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100-s-2889 100 s 2889 Health Omnibus Extension of 1988 Health 1988-10-13 1988-11-04 Became Public Law No: 100-607. Senate Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] MA D K000105 1 Health Omnibus Programs Extension of 1988 - Title I: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communcation Disorders and Health Research Extension Act of 1988 - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders and Health Research Extension Act of 1988 - Subtitle A: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders - Amends title IV (National Research Institutes) of the Public Health Service Act to establish the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (Institute) as an agency of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Removes communicative disorders from the title and purpose of the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke. Requires the Director of the Institute, with the advice of the Institute's advisory council, to establish a National Deafness and Other Communications Disorders Program (Program). Requires the Director to prepare and transmit to the Director of NIH a plan to initiate, expand, intensify, and coordinate activities of the Institute respecting disorders of hearing, balance, voice, speech, language, taste, and smell. Describes the minimum activities of the Program. Requires the Director to establish a National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Data System for the collection, storage, analysis, retrieval, and dissemination of data and a National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Information Clearinghouse. Requires the Director, after consultation with the advisory council, to provide for the development, modernization, and operation of new and existing centers for studies of disorders of hearing and other communication processes. Sets forth requirements for the centers, including conducting research and training programs and information and continuing education programs for health professionals, and public information programs. Authorizes centers to provide stipends for health professionals in their training programs. Describes other programs the centers may undertake. Requires the Direct… 2022-12-13T14:57:19Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2889
100-s-2880 100 s 2880 National Health Promotion Act of 1988 Health 1988-10-11 1988-10-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] NM D B000468 0 National Health Promotion Act of 1988 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to pay the Federal share of the cost of health promotion campaigns. Provides for allotment to each State of any sums appropriated. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide for the collection of data that measure and evaluate the impact of the campaigns; (2) publish an annual report on the activities under this Act; and (3) submit the report to the appropriate committees of the Congress. Sets forth application requirements. Mandates the creation of an Advisory Board by each State. Directs the Secretary to pay to each State with an approved application the Federal share of the cost of the activities described in the application. Sets forth the Federal share for each year of participation. Declares that each State shall be eligible for Federal funding for any three consecutive years of the five-year period during which the Federal program shall operate. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. 2025-08-28T20:07:28Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2880
100-s-2852 100 s 2852 Omnibus Anti-Substance Abuse Act of 1988 Health 1988-10-03 1988-10-22 H.R. 5210 passed in Senate relating to this measure. Senate Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA] GA D N000171 50 Omnibus Anti-Substance Abuse Act of 1988 - Title I: Organization - Subtitle A: National Drug Control Program - National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 - Establishes within the Executive Office of the President the Office of National Drug Control Policy to prepare a national drug control strategy, to direct and coordinate Federal drug control efforts, and to be headed by a Director of National Drug Control Policy (DNDCP) and two Deputy Directors. Specifies the duties and responsibilities of the heads of executive branch departments and agencies. Authorizes the Director to designate certain areas of the country as high intensity drug areas and to reassign personnel on a temporary basis and provide funds for programs in such areas. Terminates the National Drug Enforcement Policy Board, the National Narcotics Border Interdiction System, and the White House Drug Abuse Policy Office. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Department of Justice Civil Enforcement Enhancement - Justice Department Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Enhancement Act of 1988 - Directs the Attorney General to ensure that each component of the Department of Justice (DOJ) having criminal law enforcement responsibilities with respect to the prosecution of organized crime and controlled substances violations attaches a high priority to civil enforcement for such violations. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Crimes and Penalties and Law Enforcement - Subtitle A: Career Criminals - Sets a mandatory penalty of life imprisonment after two or more prior convictions for a felony drug offense. Subtitle B: Public Corruption - Makes it a felony for a public official to seek or accept (or an individual to offer or promise to give) anything of value in exchange for influence to commit an offense against the United States or any State (or with intent to influence such official). Subtitle C: Importation - Requires the U.S. Sentencing Commission (Commission) to promulgate guidelines providing for specified penalties for the importation by aircr… 2025-08-28T20:09:03Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2852
100-s-2846 100 s 2846 A bill to provide for the awarding of grants for the purchase of drugs used in the treatment of AIDS. Health 1988-09-29 1988-10-04 Became Public Law No: 100-471. Senate Sen. Weicker, Lowell P., Jr. [R-CT] CT R W000253 6 Amends title III (General Powers and Duties of Public Health Service) of the Public Health Service Act to add provisions authorizing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States to assist in the provision of drugs determined to prolong the lives of individuals with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and related conditions. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits grants from being made after March 31, 1989. Declares that the provisions added by this Act shall cease to exist on March 31, 1989. 2022-12-13T14:56:22Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2846
100-s-2843 100 s 2843 Generic Animal Drug and Patent Term Restoration Act Health 1988-09-28 1988-11-16 Became Public Law No: 100-670. Senate Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] UT R H000338 1 (Measure passed Senate, amended) Generic Animal Drug and Patent Term Restoration Act - Subtitle A: 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 or whose use with other animal drugs in animal feed differs 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, or that the conditions of use prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the proposed labeling are not reasonably certain to be followed in practice. 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 a… 2022-12-13T14:41:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2843
100-s-2821 100 s 2821 Handicapped Programs Technical Amendments Act of 1988 Health 1988-09-22 1988-10-21 Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. Senate Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] IA D H000206 7 Handicapped Programs Technical Amendments Act of 1988 - Title I: Amendments to the Education of the Handicapped Act - Amends the Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA) to make technical and conforming amendments, including making terminology gender neutral, updating cross-references, and revising language referring to people with handicaps or disabilities. Removes references to the National Advisory Committee on the Education of the Handicapped (whose statutory authority has already been repealed under other Federal law). Specifies that the term "institution of higher education" includes community colleges receiving funding from the Secretary of the Interior under the Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act of 1978. Revises provisions for preschool grants for special education and related services for handicapped children aged three through five to provide that appropriations for such grants program for FY 1987 and 1988 received by a State whose allotment for the succeeding fiscal year is adjusted downwards shall remain available for obligation by such State, and by its local educational agencies and intermediate educational units, during the two fiscal years succeeding the fiscal year for which they were made. Revises provisions for grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education for traineeships. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make a grant of sufficient size and scope to each State educational agency which applies, and to an institution of higher education in any State where the State educational agency does not apply for such a grant. Authorizes the Secretary also to make a limited number of such grants to State educational agencies on a competitive basis (up to ten percent of the total amount expended in the preceding year). Authorizes the Secretary to make continuation grants for FY 1989 to institutions of higher education that received competitive grants for FY 1987. Sets forth a special rule for FY 1987 preschool grants. Allows a State educ… 2025-08-28T20:06:42Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2821
100-s-2822 100 s 2822 AIDS Health Services Act of 1988 Health 1988-09-22 1988-09-30 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] CA D C000877 0 AIDS Health Services Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to make grants to eligible consortia for services to people with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or AIDS-related complex (ARC), including inpatient and nursing home care, primary community health and support services, and secondary community support services. Requires that priority be given to the development and availability of primary community health and support services. Requires at least 20 percent of funds made available to be used for the provision of services for members of minority communities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Directs the Secretary to conduct health and mental health services research focused on the delivery of services to individuals infected with the etiologic agent for AIDS, including studies on: (1) service delivery to members of minority communities; (2) the societal distribution of the costs of infection with the etiologic agent; and (3) the most cost-effective ways of providing services. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989. 2025-08-28T20:05:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2822
