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| 99-hr-5736 | 99 | hr | 5736 | Comprehensive Health Care Reform Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-10-17 | 1986-10-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-18] | FL | D | P000218 | 0 | Comprehensive Health Care Reform Act of 1986 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the National Commission on Health Care Reform to: (1) study the national health care system and its ability to provide quality cost-effective health care; (2) examine methods of restructuring the national health care system; and (3) examine the potential cost of implementing a restructured system. Requires the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Congress and the Secretary by January 1, 1988. Terminates the Commission on January 1, 1988. | 2025-08-29T16:32:51Z | |
| 99-s-2941 | 99 | s | 2941 | Malpractice Dispute Resolution Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-10-17 | 1986-10-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN] | MN | R | D000566 | 0 | Malpractice Dispute Resolution Act of 1986 - Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, during the four-year period starting January 1, 1988, to conduct between one and three projects under the Federal employees' health benefits program which will demonstrate alternatives to the tort liability system of compensating persons for injuries or illness incurred and aggravated as a result of health care received under such a plan. Makes participation in such a project by an enrollee voluntary. Authorizes such projects to include: (1) binding arbitration or other alternative dispute resolution procedures; (2) contractual modifications of existing substantive rules governing tort claims; or (3) compensation for specified injuries or illness on a no-fault basis. Specifies considerations required before a project may be approved. Requires the Comptroller General of the United States to report to the Congress by December 31, 1991, any recommendations regarding implementation of alternatives to the tort liability system in Federal health benefit plans. Authorizes appropriations for such projects for FY 1988 through 1992. | 2025-08-29T16:30:03Z | |
| 99-s-2935 | 99 | s | 2935 | Antibiotic Safety Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-10-16 | 1986-10-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] | RI | R | C000269 | 0 | Antibiotic Safety Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the use of subtherapeutic doses of penicillin, chlortetracycline, or oxytetracyline in animal feed. | 2025-08-29T16:32:16Z | |
| 99-hr-5681 | 99 | hr | 5681 | Back Injury Commission Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-10-09 | 1986-11-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor Standards. | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-22] | NY | R | G000212 | 0 | Back Injury Commission Act of 1986 - Establishes the Commission on Back Injuries to study the causes and consequences of occupational back injuries and recommend actions to prevent and alleviate such injuries. Requires the Commission to report its findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the President and the Congress. Terminates the Commission 30 days after submitting such report. | 2025-08-29T16:32:36Z | |
| 99-hconres-402 | 99 | hconres | 402 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress respecting the enactment by the States of certain laws relating to the acquired immune deficiency syndrome. | Health | 1986-10-02 | 1986-10-09 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Dannemeyer, William E. [R-CA-39] | CA | R | D000044 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the States should enact legislation that: (1) requires the blood tests required before a couple may be married include negative results of a test for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and the AIDS-related complex and a test to determine if an individual is a carrier of the virus which causes AIDS; (2) requires tracing and counseling of such individuals; (3) encourages designated hospitals to offer transfusions directly between the blood donor and recipient; (4) requires health care professionals to test negatively for AIDS, the AIDS complex, or the AIDS virus; and (5) makes sodomy a criminal offense. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-hr-5592 | 99 | hr | 5592 | A bill to amend the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to provide that a drug abuser shall not be considered a handicapped individual for purposes of that Act, and for other purposes. | Health | 1986-09-24 | 1986-10-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Select Education. | House | Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-15] | FL | R | S000303 | 0 | Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to provide that an individual who uses, or is addicted to, illegal drugs shall not be considered a handicapped individual for the purposes of such Act (unless such individual can be considered handicapped based on other criteria within such Act). | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-s-2873 | 99 | s | 2873 | Pediatric Pulmonary Research Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-09-24 | 1986-09-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 0 | Pediatric Pulmonary Research Act of 1986 - Amends title IV (National Research Institutes) of the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to establish a grant program to fund research, training, and patient services in pediatric pulmonary medicine. Requires the Director to establish criteria for the selection of grant recipients. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. | 2025-08-29T16:30:46Z | |
| 99-s-2875 | 99 | s | 2875 | Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-09-24 | 1986-09-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI] | HI | D | M000250 | 9 | Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to permit only the U.S. manufacturer of a drug to reimport such drug into the United States. Prohibits the sale of prescription drug samples. Permits the distribution of samples only to practitioners licensed to prescribe such drugs. Requires such practitioners to return a receipt for such drug samples to the manufacturers to be kept and made available to Federal and State officials. Requires drug wholesalers to provide drug purchasers with a statement identifying the manufacturer and each sale of the drug. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue licensing standards for drug wholesalers. | 2025-08-29T16:33:46Z | |
| 99-s-2861 | 99 | s | 2861 | Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Services Research Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-09-23 | 1986-09-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 5 | Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Services Research Act of 1986 - Title I: Council on Alzheimer's Disease - Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services the Council on Alzheimer's Disease to: (1) coordinate research conducted by or through the Department on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias; (2) establish a mechanism for the sharing of information among employees of the Department involved in programs serving the elderly; (3) identify the most promising areas of research; (4) establish mechanisms to use the results of Alzheimer's disease research; and (5) assist in developing and coordinating research plans. Requires the Council to transmit specified reports to the Congress. Title II: Advisory Panel on Alzheimer's Disease - Establishes the Advisory Panel on Alzheimer's Disease to assist the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Council in identifying priorities and emerging issues with respect to Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991. Title III: Awards for Leadership and Excellence in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias - Authorizes the Director of the National Institute on Aging to make awards to researchers who have made distinguished achievements in areas relating to Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991. Title IV: Research Relating to Services for Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias and Their Families - Part A: Responsibilities of the National Institute on Aging - Requires the Director to conduct research relevant to appropriate services for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and their families. Requires the Director to prepare and transmit to the Chairman of the Council a plan for such research. Requires the Director to disseminate the results of such research to appropriate professional entities and the public. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991. Part B: Responsibilities of the Nat… | 2025-08-29T16:31:30Z | |
| 99-s-2846 | 99 | s | 2846 | Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Services Research Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-09-20 | 1986-09-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Aging (Labor and Human Resources). | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 1 | Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Services Research Act of 1986 - Title I: Council on Alzheimer's Disease - Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services the Council on Alzheimer's Disease to: (1) coordinate research conducted by or through the Department on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias; (2) establish a mechanism for the sharing of information among employees of the Department involved in programs serving the elderly; (3) identify the most promising areas of research; (4) establish mechanisms to use the results of Alzheimer's disease research; and (5) assist in developing and coordinating research plans. Requires the Council to transmit specified reports to the Congress. Title II: Responsibilities of the National Institute on Aging - Requires the Director to conduct research relevant to appropriate services for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and their families. Requires the Director to prepare and transmit to the Chairman of the Council a plan for such research. Requires the Director to disseminate the results of such research to appropriate professional entities and the public. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991. Title III: Responsibilities of the National Institute of Mental Health - Requires the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health to conduct research relevant to appropriate services for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and their families. Requires the Director to prepare and transmit to the Chairman of the Council a plan for such research. Requires the Director to disseminate the results of such research to appropriate professional entities and the public. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991. Title IV: Responsibilities of the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment - Requires the Director of the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment to conduct research relevant to appropriate servi… | 2025-08-29T16:30:09Z | |
| 99-s-2841 | 99 | s | 2841 | Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-09-19 | 1986-09-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] | PA | R | H000456 | 1 | Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act of 1986 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to grant the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (Network) the exclusive responsibility: (1) for the assignment in the United States of an organ to a recipient, if the organ is not transplanted into a recipient residing in the service area of the regional center for the region in which it is donated; and (2) for the arrangement and approval of the export or import of organs. Declares that an organ exported to a foreign country may only be: (1) provided by the organ procurement network of that country to a nonprofit transplant center; and (2) transplanted into a citizen or permanent resident of that country. Requires the U.S. Network, before approving an export, to determine that all possible efforts to locate a U.S. recipient have been exhausted. Requires organ procurement organizations, agencies, and programs and all persons and entities involved in organ harvesting, donation, or transplantation, to register with, and participate in, the Network to be eligible for Federal assistance. Declares it unlawful for any person to export or import human organs without approval and arrangement by the Network. Establishes a $50,000 fine, or up to five years' imprisonment, or both, for violation of this prohibition. Declares it unlawful for any person to advertise or solicit for, or cause to be advertised or solicited for, any nonimmigrant alien human organ transplant patient or any nonimmigrant alien human organ donor. Establishes a $50,000 fine, or up to five years' imprisonment, or both, for violation of this prohibition. Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that each State should enact legislation to prohibit the sale, within the State, of any insurance policy which offers or purports to provide the policy holder or beneficiary: (1) with any type of preference with respect to the receipt of a human organ; or (2) with exclusive access to a pool of human organs for transplantation. Declares that it is th… | 2025-08-29T16:33:24Z | |
| 99-hr-5546 | 99 | hr | 5546 | National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-09-18 | 1986-10-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] | CA | D | W000215 | 23 | (Measure passed House, amended) National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 - Title I: Vaccines - Subtitle 1: National Vaccine Program - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish in the Department of Health and Human Services a National Vaccine Program to: (1) direct vaccine research and development within the Federal Government; (2) ensure the production and procurement of safe and effective vaccines; (3) direct the distribution and use of vaccines; and (4) coordinate governmental and nongovernmental activities. Requires the Director of the Program to report to specified congressional committees. Establishes the National Vaccine Advisory Committee to recommend: (1) ways to encourage the availability of an adequate supply of vaccines; and (2) research priorities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991. Subtitle 2: National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program - Part A: Program Requirements - Establishes the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program as an alternative remedy to judicial action for specified vaccine-related injuries. Prescribes the contents of any petition for compensation. Grants U.S. district courts authority to determine eligibility and compensation. Requires the district court in which the petition is filed to designate a special master to serve as an adjunct to the court. Sets forth the responsibilities of the court. Lists factors to be considered when determining the amount of a compensation award. Sets forth a table of injuries deemed vaccine-related for compensation purposes. Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) promulgate regulations to revise such table; and (2) recommend changes to the vaccines covered by the table. Provides that compensation awarded under the Program shall be paid out of the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. Limits awards for actual and projected pain and suffering and emotional distress to $250,000. Prohibits awards for punitive damages. Establishes the Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines to: (1) advi… | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 99-hr-5553 | 99 | hr | 5553 | Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Services Research Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-09-18 | 1986-09-25 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2] | ME | R | S000663 | 25 | Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Services Research Act of 1986 - Title I: Council on Alzheimer's Disease - Establishes the Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease as a Council of the Department of Health and Human Services through FY 1991. Sets forth the duties of such Council which include assisting the National Institute on Aging, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment in developing a coordinated agenda for the activities authorized by this Act and in making necessary adjustments in planned research programs. Directs the Council to report to the Congress and the public within nine months of enactment of this Act on the proposed agenda, and annually thereafter regarding the Alzheimer's disease research authorized by this Act. Title II: National Institute on Aging - Requires the National Institute on Aging to initiate a services-relevant research program on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias which stresses research in: (1) epidemiology and the identification of risk factors in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias; and (2) the development and evaluation of reliable and valid multidimensional diagnostic and assessment procedures and instruments. Directs the National Institute on Aging to: (1) cooperate with the Council in coordinating its program with the others authorized by this Act; and (2) disseminate its findings. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991. Title III: National Institute of Mental Health - Requires the National Institute of Mental Health to initiate a services-relevant research program on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias which stresses research in: (1) mental health services relevant to the problems associated with such dementias; (2) discovery of the optimal range and cost effectiveness of community and institutional services relevant to such dementias; (3) assessment of the efficacy of the various special care units developing around the country for Alzheime… | 2025-08-29T16:29:26Z | |
