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| 94-hconres-786 | 94 | hconres | 786 | A resolution calling upon the President to establish a strike force for medicare and medicaid review to investigate and audit the operations of the medicare and medicaid programs. | Social Welfare | 1976-10-01 | 1976-10-01 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Wydler, John W. [R-NY-5] | NY | R | W000780 | 15 | Requests the President of the United States to establish by Executive Order a Strike Force for Medicare and Medicaid Review which utilizes the resources of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Department of Justice, the Internal Revenue Service, the Office of Management and Budget, and other agencies to review, investigate, and audit operations of the medicare and medicaid programs. Requests the Strike Force to report its findings and recommendations to each House of Congress and the President. | 2024-08-01T19:20:37Z | |
| 94-hconres-787 | 94 | hconres | 787 | A resolution calling upon the President to establish a strike force for medicare and medicaid review to investigate and audit the operations of the medicare and medicaid programs. | Social Welfare | 1976-10-01 | 1976-10-01 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Wydler, John W. [R-NY-5] | NY | R | W000780 | 16 | Requests the President of the United States to establish by Executive Order a Strike Force for Medicare and Medicaid Review which utilizes the resources of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Department of Justice, the Internal Revenue Service, the Office of Management and Budget, and other agencies to review, investigate, and audit operations of the medicare and medicaid programs. Requests the Strike Force to report its findings and recommendations to each House of Congress and the President. | 2024-08-01T19:20:37Z | |
| 94-hr-15824 | 94 | hr | 15824 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for optometric and medical vision care. | Social Welfare | 1976-10-01 | 1976-10-01 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Corman, James C. [D-CA-21] | CA | D | C000780 | 4 | Authorizes payment under the supplementary medical insurance program of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for optometric and medical vision care. | 2024-08-01T19:33:42Z | |
| 94-hr-15787 | 94 | hr | 15787 | A bill to amend medicare and medicaid provisions as they relate to rural health care facilities. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-30 | 1976-09-30 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Smith, Virginia [R-NE-3] | NE | R | S000622 | 0 | Includes within the meaning of the term "hospital" in Titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, rural health facilities of 75 beds or less. | 2024-08-01T19:33:41Z | |
| 94-hr-15796 | 94 | hr | 15796 | A bill to provide that certain services under the Older Americans Act of 1965 be delivered by personnel trained in the field of aging and to encourage the development of training programs in the field of aging under the Higher Education Act of 1965. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-30 | 1976-09-30 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Collins, Cardiss [D-IL-7] | IL | D | C000634 | 0 | Amends the Older Americans Act of 1945 to direct area and State agencies which administer or supervise State and community programs on aging pursuant to such Act to employ personnel adequately trained in the field of aging to deliver specified services to the aged including the following: (1) health, continuing education, welfare, informational, recreational, homemaker, counseling, or referral services; and (2) services designed to assist older persons to use services available to them, to obtain adequate housing, and to avoid institutionalization. Authorizes grants to institutions of higher education to assist such institutions in planning, developing, and carrying out programs designed to apply the resources of higher education to the problems of the elderly including: (1) programs focusing on transportation and housing problems of elderly persons living in rural and isolated areas; and (2) programs to train individuals in delivering social services to the elderly. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-15798 | 94 | hr | 15798 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the medicare program for certain services performed by chiropractors. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-30 | 1976-09-30 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Corman, James C. [D-CA-21] | CA | D | C000780 | 3 | Amends the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the medicare program for specified services performed by chiropractors, including x-rays and physical examinations, and related routine laboratory tests. | 2024-08-01T19:33:42Z | |
| 94-hr-15799 | 94 | hr | 15799 | 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. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-30 | 1976-09-30 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Corman, James C. [D-CA-21] | CA | D | C000780 | 3 | Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize payment for the services of chemical psychologists under the supplementary medical insurance benefits program of the medicare program. | 2024-08-01T19:33:42Z | |
| 94-hr-15809 | 94 | hr | 15809 | A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide for the exclusion from income, for purposes of determining eligibility and amount of benefits under the supplemental security income program, of certain earned income received by reason of employment in a sheltered work setting. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-30 | 1976-09-30 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-6] | MN | D | N000127 | 0 | Amends Title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind and Disabled) of the Social Security Act to exclude from income, for purposes of determining eligibility and amount of benefits under the supplemental security income program, the first $2,600 per year (or proportionately smaller amounts for shorter periods) of earned income from employment in a sheltered work setting operated, managed, or supervised by a public or nonprofit private agency, plus one-half of the remainder thereof. Defines "sheltered work setting" as a facility, project, or enterprise engaged in a production or service operation which is conducted primarily to provide professional services or employment to individuals who, because of medically determinable physical or mental impairments, are not capable of entering the competitive labor market. | 2024-08-01T19:33:42Z | |
| 94-hr-15810 | 94 | hr | 15810 | Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud and Abuse Amendments | Social Welfare | 1976-09-30 | 1976-09-30 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Rostenkowski, Dan [D-IL-8] | IL | D | R000458 | 1 | Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud and Abuse Amendments - Amends provisions of Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act which require that Medicare payments be made directly to the physician or other person providing the service involved. Allows payment in accordance with an assignment from the person or institution providing the care or service involved if such assignment is made to a governmental agency or entity or is established by the order of a court of competent jurisdiction or to an agent of such person or institution if the agent does so pursuant to an agency agreement under which the compensation to be paid to the agent for his services or in connection with the billing or collection of payments due such person or institution under the plan is unrelated to the amount of such payments or the billings thereof, and is not dependent upon the actual collection of any such payment. States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall by regulation (or by contract provision) provide that any entity (other than a public agency) which is a provider or supplier that furnishes, or arranges for the furnishing of, items or services with respect to which payment is claimed under Title XVIII, Title V (Maternal and Child Welfare), or under Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act or a party to an agreement with the Secretary under such titles, shall promptly comply with any request, specifically addressed to that entity by the Secretary or the Comptroller General of the United States, for information concerning ownership, control, or costs of such entities. Increases the penalty for defrauding the Medicare and Medicaid programs from one year imprisonment and a $10,000 fine to five years and a $25,000 fine making such offense a felony (presently a misdemeanor). Directs that where a Professional Standards Review Organization has been found competent by the Secretary to assume review responsibility with respect to specified types of health services, such reviews shall constitute the conclusive dete… | 2025-09-02T18:50:01Z | |
| 94-hr-15761 | 94 | hr | 15761 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to develop and carry out demonstration and evaluation projects to evaluate the benefits of computer-based medical information patient care systems. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-29 | 1976-09-29 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Peyser, Peter A. [R-NY-23] | NY | R | P000280 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to develop and carry out demonstration and evaluation projects to determine whether the use of computer-based medical information patient care systems by hospitals and skilled nursing facilities would enable such providers to manage their facilities and personnel more efficiently. Provides that grants, payments under contracts, and other expenditures made for demonstration and evaluation projects under this Act shall be made in appropriate part from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund and from funds appropriated under Title V (Maternal and Child Health and Crippled Children's Services) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act. | 2024-08-01T19:33:41Z | |
| 94-hr-15764 | 94 | hr | 15764 | Clothing Stamp Act | Social Welfare | 1976-09-29 | 1976-09-29 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-19] | NY | D | R000053 | 0 | Clothing Stamp Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to formulate and administer a clothing stamp program under which, at the request of the State agency, designated by the Secretary to carry out this Act in a State, eligible households within the State shall be provided with an opportunity to obtain an adequate supply of clothing through the issuance to such households of a coupon allotment which shall have a greater monetary value than the charge to be paid for such allotment by such households. Requires such coupons to be used only to purchase clothing from retail clothing stores approved for participation in the clothing stamp program. Requires the Secretary to establish uniform national standards of eligibility for participation by households in the clothing stamp program. Provides that participation in the program shall be limited to those households whose income and other financial resources are determined to be substantial limiting factors in permitting them to purchase an adequate supply of clothing. Establishes procedures for approval of retail clothing stores and wholesale clothing concerns which desire to be authorized to accept and redeem coupons under the clothing stamp program. Provides that any such approval may be withdrawn on a finding that such store or concern has violated any of the provisions of this Act. Establishes administrative and judicial review procedures for rejection of applications or disqualification of clothing concerns. Authorizes the Secretary to pay to each State agency an amount equal to 50 percent of all administrative costs involved in such program. | 2025-09-02T18:50:01Z | |
| 94-hr-15726 | 94 | hr | 15726 | A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide the marriage of a child otherwise qualified shall not prevent or terminate his or her eligibility for child's insurance benefits. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-28 | 1976-09-28 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-6] | MN | D | N000127 | 0 | Amends Title II (Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that the marriage of a child qualified for child's insurance benefits under such Act shall not terminate his or her eligibility for such benefits. Provides that an individual whose entitlement to child's insurance benefits has terminated on account of such individual's marriage prior to the date of the enactment of this Act may again become entitled to such benefits. | 2024-08-01T19:33:41Z | |
| 94-hr-15741 | 94 | hr | 15741 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for certain diagnostic tests and examinations given for the detection of breast cancer. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-28 | 1976-09-28 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Holtzman, Elizabeth [D-NY-16] | NY | D | H000752 | 1 | Amends the Medicare program of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for specified diagnostic tests and physical examinations given for the detection of breast cancer. | 2024-08-01T19:33:41Z | |