100-s-2823 100 s 2823 AIDS Health Care Financing Act of 1988 Health 1988-09-22 1988-09-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] CA D C000877 0 AIDS Health Care Financing Act of 1988 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Public Health Service Act to extend the maximum required period of continuation coverage of group health plans from 18 months to 29 months for an individual determined, under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) or title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act, to have been disabled at the time of termination or reduction in hours. Increases the premium which plans are permitted to require for continuation coverage from 102 percent to 152 percent of the applicable premium for the period for any month after the 18th month of continuation coverage after terminations, reduced hours, or multiple qualifying events. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit States to pay expenses of an individual eligible for benefits under its plan for premiums, deductibles, coinsurance, or similar costs for health coverage offered by the individual's employer, including continuation coverage. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for a three-year program of grants to States to assist in paying premiums, deductibles, coinsurance, and similar costs for continuation coverage for individuals who were disabled at the time of termination of employment. Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Provides that when the Secretary allows a State Medicaid plan to provide for payment for individuals with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or an AIDS-related condition, for home or community-based services such as home health care, personal care services, case management services, outpatient mental health treatment, and outpatient substance abuse treatment, the Federal medical assistance percentage shall not be less than 75 percent. Declares that nothing in title XIX of the Social Security Act shall be construed as preventing a State from establishing differential pa… 2025-08-28T20:05:02Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2823
100-s-2769 100 s 2769 Community Youth Activities Act of 1988 Health 1988-09-09 1988-09-30 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] RI R C000269 2 Community Youth Activities Act of 1988 - Amends title V (Administration and Coordination of the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States to carry out activities as described in this Act. Sets forth a minimum grant amount. Directs the Secretary to reserve five percent of the amount appropriated for any fiscal year to carry out this Act for projects of national significance which are expected to have a significant impact in preventing use of drugs among youth. Requires, if the amount appropriated is under a specified amount, that 25 percent of the amount appropriated be allotted equally among the 50 States, with the remainder apportioned according to stated priorities. Sets forth general priorities in making the grants. Declares that the assistance received under this Act may be used for: (1) State regional substance abuse education and prevention centers designed to provide technical assistance, outreach, consultation, training, and referral services; (2) community services and partnerships designed to develop community activities targeted at substance abuse prevention through education, training, and recreation projects; and (3) other projects or proposals consistent with the intent of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993. Directs the Secretary to evaluate projects conducted with assistance under this Act. Requires grant applications to include a description of the method to be used in evaluating the impact the program is having on the drug problem within the community. 2025-08-28T20:05:57Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2769
100-s-2771 100 s 2771 An Act to provide Demonstration Projects for Treatment of Drug Addicted Babies Act of 1988 Health 1988-09-09 1988-09-30 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] RI R C000269 1 Act to Provide Demonstration Projects for Treatment of Drug Addicted Babies Act of 1988 - Amends title V (Administration and Coordination of the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Director of the Office for Substance Abuse Prevention, to establish a demonstration project to make grants to provide: (1) respite care to mothers who are addicted to drugs and treatment for their babies; (2) training to such mothers to enable them to care for their babies; and (3) further services to enable families with such mothers to gain a chance at a drug free life. Sets forth requirements for such projects. Directs the Secretary to make at least three but no more than five grants, with at least one grant going to a city with a population between specified levels. Directs the Secretary to give priority to projects that: (1) demonstrate that State, city, or community funding will be provided for the project; and (2) encourage the use of senior citizen contributions in the care of drug addicted babies. Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 and 1990. 2025-08-28T20:06:31Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2771
100-s-2772 100 s 2772 A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the provision of drug treatment services for pregnant women. Health 1988-09-09 1988-09-30 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] RI R C000269 1 Amends the Public Health Service Act to create a new part on drug treatment for pregnant women. Requires any drug treatment program that receives Federal assistance to give priority to the treatment of pregnant women and afford them the first opportunity to receive treatment, notwithstanding any waiting list. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration project to make grants to provide pregnant women with various drug treatment services. Requires applicants to agree to provide: (1) outreach to pregnant women who are abusers of alcohol or illegal drugs; (2) substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation; (3) prenatal care to pregnant women who are abusers of alcohol or illegal drugs; (4) counseling; (5) coordination with other Federal, State, and local programs designed to assist pregnant women; and (6) continued assistance to women who have received assistance under this Act and their infant children. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2772
100-s-2681 100 s 2681 Lifecare Long-Term Care Protection Act Health 1988-08-03 1988-08-23 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] MA D K000105 2 Lifecare Long-Term Care Protection Act - Part A: General Provisions - Adds a new title to the Public Health Service Act: Lifecare Long-Term Care Protection Program. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to contract with States or private nonprofit organizations to establish and administer a long-term care agency for each designated area of a State. Requires contracting agencies to establish: (1) a screening division to make determinations of eligibility for agency services under this Act; (2) a case management services division to develop and administer a care plan for each individual and to allocate resources; and (3) a registry of qualified providers of home and community-based and nursing home care. Sets the method for determining State fund contributions. Part B: Coverage of Home and Community-Based Care Services - Sets forth eligibility requirements for home and community-based care services, including that the individual be 65 or older, be under 19, or be receiving certain Social Security benefits; and be dependent, cognitively impaired, or unable to perform daily living activities without assistance or supervision. Enumerates the criteria for receipt of respite care benefits. Lists those entities considered to be qualified service providers, including adult day health care centers certified by the State. Prescribes the procedures for payments by the Secretary to long-term care agencies and other service providers. Limits the payment for home health and community-based services for three years, based on a percentage relating to Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) benefits. Prescribes procedures for subsequent years and sets the amount of coverage, including measures of severity of need for services. Requires a copayment by beneficiaries. Requires States to establish quality assurance boards to monitor quality of care and a community advisory board for each long-term care agency. Establishes certification procedures for a survey of home care agencies, home health agencies, a… 2025-08-28T20:06:57Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2681
100-s-2597 100 s 2597 A bill to establish an interdisciplinary training grant program for the benefit of rural areas. Health 1988-06-29 1988-07-20 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D I000025 15 Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, eligible applicants for interdisciplinary training projects relating to health care in rural areas. Declares that allowed uses for funds include stipends to students, post-doctoral fellowships, enhancement of faculty, or purchase or rental of transportation and telecommunication equipment. Requires applications to: (1) be jointly submitted by at least two eligible applicants with the purpose of assisting individuals in academic institutions in establishing long-term collaborative relationships with health care providers in rural areas; and (2) designate one or more rural health care agencies for clinical treatment or training. Directs the Secretary to contract for a study of manpower training needs in rural areas: (1) paying particular attention to the needs of the rural elderly and the rural population that is not eligible for Medicare; and (2) evaluating existing models for health care training and service delivery and proposing innovative alternative models. Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the study and reporting for FY 1990. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act for FY 1988 through 1991. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2597
