaluation of such research and training ce… | 2025-09-03T12:50:21Z | |
| 93-hr-17426 | 93 | hr | 17426 | National Commission on Epilepsy and Its Consequences Act | Health | 1974-10-17 | 1974-10-17 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Brinkley, Jack [D-GA-3] | GA | D | B000839 | 0 | National Commission on Epilepsy and Its Consequences Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to appoint a National Commission to determine the most effective means of finding the cause and cures and treatments for epilepsy. Directs that such Commission shall develop a national plan for the control of epilepsy and its consequences. Provides for the membership of such Commission. Sets forth the duties of such Commission. Requires that it shall be a duty of the Commission to develop a comprehensive national plan for the control of epilepsy and its consequences based on the most thorough, complete, and accurate data available on the disorder. Requires the Commission to make recommendations concerning the proper roles of the Federal and State governments, and the national and local public and private agencies in research, prevention, identification and rehabilitation of persons with epilepsy. Requires the transmittal to the President and to the Congress of a final report under this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:50:22Z | |
| 93-hr-17395 | 93 | hr | 17395 | A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for additional Federal payments to States to reflect the higher medicaid costs resulting from the enactment of the supplemental security income benefit program. | Health | 1974-10-16 | 1974-10-16 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Hanley, James M. [D-NY-32] | NY | D | H000158 | 0 | Sets forth a formula under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for additional Federal payments to States to reflect the higher medicaid costs resulting from the enactment of the supplemental security income benefit program. | 2024-08-01T18:39:20Z | |
| 93-hr-17401 | 93 | hr | 17401 | National Huntington's Disease Control Act | Health | 1974-10-16 | 1974-10-16 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Randall, William J. [D-MO-4] | MO | D | R000041 | 0 | National Huntington's Disease Control Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a national program for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of, and research in, Huntington's disease. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants for projects for the establishment and operation of Huntington's disease screening, treatment, and counseling programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each each of the next two fiscal years for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for research in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Huntington's disease. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 and for each of the next two fiscal years for use for such grants. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to develop information and educational materials relating to Huntington's disease and to disseminate such information and materials to persons providing health care and to the public in general. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the next two fiscal years to carry out this information program. Sets forth the requirements for applications for grants under this Act and the administration of such grants. Directs the Secretary to establish a program within the Public Health Service to provide for voluntary Huntington's disease screening, counseling, and treatment. | 2025-09-03T12:50:22Z | |
| 93-hr-17420 | 93 | hr | 17420 | National Commission on Epilepsy and Its Consequences Act | Health | 1974-10-16 | 1974-10-16 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Kyros, Peter N. [D-ME-1] | ME | D | K000356 | 1 | National Commission on Epilepsy and Its Consequences Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to appoint a National Commission to determine the most effective means of finding the cause and cures and treatments for epilepsy. Directs that such Commission shall develop a national plan for the control of epilepsy and its consequences. Provides for the membership of such Commission. Sets forth the duties of such Commission. Requires that it shall be a duty of the Commission to develop a comprehensive national plan for the control of epilepsy and its consequences based on the most thorough, complete, and accurate data available on the disorder. Requires the Commission to make recommendations concerning the proper roles of the Federal and State governments, and the national and local public and private agencies in research, prevention, identification and rehabilitation of persons with epilepsy. Requires the transmittal to the President and to the Congress of a final report under this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:50:22Z | |
| 93-hr-17338 | 93 | hr | 17338 | A bill to require that users of heart pacemakers be given notice of the proximity of electronic products which emit radiation which adversely affects such pacemakers. | Health | 1974-10-11 | 1974-10-11 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Roncallo, Angelo D. [R-NY-3] | NY | R | R000422 | 0 | Requires that users of heart pacemakers be given notice of the proximity of electronic products which emit radiation which adversely affects such pacemakers. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish and promulgate regulations under the provisions of this Act. Sets forth penalties for violation of the provisions of this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:39:15Z | |
| 93-s-4137 | 93 | s | 4137 | A bill to amend Part B of Title XI of the Social Security Act, Professional Standards Reviews, to provide for the review of dental services by dentists. | Health | 1974-10-11 | 1974-10-11 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Hansen, Clifford P. [R-WY] | WY | R | H000170 | 1 | Provides for the review of dental services by dentists, under the Professional Standards Review provisions of the Social Security Act. | 2024-08-01T18:43:14Z | |
| 93-hr-17264 | 93 | hr | 17264 | A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a trust fund to be used to fund the research programs of the National Cancer Institute. | Health | 1974-10-10 | 1974-10-10 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Denholm, Frank E. [D-SD-1] | SD | D | D000234 | 0 | Establishes the National Cancer Research Fund to be used to fund the research programs of the National Cancer Institute. Provides that, beginning with fiscal year 1976, there shall be appropriated to the Fund amounts equivalent to the additional taxes on cigarettes imposed by the Internal Revenue Code. Authorizes appropriations to the Fund through September 30, 1977. | 2024-08-01T18:39:07Z | |
| 93-hr-17206 | 93 | hr | 17206 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for allergenic extracts, whether or not administered by the physician who prepared them. | Health | 1974-10-09 | 1974-10-09 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. O'Brien, George M. [R-IL-17] | IL | R | O000010 | 0 | Authorizes the payment under the Supplementary Medical Insurance Program under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for allergenic extracts, whether or not administered by the physician who prepared them. | 2024-08-01T18:39:10Z | |
| 93-hr-17136 | 93 | hr | 17136 | Medicare Long-Term Care Act | Health | 1974-10-08 | 1974-10-08 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14] | FL | D | P000218 | 0 | Medical Long-Term Care Act - Establishes within the supplementary medical insurance program under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act a program of long-term care benefits to be provided for aged and disabled individuals and financed without additional cost to such qualified individuals from premium payments made under such Act together with contributions from funds appropriated by the Federal Government. States that every individual who is entitled to supplementary medical insurance benefits shall be entitled to the benefits of the program established by this Act. States that the benefits provided to an individual by the program established by this Act shall consist of home health services, homemaker services, nutrition services, long-term institutional care services, day care and foster home services, and community mental health center outpatient services. Provides that, to the maximum extent possible, the benefits under this Act shall be provided by or through community long-term care centers certified, monitored, and assisted, where applicable, by the State agency which performs the functions of planning, developing, and overseeing such centers. Specifies the functions of community long-term care centers, including the evaluation, certification, and administration of the services to be provided to individuals eligible for such services under this Act. Defines the terms used in this Act. States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, after consultion with interested parties, shall develop and make available to community long-term care centers one or more methods of payment for the benefits provided and covered under this Act on a prospective basis. Authorizes the Secretary to make available the method certified by the Governor to community long-term care centers in such State if such method does not increase the cost of the program. Provides limitations on benefits in the care of eligible individuals and their spouses both claiming benefits in the same month under this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:50:11Z | |
| 93-hr-17095 | 93 | hr | 17095 | A bill to limit the medicare inpatient hospital deductible. | Health | 1974-10-07 | 1974-10-07 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Fraser, Donald M. [D-MN-5] | MN | D | F000350 | 1 | Increases the medicare inpatient hospital deductible from $40 to $84 under title XVIII of the Social Security Act. | 2024-08-01T18:39:02Z | |
| 93-hr-17105 | 93 | hr | 17105 | National Huntington's Disease Control Act | Health | 1974-10-07 | 1974-10-07 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. O'Brien, George M. [R-IL-17] | IL | R | O000010 | 0 | National Huntington's Disease Control Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a national program for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of, and research in, Huntington's disease. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants for projects for the establishment and operation of Huntington's disease screening, treatment, and counseling programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each each of the next two fiscal years for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for research in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Huntington's disease. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 and for each of the next two fiscal years for use for such grants. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to develop information and educational materials relating to Huntington's disease and to disseminate such information and materials to persons providing health care and to the public in general. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the next two fiscal years to carry out this information program. Sets forth the requirements for applications for grants under this Act and the administration of such grants. Directs the Secretary to establish a program within the Public Health Service to provide for voluntary Huntington's disease screening, counseling, and treatment. | 2025-09-03T12:50:07Z | |
| 93-s-4093 | 93 | s | 4093 | A bill to amend the Social Security Act to free medicare deductibles. | Health | 1974-10-04 | 1974-10-04 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Ribicoff, Abraham A. [D-CT] | CT | D | R000191 | 38 | Increases the medicare inpatient hospital deductible from $40 to $84 under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. | 2024-08-01T18:43:13Z | |
| 93-hr-17064 | 93 | hr | 17064 | National Huntington's Disease Control Act | Health | 1974-10-03 | 1974-10-03 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | R000383 | 2 | National Huntington's Disease Control Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a national program for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of, and research in, Huntington's disease. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants for projects for the establishment and operation of Huntington's disease screening, treatment, and counseling programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each each of the next two fiscal years for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for research in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Huntington's disease. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 and for each of the next two fiscal years for use for such grants. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to develop information and educational materials relating to Huntington's disease and to disseminate such information and materials to persons providing health care and to the public in general. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the next two fiscal years to carry out this information program. Sets forth the requirements for applications for grants under this Act and the administration of such grants. Directs the Secretary to establish a program within the Public Health Service to provide for voluntary Huntington's disease screening, counseling, and treatment. | 2025-09-03T12:50:06Z | |
| 93-hr-17077 | 93 | hr | 17077 | Health Manpower Act | Health | 1974-10-03 | 1974-10-03 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Hastings, James F. [R-NY-39] | NY | R | H000327 | 2 | Health Manpower Act - Title I: General Provisions - Revises and repeals specified provisions of the Public Health Services Act. Title II: Assistance for Construction of Teaching Facilities - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to assist in the construction of teaching facilities for the training of physicians, dentists, pharmacists, optometrists, podiatrists, veterinarians, and professional public health personnel. Authorizes appropriations of $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1975, 1976 and 1977. Title III: Student Assistance; National Health Service Corps - Expands the provisions governing the making of student loans under the Public Health Service Act and the rates for repayment of such loans. Authorizes appropriations for the purpose of making Federal capital contributions into the student loan funds of authorized schools. Prescribes procedures for the establishment of a National Health Service Corps, applications for assistance from the Corps, and assignment and functions of Corps personnel to medically underserved populations. Outlines the rate-of-pay schedule for physician and dentist Corps members engaged in the delivery of health services to a medically underserved population. Details the reporting requirements of the Secretary to the Congress in his carrying out the programs of the National Health Service Corps. Establishes the National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps. Specifies the membership composition of such Council. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1974-1977 for carrying out this section. Revises the Public Health and National Health Service Corps Scholarship Training Program, setting forth the eligibility requirements for acceptance in such program and the time and type of obligated service required. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the Program $80,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and $120,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Title IV: Grants for Health Professions Schools - Sets forth computation rules governing the ma… | 2025-09-03T12:50:07Z | |