| 99-hr-5540 | 99 | hr | 5540 | Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-09-17 | 1986-10-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | House | Rep. Wyden, Ron [D-OR-3] | OR | D | W000779 | 3 | (Measure passed House, amended) Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 - Title I: Promotion of Professional Review Activities - Provides protection from liability under Federal and State laws for members of a professional review body and their staffs who, in the reasonable belief that the action was in the furtherance of quality health care, warranted by the facts known, and after a reasonable effort to obtain the facts, take actions which adversely affect the clinical privileges or professional society membership of a physician. Provides such protection to those who provide information to professional review bodies. Sets forth certain standards for professional review action is proposed by a health care entity; and (2) specified hearing requirements. Allows the court to award the payment of reasonable attorneys' fees and costs to a prevailing defendant or plaintiff. Allows the Secretary of Health and Human services to establish voluntary guidelines to assist the professional review bodies. Title II: Reporting of Information - Requires any entity (including an insurance company) making a payment in a medical malpractice action to report certain information to the Secretary and to State licensing boards, including: (1) the name of the physician or health care practitioner; (2) the amount of payment; (3) the name of any hospital with which the physician or health care practitioner is associated; and (4) a description of the acts and injuries upon which the claim was based. Establishes civil penalties for the failure to report such information. Directs the Secretary to study whether information respecting small payments should continue to be reported, and transmit the results of such study to the Congress. Requires each Board of Medical Examiners which revokes or suspends a physician's license for reasons relating to the physician's professional competence or conduct to report such information to the Secretary. Requires each health care entity which takes a professional review action that adversely affects … | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 99-hr-5516 | 99 | hr | 5516 | Medical Device Improvements Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-09-12 | 1986-09-17 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] | CA | D | W000215 | 0 | Medical Device Improvements Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make class II devices for which it can be determined whether or not a performance standard is appropriate rather than requiring a performance standard as under current law. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reclassify class III devices (devices requiring premarket approval) into class I (devices requiring general controls) or class II as appropriate to assure the safety and effectiveness of such devices. Revises the procedures for establishing performance standards for devices. Authorizes the Secretary to waive application requirements for premarket approval for a class III device. Defines "substantially identical" for purposes of classifying devices, requiring same intended use and same technological characteristics. Requires the submission of clinical data demonstrating the substantial equivalence of a device, defined as having the same intended use as another device, but different technological characteristics. Requires a person seeking substantial identity or equivalence to a class III device to certify that a search of published information on such device has been concluded and may be required to include relevant adverse safety and effectiveness data. Requires the Secretary within five years to reclassify class III devices into class I or into class II or to state that the classification is appropriate. Requires devices placed in class III as a transitional measure to be reclassified into class I or class II. Removes the non-state-of-the-art design and manufacture basis for repair, replacement, or refund remedy. Eliminates devices from the color additives regulation. Authorizes the Secretary to charge fees for the filing of reports and device application approval. Establishes in the Treasury the Medical Devices Trust Fund for such fees to used in administering devices regulation. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report to the Congress annually for the next five years on such Fund.… | 2025-08-29T16:33:08Z | |
| 99-s-2793 | 99 | s | 2793 | Public Health Service Technical Amendments of 1986 | Health | 1986-09-03 | 1986-09-03 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 878. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Public Health Service Technical Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for community health centers in frontier areas with not more than six individuals per square mile. States that obligations of individuals under the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program for payments of damages may not released by a discharge in bankruptcy. (Current law allows such a discharge under limited circumstances.) Provides that the ex officio members of the National Cancer Advisory Board shall be nonvoting members. Makes the Director of the Office of Energy Research of the Department of Energy an ex officio member of such board. Requires the Director of the National Cancer Institute to conduct technical and scientific peer review. Includes graduate programs in clinical psychology among those programs eligible for grants and contracts for training projects in geriatrics. Makes the Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center in Carville, Louisiana, eligible for payments under titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act as long as it meets applicable conditions and requirements. Provides that the Federal medical assistance percentage for care and services provided by the Center shall be 100 percent. Modifies the requirements for group health plans for certain State and local employees with respect to: (1) choice of coverage; (2) continuation coverage; and (3) termination of coverage. Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to modify provisions regarding the temporary extension of group health coverage. Amends the Community Economic Development Act of 1981 to allow any local public body which received a Rural Development Loan Fund loan after a specified date to transfer such loan to a nonprofit corporation to serve as an intermediate borrower. | 2025-08-29T16:30:38Z | |
| 99-s-2791 | 99 | s | 2791 | Informed Consent Act | Health | 1986-08-16 | 1986-08-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Humphrey, Gordon J. [R-NH] | NH | R | H000951 | 4 | Informed Consent Act - Prohibits any individual who is employed in a health facility owned or operated by the Federal Government, in a health facility which receives Federal financial assistance, or who receives any Federal financial assistance from performing an abortion on a pregnant woman unless such individual obtained informed consent from such woman. Excepts medical emergencies from such prohibition. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to monitor compliance with this Act. Authorizes individuals aggrieved by the failure of compliance with this Act to seek appropriate relief in the U.S. district courts. | 2025-08-29T16:30:07Z | |
| 99-s-2771 | 99 | s | 2771 | Reclassification of Transitional Devices Amendments of 1986 | Health | 1986-08-15 | 1986-08-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 3 | Reclassification of Transitional Devices Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reclassify devices placed in class III (devices requiring premarket approval) as a transitional measure into class I (devices requiring general controls) or into class II (devices requiring performance standards), except as specified. Permits the filing of objections by persons adversely affected by such reclassifications. | 2025-08-29T16:31:15Z | |
| 99-s-2772 | 99 | s | 2772 | Orphan Drug Amendments of 1986 | Health | 1986-08-15 | 1986-08-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Orphan Drug Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to permit more than one seven year exclusive marketing privilege for an orphan drug when simultaneous development has resulted in more than one company filing a new drug application before the first company receives Federal approval for its drug. | 2025-08-29T16:32:59Z | |
| 99-hr-5427 | 99 | hr | 5427 | President's Media Commission on Drug Abuse Act | Health | 1986-08-14 | 1986-08-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Guarini, Frank J. [D-NJ-14] | NJ | D | G000511 | 30 | President's Media Commission on Drug Abuse Act - Establishes the President's Media Commission on Drug Abuse to: (1) examine public education programs intended to prevent narcotic and psychotropic drug abuse; (2) act as an administrative and coordinating body to assist in the implementation of new programs and national strategies for the dissemination of information intended to prevent narcotic and psychotropic drug abuse; and (3) monitor the effectiveness of such programs and strategies. Requires the Commission to report annually to the President and the Congress. | 2025-08-29T16:30:16Z | |
| 99-s-2757 | 99 | s | 2757 | School-based Adolescent Health Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-08-14 | 1986-08-14 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 0 | School-based Adolescent Health Act of 1986 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a new title XXI (School-based Adolescent Health Demonstration Projects). Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to establish school-based adolescent health demonstration projects to provide health education, prenatal care, family planning, follow-up care, testing for sexually-transmitted diseases, and other health services. Requires grant recipients to provide health care services: (1) on a year-round basis; and (2) within (or adjacent to) schools located in the project area (or at a location which better serves the needs of the adolescents). Sets forth grant application requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990. | 2025-08-29T16:30:37Z | |
| 99-hr-5413 | 99 | hr | 5413 | A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to extend the health planning authority under that Act. | Health | 1986-08-13 | 1986-08-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Chapman, Jim [D-TX-1] | TX | D | C000312 | 32 | Amends title XV (National Health Planning and Development) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize FY 1987 appropriations for: (1) health systems agency planning grants; (2) State health planning and development agencies; and (3) health planning centers. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-s-2739 | 99 | s | 2739 | New Drug Application Fee Amendments of 1986 | Health | 1986-08-12 | 1986-08-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | New Drug Application Fee Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish fees sufficient to cover costs for reviewing human drug, antibiotic drug, and biological products applications. Permits waiver of such fees, as specified. Credits such fees for the use of HHS. | 2025-08-29T16:32:49Z | |
| 99-hr-5377 | 99 | hr | 5377 | School-based Adolescent Health Amendments of 1986 | Health | 1986-08-08 | 1986-08-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] | CA | D | W000215 | 2 | School-based Adolescent Health Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a new title XXI (School-based Adolescent Health Services Demonstration Projects). Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to establish school-based adolescent health demonstration projects to provide health education, prenatal care, family planning, follow-up care, testing for sexually-transmitted diseases, and other health services. Requires grant recipients to provide health care services: (1) on a year-round basis; and (2) within (or adjacent to) schools located in the project area (or at a location which better serves the needs of the adolescents). Sets forth grant application requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990. | 2025-08-29T16:31:57Z | |
| 99-hr-5334 | 99 | hr | 5334 | Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-08-05 | 1986-09-11 | For Further Action See H.R.5484. | House | Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16] | MI | D | D000355 | 13 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Energy and Commerce with amendment, H. Rept. 99-792 (Part I)) Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986 - Title I: Financial Assistance to States and Communities - Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make allotments to States for: (1) treatment and rehabilitation services for persons suffering from drug abuse; (2) substance abuse prevention education programs; (3) community-based substance abuse prevention activities for school-aged children; and (4) education programs relating to the risks of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) among individuals who use drugs. Authorizes appropriations for such allotments. Title II: Agency for Substance Abuse Prevention; Study - Establishes in the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration the Agency for Substance Abuse Prevention. Provides that the Agency shall be headed by a Director who shall: (1) sponsor regional workshops on the prevention of drug and alcohol abuse; (2) coordinate research findings; (3) develop effective drug and alcohol abuse prevention literature; (4) create public service announcements for radio and television broadcasting; (5) support programs of clinical training of substance abuse counselors and other health professionals; (6) in cooperation with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, develop educational materials to reduce the risks of AIDS among intravenous drug abusers; and (7) administer the allotment program established by this Act. Establishes an advisory board to advise the Director of the Agency for Substance Abuse Prevention. Directs the Secretary to contract with the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of: (1) the extent to which coverage of drug abuse treatment is provided by private insurance, public programs, and other sources of payment; and (2) the adequacy of such coverage. Title III: White House Conference on Drug Abuse and Drug … | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-5303 | 99 | hr | 5303 | Informed Consent Act | Health | 1986-07-31 | 1986-08-07 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-45] | CA | R | H000981 | 0 | Informed Consent Act - Prohibits any individual who is employed in a health facility owned or operated by the Government, in a health facility which receives Federal financial assistance, or who receives any Federal financial assistance from performing an abortion on a pregnant woman, unless such individual obtained informed consent from such woman. Excepts medical emergencies from such prohibition. Sets forth enforcement provisions for agencies which provide financial assistance under this Act. Authorizes individuals aggrieved by the failure of compliance with this Act to seek appropriate relief in the U.S. district courts. | 2025-08-29T16:29:43Z | |