100-s-2561 100 s 2561 Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities Act of 1988 Health 1988-06-23 1988-08-19 Became Public Law No: 100-407. Senate Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] IA D H000206 17 (Measure passed Senate, amended) Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities Act of 1988 - Title I: Grants to States - Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to States for consumer-responsive comprehensive statewide programs of technology-related assistance for individuals of all ages with disabilities. Lists functions and activities which may be included in the programs. Directs the Secretary to award to States three-year grants for statewide programs of technology-related assistance for individuals with disabilities. Provides for the number and amounts of the grants. Gives States receiving grants in one fiscal year priority in the availability of amounts appropriated in the next fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to award grants in a manner that is geographically equitable and that distributes them among States that have differing levels of development of programs of technology-related assistance. Sets forth information and assurances which must accompany an application. Authorizes the Secretary to award a two-year extension grant to any State that demonstrates significant progress of a statewide program of technology-related assistance under a grant provided for in this Act. Provides for the amounts of the extension grants and for priority for previously-participating States. Specifies elements which must be included in an extension grant application. Requires each State that receives a grant under this title to submit an annual report to the Secretary. Sets forth specific requirements for reports with respect to extension grants. Directs the Secretary to establish a system to assess the extent to which States which receive grants under this title are making significant progress. Subjects any State which fails to comply with the requirements of this title to a corrective action plan. Declares that nothing in this title shall be construed to permit the State or any Federal agency to reduce medical or other assistance available or to alter eligibility under: (1) title II… 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2561
100-s-2473 100 s 2473 Quality in Medical Testing Act of 1988 Health 1988-06-07 1988-06-15 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Cohen, William S. [R-ME] ME R C000598 2 Quality in Medical Testing Act of 1988 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to create a new subpart on licensing of clinical laboratories. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a classification system for the regulation of all clinical laboratories based on the complexity of the testing methodology used. Directs the Secretary to establish, for each class of laboratories, separate standards designed to assure consistent performance of accurate and reliable laboratory procedures and services. Prohibits the solicitation or acceptance of any specimen for laboratory procedures without a license issued by the Secretary. Makes licenses valid for not more than two years from issuance. Allows revocation, suspension, or limitation of a license, after notice and an opportunity for hearing, for specified reasons. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations regarding establishment by laboratories of a direct billing system. Authorizes the Secretary to exempt a laboratory from licensing requirements if it is inspected and accredited by an accrediting body approved by the Secretary, except that any such laboratory must be treated as a licensed laboratory for all other purposes of this Act. Requires accrediting bodies to apply standards equal to or more stringent than those that would be applied by the Secretary. Allows a State to serve as an accrediting body. Allows all accrediting bodies approved by statute or by the Secretary prior to enactment of this Act to retain approved status subject to a determination by the Secretary that the body is not applying the proper standards. Directs the Secretary to make such a determination not later than 18 months after enactment of this Act. Sets forth steps a laboratory must take in order to retain its status as exempt from licensing requirements. Allows the Secretary to withdraw a licensing exemption if the laboratory has performance deficiencies. Directs the Secretary to evaluate annually the performance of each approved accrediting body and wit… 2025-08-28T20:07:12Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2473
100-s-2477 100 s 2477 Medical Testing Improvement Act of 1988 Health 1988-06-07 1988-10-11 Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. Senate Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] MD D M000702 4 (Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate (See H.R. 5471 as passed Senate for similar provisions)) Medical Testing Improvement Act of 1988 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit any person who uses interstate commerce in the ordinary course of business from soliciting or accepting materials from the human body for laboratory procedures without a license applicable to that category of procedures, subject to exceptions. Makes licenses valid for a maximum of two years. Requires certain criteria to be met for issuance or renewal of a license, including that the laboratory make agreements regarding: (1) inspections by the Secretary; (2) treating proficiency testing samples in the same manner as other samples; (3) not providing services ordered by a physician if the physician or an immediate family member of the physician has a financial interest in the laboratory; (4) not billing the physician or another laboratory in which such financial interests exist; and (5) disclosing to another laboratory such financial interests. Sets forth exceptions to the financial interests bars. Allows a laboratory to be accredited for licensing if it meets the standards of an approved accreditation body and if the laboratory authorizes that body to submit information to the Secretary as the Secretary requires. Authorizes the Secretary to approve an accreditation body if the body agrees to: (1) inspect the laboratories it accredits; (2) apply standards which are at least as stringent as the Secretary's; and (3) notify the Secretary of any denial, suspension, withdrawal, or revocation of accreditation. Provides for temporary continuation of a laboratory's license if the accreditation body's approval is withdrawn. Directs the Secretary to evaluate annually the performance of each accreditation body. Directs the Secretary to issue standards to assure consistent performance, including standards regarding: (1) quality assurance and quality control; (2) maintenance of records, equipment, and facilities; (3) qualifications of p… 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2477
100-s-2466 100 s 2466 A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program of grants to the States for the purpose of providing to the public information on Lyme disease. Health 1988-06-06 1988-06-14 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] NY D M001054 5 Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States to assist in providing to the public information on the diagnosis, prevention, and control of Lyme disease. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 and 1990. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2466
100-s-2468 100 s 2468 FDA Revitalization Act Health 1988-06-06 1988-10-21 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1146. Senate Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] UT R H000338 0 (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Labor and Human Resources with amendment, S. Rept. 100-600) FDA Revitalization Act - Title I: Real Property - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) to grant the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) specified powers in connection with real property, buildings, and facilities (such as acquiring and disposing of property, leasing buildings, and accepting gifts) to facilitate the transaction of the business of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Title II: Senior Biomedical Scientific Service - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the establishment of a Senior Biomedical Scientific Service, outside the competitive civil service, whose members may be appointed based solely on distinction and achievement in the fields of biomedical research or clinical research evaluation. Title III: Increased FTE Authority for Staff - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to appoint and fix the compensation of not more than 350 additional employees for the FDA beyond the number assigned as of July 1, 1987. Title IV: Small Business Training and Technical Assistance - Amends the Medical Device Amendments of 1976 to authorize appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991 to the office within the Department of HHS which provides technical and other nonfinancial assistance to small manufacturers of medical devices to assist them in complying with the FDCA. Title V: Biotechnology - Directs the Secretary to establish a demonstration project allowing the use of the facilities of any public or private cooperative to perform activities authorized under the FDCA. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Title VI: Regulatory Review Medicine Training Grants - Authorizes grants to public or nonprofit academic institutions, including schools of medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy, to enable such institutions to develop core curriculum programs to train individuals in the field of regulatory review medicine. Requires obligated service of grant… 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2468
100-s-2401 100 s 2401 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Public Health Service Act with respect to continuation of health care coverage. Health 1988-05-16 1988-05-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] IA D H000206 1 Amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Public Health Service Act to provide that a person's eligibility to receive benefits under mandated employee health benefit continuation coverage ceases as soon as that person becomes eligible for coverage under another group health plan, as an employee or otherwise. 2025-01-03T20:55:44Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2401