| 93-hr-17084 | 93 | hr | 17084 | Health Manpower Act | Health | 1974-10-03 | 1974-12-12 | Measure laid on table in House, S. 3585 passed in lieu. | House | Rep. Rogers, Paul G. [D-FL-11] | FL | D | R000401 | 7 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Health Manpower Act - =Title I: General Provisions= - Revises and repeals specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act. =Title II: Assistance for Construction of Teaching Facilities= - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to assist in the construction of teaching facilities for the training of physicians, dentists, pharmacists, optometrists, podiatrists, veterinarians, and professional public health personnel. Authorizes appropriations of $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1975, 1976 and 1977. =Title III: Student Assistance; National Health Service Corps= - Expands the provisions governing the making of student loans under the Public Health Service Act and the rates for repayment of such loans. Authorizes appropriations for the purpose of making Federal contributions into the student loan funds of authorized schools. Prescribes procedures for the establishment of a National Health Service Corps, applications for assistance from the Corps, and assignment and functions of Corps personnel to medically underserved populations. Outlines the rate-of-pay schedule for physician and dentist Corps members engaged in the delivery of health services to a medically underserved population. Details the reporting requirements by the Secretary to the Congress in his carrying out the programs of the National Health Service Corps. Establishes the National Advisory Council of the National Health Service Corps. Specifies the membership composition of such Council. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1974-1977 for carrying out this section. Revises the Public Health and National Health Services Corps Scholarship Training Program, setting forth the eligibility requirements for acceptance in such program and the time and type of obligated service required. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the program $80,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and $120,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. =Title IV: Grants for Health Professions Schools= … | 2025-09-03T12:50:07Z | |
| 93-hr-17085 | 93 | hr | 17085 | Nurse Training Act | Health | 1974-10-03 | 1975-01-04 | Pocket vetoed by President. | House | Rep. Rogers, Paul G. [D-FL-11] | FL | D | R000401 | 8 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Nurse Training Act - =Title I: Construction Assistance= - Extends, under the Public Health Service Act, the authorization of appropriations for grants for specified loan quarantees and interest subsidies. =Title II: Capitation Grants= - States that each collegiate school of nursing shall receive $400 for each student enrolled in each of the last two years of such school. Provides capitation grants for other schools of nursing and authorizes appropriations for such grants. =Title III: Financial Distress Grants= - Allows the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to public or non-profit private schools of nursing which are in serious financial straits. Prescribes the procedures for the making of such grants and authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1977 for the grants. =Title IV: Special Project Assistance= - Empowers the Secretary to make grants to schools of nursing and other entities to meet the costs of special projects, including projects to: (1) increase nursing education opportunities for disadvantaged students; (2) provide continuing education for nurses; (3) increase the supply or distribution by geographic area or by specialty group of adequately trained nursing personnel needed to meet the health needs of the Nation, including the need to increase the availability of personal health services and the need to promote preventive health care; and (4) train and educate in order to upgrade the skills of licensed vocational or practical nurses, nursing assistants, and other paraprofessional nursing personnel. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1977 for such grants and contracts. Provides for the making of grants, and authorizes appropriations for such grants, by the Secretary for: (1) advanced nurse training programs; and (2) nurse practitioner programs. Directs the Secretary to prescribe guidelines for programs for nurse practitioners. =Title V: Assistance to Nursing Students= - Extends the authorization of appropria… | 2025-09-03T12:50:07Z | |
| 93-hr-17002 | 93 | hr | 17002 | National Multiple Sclerosis and Epilepsy Act | Health | 1974-10-02 | 1974-10-02 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Esch, Marvin L. [R-MI-2] | MI | R | E000213 | 0 | National Multiple Sclerosis and Epilepsy Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares the purpose of this Act. Instructs the Director of the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke to develop a neurological disease program to expand, intensify and coordinate the activities of the Institute. Specifies the scope of such program. Requires the Director to report annually on the accomplishments of the program. Empowers the Director to: (1) obtain the services of 50 experts; (2) acquire and maintain neurological disease equipment and facilities; and (3) enter into contracts to carry out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as necessary to carry out the above objectives. Instructs the Director to develop six new centers for multiple sclerosis research and treatment and 14 new centers for other neurological and sensory diseases. Authorizes appropriations of $100 million, $125 million, and $150 million for such purposes for fiscal years 1973-1975. Empowers the Director to make grants to public entities for research in neurological disorders and authorizes to be appropriated such sums as necessary for such purposes. | 2025-09-03T12:50:08Z | |
| 93-hr-17004 | 93 | hr | 17004 | Arthritis Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act | Health | 1974-10-02 | 1974-10-02 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Johnson, Albert W. [R-PA-23] | PA | R | J000115 | 0 | Arthritis Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act - Makes it the purpose of this Act to establish: (1) a long-range plan to expand and coordinate the national research, treatment, and control effort against arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases; (2) centers for arthritis prevention, research, screening, early detection, training, treatment, and rehabilitation programs; and (3) programs to develop new and improved methods of arthritis screening and early detection and to establish a central arthritis screening and early detection data bank. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish a National Commission on Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. Specifies the composition, duties, and powers of the Commission. States that the Commission shall formulate a long-range plan to combat arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases with specific recommendations for the utilization and organization of national resources for that purpose. States that the plan shall include a plan for a coordinated research program encompassing existing and proposed Federal, non-Federal and local programs. Enumerates investigations, studies, and programs to be carried out under such plan. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out the above purposes. Establishes within the National Institute on Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases the position of Associate Director for Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. States that the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall establish an Inter-Institute Arthritis and Related Diseases Coordinating Committee to better coordinate research activities relating to arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases. Provides for the development, establishment, construction, and operation of arthritis research and training centers. Specifies the purposes to be achieved by such research and training programs. Provides for the geographical distribution, operational support, and evaluation of such research and training c… | 2025-09-03T12:50:07Z | |
| 93-hr-16979 | 93 | hr | 16979 | National Commission on Epilepsy and Its Consequences Act | Health | 1974-10-01 | 1974-10-01 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Esch, Marvin L. [R-MI-2] | MI | R | E000213 | 0 | National Commission on Epilepsy and Its Consequences Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to appoint a National Commission to determine the most effective means of finding the cause and cures and treatments for epilepsy. Directs that such Commission shall develop a national plan for the control of epilepsy and its consequences. Provides for the membership of such Commission. Sets forth the duties of such Commission. Requires that it shall be a duty of the Commission to develop a comprehensive national plan for the control of epilepsy and its consequences based on the most thorough, complete, and accurate data available on the disorder. Requires the Commission to make recommendations concerning the proper roles of the Federal and State governments, and the national and local public and private agencies in research, prevention, identification and rehabilitation of persons with epilepsy. Requires the transmittal to the President and to the Congress of a final report under this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:50:00Z | |
| 93-hr-16927 | 93 | hr | 16927 | National Huntington's Disease Control Act | Health | 1974-09-30 | 1974-09-30 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Esch, Marvin L. [R-MI-2] | MI | R | E000213 | 0 | National Huntington's Disease Control Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a national program for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of, and research in, Huntington's disease. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants for projects for the establishment and operation of Huntington's disease screening, treatment, and counseling programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each each of the next two fiscal years for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for research in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Huntington's disease. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 and for each of the next two fiscal years for use for such grants. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to develop information and educational materials relating to Huntington's disease and to disseminate such information and materials to persons providing health care and to the public in general. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the next two fiscal years to carry out this information program. Sets forth the requirements for applications for grants under this Act and the administration of such grants. Directs the Secretary to establish a program within the Public Health Service to provide for voluntary Huntington's disease screening, counseling, and treatment. | 2025-09-03T12:50:00Z | |
| 93-hr-16934 | 93 | hr | 16934 | A bill providing that certain State medical officers and employees are deemed to be Federal officers of employees for purposes of section 1346(b) and chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. | Health | 1974-09-30 | 1974-09-30 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Jones, Robert E., Jr. [D-AL-5] | AL | D | J000248 | 0 | Provides that any officer or employee of any State who acts in cooperation with the performance of medical, surgical, dental or related functions by any commissioned officer or employee of the Public Health Service while acting within the scope of his office or employment, shall be deemed to be a Federal officer or employee. | 2024-08-01T18:38:49Z | |
| 93-hr-16953 | 93 | hr | 16953 | Rural Health Assistance Act | Health | 1974-09-30 | 1974-09-30 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Robison, Howard W. [R-NY-27] | NY | R | R000357 | 0 | Rural Health Assistance Act - Expresses the findings of Congress, including that the health effects of contaminated drinking water and inadequate sewage disposal facilities act to reinforce the poverty of the rural poor. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct research for publication of a rural health manual identifying water-borne diseases and prescribing methods of treatment for such diseases. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States for the cost of specified programs relating to rural health. Authorizes to be appropriated $50,000,000, without fiscal year limitation, for the purpose of making such grants. | 2025-09-03T12:50:00Z | |
| 93-hr-16910 | 93 | hr | 16910 | Bilingual Health Opportunities Act | Health | 1974-09-26 | 1974-09-26 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI-1] | HI | D | M000250 | 0 | Bilingual Health Opportunities Act - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1974 and each of the three succeeding fiscal years of such sums as may be necessary to establish up to four bilingual health training clinical centers in communities where a substantial proportion of the residents is of limited English-speaking ability. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to arrange for the conduct of a study or studies to determine the effectiveness of health education institution admissions examinations in evaluating accurately the potential and ability of the student applicant of limited English-speaking ability to participate in and benefit from the educational program, taking into account the need to eliminate any cultural bias in the presentation of admissions examinations. | 2025-09-03T12:50:00Z | |
| 93-hr-16871 | 93 | hr | 16871 | Health Security Act | Health | 1974-09-25 | 1974-09-25 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Fascell, Dante B. [D-FL-15] | FL | D | F000041 | 0 | Health Security Act - Title I: Health Security Benefits - Provides that every resident of the U.S. (and every non-resident citizen when in the U.S.) will be eligible for covered services. Permits reciprocal and "buy-in" agreements for groups of non-resident aliens, and in some cases benefits to U.S. residents when visiting in other countries. Entitles every eligible person to have payments made by the Health Security Board for covered services provided within the United States by a participating provider. Provides that all necessary professional services of physicians, wherever furnished are covered, including preventive care, with two important restrictions: (1) specialist services are covered only when performed by a qualified specialist except in emergency situations, and generally only on referral from a primary physician; and (2) psychiatric services to an ambulatory patient are covered only for active preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic or rehabilitative service with respect to mental illness. Provides that comprehensive dental services (exclusive of most orthodontic services) are covered for children under age 15, with the covered age group increasing by two years each year until all those under age 25 are covered. Provides that: (1) inpatient and outpatient hospital services and services of a home health agency are covered without arbitrary limitation; (2) pathology and radiology services are specifically included as parts of institutional services; and (3) custodial care is specifically excluded in specified institutional settings. Limits payment for skilled nursing home care to 120 days per spell of illness, except that this limit may be increased when the nursing home is owned or managed by a hospital and payment for care is made through the hospital's budget. Limits the psychiatric hospital benefit to 45 consecutive days of active treatment during a spell of illness. Provides coverage for two categories of drug use: prescribed medicines administered to inpatients or outpatients within participati… | 2025-09-03T12:50:02Z | |