| 99-hr-5305 | 99 | hr | 5305 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for demonstration projects for networks for services relating to acquired immune deficiency syndrome, and for other purposes. | Health | 1986-07-31 | 1986-08-07 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Mrazek, Robert J. [D-NY-3] | NY | D | M001057 | 13 | Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for the establishment of networks of comprehensive health and support systems for individuals who have acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or are infected with the AIDS virus, including: (1) comprehensive ambulatory care services; (2) home health care, hospice, and respite care services; (3) counseling and mental health services; (4) case management services; and (5) education for health personnel. Provides that such grant shall not be used for: (1) the construction or major renovation of facilities; (2) payments for debts incurred prior to the date on which the entity received such grant; (3) payments for items or services which could be made under Medicare and Medicaid; or (4) inpatient hospital care. Sets forth grant application requirements Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987. Directs the Secretary to conduct a survey on children with AIDS. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-hr-5259 | 99 | hr | 5259 | Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Amendments of 1986 | Health | 1986-07-24 | 1986-09-18 | Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 921. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] | CA | D | W000215 | 2 | (Measure passed House, amended) Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to designate the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration as an agency of the Public Health Service, to be headed by an Administrator appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Makes the following national research institutes agencies of the Administration: (1) the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; (2) the National Institute on Drug Abuse; and (3) the National Institute of Mental Health. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to supervise the functions of such agencies. Establishes the position of Associate Administrator for Prevention to promote the prevention research programs of the national research institutes. Requires the Administrator to transmit annual prevention reports to the Congress. Directs the Secretary to make grants to schools of health professions and social work to support training in the identification and treatment of alcohol and drug abuse. Establishes the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Advisory Board to: (1) assess the national needs for alcoholism, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, and mental health services; and (2) advise the Secretary and Administrator. Requires the Board to report annually to specified congressional committees. Directs the Secretary to appoint an advisory council for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, for the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and for the National Institute of Mental Health. Terminates the following advisory councils: (1) the National Advisory Health Council; (2) the National Advisory Mental Health Council; (3) the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; and (4) the National Advisory Dental Research Council. Allows the Secretary to exercise certain powers during public health emergencies. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1989 for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National… | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-hr-5260 | 99 | hr | 5260 | Childhood Vaccine Supply Protection Act | Health | 1986-07-24 | 1986-07-31 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-8] | FL | R | Y000031 | 0 | Childhood Vaccine Supply Protection Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to limit to $100,000 an award (for non-economic loss) in any action for damages for injuries relating to the administration of a vaccine providing immunization against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, poliomyelitis, measles, mumps, or rubella. Provides that no punitive damages shall be awarded in such actions. Preempts State laws inconsistent with this Act. Establishes an Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines to review: (1) the compensation policies under current law for vaccine-related injuries; (2) the current public and private systems for providing childhood vaccines; (3) research into the improvement of childhood vaccines and the development of new vaccines; (4) the dissemination of information concerning childhood vaccines; and (5) childhood vaccine programs in other countries. Directs the Commission to submit a report on the results of its review to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. | 2025-08-29T16:30:50Z | |
| 99-hr-5230 | 99 | hr | 5230 | A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to extend the program of childhood vaccinations and to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to maintain a 6 months stockpile of vaccines. | Health | 1986-07-23 | 1986-10-18 | Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] | CA | D | W000215 | 0 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services the Food and Drug Administration to be headed by a Commissioner for Food and Drugs who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 99-s-2677 | 99 | s | 2677 | Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-07-22 | 1986-07-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN] | TN | D | G000321 | 0 | (Report filed by Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs, S. Rept. 99-485) Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 - Title I: Promotion of Good Faith Professional Review Activities - Provides protection from liability for damages for members of a professional review body who, in good faith and after a reasonable effort to obtain the facts, take actions which adversely affect the clinical privileges or professional society membership of a physician. Applies this Act to State laws for professional review actions occurring on or after July 1, 1989, unless a State elects to: (1) opt-in early; or (2) opt-out. Title II: Reporting of Information - Requires any entity (including insurance companies) making a payment in a medical malpractice action to report certain information to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and to State licensing boards, including: (1) the name of the physician or health care provider; (2) the amount of the payment; (3) the name of any hospital with which the physician or health care provider is associated; and (4) a description of the acts and injuries upon which the claim was based. Imposes civil penalties for the failure to report such information. Requires each Board of Medical Examiners which revokes or suspends a physician's license for reasons relating to the physician's professional competence or conduct to report such information to the Secretary. Requires each health care entity which takes a professional review action that restricts the clinical privileges of a physician to report such information to the Board of Medical Examiners. Requires hospitals to obtain certain information from the Secretary regarding staff physicians (or physicians being considered for staff positions). Directs the Secretary to make such information available to: (1) the physician; (2) State licensing boards; (3) hospitals; and (4) other health care entities. Title III: Definitions - Defines certain terms for the purposes of this Act. | 2025-08-29T16:31:43Z | |
| 99-hr-5184 | 99 | hr | 5184 | National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-07-17 | 1986-09-18 | Clean Bill H.R.5546 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in Lieu. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] | CA | D | W000215 | 24 | National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 - Title I: Vaccines - Subtitle 1: National Vaccine Program - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish in the Department of Health and Human Services a National Vaccine Program to: (1) direct vaccine research and development within the Federal Government; (2) ensure the production and procurement of vaccines; (3) direct the distribution and use of vaccines; and (4) coordinate governmental and nongovernmental activities. Requires the Director of the Program to report to specified congressional committees. Establishes an Interagency Committee on Vaccines to advise the Director of the Program. Establishes the National Vaccine Advisory Committee to recommend: (1) ways to encourage the availability of an adequate supply of vaccines; and (2) research priorities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991. Subtitle 2: National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program - Part A: Program Requirements - Establishes the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program as an alternative remedy to judicial action for specified vaccine-related injuries. Prescribes the contents of any petition for compensation. Grants U.S. district courts authority to determine eligibility and compensation. Prohibits intervention by third parties. Requires the district court in which the petition is filed to designate a special master to serve as an adjunct to the court. Sets forth the responsibilities of the court. Lists factors to be considered when determining the amount of a compensation award. Sets forth a table of injuries deemed vaccine-related for compensation purposes. Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations to revise such table. Provides that compensation awarded under the Program shall be paid out of the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. Limits awards for actual and projected pain and suffering and emotional distress to $250,000. Prohibits awards for punitive damages. Establishes the Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccin… | 2025-08-29T16:31:28Z | |
| 99-hr-5110 | 99 | hr | 5110 | Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-06-26 | 1986-09-17 | Clean Bill H.R.5540 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in Lieu. | House | Rep. Wyden, Ron [D-OR-3] | OR | D | W000779 | 4 | Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 - Title I: Promotion of Good Faith Professional Review Activities - Provides protection from liability under Federal and State law for members of a professional review body who, in good faith and after a reasonable effort to obtain the facts, take actions which adversely affect the clinical privileges or professional society membership of a physician. Applies this Act to State laws for professional review actions occurring on or after July 1, 1989, unless a State elects to: (1) opt-in early; or (2) opt-out. Title II: Reporting of Information - Requires any entity (including insurance companies) making a payment in a medical malpractice action to report certain information to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and to State licensing boards, including: (1) the name of the physician or health care provider; (2) the amount of the payment; (3) the name of any hospital with which the physician or health care provider is associated; and (4) a description of the acts and injuries upon which the claim was based. Imposes civil penalties for the failure to report such information. Requires each Board of Medical Examiners which revokes or suspends a physician's license for reasons relating to the physician's professional competence or conduct to report such information to the Secretary. Requires each health care entity which takes a professional review action that restricts the clinical privileges of a physician to report such information to the Board of Medical Examiners. Requires hospitals to obtain certain information from the Secretary regarding staff physicians (or physicians being considered for staff positions). Directs the Secretary to make such information available to: (1) the physician; (2) State licensing boards; (3) hospitals; and (4) other health care entities. Title III: Definitions - Defines certain terms for the purposes of this Act. | 2025-08-29T16:32:48Z | |
| 99-hr-5137 | 99 | hr | 5137 | Health Care for the Homeless Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-06-26 | 1986-07-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Leland, Mickey [D-TX-18] | TX | D | L000237 | 3 | Health Care for the Homeless Act of 1986 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to qualified applicant public or private nonprofit entities to enable them to deliver outpatient health care and mental health, case management, and advocacy services to homeless families and individuals. Requires such entities to be qualified recipients of State Medicaid payments under the Social Security Act. Assigns preference to grant applicants with experience in delivering health care or mental health services to medically underserved populations or to chronically mentally ill individuals. Requires services under such a grant to be provided 24 hours a day. Sets forth other grant requirements. Sets general limitations on charges for such services, except that any services must be provided regardless of the recipient's ability to pay. Sets forth restrictions on the use of grant funds. Limits any such grant to 75 percent of the cost of services. Outlines application requirements and procedures. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987. | 2025-08-29T16:30:53Z | |
| 99-hr-5146 | 99 | hr | 5146 | A bill to provide immunosuppressive drugs to organ transplant centers. | Health | 1986-06-26 | 1986-07-17 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Walgren, Doug [D-PA-18] | PA | D | W000044 | 2 | Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make immunosuppressive drugs available, upon request and without cost, to organ transplant centers. Requires such a center to furnish such drugs, without charge, to outpatients who have received an organ transplant there. Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to report to the Congress on the allocation of immunosuppressive drugs to transplant centers and the methods used to distribute such drugs to patients. Authorizes appropriations. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-s-2595 | 99 | s | 2595 | Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Amendments of 1986 | Health | 1986-06-24 | 1986-07-08 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 715. | Senate | Sen. Hawkins, Paula [R-FL] | FL | R | H000374 | 4 | Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to redesignate the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration as the National Institutes on Alcohol, Drugs, and Mental Health (National Institutes), to be headed by an Administrator appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Makes the following national research institutes agencies of the National Institutes: (1) the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; (2) the National Institute on Drug Abuse; and (3) the National Institute of Mental Health. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to supervise the functions of such agencies. Establishes the position of Associate Administrator for Prevention to promote the prevention research programs of the national research institutes. Requires the Administrator to transmit triennial prevention reports to the Congress. Directs the Secretary to make grants to schools of health professions and social work to support training in the identification and treatment of alcohol and drug abuse. Establishes the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Advisory Board to: (1) assess the national needs for alcoholism, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, and mental health services; and (2) advise the Secretary and Administrator. Requires the Board to report annually to specified congressional committees. Directs the Secretary to appoint an advisory council for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, for the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and for the National Institute of Mental Health. Terminates the following advisory councils: (1) the National Advisory Health Council; (2) the National Advisory Mental Health Council; (3) the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; and (4) the National Advisory Dental Research Council. Allows the Secretary to exercise certain powers during public health emergencies. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1991 for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoho… | 2025-08-29T16:31:02Z | |
