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| 96-hr-8407 | 96 | hr | 8407 | Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Act Amendment | Health | 1980-12-03 | 1980-12-03 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-36] | CA | D | B000918 | 0 | Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Act Amendment - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require alcoholic beverages consisting of more than 24 percent alcohol by volume and offered for sale in a container to bear conspicuously on its label and advertising: (1) a warning stating that the use of this product may impair driving ability, create dependence, and be harmful during pregnancy to the unborn; and (2) the legal age required for purchase in the State in which the beverage is sold. | 2025-09-02T13:55:10Z | |
| 96-hr-8406 | 96 | hr | 8406 | Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act of 1980 | Health | 1980-12-02 | 1980-12-28 | Public Law 96-611. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] | CA | D | W000215 | 1 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act of provide Medicare coverage for pneumococcal vaccine and its administration. Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, prior to the beginning of a quarter, to estimate the amount to which a State is entitled under part E and then to pay to the State the amount so estimated. Revises the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (part A of title IV) eligibility requirements for individuals (who are otherwise eligible) and are between the ages of 18 and 21 so as to restrict such payments to students regularly attending a school in grade twelve or below or regularly attending a course of vocational or technical training, other than a course provided by or through a college or university, designed to fit the individual for gainful employment. Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Act to include within the resources of an SSI applicant for the purpose of determining resources any resource owned by the applicant within the preceding 24 months if the applicant gave away or sold the resource at less than fair market value for the purpose of establishing SSI eligibility. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Act to deny assistance, for specified periods, to an individual who would otherwise be eligible but for the fact that the individual disposed of resources for less than fair market value. Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act of 1980 - Requires appropriate State authorities to give full faith and credit to a child custody determination by a court of another State which has jurisdiction and meets specified conditions. Authorizes a State court with jurisdiction to modify a custody determination of another State court which no longer has or has declined to exercise jurisdiction. Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Act to direct the Secretary to enter into an agreeme… | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hr-8336 | 96 | hr | 8336 | A bill to amend section 314(d) of the Public Health Service Act to extend for three fiscal years the program of assistance for comprehensive public health services. | Health | 1980-11-13 | 1980-11-13 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Carter, Tim Lee [R-KY-5] | KY | R | C000201 | 0 | Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the program of assistance for comprehensive public health services through fiscal year 1984. Revises the formula for such grant amounts. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 96-hr-8337 | 96 | hr | 8337 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage under the medicare program of modified bicycle ergometers and modified treadmills. | Health | 1980-11-13 | 1980-11-13 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Cavanaugh, John J. [D-NE-2] | NE | D | C000261 | 0 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to include modified bicycle ergometers and modified treadmills in the definition of "medical and other health services." | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hr-8341 | 96 | hr | 8341 | A bill to exempt certain blood fractions from the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for five years, and for other purposes. | Health | 1980-11-13 | 1980-11-13 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. McDonald, Lawrence P. [D-GA-7] | GA | D | M000413 | 0 | Exempts blood fractions used in immunoaugmentative therapy by the Immunology Researching Centre, Limited, of Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas, from the definition of drug under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for a period of five years. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 96-hr-8309 | 96 | hr | 8309 | Comprehensive Health Care Reform Act | Health | 1980-10-02 | 1980-10-02 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-29] | NY | R | S000675 | 0 | Comprehensive Health Care Reform Act - Title I: Cost Containment Incentives - Amends the Public Health Service Act by adding a new title XIX, "Standards for Health Benefit Plans." Disallows a trade or business expense deduction or an exclusion relating to contributions by employers to accident and health plans under the Internal Revenue Code by an employer who fails to meet the requirements of this title. Requires that an employer offer to his or her employees at least one group health benefit plan (to the extent that such a plan is available) for inpatient hospital services having an annual copayment for hospital services of at least 25 percent, to be paid by the employee. Excepts from such copayment requirement a period from the date on which an employee and his or her family have incurred out-of-pocket medical expenses during a calendar year in an amount in excess of 20 percent of such individuals' combined income and ending on the last day of such calendar year. Requires an employer to make the same expenditure per enrollee with respect to each group health benefit plan regardless of the actual premium cost. Requires an employer to rebate to an employee any excess of the employer's expenditure amount over the premium cost either in cash or other benefits. Prohibits an employer from expending an amount for a plan on behalf of an employee in excess of the premium cost of the most costly group health benefit plan in which at least ten percent of the employees are actually enrolled at the time the expenditure is made. Requires an employer having at least 200 full-time employees to offer his employees at least three health benefit plans with different carriers. Requires the offer of a group health benefit plan to be first made to any collective bargaining representative of an employee. Title II: Catastrophic Illness Insurance - Amends title XIX of the Public Health Service Act (as added by title I of this Act) to disallow a trade or business expense deduction or an exclusion relating to contributions by employ… | 2025-09-02T13:55:11Z | |
| 96-sjres-208 | 96 | sjres | 208 | A joint resolution to designate the week of December 8, 1980, as "Respiratory Therapy Week ". | Health | 1980-09-30 | 1980-09-30 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 0 | Requests the President to designate the week of December 7, 1980, through December 13, 1980, as "Respiratory Therapy Week." | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 96-hr-8212 | 96 | hr | 8212 | A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study whether there is a relationship between the exposure of members of the Armed Forces of the United States to nuclear radiation in connection with the atomic detonations at Hiroshima and Nagasaki during 1945 and various symptoms currently exhibited by such members. | Health | 1980-09-25 | 1980-09-25 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Gibbons, Sam [D-FL-7] | FL | D | G000153 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to Congress and the Veterans Administration on the relationship between exposure of military personnel to radiation following the atomic detonations at Hiroshima and Nagasaki or in the testing preceding such detonations and any health problems they may presently have. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 96-s-3161 | 96 | s | 3161 | Health Care Protection Act of 1980 | Health | 1980-09-25 | 1980-09-25 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | I000025 | 0 | Health Care Protection Act of 1980 - Authorizes each State to establish a program for compensation and reduction of health care malpractice. Authorizes the Attorney General to promulgate regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes each State to establish malpractice screening panels with original and exclusive jurisdiction to hear all claims of health care malpractice by State certified or licensed health care personnel. Sets forth the procedural rules governing the handling of such claims by such panels. Requires such a panel to determine the amount of damages owed under State law by a defendant found liable for a compensable injury resulting from health care malpractice and enter an order to pay an award in that amount. Authorizes a State to provide judicial enforcement of an award that is not paid promptly. Prohibits review of a panel decision except for review of allegations of a conflict of interest by a panel member or of fraud. Specifies methods of payment of such damage awards. Requires that any party to a claim decided by a panel be entitled to trial de novo on such claim in State court. Requires that a panel or court report any findings of health care malpractice or notice of a settlement agreement to the State insurance commissioner and the State licensing or certification board with jurisdiction over the health care personnel concerned. Directs the State insurance commissioner to make such reports available to the public and to insurance carriers, which shall be authorized to adjust the rates of any health care personnel involved in such malpractice. Sets limits on the amount of the contingent fee which may be awarded to a winning claimant's attorney. Subjects an attorney who accepts a fee in excess of such limits to civil liability. Encourages a State to develop a program requiring specified health care institutions within the State to employ a risk management program for the reporting and investigation of all known or suspected incidents of malpractice within such institutions… | 2025-09-02T13:57:13Z | |
| 96-hjres-616 | 96 | hjres | 616 | A joint resolution designating November 28, 1980 as National Lifeliner Day. | Health | 1980-09-24 | 1980-09-24 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Heckler, Margaret M. [R-MA-10] | MA | R | H000440 | 4 | Designates November 28, 1980, as "National Lifeliner Day." | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 96-hr-8133 | 96 | hr | 8133 | Department of Defense-Veterans Administration Health Care Planning and Improvements Act | Health | 1980-09-17 | 1980-09-17 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Beard, Robin [R-TN-6] | TN | R | B000280 | 0 | Department of Defense-Veterans' Administration Health Care Planning and Improvements Act - Title I: Use of Veterans' Administration Medical Resources in Treating Members of the Armed Forces Injured During a Period of War or Other Armed Conflict - Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to furnish hospital care to any member of the Armed Forces for a service-connected disability incurred or aggravated during a period of war or other armed conflict. Requires the Secretary of Defense to certify to the Administrator that the Armed Forces lacks the capacity to furnish such care because of the number of casualties sustained during such conflict. Directs the Administrator to prescribe regulations, not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, to ensure that such members are given priority for hospital care over all other persons except veterans in need of such care for service-connected disabilities. Title II: Interagency Sharing of Medical Resources - Establishes the Federal Interagency Health Resources Committee to be composed of the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. Directs the Committee: (1) to evaluate the opportunities for the interagency sharing of health resources between the Department of Defense and the Veterans' Administration; (2) to prescribe policies and procedures for such interagency sharing; and (3) within 180 days after enactment of this Act, to prescribe guidelines for such interagency sharing to the directors of health care facilities of the Department and the Administration. Requires such guidelines to provide that: (1) the director of each facility shall enter into cooperative arrangements for providing health care to beneficiaries of other facilities; (2) the availability of medical care to beneficiaries of an agency other than the providing agency shall be on a referral basis; (3) an agency shall be reimbursed for a medical service provided to a beneficiary of another agency; and (4) sharing agreements shall be operative upon agreement by medi… | 2025-09-02T13:55:07Z | |
| 96-hr-8108 | 96 | hr | 8108 | A bill to require the monitoring of radioactive materials transported by air, and for other purposes. | Health | 1980-09-15 | 1980-09-15 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Burton, John [D-CA-5] | CA | D | B001153 | 0 | Amends the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act to direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations, by July 1, 1981, requiring the monitoring of radioactive materials before such materials are loaded onto an aircraft. Directs air carriers who transport such materials to make available a radiation monitoring device to each employee of such carriers who is employed: (1) at an airport at which such materials are loaded or unloaded; or (2) on aircraft in which such materials are transported. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 96-hr-8074 | 96 | hr | 8074 | Hospital Ambulatory Services Reimbursement Reform Act | Health | 1980-09-04 | 1980-09-04 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Bingham, Jonathan B. [D-NY-22] | NY | D | B000472 | 0 | Hospital Ambulatory Services Reimbursement Reform Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to reimburse financially distressed hospitals for community service costs incurred in providing covered outpatient services to certain poor and uninsured individuals. Sets forth the method of determining community service costs and the method of apportioning the costs to the program. Requires the State in which a financially distressed hospital is located to submit an application to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on behalf of such hospital in order for the hospital to participate in the reimbursement program. Sets forth a description of the data necessary to be included in the application. Sets forth the criteria for approval of the application. Allows the State to submit a revised application if the first application is disapproved. Limits the duration of an approved application to one year. Permits the Secretary to request that a hospital, for which a renewal application has been made, make certain changes. Limits the amount of additional reimbursement for any hospital to the combined net deficit in the operation of the outpatient department and emergency room. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Hospital Financing Stabilization and Reorganization, to be composed of nine persons appointed by the Secretary, to: (1) advise the Secretary with regard to the implementation of this Act; (2) review applications submitted pursuant to this Act; and (3) monitor and evaluate certain practices of hospitals receiving reimbursement under this Act. | 2025-09-02T13:55:00Z | |