100-s-2385 100 s 2385 Community and Migrant Health Centers Amendments of 1988 Health 1988-05-13 1988-08-10 Became Public Law No: 100-386. Senate Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] MA D K000105 0 (Senate agreed to House amendment with an amendment) Community and Migrant Health Centers Amendments of 1988 - Amends title III (General Powers and Duties of Public Health Service) of the Public Health Service Act to: (1) add patient case management services to the list of services provided by migrant health centers; and (2) add to the list of services included in the term "supplemental health services" other services appropriate to meet the health needs of the population served by the migrant health center involved. Requires notice and an opportunity to offer information before the Secretary of Health and Human Services may alter a determination that an area is a high impact area. Requires that the schedule of fees or payments used by migrant health centers receiving grants under specified provisions be consistent with locally prevailing rates or charges. Allows grants for migrant health centers under specified provisions to be used for expansion as well as for acquisition and modernization of existing buildings. Allows construction of new buildings if appropriate facilities are not available through acquiring, modernizing, or expanding existing buildings, and subject to other conditions. Revises the limit on the amount of grants for costs of operation and allows a center, in certain circumstances, to retain all of specified types of excess income. Authorizes the Secretary to delegate the authority to administer migrant health center programs to any office within the Public Health Service, except that the authority to enter into, modify, or issue approvals with respect to grants or contracts may be delegated only within the central office of the Health Resources and Services Administration. Authorizes appropriations for grants under specified provisions for migrant health centers for FY 1989 through 1991. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to assist centers in providing services for the reduction of infant mortality and developing and coordinating referrals regarding the health management of infants and p… 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2385
100-s-2231 100 s 2231 Nurse Education Reauthorization Act of 1988 Health 1988-03-30 1988-09-08 Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. Senate Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] MA D K000105 15 (Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 4833 passed in lieu) Nurse Education Reauthorization Act of 1988 - Title I: Special Projects - Amends title VIII (Nurse Education) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants and enter into contracts for special projects to: (1) increase nursing opportunities for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds by providing faculty development directed at facilitating retention of such individuals; (2) provide training and education to upgrade skills of paraprofessional nursing personnel with priority given to rapid transition programs towards undergraduate degrees; and (3) provide training and education to develop curricula for baccalaureate and masters degrees in nursing. Authorizes appropriations for grants and contracts for various special projects for FY 1989 through 1991. Directs the Secretary, in making grants and contracts relating to advanced nurse education, to give priority to programs with innovative curricula that permit individuals to rapidly achieve advanced degrees. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Requires programs for the education of nurse practitioners and nurse midwives to have an enrollment of not less than six full-time equivalent students. (Current law requires not less than eight students.) Allows those receiving traineeships to fulfill their commitment to practice as a nurse practitioner or nurse midwife in the Indian Health Service, a Native Hawaiian health center, a long-term care facility certified under title XVIII (Medicare) or XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, a migrant health center, or a community health center. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Directs the Secretary to make grants to or enter into contracts with schools of nursing for projects to demonstrate and evaluate innovative nursing practice models designed to increase the recruitment and retention of nurses to provide long-term, home, or nursing home care. Authorizes ap… 2025-08-28T20:08:41Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2231
100-s-2222 100 s 2222 National Research Institutes Reauthorization Act of 1988 Health 1988-03-29 1988-05-26 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 696. Senate Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] MA D K000105 3 (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Labor and Human Resources with amendment, S. Rept. 100-363) National Research Institutes Reauthorization Act of 1988 - Title I: Biomedical and Behavioral Research Facilities - Amends title IV (National Research Institutes) of the Public Health Service Act to create a new part on biomedical and behavioral research facilities. Authorizes the Director of the National Institutes of Health, through the Director of Research Resources (Director), to award grants to public or nonprofit private institutions to expand, remodel, renovate, or alter existing research facilities or construct new research facilities. Establishes in the Division of Research Resources of the National Institutes of Health a Technical Review Board on Biomedical and Behavioral Research Facilities to advise the Director and the Advisory Council (established by current law) on the construction of facilities and to conduct peer review of applications received pursuant to this title. Sets forth requirements for application and selection of grants. Limits the amount of any grant to 50 percent of the cost of construction or, in the case of a multipurpose facility, 50 percent of the cost of construction proportionate to the contemplated use. Allows the Director to waive these limitations for institutions of emerging excellence in biomedical or behavioral research. Provides for recapture of payments in certain circumstances for 20 years after completion of construction. Requires the Director to prescribe regulations with respect to the grants. Requires peer review of grant applications under existing provisions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Title II: Biomedical Ethics - Requires the Director of the Division of Research Resources to enter into cooperative agreements and to make grants for the development or expansion of no less than five centers of excellence in biomedical and behavioral research ethics. Replaces provisions relating to fetal research and the Biomedical Ethics Advisory Comm… 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2222
100-s-2229 100 s 2229 Health Professions Reauthorization Act of 1988 Health 1988-03-29 1988-09-26 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1001. Senate Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] MA D K000105 8 (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Labor and Human Resources with amendment, S. Rept. 100-552) Health Professions Reauthorization Act of 1988 - Title I: Student Assistance - Amends title VII (Health Research and Teaching Facilities and Training of Professional Health Personnel) to exclude from the definition of "allied health professionals" individuals who have received a degree in social work or an equivalent degree. Sets ceilings on the total principal amount of new loans made and installments paid pursuant to lines of credit to borrowers covered by Federal loan insurance under specified provisions relating to loans to graduate students in health professions schools for FY 1989 through 1991. States that no insurance may be granted for any loan made or installment paid after September 30, 1994. Requires that the total principal amount of Federal loan insurance available in each fiscal year be granted without regard to any apportionment or other similar limitation. Requires interest on federally insured student loans under title VII to be compounded not more frequently than semiannually. (Current law requires the interest to be compounded semiannually.) Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to sell without recourse notes or other evidence of loans received by the United States through assignment by the insured after default. Prohibits a State statute of limitations from barring an action by an insured against a borrower if the action is commenced within six years of default. Revises provisions defining "school of allied health" as used in subpart I (Federal Program of Insured Loans to Graduate Students in Health Professions Schools) of part C of title VII to include programs that lead to baccalaureate as well as programs that lead to higher degrees. Adds references to schools of, and specified-level degrees in, chiropractic, allied health, and clinical psychology to provisions relating to the terms, conditions, and requirements concerning agreements between the Secretary and health profess… 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2229
100-s-2219 100 s 2219 Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1988 Health 1988-03-28 1988-03-30 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] NY D M001054 0 Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1988 - Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to create a new part on mental health construction block grants. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, for each of FY 1989 through 1993, to make allotments to States to assist in constructing community mental health facilities. Requires funds to be used for: (1) building and renovating; and (2) providing staffing and maintenance of centers which have been built or renovated. Requires at least 75 percent of the funds to be used to provide services for the homeless mentally ill and chronically mentally ill. Requires matching State funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993. Prohibits States from using more than ten percent of their allotments for administrative expenses. 2025-08-28T20:08:49Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2219
100-s-2183 100 s 2183 Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act of 1987 (CARE) Health 1988-03-16 1988-04-11 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from VA, Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] SD R P000513 3 Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act of 1987 (CARE) - Title I: Public Health Service Programs with Respect to Alzheimer's Disease - Repeals provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to Alzheimer's disease (Alzheimer's) and creates, in title III (relating to the general powers and duties of the Public Health Service) of the Act, a new part K on Alzheimer's. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants and enter into cooperative agreements to assist grantees in establishing and maintaining, with respect to Alzheimer's and related disorders, centers for: (1) conducting basic and clinical research, training, and dissemination of clinical information; (2) demonstrating advanced diagnostic, prevention, treatment, and management methods; (3) conducting programs of community education; and (4) maximizing research. Specifies purposes for which grant funds may and may not be used. Limits support for a center to five years, with extensions by the Secretary of up to five years if recommended by a technical and scientific peer review group. Directs the Secretary, in carrying out these provisions, to consult with the directors of specified National Institutes of Health. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health and the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to make grants and enter into contracts to enable grantees to conduct basic and clinical research regarding Alzheimer's and related disorders. Directs the Secretary, in carrying out these provisions, to consult with the directors of specified National Institutes of Health. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to make grants and enter into contracts to enable grantees to conduct research and demonstration projects with respect to teaching the families of individuals with Alzheimer'… 2025-08-28T20:09:02Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2183
