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

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