| 93-s-4043 | 93 | s | 4043 | A bill providing that certain State medical officers and employees are deemed to be Federal officers or employees for purposes of section 1346(b) and chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. | Health | 1974-09-25 | 1974-09-25 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Sparkman, John J. [D-AL] | AL | D | S000701 | 1 | Provides that any officer or employee of any State who acts in cooperation with the performance of medical, surgical, dental, or related functions by any commissioned officer or employee of the Public Health Service while acting within the scope of his office or employment shall be deemed to be a Federal officer or employee. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 93-hr-16829 | 93 | hr | 16829 | National Commission on Epilepsy and Its Consequences Act | Health | 1974-09-24 | 1974-09-24 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Kyros, Peter N. [D-ME-1] | ME | D | K000356 | 4 | National Commission on Epilepsy and Its Consequences Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to appoint a National Commission to determine the most effective means of finding the cause and cures and treatments for epilepsy. Directs that such Commission shall develop a national plan for the control of epilepsy and its consequences. Provides for the membership of such Commission. Sets forth the duties of such Commission. Requires that it shall be a duty of the Commission to develop a comprehensive national plan for the control of epilepsy and its consequences based on the most thorough, complete, and accurate data available on the disorder. Requires the Commission to make recommendations concerning the proper roles of the Federal and State governments, and the national and local public and private agencies in research, prevention, identification and rehabilitation of persons with epilepsy. Requires the transmittal to the President and to the Congress of a final report under this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:49:59Z | |
| 93-hr-16841 | 93 | hr | 16841 | Arthritis Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act | Health | 1974-09-24 | 1974-09-24 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Quie, Albert H. [R-MN-1] | MN | R | Q000010 | 0 | Arthritis Prevention Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act - Makes it the purpose of this Act to establish: (1) a long-range plan to expand and coordinate the national research, treatment, and control effort against arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases; (2) centers for arthritis prevention, research, screening, early detection, training, treatment, and rehabilitation programs; and (3) programs to develop new and improved methods of arthritis screening and early detection and to establish a central arthritis screening and early detection data bank. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish a National Commission on Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. Specifies the composition, duties, and powers of the Commission. States that the Commission shall formulate a long-range plan to combat arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases with specific recommendations for the utilization and organization of national resources for that purpose. States that the plan shall include a plan for a coordinated research program encompassing existing and proposed Federal, non-Federal and local programs. Enumerates investigations, studies, and programs to be carried out under such plan. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out the above purposes. Establishes within the National Institute on Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases the position of Associate Director for Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. States that the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall establish an Inter-Institute Arthritis and Related Diseases Coordinating Committee to better coordinate research activities relating to arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases. Provides for the development, establishment, construction, and operation of arthritis research and training centers. Specifies the purposes to be achieved by such research and training programs. Provides for the geographical distribution, operational support, and evaluation of such research and training ce… | 2025-09-03T12:49:59Z | |
| 93-hr-16842 | 93 | hr | 16842 | National Huntington's Disease Control Act | Health | 1974-09-24 | 1974-09-24 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | R000383 | 9 | National Huntington's Disease Control Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a national program for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of, and research in, Huntington's disease. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants for projects for the establishment and operation of Huntington's disease screening, treatment, and counseling programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each each of the next two fiscal years for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for research in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Huntington's disease. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 and for each of the next two fiscal years for use for such grants. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to develop information and educational materials relating to Huntington's disease and to disseminate such information and materials to persons providing health care and to the public in general. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the next two fiscal years to carry out this information program. Sets forth the requirements for applications for grants under this Act and the administration of such grants. Directs the Secretary to establish a program within the Public Health Service to provide for voluntary Huntington's disease screening, counseling, and treatment. | 2025-09-03T12:49:59Z | |
| 93-hr-16796 | 93 | hr | 16796 | National Huntington's Disease Control Act | Health | 1974-09-23 | 1974-09-23 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Lujan, Manuel, Jr. [R-NM-1] | NM | R | L000506 | 0 | National Huntington's Disease Control Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a national program for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of, and research in, Huntington's disease. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants for projects for the establishment and operation of Huntington's disease screening, treatment, and counseling programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each each of the next two fiscal years for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for research in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Huntington's disease. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 and for each of the next two fiscal years for use for such grants. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to develop information and educational materials relating to Huntington's disease and to disseminate such information and materials to persons providing health care and to the public in general. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the next two fiscal years to carry out this information program. Sets forth the requirements for applications for grants under this Act and the administration of such grants. Directs the Secretary to establish a program within the Public Health Service to provide for voluntary Huntington's disease screening, counseling, and treatment. | 2025-09-03T12:49:54Z | |
| 93-hr-16802 | 93 | hr | 16802 | A bill to amend titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide medicare coverage for disabled individuals under age 65 from the first month of their entitlement to benefits based on disability, in cases where the individuals involved are becoming reentitled to such coverage after a previous coverage period which ended during the preceding 5 years. | Health | 1974-09-23 | 1974-09-23 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Perkins, Carl Dewey [D-KY-7] | KY | D | P000230 | 0 | Provides medicare and old-age, survivors, and disability insurance coverage under titles II and XVII of the Social Security Act and provides retirement coverage under the Railroad Retirement Act for disabled individuals under age 65 from the first month of their entitlement to benefits based on disability, in cases where the individuals involved are becoming reentitled to such coverage after a previous coverage period which ended during the preceding 5 years. | 2024-08-01T18:38:54Z | |
| 93-hr-16808 | 93 | hr | 16808 | Comprehensive School Health Education Act | Health | 1974-09-23 | 1974-09-23 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Wyatt, Wendell [R-OR-1] | OR | R | W000778 | 0 | Comprehensive School Health Education Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to encourage the provision of comprehensive programs in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health problems by establishing a system of grants for teacher training, pilot and demonstration projects, and the development of comprehensive health education programs. Empowers the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education for teacher training with respect to the provision of comprehensive health education programs in schools. Authorizes to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; $12,500,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, to carry out such grants. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to State and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and other public or private nonprofit education or research organizations to support pilot demonstration projects in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health problems. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. States that the Commissioner may make grants to State educational agencies for the development of comprehensive programs in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health problems. Provides for the apportionment of funds appropriated for such purposes. Authorizes to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Sets forth the requirements for receiving grants under this Act, including the application procedures. Directs the Commissioner to, when requested, render technical assistance to local educational agencies, public and private nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education in the development and implementation of education programs with respect to health and health problems. | 2025-09-03T12:50:03Z | |
| 93-hr-16747 | 93 | hr | 16747 | National Voluntary Medical and Hospital Services Act | Health | 1974-09-19 | 1974-09-19 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Ketchum, William M. [R-CA-36] | CA | R | K000153 | 2 | National Voluntary Medical and Hospital Services Act - Creates the National Voluntary Medical and Hospital Services Insurance Agency to operate a National Voluntary Medical and Hospital Services Insurance Plan with funds supplied by voluntary subscriptions and matching United States Treasury funds, to pay all reasonable costs of all medically necessary and appropriate medical and hospital services for all voluntary enrollees. Provides that this Act shall become operative within two years of its enactment, and that Congress shall appropriate $50,000,000 for the first calendar year after this Act becomes effective. Provides that payment shall be made by the plan to or on behalf of every enrollee for all legal, appropriate, and professionally recognized and medically necessary service provided as a personal professional service by or under the direct supervision of a licensed medical doctor, whenever performed. Specifies services excluded from benefits of the plan. Provides for premium payments in the amount of fifteen dollars per month for each adult and one-half of the amount for each child. Provides that subscribers with a total earned and unearned family income of less than $9,969 per year shall be entitled to have their premiums calculated at 1.8 percent of such income for each adult enrollee, and at half that amount for each child enrollee. Provides that not more than 3 percent of all premiums received shall be used for the payment of costs of the plan other than benefits. States that the Agency shall affix a fee to every professionally recognized diagnostic and therapeutic medical service procedure or treatment and laboratory pathological test and procedure that is proportionate to the customary and reasonable fee for such service in each general area of the United States. Enumerates, with respect to claims for the benefits of this plan, the form of, items of information to be contained in, and procedures for auditing, assessment, and payment of, such claims. States that the Agency shall have the right to tem… | 2025-09-03T12:49:56Z | |
| 93-hr-16765 | 93 | hr | 16765 | National Huntington's Disease Control Act | Health | 1974-09-19 | 1974-09-19 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Shriver, Garner E. [R-KS-4] | KS | R | S000388 | 0 | National Huntington's Disease Control Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a national program for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of, and research in, Huntington's disease. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants for projects for the establishment and operation of Huntington's disease screening, treatment, and counseling programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each each of the next two fiscal years for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for research in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Huntington's disease. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 and for each of the next two fiscal years for use for such grants. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to develop information and educational materials relating to Huntington's disease and to disseminate such information and materials to persons providing health care and to the public in general. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the next two fiscal years to carry out this information program. Sets forth the requirements for applications for grants under this Act and the administration of such grants. Directs the Secretary to establish a program within the Public Health Service to provide for voluntary Huntington's disease screening, counseling, and treatment. | 2025-09-03T12:49:54Z | |
| 93-hr-16710 | 93 | hr | 16710 | A bill to direct the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make requests for appropriations for programs respecting a specific disease or category of diseases on the basis of the relative mortality and morbidity rates of the disease or category of diseases and its relative impact on the health of persons in the United States and on the economy. | Health | 1974-09-18 | 1974-09-18 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Carter, Tim Lee [R-KY-5] | KY | R | C000201 | 0 | Provides that in making requests for appropriations under authorizations of appropriations in the Public Health Service Act for programs respecting specific diseases or categories of diseases, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall request the greatest amounts for programs for those diseases or categories of diseases which, in comparison with other diseases or categories of diseases for which there are programs under such Act: (1) have the highest mortality rate and morbidity rate; (2) have the greatest adverse effect on the health of individuals in the United States; and (3) because of lost wages, productivity, and cost of medical care have the most significant impact on the economy. | 2024-08-01T18:38:42Z | |