100-s-2047 100 s 2047 Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Act of 1988 Health 1988-02-04 1988-10-22 H.R. 5210 passed in Senate relating to this measure. Senate Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] SC R T000254 11 (Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate) Amends the Federal Alcohol Administration Act to set forth the Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Act of 1988. Requires alcoholic beverages that are manufactured for sale or distribution in the United States to have labels bearing a Government warning that: (1) women should not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy because of the risk of birth defects; and (2) consumption of such beverages impairs ability to drive or operate machinery and may cause health problems. Exempts such beverages that are manufactured for export from the United States from such requirement. Empowers the Secretary of the Treasury to enforce this Act. Requires the Secretary, upon finding that available scientific information would justify a change in the warning label, to report such information to the Congress. Establishes civil penalties for violations of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to compromise the liability arising from such violations upon payment for each offense to the Treasury. Makes technical and conforming amendments. 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2047
100-s-2027 100 s 2027 Workers' Health Insurance Demonstration Act of 1988 Health 1988-02-02 1988-02-09 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Quayle, Dan [R-IN] IN R Q000007 0 Workers' Health Insurance Demonstration Act of 1988 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to create a new title concerning employee health insurance pilot programs. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to approve pilot projects for the development and marketing of low-cost small business health insurance plans. Declares that approved plans shall not be subject to State laws concerning certain aspects of health benefits. Authorizes the Secretary to approve projects to study the feasibility of a health information brokering service to address the needs of small employers in obtaining health insurance benefits by providing technical assistance. Requires, if such brokering service is feasible, that development funding be provided. Authorizes the Secretary to approve up to three demonstration projects to extend coverage for medical assistance, other than for services under provisions of title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, to employees of small employers if: (1) employers are unable to obtain insurance at no more than the average premium cost in their State or locality; and (2) other conditions relating to premium payment and premium cost off-set against the required Federal and State matching shares are met. Requires that the projects be conducted in a rural area, an urban area, and in an industry that has a high number of uninsured workers. Authorizes the Secretary to approve pilot projects to study, develop, and market mechanisms, not including State risk pools for high risk individuals, that address the problems of providing affordable health insurance to targeted elements of the employed, high risk population. Directs the Secretary to develop up to three projects to evaluate the effectiveness of providing subsidies to self-employed individuals as an incentive to purchase health insurance. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of the impact of the Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act, including the impact of extending the requirements of the Act to all employers in all States. Author… 2025-08-28T20:04:57Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2027
100-s-2014 100 s 2014 Intravenous Substance Abuse and AIDS Prevention Act of 1988 Health 1988-01-28 1988-02-09 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] NY D M001054 0 Intravenous Substance Abuse and AIDS Prevention Act of 1988 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for treatment services to intravenous substance abusers. Conditions grants on the applicant agreeing to: (1) make available to the abusers, and their sexual partners, counseling and education with respect to preventing the transmission of the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); and (2) make testing available to the abusers to determine whether they have been infected with such agent. Prohibits making a grant unless the applicant agrees not to condition receipt of treatment services on the individual undergoing such testing. Sets forth requirements relating to the geographic distribution of grants. Provides for allocation of amounts appropriated under provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to carry out demonstration projects for reducing or preventing the incidence in infants of infections with the etiologic agent for AIDS and for providing support to infants who have such infections. Sets forth priorities in making grants and uses for which grantees may expend grant funds. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to provide counseling and education services with respect to preventing the transmission of the etiologic agent directly or indirectly through intravenous substance abuse. Sets forth priorities in making grants and uses for which grantees may expend grant funds. Prohibits the making of grants under this Act unless the applicant agrees not to expend amounts received under the grant to supplant any funds otherwise available to the applicant for the grant purpose. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. 2025-08-28T20:08:49Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2014
100-s-1968 100 s 1968 Public Health Service Amendments Act of 1988 Health 1987-12-18 1988-02-23 Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. Senate Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] MA D K000105 4 (Measure passed Senate, amended) Public Health Service Amendments Act of 1988 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) remove certain restrictions on the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to and contracts with health professions schools related to geriatric medicine and care; (2) expand the authority of the Secretary to make grants and contracts for geriatric medicine training projects to include podiatrists as well as physicians and dentists; (3) require that the National Advisory Council on Health Professions Education include a representative of a school of clinical psychology; and (4) add graduate programs in clinical psychology to provisions relating to discrimination on the basis of sex. 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1968
100-s-1951 100 s 1951 Organ Transplant and Immunosuppressive Drug Therapy Act of 1987 Health 1987-12-16 1987-12-20 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department. Senate Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] MA D K000105 0 Organ Transplant and Immunosuppressive Drug Therapy Act of 1987 - Title I: Organ Transplants - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants under existing provisions for consolidation as well as for establishment, initial operation, and expansion of organ procurement organizations. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for special projects designed to increase the number of organ donors. Directs the Secretary, in making grants for planning, consolidation, establishment, initial operation, or expansion of such organizations, to give special consideration to proposals from existing organ procurement organizations. Prohibits certain grants for such organizations and projects from exceeding a specified amount in a year. Revises organ procurement organization provisions concerning organ procurement and distribution. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Requires that the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network: (1) establish membership criteria and medical criteria for allocating organs and provide a periodic opportunity for public comment on the criteria; (2) assist organ procurement organizations in the distribution of organs (current provisions require the Network to assist procurement organizations in the distribution of organs which cannot be placed within the service areas of the organizations); (3) in addition to the existing requirement to adopt and use standards of quality for the acquisition and transportation of donated organs, adopt and use standards for preventing the acquisition of organs that are infected with the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome; (4) prepare and distribute samples of blood sera from potential recipients on, as practicable, a national and a regional basis; and (5) carry out studies and demonstration projects regarding organ procurement and allocation procedures. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for receiving and considering from interested persons critical comments relating to how the… 2025-08-28T20:06:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1951