| 96-sjres-201 | 96 | sjres | 201 | A joint resolution to provide for the designation of a week as "National Lupus Week". | Health | 1980-09-04 | 1980-10-10 | Public Law 96-419. | Senate | Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] | CA | D | C000877 | 29 | Requests the President to designate the week of October 19-25, 1980, as "National Lupus Week." | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 96-hr-8050 | 96 | hr | 8050 | A bill to provide for demonstration projects whereby medicare patients receiving chemotherapy or radiation therapy may be housed and boarded in setting other than inpatient hospital facilities. | Health | 1980-08-28 | 1980-08-28 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Duncan, John J. [R-TN-2] | TN | R | D000534 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out at least three demonstration projects whereby Medicare patients receiving chemotherapy may be housed in facilities other than inpatient acute care hospital facilities. States that the accessibility of such alternative facilities to such patients for both ordinary and emergency treatment shall be considered in determining the appropriateness of such alternative facilities. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hr-8025 | 96 | hr | 8025 | A bill to limit medicare and medicaid payments for certain drugs. | Health | 1980-08-26 | 1980-08-26 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Eckhardt, Bob [D-TX-8] | TX | D | E000035 | 1 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit Medicare and Medicaid payments for any new drug or drug similar to a new drug: (1) which has been provisionally approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; (2) which may be dispensed only upon prescription; (3) for which the Secretary has issued a notice of a hearing on a proposed order to withdraw approval of such drug because the drug is not effective for all the uses prescribed in its labeling; and (4) for which the Secretary has found no compelling medical need. Continues such prohibition until the Secretary withdraws such proposed order. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-s-3065 | 96 | s | 3065 | Federal Physicians Comparability Act of 1980 | Health | 1980-08-26 | 1980-08-26 | Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD] | MD | R | M000241 | 0 | Federal Physicians Comparability Act of 1980 - Amends the Federal Physicians Comparability Allowance Act of 1978 to entitle a physician who has been employed by the Government for more than one year to: (1) variable special pay, in addition to any other pay or allowance, ranging from $5,000 to $10,000 per year based on the creditable service of the physician; and (2) an annual incentive payment of $10,000 for any 12-month period during which the physician is not undergoing medical internship or initial residency training, provided the physician executes an agreement to remain on active duty for one year after receiving such payment. Entitles such a physician who is board certified to an additional payment for board certification in an amount ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 depending on the creditable service of the physician. Includes: (1) any physician paid under the Senior Executive Service, the Merit Pay System, or a pay system for the Panama Canal Commission or the United States Postal Service within the definition of "Government physician"; and (2) the Library of Congress within the definition of "agency" for purposes of such Act. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management: (1) to prescribe regulations for the administration of the provisions of this Act; (2) to conduct a review every two years of the special pay authorized by this Act; and (3) to report the results of each review of Congress. | 2025-09-02T13:57:09Z | |
| 96-hr-8004 | 96 | hr | 8004 | Mental Health Act of 1977 | Health | 1980-08-22 | 1980-08-22 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20] | TX | D | G000272 | 0 | Mental Health Act of 1977 - Title I: Mental Health Benefits - Entitles residents and non-resident citizens to mental health benefits under this Act. Enumerates mental health services covered by this Act, stipulating that payments for such services shall be made by the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the recipient's behalf. Sets forth qualifications of psychiatric hospitals for participation in the program under this Act, including the provision of active diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitative services, and accreditation by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals. Directs that the program under this Act be administered by the Secretary with the advice and assistance of a Committe on Mental Health responsible for approval of all providers under this Act and the establishment of relevant guidelines and qualifications. Requires the Secretary to conduct a study of the feasibility of establishing a national program of mental health insurance and to submit a report of the findings to the President and Congress. Creates on the books of the Treasury a Federal Mental Health Trust Fund. Appropriates to the fund specified tax revenues. Creates a Board of Trustees of the Trust Fund, with the Secretary of the Treasury as the Managing Trustee, to hold the fund, report annually to Congress on the operation and status of the fund, report to Congress when the amount of the fund is unduly small, and review general policies followed in managing the fund. Makes it the duty of the Managing Trustee to invest such portions of the trust fund, according to specified instructions, as are not required to meet current withdrawals. Title II: Mental Health Taxes - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a series of mental health taxes on employees' income, employers' income, self-employment income, and unearned income. Sets forth rules applicable to the nondeductibility of mental health taxes from the employee's exempt wages. Excludes from an individual's gross income an employer's payment of the mental… | 2025-09-02T13:55:00Z | |
| 96-hr-7995 | 96 | hr | 7995 | A bill to extend authorizations of appropriations for the developmental disabilities programs under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, and for other purposes. | Health | 1980-08-21 | 1980-08-21 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] | CA | D | W000215 | 0 | Amends the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for three years for: (1) State allotments for the protection of the rights of persons with developmental disabilities; (2) grants to university affiliated facilities training personnel to work with, or to provide demonstration services for, persons with developmental disabilities; (3) allotments to State programs for persons with developmental disabilities; and (4) demonstration projects for improving services to persons with developmental disabilities. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 96-hr-7972 | 96 | hr | 7972 | Provider Payment Review Board Act | Health | 1980-08-20 | 1980-08-20 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Heftel, Cecil [D-HI-1] | HI | D | H000449 | 3 | Provider Payment Review Board Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to replace the Provider Reimbursement Review Board with the Provider Payment Review Board. Sets forth the composition of the Provider Payment Review Board. Permits the Board to establish its own divisions, to determine the character of cases to be heard initially by the Board or its divisions, and to review any decision rendered by one of its divisions. Permits a provider of Medicare services to obtain a hearing before the Board when the provider is dissatisfied with a refusal of its fiscal intermediary to reopen or revise its reimbursement decision if the provider requested such reopening within a specified time or, if the request is made more than 180 days after the reimbursement decision, if the provider has presented new and material evidence. Adds to the requirements for appeals by groups of providers a requirement that the amount in controversy must be $50,000 or more for all cost reporting periods in dispute. Sets forth the rules regarding the parties to a hearing of the Board, the power of the Board to recognize persons representing parties to a hearing, and the power of the Board to issue subpoenas. Grants the right to obtain judicial review of a Board decision to any parties to the hearing other than the fiscal intermediary. Makes the final decision of the Board binding on all parties to the hearing for the cost reporting periods covered by the decision. Makes such decision binding on the Secretary of Health and Human Services and on the party intermediary with respect to all other parties for all subsequent cost reporting periods unless the Secretary promulgates a regulation inconsistent with the Board's decision. Binds by such decision the Secretary and all fiscal intermediaries with respect to determinations for which the same issues and facts pertain unless the Secretary publishes within 120 days of the decision a statement of nonacquiescence in such decision. Permits a provider of services to obtain judic… | 2025-09-02T13:55:00Z | |
| 96-hr-7927 | 96 | hr | 7927 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the medicare program for certain services performed by chiropractors. | Health | 1980-08-18 | 1980-08-18 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Alexander, Bill [D-AR-1] | AR | D | A000103 | 0 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize payment for specified services performed by chiropractors, including x-rays and physical examinations, and related routine laboratory tests. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hr-7936 | 96 | hr | 7936 | A bill to exempt certain blood fractions from the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act for five years. | Health | 1980-08-18 | 1980-08-18 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. McDonald, Lawrence P. [D-GA-7] | GA | D | M000413 | 2 | Exempts blood fractions used in immunoaugmentative therapy by the Immunology Researching Centre, Limited, of Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas from the definition of drug under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for a period of five years. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 96-hr-7938 | 96 | hr | 7938 | A bill to designate the hospital known as the Veterans Administration Medical Center, located in Reno, Nevada, as the "Ioannis A. Lougaris Veterans Administration Medical Center". | Health | 1980-08-18 | 1980-08-18 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Santini, James D. [D-NV-98] | NV | D | S000058 | 0 | Designates the Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Reno, Nevada, as the "Ioannis A. Lougaris Veterans' Administration Medical Center." | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 96-s-3029 | 96 | s | 3029 | A bill to amend the Social Security Act with respect to professional mental health services. | Health | 1980-08-06 | 1980-08-06 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI] | HI | D | M000250 | 1 | Amends title XI (General Provisions and Professional Standards Review) of the Social Security Act to establish a National Professional Mental Health Services Commission (the Commission) appointed by the President. Sets forth the membership requirements for such Commission. Requires the Commission to determine which professional mental health services are safe, effective, and appropriate in treating specified mental problems and to make recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services with respect to their reimbursement under this Act. Directs the Commission to determine the patient conditions for which it would recommend a physical examination by a physician. Prohibits payment under this Act for any professional mental health services which the Commission formally recommends should not be reimbursed unless the Secretary disagrees with such recommendation and notifies the Commission thereof within 120 days of receipt of such recommendation. Precludes judicial review of both the Commission's recommendations and the Secretary's ultimate decision. Disallows payment under this Act for any mental health services which are not necessary to: (1) prevent the institutionalization of or rehabilitate a noninstitutionalized patient; or (2) diagnose or treat an institutionalized patient. Directs the Commission to provide information and data to the National Professional Standards Review Council established under this Act. Requires the Commission to make recommendations to the Secretary for the establishment of a professional review program to review regularly the validity and adequacy of professional mental health care. Directs the Commission to recommend research projects to assist it in carrying out its duties. Directs the Secretary to conduct such projects except where the Secretary specifically disapproves a requested study or requires additional information from the Commission. Establishes a physician advisory panel to assist the Commission in determining which mental health services should be performed … | 2021-06-14T20:09:26Z | |
| 96-s-3036 | 96 | s | 3036 | Good Samaritan Act | Health | 1980-08-06 | 1980-08-06 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] | MS | R | C000567 | 0 | Good Samaritan Act - Declares: (1) that any licensed medical personnel or aircraft employee who, in good faith, renders emergency care to an injured or ill person aboard an aircraft shall not be liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission by such individual in rendering such care, except for any act or omission amounting to gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct; and (2) that any such individual shall not be liable for any such act or omission in rendering continued emergency care to the injured or ill person during transportation from the aircraft to a medical facility for further treatment or care. | 2025-09-02T13:57:03Z | |