| 93-s-4008 | 93 | s | 4008 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to facilitate the expeditious payment of claims, based on certain covered services furnished to an insured individual, which remain outstanding at the time of such individual's death. | Health | 1974-09-17 | 1974-09-17 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Metcalf, Lee [D-MT] | MT | D | M000671 | 0 | Provides that persons providing medical services, under the Medicare provisions of the Social Security Act, to persons who subsequently die, need not accept payment from the Social Security Administration for such services as full payment (as is required presently), but may bill the estate of such deceased person for any remaining charges above the reasonable charges for such services. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 1395 gg) | 2024-08-01T18:43:11Z | |
| 93-hr-16672 | 93 | hr | 16672 | Arthritis Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act | Health | 1974-09-16 | 1974-09-16 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Vander Jagt, Guy [R-MI-9] | MI | R | V000027 | 0 | Arthritis Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act - Makes it the purpose of this Act to establish: (1) a long-range plan to expand and coordinate the national research, treatment, and control effort against arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases; (2) centers for arthritis prevention, research, screening, early detection, training, treatment, and rehabilitation programs; and (3) programs to develop new and improved methods of arthritis screening and early detection and to establish a central arthritis screening and early detection data bank. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish a National Commission on Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. Specifies the composition, duties, and powers of the Commission. States that the Commission shall formulate a long-range plan to combat arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases with specific recommendations for the utilization and organization of national resources for that purpose. States that the plan shall include a plan for a coordinated research program encompassing existing and proposed Federal, non-Federal and local programs. Enumerates investigations, studies, and programs to be carried out under such plan. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out the above purposes. Establishes within the National Institute on Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases the position of Associate Director for Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. States that the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall establish an Inter-Institute Arthritis and Related Diseases Coordinating Committee to better coordinate research activities relating to arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases. Provides for the development, establishment, construction, and operation of arthritis research and training centers. Specifies the purposes to be achieved by such research and training programs. Provides for the geographical distribution, operational support, and evaluation of such research and training c… | 2025-09-03T12:49:53Z | |
| 93-hr-16656 | 93 | hr | 16656 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment under part A (the hospital insurance program (for care and treatment furnished at a central radiation therapy treatment facility, and to provide full payment under part B (the supplementary medical insurance program) for radiation therapy services furnished by physicians to inpatients or outpatients of any hospital or any such facility and for other purposes. | Health | 1974-09-12 | 1974-09-12 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. White, Richard C. [D-TX-16] | TX | D | W000390 | 2 | Provides, under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, for payment under the hospital insurance program for care and treatment furnished at a central radiation therapy treatment facility. Provides full payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for radiation therapy services furnished by physicians to inpatients or outpatients of any hospital or any such facility. Defines the terms used in this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:38:45Z | |
| 93-hr-16598 | 93 | hr | 16598 | Arthritis Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act | Health | 1974-09-11 | 1974-09-11 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Edwards, Jack [R-AL-1] | AL | R | E000084 | 0 | Arthritis Prevention Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act - Makes it the purpose of this Act to establish: (1) a long-range plan to expand and coordinate the national research, treatment, and control effort against arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases; (2) centers for arthritis prevention, research, screening, early detection, training, treatment, and rehabilitation programs; and (3) programs to develop new and improved methods of arthritis screening and early detection and to establish a central arthritis screening and early detection data bank. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish a National Commission on Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. Specifies the composition, duties, and powers of the Commission. States that the Commission shall formulate a long-range plan to combat arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases with specific recommendations for the utilization and organization of national resources for that purpose. States that the plan shall include a plan for a coordinated research program encompassing existing and proposed Federal, non-Federal and local programs. Enumerates investigations, studies, and programs to be carried out under such plan. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out the above purposes. Establishes within the National Institute on Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases the position of Associate Director for Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. States that the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall establish an Inter-Institute Arthritis and Related Diseases Coordinating Committee to better coordinate research activities relating to arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases. Provides for the development, establishment, construction, and operation of arthritis research and training centers. Specifies the purposes to be achieved by such research and training programs. Provides for the geographical distribution, operational support, and evaluation of such research and training ce… | 2025-09-03T12:49:53Z | |
| 93-hr-16620 | 93 | hr | 16620 | Arthritis Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act | Health | 1974-09-11 | 1974-09-11 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Miller, Clarence E. [R-OH-10] | OH | R | M000718 | 0 | Arthritis Prevention Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act - Makes it the purpose of this Act to establish: (1) a long-range plan to expand and coordinate the national research, treatment, and control effort against arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases; (2) centers for arthritis prevention, research, screening, early detection, training, treatment, and rehabilitation programs; and (3) programs to develop new and improved methods of arthritis screening and early detection and to establish a central arthritis screening and early detection data bank. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish a National Commission on Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. Specifies the composition, duties, and powers of the Commission. States that the Commission shall formulate a long-range plan to combat arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases with specific recommendations for the utilization and organization of national resources for that purpose. States that the plan shall include a plan for a coordinated research program encompassing existing and proposed Federal, non-Federal and local programs. Enumerates investigations, studies, and programs to be carried out under such plan. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out the above purposes. Establishes within the National Institute on Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases the position of Associate Director for Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. States that the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall establish an Inter-Institute Arthritis and Related Diseases Coordinating Committee to better coordinate research activities relating to arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases. Provides for the development, establishment, construction, and operation of arthritis research and training centers. Specifies the purposes to be achieved by such research and training programs. Provides for the geographical distribution, operational support, and evaluation of such research and training ce… | 2025-09-03T12:49:52Z | |
| 93-hr-16564 | 93 | hr | 16564 | National Huntington's Disease Control Act | Health | 1974-08-22 | 1974-08-22 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | R000383 | 6 | National Huntington's Disease Control Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a national program for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of, and research in, Huntington's disease. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants for projects for the establishment and operation of Huntington's disease screening, treatment, and counseling programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each each of the next two fiscal years for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for research in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Huntington's disease. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 and for each of the next two fiscal years for use for such grants. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to develop information and educational materials relating to Huntington's disease and to disseminate such information and materials to persons providing health care and to the public in general. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the next two fiscal years to carry out this information program. Sets forth the requirements for applications for grants under this Act and the administration of such grants. Directs the Secretary to establish a program within the Public Health Service to provide for voluntary Huntington's disease screening, counseling, and treatment. | 2025-09-03T12:49:47Z | |
| 93-hr-16579 | 93 | hr | 16579 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include drugs requiring a doctor's prescription among the medical expenses with respect to which payment may be made under the voluntary program of supplementary medical insurance benefits for the aged. | Health | 1974-08-22 | 1974-08-22 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Traxler, Bob [D-MI-8] | MI | D | T000356 | 0 | Includes drugs requiring a doctor's prescription among the medical expenses with respect to which payment may be made under the voluntary program of supplementary medical insurance benefits for the aged, under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (Medicare). | 2024-08-01T18:38:38Z | |
| 93-hr-16532 | 93 | hr | 16532 | National Voluntary Medical and Hospital Services Act | Health | 1974-08-21 | 1974-08-21 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Ketchum, William M. [R-CA-36] | CA | R | K000153 | 1 | National Voluntary Medical and Hospital Services Act - Creates the National Voluntary Medical and Hospital Services Insurance Agency to operate a National Voluntary Medical and Hospital Services Insurance Plan with funds supplied by voluntary subscriptions and matching United States Treasury funds, to pay all reasonable costs of all medically necessary and appropriate medical and hospital services for all voluntary enrollees. Provides that this Act shall become operative within two years of its enactment, and that Congress shall appropriate $50,000,000 for the first calendar year after this Act becomes effective. Provides that payment shall be made by the plan to or on behalf of every enrollee for all legal, appropriate, and professionally recognized and medically necessary service provided as a personal professional service by or under the direct supervision of a licensed medical doctor, whenever performed. Specifies services excluded from benefits of the plan. Provides for premium payments in the amount of fifteen dollars per month for each adult and one-half of the amount for each child. Provides that subscribers with a total earned and unearned family income of less than $9,969 per year shall be entitled to have their premiums calculated at 1.8 percent of such income for each adult enrollee, and at half that amount for each child enrollee. Provides that not more than 3 percent of all premiums received shall be used for the payment of costs of the plan other than benefits. States that the Agency shall affix a fee to every professionally recognized diagnostic and therapeutic medical service procedure or treatment and laboratory pathological test and procedure that is proportionate to the customary and reasonable fee for such service in each general area of the United States. Enumerates, with respect to claims for the benefits of this plan, the form of, items of information to be contained in, and procedures for auditing, assessment, and payment of, such claims. States that the Agency shall have the right to tem… | 2025-09-03T12:49:49Z | |
| 93-s-3941 | 93 | s | 3941 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage, under the Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits program established by part B of such title, of one routine physical checkup each year and for preventive care for individuals insured under such program. | Health | 1974-08-21 | 1974-08-21 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 7 | Extends coverage, under the supplementary medical insurance benefits program established by title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, for one routine physical checkup, including diagnostic tests, each year and for preventive and maintenance care for individuals insured under such program. | 2024-08-01T18:43:03Z | |
| 93-s-3928 | 93 | s | 3928 | A bill to amend part B of title XI of the Social Security Act to make certain reforms in the program of review of professional medical services provided under the Social Security Act, and to protect the confidentiality of medical records. | Health | 1974-08-20 | 1974-08-20 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Hansen, Clifford P. [R-WY] | WY | R | H000170 | 0 | Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to assist the National Standards Review Council in proposing guidelines for selection of professional standards review areas, under the Medicare and Medicaid provisions of the Social Security Act. Directs, after selection of such areas, that an agreement be entered into between the Secretary and a qualified organization which shall be the Professional Standards Review Organization (PSRO) for such area for five years. Defines qualified organizations to include specified private nonprofit organizations and associations and public agencies. Allows the Secretary to waive review and control activities under this Act where he finds effective review and control by PSRO's. Allows a majority of the doctors in an area to negate selection of a PSRO. Establishes a trial period for a PSRO before it becomes fully responsible for review and control of medical services within its area. Sets forth duties of PSRO's, including review of medical services to determine: (1) if they were necessary; (2) if they meet professional standards; and (3) what impatent services could be changed to outpatient services. Limits physicians' reviews of patient services to those patients other than his own. Allows PSRO's to inspect physicians' records and facilities, where physicians and facilities provide services under this Act. Requires a PSRO to rotate and provide broadest possible inclusion of physicians doing reviewing for its area. Requires reviewing committees to demonstrate their capability before a PSRO must accept their findings. Directs PSRO's to identify or develop criteria of health care to be used for review and control in their areas. Requires PSRO's to report substantial violations of health care providers to the State-wide Professional Standards Review Council, but only after a chance for voluntary compliance has been provided. Prohibits the payment to providers of medical services who are with fault, as determined by the PSRO. Sets forth an appeal procedure, through the Natio… | 2024-08-01T18:43:02Z | |