| 94-hr-15703 | 94 | hr | 15703 | A bill to provide for quality assurance and utilization control in home health care under the medicare, medicaid, and social services programs in accordance with a plan to be developed by a commission specifically established for that purpose. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-27 | 1976-09-27 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Cohen, William S. [R-ME-2] | ME | R | C000598 | 8 | Amends Titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), and XX (Grants to States for Services) of the Social Security Act to establish the Special Commission on Quality Assurance and Utilization Control in Home Health Care. States that the Commission shall be composed of 17 members appointed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Sets forth the fields of experience and expertise from which Commission members are to be drawn, including five representatives of professional groups with expertise in accreditation and three who are recipients of benefits under Medicare, Medicaid, or under a State plan of services. Requires Senate approval of the member designated chairman of the Commission. States that the function and duty of the Commission shall be: (1) to conduct a full and complete study, investigation, and review of the provision of home health care and services to individuals in the United States, including care and services furnished by agencies which do not qualify as providers of services under the Social Security Act as well as care and services furnished by agencies which do so qualify, with the particular objective of determining: (a) the extent to which additional quality assurance and utilization control in the provision of such care and services is needed; and (b) the manner in which the standards, conditions, and requirements of Title XVIII, Title XIX, or Title XX should be modified in order to provide additonal assurance and control; and (2) on the basis of such study, investigation, and review, to develop a detailed plan for quality assurance and utilization control in home health care. Directs the submission to the Secretary and the Congress of the required plan within one year of the appointment of the majority of the members of the Commission. Requires the Secretary, within 90 days of the submission of such plan, to issue regulations making such modifications in the Social Security Act as may be necessary to implement the plan and carry out the Commission's accompanying recommendations,… | 2024-08-01T19:33:32Z | |
| 94-hr-15704 | 94 | hr | 15704 | A bill to terminate age discrimination in employment. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-27 | 1976-09-27 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Findley, Paul [R-IL-20] | IL | R | F000123 | 11 | Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to make the provisions, fomerly applicable to persons between 40 and 60 years of age, applicable to anyone 40 years of age or older. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-15709 | 94 | hr | 15709 | Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud Act | Social Welfare | 1976-09-27 | 1976-09-27 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Brademas, John [D-IN-3] | IN | D | B000736 | 0 | Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud Act - Establishes within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, an Office of Central Fraud and Abuse Control. Provides that such Office shall have the overall responsibility for directing and establishing policies with respect to the undertaking of activities which are designed to deal with fraud and abuse in the Maternal and Child Health and Crippled Children's Services, Medicare and Medicaid. Specifies that the Office shall also have responsibility for investigating alleged fraud or abuse in any such program, and assisting State agencies, at their request, in the establishment and operation of State antifraud and abuse activities. Directs that no payment for Medicare service may be made to a person claiming such payment under an assignment, including a power of attorney, but may be made to an agent of the person furnishing such service. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or the Comptroller General to require providers or suppliers of items or services, with respect to which payment is claimed under one of the programs within the jurisdiction of the Office, to furnish specified information including the following: (1) the identity of persons having ownership interest in such entity; and (2) a consolidated certified costs report with respect to its costs and charges, including costs and charges of related organizations. Specifies sanctions which shall be imposed upon entities which fail to comply with requests for information. Increases the penalties for defrauding the Medicare or Medicaid programs. Provides that such an offense shall be a felony (presently misdemeanor) punishable by imprisonment of up to five years. States that where a Professional Standards Review Organization is found competent by the Secretary to assume review responsibility with respect to specified types of health care services or specified providers or practitioners of such services and is performing such reviews, such reviews shall constitute the conclusive determination on… | 2025-09-02T18:50:01Z | |
| 94-hr-15710 | 94 | hr | 15710 | Equity in Social Security for Individuals and Families Act | Social Welfare | 1976-09-27 | 1976-09-27 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Fraser, Donald M. [D-MN-5] | MN | D | F000350 | 17 | Equity in Social Security for Individuals and Families Act - Amends Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to permit married couples to elect to share their income for social security purposes in a manner similar to the filing of a joint tax return. Provides that, for any year a husband and wife file a joint income tax return, both the husband and the wife shall each be considered to have been paid wages or to have derived self-employment income in such year for the purpose of determining the average monthly wage of the husband and the wife for Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance purposes. States that the amount with which each spouse will be credited shall be equal to the higher of: (1) one-half the total of the wages and self-employment income paid to or derived both of them in such year; or (2) three-fourths of the wages and self-employment income paid to or derived by whichever of them had the larger amount of such wages and self-employment income for such year. States that any person who: (1) is the spouse of a person entitled to old-age or disability insurance and who has no wages or self-employment income; or (2) is the surviving spouse of a fully insured individual shall be credited with the amount of any benefits received under such insurance in determining the average monthly wage of such person for Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance purposes. Lowers from 62 to 50 the age at which individuals become eligible for wife's, husband's, widow's, and widower's insurance benefits under the Old-Age, Survivor's, and Disability Insurance program. Establishes the percentage of the benefit amount of an eligible spouse or deceased eligible spouse to which an ineligible or surviving spouse shall be entitled at 75 percent of the amount to which the eligible spouse is or was entitled under Title II. States that, when the ineligible spouse becomes entitled to benefits in his or her own right, the portion of the other spouse's benefit amount to which the p… | 2025-09-02T18:49:56Z | |
| 94-hr-15669 | 94 | hr | 15669 | A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide for inclusion of the services of licensed practical nurses under medicare and medicaid. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-22 | 1976-09-22 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Quillen, James H. (Jimmy) [R-TN-1] | TN | R | Q000013 | 0 | Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) and Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to include the services of licensed practical nurses under the coverage provided pursuant to such Titles. | 2024-08-01T19:33:32Z | |
| 94-hr-15656 | 94 | hr | 15656 | Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud Act | Social Welfare | 1976-09-21 | 1976-09-21 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-6] | FL | R | Y000031 | 0 | Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud Act - Establishes within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, an Office of Central Fraud and Abuse Control. Provides that such Office shall have the overall responsibility for directing and establishing policies with respect to the undertaking of activities which are designed to deal with fraud and abuse in the Maternal and Child Health and Crippled Children's Services, Medicare and Medicaid. Specifies that the Office shall also have responsibility for investigating alleged fraud or abuse in any such program, and assisting State agencies, at their request, in the establishment and operation of State antifraud and abuse activities. Directs that no payment for Medicare service may be made to a person claiming such payment under an assignment, including a power of attorney, but may be made to an agent of the person furnishing such service. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or the Comptroller General to require providers or suppliers of items or services, with respect to which payment is claimed under one of the programs within the jurisdiction of the Office, to furnish specified information including the following: (1) the identity of persons having ownership interest in such entity; and (2) a consolidated certified costs report with respect to its costs and charges, including costs and charges of related organizations. Specifies sanctions which shall be imposed upon entities which fail to comply with requests for information. Increases the penalties for defrauding the Medicare or Medicaid programs. Provides that such an offense shall be a felony (presently misdemeanor) punishable by imprisonment of up to five years. States that where a Professional Standards Review Organization is found competent by the Secretary to assume review responsibility with respect to specified types of health care services or specified providers or practitioners of such services and is performing such reviews, such reviews shall constitute the conclusive determination on… | 2025-09-02T18:49:55Z | |
| 94-hconres-762 | 94 | hconres | 762 | A resolution calling upon the President to establish a strike force for medicare and medicaid review to investigate and audit the operations of the medicare and medicaid programs. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-20 | 1976-09-20 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Wydler, John W. [R-NY-5] | NY | R | W000780 | 0 | Requests the President of the United States to establish by Executive Order a Strike Force for Medicare and Medicaid Review which utilizes the resources of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Department of Justice, the Internal Revenue Service, the Office of Management and Budget, and other agencies to review, investigate, and audit operations of the medicare and medicaid programs. Requests the Strike Force to report its findings and recommendations to each House of Congress and the President. | 2024-08-01T19:20:37Z | |
| 94-hr-15630 | 94 | hr | 15630 | Disability Insurance Amendments | Social Welfare | 1976-09-20 | 1976-09-20 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Burke, James A. [D-MA-11] | MA | D | B001092 | 0 | Disability Insurance Amendments - Amends Title II: (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Isurance) of the Social Security Act to provide separate and increased financing for the disability insurance program. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to establish a Disability Insurance tax on self-employment income, employees' wages, and wages paid by employers. Establishes lower rates for the Old Age and Survivors tax to reflect the removal of Disability tax from such tax. Limits, under such title as specified, funds made available for the rehabilitation program. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to prescribe criteria for determining when services performed or earnings derived from services demonstrate an individual's ability to engage in substantial gainful activity. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe by regulation the level of severity which shall be deemed to be sufficient to preclude an individual from engaging in substantial gainful work as required for a finding of disability. Provides that agreements between the Secretary and State agencies authorizing such agencies to make determinations as to an individual's disability or date of disability within such State may be expanded to include provisions for such agency to make such determinations with respect to all applicants in specified geographical areas within one or more neighboring States. Provides that each State which has such an agreement shall be entitled to receive payment, as determined by the Secretary (presently "as mutually agreed"), for the cost to the State of carrying out the agreement. Allows termination of such agreements by the State or by the Secretary upon finding by the Secretary that the State has failed to carry out the agreements. Eliminates the requirements that months in the Medicare waiting period be consecutive (presently the Act requires that individuals under age 65, in order to be eligible for Medicare, must have been entitled to benefits under Title II for 24 consecutive months). Limits, as sp… | 2025-09-02T18:49:57Z | |
| 94-hr-15638 | 94 | hr | 15638 | A bill to amend the Social Security Act to require automatic sprinkler systems in all nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities certified for participation in the medicare or medicaid program, and to provide for direct low-interest Federal loans to assist such facilities in constructing or purchasing and installing automatic sprinkler systems. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-20 | 1976-09-20 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14] | FL | D | P000218 | 19 | Amends Titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require automatic sprinkler systems in all skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities certified for participation in the Medicare or Medicaid programs unless a waiver of such requirement is granted in accordance with conditions set forth in this Act. Establishes a program of low-interest Federal loans to assist such facilities in constructing or purchasing and installing automatic sprinkler systems. | 2024-08-01T19:33:34Z | |