100-s-1952 100 s 1952 Public Health Service Amendments Act of 1987 Health 1987-12-16 1987-12-18 Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. Senate Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] MA D K000105 23 Public Health Service Amendments Act of 1987 - Amends provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to emergency medical services for children to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States, public and nonprofit private entities, and academic institutions for the development, establishment, and operation of regional centers for pediatric emergency medical services. Requires such centers to: (1) train health professionals; (2) provide for the appropriate use of bilingual personnel; (3) conduct research on prevention and treatment; and (4) conduct activities relating to prevention, including dissemination of information to the public. Directs the Secretary to make a grant for FY 1988 for a feasibility study on establishing and operating a National Center for Pediatric Emergency Medical Services (National Center). Directs the Secretary to request the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to submit an application for the grant and, if the Institute submits an acceptable application, to make the grant to the Institute. Directs the Secretary, in the absence of an acceptable application from the Institute, to request an application from one or more nonprofit private entities and to make the grant to the entity submitting the best acceptable application. Directs the Secretary, after reviewing the report prepared under such grant and consulting with the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Emergency Physicians, if a National Center is feasible, to make grants for FY 1989 and each succeeding fiscal year for the establishment and operation of a National Center. Requires the National Center, with regard to pediatric medical emergencies, to: (1) develop and disseminate standards and quality assurance mechanisms; (2) facilitate training of health professionals; and (3) develop and disseminate to the public information on the prevention of, and responses to, such emergencies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Amends the Public… 2025-08-28T20:05:19Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1952
100-s-1943 100 s 1943 Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Amendments Act of 1987 Health 1987-12-11 1988-05-04 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 649. Senate Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] MA D K000105 8 (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Labor and Human Resources with amendment, S. Rept. 100-328) Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Amendments Act of 1987 - Title I: Mental Health and Alcohol and Drug Abuse Block Grants - Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for block grant allotments to States for prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation projects with respect to alcohol and drug abuse and for mental health services. Changes the formula for determining the amount by which State allotments shall be reduced for failure to implement a State comprehensive mental health services plan. Sets forth requirements regarding a report by the Comptroller General of the General Accounting Office with respect to plan implementations. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to use not to exceed one percent of the amounts appropriated for the allotments in each of FY 1988 through 1991 to conduct evaluations and prepare reports concerning the effectiveness of the block grant programs. Revises the formula for determination and distribution of the allotments. Sets forth requirements for allotment applications, including requirements that the chief executive officer of each State certify: (1) that the funds will be used for comprehensive mental health services and community mental health centers; (2) that the State will establish reasonable evaluation criteria; (3) the specific purposes for which the funds will be used; (4) that the State will use the funds for specified alcohol and drug abuse activities; (5) that the State will use certain funds to provide new mental health services and programs; and (6) other matters. Requires States, in order to receive allotment payments, to agree to coordinate among mental health services institutions the establishment of a State comprehensive community mental health system. Requires the chief executive officer of a State to establish a State mental health ser… 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1943
100-s-1928 100 s 1928 Food, Drug, and Device Amendments of 1987 Health 1987-12-08 1988-01-15 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department. Senate Sen. Quayle, Dan [R-IN] IN R Q000007 0 Food, Drug, and Device Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to combine into a single class I those medical devices currently in class I (for which general controls are sufficient) and class II (for which performance standards are required). Redesignates current class III devices (devices for which premarket approval is required) as class II. Revises procedures for establishing medical device performance standards. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish performance standards for any medical device regardless of its classification. (Under present law, the Secretary may establish performance standards only for class II devices.) Authorizes the Secretary to establish standards by informal notice-and-comment rulemaking in consultation with an appropriate advisory committee. Allows the Secretary to obtain injunctions against the manufacture and distribution of counterfeit drugs and the making, selling, or concealing of the equipment used to make them. Repeals the requirement that the Secretary, upon request of a manufacturer, certify batches of antibiotics for conformity to applicable standards of identity, strength, quality, and purity. Amends the Public Health Service Act to repeal requirements that the Secretary: (1) study and report to the Congress on State and Federal control of health hazards from electronic product radiation; and (2) submit an annual report on the administration of the electronic product radiation control program. Repeals the Filled Milk Act. 2025-08-28T20:06:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1928
100-s-1907 100 s 1907 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Amendments of 1987 Health 1987-12-01 1987-12-09 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from OMB, Education Department, Health and Human Services Department. Senate Sen. Wallop, Malcolm [R-WY] WY R W000092 0 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Amendments of 1987 - Title I: National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program - Amends title XXI (Vaccines) of the Public Health Service Act to repeal provisions relating to court jurisdiction over proceedings regarding compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Requires each manufacturer of certain vaccines, as a condition of obtaining or retaining its licensure under specified provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, to secure the payment of compensation: (1) with any person or fund, while that person or fund is authorized to insure vaccine-injury compensation and authorized by the Vaccine Compensation Board (Board) to insure payment; or (2) by receiving authorization from the Board to self-insure. Authorizes the Board to require self-insurers to deposit an indemnity bond or securities. Requires the Board to: (1) authorize an insurer to provide vaccine-injury insurance upon the Board's determination that the insurer has the capacity to provide the compensation required; and (2) carry out its responsibilities regarding authorization of insurers in a manner consistent with the administration by the Secretary of Labor of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. Prohibits the insurance from excluding compensation for injuries arising during the policy period, regardless of whether the claim is filed during the policy period. Removes a provision which states that the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program is to be administered by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Revises general rules for petitions for compensation. Repeals a provision allowing a court to find that the first indications of a condition occurred during a specified time period even though the record of the occurrence was made after the time period expired. Requires an insurer to render its decision on a petition for compensation within 90 days of filing. Substitutes the insurer for the court in provisions relating to determination of eligibility and … 2025-08-28T20:05:19Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1907
100-s-1908 100 s 1908 Health Maintenance Organization Amendments of 1987 Health 1987-12-01 1987-12-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Wallop, Malcolm [R-WY] WY R W000092 0 Health Maintenance Organization Amendments of 1987 - Repeals all sections of title XIII (Health Maintenance Organizations) of the Public Health Service Act, except provisions relating to administration of assistance programs and to loan guarantees and loans. Removes from such remaining provisions: (1) a requirement that reports which must be submitted upon the expiration of a loan or loan guarantee period contain matters as required by the Secretary of Health and Human Services by regulation; and (2) references to the making of new loans or loan guarantees. Makes technical and conforming amendments. 2025-08-28T20:08:16Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1908
100-s-1871 100 s 1871 Pediatric Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Resource Centers Act of 1987 Health 1987-11-17 1987-12-04 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] PA R S000709 0 Pediatric Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Resource Centers Act of 1987 - Amends part B (Federal-State Cooperation) of title III (General Powers and Duties of Public Health Service) of the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to hospitals to support the development and establishment in hospitals of pediatric acquired immunodeficiency syndrome resource centers. Requires the centers to: (1) provide care and treatment for children infected with the human immunodeficiency virus and who have contracted the syndrome; and (2) conduct research relating to the provision of such care and treatment. Provides for priorities in making grants and states authorized uses for grant funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. 2025-08-28T20:06:14Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1871
100-s-1872 100 s 1872 Minority Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Awareness and Prevention Projects Act of 1987 Health 1987-11-17 1987-12-04 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] PA R S000709 0 Minority Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Awareness and Prevention Projects Act of 1987 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to create a new title on prevention and public awareness of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) among minority populations. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Office of Minority Health, to make grants to community-based organizations for projects for the development and implementation of activities among minority populations regarding information on and prevention of AIDS. Requires grant applicants to: (1) establish a community resource panel to assist in the development and implementation of the project; and (2) report to the community served for each year that the recipient receives a grant. Requires the Office of Minority Health to make grants to national minority organizations with local chapters or affiliates to provide coordination, technical assistance, and promotion. Specifies minimum and maximum limits for the grants. Authorizes appropriations for the grants to community-based organizations and for grants to national minority organizations for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary, for each fiscal year, to prepare and transmit to the Congress a written strategy for education, counseling, prevention, training, treatment, research, and service delivery activities relating to AIDS that are specifically directed toward Blacks, Hispanics, and other minority populations. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Minority Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Advisory Committee to monitor and advise the Secretary with respect to efforts by Federal agencies to combat the AIDS epidemic in minority communities. Directs the Secretary to establish a minority AIDS clearinghouse to provide, primarily to minority communities and individuals, access to information relating to specified aspects of AIDS. Amends title XVII (Health Information and Health Promotion) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of H… 2025-08-28T20:07:04Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1872