| 93-hr-16438 | 93 | hr | 16438 | A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to impose certain requirements relating to the discharge or transfer of medicaid patients from skilled nursing or intermediate care facilities. | Health | 1974-08-15 | 1974-08-15 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Chappell, Bill, Jr. [D-FL-4] | FL | D | C000321 | 0 | States that as a condition of approval of a State plan under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, the requirement is imposed that: (1) in determining, for purposes of the administration of the State plan, the need for continued care in a particular skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility (which provides services for which payment may be made under the State plan) of an individual who is entitled to medical assistance under the State plan, and has, for a period of 120 days or more, been an inpatient of such facility, a determination which would result in discharge or transfer from such facility shall be made only if in the judgment of a physician, after consultation with other appropriate professional personnel, such discharge or transfer would be in the best interest of such individual's physical and mental health; (2) in making such judgment and such determination proper consideration shall be given, not only to the mental and physical condition of such individual, but also to the capability of the facility to meet his particular needs, and to the impact which discharge or transfer from the particular facility would, as a practical matter, have on his general well-being in light of his age, length of stay in the facility, family situation, mental attitude, and other relevant factors; and (3) the State agency shall take appropriate affirmative action to assure that any individual discharged or transferred from a facility shall have the benefit of a planned program of information and counseling concerning such discharge or transfer designed to assist him in adjusting to the change in his care and surroundings and to minimize the personal stress which may accompany such change. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct, on a continuing basis in all States with plans approved under this title, investigative and oversight activities designed to determine whether there exists any basis to support a finding: (1) that the plan has been so changed that it no longer com… | 2024-08-01T18:38:37Z | |
| 93-hr-16445 | 93 | hr | 16445 | National Huntington's Disease Control Act | Health | 1974-08-15 | 1974-08-15 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | R000383 | 24 | National Huntington's Disease Control Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a national program for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of, and research in, Huntington's disease. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants for projects for the establishment and operation of Huntington's disease screening, treatment, and counseling programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each each of the next two fiscal years for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for research in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Huntington's disease. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 and for each of the next two fiscal years for use for such grants. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to develop information and educational materials relating to Huntington's disease and to disseminate such information and materials to persons providing health care and to the public in general. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the next two fiscal years to carry out this information program. Sets forth the requirements for applications for grants under this Act and the administration of such grants. Directs the Secretary to establish a program within the Public Health Service to provide for voluntary Huntington's disease screening, counseling, and treatment. | 2025-09-03T12:49:46Z | |
| 93-s-3909 | 93 | s | 3909 | A bill to further develop rural America by improving the delivery of emergency medical services through the guarantee of loans for the purchase of ambulance vehicles and related equipment. | Health | 1974-08-15 | 1974-08-15 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Bellmon, Henry L. [R-OK] | OK | R | B000351 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, under the Rural Development Act, to identify rural communities where emergency ambulance services are needed and to encourage the development of such services by guaranteeing loans to associated community health councils. Authorizes to be appropriated $5,000,000 to establish pilot programs under this Act. Empowers the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to suspend or modify regulations and policies with respect to ambulance vehicles and equipment to insure availability of emergency services to citizens in rural areas. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 93-hr-16428 | 93 | hr | 16428 | Arthritis Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act | Health | 1974-08-14 | 1974-08-14 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Wyman, Louis C. [R-NH-1] | NH | R | W000782 | 0 | Arthritis Prevention Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act - Makes it the purpose of this Act to establish: (1) a long-range plan to expand and coordinate the national research, treatment, and control effort against arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases; (2) centers for arthritis prevention, research, screening, early detection, training, treatment, and rehabilitation programs; and (3) programs to develop new and improved methods of arthritis screening and early detection and to establish a central arthritis screening and early detection data bank. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish a National Commission on Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. Specifies the composition, duties, and powers of the Commission. States that the Commission shall formulate a long-range plan to combat arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases with specific recommendations for the utilization and organization of national resources for that purpose. States that the plan shall include a plan for a coordinated research program encompassing existing and proposed Federal, non-Federal and local programs. Enumerates investigations, studies, and programs to be carried out under such plan. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out the above purposes. Establishes within the National Institute on Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases the position of Associate Director for Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. States that the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall establish an Inter-Institute Arthritis and Related Diseases Coordinating Committee to better coordinate research activities relating to arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases. Provides for the development, establishment, construction, and operation of arthritis research and training centers. Specifies the purposes to be achieved by such research and training programs. Provides for the geographical distribution, operational support, and evaluation of such research and training ce… | 2025-09-03T12:49:42Z | |
| 93-hr-16398 | 93 | hr | 16398 | Health Security Act | Health | 1974-08-13 | 1974-08-13 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Addabbo, Joseph P. [D-NY-7] | NY | D | A000052 | 0 | Health Security Act - Title I: Health Security Benefits - Provides that every resident of the U.S. (and every non-resident citizen when in the U.S.) will be eligible for covered services. Permits reciprocal and "buy-in" agreements for groups of non-resident aliens, and in some cases benefits to U.S. residents when visiting in other countries. Entitles every eligible person to have payments made by the Health Security Board for covered services provided within the United States by a participating provider. Provides that all necessary professional services of physicians, wherever furnished are covered, including preventive care, with two important restrictions: (1) specialist services are covered only when performed by a qualified specialist except in emergency situations, and generally only on referral from a primary physician; and (2) psychiatric services to an ambulatory patient are covered only for active preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic or rehabilitative service with respect to mental illness. Provides that comprehensive dental services (exclusive of most orthodontic services) are covered for children under age 15, with the covered age group increasing by two years each year until all those under age 25 are covered. Provides that: (1) inpatient and outpatient hospital services and services of a home health agency are covered without arbitrary limitation; (2) pathology and radiology services are specifically included as parts of institutional services; and (3) custodial care is specifically excluded in specified institutional settings. Limits payment for skilled nursing home care to 120 days per spell of illness, except that this limit may be increased when the nursing home is owned or managed by a hospital and payment for care is made through the hospital's budget. Limits the psychiatric hospital benefit to 45 consecutive days of active treatment during a spell of illness. Provides coverage for two categories of drug use: prescribed medicines administered to inpatients or outpatients within participati… | 2025-09-03T12:49:48Z | |
| 93-hr-16403 | 93 | hr | 16403 | National Commission on Epilepsy and its Consequences Act | Health | 1974-08-13 | 1974-08-13 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Cederberg, Elford A. [R-MI-10] | MI | R | C000263 | 0 | National Commission on Epilepsy and Its Consequences Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to appoint a National Commission to determine the most effective means of finding the cause and cures and treatments for epilepsy. Directs that such Commission shall develop a national plan for the control of epilepsy and its consequences. Provides for the membership of such Commission. Sets forth the duties of such Commission. Requires that it shall be a duty of the Commission to develop a comprehensive national plan for the control of epilepsy and its consequences based on the most thorough, complete, and accurate data available on the disorder. Requires the Commission to make recommendations concerning the proper roles of the Federal and State governments, and the national and local public and private agencies in research, prevention, identification and rehabilitation of persons with epilepsy. Requires the transmittal to the President and to the Congress of a final report under this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:49:42Z | |
| 93-hr-16406 | 93 | hr | 16406 | National Commission on Epilepsy and Its Consequences Act | Health | 1974-08-13 | 1974-08-13 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Kyros, Peter N. [D-ME-1] | ME | D | K000356 | 24 | National Commission on Epilepsy and Its Consequences Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to appoint a National Commission to determine the most effective means of finding the cause and cures and treatments for epilepsy. Directs that such Commission shall develop a national plan for the control of epilepsy and its consequences. Provides for the membership of such Commission. Sets forth the duties of such Commission. Requires that it shall be a duty of the Commission to develop a comprehensive national plan for the control of epilepsy and its consequences based on the most thorough, complete, and accurate data available on the disorder. Requires the Commission to make recommendations concerning the proper roles of the Federal and State governments, and the national and local public and private agencies in research, prevention, identification and rehabilitation of persons with epilepsy. Requires the transmittal to the President and to the Congress of a final report under this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:49:46Z | |
| 93-hr-16407 | 93 | hr | 16407 | National Commission on Epilepsy and Its Consequences Act | Health | 1974-08-13 | 1974-08-13 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Kyros, Peter N. [D-ME-1] | ME | D | K000356 | 24 | National Commission on Epilepsy and Its Consequences Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to appoint a National Commission to determine the most effective means of finding the cause and cures and treatments for epilepsy. Directs that such Commission shall develop a national plan for the control of epilepsy and its consequences. Provides for the membership of such Commission. Sets forth the duties of such Commission. Requires that it shall be a duty of the Commission to develop a comprehensive national plan for the control of epilepsy and its consequences based on the most thorough, complete, and accurate data available on the disorder. Requires the Commission to make recommendations concerning the proper roles of the Federal and State governments, and the national and local public and private agencies in research, prevention, identification and rehabilitation of persons with epilepsy. Requires the transmittal to the President and to the Congress of a final report under this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:49:42Z | |
| 93-hr-16408 | 93 | hr | 16408 | National Commission on Epilepsy and Its Consequences Act | Health | 1974-08-13 | 1974-08-13 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Kyros, Peter N. [D-ME-1] | ME | D | K000356 | 8 | National Commission on Epilepsy and Its Consequences Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to appoint a National Commission to determine the most effective means of finding the cause and cures and treatments for epilepsy. Directs that such Commission shall develop a national plan for the control of epilepsy and its consequences. Provides for the membership of such Commission. Sets forth the duties of such Commission. Requires that it shall be a duty of the Commission to develop a comprehensive national plan for the control of epilepsy and its consequences based on the most thorough, complete, and accurate data available on the disorder. Requires the Commission to make recommendations concerning the proper roles of the Federal and State governments, and the national and local public and private agencies in research, prevention, identification and rehabilitation of persons with epilepsy. Requires the transmittal to the President and to the Congress of a final report under this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:49:42Z | |