| 99-hr-5069 | 99 | hr | 5069 | Generic Animal Drug and Patent Term Restoration Act | Health | 1986-06-19 | 1986-08-05 | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] | CA | D | W000215 | 1 | Generic Animal Drug and Patent Term Restoration Act - Title I: New Animal Drug Applications - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize abbreviated applications for the approval of a new animal drug. Requires such application to show that permitted uses, ingredients, dosages, labeling, and other factors are the same as or bioequivalent to a new animal drug already approved. Requires such application to contain a certification relating to patents covering the approved drug. Requires an applicant who makes such a certification to state in the application that a specified notice has been given to each owner of the patent (or owner-representative) and the holder (or holder-representative) of the approved application for the drug or drug use claimed by the patent. Requires the permission of the Secretary of Health and Human Services before an abbreviated application may be submitted for a new drug whose route of administration, dosage form, or strength differ from that of an approved new animal drug. Requires the Secretary to publish and update a list of the official and proprietary name of each new animal drug which has been approved and continues to be approved for safety and effectiveness, including patent information as it comes in. Directs the Secretary to approve an application for a drug unless the Secretary makes specified findings, such as faulty manufacture or insufficient information. Sets forth a formula for determining when an approved application becomes effective, based upon the nature of the certification relating to patents. Prohibits an abbreviated application for a new animal drug based upon a nonabbreviated application approved after this Act's enactment until five years after the nonabbreviated application is approved, except as specified. Requires a three-year wait for abbreviated applications based upon nonabbreviated applications approved after this Act's enactment which contain essential new investigations of an ingredient already approved. Requires the applicant to fil… | 2025-08-29T16:30:28Z | |
| 99-hjres-660 | 99 | hjres | 660 | A joint resolution to require that alkyl nitrites and their isomers be treated as a drug for purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. | Health | 1986-06-18 | 1986-06-25 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Levine, Mel [D-CA-27] | CA | D | L000264 | 39 | States that alkyl nitrites and their isomers should be treated as a drug for purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-hr-5007 | 99 | hr | 5007 | Fair Funding Distribution Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-06-11 | 1986-06-19 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] | TX | R | B000213 | 11 | Fair Funding Distribution Act of 1986 - Amends Part B (Alcohol and Drug Abuse) of title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to specify the method of determining State allotments following the sequestration of funds under part C of the the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). | 2025-08-29T16:31:27Z | |
| 99-s-2536 | 99 | s | 2536 | Immunosuppressive Drug Therapy Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-06-10 | 1986-10-09 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 7 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Immunosuppressive Drug Therapy Act of 1986 - Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to establish an Immunosuppressive Drug Therapy Block Grant program to provide drugs to patients for the prevention of rejection of transplanted organs and tissues. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. Provides formulae for the allotment of appropriated funds to the States. Establishes a minimum allotment of $50,000 for each State. Enumerates the purposes for which the States may use such allotments. Details the application procedures and grant requirements. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from prescribing for a State the manner of compliance with such requirements. Allows the Secretary to use appropriated funds to provide immunosuppressive drug therapy to eligible patients residing in States which did not apply for or qualify for an allotment. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the impact of this Act. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to authorize States to provide immunosuppressive drugs to individuals who have received organ transplants. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 99-s-2540 | 99 | s | 2540 | A bill to provide immunosuppressive drugs to organ transplant centers. | Health | 1986-06-10 | 1986-06-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN] | TN | D | G000321 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make immunosuppressive drugs available, upon request and without cost, to organ transplant centers. Requires such a center to furnish such drugs, without charge, to outpatients who have received an organ transplant there. Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to report to the Congress on the allocation of immunosuppressive drugs to transplant centers and the methods used to distribute such drugs to patients. Directs the Secretary to submit recommendations to the Congress regarding authorizing reimbursements under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for immunosuppressive drugs. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 99-hr-4945 | 99 | hr | 4945 | National Organ and Tissue Donor Act | Health | 1986-06-05 | 1986-06-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2] | CT | D | G000120 | 53 | National Organ and Tissue Donor Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to encourage and assist States in enacting and implementing State laws requiring hospitals to establish protocols for identifying and assisting human organ and tissue donors. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress within one year on such activities. | 2025-08-29T16:31:27Z | |
| 99-hr-4914 | 99 | hr | 4914 | A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize assistance for research and other activities respecting the acquired immune deficiency syndrome in foreign countries. | Health | 1986-05-22 | 1986-06-05 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] | CA | D | W000215 | 11 | Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into cooperative agreements with the World Health Organization and other international health groups for research on acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in foreign countries. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-s-2455 | 99 | s | 2455 | A bill entitled the National Organ and Tissue Donor Act. | Health | 1986-05-15 | 1986-05-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME] | ME | D | M000811 | 12 | Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to encourage and assist States in enacting and implementing State laws requiring hospitals to establish protocols for identifying and assisting potential human organ and tissue donors. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress within one year on such activities. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 99-hr-4820 | 99 | hr | 4820 | Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-05-14 | 1986-10-07 | Ordered to be Reported (Amended). | House | Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16] | MI | D | D000355 | 34 | Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to permit only the U.S. manufacturer of a drug to reimport such drug into the United States. Prohibits the sale of prescription drug samples. Permits the distribution of samples only to practitioners licensed to prescribe such drugs. Requires such practitioners to return a receipt for such drug samples to the manufacturers to be kept and made available to Federal and State officials. Requires drug wholesalers to provide drug purchasers with a statement identifying the manufacturer and each sale of the drug. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue licensing standards for drug wholesalers. | 2025-08-29T16:29:51Z | |
| 99-s-2443 | 99 | s | 2443 | Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Amendments Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-05-13 | 1986-05-20 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably. | Senate | Sen. Hawkins, Paula [R-FL] | FL | R | H000374 | 3 | Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to redesignate the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration as the National Institutes on Alcohol, Drugs, and Mental Health (National Institutes), to be headed by an Administrator appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Makes the following national research institutes agencies of the National Institutes: (1) the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; (2) the National Institute on Drug Abuse; and (3) the National Institute of Mental Health. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to supervise the functions of such agencies. Establishes the position of Associate Administrator for Prevention to promote the prevention research programs of the national research institutes. Requires the Administrator to transmit triennial prevention reports to the Congress. Directs the Secretary to make grants to schools of health professions and social work to support training in the identification and treatment of alcohol and drug abuse. Establishes the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Advisory Board to: (1) assess the national needs for alcoholism, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, and mental health services; and (2) advise the Secretary and Administrator. Requires the Board to report annually to specified congressional committees. Directs the Secretary to appoint an advisory council for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, for the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and for the National Institute of Mental Health. Terminates the following advisory councils: (1) the National Advisory Health Council; (2) the National Advisory Mental Health Council; (3) the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; and (4) the National Advisory Dental Research Council. Allows the Secretary to exercise certain powers during public health emergencies. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1991 for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoho… | 2025-08-29T16:32:47Z | |
| 99-s-2434 | 99 | s | 2434 | Cigarette Smoking Public Service Announcements Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-05-12 | 1986-05-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 4 | Cigarette Smoking Public Service Announcements Act of 1986 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prepare public service announcements for television concerning the dangers resulting from cigarette smoking by women. | 2025-08-29T16:30:51Z | |
| 99-hr-4777 | 99 | hr | 4777 | Childhood Vaccine Supply Protection Act | Health | 1986-05-07 | 1986-07-25 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Tauke, Thomas Joseph [R-IA-2] | IA | R | T000053 | 0 | Childhood Vaccine Supply Protection Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to limit to $100,000 an award (for non-economic loss) in any action for damages for injuries relating to the administration of a vaccine providing immunization against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, poliomyelitis, measles, mumps, or rubella. Provides that no punitive damages shall be awarded in such actions. Preempts State laws inconsistent with this Act. Establishes an Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines to review: (1) the compensation policies under current law for vaccine-related injuries; (2) the current public and private systems for providing childhood vaccines; (3) research into the improvement of childhood vaccines and the development of new vaccines; (4) the dissemination of information concerning childhood vaccines; and (5) childhood vaccine programs in other countries. Directs the Commission to submit a report on the results of its review to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. | 2025-08-29T16:30:32Z | |
| 99-s-2420 | 99 | s | 2420 | Informed Consent Act | Health | 1986-05-07 | 1986-05-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Humphrey, Gordon J. [R-NH] | NH | R | H000951 | 4 | Informed Consent Act - Prohibits any individual who is employed in a health facility owned or operated by the Federal Government, in a health facility which receives Federal financial assistance, or who receives any Federal financial assistance, from performing an abortion on a pregnant woman unless such individual obtained informed consent from such woman. Excepts medical emergencies from such prohibition. Sets forth enforcement provisions for agencies which provide financial assistance under this Act. Authorizes individuals aggrieved by the failure of compliance with this Act to seek appropriate relief in the U.S. district courts. | 2025-08-29T16:30:25Z | |
| 99-s-2407 | 99 | s | 2407 | Animal Drug Amendments and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-05-06 | 1986-09-17 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 919. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 1 | (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Labor and Human Resources with amendment, S. Rept. 99-448) Animal Drug Amendments and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1986 - Title I: Animal Drug Amendments - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize abbreviated applications for the approval of a new animal drug. Requires the applicant to file with the application (or amend it when the information becomes available) the patent number and the expiration date of any patent which covers the drug or a method of using it and with respect to which a claim of patent infringement could reasonably be asserted if a non-licensee engaged in the drug's manufacture, use, or sale. Requires such application to show that permitted uses and ingredients, labeling, and other factors are the same as or bioequivalent to a drug already approved, including the withdrawal period, proof of which may require a tissue residue study in more than one species. Requires such application to contain a certification relating to patents covering such listed drug. Requires an applicant who makes such a certification to state in the application that a specified notice has been given to each owner of the patent (or owner-representative) and the holder (or holder-representative) of the approved application for the drug or drug use claimed by the patent. Sets forth information to be included in such notice. Requires the permission of the Secretary of Health and Human Services before an abbreviated application may be submitted for a new drug which has a different active ingredient or whose route of administration, dosage form, or strength differ from that of an approved animal drug. Directs the Secretary to approve an application for such a drug unless specified findings are made. Requires the Secretary to approve or disapprove an application within a specified time. Sets forth a formula for determining when an approved application becomes effective based upon the nature of the certification relating to patents. Prohibits an abbreviated ap… | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 99-s-2402 | 99 | s | 2402 | Access to Health Care Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-05-01 | 1986-05-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 5 | Access to Health Care Act of 1986 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require each large employer (employing 20 or more individuals) that offers a health benefits plan to be a member of a qualified pooling association in its State. Subjects non-complying large employers to a civil penalty. Requires each State to: (1) have in effect a qualified State plan of assistance for the uninsured and underinsured; or (2) provide health care coverage for such individuals. Expands title XXII (Requirements for Certain Group Health Plans) of the Public Health Service Act to cover private, as well as public, employers. Extends the maximum period of continuation coverage from 18 to 22 months. Requires employers to continue to pay the premiums of certain terminated or reduced hours employees for up to four months. Requires such group health plans to provide for an open enrollment period for each married employee who is, or would be, covered under the plan and whose spouse loses or will lose coverage due to a qualifying event. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for studies and demonstration projects on ways to reduce the costs for small employers and self-employed individuals in obtaining health insurance. | 2025-08-29T16:31:14Z | |