100-s-1868 100 s 1868 Equal Opportunity for Medical Licensure and Reciprocity Act of 1987 Health 1987-11-13 1987-11-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] NY D M001054 2 Equal Opportunity for Medical Licensure and Reciprocity Act of 1987 - Prohibits discrimination against any person who graduated from a medical school outside the United States and who is a licensed physician in the United States: (1) in equal access to practice medicine within any U.S. jurisdiction; (2) by law, regulation, policy, or requirements; and (3) by conditions or requirements which differ from the conditions or requirements as applied to graduates of U.S. medical schools. Applies the prohibition to any medical specialty as well as to the general practice of medicine. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from making a grant, loan guarantee, or interest subsidy to, or for the benefit of, any school of medicine, unless the application contains assurances that the school will not discriminate against a graduate of a non-U.S. medical school. Requires any State, in order to be eligible to receive payments under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, to adopt medical licensure and medical reciprocity standards which provide equal opportunity to any graduate of a non-U.S. medical school, as compared to any graduate of a U.S. medical school, provided the non-U.S. medical school graduate has completed the U.S. postgraduate training and obtained a license to practice medicine in any U.S. State. 2025-08-28T20:07:18Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1868
100-s-1862 100 s 1862 A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for an immunosuppresive drug therapy block grant. Health 1987-11-12 1987-12-04 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] UT R H000338 4 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 1988 through 1990. Provides formulae for the allotment of appropriated funds to the States. Establishes a minimum allotment of $50,000 for each State. Authorizes, in the event a State does not submit an allotment application or notifies the Secretary of Health and Human Services that it does not intend to use the full amount of the allotment, an organ transplant center in the State to apply for the amount of the allotment not allocated to the State. Enumerates the purposes for which the States may use such allotments. Details the application procedures and grant requirements. 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 https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1862
100-s-1829 100 s 1829 A bill to provide that a special gold medal be presented to Mary Lasker for her humanitarian contributions in the area of medical research and education, urban beautification and fine arts, and for other purposes. Health 1987-10-28 1987-10-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. Senate Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] RI D P000193 9 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. 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1829
100-s-1808 100 s 1808 Classification of Transitional Devices Amendments Act of 1988 Health 1987-10-22 1988-10-06 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1119. Senate Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR] AR D B001057 8 (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Labor and Human Resources with amendment, S. Rept. 100-588) Classification of Transitional Devices Amendments Act of 1988 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publish a notice in the Federal Register stating whether each transitional medical device shall remain in class III (devices requiring premarket approval) or be reclassified into class I (devices requiring general controls) or class II (devices requiring performance standards). Requires the manufacturers of devices that are to be classified in class I or II to submit to the Secretary any adverse safety and effectiveness information not previously reported. Requires the Secretary, within one year after enactment of this Act, to promulgate a regulation classifying each such device as class I or II, or providing that each such device shall remain in class III. Authorizes the Secretary to extend the one year period for classification for any such device for a period not to exceed one year. Prohibits the Secretary from retaining any nonhydrophilic plastic contact lens in class III unless such lens: (1) is used in supporting human life or preventing impairment of human health; or (2) presents an unreasonable risk of illness or injury. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1808
100-s-1763 100 s 1763 An Act to Reduce Fires Caused by Cigarettes Health 1987-10-07 1987-10-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Senate Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] CA D C000877 6 An Act to Reduce Fires Caused by Cigarettes - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue by rule a fire safety standard for cigarettes. Prohibits stockpiling of cigarettes between the issuing and effective dates of the standard. Provides for judicial review of the rule. Prohibits the manufacturing or importing of a cigarette unless the cigarette is in compliance with a standard issued under provisions of this Act. Declares violation of the prohibition to be a violation of provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. States that this Act does not preempt any law of a State which prescribes a more stringent fire safety standard for cigarettes. Prohibits, in any civil action for damages, admitting compliance with the standard as a defense. 2025-08-28T20:05:07Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1763
100-s-1726 100 s 1726 Employee Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Act of 1987 Health 1987-09-29 1988-02-23 Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. Senate Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] MA D K000105 1 Employee Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Act of 1987 - Amends title XVII (Health Information and Health Promotion) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to undertake and support research and demonstration programs regarding: (1) worksite-based programs for public sector employees to promote healthy behavior and decrease unhealthy behavior; and (2) the special circumstances and problems encountered in providing health promotion and disease prevention programs to employees of small businesses. Authorizes appropriations for the purposes of such title for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts regarding centers for research and demonstration of health promotion and disease prevention. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. 2025-08-28T20:08:14Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1726
100-s-1727 100 s 1727 National Deafness and Other Communications Disorders Act of 1988 Health 1987-09-29 1988-10-28 Became Public Law No: 100-553. Senate Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] IA D H000206 14 (Measure passed Senate, amended) National Deafness and Other Communications Disorders Act of 1988 - Amends title IV (National Research Institutes) of the Public Health Service Act to establish the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (Institute) as an agency of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Removes communicative disorders from the title and purpose of the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke. Requires the Director of the Institute, with the advice of the Institute's advisory council, to establish a National Deafness and Other Communications Disorders Program (Program). Requires the Director to prepare and transmit to the Director of NIH a plan to initiate, expand, intensify, and coordinate activities of the Institute respecting disorders of hearing, balance, voice, speech, language, taste, and smell. Describes the minimum activities of the Program. Requires the Director to establish a National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Data System for the collection, storage, analysis, retrieval, and dissemination of data and a National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Information Clearinghouse. Requires the Director, after consultation with the advisory council, to provide for the development, modernization, and operation of new and existing centers for studies of disorders of hearing and other communication processes. Sets forth requirements for the centers, including conducting research and training programs and information and continuing education programs for health professionals, and public information programs. Authorizes centers to provide stipends for health professionals in their training programs. Describes other programs the centers may undertake. Requires the Director to provide for an equitable geographical distribution of centers and to give appropriate consideration to the need for centers for the elderly and for children. Limits support of a center to seven years, with one or more additional periods of not… 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1727