| 93-hr-16369 | 93 | hr | 16369 | Health Security Act | Health | 1974-08-12 | 1974-08-12 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Griffiths, Martha W. [D-MI-17] | MI | D | G000471 | 1 | Health Security Act - Title I: Health Security Benefits - Provides that every resident of the U.S. (and every non-resident citizen when in the U.S.) will be eligible for covered services. Permits reciprocal and "buy-in" agreements for groups of non-resident aliens, and in some cases benefits to U.S. residents when visiting in other countries. Entitles every eligible person to have payments made by the Health Security Board for covered services provided within the United States by a participating provider. Provides that all necessary professional services of physicians, wherever furnished are covered, including preventive care, with two important restrictions: (1) specialist services are covered only when performed by a qualified specialist except in emergency situations, and generally only on referral from a primary physician; and (2) psychiatric services to an ambulatory patient are covered only for active preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic or rehabilitative service with respect to mental illness. Provides that comprehensive dental services (exclusive of most orthodontic services) are covered for children under age 15, with the covered age group increasing by two years each year until all those under age 25 are covered. Provides that: (1) inpatient and outpatient hospital services and services of a home health agency are covered without arbitrary limitation; (2) pathology and radiology services are specifically included as parts of institutional services; and (3) custodial care is specifically excluded in specified institutional settings. Limits payment for skilled nursing home care to 120 days per spell of illness, except that this limit may be increased when the nursing home is owned or managed by a hospital and payment for care is made through the hospital's budget. Limits the psychiatric hospital benefit to 45 consecutive days of active treatment during a spell of illness. Provides coverage for two categories of drug use: prescribed medicines administered to inpatients or outpatients within participati… | 2025-09-03T12:49:44Z | |
| 93-hr-16378 | 93 | hr | 16378 | A bill to amend section 232 of the National Housing Act to provide insurance for loans to finance improvements to long-term care facilities required to correct deficiencies identified in State surveys and Federal certification procedures. | Health | 1974-08-12 | 1974-08-12 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Steele, Robert H. [R-CT-2] | CT | R | S000836 | 7 | Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, under the National Housing Act, to provide insurance for loans to finance improvements to long-term care facilities required to correct deficiencies identified in State surveys and Federal certification procedures. | 2024-08-01T18:38:27Z | |
| 93-hr-16381 | 93 | hr | 16381 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the establishment of a Nursing Home Affairs Advisory Council. | Health | 1974-08-12 | 1974-08-12 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Steele, Robert H. [R-CT-2] | CT | R | S000836 | 7 | Provides under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for the establishment of a Nursing Home Affairs Advisory Council. Requires that 6 of the 11 council members be representatives of the public who are eligible for medical assistance under a State plan approved under title XIX, at least one of whom is a resident of a long-term care facility. Makes it the function of the Council to provide advice and recommendations for the consideration of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare on ways to improve the quality of care provided by skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, or other long-term facilities, which provide services for which payment may be made under title XVIII or under State plans approved under title XIX (Medicaid). | 2024-08-01T18:38:30Z | |
| 93-hr-16382 | 93 | hr | 16382 | A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to impose certain requirements relating to the discharge or transfer of medicaid patients from skilled nursing or intermediate care facilities. | Health | 1974-08-12 | 1974-08-12 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Steele, Robert H. [R-CT-2] | CT | R | S000836 | 7 | States that as a condition of approval of a State plan under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, the requirement is imposed that: (1) in determining, for purposes of the administration of the State plan, the need for continued care in a particular skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility (which provides services for which payment may be made under the State plan) of an individual who is entitled to medical assistance under the State plan, and has, for a period of 120 days or more, been an inpatient of such facility, a determination which would result in discharge or transfer from such facility shall be made only if in the judgment of a physician, after consultation with other appropriate professional personnel, such discharge or transfer would be in the best interest of such individual's physical and mental health; (2) in making such judgment and such determination proper consideration shall be given, not only to the mental and physical condition of such individual, but also to the capability of the facility to meet his particular needs, and to the impact which discharge or transfer from the particular facility would, as a practical matter, have on his general well-being in light of his age, length of stay in the facility, family situation, mental attitude, and other relevant factors; and (3) the State agency shall take appropriate affirmative action to assure that any individual discharged or transferred from a facility shall have the benefit of a planned program of information and counseling concerning such discharge or transfer designed to assist him in adjusting to the change in his care and surroundings and to minimize the personal stress which may accompany such change. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct, on a continuing basis in all States with plans approved under this title, investigative and oversight activities designed to determine whether there exists any basis to support a finding: (1) that the plan has been so changed that it no longer com… | 2024-08-01T18:38:37Z | |
| 93-hr-16383 | 93 | hr | 16383 | A bill to amend the Social Security Act so as to make permanent certain temporary provisions relating to inspections of long term care institutions, to provide for the publication of certain information regarding such institutions, and requiring that such institutions provide certain training for their nonprofessional employees as a condition of participation in the medicare and medicaid programs. | Health | 1974-08-12 | 1974-08-12 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Steele, Robert H. [R-CT-2] | CT | R | S000836 | 7 | Makes permanent the provisions regarding payments to States for training of personnel to inspect long term care institutions pursuant to the Medicare and Medicaid provisions of the Social Security Act. Provides for publication of information on charges and the rating of such institutions. Requires such institutions to provide periodic in-service training for their nonprofessional employees in order to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs of the Social Security Act. | 2024-08-01T18:38:30Z | |
| 93-hr-16395 | 93 | hr | 16395 | A bill to amend part B of title XI of the Social Security Act to provide a more effective administration of professional standards review of health care services, to expand the Professional Standards Review Organization activity to include review of services performed by or in federally operated health care institutions, and to protect the confidentiality of medical records. | Health | 1974-08-12 | 1974-08-12 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Moakley, John Joseph [D-MA-9] | MA | D | M000834 | 0 | Provides, under the Social Security Act, for the establishment and revision of Professional Standards Review Organization areas, such establishment and revision to take into account the recommendations of the doctors of medicine or osteopathy. States that the final determination in the establishment or revision of any Professional Standards Review Organization area shall be subject to review in a civil action commenced by any interested person. Directs the National Professional Standards Review Council to conduct a study for the purpose of evaluating whether, and under what conditions, organizations other than professional associations shall be allowed to perform review functions. Requires each Professional Standards Review Organization to assume responsibility for professional standards review of health care services furnished by or in institutions operated by the Public Health Service and the Veterans Administration in the area which it serves. Requires, in conjunction with such reviews, that procedures be developed whereby deficiencies shall be brought to the attention of administrators of the hospitals and other Federal institutions concerned. Calls for the consolidation of data and reports compiled under these provisions. Directs that criteria of health care shall be identified or developed by each Professional Standards Review Organization, giving due consideration to such criteria of care identified or developed by national medical specialty organizations. States that such criteria of care shall be used by the Professional Standards Review Organization as guides of care. Requires the National Professional Standards Review Council to provide for the distribution to each Professional Standards Review Organization, and to each other agency performing review functions, of appropriate materials indicating various guides being utilized in other geographical areas. Provides for the protection of the confidentiality of medical records compiled under this Act. Empowers the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfa… | 2024-08-01T18:38:30Z | |
| 93-hr-16329 | 93 | hr | 16329 | Comprehensive School Health Education Act | Health | 1974-08-08 | 1974-08-08 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Aspin, Les [D-WI-1] | WI | D | A000224 | 0 | Comprehensive School Health Education Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to encourage the provision of comprehensive programs in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health problems by establishing a system of grants for teacher training, pilot and demonstration projects, and the development of comprehensive health education programs. Empowers the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education for teacher training with respect to the provision of comprehensive health education programs in schools. Authorizes to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; $12,500,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, to carry out such grants. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to State and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and other public or private nonprofit education or research organizations to support pilot demonstration projects in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health problems. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. States that the Commissioner may make grants to State educational agencies for the development of comprehensive programs in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health problems. Provides for the apportionment of funds appropriated for such purposes. Authorizes to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Sets forth the requirements for receiving grants under this Act, including the application procedures. Directs the Commissioner to, when requested, render technical assistance to local educational agencies, public and private nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education in the development and implementation of education programs with respect to health and health problems. | 2025-09-03T12:49:45Z | |
| 93-hr-16306 | 93 | hr | 16306 | Rural Development Health Care Services Act | Health | 1974-08-07 | 1974-08-07 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Jones, James R. [D-OK-1] | OK | D | J000232 | 0 | Rural Development Health Care Services Act - Calls for the identification of health service scarcity areas in the rural United States. Provides for matching fund grants to associated community health councils for the development, utilization, organization, and financing of health care services in rural areas. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out such purposes $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and each of the next two succeeding fiscal years. Defines the term "associated community health councils" as two or more political subdivisions which have voluntarily joined together for the purpose of providing health care to individuals residing in their jurisdictions by contracting with direct providers of health care services for the provision of such services in rural areas. Prohibits the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from establishing higher fees for comparable services in urban areas than in rural areas within the same State. | 2025-09-03T12:49:41Z | |
| 93-hr-16308 | 93 | hr | 16308 | Arthritis Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act | Health | 1974-08-07 | 1974-08-07 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Murphy, Morgan F. [D-IL-2] | IL | D | M001101 | 11 | Arthritis Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act - Makes it the purpose of this Act to establish: (1) a long-range plan to expand and coordinate the national research, treatment, and control effort against arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases; (2) centers for arthritis prevention, research, screening, early detection, training, treatment, and rehabilitation programs; and (3) programs to develop new and improved methods of arthritis screening and early detection and to establish a central arthritis screening and early detection data bank. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish a National Commission on Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. Specifies the composition, duties, and powers of the Commission. States that the Commission shall formulate a long-range plan to combat arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases with specific recommendations for the utilization and organization of national resources for that purpose. States that the plan shall include a plan for a coordinated research program encompassing existing and proposed Federal, non-Federal and local programs. Enumerates investigations, studies, and programs to be carried out under such plan. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out the above purposes. Establishes within the National Institute on Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases the position of Associate Director for Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. States that the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall establish an Inter-Institute Arthritis and Related Diseases Coordinating Committee to better coordinate research activities relating to arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases. Provides for the development, establishment, construction, and operation of arthritis research and training centers. Specifies the purposes to be achieved by such research and training programs. Provides for the geographical distribution, operational support, and evaluation of such research and training c… | 2025-09-03T12:49:41Z | |
| 93-hr-16317 | 93 | hr | 16317 | A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish certain limitations respecting the authority of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to regulate certain foods for special dietary use under that act. | Health | 1974-08-07 | 1974-08-07 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Kyros, Peter N. [D-ME-1] | ME | D | K000356 | 9 | Provides, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may not: (1) establish maximum limits on the potency of any synthetic or natural vitamin or mineral within a food for special dietary use which is intended for ingestion in tablet, capsule, or liquid form; (2) classify any vitamin or mineral as a drug solely on the basis of the potency of the vitamin or mineral; and (3) limit the combination or number of any synthetic or natural vitamin, mineral, or other ingredient of food, within a food for special dietary use which is intended for ingestion in capsule, tablet, or liquid form. States that the labeling and advertising for any food for special dietary use which is intended for ingestion in tablet, capsule, or liquid form may not: (1) list its ingredients which are not vitamins or minerals unless such ingredients (a) are listed in a list of all the ingredients of such food, or (b) are subject to a specified regulations; or (2) give prominence or emphasize the list of ingredients. States that the provisions of this Act shall not be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary to establish maximum limits on the potency of a synthetic or natural vitamin or mineral if such limits are prescribed under regulations requiring the vitamin or mineral to be dispensed only upon a prescription. | 2024-08-01T18:38:26Z | |