| 94-hr-15639 | 94 | hr | 15639 | A bill to amend the Social Security Act to require automatic sprinkler systems in all nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities certified for participation in the medicare or medicaid program, and to provide for direct low-interest Federal loans to assist such facilities in constructing or purchasing and installing automatic sprinkler systems. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-20 | 1976-09-20 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14] | FL | D | P000218 | 19 | Amends Titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require automatic sprinkler systems in all skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities certified for participation in the Medicare or Medicaid programs unless a waiver of such requirement is granted in accordance with conditions set forth in this Act. Establishes a program of low-interest Federal loans to assist such facilities in constructing or purchasing and installing automatic sprinkler systems. | 2024-08-01T19:33:34Z | |
| 94-hr-15588 | 94 | hr | 15588 | A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase to $4,800 the amount of outside earnings which (subject to further increases under the automatic adjustment provisions) is permitted each year without any deductions from benefits thereunder, and to revise the method for determining such amount. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-16 | 1976-09-16 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Keys, Martha E. [D-KS-2] | KS | D | K000162 | 0 | Amends Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to increase to $4,800 the amount of outside income which is permitted each year without deductions from benefits. Provides that the exempt amount for each month of a particular taxable year shall be the exempt amount which would have been in effect with respect to such months if the $4,800 figure had been increased by a percentage equal to the ratio of (1) the average of the wages of all employees as reported to the Secretary of the Treasury for the calendar year preceding to (2) the average of the wages of all employees as reported to the Secretary of the Treasury for the calendar year 1973. | 2024-08-01T19:33:34Z | |
| 94-hr-15590 | 94 | hr | 15590 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the medicare program for services furnished to eligible individuals in certain State and local institutions not certified as providers. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-16 | 1976-09-16 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] | HI | D | M000797 | 0 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under such program for services furnished to eligible individuals in State and local institutions provided such institutions are owned or operated by a State or subdivision thereof, and furnish services which constitute inpatient hospital services. | 2024-08-01T19:33:34Z | |
| 94-hr-15593 | 94 | hr | 15593 | International Social Security Health Insurance Agreements Act | Social Welfare | 1976-09-16 | 1976-09-16 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Rostenkowski, Dan [D-IL-8] | IL | D | R000458 | 0 | International Social Security Health Agreements Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize the President to enter into agreements establishing reciprocal arrangements between the health insurance program established by such title and the program of any foreign country under which hospital, medical, and other health services are provided directly to entitled individuals or under which insurance is provided to meet all or part of the expenses of entitled idividuals for health services. Requires that any such agreement specify: (1) the nature and extent of payment to be made to or on behalf of individuals entitled to benefits; (2) limitations on the nature and duration of health services and on entitlement of individuals to benefits on a reciprocal basis under an agreement in the United States and in the foreign country; and (3) the methods by which the cost of providing health services on a reciprocal basis shall be shared by the United States and the foreign country. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make rules and regulations and establish procedures which are reasonable and necessary to implement and administer any agreement which has been entered into in accordance with this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into interim arrangements with any hospital in a foreign country which is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, or such other hospitals as the Secretary finds meet specified health and safety standards. | 2025-09-02T18:49:57Z | |
| 94-hr-15594 | 94 | hr | 15594 | Rural Health Services Act | Social Welfare | 1976-09-16 | 1976-09-16 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Rostenkowski, Dan [D-IL-8] | IL | D | R000458 | 0 | Rural Health Services Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for rural health clinic services including physician extender services. Requires that such clinics meet such tests of reasonableness as the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may find appropriate in order to be eligible for coverage. | 2025-09-02T18:49:56Z | |
| 94-hr-15571 | 94 | hr | 15571 | A bill to amend chapter 21 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the payment of social security taxes by a nonprofit organization with respect to its employees shall constitute (for both tax and benefit purposes) a constructive filing by such organization of the certificate otherwise required to provide social security coverage for such employees if it has not received a refund or credit of such taxes, and to require the filing of such a certificate by any nonprofit organization which paid such taxes but received a refund or credit because it had not previously filed such certificate. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-15 | 1976-10-19 | Public law 94-563. | House | Rep. Mikva, Abner J. [D-IL-10] | IL | D | M000703 | 1 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Ways and Means, H. Rept. 94-1711) Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that the payment of social security taxes by a nonprofit organization on behalf of its employees shall constitute a constructive filing by such organization of the certificate otherwise required to provide social security coverage for such employees if it has not received a refund or credit of such taxes. Requires the filing of such certificate by any nonprofit organization which paid such taxes but received a refund or credit because it has not previously filed such certificate. Provides that when a nonprofit organization files a valid waiver certificate the taxes due with respect to services constituting employment by reason of such certificate may be paid in installments. | 2024-08-01T19:33:33Z | |
| 94-hr-15576 | 94 | hr | 15576 | A bill to require automatic sprinkler systems in all skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities as a condition of certification under the medicare, medicaid, and Veterans' Administration programs, and to authorize loans and grants to assist such facilities in purchasing and installing such systems. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-15 | 1976-09-15 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Heinz, John [R-PA-18] | PA | R | H000456 | 0 | Amends Titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require automatic sprinkler systems in all skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities certified for participation in the Medicare or Medicaid programs. Requires sprinkler systems for such facilities in any program under the jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration. Allows the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to waive this requirement only when the installation of complete sprinkler systems would constitute an unreasonable hardship. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans to such facilities to assist them in financing part or all of the cost of purchasing and installing automatic sprinkler systems. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for such installation under specified circumstances. | 2024-08-01T19:33:33Z | |
| 94-hr-15580 | 94 | hr | 15580 | A bill to terminate age discrimination in employment. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-15 | 1976-09-15 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Randall, William J. [D-MO-4] | MO | D | R000041 | 0 | Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to make the provisions, fomerly applicable to persons between 40 and 60 years of age, applicable to anyone 40 years of age or older. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-15549 | 94 | hr | 15549 | National Meals-on-Wheels Act | Social Welfare | 1976-09-14 | 1976-09-14 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Duncan, John J. [R-TN-2] | TN | R | D000534 | 0 | National Meals-on-Wheels Act - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to allow States to distribute Federal funds for the establishment of: (1) projects to provide home-delivered meals to qualified homebound elderly persons; (2) an information and referral system for homebound individuals receiving such meals; and (3) an operation to seek volunteer personnel for the delivery of such meals and to compensate such personnel for related transportation expenses. Authorizes the appropriation of specified sums in fiscal years 1977 and 1978 for the purpose of providing home-delivered meals under this Act. Directs the Commissioner of the Administration on Aging to conduct a demonstration project involving at least three States to determine the feasibility of using the meals system designed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the elderly as a component of, or substitute for, regular nutrition projects assisted under the Older Americans Act of 1965. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary in fiscal year 1977 to carry out this project. | 2025-09-02T18:49:58Z | |
| 94-hr-15530 | 94 | hr | 15530 | A bill to provide for quality assurance and utilization control in home health care under the medicare, medicaid, and social services programs in accordance with a plan to be developed by a commission specifically established for that purpose. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-13 | 1976-09-13 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Cohen, William S. [R-ME-2] | ME | R | C000598 | 10 | Amends Titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), and XX (Grants to States for Services) of the Social Security Act to establish the Special Commission on Quality Assurance and Utilization Control in Home Health Care. States that the Commission shall be composed of 17 members appointed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Sets forth the fields of experience and expertise from which Commission members are to be drawn, including five representatives of professional groups with expertise in accreditation and three who are recipients of benefits under Medicare, Medicaid, or under a State plan of services. Requires Senate approval of the member designated chairman of the Commission. States that the function and duty of the Commission shall be: (1) to conduct a full and complete study, investigation, and review of the provision of home health care and services to individuals in the United States, including care and services furnished by agencies which do not qualify as providers of services under the Social Security Act as well as care and services furnished by agencies which do so qualify, with the particular objective of determining: (a) the extent to which additional quality assurance and utilization control in the provision of such care and services is needed; and (b) the manner in which the standards, conditions, and requirements of Title XVIII, Title XIX, or Title XX should be modified in order to provide additonal assurance and control; and (2) on the basis of such study, investigation, and review, to develop a detailed plan for quality assurance and utilization control in home health care. Directs the submission to the Secretary and the Congress of the required plan within one year of the appointment of the majority of the members of the Commission. Requires the Secretary, within 90 days of the submission of such plan, to issue regulations making such modifications in the Social Security Act as may be necessary to implement the plan and carry out the Commission's accompanying recommendations,… | 2024-08-01T19:33:33Z | |