| 96-s-3019 | 96 | s | 3019 | A bill to provide for demonstration projects whereby medicare patients receiving chemotherapy or radiation therapy may be housed and boarded in settings other than inpatient hospital facilities. | Health | 1980-08-05 | 1980-08-05 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO] | MO | R | D000030 | 3 | Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out at least three demonstration projects whereby Medicare patients receiving chemotherapy may be housed in facilities other than inpatient acute care hospital facilities. States that the accessibility of such alternative facilities to such patients for both ordinary and emergency treatment shall be considered in determining the appropriateness of such alternative facilities. | 2021-06-14T20:09:23Z | |
| 96-s-3010 | 96 | s | 3010 | A bill to designate the hospital known as the Veterans' Administration Medical Center, located in Reno, Nevada, as the "Ioannis A. Lougaris Veterans' Administration Medical Center". | Health | 1980-08-04 | 1980-08-04 | Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Laxalt, Paul D. [R-NV] | NV | R | L000148 | 1 | Designates the Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Reno, Nevada, as the "Ioannis A. Lougaris Veterans' Administration Medical Center." | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 96-hr-7911 | 96 | hr | 7911 | Health Planning Technical Amendments of 1980 | Health | 1980-07-31 | 1980-08-28 | Text as passed House inserted in H. R. 7036. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] | CA | D | W000215 | 7 | Health Planning Technical Amendments of 1980 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend from three to five years the time limit for a health systems agency to complete its initial review of existing institutional health services. Limits the authorized appropriation to a health service agency to $3,750,000 for any fiscal year. Amends the alternative sets of requirements which a health maintenance organization or combination of such organizations must meet in order to buy, lease, or acquire a health care facility. Modifies the definitions of the terms "provider of health care" and "expenditure minimum." Exempts expenditures for health research not affecting a facility's services or charges to its patients from the requirement of a capital expenditure certificate of need. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for primary health centers. Makes other technical changes in specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act and other Federal laws regarding health planning. | 2025-09-02T13:54:55Z | |
| 96-hjres-590 | 96 | hjres | 590 | A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to proclaim November 14, 1980, as "National Operating Room Nurses Day". | Health | 1980-07-28 | 1980-07-28 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Tauke, Thomas Joseph [R-IA-2] | IA | R | T000053 | 8 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate November 14, 1980, as "National Operating Room Nurses Day." | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 96-s-2958 | 96 | s | 2958 | Federal Interagency Medical Resources Sharing and Coordination Act of 1980 | Health | 1980-07-23 | 1980-09-30 | Referred jointly to House Committees on Armed Services; and Veterans' Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Percy, Charles H. [R-IL] | IL | R | P000222 | 3 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Federal Interagency Medical Resources Sharing and Coordination Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the Veterans' Administration: (1) to evaluate the opportunities for the interagency sharing of medical resources and facilities between the Department of Defense and the Veterans' Administration; (2) to prescribe policies and procedures for such interagency sharing and monitor the implementation of such policies and procedures; (3) to consult with other Federal health care providers to ensure optimum coordination in the delivery of direct health care; and (4) within 180 days after enactment of this Act, to prescribe uniform guidelines for such interagency sharing to the directors of health care facilities of the Department and the Administration. Requires such guidelines to provide that: (1) the director of each facility shall enter into cooperative arrangements for providing health care to beneficiaries of other facilities; (2) the availability of direct health care to beneficiaries of an agency other than the providing agency shall be on a referral basis; (3) an agency shall be reimbursed for a medical service provided to a beneficiary of another agency; and (4) sharing agreements shall be operative upon agreement by medical facility directors unless disapproved by an agency involved. Directs the Administration and the Department to submit to specified congressional committees a joint annual report regarding interagency medical resource sharing guidelines, opportunities, arrangements, and activities. | 2025-09-02T13:57:02Z | |
| 96-hr-7733 | 96 | hr | 7733 | A bill to require the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to study whether there may be a relationship between exposure of members of the Armed Forces of the United States to nuclear radiation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki immediately after World War II and various symptoms currently exhibited by such members. | Health | 1980-07-02 | 1980-07-02 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Carter, Tim Lee [R-KY-5] | KY | R | C000201 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to carry out a study of the possible relationship between exposure of military personnel to radiation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki immediately after World War II and any health problems they may presently have. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress and the Veterans Administration regarding such study. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 96-hr-7744 | 96 | hr | 7744 | A bill to provide coverage under part B of the medicare program for supplies and services furnished by hospices to individuals who have been determined to be terminally ill. | Health | 1980-07-02 | 1980-07-02 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] | CA | D | P000047 | 35 | Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and the Disabled) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to make such benefits available for health services and medical supplies furnished by hospices to individuals who: (1) are determined by a physician to be terminally ill and to have less than six months to live; and (2) are U.S. citizens or legal aliens who have resided in the United States for the preceding five years. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hr-7758 | 96 | hr | 7758 | Health Planning Technical Amendments of 1980 | Health | 1980-07-02 | 1980-07-02 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] | CA | D | W000215 | 1 | Health Planning Technical Amendments of 1980 - Makes technical changes in specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act and other Federal law regarding health planning. | 2025-09-02T13:54:54Z | |
| 96-hr-7710 | 96 | hr | 7710 | Voluntary Food Supplement Act of 1980 | Health | 1980-07-01 | 1980-07-01 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. McDonald, Lawrence P. [D-GA-7] | GA | D | M000413 | 0 | Voluntary Food Supplement Act of 1980 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exclude from the definition of food additive the food itself, a combination of foods, or foods for special dietary use, or the ingredients thereof, unless being used as preservatives or flavors for a food. Excludes from the definition of "drug" foods for special dietary use, or for preservation or treatment of dietary deficiency conditions. | 2025-09-02T13:54:49Z | |
| 96-hr-7675 | 96 | hr | 7675 | A bill to direct the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases to conduct such studies as may be necessary to determine the safety and efficacy under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) as a topical analgesic and to provide that, if the drug is so determined to be safe and effective, new drug applications may be approved under such section based on the evidence submitted by the Institute. | Health | 1980-06-26 | 1980-06-26 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Heckler, Margaret M. [R-MA-10] | MA | R | H000440 | 0 | Requires the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases to conduct such studies as are necessary to determine the safety and efficacy of dimethyl sulfoxide as a topical analgesic. Requires the submission and approval by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of a new drug application should such investigations prove the safety and efficacy of such substance for its intended use. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 96-hr-7680 | 96 | hr | 7680 | Financially Distressed Hospitals Assistance Act | Health | 1980-06-26 | 1980-06-26 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-19] | NY | D | R000053 | 0 | Financially Distressed Hospitals Assistance Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a program of grants to financially distressed hospitals serving the medically indigent on an inpatient and outpatient basis. Sets forth eligibility and application criteria, including the development of a hospital services reorganization plan. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review an application within 90 days of receipt. Requires the Governor of the applicant-hospital's State to advise the Secretary whether such hospital is a necessary source of essential health services to the community in which it is located. States that such grants may be used for payment of: (1) current indebtedness; (2) expenses related to reorganizing hospital services; and (3) retraining or severance pay for personnel adversely affected by such reorganization. Limits any single grant to a maximum of three years. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Hospital Financing Stabilization and Reorganization to: (1) advise the Secretary; (2) review grant applications and make recommendations to the Secretary; and (3) evaluate the health services provided under health services reorganization plans. Exempts the Council from the two-year termination provisions under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. | 2025-09-02T13:54:49Z | |
| 96-s-2876 | 96 | s | 2876 | Contraceptive Labeling and Advertising Act | Health | 1980-06-25 | 1980-06-25 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Javits, Jacob K. [R-NY] | NY | R | J000064 | 1 | Contraceptive Labeling and Advertising Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that the label for contraceptive drugs and devices state: (1) the range of effectiveness of such drugs and devices in preventing contraception in humans; (2) the directions for use; and (3) that professional advice should be sought to determine the most appropriate form of contraception. Requires information labeling to accompany such drug or device which summarizes the benefits and risks and states adequate directions for use and storage. Requires advertisements and other printed descriptive matter issued with respect to such drug or device to contain information respecting the range of effectiveness based upon clinical and use testing results. | 2025-09-02T13:56:56Z | |
| 96-hr-7641 | 96 | hr | 7641 | A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for medicaid coverage of acupuncturists' services. | Health | 1980-06-24 | 1980-06-24 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Burton, John [D-CA-5] | CA | D | B001153 | 0 | Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to include coverage for the services of an acupuncturist who is licensed or certified by a State. Requires the coverage to apply under a State plan approved under title XIX. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 96-hr-7642 | 96 | hr | 7642 | A bill to provide benefits under part B of the medicare program with respect to acupuncture treatment in States which license or certify individuals who furnish such treatment. | Health | 1980-06-24 | 1980-06-24 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Burton, John [D-CA-5] | CA | D | B001153 | 0 | Amends part B of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide benefits with respect to acupuncture treatment in States which license or certify individuals who furnish such treatment. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hr-7649 | 96 | hr | 7649 | A bill to designate the outpatient clinic of the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Fresno, California, as the "Victor Maghakian Clinic". | Health | 1980-06-24 | 1980-06-24 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Pashayan, Charles, Jr. [R-CA-17] | CA | R | P000097 | 15 | Designates the outpatient clinic of the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Fresno, California, as the "Victor Maghakian Clinic." | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 96-hr-7616 | 96 | hr | 7616 | A bill to establish a national center for clinical pharmacology in the Department of Health and Human Services. | Health | 1980-06-18 | 1980-06-18 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14] | FL | D | P000218 | 0 | Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services the National Center for Clinical Pharmacology under a Director appointed by the Secretary. Authorizes the Center to conduct and support research in clinical pharmacology and clinical pharmacy. Requires the Center to conduct an ongoing review and analysis of the use of drug products in the United States. Requires the Center to prepare an annual Drug Experience Assessment Report for the Secretary. Directs the Center to facilitate analysis of the consequences of State and Federal regulation of the manufacture, importation, exportation, and distribution of drug products, research activities and practices, and the practices of the pharmaceutical industry and health professionals respecting drug products. Requires the Director to periodically report to the Secretary on new techniques in research, areas where current research is insufficient, and promising new drugs in foreign countries. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 96-s-2847 | 96 | s | 2847 | Asbestos Health Hazards Compensation Act of 1980 | Health | 1980-06-18 | 1980-06-18 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Hart, Gary W. [D-CO] | CO | D | H000287 | 0 | Asbestos Health Hazards Compensation Act of 1980 - States that the provisions of this Act shall apply only to disability or death of an affected person resulting from occupational exposure to asbestos or from the occupational exposure to asbestos of a member of such person's household. Establishes minimum workers' compensation standards for State and Federal asbestos-related death or disability benefits, including: (1) compensation for partial or total disability or death at not less than 66 2/3 percent of the claimant's average gross weekly wage; (2) benefits indexed on the basis of wage scale changes in the claimant's job; (3) payments for the duration of the disability, or the life of the claimant, without limitation on the dollar amount or the period of payment; (4) payment of medical and rehabilitation benefits by the responsible parties without limitation on the dollar amount or the period of payment; (5) the provision that such benefits shall not be offset by any other benefits paid to the claimant nor be considered as income for tax purposes; (6) payment to the widow or widower of a claimant for life or until remarriage; and (7) a three year period of eligibility for filing a claim under this Act. Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) prescribe standards for determining whether a death or disability was asbestos-related; and (2) review State and Federal workers' compensation laws to determine whether they meet the requirements set forth in this Act. Permits a claimant who receives compensation from a State or Federal workers' compensation agency that is less than the compensation prescribed under this Act to file a petition for review with the Benefits Review Board (established under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act). Authorizes the Board to order an employer to pay the appropriate level of compensation. Sets forth appeals provisions. Permits an employer who pays a workers' compensation award to bring other responsible parties into the proceeding to determine the amount they sho… | 2025-09-02T13:56:56Z | |