| 99-hr-4723 | 99 | hr | 4723 | President's Council on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-04-30 | 1986-05-08 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Ritter, Don [R-PA-15] | PA | R | R000277 | 47 | President's Council on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Act of 1986 - Establishes the President's Council on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Includes among the Council's responsibilities an assessment of available but under-used health promotion and disease prevention resources. Directs the Council to advise the President on how such resources can be better utilized. Requires the Council to prepare and transmit a report to the President and to the Congress within 18 months. Terminates the Council within 18 months after enactment of this Act. | 2025-08-29T16:32:05Z | |
| 99-hr-4697 | 99 | hr | 4697 | A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to encourage and assist States in requiring hospitals to establish protocols for identifying potential organ and tissue donors. | Health | 1986-04-29 | 1986-05-07 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2] | CT | D | G000120 | 13 | Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to encourage and assist States in enacting and implementing State laws requiring hospitals to establish protocols for identifying and assisting potential human organ and tissue donors. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-s-2345 | 99 | s | 2345 | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Counseling, Education, and Services Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-04-21 | 1986-07-23 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 733. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 12 | (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Labor and Human Resources with amendment, S. Rept. 99-337) Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for the establishment of networks of comprehensive outpatient services for individuals who have acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or are infected with the AIDS virus, including: (1) comprehensive ambulatory care services; (2) home health care services, hospice services, and respite care services; (3) counseling and mental health services; (4) case management services; and (5) education for health personnel concerning AIDS. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987. Directs the Secretary to conduct a survey on children with AIDS. | 2025-08-29T16:33:06Z | |
| 99-hr-4587 | 99 | hr | 4587 | A bill to appropriate funds for the establishment of a cancer research center at the University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences in Memphis, Tennessee. | Health | 1986-04-15 | 1986-04-15 | Referred to House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Ford, Harold E. [D-TN-9] | TN | D | F000261 | 0 | Makes appropriations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for the establishment of a cancer research center at the University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences in Memphis, Tennessee. | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z | |
| 99-s-2305 | 99 | s | 2305 | Cancer Research Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-04-15 | 1986-04-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 4 | Cancer Research Act of 1986 - Amends title IV (National Research Institutes) of the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Cancer Institute to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, 12 of the National Cancer Research and Demonstration Centers to support research on adoptive immunotherapy for cancer. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. | 2025-08-29T16:31:09Z | |
| 99-hr-4516 | 99 | hr | 4516 | A bill to prohibit discrimination in payment for services furnished by a physician solely because the physician is a graduate of a foreign medical school. | Health | 1986-04-08 | 1986-04-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Bates, Jim [D-CA-44] | CA | D | B000236 | 0 | Prohibits discrimination in the payment for health care services furnished by a physician solely because the physician is a graduate of a foreign medical school. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-s-2243 | 99 | s | 2243 | A bill to improve the health status of Native Hawaiians, and for other purposes. | Health | 1986-03-26 | 1986-10-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | Senate | Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | I000025 | 3 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, for FY 1989 and each year thereafter, to enter into contracts with Native Hawaiian organizations to provide funds to such organizations to establish and administer health promotion and disease prevention programs to serve Native Hawaiians (including the prevention and treatment of certain Native Hawaiian related health problems, the collection of data, and the training of Native Hawaiian community health outreach workers). Establishes the Native Hawaiian Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Advisory Board. Requires the Secretary to provide grants to Native Hawaiian organizations to develop the management capabilities of such organizations to plan and operate the health promotion and disease prevention program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 and thereafter. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an agreement with a Native Hawaiian organization (or any Native Hawaiian educational institution) to provide education to Native Hawaiian children in health promotion and disease prevention. Directs the Secretary to establish a Native Hawaiian Program for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention demonstration project in Hawaii to explore ways to meet the unique health care needs of Native Hawaiians. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to the Congress for FY 1987 through 1989. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) designate Native Hawaiians as a medically underserved population; (2) provide grants to Native Hawaiian organizations for the planning of community health centers to serve the Native community; and (3) establish community health centers. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Governor of Hawaii regarding grants for the planning and developing of community health centers to serve the Native Hawaiian community. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 to provide for such grants and to provide for the establishment of community health centers. Authorizes the Sec… | 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z | |
| 99-hr-4482 | 99 | hr | 4482 | A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the registration of certain nonprofit entities which provide health services and sell prescription drugs. | Health | 1986-03-21 | 1986-03-25 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Luken, Thomas A. [D-OH-1] | OH | D | L000508 | 30 | Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require nonprofit health service entities which dispense prescription drugs to register with the Secretary of Health and Human Services. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-hr-4473 | 99 | hr | 4473 | A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the allotment formula for block grants for alcohol and drug abuse and mental health services. | Health | 1986-03-20 | 1986-03-25 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Tauke, Thomas Joseph [R-IA-2] | IA | R | T000053 | 6 | Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to revise the formula (setting the minimum State allotments at 1985 rather than 1984 levels) for block grants for alcohol and drug abuse and mental health services. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-hr-4390 | 99 | hr | 4390 | Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-03-12 | 1986-03-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Wyden, Ron [D-OR-3] | OR | D | W000779 | 2 | Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 - Provides protection from liability under any Federal law for members of a professional peer review body who, in good faith, take actions which adversely affect the clinical privileges or professional society membership of a physician if such actions are certified by a State review committee. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate a State review committee for each State. Requires any entity (including insurance companies) making a payment in a medical malpractice action to report certain information to the Secretary, including: (1) the name of the physician or health care provider; (2) the amount of the payment; and (3) the name of any hospital with which the physician or health care provider is associated. Provides an exception from such reporting requirements where the payment is less than $35,000. Requires each State licensing board which revokes or suspends a physician's license for reasons relating to the physician's professional competence or conduct to report such information to the Secretary. Requires hospitals participating in the Medicare program to obtain certain information from the Secretary regarding staff physicians (or physicians being considered for staff positions). Directs the Secretary to make such information available to State licensing boards. Directs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on the feasibility and desirability of expanding the information reported under this Act. | 2025-08-29T16:32:32Z | |
| 99-hr-4392 | 99 | hr | 4392 | A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide Federal financial assistance for the control of plague. | Health | 1986-03-12 | 1986-10-07 | Placed on Union Calendar No: 582. | House | Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3] | NM | D | R000229 | 0 | Amends title III (General Powers and Duties) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, to provide financial assistance to States for the control of plague. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 and 1988. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-s-2183 | 99 | s | 2183 | Alzheimer's Disease Research and Assistance Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-03-12 | 1986-07-22 | Subcommittee on Aging (Labor and Human Resources). Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] | OH | D | M000678 | 5 | Alzheimer's Disease Research and Assistance Act of 1986 - Directs the National Institute on Aging to develop and encourage partnerships for research in: (1) the etiology, diagnosis, clinical course, treatment, and epidemiology of Alzheimer's disease; (2) the psychological and social functioning of patients with Alzheimer's disease; and (3) methods of raising or sustaining the quality of life for patients with Alzheimer's disease. Directs the National Institute on Aging to establish a scientific and medical advisory panel on Alzheimer's disease to facilitate such partnerships. Directs the National Center for Health Statistics, in cooperation with the National Institute on Aging, to collect medical information necessary to: (1) diagnose and evaluate individuals with Alzheimer's disease; and (2) develop a national data base concerning Alzheimer's disease. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish five additional Alzheimer's disease research centers. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987. Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize the development of programs to assist victims of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders in meeting their day-to-day needs. Directs the National Institute on Aging to conduct research in methods of financing systems of providing long-term care to victims of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Requires the National Institute on Aging to report to the Congress on the results of such research. Directs the National Institute on Aging to develop a data base on needs for long-term care, and on costs of alternative funding. Requires the Commissioner of the Administration on Aging to direct area agencies on aging to maintain registries for various medical and community services. Provides that no skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility which receives payments under title XVIII (Medicare) or under a State plan approved under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act may discriminate in the acceptance or refusal of patients on … | 2025-08-29T16:30:09Z | |
| 99-s-2167 | 99 | s | 2167 | A bill to amend the Public Health Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct, once every ten years, a national survey on the impact of federal health care expenditures. | Health | 1986-03-10 | 1986-03-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Proxmire, William [D-WI] | WI | D | P000553 | 0 | Amends title III (General Powers and Duties) of the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct decennially a national survey on the impact of Federal health care expenditures for health care under programs carried out by the Public Health Service and other entities of the Department of Health and Human Services. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 99-hr-4326 | 99 | hr | 4326 | State Comprehensive Mental Health Services Plan Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-03-05 | 1986-03-13 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] | CA | D | P000047 | 15 | State Comprehensive Mental Health Services Plan Act of 1986 - Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States for the development of State comprehensive mental health services plans. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987. Sets forth the requirements for such plans, which include: (1) establishing objectives for providing mental health prevention and treatment services; (2) describing the resources devoted to, and the activities to be carried out under, such plan; (3) providing case management services for each chronically mentally ill individual; (4) establishing and implementing a program of outreach to, and services for, chronically mentally ill individuals who are homeless; and (5) providing, to the maximum extent feasible, for the delivery of services through community mental health centers. Requires each State to transmit a report to the Secretary describing the progress made by such State in implementing its comprehensive plan. Requires each State to establish an Advisory Council on Mental Health Planning. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish national goals and objectives for a community-based system of mental health care; and (2) conduct a review, at least every three years, of each State's program to determine whether it is in accordance with the national goals and objectives. Authorizes appropriations for Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services Block Grants through FY 1988. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for demonstration projects to provide services for homeless mentally ill individuals. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. | 2025-08-29T16:33:00Z | |