| 94-hr-15536 | 94 | hr | 15536 | Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud Act | Social Welfare | 1976-09-13 | 1976-09-13 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Rogers, Paul G. [D-FL-11] | FL | D | R000401 | 1 | Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud Act - Establishes within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, an Office of Central Fraud and Abuse Control. Provides that such Office shall have the overall responsibility for directing and establishing policies with respect to the undertaking of activities which are designed to deal with fraud and abuse in the Maternal and Child Health and Crippled Children's Services, Medicare and Medicaid. Specifies that the Office shall also have responsibility for investigating alleged fraud or abuse in any such program, and assisting State agencies, at their request, in the establishment and operation of State antifraud and abuse activities. Directs that no payment for Medicare service may be made to a person claiming such payment under an assignment, including a power of attorney, but may be made to an agent of the person furnishing such service. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or the Comptroller General to require providers or suppliers of items or services, with respect to which payment is claimed under one of the programs within the jurisdiction of the Office, to furnish specified information including the following: (1) the identity of persons having ownership interest in such entity; and (2) a consolidated certified costs report with respect to its costs and charges, including costs and charges of related organizations. Specifies sanctions which shall be imposed upon entities which fail to comply with requests for information. Increases the penalties for defrauding the Medicare or Medicaid programs. Provides that such an offense shall be a felony (presently misdemeanor) punishable by imprisonment of up to five years. States that where a Professional Standards Review Organization is found competent by the Secretary to assume review responsibility with respect to specified types of health care services or specified providers or practitioners of such services and is performing such reviews, such reviews shall constitute the conclusive determination on… | 2025-09-02T18:49:50Z | |
| 94-s-3805 | 94 | s | 3805 | A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act so as to make the provisions thereof relating to limitation on eligibility of individuals in public institutions inapplicable to residents of certain small publicly operated community residence facilities. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-13 | 1976-09-13 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Brooke, Edward W. [R-MA] | MA | R | B000871 | 0 | Amends Title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the Social Security Act to provide that provisions thereof declaring that no person shall be eligible for benefits under such title with respect to any month if for such month he is an inmate of a public institution, shall not apply to individuals staying in a publicly operated community residence which serves no more than 16 residents. Repeals provisions of title XVI which reduce payments made under such title by an amount equal to the amount of any payment made by a State on account of care provided by an institution to such individual as an inpatient of such institution. Directs the States to establish or designate one or more State or local authorities which shall establish, maintain, and insure the enforcement of standards for any category of institution, foster homes, or group living arrangements. | 2024-08-01T19:37:39Z | |
| 94-s-3808 | 94 | s | 3808 | A bill to amend Part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to limit the amount of an individual's wages which is subject to garnishment thereunder, for the enforcement of child support and alimony obligations, to 50 percent of such wages (or such lower amount as may be provided by State law). | Social Welfare | 1976-09-13 | 1976-09-13 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Allen, James B. [D-AL] | AL | D | A000127 | 0 | Amends the program of Child Support and Establishment of Paternity of Title IV of the Social Security Act to limit the portion of an individual's wages from Federal employment which is subject to garnishment for the enforcement of child support and alimony obligations to 50 percent of such wages. | 2024-08-01T19:37:33Z | |
| 94-hr-15518 | 94 | hr | 15518 | A bill to terminate age discrimination in employment. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-10 | 1976-09-10 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Hawkins, Augustus F. [D-CA-29] | CA | D | H000367 | 12 | Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to make the provisions, fomerly applicable to persons between 40 and 60 years of age, applicable to anyone 40 years of age or older. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-15520 | 94 | hr | 15520 | A bill to direct the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to develop and implement a system for the issuance of social security benefit checks on a staggered or cyclical basis. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-10 | 1976-09-10 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Lent, Norman F. [R-NY-4] | NY | R | L000243 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to develop a system for the payment on a staggered or cyclical basis during each month of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits under the Social Security Act and Supplemental Security Income benefits under such Act. | 2024-08-01T19:33:24Z | |
| 94-hr-15521 | 94 | hr | 15521 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include the cost of drugs requiring a doctor's prescription among the medical expenses with respect to which payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-10 | 1976-09-10 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Lent, Norman F. [R-NY-4] | NY | R | L000243 | 0 | Amends the Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to include the cost of drugs requiring a doctor's prescription among the medical expenses with respect to which payment may be made under such title. | 2024-08-01T19:33:33Z | |
| 94-hr-15522 | 94 | hr | 15522 | A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to reduce from 72 to 70 the age beyond which deductions on account of an individual's outside earnings will no longer be made from such individual's benefits. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-10 | 1976-09-10 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Lent, Norman F. [R-NY-4] | NY | R | L000243 | 0 | Amends title II of the Social Security Act (Old- Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) to reduce from 72 to 70 the age beyond which deductions on account of an individual's outside earnings will no longer be made from such individual's benefits. | 2024-08-01T19:33:24Z | |
| 94-hr-15524 | 94 | hr | 15524 | A bill to amend part B of title XI of the Social Security Act to assure appropriate participation by professional registered nurses in the peer preview, and related activities authorized thereunder. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-10 | 1976-09-10 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Quillen, James H. (Jimmy) [R-TN-1] | TN | R | Q000013 | 0 | Requires the inclusion of professional registered nurses in Professional Standards Review Organizations of medical professionals in carrying out the functions of such review organizations under Title XI (General Provisions and Professional Standards Review) of the Social Security Act. Requires the inclusion of two professional registered nurses on the Statewide Professional Standards Review Councils. Requires the inclusion of three professional registered nurses on the National Professional Standards Review Council. Includes professional registered nurses in that class of health care practitioners which may not be held civilly liable for action taken in compliance with or reliance upon norms of care and treatment applied by a Professional Standards Reveiw Organization. | 2024-08-01T19:33:24Z | |
| 94-s-3801 | 94 | s | 3801 | Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud Act | Social Welfare | 1976-09-10 | 1976-09-10 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Talmadge, Herman E. [D-GA] | GA | D | T000035 | 39 | Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud Act - Establishes within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, an Office of Central Fraud and Abuse Control. Provides that such Office shall have the overall responsibility for directing and establishing policies with respect to the undertaking of activities which are designed to deal with fraud and abuse in the Maternal and Child Health and Crippled Children's Services, Medicare and Medicaid. Specifies that the Office shall also have responsibility for investigating alleged fraud or abuse in any such program, and assisting State agencies, at their request, in the establishment and operation of State antifraud and abuse activities. Directs that no payment for Medicare service may be made to a person claiming such payment under an assignment, including a power of attorney, but may be made to an agent of the person furnishing such service. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or the Comptroller General to require providers or suppliers of items or services, with respect to which payment is claimed under one of the programs within the jurisdiction of the Office, to furnish specified information including the following: (1) the identity of persons having ownership interest in such entity; and (2) a consolidated certified costs report with respect to its costs and charges, including costs and charges of related organizations. Specifies sanctions which shall be imposed upon entities which fail to comply with requests for information. Increases the penalties for defrauding the Medicare or Medicaid programs. Provides that it shall be a felony (presently misdemeanor) punishable by imprisonment of up to five years for such an offense. States that where a Professional Standards Review Organization is found competent by the Secretary to assume review responsibility with respect to specified types of health care services or specified providers or practitioners of such services and is performing such reviews, such reviews shall constitute the conclusive determinat… | 2025-09-02T18:52:37Z | |
| 94-hr-15486 | 94 | hr | 15486 | A bill to terminate age discrimination in employment. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-09 | 1976-09-09 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Findley, Paul [R-IL-20] | IL | R | F000123 | 11 | Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to make the provisions, fomerly applicable to persons between 40 and 60 years of age, applicable to anyone 40 years of age or older. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-15490 | 94 | hr | 15490 | A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to reduce from 5 to 3 months the waiting period for disability insurance benefits, and to amend titles II and XVIII of such act to eliminate the provisions presently requiring that an individual must have been entitled to such benefits for at least 24 consecutive months in order to qualify for medicare benefits (without regard to age) on the basis of disability. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-09 | 1976-09-09 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Mottl, Ronald M. [D-OH-23] | OH | D | M001044 | 0 | Amends Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to reduce from five to three months the waiting period for disability insurance benefits. Eliminates the provisions presently requiring that an individual must have been entitled to such benefits for at least 24 consecutive months in order to qualify for benefits under Title II and Title XVIII (Medicare) on the basis of disability. | 2024-08-01T19:33:24Z | |
| 94-hr-15492 | 94 | hr | 15492 | A bill to amend chapter 21 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the payment of social security taxes by a nonprofit organization with respect to its employees shall constitute (for both tax and benefit purposes) a constructive filing by such organization of the certificate otherwise required to provide social security coverage for such employees if it has not received a refund or credit of such a certificate by any nonprofit organization which paid such taxes but received a refund or credit because it had not previously filed such certificate. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-09 | 1976-09-09 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Ottinger, Richard L. [D-NY-24] | NY | D | O000134 | 1 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that the payment of social security taxes by a nonprofit organization on behalf of its employees shall constitute a constructive filing by such organization of the certificate otherwise required to provide social security coverage for such employees if it has not received a refund or credit of such taxes. Requires the filing of such certificate by any nonprofit organization which paid such taxes but received a refund or credit because it has not previously filed such certificate. Provides that when a nonprofit organization files a valid waiver certificate the taxes due with respect to services constituting employment by reason of such certificate may be paid in installments. | 2024-08-01T19:33:24Z | |
| 94-hr-15493 | 94 | hr | 15493 | A bill to terminate age discrimination in employment. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-09 | 1976-09-09 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Rosenthal, Benjamin S. [D-NY-8] | NY | D | R000442 | 12 | Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to make the provisions, fomerly applicable to persons between 40 and 60 years of age, applicable to anyone 40 years of age or older. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-15471 | 94 | hr | 15471 | Older American Special Nutritional and Medical Assistance Act | Social Welfare | 1976-09-08 | 1976-09-08 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Richmond, Frederick W. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | R000232 | 2 | Older American Special Nutritional and Medical Assistance Act - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to direct the Commissioner on Aging to establish a program to make supplemental food available to older persons determined to be nutritional risks because of inadequate nutrition and inadequate income. Directs the Commissioner to establish a program to make medical services and medical supplies available to older persons determined to be in special need of such services and supplies because of their medical condition and inadequate income. Requires States receiving grants for such purposes to distribute such grants to local health or welfare agencies or private nonprofit agencies. Requires the Commissioner to insure that foods, services, and supplies provided under this Act will be delivered to homes of older persons otherwise unable to procure them. Requires the Commissioner to insure that there is an equitable distribution of such foods, services, and supplies to older persons residing in rural areas. Requires the Commissioner and the Comptroller General to submit to Congress an interim evaluation report and a final evaluation report, detailing the administration of any program established under this Act together with legislative and administrative recommendations. Authorizes the appropriation of specified sums in fiscal years 1977 through 1979 to carry out the purposes of this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:49:52Z | |