| 96-hr-7596 | 96 | hr | 7596 | A bill entitled: "The Small and Rural Laboratory Protection Act". | Health | 1980-06-17 | 1980-06-17 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1] | NE | R | B000403 | 19 | Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to halt immediately implementation of those regulations relating to clinical laboratory personnel published October 12, 1979, and published as corrected October 23, 1979. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 96-s-2840 | 96 | s | 2840 | Financially Distressed Hospitals Assistance Act | Health | 1980-06-17 | 1980-06-17 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Javits, Jacob K. [R-NY] | NY | R | J000064 | 6 | Financially Distressed Hospitals Assistance Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a program of grants to financially distressed hospitals serving the medically indigent on an inpatient and outpatient basis. Sets forth eligibility and application criteria, including the development of a hospital services reorganization plan. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review an application within 90 days of receipt. Requires the Governor of the applicant-hospital's State to advise the Secretary whether such hospital is a necessary source of essential health services to the community in which it is located. States that such grants may be used for payment of: (1) current indebtedness; (2) expenses related to reorganizing hospital services; and (3) retraining or severance pay for personnel adversely affected by such reorganization. Limits any single grant to a maximum of three years. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Hospital Financing Stabilization and Reorganization to: (1) advise the Secretary; (2) review grant applications and make recommendations to the Secretary; and (3) evaluate the health services provided under health services reorganization plans. Exempts the Council from the two-year termination provisions under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. | 2025-09-02T13:56:56Z | |
| 96-s-2841 | 96 | s | 2841 | Hospital Ambulatory Services Reimbursement Reform Act | Health | 1980-06-17 | 1980-06-17 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Javits, Jacob K. [R-NY] | NY | R | J000064 | 7 | Hospital Ambulatory Services Reimbursement Reform Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to reimburse financially distressed hospitals for community service costs incurred in providing covered outpatient services to certain poor and uninsured individuals. Sets forth the method of determining community service costs and the method of apportioning the costs to the program. Requires the State in which a financially distressed hospital is located to submit an application to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on behalf of such hospital in order for the hospital to participate in the reimbursement program. Sets forth a description of the data necessary to be included in the application. Sets forth the criteria for approval of the application. Allows the State to submit a revised application if the first application is disapproved. Limits the duration of an approved application to one year. Permits the Secretary to request that a hospital, for which a renewal application has been made, make certain changes. Limits the amount of additional reimbursement for any hospital to the combined net deficit in the operation of the outpatient department and emergency room. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Hospital Financing Stabilization and Reorganization, to be composed of nine persons appointed by the Secretary, to: (1) advise the Secretary with regard to the implementation of this Act; (2) review applications submitted pursuant to this Act; and (3) monitor and evaluate certain practices of hospitals receiving reimbursement under this Act. | 2025-09-02T13:57:00Z | |
| 96-hr-7577 | 96 | hr | 7577 | Prescription Drug Freshness Act | Health | 1980-06-13 | 1980-06-13 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-26] | NY | R | G000212 | 0 | Prescription Drug Freshness Act - Requires the prominent labeling of prescription and over-the-counter drugs and pharmaceuticals, whose effectiveness or potency become diminished after storage, as to the date beyond which the product shall not be used. Authorizes the Food and Drug Administration to establish the "beyond use" dates for all applicable products, and the manner in which they shall be labeled. Prohibits the Administration from promulgating any regulations under this Act which add two percent or more to the cost of such drugs. | 2025-09-02T13:54:49Z | |
| 96-hr-7527 | 96 | hr | 7527 | National Health Care Reform Act of 1980 | Health | 1980-06-09 | 1980-06-09 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Gephardt, Richard A. [D-MO-3] | MO | D | G000132 | 1 | National Health Care Reform Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish actuarial categories, including an aged and disabled actuarial category, of individuals eligible for Federal financial assistance toward the purchase of membership in a health care plan qualified under this Act (health care contributions). Sets forth the factors to be considered by the Secretary in establishing such categories. Requires the Secretary to delineate the United States into health care areas according to specified criteria. Title I: Health Care Contributions - Makes every individual who is: (1) a resident of the United States; and (2) a citizen of the United States or a lawful resident alien, eligible for a health care contribution. Stipulates that a person who is a dependent of an eligible individual is not eligible for a health care contribution. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a tax exclusion of contributions paid by an eligible individual's employer toward the premium of a qualified health care plan. Sets forth the conditions for such exclusion. Establishes limits on the amount of the tax exclusion allowed to an eligible individual. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a taxpayer a tax credit for the premium paid by such taxpayer during the taxable year for membership in a qualified health care plan. Limits the tax credit to individuals eligible for a health care contribution under this Act. Specifies the maximum allowable credit for a taxable year. Sets forth additional limitations on such credit. Directs the Secretary to make a direct health care contribution to each eligible individual who is aged or disabled and who elects to receive such contribution in lieu of any benefits under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (Medicare). Requires the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register the amount of direct health care contributions for aged or disabled individuals made for each health care area. Sets forth the method for computing such contributions. … | 2025-09-02T13:54:50Z | |
| 96-s-2801 | 96 | s | 2801 | A bill to designate the Indian Health Facility in Ada, Oklahoma the "Carl Albert Indian Health Facility. | Health | 1980-06-09 | 1980-10-09 | Public Law 96-415. | Senate | Sen. Boren, David L. [D-OK] | OK | D | B000639 | 0 | Designates the Indian health facility in Ada, Oklahoma, as the "Carl Albert Indian Health Facility." | 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z | |
| 96-s-2797 | 96 | s | 2797 | A bill to require the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services to submit a report with respect to the effects of hazardous wastes. | Health | 1980-06-06 | 1980-06-06 | Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 0 | Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to prepare, and submit to Congress within six months, a report on the known and suspected hazards associated with substances identified as hazardous wastes pursuant to specified provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Requires that such report include a description of the nature of the hazards to human health posed by each substance, both directly and indirectly through the environment and through hazards to other forms of life. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 96-hr-7502 | 96 | hr | 7502 | A bill to allow State medicaid plans to provide medical assistance for institutional services for mentally retarded individuals who are not otherwise provided such assistance because they are not treated as residents of the State. | Health | 1980-06-05 | 1980-06-05 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Edwards, Jack [R-AL-1] | AL | R | E000084 | 0 | Allows a State Medicaid plan approved under Title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide medical assistance for institutional services for mentally retarded individuals who are not otherwise provided such assistance because they are not treated as residents of the State. Sets forth conditions which the State may impose on such assistance. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 96-hr-7490 | 96 | hr | 7490 | A bill for the relief of the Herbert J. Thomas Memorial Hospital. | Health | 1980-06-04 | 1980-06-04 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-4] | WV | D | R000011 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified amount to Herbert J. Thomas Memorial Hospital in West Virginia for settlements of suits resulting from a Federal and State program. Limits the amount of such funds which may be used to pay attorney's fees. | 2021-06-14T19:44:14Z | |
| 96-hr-7468 | 96 | hr | 7468 | A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide that the Federal medical assistance percentage will be 100 percent for individuals during periods in which they have been incorrectly certified as SSI recipients, and for other purposes. | Health | 1980-05-29 | 1980-05-29 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL-7] | AL | D | S000320 | 6 | Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide complete medical coverage to any individual during any period in which that person is considered eligible for supplemental security income benefits because of an incorrect determination by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Requires the Secretary to promptly give notice and explain any termination of payment of supplemental security benefits to the State agency which administers that individual's State Medicaid Plan. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 96-hr-7446 | 96 | hr | 7446 | A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase the personal needs allowance for institutionalized recipients to thirty dollars per individual and sixty dollars per couple. | Health | 1980-05-28 | 1980-05-28 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Beard, Edward [D-RI-2] | RI | D | B000279 | 0 | Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require any State plan for medical assistance to exclude a personal needs allowance of at least $30 per month for an individual in a skilled nursing or intermediate care facility or $60 per month for a couple from the annual income of such individual for purposes of determining such individual's eligibility for assistance. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 96-s-2761 | 96 | s | 2761 | A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require that States provide medicaid coverage for dental services (including dental prosthetics) for eligible individuals 65 or older. | Health | 1980-05-22 | 1980-05-22 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] | MI | D | L000261 | 3 | Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require that States provide medicaid coverage for dental services (including dental prosthetics) for eligible individuals 65 or older. | 2021-06-14T20:08:25Z | |