| 99-hr-4297 | 99 | hr | 4297 | Minority Health Amendments Act | Health | 1986-03-04 | 1986-03-12 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-11] | NY | D | T000326 | 5 | Minority Health Amendments Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health an Office of Minority Health. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to assign to such Office projects and demonstrations regarding the health concerns of black, Asian, Hispanic, American Indian, and other minority groups. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1988. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the President (for submission to the Congress) on the activities of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and of the Office of Minority Health. Declares that the Office of Minority Health established under this Act supersedes the office of Minority Health established by the Secretary in November 1985. | 2025-08-29T16:32:10Z | |
| 99-hres-386 | 99 | hres | 386 | A resolution to recommend to the States measures for medical cost and quality control. | Health | 1986-03-03 | 1986-03-11 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Porter, John Edward [R-IL-10] | IL | R | P000444 | 23 | Makes various recommendations to States regarding the availability of medical care and the resolution of medical malpractice claims, including: (1) reforming State tort law to place caps on the recovery of noneconomic losses in medical malpractice suits and proportioning financial liability based on comparative fault; (2) strengthening State agencies which license, certify, and discipline health care professionals; (3) implementing risk management programs; (4) requiring hospitals to confirm the credentials and work history of physicians; (5) reforming State contract law to enforce agreements to forego malpractice litigation in favor of alternative dispute resolution procedures; and (6) strengthening State insurance regulations to protect consumers. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-s-2094 | 99 | s | 2094 | Parkinson's Disease Amelioration Act | Health | 1986-02-25 | 1986-02-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] | MS | R | C000567 | 6 | Parkinson's Disease Amelioration Act - Establishes the Commission for the Amelioration of Parkinsonism Disease which shall: (1) conduct a study of the medical and social management of Parkinsonism; (2) determine whether there is an appropriate balance between basic brain research and clinical research on Parkinsonism and other ailments; (3) investigate and make recommendations concerning the proper roles of Federal, State, and local governments and public and private agencies in the research, prevention, and identification of Parkinson's disease and the treatment and rehabilitation of persons with Parkinson's disease; and (4) develop a national plan for the control of Parkinsonism. Sets forth operating and related provisions. Requires the Commission to make a final report to the President and each House of the Congress within six months. Terminates the Commission 30 days after submission of the final report. | 2025-08-29T16:29:39Z | |
| 99-s-2087 | 99 | s | 2087 | A bill to amend part B of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act to specify the method of determining State allotments. | Health | 1986-02-24 | 1986-02-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Proxmire, William [D-WI] | WI | D | P000553 | 7 | Amends Part B (Alcohol and Drug Abuse) of title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to specify the method of determining State allotments following the sequestration of funds under part C of the the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 99-s-2089 | 99 | s | 2089 | United States-Mexico Border Health Education and Training Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-02-24 | 1986-02-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] | TX | D | B000401 | 0 | United States-Mexico Border Health Education and Training Act of 1986 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, from amounts allotted to each State, to make grants to and enter into contracts with schools of medicine and osteopathy to establish and operate health education and training center programs along the border with Mexico (in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas). Requires such border center programs to be cooperative programs between such schools and one or more private or public health education centers located along the border. Requires each border center to have an advisory board. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. | 2025-08-29T16:30:19Z | |
| 99-hr-4179 | 99 | hr | 4179 | United States-Mexico Border Health Education and Training Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-02-19 | 1986-02-25 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Brooks, Jack B. [D-TX-9] | TX | D | B000880 | 30 | United States - Mexico Border Health Education and Training Act of 1986 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, from amounts allotted to each State, to make grants to and enter into contracts with schools of medicine and osteopathy to establish and operate health education and training center (border center) programs along the border with Mexico (in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas). Requires such border center programs to be cooperative programs between such schools and one or more private or public health education centers located along the border. Requires each border center to have an advisory board. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. | 2025-08-29T16:32:44Z | |
| 99-hr-4153 | 99 | hr | 4153 | A bill to provide that a special gold medal be presented to Mary Lasker for her humanitarian contributions in the areas of medical research and education, urban beautification, and the fine arts. | Health | 1986-02-06 | 1986-02-06 | Referred to Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage. | House | Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-18] | FL | D | P000218 | 145 | Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to Mary Lasker in recognition of her humanitarian contributions in medical research and education, urban beautification, and the fine arts. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal. | 2024-02-06T19:38:08Z | |
| 99-s-2057 | 99 | s | 2057 | President's Council on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Act of 1986 | Health | 1986-02-06 | 1986-11-05 | Pocket Vetoed by President. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 17 | (Measure passed House, amended) President's Council on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Act of 1986 - Establishes the President's Council on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Includes among the Council's responsibilities: (1) a review of current Federal health promotion and disease prevention recommendations; and (2) an assessment of available Federal health promotion and disease prevention programs. Requires a report to the President and to the Congress within 18 months. Terminates the Council at the earlier of: (1) 24 months after enactment of this Act; (2) 18 months after all council members have been appointed; or (3) 30 days after receipt of such report. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 99-hr-3975 | 99 | hr | 3975 | Pregnant Women's Assistance Act | Health | 1985-12-17 | 1985-12-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Oakar, Mary Rose [D-OH-20] | OH | D | O000001 | 0 | Pregnant Women's Assistance Act - Amends title X (Population Research and Family Planning) of the Public Health Service Act to provide assistance to family planning projects which provide counseling to pregnant women on carrying the fetus to term and on raising and caring for the child. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to assist in developing and making available information on: (1) family planning and population growth; and (2) the legal rights of and benefits and services available to women in carrying the fetus to term and in raising and caring for the child. | 2025-08-29T16:30:03Z | |
| 99-s-1960 | 99 | s | 1960 | Medical Offer and Recovery Act | Health | 1985-12-17 | 1986-01-06 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department, Health and Human Services Department. | Senate | Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN] | MN | R | D000566 | 1 | Medical Offer and Recovery Act - Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for an alternative liability system for medical malpractice. Prohibits an individual from bringing a civil action against a participating health care provider for a disease or injury arising from health care services provided pursuant to Medicare, Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act), an armed forces' or veterans' health plan, the Federal employees' health benefits program, or any other participating health benefits plan, if such provider provides the individual with a timely written tender to pay compensation benefits in accordance with this Act. Allows the individual to serve the provider with a written request for arbitration if such provider fails to provide the individual with a written tender in a timely manner. States that this Act does not foreclose civil actions for intentionally caused injuries. Permits a health care provider to join an entity which is potentially liable for the injury. Provides that any disagreement between such entities regarding their share of costs shall be submitted to binding arbitration and such share shall be based on comparative fault. Sets forth provisions regarding the subrogation of parties. States that the amount of compensation benefits payable for a personal injury shall be equal to the net economic loss resulting from such injury, plus attorney's fees. Defines "net economic loss." Requires compensation benefits to be paid within 30 days after reasonable proof of the fact and amount of economic loss has been submitted to the initiating compensation obligor. Provides that if reasonable proof is supplied for only a portion of the net economic loss, and that portion totals $100 or more, the compensation for such portion shall be paid without regard to the remainder of the loss. Sets a five-year statute of limitations for claims under this Act. Requires a compensation obligor who rejects a claim for compensation benefits to give th… | 2025-08-29T16:31:31Z | |
| 99-hr-3859 | 99 | hr | 3859 | A bill entitled: "Final Regulations Mortgage Insurance for Public Hospitals". | Health | 1985-12-04 | 1985-12-04 | Referred to Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development. | House | Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] | MA | D | F000339 | 2 | Directs: (1) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to issue certain final regulations by December 31, 1985, relating to mortgage insurance for public hospitals; and (2) that if such regulations are not promulgated by such date, applications of public facilities shall be approved under regulations currently applicable to nonpublic facilities. | 2024-02-06T19:38:08Z | |
| 99-hr-3818 | 99 | hr | 3818 | Breast Cancer Screening Act of 1985 | Health | 1985-11-21 | 1985-11-21 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-18] | FL | D | P000218 | 0 | Breast Cancer Screening Act of 1985 - Amends title IV (National Research Institutes) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish breast cancer screening centers at the national cancer research and demonstration centers. Requires the Secretary to have such screening centers in operation within one year of enactment of this Act. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the efficiency and economic feasibility of providing such screening. | 2025-08-29T16:29:55Z | |
| 99-hr-3822 | 99 | hr | 3822 | A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a grant program to fund research, training, and patient services in pediatric pulmonary medicine. | Health | 1985-11-21 | 1985-12-04 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Walgren, Doug [D-PA-18] | PA | D | W000044 | 12 | Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a grant program in pediatric pulmonary medicine. Sets forth the eligibility requirements and application process for such grants. Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory council to assist in the formulation of policy for the administration of the grant program. Provides for the termination of the advisory council three years after the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1988. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-s-1873 | 99 | s | 1873 | Community Based Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Projects Act of 1985 | Health | 1985-11-21 | 1985-11-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 1 | Community Based Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Projects Act of 1985 - Amends title XVII (Health Information and Health Promotion) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, community based health care organizations to support disease prevention and health promotion projects. Provides that the amount of any grant or contract shall not exceed $75,000 in any fiscal year. Provides that the Federal share of any such project shall not exceed 67 percent. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. | 2025-08-29T16:31:38Z | |
| 99-s-1855 | 99 | s | 1855 | Health Planning and Resource Allocation Act of 1986 | Health | 1985-11-18 | 1985-12-18 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 492. | Senate | Sen. Quayle, Dan [R-IN] | IN | R | Q000007 | 6 | (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Labor and Human Resources with amendment, S. Rept. 99-224) Health Planning and Resource Allocation Act of 1986 - Amends title IX (National Health Planning and Development) of the Public Health Service Act to replace the existing local planning agencies with a single State health services and resource allocation agency, designated by the State Governor. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants (based on population) to States for health planning and resource allocation. Sets minimum grant amounts. Provides that such allotments may be used by the State for any of the following: (1) studies regarding the financing and delivery of health care in the State; (2) local plans for the allocation of health services and resources; (3) establishment of certificate of need programs; and (4) assessments of access to health services. Requires, absent a grant of waiver from the Secretary, that at least 30 percent of a State's allotment go to local planning agencies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1988. Requires the Governor of a State to submit a grant application to the Secretary. Sets forth the requirements which must be met for the Secretary to approve such application. States that the Federal share of carrying out any application shall be 75 percent. Authorizes grants to local planning agencies to: (1) provide information and opinions to the States; (2) assist in health planning and resource allocation; and (3) encourage the development of cost-effective alternatives to current health care financing and delivery systems. Provides that the State share in carrying out such applications shall be not more than 95 percent in FY 1986, 85 percent in FY 1987, and 75 percent in FY 1988 and each succeeding fiscal year. Directs each State agency to: (1) develop and administer the State health services and resource allocation plan; (2) develop and administer the State administrative program; (3) administer the certificate of need program; and (4) … | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 99-s-1835 | 99 | s | 1835 | Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration, Research, Respite, and Assistance Act of 1985 | Health | 1985-11-06 | 1985-11-12 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department, Health and Human Services Department. | Senate | Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] | OH | D | M000678 | 2 | Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration, Research, Respite, and Assistance Act of 1985 - Establishes the National Council on Alzheimer's Disease (National Council), which shall terminate six years after the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the National Council to develop and encourage partnerships for research in: (1) the etiology, diagnosis, clinical course, treatment, and epidemiology of Alzheimer's disease; (2) the psychological and social functioning of patients with Alzheimer's disease; and (3) methods of raising or sustaining the quality of life for patients with Alzheimer's disease. Directs the National Council to establish a scientific and medical advisory panel on Alzheimer's disease to facilitate such partnerships. Directs the National Center for Health Statistics, in cooperation with the National Institute on Aging, to collect medical information necessary to: (1) diagnose and evaluate individuals with Alzheimer's disease; and (2) develop a national data base concerning Alzheimer's disease. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish five additional Alzheimer's disease research centers. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987. Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize the development of programs to assist victims of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders in meeting their day-to-day needs. Authorizes the Small Business Administration to make loans to private, nonprofit corporations to finance the development of adult day care centers and respite care programs for Alzheimer patients and their families. Directs the National Council to conduct research in methods of financing systems of providing long-term care to victims of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Requires the National Council to make annual reports to the Congress on the results of such research. Directs the National Council to develop a data base on needs for long-term care, and on costs of alternative funding. Directs the Secretary to conduct demonstration project… | 2025-08-29T16:29:39Z | |