| 93-hr-16324 | 93 | hr | 16324 | National Huntington's Disease Control Act | Health | 1974-08-07 | 1974-08-07 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | R000383 | 24 | National Huntington's Disease Control Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a national program for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of, and research in, Huntington's disease. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants for projects for the establishment and operation of Huntington's disease screening, treatment, and counseling programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each each of the next two fiscal years for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for research in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Huntington's disease. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 and for each of the next two fiscal years for use for such grants. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to develop information and educational materials relating to Huntington's disease and to disseminate such information and materials to persons providing health care and to the public in general. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the next two fiscal years to carry out this information program. Sets forth the requirements for applications for grants under this Act and the administration of such grants. Directs the Secretary to establish a program within the Public Health Service to provide for voluntary Huntington's disease screening, counseling, and treatment. | 2025-09-03T12:49:41Z | |
| 93-hr-16255 | 93 | hr | 16255 | Arthritis Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act | Health | 1974-08-05 | 1974-08-05 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Green, William J. [D-PA-3] | PA | D | G000420 | 0 | Arthritis Prevention Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act - Makes it the purpose of this Act to establish: (1) a long-range plan to expand and coordinate the national research, treatment, and control effort against arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases; (2) centers for arthritis prevention, research, screening, early detection, training, treatment, and rehabilitation programs; and (3) programs to develop new and improved methods of arthritis screening and early detection and to establish a central arthritis screening and early detection data bank. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish a National Commission on Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. Specifies the composition, duties, and powers of the Commission. States that the Commission shall formulate a long-range plan to combat arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases with specific recommendations for the utilization and organization of national resources for that purpose. States that the plan shall include a plan for a coordinated research program encompassing existing and proposed Federal, non-Federal and local programs. Enumerates investigations, studies, and programs to be carried out under such plan. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out the above purposes. Establishes within the National Institute on Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases the position of Associate Director for Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. States that the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall establish an Inter-Institute Arthritis and Related Diseases Coordinating Committee to better coordinate research activities relating to arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases. Provides for the development, establishment, construction, and operation of arthritis research and training centers. Specifies the purposes to be achieved by such research and training programs. Provides for the geographical distribution, operational support, and evaluation of such research and training ce… | 2025-09-03T12:49:35Z | |
| 93-hr-16267 | 93 | hr | 16267 | National Health Services Manpower Act | Health | 1974-08-05 | 1974-08-05 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Vander Veen, Richard F. [D-MI-5] | MI | D | V000029 | 0 | National Health Services Manpower Act - Establishes the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program for the purpose of obtaining physicians for the National Health Service Corps. Sets forth the eligibility requirements for participation in the Program. Provides that each eligible individual shall be entitled to the payment by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare of a scholarship for each approved academic year of training (not to exceed four years). Sets forth the dollar amounts of such scholarships. Requires an individual participating in the Program to serve on active duty as a commissioned officer in the Public Health Service or as a civilian member of the National Health Service Corps following completion of academic training. Provides that such period of active duty shall be six months of service for each year of training received under the Program, with a minimum service time of 12 months. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States the National Health Service Corps Trust Fund from which scholarships under this Act shall be paid. Authorizes appropriations for such fund. Establishes, within the Public Health Service, the National Health Service Corps to improve the delivery of health services to medically underserved populations. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to designate the medically underserved populations in the States. Defines the term "medically underserved population" and enumerates the factors to be taken into account in making such designations, including: (1) ratios of available health manpower to the population; (2) indicators of the population's access to health services; and (3) indicators of health status and need of the population. Empowers the Secretary to assign Corps personnel to State health agencies, private health entities, local governments, and medical, dental or other appropriate health societies. Enumerates the requirements to be met prior to the making of any such assignments and for the continuing of expired assignments. Provid… | 2025-09-03T12:49:36Z | |
| 93-hr-16268 | 93 | hr | 16268 | Community Mental Health Centers Amendments Act | Health | 1974-08-05 | 1974-08-05 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Vander Veen, Richard F. [D-MI-5] | MI | D | V000029 | 0 | Community Mental Health Centers Amendments Act - Enumerates the comprehensive mental health services which shall be provided through a community mental health center. Directs that the provision of comprehensive mental health services through a center shall be coordinated with the provision of services by other health and social service agencies in the center's area. Sets forth the elements to be included in applications for Federal grants to community mental health centers, including assurance that the center will provide an adequate reporting system, provide services responsive to the needs of the local population, develop a plan for adequate financing when assistance under this Act is reduced or terminated, and provide a reasonable volume of services for persons unable to pay for them. Sets forth additional criteria for approval of the application by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private community mental health centers to assist them in meeting their costs of operation during the first five years after their establishment. Authorizes the Secretary to make annual grants to any community mental health center for the costs of providing the consultation and education services described in this Act if the center received a staffing grant under this Act or other grants as provided by this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities to carry out projects to develop community mental health center programs for areas designated by the Secretary as urban or rural poverty areas. Lists authorized appropriations for grants provided under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make financial distress grants for the operation of community mental health centers. Sets forth criteria for such grants. Authorizes the appropriation of $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 and $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976 for such grants. Directs the Secretary to pay the Federal share of… | 2025-09-03T12:49:36Z | |
| 93-hr-16271 | 93 | hr | 16271 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment under part A (the hospital insurance program) for care and treatment furnished at a central radiation therapy treatment facility, and to provide full payment under part B (the supplementary medical insurance program) for radiation therapy services furnished by physicians to inpatients or outpatients of any hospital or any such facility. | Health | 1974-08-05 | 1974-08-05 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. White, Richard C. [D-TX-16] | TX | D | W000390 | 18 | Provides, under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, for payment under the hospital insurance program for care and treatment furnished at a central radiation therapy treatment facility. Provides full payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for radiation therapy services furnished by physicians to inpatients or outpatients of any hospital or any such facility. Defines the terms used in this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:38:22Z | |
| 93-hr-16213 | 93 | hr | 16213 | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that blood donations shall be considered as charitable contributions deductible from gross income. | Health | 1974-08-01 | 1974-08-01 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Byron, Goodloe E. [D-MD-6] | MD | D | B001221 | 0 | Provides that blood donations shall be considered as charitable contributions deductible from gross income in the amount of $25 for each pint donated. Limits the amount of such deduction to $125 in any taxable year. | 2024-08-01T18:38:22Z | |
| 93-hr-16214 | 93 | hr | 16214 | National Huntington's Disease Control Act | Health | 1974-08-01 | 1974-08-01 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Collier, Harold R. [R-IL-6] | IL | R | C000629 | 0 | National Huntington's Disease Control Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a national program for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of, and research in, Huntington's disease. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants for projects for the establishment and operation of Huntington's disease screening, treatment, and counseling programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each each of the next two fiscal years for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for research in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Huntington's disease. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 and for each of the next two fiscal years for use for such grants. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to develop information and educational materials relating to Huntington's disease and to disseminate such information and materials to persons providing health care and to the public in general. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the next two fiscal years to carry out this information program. Sets forth the requirements for applications for grants under this Act and the administration of such grants. Directs the Secretary to establish a program within the Public Health Service to provide for voluntary Huntington's disease screening, counseling, and treatment. | 2025-09-03T12:49:35Z | |
| 93-hr-16203 | 93 | hr | 16203 | National Huntington's Disease Control Act | Health | 1974-07-31 | 1974-07-31 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | R000383 | 9 | National Huntington's Disease Control Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a national program for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of, and research in, Huntington's disease. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants for projects for the establishment and operation of Huntington's disease screening, treatment, and counseling programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each each of the next two fiscal years for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for research in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Huntington's disease. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 and for each of the next two fiscal years for use for such grants. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to develop information and educational materials relating to Huntington's disease and to disseminate such information and materials to persons providing health care and to the public in general. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the next two fiscal years to carry out this information program. Sets forth the requirements for applications for grants under this Act and the administration of such grants. Directs the Secretary to establish a program within the Public Health Service to provide for voluntary Huntington's disease screening, counseling, and treatment. | 2025-09-03T12:49:36Z | |
| 93-hr-16204 | 93 | hr | 16204 | National Health Policy, Planning and Resources Development Act | Health | 1974-07-31 | 1974-12-13 | Measure laid on table in House, S. 2994 passed in lieu. | House | Rep. Rogers, Paul G. [D-FL-11] | FL | D | R000401 | 11 | (LATEST SUMMARY) National Health Policy Planning and Resources Development Act - Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to issue guidelines, by regulation, concerning national health planning policy, including standards in the areas of the distribution and organization of health resources. Identifies State entities that the Secretary shall consult in issuing such guidelines. States that the Congress finds that specified items deserve priority in establishing national health planning goals and in the operation of Federal, State, and area health programs, including: (1) provision of primary care services for medically underserved populations; (2) development of multi-institutional systems for coordination of institutional health services; (3) development of medical group practices and health maintenance organizations; (4) training and increased use of physician assistants and nurse clinicians; (5) promotion of preventive health care; and (6) education of the public concerning proper personal health care and use of health services. Establishes the National Council for Health Policy to: (1) develop and recommend a national health policy which shall include a quantifiable statement of national health goals developed after appropriate consideration of the priorities; (2) recommend guidelines respecting the appropriate supply, distribution, and organization of health resources and services, including health education services; (3) conduct studies and analyses; (4) assess the status of the health of the American people, existing and proposed Federal and other health programs, and the need for particular health resources and services, including health education services; (5) evaluate the implications of advances in biomedical research, health services research, and medical technology for the health care delivery system; and (6) analysis of the essential factors which cause inflation in the cost of health services and a determination of means of containing such inflation. Requi… | 2025-09-03T12:49:36Z | |