| 96-hr-7422 | 96 | hr | 7422 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize medicare payments for certain inpatient hospital services furnished by a hospital operated by the Veterans' Administration. | Health | 1980-05-21 | 1980-05-21 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Sabo, Martin Olav [D-MN-5] | MN | D | S000005 | 17 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require payments to any Veterans' Administration hospital for inpatient services furnished to a person entitled to Medicare hospital benefits if that person was not entitled to free services at such hospital and the services were not otherwise reasonably available within the area of the hospital. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-s-2732 | 96 | s | 2732 | A bill to direct that a clinical investigation of the safety and efficacy of dimethyl sulfoxide as a drug to be used by persons with arthritis be conducted through the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism and Digestive Diseases. | Health | 1980-05-16 | 1980-05-16 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Packwood, Bob [R-OR] | OR | R | P000009 | 14 | Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) to conduct a clinical investigation of the safety and efficacy of dimethyl sulfoxide as a drug to be used by persons with arthritis. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 96-hr-7334 | 96 | hr | 7334 | A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize the use of heroin for terminally ill cancer patients. | Health | 1980-05-13 | 1980-05-13 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Madigan, Edward R. [R-IL-21] | IL | R | M000041 | 20 | Amends the Controlled Substances Act to permit specified practitioners to register to dispense heroin for an inpatient who has been diagnosed as being terminally ill with cancer. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 96-hr-7328 | 96 | hr | 7328 | Medicaid Community Care Act of 1980 | Health | 1980-05-12 | 1980-05-12 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. McDade, Joseph M. [R-PA-10] | PA | R | M000399 | 0 | Medicaid Community Care Act of 1980 - Authorizes a State with a plan approved under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to apply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) to have Federal payments for home health care services, nursing services, home health aid services, medical equipment for use in the home, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology services, endiology services, adult day health services, respite care, short-term full-term nursing care, homemaker services, and nutrition counseling made at a higher rate the the rate for other care and services provided under the State plan. Specifies that the Federal medical assistance percentage for such services and the comprehensive assessments provided for in this Act shall be the lesser of: (1) the Federal medical assistance percentage determined under title XIX plus 25 percent; or (2) 90 percent of the cost of such services and assessments. Requires an application to be accompanied by a community care plan which: (1) provides for a comprehensive assessment of each individual eligible or applying for Medicaid who is likely to need long-term skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility services; (2) makes available, under title XIX, the care and services for which the higher Federal payment may be made to individuals determined pursuant to a comprehensive assessment to be in need of long-term facility services and for whom such assistance is a feasible alternative to long-term facility services; and (3) coordinates the services provided under this Act with similar services provided under the Older Americans Act of 1965, and under titles XVIII (Medicare) and XX (Grants to States for Services) of the Social Security Act. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress with respect to the program established under this Act. Permits a State, for the purposes of title XIX, to treat a noninstitutionalized individual the same as an individual who is in a long-term care… | 2025-09-02T13:54:41Z | |
| 96-hr-7299 | 96 | hr | 7299 | Mental Health Systems Act | Health | 1980-05-07 | 1980-08-22 | Measure laid on table in House, S. 1177 passed in lieu. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] | CA | D | W000215 | 9 | (Measure passed House, amended, roll call #483 (277-15)) Mental Health Systems Act - =Title I: Community Mental Health Services= - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make preparation grants to public or nonprofit private entities recommended by the State mental health authority for projects to: (1) assess mental health service needs; (2) design programs; (3) obtain financial and professional assistance; and (4) encourage community involvement. Prohibits: (1) any grant from exceeding $75,000; (2) a mental health service area from receiving more than one such grant; and (3) any service area from receiving a grant if it has previously received a planning grant under the Community Mental Health Centers Act. Authorizes appropriations for each of fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private community mental health centers (CMHCs) for nonconstruction expenses. Limits eligibility to CMHCs that: (1) are State-operated; or (2) have been approved by the State mental health authority. Requires applications to be accompanied by assurances from such authority that the grant and all other funding sources the applicant CMHC may reasonably be expected to receive will cover the operating expenses for the year in which the grant is to be made. Limits grant eligibility to the first eight years of a CMHC's operation. Permits a rollover of unused funds to the next fiscal year. Provides that the amount of the grant shall be the lesser of: (1) the amount equal to the amount by which a CMHC's annual operating costs exceed its revenues; or (2) a decreasing annual percentage of operating costs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1991 for CMHC continuation grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State mental health authorities, CMHCs, and other public and nonprofit private entities for services to the chronically mentally ill, including: (1) case management; (2) access to mental, m… | 2025-09-02T13:54:41Z | |
| 96-s-2655 | 96 | s | 2655 | A bill to approve dimethyl sulfoxide for the treatment of acute brain and spinal cord injuries. | Health | 1980-05-05 | 1980-05-05 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID] | ID | R | M000346 | 2 | Makes an approved new drug application effective for the use of dimethyl sulfoxide as an intravenous drug for the treatment of acute brain and spinal cord injuries. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 96-s-2656 | 96 | s | 2656 | A bill to approve dimethyl sulfoxide for the treatment of scleroderma. | Health | 1980-05-05 | 1980-05-05 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID] | ID | R | M000346 | 2 | Makes an approved new drug application effective for the use of dimethyl sulfoxide as a treatment for scleroderma. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 96-s-2657 | 96 | s | 2657 | A bill to approve dimethyl sulfoxide for the relief of inflammation from arthritis, bursitis, rheumatism, and other disorders of the musculoskeletal system. | Health | 1980-05-05 | 1980-05-05 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID] | ID | R | M000346 | 2 | Makes an approved new drug application effective for the use of dimethyl sulfoxide as a topical drug for the relief of inflamation from arthritis, bursitis, rheumatism, and other disorders of the musculoskeletal system. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 96-s-2643 | 96 | s | 2643 | Emergency Child Health Services Act of 1980 | Health | 1980-05-01 | 1980-05-01 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | I000025 | 1 | Emergency Child Health Services Act of 1980 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for demonstration programs for children's emergency medical services. Sets forth eligibility requirements. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to Congress by January 1, 1984, regarding such programs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981-83 for such programs. | 2025-09-02T13:56:49Z | |
| 96-s-2644 | 96 | s | 2644 | A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide for the direct reimbursement of qualified gerontological nurse practitioners under medicare and medicaid. | Health | 1980-05-01 | 1980-05-01 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | I000025 | 1 | Amends the Social Security Act to revise, for medicare purposes, the definition of "skilled nursing facility" to require that such facilities provide for having a qualified professional gerontological nurse practitioner available, on at least a consultant basis, to assure that necessary gerontological nursing services are furnished. Revises the definition of "physician", for medicare purposes, to include a qualified professional nurse practitioner who is licensed by the State in which such nurse performs such function or action, but only with respect to functions or actions which such nurse is legally authorized to perform as a registered nurse in a State by such State and, then only for purposes of specified provisions relating to: (1) medical and other health services; (2) certification of the need for inpatient psychiatric hospital services; and (3) the requirement that each patient at a hospital be under the care of a physician. Defines "qualified professional gerontological nurse practitioner", for both medicare and medicaid purposes, as an individual who: (1) is licensed to practice nursing by the State in which such function or action is performed; and (2) (a) holds a master's degree in gerontological nursing or a related field from an accredited educational institution, or (b) is certified as a gerontological nurse practitioner by the duly recognized professional nurses organization. Includes among the requirements for State plans for medical assistance, for medicaid purposes, provisions that qualified professional gerontological nurse practitioners: (1) who are legally authorized to provide professional services will be among those for whose professional services payment will be made, with respect to health services covered under the State plan; (2) will be available, at least on a consultant basis, to assure that necessary gerontological nursing services are furnished to patients at any intermediate care facility or skilled nursing facility receiving payments for services under the State plan; (3) w… | 2021-06-14T20:07:40Z | |
| 96-hr-7203 | 96 | hr | 7203 | Health Professions Education and Distribution Act of 1980 | Health | 1980-04-29 | 1980-09-26 | Conference scheduled in Senate. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] | CA | D | W000215 | 6 | (Measure passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 2375) Health Professions Education and Distribution Act of 1980 - Reaffirms the Federal Government's partnership with the nation's health professions schools and students so that, with Federal assistance: (1) all Americans can be assured equal opportunities to enter a health career; (2) all Americans can be assured equal access to qualified health professions personnel; and (3) the health professions schools, as a national resource, can assist in accomplishing these objectives. States that amendments made by this Act shall take effect October 1, 1981. =Title I: Education of Health Personnel= - Redesignates title VII of the Public Health Service Act as "Education of Health Personnel Training." Sets forth the general duties of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare), under Title VII, including: (1) health personnel training; (2) health personnel geographic and specialty distribution; (3) providing equal career opportunities; (4) assuring delivery of health care; and (5) maximizing the cost effectiveness of health education, training, and services. Defines "nonprofit" to mean an entity owned and operated by one or more corporations or associations of which no part of the net earnings accrue to any private shareholder or individual. Adds "school of chiropractic" to the list of defined schools. Defines "graduate program in health administration" and "graduate program in clinical psychology." Defines "school of medicine" as any public school in a State that offers an accelerated integrated program of undergraduate premedical education and medical education leading to advanced entry into an accredited four year medical school. Defines "accredited" to mean a school or program accredited by a group recognized and approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Provides that a school or program that has not been in operation long enough to receive accreditation at the time of its grant applica… | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 96-s-2603 | 96 | s | 2603 | Family Care Demonstration Project Act | Health | 1980-04-24 | 1980-04-24 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS] | KS | R | K000017 | 8 | Family Care Demonstration Project Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare), in consultation with the Commissioner of the Administration on Aging, to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, any public or private entity, including any hospital that has a medicare agreement in effect, to conduct demonstration programs for the placement of specified elderly persons in private homes as foster care residents. Requires that such elderly persons be: (1) 65 years old or older; (2) inpatients in a hospital or nursing home, but no longer require inpatient care; (3) ambulatory and require continued medical support services or intermittent medical or skilled nursing care similar to the care provided in an intermediate care facility, but do not require continuous skilled nursing services; and (4) lack other appropriate residential arrangements to provide necessary services. Directs the Secretary to require that such programs establish standards to assure that specified criteria are met. Includes among such criteria, requirements that such programs: (1) provide for placement in the homes of blood relatives whenever possible if such homes meet applicable requirements; (2) include placements in homes of relatives and in other foster care homes in order to evaluate care in both settings; (3) provide for contribution to the cost of care by the elderly person to the extent that this does not unduly deplete such person's resources; (4) assure persons in whose home such foster care is given are compensated; and (5) assists members of the family providing foster care in making alternative short-term care arrangements when necessary. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide, to the extent feasible, for the distribution of such grants or contracts among urban and rural areas; and (2) determine the amount of any such grant or contract. Sets forth certain recordkeeping requirements for such programs. Requires that such records be available to the Secretar… | 2025-09-02T13:56:49Z | |
| 96-s-2613 | 96 | s | 2613 | Federal Interagency Medical Resources Sharing and Coordination Act of 1980 | Health | 1980-04-24 | 1980-04-24 | Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Percy, Charles H. [R-IL] | IL | R | P000222 | 0 | Federal Interagency Medical Resources Sharing and Coordination Act of 1980 - Establishes the Federal Interagency Health Resources Committee to be composed of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare), and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs. Directs the Committee to take specified measures culminating with: (1) the establishment of uniform policies and procedures for interagency sharing of health resources by Federal direct health care providers; and (2) the promulgation, within 120 days after enactment of this Act, of guidelines for the interagency sharing of medical resources by health care facilities within the jurisdiction of the Secretaries and the Administrator. Requires that such guidelines provide that: (1) shared services shall not be limited to specialized medical resources; (2) the availability of a medical facility of one agency to a beneficiary of another agency shall be on a referral basis; (3) an agency shall be reimbursed for a medical service provided to a beneficiary of another agency; and (4) sharing agreements shall be operative upon agreement by medical facility directors unless disapproved by an agency involved. Requires each agency providing medical services under this Act to report annually to Congress concerning such services. Directs the General Accounting Office to monitor and report annually to Congress on the progress of the Department of Defense, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Veterans' Administration in implementing this Act. | 2025-09-02T13:56:56Z | |