| 99-hr-3646 | 99 | hr | 3646 | A bill to prohibit discrimination in the use of protective garments in Federally assisted hospitals. | Health | 1985-10-30 | 1985-11-06 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Dannemeyer, William E. [R-CA-39] | CA | R | D000044 | 25 | Prohibits Federal financial assistance to any hospital which denies a physician, nurse, or other health care delivery personnel the opportunity to wear protective garments while dealing with patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome(AIDS). | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-hr-3647 | 99 | hr | 3647 | A bill to prohibit physicians, dentists, nurses, or other health care delivery personnel who have acquired immune deficiency syndrome from practicing in federally assisted hospitals. | Health | 1985-10-30 | 1985-11-06 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Dannemeyer, William E. [R-CA-39] | CA | R | D000044 | 27 | Declares that no hospital or other health care facility may receive Federal funds if it knowingly permits a physician, dentist, nurse, or other health care delivery personnel who has acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) to practice in the hospital facility. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-hr-3648 | 99 | hr | 3648 | A bill to prohibit Federal financial assistance to any city, town, or other political jurisdiction which permits the operation of certain public baths. | Health | 1985-10-30 | 1985-11-05 | Referred to Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations and Human Resources. | House | Rep. Dannemeyer, William E. [R-CA-39] | CA | R | D000044 | 24 | Prohibits Federal financial assistance to any city, town, or political jurisdiction which permits the operation of a public bath which is hazardous to the public health or is used for sexual relations between males. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | |
| 99-hr-3640 | 99 | hr | 3640 | Emergency Reye's Syndrome Prevention Act of 1985 | Health | 1985-10-29 | 1985-10-29 | For Previous Action See H.R.1381. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] | CA | D | W000215 | 1 | Emergency Reye's Syndrome Prevention Act of 1985 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require nontopical drugs containing aspirin to carry a label warning that such product should not be used by children or teenagers who have chicken pox, influenza, or flu symptons without consulting a doctor because of such product's possible association with the development of Reye's Syndrome. | 2025-08-29T16:32:17Z | |
| 99-s-1793 | 99 | s | 1793 | Alternatives to Hospitalization for Medical Technology Dependent Children Act of 1986 | Health | 1985-10-25 | 1986-07-28 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 743. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 13 | (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Labor and Human Resources with amendment, S. Rept. 99-306) Alternatives to Hospitalization for Medical Technology Dependent Children Act of 1986 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a grant program to provide safe and effective systems of caring for medical technology dependent children in the home. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Director of the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment to appoint a task force to develop model provisions of home care for medical technology dependent children under employee health benefit plans. Requires the task force to submit a report to the Director and the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Prescribes the mandatory inclusion of certain requirements in all employee health benefit plans by a certain date if: (1) no model provisions are developed; or (2) less than 80 percent of the health benefit plans meet or exceed the model provision coverage. Defines "home care for medical technology dependent children" for the purposes of this Act and lists the services which may be provided for such care. Allows the Secretary to terminate certain payments to States and political subdivisions, and impose civil penalties on any private employer for certain violations of this Act. Provides that no employer may be required to pay more for health benefits as a result of the application of this Act. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 99-s-1781 | 99 | s | 1781 | Health Care for the Uninsured Act of 1985 | Health | 1985-10-21 | 1985-10-24 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department, Health and Human Services Department. | Senate | Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] | MI | D | R000249 | 0 | Health Care for the Uninsured Act of 1985 - Permits States to establish States health care pools to: (1) provide health care services to all uninsured individuals; and (2) share among all hospitals in the State the costs of uncompensated care. Requires the implementation of the health care pool at the Federal level where a State does not establish such a program or receive a waiver from the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Allows the Secretary to grant a waiver if an independently formulated State plan would provide the same results. Lists the benefits such State health care pools are required to provide, including: (1) inpatient hospital services; (2) emergency outpatient services; (3) physician services; (4) prenatal, delivery, and post partum services; (5) laboratory and x-ray services; (6) nurse midwife services; (7) home health care services; and (8) inpatient drugs. Requires each uninsured individual who wishes to secure health care through the pool to pay a premium for such coverage based on the individual's family income. Allows a State to require deductibles and coinsurance amounts imposed for users of the services. Provides that the solvency of the State health care pools may be ensured through: (1) premiums collected from individuals; (2) revenues from a tax imposed on the operating net revenue of hospitals within the State; and (3) funds provided by the State. Provides that a hospital may be exempt from such taxes if it: (1) provides uncompensated care at a rate equal to or greater than 200 percent of the State average; or (2) provides care to individuals eligible for Medicaid at a rate equal to or greater than 200 percent of the State average. Requires the Secretary to establish a health care pool for any State which fails to do so. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to establish special accounts in the Treasury for such States to utilize in carrying out the health care pool established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a hospit… | 2025-08-29T16:33:08Z | |
| 99-s-1762 | 99 | s | 1762 | Health Maintenance Organization Amendments of 1985 | Health | 1985-10-10 | 1986-01-22 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 497. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 1 | (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Labor and Human Resources with amendment, S. Rept. 99-229) Health Maintenance Organization Amendments of 1985 - Amends title XIII (Health Maintenance Organizations) of the Public Health Service Act to repeal provisions authorizing assistance for feasibility surveys, planning, and initial development of health maintenance organizations (HMOs). Limits initial operating loan assistance to entities with existing loan eligibility as of October 1, 1985. Eliminates loans and loan guarantees for the acquisition and construction of ambulatory care facilities. Limits the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to borrow from the Treasury to cover defaults on Federal loan guarantees to obligations made before October 1, 1986. Repeals the requirements for: (1) health system agency review; (2) periodic demonstration of compliance; and (3) certain financial reports. Requires updates of the digest of State HMO laws to be made annually (presently required quarterly). Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989 to meet the obligations of the loan fund. Includes organ transplants as part of the basic coverage if such transplants were required to be included in the basic health services on April 15, 1985. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study on the operation and impact of the provisions of title XIII of such Act. Directs the Secretary to transmit a report to the Congress on the findings of such study. Includes the services of psychologists among those which federally assisted HMOs may provide. Declares that this Act does not authorize appropriations for FY 1986. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 99-s-1744 | 99 | s | 1744 | State Comprehensive Mental Health Services Plan Act of 1986 | Health | 1985-10-08 | 1986-11-14 | Became Public Law No: 99-660. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 2 | (Measure passed House, amended) Title I: Drug Exports - Drug Exports Amendments Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to permit the export of certain drugs and products (including biological products) intended for human or animal use even though such drugs and products have not been approved or licensed for use in the United States. Prohibits the export of drugs denied approval on the basis of safety and efficacy or whose manufacture in the United States has been determined to be contrary to U.S. health and safety. Sets forth other restrictions on the export of such drugs. Lists the countries to which such drugs may be exported. Sets forth requirements on which changes to such list shall be based. Grants the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Agriculture certain regulatory and enforcement powers. Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct biomedical research for the identification, control, treatment, and prevention of diseases (including tropical diseases) which do not occur in the United States. Title II: National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality - National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality Act of 1986 - Establishes the National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality (Commission). States the duties of the Commission, which include: (1) identifying and examining Federal, State, local, and private resources which affect infant mortality; (2) identifying barriers to the health care needed to prevent high infant mortality; and (3) reviewing and carrying forward appropriate recommendations that promote the health status of childbearing women and their infants. Directs the Commission to: (1) recommend a national policy designed to improve the current approach to preventing infant mortality; (2) recommend specific changes needed in Federal laws and programs; and (3) present such recommendations to the President, the Speaker of the House, and the Majority Leader of the Senate within one year of ena… | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 99-s-1736 | 99 | s | 1736 | Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act of 1985 | Health | 1985-10-04 | 1986-07-22 | Subcommittee on Aging (Labor and Human Resources). Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] | SD | R | P000513 | 3 | Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act of 1985 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Alzheimer's Education Program to: (1) coordinate education and training programs of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Veterans Administration, other Federal entities, State and local governments, and private organizations; (2) establish an information clearinghouse; (3) provide information to health care providers, organizations, patients, and the general public; and (4) provide technical assistance to States and public and private organizations in the collection and dissemination of information. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1988 for such purposes. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States to plan, establish, and operate programs to: (1) coordinate the development and operation of diagnostic, treatment, care management, respite care, legal counseling, and education services provided by public and private organizations within the State; (2) provide respite care to patients with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders; (3) provide information to health care providers, organizations, and the general public on treatment and related services for patients and their families; (4) coordinate the development and operation of continuing education for health care providers on the diagnosis, treatment, and care management of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders; (5) review State policies on the financing and reimbursement of health care costs for such patients; (6) review State nursing home regulations as they apply to such patients; and (7) coordinate with the National Alzheimer's Education Program. Limits Federal grants for such programs to the lesser of one half the cost or $1,000,000. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1988. Directs the Secretary to establish a plan for a research program for the study of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Directs the Secretary to make grants and enter into contrac… | 2025-08-29T16:33:01Z | |
| 99-s-1689 | 99 | s | 1689 | Health Services Amendments of 1985 | Health | 1985-09-20 | 1985-10-07 | Became Public Law No: 99-117. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 1 | Health Services Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide care and treatment without charge to any person suffering from Hansen's disease (leprosy). Designates the Public Health Service Facility in Carville, Louisiana, as the Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center. Limits the applicability of the Public Health Service additional pay provisions for physicians. Provides cash awards for commissioned officers of the Public Health Service for suggestions, inventions, and scientific achievements. Provides health insurance conversion coverage for certain involuntarily separated commissioned officers and their dependents. Reduces the minimum percentage of allotments any State must use during FY 1985 for alcohol and drug abuse services for women. Provides that after FY 1985 allotments to States for comprehensive community mental health services for underserved areas or populations and for severely disturbed children and adolescents may also be used for expanding current services. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to request the National Academy of Sciences to apply for a grant to establish a council on health care technology. Describes the qualifications for grant approval. Provides an exception to grade limitations for commissioned officers of the Public Health Service who are assigned to the Department of Defense. Provides for the continuing care of psychiatric patients who were under the care of the National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Research Center when such center ceased operations. Repeals the following obsolete provisions of the Public Health Service Act: (1) allotments for State Mental Health Programs; (2) Formula Grants to States for Preventive Health Service Programs; (3) title IX (Education, Research, Training, and Demonstration in Heart Disease, Cancer, Stroke, and Kidney Disease); (4) Hospital-Affiliated Primary Care Centers; (5) title XII (Emergency Medical Services Systems); and (6) Settlement of Claims. | 2023-01-20T12:52:03Z | |