| 94-hr-15432 | 94 | hr | 15432 | A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide an increase in the benefits payable to aged, blind, and disabled individuals under the supplemental security income program. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-02 | 1976-09-02 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-26] | NY | R | G000212 | 0 | Amends Title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the Social Security Act: (1) to increase from $1,752 to $2,500 the amount of income which an aged, blind, or disabled individual who does not have an eligible spouse may receive and remain an eligible individual for Title XVI benefits; (2) to make an identical increase in the amount of such benefits which such an individual may receive annually; (3) to increase from $2,628 to $3,750 the amount of income which an aged, blind, or disabled individual who has an eligible spouse may receive annually and remain eligible for Title XVI benefits; and (4) to make an identical increase in the amount of such benefits which such an individual may receive annually. | 2024-08-01T19:33:23Z | |
| 94-hr-15449 | 94 | hr | 15449 | A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide that medicaid is a payor of last resort and to permit recovery by States from certain estates of medicaid expenses incurred by individuals before reaching the age of 65. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-02 | 1976-09-02 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14] | FL | D | P000218 | 0 | Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act: (1) to require that State Medicaid plans stipulate that no payment will be made for care and services to an individual to the extent that an entity other than such individual's family is liable for such payment unless there is a provision of a contract or a State law limiting such liability because the individual is eligible for services under Medicaid; and (2) to permit recovery from the estate of an individual, by States, of medical expenses paid through the State Medicaid plan only after the death of the recipient, his spouse and any surviving minor children or blind or disabled children. | 2024-08-01T19:33:17Z | |
| 94-hr-15313 | 94 | hr | 15313 | A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the automatic cost-of-living increases in benefits which are authorized thereunder may be made on a semiannual basis (rather than only on an annual basis as at present). | Social Welfare | 1976-08-30 | 1976-08-30 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Gaydos, Joseph M. [D-PA-20] | PA | D | G000105 | 0 | Provides that the automatic cost-of-living increases in benefits which are authorized under title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act may be made on a semiannual basis (rather than only on an annual basis as at present). | 2024-08-01T19:33:24Z | |
| 94-hr-15314 | 94 | hr | 15314 | A bill to provide for the monthly publication of a consumer price index for the aged and other social security beneficiaries, which shall be used in the provisions of the cost-of-living benefit increase authorized by title II of the Social Security Act. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-30 | 1976-08-30 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Gaydos, Joseph M. [D-PA-20] | PA | D | G000105 | 0 | Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Labor, through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, to prepare, as part of the Consumer Price Index published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a consumer price index (to be known as the Consumer Price Index for the Aged and Other Social Security Beneficiaries) designed to reflect the relevant price information for individuals, as a group, who are 65 years of age or older or are otherwise entitled to monthly benefits under Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act. | 2024-08-01T19:33:15Z | |
| 94-hr-15321 | 94 | hr | 15321 | A bill to amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to limit the amount of an individual's wages which is subject to garnishment thereunder, for the enforcement of child support and alimony obligations, to 50 percent of such wages (or such lower amount as may be provided by State law). | Social Welfare | 1976-08-30 | 1976-08-30 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Edwards, Jack [R-AL-1] | AL | R | E000084 | 0 | Amends the program of Child Support and Establishment of Paternity of Title IV of the Social Security Act to limit the portion of an individual's wages from Federal employment which is subject to garnishment for the enforcement of child support and alimony obligations to 50 percent of such wages. | 2024-08-01T19:33:24Z | |
| 94-hr-15332 | 94 | hr | 15332 | Older American Special Nutritional and Medical Assistance Act | Social Welfare | 1976-08-30 | 1976-08-30 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Richmond, Frederick W. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | R000232 | 13 | Older American Special Nutritional and Medical Assistance Act - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to direct the Commissioner on Aging to establish a program to make supplemental food available to older persons determined to be nutritional risks because of inadequate nutrition and inadequate income. Directs the Commissioner to establish a program to make medical services and medical supplies available to older persons determined to be in special need of such services and supplies because of their medical condition and inadequate income. Requires States receiving grants for such purposes to distribute such grants to local health or welfare agencies or private nonprofit agencies. Requires the Commissioner to insure that foods, services, and supplies provided under this Act will be delivered to homes of older persons otherwise unable to procure them. Requires the Commissioner to insure that there is an equitable distribution of such foods, services, and supplies to older persons residing in rural areas. Requires the Commissioner and the Comptroller General to submit to Congress an interim evaluation report and a final evaluation report, detailing the administration of any program established under this Act together with legislative and administrative recommendations. Authorizes the appropriation of specified sums in fiscal years 1977 through 1979 to carry out the purposes of this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:49:46Z | |
| 94-hr-15283 | 94 | hr | 15283 | Older American Special Nutritional and Medical Assistance Act | Social Welfare | 1976-08-26 | 1976-08-26 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3] | AR | R | H000124 | 0 | Older American Special Nutritional and Medical Assistance Act - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to direct the Commissioner on Aging to establish a program to make supplemental food available to older persons determined to be nutritional risks because of inadequate nutrition and inadequate income. Directs the Commissioner to establish a program to make medical services and medical supplies available to older persons determined to be in special need of such services and supplies because of their medical condition and inadequate income. Requires States receiving grants for such purposes to distribute such grants to local health or welfare agencies or private nonprofit agencies. Requires the Commissioner to insure that foods, services, and supplies provided under this Act will be delivered to homes of older persons otherwise unable to procure them. Requires the Commissioner to insure that there is an equitable distribution of such foods, services, and supplies to older persons residing in rural areas. Requires the Commissioner and the Comptroller General to submit to Congress an interim evaluation report and a final evaluation report, detailing the administration of any program established under this Act together with legislative and administrative recommendations. Authorizes the appropriation of specified sums in fiscal years 1977 through 1979 to carry out the purposes of this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:49:46Z | |
| 94-hr-15300 | 94 | hr | 15300 | A bill to authorize Federal payment, from sums appropriated for supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act, of the cost of returning certain recipients of such benefits to their homelands. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-26 | 1976-08-26 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI-1] | HI | D | M000250 | 0 | Amends Title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to pay the cost of returning recipients of such benefits to their homelands. States that such payment may be made only for individuals who intend to reside permanently in the land to which they return. | 2024-08-01T19:33:14Z | |
| 94-hr-15301 | 94 | hr | 15301 | A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide for inclusion of the services of licensed practical nurses under medicare and medicaid. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-26 | 1976-08-26 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI-1] | HI | D | M000250 | 0 | Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) and Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to include the services of licensed practical nurses under the coverage provided pursuant to such Titles. | 2024-08-01T19:33:14Z | |
| 94-hr-15257 | 94 | hr | 15257 | A bill to provide for quality assurance and utilization control in home health care under the medicare, medicaid, and social services programs in accordance with a plan to be developed by a commission specifically established for that purpose. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-25 | 1976-08-25 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Cohen, William S. [R-ME-2] | ME | R | C000598 | 0 | Amends Titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), and XX (Grants to States for Services) of the Social Security Act to establish the Special Commission on Quality Assurance and Utilization Control in Home Health Care. States that the Commission shall be composed of 17 members appointed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Sets forth the fields of experience and expertise from which Commission members are to be drawn, including five representatives of professional groups with expertise in accreditation and three who are recipients of benefits under Medicare, Medicaid, or under a State plan of services. Requires Senate approval of the member designated chairman of the Commission. States that the function and duty of the Commission shall be: (1) to conduct a full and complete study, investigation, and review of the provision of home health care and services to individuals in the United States, including care and services furnished by agencies which do not qualify as providers of services under the Social Security Act as well as care and services furnished by agencies which do so qualify, with the particular objective of determining: (a) the extent to which additional quality assurance and utilization control in the provision of such care and services is needed; and (b) the manner in which the standards, conditions, and requirements of Title XVIII, Title XIX, or Title XX should be modified in order to provide additonal assurance and control; and (2) on the basis of such study, investigation, and review, to develop a detailed plan for quality assurance and utilization control in home health care. Directs the submission to the Secretary and the Congress of the required plan within one year of the appointment of the majority of the members of the Commission. Requires the Secretary, within 90 days of the submission of such plan, to issue regulations making such modifications in the Social Security Act as may be necessary to implement the plan and carry out the Commission's accompanying recommendations,… | 2024-08-01T19:33:14Z | |
| 94-hr-15258 | 94 | hr | 15258 | A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to reduce from 72 to 65 the age beyond which deductions on account of an individual's outside earnings will no longer be made from such individual's benefits. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-25 | 1976-08-25 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-26] | NY | R | G000212 | 0 | Amends title II of the Social Security Act (Old- Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) to reduce form 72 to 65 the age beyond which deductions on account of an individual's outside earnings will no longer be made from such individual's benefits. | 2024-08-01T19:33:14Z | |
| 94-hr-15210 | 94 | hr | 15210 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make it clear that payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program for wheelchairs and other durable medical equipment furnished on a lease-purchase basis. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-23 | 1976-08-23 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Vanik, Charles A. [D-OH-22] | OH | D | V000047 | 0 | Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to specifically include under the supplementary medical insurance program under such Title payment for wheelchairs and other durable medical equipment such as iron lungs and hospital beds which are furnished on a lease-purchase basis. | 2024-08-01T19:33:14Z | |