| 96-hr-7150 | 96 | hr | 7150 | A bill to designate the Indian Health Facility in Ada, Oklahoma, the "Carl Albert Indian Health Facility". | Health | 1980-04-23 | 1980-04-23 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Watkins, Wes [D-OK-3] | OK | D | W000194 | 0 | Designates the Indian health facility in Ada, Oklahoma, as the "Carl Albert Indian Health Facility." | 2024-02-07T13:32:55Z | |
| 96-hr-7122 | 96 | hr | 7122 | Guillain-Barre Syndrome Compensation Commission Act | Health | 1980-04-22 | 1980-04-22 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Mazzoli, Romano L. [D-KY-3] | KY | D | M000291 | 20 | Guillain-Barre Syndrome Compensation Commission Act - Establishes the Guillain-Barre Syndrome Compensation Commission to fairly and expeditiously hear, determine, and pay claims against the United States for injuries to individuals who contracted such syndrome after immunization pursuant to the swine flu program. Sets forth the composition and operating procedures of such Commission. Authorizes the Commission to appoint a director and staff and procure other necessary personnel. Directs the Commission to hold hearings at times and places necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes the Commission to issue subpenas relative to procuring evidence of the liability of the United States for damages to a claimant. Provides judicial procedures for refusal to obey such subpenas. Authorizes the Chairperson of the Commission to secure any information from Federal agencies not exempted from disclosure by rule of law. Directs that any claim for relief under this Act shall be submitted to the Commission within 12 months after the date of enactment of such Act. Requires the Commission, within 120 days of receipt of such claim, to hold a hearing to determine the eligibility and amount of damages due any such claimant. Declares a claimant eligible for damages if: (1) a timely claim has been filed; (2) the Guillain-Barre Syndrome was contracted within 20 weeks after immunization; and (3) the claimant has not received a full settlement of such claim against the United States. Specifies time periods under which the Commission shall make a final determination pursuant to any claim and to make payment of damages due any claimant. Declares that any payment to a claimant shall be in full settlement of all claims of such claimant against the United States arising out of the swine flu program. Directs the Commission to submit a final report to the President and each House of Congress pursuant to its operations under this Act, within three years after the date of enactment of such Act. Declares that the Commission s… | 2025-09-02T13:54:37Z | |
| 96-s-2590 | 96 | s | 2590 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for dental care, eyeglasses, and hearing aids under the part B supplementary medical insurance program. | Health | 1980-04-22 | 1980-04-22 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] | OH | D | M000678 | 0 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment, under the supplementary medical insurance program, for dental care including dentures, eye examinations including eyeglasses, and hearing aids including examination. | 2021-06-14T20:07:26Z | |
| 96-sjres-165 | 96 | sjres | 165 | A joint resolution to designate May 1980 as "Better Hearing and Speech Month". | Health | 1980-04-22 | 1980-04-22 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD] | MD | R | M000241 | 0 | Authorizes the President to designate May, 1980, as "Better Hearing and Speech Month." | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 96-hr-7089 | 96 | hr | 7089 | A bill to establish an office in the National Institutes of Health to assist in the development of drugs for diseases and conditions of low incidence. | Health | 1980-04-17 | 1980-04-17 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Holtzman, Elizabeth [D-NY-16] | NY | D | H000752 | 49 | Establishes within the National Institutes of Health the Office of Drugs of Limited Commercial Value under the direction of the Director of the National Institutes of Health. Establishes within the Office an advisory council to advise the Director and make recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly Health, Education, and Welfare) respecting the time required for drug approval under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Authorizes the Director to provide financial assistance to entities for the development of drugs of limited commercial value, defined as a drug for a condition or disease of low incidence, to undertake the development of such drugs, undertake studies to determine the potential and need for specific drugs, and coordinate the efforts of public and private entities engaged in the development of such drugs. Requires the submission and approval of an application containing the scientific basis for the development of the drug and the proposed therapeutic use of the drug and other specified information before financial assistance is provided. Requires each entity receiving funds to keep specified records. Requires the Director to report to Congress within two years on the effectiveness of this Act. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 96-hr-7042 | 96 | hr | 7042 | A bill to provide payment for dental services under part B of the medicare program. | Health | 1980-04-15 | 1980-04-15 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Collins, Cardiss [D-IL-7] | IL | D | C000634 | 0 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for: (1) dentures; and (2) dental care and treatment under the supplementary medical insurance program. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-s-2536 | 96 | s | 2536 | A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to terminate eligibility for medicaid medical assistance for up to one year for individuals determined to have abused the Medicaid program. | Health | 1980-04-03 | 1980-04-03 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Heflin, Howell [D-AL] | AL | D | H000445 | 1 | Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit a State to terminate benefits, for up to one year, to an individual who, after notice and opportunity for hearing, is determined by a preponderance of the evidence to have committed specified abuses under Medicaid. | 2021-06-14T20:07:10Z | |
| 96-s-2537 | 96 | s | 2537 | A bill to permit relatives of Medicaid eligible individuals residing in nursing homes to contribute voluntarily to a State fund for the provision of such care. | Health | 1980-04-03 | 1980-04-03 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Heflin, Howell [D-AL] | AL | D | H000445 | 1 | Permits a State to establish a program under which relatives of a Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) beneficiary receiving skilled nursing facility services or intermediate care facility services may contribute to a fund used to provide such services. | 2021-06-14T20:07:10Z | |
| 96-s-2538 | 96 | s | 2538 | A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow States to provide for competitive bidding for the purchase of certain items under their Medicaid plans. | Health | 1980-04-03 | 1980-04-03 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Heflin, Howell [D-AL] | AL | D | H000445 | 1 | Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit a State, under certain circumstances, to purchase, either through a competitive bidding process or otherwise: (1) laboratory and X-ray services; (2) family planning supplies; (3) prescription drugs; (4) dentures; (5) prosthetic devices; or (6) eyeglasses. | 2021-06-14T20:07:10Z | |
| 96-s-2539 | 96 | s | 2539 | Medical Radiation Safety Act of 1980 | Health | 1980-04-03 | 1980-04-03 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Javits, Jacob K. [R-NY] | NY | R | J000064 | 0 | Medical Radiation Safety Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Radiation Policy Council, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and appropriate State agencies, to promulgate dental and medical radiologic procedure accreditation and certification standards. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States (not to exceed 50 percent of the costs) for such programs. Directs the Secretary to provide a model law for radiologic safety to the States. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary to prescribe radiological equipment safety regulations. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to promulgate Federal radiation protection guidelines which shall encourage the therapeutic medical application of radiation with the minimum radiologic exposure. States that any such standards shall apply to all executive departments and agencies. States that no later than three years after enactment of this Act: (1) Federal assistance will only be provided in States having accreditation and certification programs consistent with Federal standards; and (2) no Federal assistance will be provided to any person not in compliance with specified Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act regulations. Authorizes the Secretary to make hardship exceptions to such requirements. | 2025-09-02T13:56:49Z | |
| 96-sres-404 | 96 | sres | 404 | A resolution requesting the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a comprehensive review of all pertinent scientific information relating to the risks and benefits associated with human exposure to nitrites. | Health | 1980-04-03 | 1980-04-03 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Talmadge, Herman E. [D-GA] | GA | D | T000035 | 17 | Requests the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a comprehensive review of all pertinent scientific information relating to the risks and benefits associated with human exposure to nitrites, including the Newberne study and all other animal feeding studies and nitrosamine occurrence in food and beverages. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 96-hr-7017 | 96 | hr | 7017 | A bill to require the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to study whether there may be a relationship between exposure of members of the Armed Forces of the United States to nuclear radiation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki immediately after World War II and various symptoms currently exhibited by such members. | Health | 1980-04-02 | 1980-04-02 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Davis, Robert W. [R-MI-11] | MI | R | D000131 | 16 | Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to carry out a study of the possible relationship between exposure of military personnel to radiation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki immediately after World War II and any health problems they may presently have. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress and the Veterans Administration regarding such study. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 96-hr-7023 | 96 | hr | 7023 | A bill to direct that a clinical investigation of the safety and efficacy of dimethyl sulfoxide as a drug to be used by persons with arthritis be conducted through the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases. | Health | 1980-04-02 | 1980-04-02 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Hopkins, Larry J. [R-KY-6] | KY | R | H000776 | 124 | Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) to conduct a clinical investigation of the safety and efficacy of dimethyl sulfoxide as a drug to be used by persons with arthritis. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 96-hr-7028 | 96 | hr | 7028 | A bill to permit relatives of Medicaid eligible individual residing in nursing homes to contribute voluntarily to a State fund for the provision of such care. | Health | 1980-04-02 | 1980-04-02 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL-7] | AL | D | S000320 | 6 | Permits a State to establish a program under which relatives of a Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) beneficiary receiving skilled nursing facility services or intermediate care facility services may contribute to a fund used to provide such services. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 96-hr-7030 | 96 | hr | 7030 | A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to terminate eligibility for medicaid medical assistance for up to one year for individuals determined to have abused the Medicaid program. | Health | 1980-04-02 | 1980-04-02 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL-7] | AL | D | S000320 | 6 | Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit a State to terminate benefits, for up to one year, to an individual who, after notice and opportunity for hearing, is determined by a preponderance of the evidence to have committed specified abuses under Medicaid. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 96-hr-7031 | 96 | hr | 7031 | A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow States to provide for competitive bidding for the purchase of certain items under their Medicaid plans. | Health | 1980-04-02 | 1980-04-02 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL-7] | AL | D | S000320 | 6 | Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit a State, under certain circumstances, to purchase, either through a competitive bidding process or otherwise: (1) laboratory and X-ray services; (2) family planning supplies; (3) prescription drugs; (4) dentures; (5) prosthetic devices; or (6) eyeglasses. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 96-hr-7035 | 96 | hr | 7035 | Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Amendments of 1980 | Health | 1980-04-02 | 1980-04-02 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] | CA | D | W000215 | 0 | Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Amendments of 1980 - Title I: Amendments to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to redefine the term "interstate commerce" that affects commerce between any State or territory and any place outside thereof. Eliminates the requirement that the Secretary of Health and Human Services, (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) designate the optional ingredients which shall be named on the label of a food or class of food for which a definition and standard of identity has been prescribed which permits the use of optional ingredients. States that a food which purports to be or is represented as a food for which a definition and standard of identity has been prescribed shall be deemed misbranded if such food does not conform to such definition and standard and its label does not bear the name of the food specified in such definition and standard. Requires that labels of food contain a list of each ingredient in order of predominance by weight, and, where required, stating the percentage which each ingredient comprises of the total food product, other than spices, flavorings, and colorings. Eliminates the exemption of butter, cheese, or ice cream from the declaration of artificial color on the label requirement. Requires each food processor who processes food for export to the United States to register with the Secretary the name and location of such processor's place of business and processing plant and the foods to be processed in such establishment. Requires such processors to notify the Secretary whenever a discontinuance or substantive change in such activity takes place. Permits the Secretary to exempt any food processor from such requirements. Declares food processed in an unregistered establishment misbranded. Makes failure to register a prohibited act under the Federal, Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Sets forth requirements for prescription animal drugs. Authorizes the Secretary to require the addition of … | 2025-09-02T13:54:32Z | |