| 93-hr-16161 | 93 | hr | 16161 | A bill to provide tax incentives to encourage physicians, dentists, and optometrists to practice in physician shortage areas. | Health | 1974-07-29 | 1974-07-29 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Price, Robert D. [R-TX-13] | TX | R | P000528 | 0 | Allows an income tax exclusion under the Internal Revenue Code for income of physicians, dentist, and optometrists who practice for at least two years in physician shortages areas as certified by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Prescribes limitations on the amount of such tax exclusion. | 2024-08-01T18:38:23Z | |
| 93-hr-16122 | 93 | hr | 16122 | Arthritis Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act | Health | 1974-07-25 | 1974-07-25 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Murphy, Morgan F. [D-IL-2] | IL | D | M001101 | 13 | Arthritis Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act - Makes it the purpose of this Act to establish: (1) a long-range plan to expand and coordinate the national research, treatment, and control effort against arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases; (2) centers for arthritis prevention, research, screening, early detection, training, treatment, and rehabilitation programs; and (3) programs to develop new and improved methods of arthritis screening and early detection and to establish a central arthritis screening and early detection data bank. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish a National Commission on Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. Specifies the composition, duties, and powers of the Commission. States that the Commission shall formulate a long-range plan to combat arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases with specific recommendations for the utilization and organization of national resources for that purpose. States that the plan shall include a plan for a coordinated research program encompassing existing and proposed Federal, non-Federal and local programs. Enumerates investigations, studies, and programs to be carried out under such plan. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out the above purposes. Establishes within the National Institute on Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases the position of Associate Director for Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. States that the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall establish an Inter-Institute Arthritis and Related Diseases Coordinating Committee to better coordinate research activities relating to arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases. Provides for the development, establishment, construction, and operation of arthritis research and training centers. Specifies the purposes to be achieved by such research and training programs. Provides for the geographical distribution, operational support, and evaluation of such research and training c… | 2025-09-03T12:49:36Z | |
| 93-hr-16091 | 93 | hr | 16091 | Health Security Act | Health | 1974-07-24 | 1974-07-24 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Griffiths, Martha W. [D-MI-17] | MI | D | G000471 | 2 | Health Security Act - Title I: Health Security Benefits - Provides that every resident of the U.S. (and every non-resident citizen when in the U.S.) will be eligible for covered services. Permits reciprocal and "buy-in" agreements for groups of non-resident aliens, and in some cases benefits to U.S. residents when visiting in other countries. Entitles every eligible person to have payments made by the Health Security Board for covered services provided within the United States by a participating provider. Provides that all necessary professional services of physicians, wherever furnished are covered, including preventive care, with two important restrictions: (1) specialist services are covered only when performed by a qualified specialist except in emergency situations, and generally only on referral from a primary physician; and (2) psychiatric services to an ambulatory patient are covered only for active preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic or rehabilitative service with respect to mental illness. Provides that comprehensive dental services (exclusive of most orthodontic services) are covered for children under age 15, with the covered age group increasing by two years each year until all those under age 25 are covered. Provides that: (1) inpatient and outpatient hospital services and services of a home health agency are covered without arbitrary limitation; (2) pathology and radiology services are specifically included as parts of institutional services; and (3) custodial care is specifically excluded in specified institutional settings. Limits payment for skilled nursing home care to 120 days per spell of illness, except that this limit may be increased when the nursing home is owned or managed by a hospital and payment for care is made through the hospital's budget. Limits the psychiatric hospital benefit to 45 consecutive days of active treatment during a spell of illness. Provides coverage for two categories of drug use: prescribed medicines administered to inpatients or outpatients within participati… | 2025-09-03T12:49:33Z | |
| 93-hr-16077 | 93 | hr | 16077 | A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to extend through fiscal year 1975 the scholarship program for the National Health Service Corps and the loan program for health professions students. | Health | 1974-07-23 | 1974-08-05 | Measure laid on table in House, S. 3782 passed in lieu. | House | Rep. Rogers, Paul G. [D-FL-11] | FL | D | R000401 | 10 | Extends, under the Public Health Service Act, through fiscal year 1975, the scholarship program for the National Health Service Corps and the loan program for health professions students. | 2024-08-01T18:38:18Z | |
| 93-hr-16041 | 93 | hr | 16041 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment under part A (the hospital insurance program) for care and treatment furnished at a central radiation therapy treatment facility, and to provide full payment under part B (the supplementary medical insurance program) for radiation therapy services furnished by physicians to inpatients or outpatients of any hospital or any such facility; and for other purposes. | Health | 1974-07-22 | 1974-07-22 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. White, Richard C. [D-TX-16] | TX | D | W000390 | 23 | Provides, under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, for payment under the hospital insurance program for care and treatment furnished at a central radiation therapy treatment facility. Provides full payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for radiation therapy services furnished by physicians to inpatients or outpatients of any hospital or any such facility. Defines the terms used in this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:38:14Z | |
| 93-hr-16042 | 93 | hr | 16042 | Arthritis Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act | Health | 1974-07-22 | 1974-07-22 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Wilson, Robert C. [R-CA-40] | CA | R | W000610 | 0 | Arthritis Prevention Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act - Makes it the purpose of this Act to establish: (1) a long-range plan to expand and coordinate the national research, treatment, and control effort against arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases; (2) centers for arthritis prevention, research, screening, early detection, training, treatment, and rehabilitation programs; and (3) programs to develop new and improved methods of arthritis screening and early detection and to establish a central arthritis screening and early detection data bank. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish a National Commission on Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. Specifies the composition, duties, and powers of the Commission. States that the Commission shall formulate a long-range plan to combat arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases with specific recommendations for the utilization and organization of national resources for that purpose. States that the plan shall include a plan for a coordinated research program encompassing existing and proposed Federal, non-Federal and local programs. Enumerates investigations, studies, and programs to be carried out under such plan. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out the above purposes. Establishes within the National Institute on Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases the position of Associate Director for Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. States that the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall establish an Inter-Institute Arthritis and Related Diseases Coordinating Committee to better coordinate research activities relating to arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases. Provides for the development, establishment, construction, and operation of arthritis research and training centers. Specifies the purposes to be achieved by such research and training programs. Provides for the geographical distribution, operational support, and evaluation of such research and training ce… | 2025-09-03T12:49:31Z | |
| 93-s-3788 | 93 | s | 3788 | A bill to amend section 311(a) of title 37, United States Code, relating to continuation pay for physicians and dentists who extend their active duty obligations. | Health | 1974-07-22 | 1974-07-22 | Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Magnuson, Warren G. [D-WA] | WA | D | M000053 | 0 | Authorizes the payment of continuation pay to physicians and dentists who extend their active duty obligations. | 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z | |
| 93-hr-15994 | 93 | hr | 15994 | National Huntington's Disease Control Act | Health | 1974-07-18 | 1974-07-18 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | R000383 | 1 | National Huntington's Disease Control Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a national program for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of, and research in, Huntington's disease. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants for projects for the establishment and operation of Huntington's disease screening, treatment, and counseling programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each each of the next two fiscal years for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for research in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Huntington's disease. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 and for each of the next two fiscal years for use for such grants. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to develop information and educational materials relating to Huntington's disease and to disseminate such information and materials to persons providing health care and to the public in general. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the next two fiscal years to carry out this information program. Sets forth the requirements for applications for grants under this Act and the administration of such grants. Directs the Secretary to establish a program within the Public Health Service to provide for voluntary Huntington's disease screening, counseling, and treatment. | 2025-09-03T12:49:31Z | |
| 93-hr-15995 | 93 | hr | 15995 | A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to extend through fiscal year 1975 the scholarship program for the National Health Service Corps and the loan program for health professions students. | Health | 1974-07-18 | 1974-07-18 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Rogers, Paul G. [D-FL-11] | FL | D | R000401 | 10 | Extends through fiscal year 1975, under the Public Health Service Act, the scholarship program for the National Health Service Corps and the loan program for health professions students. | 2024-08-01T18:38:09Z | |
| 93-hr-15997 | 93 | hr | 15997 | A bill to amend section 1902(a) (14)(B)(1) of the Social Security Act to make optional certain cost-sharing fees now required to be paid by some individuals under medicaid. | Health | 1974-07-18 | 1974-07-18 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. St Germain, Fernand J. [D-RI-1] | RI | D | S000762 | 0 | Makes optional the cost-sharing fees now required to be paid by enrollees under medicaid who were not receiving aid under, or who were not qualified under, a State plan. | 2024-08-01T18:38:13Z | |
| 93-hr-15924 | 93 | hr | 15924 | Comprehensive Medicare Reform Act | Health | 1974-07-16 | 1974-07-16 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI-1] | HI | D | M000250 | 0 | Comprehensive Medicare Reform Act - Title I: Revision of Medicare Entitlement and Benefits - Repeals Parts A (Hospital Insurance Benefits for the Aged) and Part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged) of Title XVIII (Health Insurance for the Aged) of the Social Security Act and enacts in lieu of those parts the provisions of this title. Lowers the age for participation in the Insurance Plan (Medicare) provided under title XVIII for specified classes of individuals. Makes the following classes of persons entitled to benefits under such title: (1) specified individuals receiving disability payments, and (2) specified individuals with chronic renal disease. Specifies covered institutional services including, but not limited to: (1) inpatient and outpatient hospital services; (2) skilled-nursing home services; (3) intermediate-care facility services; and (4) home health services. Lists the following covered services: (1) physicians' services (including psychiatric services if provided by a health maintenance organization); (2) dental services; (3) drugs; (4) devices, appliances, and equipment (if the item is prescribed or certified as medically necessary by an appropriate professional practitioner and if it appears on a current list of items established by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare); and (5) other professional and supporting services, including, but not limited to (a) the professional services of optometrists, (b) the professional services of podiatrists, and (c) the diagnostic services of independent pathology laboratories, and diagnostic and therapeutic radiology furnished by independent radiology services. Excludes services and items from coverage under this title, including but not limited to: (1) services furnished outside the United States, with an exception for specified hospital services and related professional services; (2) the furnishing of personal comfort items; (3) purely custodial care; (4) cosmetic services; and (5) services for which the individual has no… | 2025-09-03T12:49:28Z | |
| 93-hr-15936 | 93 | hr | 15936 | A bill to amend chapter 5, title 37, United States Code, to provide for continuation pay for physicians of the uniformed services in initial residency. | Health | 1974-07-16 | 1974-08-29 | Public law 93-394. | House | Rep. Stratton, Samuel S. [D-NY-28] | NY | D | S000997 | 1 | Authorizes the payment of continuation pay to physicians of the uniformed services in initial residency. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-hr-15937 | 93 | hr | 15937 | A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require any nursing home, which provides services under any State program approved under such title, to submit to the State agency administering such program an annual report on the costs incurred in the operation of such nursing home. | Health | 1974-07-16 | 1974-07-16 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Tiernan, Robert O. [D-RI-2] | RI | D | T000265 | 0 | Requires, under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, any nursing home which provides services under any State program approved under such title to submit to the State agency administering such program an annual report on the costs incurred in the operation of such nursing home. | 2024-08-01T18:38:13Z |
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