| 94-hr-15215 | 94 | hr | 15215 | A bill to amend medicare and medicaid provisions as they relate to rural health care facilities. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-23 | 1976-08-23 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Baucus, Max [D-MT-1] | MT | D | B000243 | 9 | Includes within the meaning of the term "hospital" in Titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, rural health facilities of 50 beds or less. | 2024-08-01T19:33:14Z | |
| 94-hr-15130 | 94 | hr | 15130 | Welfare Labor Act | Social Welfare | 1976-08-10 | 1976-08-10 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Brown, Clarence, Jr. [R-OH-7] | OH | R | B000910 | 0 | Welfare Labor Act - Title I: Improvement in Federal Work Incentive Programs - Increases the amount which is to be deducted from the earnings of a non-student dependent child, other relative receiving aid, or any other individual living in the same household, in determining the eligibility of a household for Aid to Families with Dependent Children under Title IV of the Social Security Act. Requires every individual over the age of 16 to register for manpower services, training, and employment as a condition of eligibility for Aid to Families with Dependent Children. Excludes from such requirement: (1) a child attending school full time; (2) a person who is ill, incapaciated, or of advanced age; (3) a person so remote from a work incentive project that his effective participation is precluded; (4) a person whose presence in the home is required because of the illness or incapacity of another member of the household; (5) a mother or other relative of a child under the age of 6 who is caring for the child; or (6) the mother or other female caretaker of a child, if the father or another adult male relative is in the home and is not excluded from such registration. Increases from 90 percent to 100 percent the Federal share of the costs incurred by the States, political subdivisions, and agencies in conducting work experience programs. Directs the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, to conduct a study of: (1) the effectiveness of the application and enforcement of the requirements and sanctions of the work incentive program; and (2) the extent to which the exemptions from such program may not be fully consistent with the objectives of the program and the desirability of expanding or limiting such exemptions. Title II: Supplementary Work Programs - Directs the Secretary to pay the cost to a State, subdivision, or private entity of a community jobs program for recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children who are age 16 or over but who, for reasons other t… | 2025-09-02T18:49:39Z | |
| 94-hr-15147 | 94 | hr | 15147 | A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that certain service performed by members of the Armed Forces in combat zones shall be counted twice in determining the number of their quarters of coverage. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-10 | 1976-08-10 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. St Germain, Fernand J. [D-RI-1] | RI | D | S000762 | 0 | Amends Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that service performed by members of the Armed Forces in combat zones shall be counted twice in determining the number of quarters of Social Security coverage of such service personnel. Limits to four the number of additional quarters which may be so earned. | 2024-08-01T19:33:03Z | |
| 94-hr-15152 | 94 | hr | 15152 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for services furnished by physician extenders. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-10 | 1976-08-10 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Symington, James W. [D-MO-2] | MO | D | S001134 | 21 | Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for services furnished by physician extenders. Defines the term "physician extenders" to mean an individual who holds a valid certificate as a physician assistant issued by the National Commission on Certification of Physician's Assistants, or any successor to the Commission. | 2024-08-01T19:33:03Z | |
| 94-hr-15156 | 94 | hr | 15156 | A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the automatic cost-of-living increases in benefits which are authorized thereunder may be made on a semiannual basis (rather than only on an annual basis as at present). | Social Welfare | 1976-08-10 | 1976-08-10 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Wydler, John W. [R-NY-5] | NY | R | W000780 | 0 | Provides that the automatic cost-of-living increases in benefits which are authorized under title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act may be made on a semiannual basis (rather than only on an annual basis as at present). | 2024-08-01T19:33:03Z | |
| 94-hr-15157 | 94 | hr | 15157 | A bill to provide for the monthly publication of a Consumer Price Index for the Aged and Other Social Security Beneficiaries, which shall be used in the provision of the cost-of-living benefit increase authorized by title II of the Social Security Act. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-10 | 1976-08-10 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Wydler, John W. [R-NY-5] | NY | R | W000780 | 0 | Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Labor, through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, to prepare, as part of the Consumer Price Index published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a consumer price index (to be known as the Consumer Price Index for the Aged and Other Social Security Beneficiaries) designed to reflect the relevant price information for individuals, as a group, who are 65 years of age or older or are otherwise entitled to monthly benefits under Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act. | 2024-08-01T19:33:14Z | |
| 94-hr-15159 | 94 | hr | 15159 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for services furnished by physician extenders and clinical staff of community mental health centers. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-10 | 1976-08-10 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Broyhill, James T. [R-NC-10] | NC | R | B000966 | 19 | Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under such title for services furnished by physician extenders and clinical staff of community mental health centers. Defines the term "physician extender" to mean a "physicians asssistant," "Medex," and "nurse practitioner" who, having completed an educational program meeting guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, is trained and qualified to provide primary health care under the supervision of a physician. | 2024-08-01T19:33:03Z | |
| 94-hr-15170 | 94 | hr | 15170 | A bill to amend the Social Security Act to require automatic sprinkler systems in all nursing facilities and intermediate-care facilities certified for participation in the medicare or medicaid program and to provide for direct low-interest Federal loans to assist such facilities in constructing or purchasing and installing automatic sprinkler systems. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-10 | 1976-08-10 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14] | FL | D | P000218 | 22 | Amends Titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require automatic sprinkler systems in all skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities certified for participation in the Medicare or Medicaid programs unless a waiver of such requirement is granted in accordance with conditions set forth in this Act. Establishes a program of low-interest Federal loans to assist such facilities in constructing or purchasing and installing automatic sprinkler systems. | 2024-08-01T19:33:14Z | |
| 94-hr-15171 | 94 | hr | 15171 | A bill to amend the Social Security Act to require automatic sprinkler systems in all nursing facilities and intermediate-care facilities certified for participation in the medicare or medicaid program, and to provided for direct low-interest Federal loans to assist such facilities in constructing or purchasing and installing automatic sprinkler systems. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-10 | 1976-08-10 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14] | FL | D | P000218 | 17 | Amends Titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require automatic sprinkler systems in all skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities certified for participation in the Medicare or Medicaid programs unless a waiver of such requirement is granted in accordance with conditions set forth in this Act. Establishes a program of low-interest Federal loans to assist such facilities in constructing or purchasing and installing automatic sprinkler systems. | 2024-08-01T19:33:03Z | |
| 94-hr-15172 | 94 | hr | 15172 | A bill to amend the Social Security Act to require automatic sprinkler systems in all nursing facilities and intermediate-care facilities certified for participation in the medicare or medicaid program, and to provide for direct low-interest Federal loans to assist such facilities in constructing or purchasing and installing automatic sprinkler systems. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-10 | 1976-08-10 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14] | FL | D | P000218 | 12 | Amends Titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require automatic sprinkler systems in all skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities certified for participation in the Medicare or Medicaid programs unless a waiver of such requirement is granted in accordance with conditions set forth in this Act. Establishes a program of low-interest Federal loans to assist such facilities in constructing or purchasing and installing automatic sprinkler systems. | 2024-08-01T19:33:03Z | |
| 94-hr-15181 | 94 | hr | 15181 | A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the automatic cost-of-living increases in benefits which are authorized thereunder may be made on a semiannual basis (rather than only on an annual basis as at present). | Social Welfare | 1976-08-10 | 1976-08-10 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Traxler, Bob [D-MI-8] | MI | D | T000356 | 6 | Provides that the automatic cost-of-living increases in benefits which are authorized under title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act may be made on a semiannual basis (rather than only on an annual basis as at present). | 2024-08-01T19:33:14Z | |
| 94-hr-15182 | 94 | hr | 15182 | A bill to provide for the monthly publication of a Consumer Price Index for the Aged and Other Social Security Beneficiaries, which shall be used in the provision of the cost-of-living benefit increase authorized by title II of the Social Security Act. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-10 | 1976-08-10 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Traxler, Bob [D-MI-8] | MI | D | T000356 | 2 | Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Labor, through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, to prepare, as part of the Consumer Price Index published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a consumer price index (to be known as the Consumer Price Index for the Aged and Other Social Security Beneficiaries) designed to reflect the relevant price information for individuals, as a group, who are 65 years of age or older or are otherwise entitled to monthly benefits under Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act. | 2024-08-01T19:33:14Z | |
| 94-hr-15186 | 94 | hr | 15186 | A bill to repeal the earnings limitation of the Social Security Act. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-10 | 1976-08-10 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Kelly, Richard [R-FL-5] | FL | R | K000077 | 0 | Removes the limitation on the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving benefits under title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act. | 2024-08-01T19:33:14Z | |
| 94-hr-15105 | 94 | hr | 15105 | A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to prohibit expenditures under approved medicaid plans for abortions except in cases of medical necessity. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-09 | 1976-08-09 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7] | WI | D | O000007 | 0 | Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit expenditures for abortions except in cases of medical necessity. | 2024-08-01T19:32:58Z | |
| 94-hr-15110 | 94 | hr | 15110 | A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide monthly insurance benefits for certain dependent relatives of insured individuals. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-09 | 1976-08-09 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Burton, John [D-CA-5] | CA | D | B001153 | 0 | Amends Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide monthly insurance benefits for dependent relatives of individuals entitled to old-age or disability insurance benefits or of individuals who were fully and currently insured at the time of their death. Stipulates that such dependent's benefits shall be available to an individual under the age of 18 or over the age of 62 who was receiving at least one-half of his support from the insured individual. Sets forth the conditions upon which payment of dependent's benefits will begin and cease. States that if a dependent is eligible for old-age or disability benefits in his own right he shall be entitled to the larger of his own benefit or the dependent's benefit for which he is eligible. Establishes regulations for determining the amount of an individual's dependent's benefit. Defines the term "dependent" as it is used in this Act. | 2024-08-01T19:33:05Z | |