| 96-hr-7036 | 96 | hr | 7036 | Health Research Act of 1980 | Health | 1980-04-02 | 1980-08-28 | Measure laid on table in House, S. 988 passed in lieu. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] | CA | D | W000215 | 7 | (Measure passed House, amended (inserted text of H.R. 7911 as passed House), roll call #506 (292-48)) Health Research Act of 1980 - Amends title IV of the Public Health Service Act (National Research Institutes) to establish as an agency of the Public Health Service the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (abolished as a statutory entity by Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1966), consisting of the following 11 categorical institutes; the National Cancer Institute; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases; the National Institute on Aging; the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; the National Institute of Dental Research; the National Eye Institute; the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke; the National Institute of General Medical Sciences; and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish, or abolish, additional research institutes; and (2) expand the functions of existing institutes. Provides that: (1) the NIH shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; (2) the Secretary and the Director, pursuant to the Secretary's delegation, shall be responsible for the overall direction of NIH, including specified administrative and supervisory functions; and (3) the Director shall delegate certain program promotion and coordination functions to an Assistant Director. Directs the Secretary to appoint a National Institutes of Health Advisory Board to: (1) advise and make recommendations to the Secretary and the Director; and (2) prepare an annual report on its activities. Requires an annual report to be submitted by the Secretary to the President and to Congress consisting of: (1) a description of the NIH's activities, and a five-year plan for future activities and policies… | 2025-09-02T13:54:32Z | |
| 96-s-2534 | 96 | s | 2534 | Veterans' Administration Health-Care Program Amendments of 1980 | Health | 1980-04-02 | 1980-06-05 | Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H. R. 7102 passed in lieu. | Senate | Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] | CA | D | C000877 | 6 | (Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H. R. 7102 passed in lieu) Veterans' Administration Health-Care Program Amendments of 1980 - =Title I: Health Care Personnel Amendments= - Veterans' Administration Health-Care Personnel Amendments of 1980 - Amends the Veterans' Administration Physician and Dentist Pay Comparability Act of 1975 to authorize the payment of special pay to physicians and dentists in the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration (VA) who are employed intermittently or less than half-time, occupy internship or residency positions, or are retired annuitants. Exempts physicians, dentists, nurses, and other health- care professionals employed by the Department from the Senior Executive Service. Authorizes the position of Director of Nursing Service to be filled by a qualified registered nurse serving as an Assistant Chief Medical Director or as a Deputy Assistant Chief Medical Director. Increases pay under the basic pay schedules for: (1) employees of the Office of the Chief Medical Director; (2) physicians and dentists; (3) nurses; (4) nursing support; and (5) clinical podiatrists and optometrists. Provides for special pay and additional pay under special guidelines for such personnel. Authorizes the Administrator to increase the rates of pay, within specified limits, for selected personnel in specified geographic areas in order to provide rates competitive with comparable health personnel by non-federal health care facilities in the same labor market. Directs the Administrator to study the need for and impact on personnel needs of converting certain employees to the pay schedules and other administrative provisions of Federal law dealing with veterans' benefits. Requires that such report be submitted to the Veterans' Affairs Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives within 18 months of the date of enactment of this Act. Permits the Chief of Staff of a VA medical center and other chiefs of staff serving on a less than full-time basis to co… | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 96-hr-6982 | 96 | hr | 6982 | Uniformed Services Health Professionals Special Pay Act of 1980 | Health | 1980-04-01 | 1980-06-23 | Measure laid on table in House, S. 2460 passed in lieu. | House | Rep. Nichols, Bill [D-AL-3] | AL | D | N000095 | 9 | (Measure passed House, amended) Uniformed Services Health Professionals Special Pay Act of 1980 - Provides special and additional pay for physicians in the Armed Forces who are on active duty for a period of not less than one year. Sets forth a schedule for such special pay providing that: (1) physicians below pay grade 0-7 are to receive between $1,200 and $10,000 per year based on years of creditable service; and (2) physicians above pay grade 0-6 are to receive $1,000 per year. Entitles a physician eligible for special pay to an additional $10,000 annual payment for any 12-month period during which he or she is not undergoing medical internship or initial residency training, based on years of creditable service, upon the execution of a written agreement under which the officer agrees to remain on active duty for at least one year. Authorizes additional special pay (from $2,000 to $5,000 based on years of creditable service) for those physicians eligible for special pay who are board certified (under regulations prescribed by this Act). Allows a qualified medical officer an incentive special pay not to exceed $8,000 for any 12-month period during which the officer is not undergoing medical internship or initial residency training. Limits the amount paid in special pay in any fiscal year to an amount equal to six percent of the total amount paid in such year for special pay. States that such a physician must agree in writing to remain on active duty for a period of not less than one year beginning on the date the officer accepts the award of such special pay. Permits the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of the military department concerned, to terminate at any time any officer's entitlement to special pay. Includes, in the computation of creditable service: (1) all periods which the officer spent in medical internship or residency training during which the officer was not on active duty; and (2) all periods of active service in the Medical Corps of the Army or Navy, as medical officer of th… | 2025-09-02T13:54:34Z | |
| 96-hr-6966 | 96 | hr | 6966 | Uniformed Services Health Professionals Special Pay Act of 1980 | Health | 1980-03-28 | 1980-03-28 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Nichols, Bill [D-AL-3] | AL | D | N000095 | 1 | Uniformed Services Health Professionals Special Pay Act of 1980 - Provides special and additional pay for physicians in the Armed Forces or the Public Health Service who are on active duty for a period of not less than one year. Sets forth a schedule for such special pay providing that: (1) physicians below pay grade 0-7 are to receive between $1,200 and $10,000 per year based on years of creditable service; and (2) physicians above pay grade 0-6 are to receive $1,000 per year. Entitles a physician eligible for special pay to an additional $10,000 annual payment for any 12 month period during which he or she is not undergoing medical internship or initial residency training, based on years of creditable service, upon the execution of a written agreement under which the officer agrees to remain on active duty for at least one year. Authorizes additional special pay (from $2,000 to $5,000 based on years of creditable service) for those physicians eligible for special pay who are board certified under regulations prescribed by this Act. Allows a qualified medical officer an incentive special pay not to exceed $8,000 for any 12 month period during which the officer is not undergoing medical internship or initial residency training. Limits the amount paid in special pay in any fiscal year to an amount equal to six percent of the total amount paid in such year for special pay. States that such a physician must agree in writing to remain on active duty for a period of not less than one year beginning on the date the officer accepts the award of such special pay. Permits the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of the military department concerned, to terminate at any time any officer's entitlement to special pay. Includes, in the computation of creditable service: (1) all periods which the officer spent in medical internship or residency training during which the officer was not on active duty; and (2) all periods of active service in the Medical Corps of the Army or Navy, as medical officer of the Air Force, or a… | 2025-09-02T13:54:34Z | |
| 96-s-2501 | 96 | s | 2501 | Uniformed Services Health Professionals Special Pay Act of 1980 | Health | 1980-03-28 | 1980-03-28 | Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA] | GA | D | N000171 | 2 | Uniformed Services Health Professionals Special Pay Act of 1980 - Provides special and additional pay for physicians in the Armed Forces or the Public Health Service who are on active duty for a period of not less than one year. Sets forth a schedule for such special pay providing that: (1) physicians below pay grade 0-7 are to receive between $1,200 and $10,000 per year based on years of creditable service; and (2) physicians above pay grade 0-6 are to receive $1,000 per year. Entitles a physician eligible for special pay to an additional $10,000 annual payment for any 12 month period during which he or she is not undergoing medical internship or initial residency training, based on years of creditable service, upon the execution of a written agreement under which the officer agrees to remain on active duty for at least one year. Authorizes additional special pay (from $2,000 to $5,000 based on years of creditable service) for those physicians eligible for special pay who are board certified (under regulations prescribed by this Act). Allows a qualified medical officer an incentive special pay not to exceed $8,000 for any 12 month period during which the officer is not undergoing medical internship or initial residency training. Limits the amount paid in special pay in any fiscal year to an amount equal to six percent of the total amount paid in such year for special pay. States that such a physician must agree in writing to remain on active duty for a period of not less than one year beginning on the date the officer accepts the award of such special pay. Permits the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of the military department concerned, to terminate at any time any officer's entitlement to special pay. Includes, in the computation of creditable service: (1) all periods which the officer spent in medical internship or residency training during which the officer was not on active duty; and (2) all periods of active service in the Medical Corps of the Army or Navy, as medical officer of the Air Force, or… | 2025-09-02T13:56:47Z | |
| 96-hjres-526 | 96 | hjres | 526 | A joint resolution designating May 1980 as "National Arthritis Month". | Health | 1980-03-27 | 1980-03-27 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Gramm, Phil [D-TX-6] | TX | D | G000365 | 10 | Designates May 1980, as "National Arthritis Month." | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 96-s-2490 | 96 | s | 2490 | Infant Formula Act of 1980 | Health | 1980-03-27 | 1980-09-08 | Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H. R. 6940 passed in lieu. | Senate | Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] | OH | D | M000678 | 9 | (Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 6940 passed in lieu) Infant Formula Act of 1980 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to set forth requirements for infant formulas. States that formulas which do not conform to such requirements shall be deemed to be adulterated. Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise such requirements, establish quality control procedures, and establish requirements respecting the retention of records of required procedures. Requires such manufacturer of an infant formula to notify the Secretary whether the formula as processed meets such requirements and of any changes in such formula or its processing. Requires a manufacturer who has knowledge which reasonably supports the conclusion that an infant formula leaving his or her control may be adulterated or misbranded so as to present a risk to human health to promptly notify the Secretary. Sets forth reporting and recordkeeping requirements respecting the distribution of such formula as may be necessary to effect and monitor recalls. Directs the Secretary to prescribe the scope and extent of such recalls. Exempts infant formulas represented and labelled for use by infants having unusual medical or dietary problems from the specified nutrient requirements of such Act. Permits the Secretary to establish terms and conditions for the exemption of other infant formulas from such requirements. Grants an inspector enforcing the provisions of this Act access to specified records of the manufacturer at all reasonable times. Makes the failure to submit required reports or to provide required notice prohibited acts under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the long-term effect on infants of hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis resulting from infant formulas deficient in chloride. Directs the Secretary to study and report to the appropriate committees of Congress on: (1) existing Federal requirements for the labeling of such formula to determ… | 2025-09-02T13:56:50Z | |