| 99-hr-3344 | 99 | hr | 3344 | National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality | Health | 1985-09-18 | 1985-09-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Leland, Mickey [D-TX-18] | TX | D | L000237 | 39 | National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality - Establishes the National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality (Commission). States the duties of the Commission, which include: (1) identifying and examining Federal, State, local, and private resources which affect infant mortality; (2) identifying barriers to the health care needed to prevent high infant mortality; and (3) reviewing and carrying forward appropriate recommendations that promote the health status of childbearing women and their infants. Directs the Commission to: (1) recommend a national policy designed to improve the current approach to preventing infant mortality; (2) recommend specific changes needed in Federal laws and programs; and (3) present such recommendations to the President, the Speaker of the House, and the majority leader of the Senate within one year of enactment of this Act. Sets forth the powers of the commission. States that the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not apply to the Commission. Provides for the termination of the Commission. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T16:31:12Z | |
| 99-hr-3349 | 99 | hr | 3349 | National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality | Health | 1985-09-18 | 1985-09-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. McEwen, Bob [R-OH-6] | OH | R | M000432 | 27 | National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality - Establishes the National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality (Commission). States the duties of the Commission, which include: (1) identifying and examining Federal, State, local, and private resources which affect infant mortality; (2) identifying barriers to the health care needed to prevent high infant mortality; and (3) reviewing and carrying forward appropriate recommendations that promote the health status of childbearing women and their infants. Directs the Commission to: (1) recommend a national policy designed to improve the current approach to preventing infant mortality; and (2) recommend specific changes needed in Federal laws and programs. States that the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not apply to the Commission. Sets forth the powers of the Commission. Directs the Commission to transmit a report detailing its findings and recommendations to the President and the Congress. Provides for the termination of the Commission. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T16:33:05Z | |
| 99-hr-3353 | 99 | hr | 3353 | National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality | Health | 1985-09-18 | 1985-09-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Rose, Charlie [D-NC-7] | NC | D | R000436 | 1 | National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality - Establishes the National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality (Commission). States the duties of the Commission, which include: (1) identifying and examining Federal, State, local, and private resources which affect infant mortality; (2) identifying barriers to the health care needed to prevent high infant mortality; and (3) reviewing and carrying forward appropriate recommendations that promote the health status of childbearing women and their infants. Directs the Commission to: (1) recommend a national policy designed to improve the current approach to preventing infant mortality; (2) recommend specific changes needed in Federal laws and programs; and (3) present such recommendations to the President, the Speaker of the House, and the majority leader of the Senate within one year of enactment of this Act. Sets forth the powers of the commission. States that the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not apply to the Commission. Provides for the termination of the Commission. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T16:32:58Z | |
| 99-hr-3311 | 99 | hr | 3311 | Drug Benefits for the Aged Act of 1985 | Health | 1985-09-13 | 1985-09-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20] | TX | D | G000272 | 0 | Drug Benefits for the Aged Act of 1985 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Drug Benefit Program for the Aged to pay for prescription drugs for the aged from participating pharmacies. Directs the Secretary to establish a Drug Benefits List of prescription and nonlegend qualified drugs, limited to specified pharmacological therapeutic categories which the Secretary deems appropriate for older individuals. Specifies conditions under which participating pharmacies may substitute lower cost, therapeutic equivalents for prescribed drugs. Establishes a Drug Benefits Council to advise the Secretary on policy in general and the content and format of the drug benefits list in particular. Sets forth formulae and procedures for the reimbursement of participating pharmacies. Specifies conditions for program participation. Specifies general administrative procedures. Prescribes criminal penalties for fraud. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and 1986. | 2025-08-29T16:32:44Z | |
| 99-s-1641 | 99 | s | 1641 | Health Research Amendments of 1985 | Health | 1985-09-13 | 1985-09-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Wallop, Malcolm [R-WY] | WY | R | W000092 | 0 | Health Research Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to repeal the requirement for an ongoing study of the health costs of pollution. Repeals the prohibition on grants or contracts for clinical research designed to evaluate the efficacy of any therapeutic, diagnostic, or preventive health measure. Eliminates the support for multidisciplinary health services research centers. Repeals the requirement for data collection on the effects of the environment on health. Authorizes appropriations for assistance to medical libraries through FY 1988. Repeals the National Cancer Institute budget bypass provision. Increases the limits on grants which the Directors of the National Cancer Institute and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute may approve without advisory board or council approval. Increases the support period for cancer research and demonstration centers. Amends the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 and the Health Services Research, Health Statistics, and Health Care Technology Act of 1978 to eliminate the Task Force on Environmental Cancer and Heart and Lung Disease. Amends the Orphan Drug Act to repeal the requirement for the support of at least ten sickle cell disease centers. Amends the Public Health Service Act to limit the required coordination by Division Directors of the National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Extends the Diabetes, Arthritis, and Digestive Diseases Advisory Boards through FY 1988. Authorizes appropriations for the National Research Service Awards through FY 1988. Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to exempt certain clinical trial data from disclosure. Allows the appropriation of Federal funds for telephone data services in private homes which are connected to government supported computer centers. Eliminates specified reporting requirements. Directs the Secretary to assure that a portion of the sums appropriated to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development are applied to research relate… | 2025-08-29T16:32:11Z | |
| 99-s-1642 | 99 | s | 1642 | Health Maintenance Organization Amendments of 1985 | Health | 1985-09-13 | 1985-09-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Wallop, Malcolm [R-WY] | WY | R | W000092 | 0 | Health Maintenance Organization Amendments of 1985 - Amends title XIII (Health Maintenance Organizations) of the Public Health Service Act to repeal provisions authorizing assistance for feasibility surveys, planning, initial development, and operation of health maintenance organizations (HMOs). Repeals provisions of such Act which authorize loans and loan guarantees for the acquisition and construction of ambulatory health care facilities. Eliminates the National Health Maintenance Organization Intern Program. Repeals provisions of such Act regarding the requirements of HMO and employees' health benefits plans. Amends the Social Security Act to describe the method for determining rates of payment for health services. Requires any health care organization to protect its members from incurring liability for payment of fees which are the legal obligation of the organization. Makes technical and conforming amendments. | 2025-08-29T16:32:58Z | |
| 99-s-1643 | 99 | s | 1643 | Health Services Amendments of 1985 | Health | 1985-09-13 | 1985-09-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Wallop, Malcolm [R-WY] | WY | R | W000092 | 0 | Health Services Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide care and treatment without charge to any person suffering from Hansen's disease (leprosy). Repeals the authority for medical examinations of seamen and longshoremen. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988 for: (1) the National Health Service Corps; (2) primary care block grants; and (3) adolescent family life demonstration projects. Eliminates the limit on fees for clinical laboratory licenses. Repeals specified health planning provisions. Expands the scope of primary care block grants to include migrant health, family planning, and health services for miners. Requires that States provide a specified minimum share in fiscal years 1986 and 1987 for: (1) voluntary family planning services and the training of family planning personnel; and (2) health services for migratory and seasonal workers and their families. Revises certain application and reporting provisions for States receiving primary care block grants. Eliminates existing Federal programs for: (1) family planning services; (2) primary health care programs; (3) migrant health centers; and (4) community health centers. Amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to repeal the authorization for clinical facilities for the analysis, examination, and treatment of respiratory and pulmonary impairments in coal miners. Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to eliminate the authorization for family planning programs. Amends the Family Planning Services and Population Research Act of 1970 to eliminate the Office of Population Affairs and the position of Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs. Permits the use of fiscal agents on behalf of the Public Health Service beneficiaries. Eliminates the expenditure time limitation under the Maternal and Child Health Services block grant. Limits the applicability of Public Health Service physician additional pay provisions. Provides cash awards for commissioned officers of the Public Health Service for suggest… | 2025-08-29T16:30:21Z | |
| 99-s-1644 | 99 | s | 1644 | Health Professions Amendments of 1985 | Health | 1985-09-13 | 1985-09-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Wallop, Malcolm [R-WY] | WY | R | W000092 | 0 | Health Professions Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the authorization of appropriations through FY 1988 for the Federal health education loan insurance program. Reduces the annual and aggregate limits on individual federally insured loans by any amount received as a scholarship under the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program or any program administered by the Department of Defense. Provides that student loan deferrals for residency programs shall not exceed four years. States that certain deferral periods shall be included in determining the 33-year repayment period for student loans under such Act. Removes the two percent per year ceiling on insurance for loans. Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to use the Student Loan Insurance Fund for the collection of defaulted student loans. Provides that health professions student loans, and nursing student loans, shall be available only to students of exceptional financial need. Permits schools to assess a charge to cover the costs of insuring against cancellation of such loans. Directs schools to assess a charge for non-payment of a loan installment. Authorizes the Secretary to attempt to collect any such loan which is in default. Provides for the distribution of loan fund assets by December 31, 1990. Repeals various provisions of title VII (Health Research and Teaching Facilities) regarding: (1) the National Advisory Council on Health Professions Education; (2) grants and technical assistance for the construction of teaching facilities; (3) grants for training in the field of family medicine; (4) grants to improve the quality of schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, public health, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, and podiatry; (5) grants for various programs and projects; and (6) programs for health administration and allied health personnel. Repeals various provisions of title VIII (Nurse Training) regarding: (1) the transfer of nursing loan fund assets to the nursing scholarship progr… | 2025-08-29T16:29:51Z | |
| 99-s-1633 | 99 | s | 1633 | Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Act of 1985 | Health | 1985-09-12 | 1985-09-19 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department, Health and Human Services Department. | Senate | Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN] | MN | R | D000566 | 0 | Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Act of 1985 - Amends the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 to maintain the current tax on cigarettes on a permanent basis. Establishes the Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Trust Fund (Trust Fund). Appropriates 50 percent of the taxes on cigarettes received after September 30, 1985, to the Trust Fund. Provides that amounts from the Trust Fund shall be used for grants to States for approved preventive health programs. Specifies the method for determining the grant amount each State may receive in any fiscal year. States that such funds may be used for: (1) maternal and child health services; (2) preventive health and health services; (3) alcohol and drug abuse and mental health services; and (4) any program of preventive health which the Secretary of Health and Human Services has approved. Prohibits the use of such funds for: (1) inpatient services (with specified exceptions); (2) cash payments to intended recipients of health services; (3) the purchase or improvement of land, buildings, or other facilities; (4) the purchase of major medical equipment; or (5) satisfying any requirement for the expenditure of non-Federal funds. Sets forth the grant application procedure. Requires each State to submit an annual report to the Secretary. Sets forth requirements with respect to audits and investigations of the use of such funds by the States. Permits the Secretary to withhold funds from any State which does not use such funds in accordance with the requirements of this Act. Provides that no person may be excluded from participation in any program under this Act because of age, handicap, sex, race, religion, color, or national origin. Imposes criminal penalties for any false or misleading statement intended to fradulently secure payment under this Act. | 2025-08-29T16:31:44Z |
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sponsor_state TEXT,
sponsor_party TEXT,
sponsor_bioguide_id TEXT,
cosponsor_count INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
summary_text TEXT,
update_date TEXT,
url TEXT
);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_congress ON legislation(congress);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_type ON legislation(bill_type);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_policy ON legislation(policy_area);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_date ON legislation(introduced_date);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor ON legislation(sponsor_name);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor_bioguide ON legislation(sponsor_bioguide_id);