| 94-hr-15113 | 94 | hr | 15113 | A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that attorneys' fees allowed in administrative or judicial proceedings under that title (or under title XVIII or such act), in cases where the claimants are successful, shall be paid by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare rather than deducted from the amounts awarded claimants. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-09 | 1976-08-09 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Cohen, William S. [R-ME-2] | ME | R | C000598 | 4 | Amends Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that attorneys' fees allowed in administrative or judicial proceedings under that Title (or under title XVIII (Medicare) of such Act), in cases where the claimants are successful, shall be paid by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare rather than deducted from the amounts awarded claimants. | 2024-08-01T19:33:05Z | |
| 94-hr-15121 | 94 | hr | 15121 | A bill to amend chapter 21 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the payment of social security taxes by a nonprofit organization with respect to its employees shall constitute (for both tax and benefit purposes) a constructive filing by such organization of the certificate otherwise required to provide social security coverage for such employees if it has not received a refund of such taxes, and to require the filing of such a certificate by any nonprofit organization which paid such taxes but received a refund because it had not previously filed such certificate. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-09 | 1976-08-09 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Ottinger, Richard L. [D-NY-24] | NY | D | O000134 | 1 | Amends of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that the payment of social security taxes by a nonprofit organization on behalf of its employees shall constitute a constructive filing by such organization of the certificate otherwise required to provide social security coverage for such employees if it has not received a refund of such taxes. Requires the filing of such a certificate by any nonprofit organization which paid such taxes but received a refund because it had not previously filed such certificate. | 2024-08-01T19:33:15Z | |
| 94-hr-15072 | 94 | hr | 15072 | A bill to amend part B of title XI of the Social Security Act to assure appropriate participation by optometrists in the peer review and related activities authorized under such part. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-05 | 1976-08-05 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Pickle, J. J. [D-TX-10] | TX | D | P000328 | 4 | Requires the appointment of an optometrist to the National Professional Standards Review Council and the participation by optometrists in the activities of local professional standards review organizations pursuant to the requirements of Title XI of the Social Security Act. | 2024-08-01T19:33:04Z | |
| 94-hr-15080 | 94 | hr | 15080 | Supplemental Security Income Amendments | Social Welfare | 1976-08-05 | 1976-08-30 | Provisions inserted in H. R. 8911 as passed House. | House | Rep. Ullman, Al [D-OR-2] | OR | D | U000004 | 1 | Supplemental Security Income Amendments - Amends Title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Age, Blind, or Disabled) of the Social Security Act in order to provide for the more timely determination of eligibility of individuals for benefits and payment of benefits to eligible individuals. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make payments of benefits to presumptively blind individuals for up to three months prior to the determination of the indivudual's blindness. Directs the Secretary to refer blind or disabled recipients of supplemental security income benefits who are under the age of 13 to the appropriate State agencies administering plans for maternal and child health services, and services for crippled children. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program designed specifically to assure that all individuals who are or may become eligible for supplemental security income benefits will be fully informed of the availability and nature of such benefits and of the steps to be taken in obtaining them. Removes the requirement that benefit payments for persons who are disabled by alcoholism or drug addiction be paid to third parties and permits the payment of benefits direct to such disabled persons if the Secretary determines, upon the certification of the physician supervising the beneficiary's treatment, that direct payment would be of significant theraputic value to such individual. Authorizes the continuation of benefit payments for individuals hospitalized outside of the United States in cases in which: (1) the individual is a resident of the United States, and the hospital involved is closer than the closest hospital inside the United States which is equipped to provide the care required; or (2) the hospital services are emergency services. Excludes from the computation of income for the purposes of determining an individual's eligibility for benefits, gifts and inheritances which are not readily convertible into cash. Excludes from income, assistance based on need which is f… | 2025-09-02T18:49:38Z | |
| 94-hr-15084 | 94 | hr | 15084 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for optometric and medical vision care. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-05 | 1976-08-05 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Corman, James C. [D-CA-21] | CA | D | C000780 | 6 | Authorizes payment under the supplementary medical insurance program of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for optometric and medical vision care. | 2024-08-01T19:33:04Z | |
| 94-hr-15087 | 94 | hr | 15087 | National Welfare Reform Act | Social Welfare | 1976-08-05 | 1976-08-05 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Kemp, Jack [R-NY-38] | NY | R | K000086 | 0 | National Welfare Reform Act - Stipulates that no family shall be eligible for the aid to families with dependent children program (AFDC) under the Social Security Act if its total income, without regard to exclusions, exceeds 150 percent of the family's needs. Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall provide the full cost of AFDC services to needy families who are not U.S. citizens and are lawfully present in the United States. States that unemployed individuals shall be ineligible for AFDC services for specified periods of time if such individual is determined to have, without good cause, refused an offering of bona fide employment or refused to participate under a work incentive program. Provides procedures for the determination of good cause. States that no sanctions will be applied for a ten day period after failure without good cause has been established, if the individual participates in counseling services. Sets forth procedures governing adjustment of AFDC grant overpayments. Prohibits AFDC grant payments where the caretaker relative is unemployed due to participation in a strike or because he has voluntarily terminated his employment. Defines "income" for purposes of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to pay directly to any State up to 75 percent of the costs of investigating and prosecuting complaints of fraud under AFDC program. Requires that recipients of aid be issued a detailed identification card specifying the programs for which the recipient is eligible. Provides that any person who resides in the same household of an eligible family, but is not himself eligible for aid, shall be required to make a contribution to the State in an amount equal to the amount of the standard payment for single person household under the State's plan. | 2025-09-02T18:49:38Z | |
| 94-hr-15090 | 94 | hr | 15090 | A bill to amend title XX of the Social Security Act so as to eliminate certain restrictions therein pertaining to the use, in the financing of State social services programs, of goods and services provided in kind by a private entity and of donated private funds. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-05 | 1976-08-05 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. McDonald, Lawrence P. [D-GA-7] | GA | D | M000413 | 0 | Amends Title XX (Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act to authorize the payment of funds to a State with respect to: (1) expenditures for goods or services provided in kind by a private entity; and (2) expenditures from donated private funds with restrictions as to the services with respect to which the funds are to be used. | 2024-08-01T19:33:04Z | |
| 94-hr-15096 | 94 | hr | 15096 | A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the automatic cost-of-living increases in benefits which are authorized thereunder may be made on a semiannual basis (rather than only on an annual basis as at present). | Social Welfare | 1976-08-05 | 1976-08-05 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Traxler, Bob [D-MI-8] | MI | D | T000356 | 17 | Provides that the automatic cost-of-living increases in benefits which are authorized under title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act may be made on a semiannual basis (rather than only on an annual basis as at present). | 2024-08-01T19:33:04Z | |
| 94-s-3731 | 94 | s | 3731 | A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that the reasonable value of an individual's home, as determined for purposes of such title, shall be determined after taking into account (together with other pertinent factors) the current prevailing market prices of homes in the particular area in which such home is located. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-05 | 1976-08-05 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Brooke, Edward W. [R-MA] | MA | R | B000871 | 0 | Amends Title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, in determining the value of the house of an applicant for benefits under such Title, to take into account the current market price of homes in the area in which the applicant's home is located. | 2024-08-01T19:37:31Z | |
| 94-s-3732 | 94 | s | 3732 | A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act so as to provide that the special limitation imposed thereunder on eligibility of individuals who are in certain hospitals and other health care facilities will not be applied until the individual has been in such a hospital or other facility for at least 3 months. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-05 | 1976-08-05 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Brooke, Edward W. [R-MA] | MA | R | B000871 | 0 | Amends Title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the Social Security Act to provide that the limitation of benefits imposed thereunder on a beneficiary who is a patient in a hospital, extended care facility, nursing home, or intermediate care facility will not be applied until the beneficiary has been in such a hospital, home, or facility for at least three months. | 2024-08-01T19:37:31Z | |
| 94-s-3733 | 94 | s | 3733 | A bill to provide for a refund of the social security taxes paid in by an individual who has attained age 65 but is not insured for benefits under title II of the Social Security Act. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-05 | 1976-08-05 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Beall, J. Glenn, Jr. [R-MD] | MD | R | B000272 | 0 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1964 and Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to authorize the payment of a refund of the social security taxes paid by an individual who has attained age 65 but who is not insured for benefits under such Title. | 2024-08-01T19:37:31Z | |
| 94-hr-15039 | 94 | hr | 15039 | A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that payments of tuition, fees, or other training costs by any person for a mentally retarded adult individual attending a school for the retarded shall not be treated as income of such individual in determining his or her eligibility for supplemental security income benefits. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-04 | 1976-08-04 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Abzug, Bella S. [D-NY-20] | NY | D | A000018 | 13 | Stipulates that payments of tuition, fees, or other training costs to or for a mentally retarded adult attending a school for the retarded shall be excluded from the income of such individual in determining eligibility for benefits under Title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act. | 2024-08-01T19:33:05Z | |
| 94-hr-15041 | 94 | hr | 15041 | Uniform Federal Welfare and Medicaid Assistance Act | Social Welfare | 1976-08-04 | 1976-08-04 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Abzug, Bella S. [D-NY-20] | NY | D | A000018 | 3 | Uniform Federal Welfare and Medicaid Assistance Act - Increases to 75 percent the Federal matching rate for purposes of reimbursement to States under the Medicaid and Aid to Families with Dependent Children programs of the Social Security Act. | 2025-09-02T18:49:39Z | |
| 94-hr-15046 | 94 | hr | 15046 | A bill to amend part B of title XI of the Social Security Act to assure appropriate participation by professional registered nurses in the peer review, and related activities authorized thereunder. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-04 | 1976-08-04 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Keys, Martha E. [D-KS-2] | KS | D | K000162 | 14 | Requires the inclusion of professional registered nurses in Professional Standards Review Organizations of medical professionals in carrying out the functions of such review organizations under Title XI (General Provisions and Professional Standards Review) of the Social Security Act. Requires the inclusion of two professional registered nurses on the Statewide Professional Standards Review Councils. Requires the inclusion of three professional registered nurses on the National Professional Standards Review Council. Includes professional registered nurses in that class of health care practitioners which may not be held civilly liable for action taken in compliance with or reliance upon norms of care and treatment applied by a Professional Standards Reveiw Organization. | 2024-08-01T19:33:04Z | |