| 96-hr-6929 | 96 | hr | 6929 | A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to make uniform the capitation grant requirements for schools of optometry. | Health | 1980-03-26 | 1980-03-26 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Dannemeyer, William E. [R-CA-39] | CA | R | D000044 | 0 | Amends the Public Health Service Act to conform Federal grant requirements for nonprofit private schools of optometry to such requirements for other schools of optometry. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 96-hr-6940 | 96 | hr | 6940 | An act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to strengthen the authority under that Act to assure the safety and nutrition of infant formulas, and for other purposes. | Health | 1980-03-26 | 1980-09-26 | Public Law 96-359. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] | CA | D | W000215 | 23 | (Measure passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 2490) Infant Formula Act of 1980 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to set forth requirements for infant formulas. States that formulas which do not conform to such requirements shall be deemed to be adulterated. Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise such requirements, establish quality control procedures and establish requirements respecting the retention of records of required procedures. Requires each manufacturer of an infant formula to notify the Secretary whether the formula as processed meets such requirements and of any changes in such formula or its processing. Requires a manufacturer who has knowledge which reasonably supports the conclusion that an infant formula leaving his or her control may be adulterated or misbranded so as to present a risk to human health to promptly notify the Secretary. Sets forth reporting and recordkeeping requirements respecting the distribution of such formula as may be necessary to effect and monitor recalls. Directs the Secretary to prescribe the scope and extent of such recalls. Exempts infant formulas represented and labelled for use by infants having unusual medical or dietary problems from the specified nutrient requirements of such Act. Permits the Secretary to establish terms and conditions for the exemption of other infant formulas from such requirements. Grants an inspector enforcing the provisions of this Act access to specified records of the manufacturer at all reasonable times. Makes the failure to submit required reports or to provide required notice prohibited acts under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the long-term effect on infants of hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis resulting from infant formulas deficient in chloride. Directs the Secretary to study and report to the appropriate committees of Congress on: (1) existing Federal requirements for the labeling of such formula to determine the effects of … | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 96-hr-6895 | 96 | hr | 6895 | Prepaid Prescription Program Negotiation Act | Health | 1980-03-24 | 1980-03-24 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Addabbo, Joseph P. [D-NY-7] | NY | D | A000052 | 4 | Prepaid Prescription Program Negotiation Act - Permits associations of professional pharmacists to negotiate collectively with third-party insurers (including Federal and State governments) relative to their reimbursement for dispensing prepaid prescriptions. | 2025-09-02T13:54:32Z | |
| 96-hr-6902 | 96 | hr | 6902 | Health Research Act of 1980 | Health | 1980-03-24 | 1980-03-24 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] | CA | D | W000215 | 7 | Health Research Act of 1980 - Amends title IV of the Public Health Service Act (National Research Institutes) to establish as an agency of the Public Health Service the National Institutes of Health (abolished as a statutory entity by Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1966), consisting of the following 11 categorical institutes: the National Cancer Institute; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases; the National Institute on Aging; the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; the National Institute of Dental Research; the National Eye Institute; the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke; the National Institute of General Medical Sciences; and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Enumerates the duties of the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including the authority to obtain the services of not more than 200 scientific or professional experts or consultants. Requires the Director to delegate certain functions to the Assistant Director of NIH. Directs the Secretary to appoint a National Institutes of Health Advisory Board to: (1) advise and make recommendations to the Director of NIH; and (2) prepare an annual report on its activities. Requires the Director of NIH to submit to the President, Congress, and the Secretary an annual report, including a five-year plan for the activities and program policies of the Director and the unrevised annual reports of the Advisory Council and other advisory boards of NIH. Provides that the Director of the National Cancer Institute shall be appointed by the Secretary. Sets forth the general duties of the Secretary (acting through the Director of each national research institute) with respect to the aspect of human health for which the institutes were established. Authorizes activities and programs to be supported through grants and contracts approved by eac… | 2025-09-02T13:54:27Z | |
| 96-hr-6887 | 96 | hr | 6887 | A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the program of assistance for health professions schools in financial distress. | Health | 1980-03-20 | 1980-03-20 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Carter, Tim Lee [R-KY-5] | KY | R | C000201 | 1 | Amends the Public Health Service Act to limit financial distress grants to any school of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, or public health in serious financial need (thus excluding currently eligible schools of veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, and podiatry). Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, Health, Education, and Welfare) to give special consideration to grant applications from such schools having significant enrollments of students from ethnic or racial minorities or from low-income families. Authorizes the Secretary to make such grants to meet, in addition to costs already provided for under such Act, costs of: (1) maintaining the quality of educational programs; and (2) strengthening academic resources and capabilities. Prohibits the Secretary from requiring changes in the educational component of the program of a recipient school. Limits the requirement of proper expenditure assurances to grant recipients (currently, all grant applicants must submit such assurances). Authorizes the Secretary to obligate grant funds in advance of appropriation. Requires proportionate reductions in obligated funds should appropriations fail to equal the projected amount. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1981 and for each of the four succeeding fiscal years. Eliminates the $5,000,000 ceiling on obligated or expended funds for start-up assistance grants for schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry, and public health. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 96-s-2460 | 96 | s | 2460 | An act to amend chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, to revise the special pay provisions for medical officers in the uniformed services and to extend the special pay provisions for other health professionals in the uniformed services, and for other purposes. | Health | 1980-03-20 | 1980-06-28 | Public Law 96-284. | Senate | Sen. Hart, Gary W. [D-CO] | CO | D | H000287 | 0 | (Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H. R. 6982) Uniformed Services Health Professionals Special Pay Act of 1980 - Provides special and additional pay for physicians in the Armed Forces who are on active duty for a period of not less than one year. Sets forth a schedule for such special pay providing that: (1) physicians below pay grade 0-7 are to receive between $1,200 and $10,000 per year based on years of creditable service; and (2) physicians above pay grade 0-6 are to receive $1,000 per year. Entitles a physician eligible for special pay to an additional $10,000 annual payment for any 12 month period during which he or she is not undergoing medical internship or initial residency training, based on years of creditable service, upon the execution of a written agreement under which the officer agrees to remain on active duty for at least one year. Authorizes additional special pay (from $2,000 to $5,000 based on years of creditable service) for those physicians eligible for special pay who are board certified (under regulations prescribed by this Act). Allows a qualified medical officer an incentive special pay not to exceed $8,000 for any 12 month period during which the officer is not undergoing medical internship or initial residency training. Limits the amount paid in special pay in any fiscal year to an amount equal to six percent of the total amount paid in such year for special pay. States that such a physician must agree in writing to remain on active duty for a period of not less than one year beginning on the date the officer accepts the award of such special pay. Permits the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of the military department concerned, to terminate at any time any officer's entitlement to special pay. Includes, in the computation of creditable service: (1) all periods which the officer spent in medical internship or residency training during which the officer was not on active duty; and (2) all periods of active service in the Medical Corps of the Army or Navy, as… | 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z | |
| 96-hjres-516 | 96 | hjres | 516 | A joint resolution designating the week beginning February 1, 1981, as "National Scleroderma Week". | Health | 1980-03-19 | 1980-03-19 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] | CA | D | P000047 | 104 | Designates the week beginning February 1, 1981, as "National Scleroderma Week." | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 96-hr-6880 | 96 | hr | 6880 | Health Amendments of 1979 | Health | 1980-03-19 | 1980-03-19 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Staggers, Harley O. [D-WV-2] | WV | D | S000778 | 0 | Health Amendments of 1979 - Title I: Appropriation Authorizations - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1983 for specified cancer, cardiovascular, lung, blood, and diabetes activities. Extends the authorization of appropriations for the National Diabetes Advisory Board through fiscal year 1981. Extends the expiration date of such Board to September 30, 1981. Authorizes appropriations for arthritis demonstration projects and data system for fiscal years 1981 through 1984. Extends the authorization of appropriations for multipurpose arthritis centers through fiscal year 1983. Extends the authorization of appropriations for the National Arthritis Advisory Board through fiscal year 1981. Extends the expiration date of such Board to September 30, 1981. Amends the Community Mental Health Centers Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for rape prevention and control through fiscal year 1983. Title II: Revisions to Various Health Authorities - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the formula for the calculation of National Health Service Corps cost sharing. Raises the number of members composing the National Diabetes Advisory Board from 23 to 24. Adds the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development or his or her designee as an ex officio member of such Board. Amends the Community Mental Health Centers Act to eliminate specified rape prevention control reports and assistance. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to repeal the exemption from regulation as cosmetics of coal-tar hair dyes. Amends the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1946, to provide for advances to a specified service and supply fund. | 2025-09-02T13:54:32Z | |
| 96-hr-6843 | 96 | hr | 6843 | Medicaid Community Care Act of 1980 | Health | 1980-03-18 | 1980-03-18 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3] | AR | R | H000124 | 0 | Medicaid Community Care Act of 1980 - Authorizes a State with a plan approved under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to apply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) to have Federal payments for home health care services, nursing services, home health aid services, medical equipment for use in the home, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology services, endiology services, adult day health services, respite care, short-term full-term nursing care, homemaker services, and nutrition counseling made at a higher rate the the rate for other care and services provided under the State plan. Specifies that the Federal medical assistance percentage for such services and the comprehensive assessments provided for in this Act shall be the lesser of: (1) the Federal medical assistance percentage determined under title XIX plus 25 percent; or (2) 90 percent of the cost of such services and assessments. Requires an application to be accompanied by a community care plan which: (1) provides for a comprehensive assessment of each individual eligible or applying for Medicaid who is likely to need long-term skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility services; (2) makes available, under title XIX, the care and services for which the higher Federal payment may be made to individuals determined pursuant to a comprehensive assessment to be in need of long-term facility services and for whom such assistance is a feasible alternative to long-term facility services; and (3) coordinates the services provided under this Act with similar services provided under the Older Americans Act of 1965, and under titles XVIII (Medicare) and XX (Grants to States for Services) of the Social Security Act. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress with respect to the program established under this Act. Permits a State, for the purposes of title XIX, to treat a noninstitutionalized individual the same as an individual who is in a long-term care… | 2025-09-02T13:54:27Z |
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