| 94-hr-15047 | 94 | hr | 15047 | A bill to amend part B of title XI of the Social Security Act to assure appropriate participation by professional registered nurses in the peer review, and related activities authorized thereunder. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-04 | 1976-08-04 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Keys, Martha E. [D-KS-2] | KS | D | K000162 | 16 | Requires the inclusion of professional registered nurses in Professional Standards Review Organizations of medical professionals in carrying out the functions of such review organizations under Title XI (General Provisions and Professional Standards Review) of the Social Security Act. Requires the inclusion of two professional registered nurses on the Statewide Professional Standards Review Councils. Requires the inclusion of three professional registered nurses on the National Professional Standards Review Council. Includes professional registered nurses in that class of health care practitioners which may not be held civilly liable for action taken in compliance with or reliance upon norms of care and treatment applied by a Professional Standards Reveiw Organization. | 2024-08-01T19:33:04Z | |
| 94-hr-15027 | 94 | hr | 15027 | Age Discrimination in Employment Amendments | Social Welfare | 1976-08-03 | 1976-08-03 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Blouin, Michael [D-IA-2] | IA | D | B000567 | 0 | Age Discrimination in Employment Amendments - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to make its provisions, formerly applicable to persons between 40 and 60 years of age, applicable to anyone 40 years of age or older. | 2025-09-02T18:49:39Z | |
| 94-hr-15031 | 94 | hr | 15031 | A bill to amend section 218 of the Social Security Act to include Mississippi among the States which may provide coverage for policemen and firemen under their agreements entered into pursuant to that section. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-03 | 1976-08-03 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3] | MS | D | M000865 | 4 | Amends Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to include Mississippi among the States which may provide coverage for policemen and firemen under agreements entered into pursuant to such title. | 2024-08-01T19:33:03Z | |
| 94-hr-15034 | 94 | hr | 15034 | Catastrophic Health Insurance and Medical Assistance Reform Act | Social Welfare | 1976-08-03 | 1976-08-03 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Ruppe, Philip E. [R-MI-11] | MI | R | R000512 | 0 | Catastrophic Health Insurance and Medical Assistance Reform Act - Establishes a Catastrophic Health Insurance Program under the Social Security Act. Sets forth the eligibility criteria for individuals. Provides that every individual who: (1) is a resident of the United States; and (2) is a citizen of, or a lawfully admitted alien in, the United States shall be entitled to catastrophic health insurance benefits provided by this Act in cases where he is not covered by an employer plan. Delimits the scope of benefits. Includes therein hospital and related insurance benefits (hospital, post-hospital and home health services) and medical and other health benefits. Provides for a general deductible from: (a) the reasonable costs of inpatient hospital services past the 60th day; and (b) inpatient hospital benefits of the higher of the following: (1) $2,000; or (2) $2,000 adjusted by the Consumer Price Index to reflect changes in fees for physician services (in $100 increments). Permits payments for specified mental health care services. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to promulgate regulations prescribing standards designed to assure that services consisting of the furnishing of blood or blood products, or the application of procedures or courses of treatment which are experimental or extraordinarily complex, will be provided only when such services are appropriate to the health care needs of the patient. Creates, in the United States Treasury, a Federal Catastrophic Health Insurance Trust Fund to provide a reserve for payment of benefits authorized by this Act. States that individuals covered under approved employer or self-employed plans shall be entitled to those benefits rather than the benefits provided by the catastrophic health insurance plan. Defines the term "employer plan" as meaning an insurance policy, contract, or other arrangement entered into between an employer and a carrier under which the carrier, in consideration of premiums or other periodic payments, undertakes to pay fo… | 2025-09-02T18:49:38Z | |
| 94-s-3717 | 94 | s | 3717 | A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act so as to add the State of Mississippi to that list of States which are authorized to modify their social security coverage agreements so as to provide coverage thereunder for individuals in certain policemen's or firemen's positions. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-03 | 1976-08-03 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Eastland, James O. [D-MS] | MS | D | E000018 | 1 | Amends Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to include Mississippi among the States which may provide coverage for policemen and firemen under agreements entered into pursuant to such title. | 2024-08-01T19:37:31Z | |
| 94-s-3719 | 94 | s | 3719 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that podiatrists shall be treated as "physicians" for certification and related purposes under the medicare program, and to provide coverage under the supplementary medical insurance program for the cutting and removal of warts; to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to include podiatrists' services as physicians' services for the purposes of the medical assistance program authorized by that title. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-03 | 1976-08-03 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Hartke, Vance [D-IN] | IN | D | H000297 | 1 | Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide that podiatrists shall be treated as physicians for certification and related purposes under the Medicare program. Provides coverage under the supplementary medical insurance program for the cutting and removal of warts. Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to include podiatrists' services as physicans' services for the purposes of the medical assistance program authorized by that title. | 2024-08-01T19:37:31Z | |
| 94-hr-15000 | 94 | hr | 15000 | A bill to amend chapter 21 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the payment of social security taxes by a nonprofit organization with respect to its employees shall constitute (for both tax and benefit purposes) a constructive filing by such organization of the certificate otherwise required to provide social security coverage for such employees if it has not received a refund of such taxes, and to require the filing of such a certificate by any nonprofit organization which paid such taxes but received a refund because it had not previously filed such certificate. | Social Welfare | 1976-08-02 | 1976-08-02 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Ottinger, Richard L. [D-NY-24] | NY | D | O000134 | 1 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and Title II (Old-Age Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that the payment of social security taxes by a nonprofit organization on behalf of its employees shall constitute a constructive filing by such organization of the certificate otherwise required to provide social security coverage for such employees if it has not received a refund of such taxes. Requires the filing of such a certificate by any nonprofit organization which paid such taxes but received a refund because it had not previously filed such certificate. | 2024-08-01T19:33:05Z | |
| 94-hr-15002 | 94 | hr | 15002 | Older American Special Nutritional and Medical Assistance Act | Social Welfare | 1976-08-02 | 1976-08-02 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Richmond, Frederick W. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | R000232 | 0 | Older American Special Nutritional and Medical Assistance Act - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to direct the Commissioner on Aging to establish a program to make supplemental food available to older persons determined to be nutritional risks because of inadequate nutrition and inadequate income. Directs the Commissioner to establish a program to make medical services and medical supplies available to older persons determined to be in special need of such services and supplies because of their medical condition and inadequate income. Requires States receiving grants for such purposes to distribute such grants to local health or welfare agencies or private nonprofit agencies. Requires the Commissioner to insure that foods, services, and supplies provided under this Act will be delivered to homes of older persons otherwise unable to procure them. Requires the Commissioner to insure that there is an equitable distribution of such foods, services, and supplies to older persons residing in rural areas. Requires the Commissioner and the Comptroller General to submit to Congress an interim evaluation report and a final evaluation report, detailing the administration of any program established under this Act together with legislative and administrative recommendations. Authorizes the appropriation of specified sums in fiscal years 1977 through 1979 to carry out the purposes of this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:49:40Z | |
| 94-hr-14969 | 94 | hr | 14969 | A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that attorneys' fees allowed in administrative or judicial proceedings under that title (or under title XVIII of such Act), in cases where the claimants are successful, shall be paid by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare rather than deducted from the amounts awarded claimants. | Social Welfare | 1976-07-30 | 1976-07-30 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Cohen, William S. [R-ME-2] | ME | R | C000598 | 10 | Amends Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that attorneys' fees allowed in administrative or judicial proceedings under that Title (or under title XVIII (Medicare) of such Act), in cases where the claimants are successful, shall be paid by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare rather than deducted from the amounts awarded claimants. | 2024-08-01T19:33:05Z | |
| 94-hr-14975 | 94 | hr | 14975 | A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to include podiatrists' services as physician services for the purposes of the medical assistance program authorized by that title. | Social Welfare | 1976-07-30 | 1976-07-30 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | F000215 | 0 | Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to include podiatrist's services as physician services for the purposes of the medical assistance program of that Title. | 2024-08-01T19:32:58Z | |
| 94-hr-14941 | 94 | hr | 14941 | A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to assure that States do not utilize cost-of-living increases in supplemental security income benefits as a means of saving money at the expense of the recipients of such benefits, by requiring that all such increases be passes on to such recipients. | Social Welfare | 1976-07-29 | 1976-07-29 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Fraser, Donald M. [D-MN-5] | MN | D | F000350 | 0 | Amends Title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the Social Security Act to require States which have programs of supplementation payments in addition to Federal Supplemental Security Income benefits, to continue to operate such a program, and to maintain a level of payments under such State program which is not lower than the level of payments for the first month that the program was in effect. Stipulates that the maintenance of the level of supplementation payments is a condition for the eligibility of a State for payments under Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act. | 2024-08-01T19:33:05Z | |
| 94-hr-14951 | 94 | hr | 14951 | A bill to validate certain past social security coverage of policemen and firemen in positions covered by the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund. | Social Welfare | 1976-07-29 | 1976-07-29 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Mikva, Abner J. [D-IL-10] | IL | D | M000703 | 4 | Amends Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to guarantee the social security coverage of policemen's and firemen's positions covered by the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund. States that such coverage shall apply to all services performed prior to July 1, 1976. | 2024-08-01T19:32:55Z | |
| 94-s-3708 | 94 | s | 3708 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include community mental health centers among the entities which may be qualified providers of services for medicare purposes, to redefine terms used in such title so as to reflect such inclusion. | Social Welfare | 1976-07-29 | 1976-07-29 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Brock, Bill [R-TN] | TN | R | B000851 | 0 | Includes community mental health centers among the facilities which may be qualified providers of services under Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. | 2024-08-01T19:37:30Z |
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