100-s-1633 100 s 1633 Organ Transplant Amendments Act of 1987 Health 1987-08-07 1987-09-14 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department. Senate Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN] TN D G000321 0 Organ Transplant Amendments Act of 1987 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants under existing provisions for consolidation as well as for establishment, initial operation, and expansion of organ procurement organizations. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for special projects designed to increase the number of organ donors. Directs the Secretary, in making the grants, to give special consideration to proposals from existing organ procurement organizations. Prohibits grants from exceeding a specified amount in a year. Revises organ procurement organization provisions concerning organ procurement and distribution. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Requires that the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network: (1) establish medical criteria for allocating organs and provide a periodic opportunity for public comment on the criteria; (2) assist organ procurement organizations in the distribution of organs (current provisions require the Network to assist procurement organizations in the distribution of organs which cannot be placed within the service areas of the organizations); (3) prepare and distribute samples of blood sera from potential recipients, to the extent practicable, on a national as well as a regional basis; and (4) carry out studies and demonstration projects regarding organ procurement and allocation procedures. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for considering comments received from interested persons relating to how the Network is carrying out its duties. Requires the Secretary to maintain an identifiable administrative unit in the Public Health Service regarding organ procurement through FY 1990. (Current provisions require such a unit through FY 1988.) Revises specified reporting requirements. 2025-08-28T20:05:55Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1633
100-s-1634 100 s 1634 Access to Health Insurance for Medically Uninsurable Individuals Act of 1987 Health 1987-08-07 1987-09-14 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB, GAO. Senate Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN] MN R D000566 1 Access to Health Insurance for Medically Uninsurable Individuals Act of 1987 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990 and provides for allotment of appropriated funds to the States. Requires States to use the funds to develop and operate qualified risk pools to provide health insurance for medically uninsurable individuals. Limits to ten percent the amount of the funds which may be used for administration and requires States to pay from non-Federal sources the remaining costs of administering the funds. Requires an application for the funds to contain certain assurances and certifications by the chief executive officer of a State. Requires such officer to prepare and furnish to the Secretary of Health and Human Services a description of the intended use of the payments, including the programs and activities to be supported. Requires the description to be open to public comment. Provides for an annual report from each State to the Secretary, with copies made available to interested persons. Requires States to provide for a biennial financial and compliance audit of funds provided the State and a single financial and compliance audit of each entity administering the funds. Provides for repayment of funds found not to have been expended in accordance with this Act and authorizes the Secretary to withhold funds from any State that does not use its allotment in accordance with this Act. Authorizes the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct investigations of the use of funds received under this Act. Prohibits discrimination in any program or activity funded under this Act. Provides for criminal penalties for false statements made in connection with items or services for which payment may be made from funds under this Act. Directs the Secretary to prepare and transmit to the Congress a report describing the activities conducted and assessing the efficacy of qualified risk pools established under this Act and containing recommendations. 2025-08-28T20:09:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1634
100-s-1575 100 s 1575 AIDS Federal Policy Act of 1987 Health 1987-07-31 1987-09-11 Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Hearings held. Senate Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] MA D K000105 12 AIDS Federal Policy Act of 1987 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to create a new title on acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, to make grants for counseling and testing regarding the etiologic agent for AIDS. Specifies eligibility requirements for grants. Directs the Secretary, in making the grants, to give preference to applicants who will provide the counseling and testing in any geographic area with a significant incidence of AIDS. Prohibits the Secretary from making a grant unless the applicant submits an application containing agreements in accordance with specified provisions of this Act. Prohibits the Secretary from making a grant unless the applicant agrees to: (1) ensure the confidentiality of information and records; (2) test individuals only after obtaining informed consent; (3) provide counseling regarding certain matters before testing any individual; (4) provide counseling both for individuals testing negative and for individuals testing positive; (5) offer, to the extent permitted under State law, opportunities for an individual to undergo counseling and testing without the individual being required either to provide information regarding the individual's identity or using a pseudonym; (6) not require the individual to undergo testing as a condition of receiving health services, unless the testing is medically necessary in the provision of the health services; (7) use funds from the grant to significantly increase the availability of counseling and testing above the level previously provided by the applicant; (8) provide the counseling and testing without regard to the ability of the individual to pay charges imposed by the applicant, if any; (9) establish fiscal control and fund accounting regarding the grant; and (10) expend not more than ten percent of the amounts received for administering the grant. Authorizes the Secretary, on request of a grantee, to provide s… 2025-08-28T20:06:06Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1575
100-s-1579 100 s 1579 A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the block grant program, and for other purposes. Health 1987-07-31 1988-11-04 For Further Action See S.2889. Senate Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] MA D K000105 3 (Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 100-1055) Title I: Revisions and Extension of Certain Programs with Respect to Preventive Health and Health Services - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991 for preventive health and health services block grants. Amends provisions specifying the uses for such grants to include grants related to elevated serum cholesterol, chronic diseases, immunization services, communications equipment for emergency medical services systems, and uterine and breast cancer. Requires that the annual application mandated by current law include a statement of the public health objectives expected to be achieved through the use of the payments. Specifies additional information and evaluations which must be included in the annual report mandated by current law. Allows grants for demonstration projects for emergency medical services for children to be for not more than a two-year period, subject to annual evaluation by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. (Current law limits such grants to a one-year period and makes no reference to an evaluation.) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Repeals provisions authorizing the Secretary to make grants to States with regard to: (1) health information and health promotion; and (2) identification of needs for block grants relating to preventive health and health services. Title II: Revision and Extension of Certain Programs with Respect to Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health Information, and Health Promotion - Revises provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to grants concerning acquired immune deficiency syndrome and sexually transmitted diseases. Authorizes appropriations for sexually transmitted disease projects and programs for FY 1989 through 1991. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991 to carry out the provisions of title XVII (Health Information and Health Promotion) of the Public Health Service Act. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human S… 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1579
100-s-1564 100 s 1564 United States Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care Act Health 1987-07-29 1987-07-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL] FL D C000356 4 United States Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care Act - Establishes the United States Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care. Sets forth its duties and membership. Authorizes it to appoint and determine the compensation of staff and procure the services of consultants. Details its powers. Requires the Commission to submit a report to the Congress, no later than six months after enactment of this Act, containing findings and recommendations regarding comprehensive long-term care services for the elderly and disabled, and including recommendations for legislative initiatives. Requires the Commission to submit a report to the Congress, no later than one year after enactment of this Act, containing findings and recommendations regarding comprehensive health care services for the elderly and disabled and comprehensive health care services for all individuals in the United States, and including recommendations for legislative initiatives. Terminates the Commission 30 days after the date of submission of such second report. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-28T20:07:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1564
100-s-1488 100 s 1488 Pediatric Emergency Medical Services Act of 1987 Health 1987-07-14 1987-07-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D I000025 14 Pediatric Emergency Medical Services Act of 1987 - Amends part B (Federal-State Cooperation) of title III of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make a grant for FY 1988 for a feasibility study on establishing and operating a National Center for Pediatric Emergency Medical Services (National Center). Directs the Secretary to request the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to submit an application for the grant and, if the Institute submits an acceptable application, to make the grant to the Institute. Directs the Secretary, in the absence of an acceptable application from the Institute, to request an application from one or more nonprofit private entities and to make the grant to the entity submitting the best acceptable application. Directs the Secretary, after reviewing the report prepared under such grant and consulting with the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Emergency Physicians, if a National Center is feasible, to make grants for FY 1989 and each succeeding fiscal year for the establishment and operation of a National Center. Requires the National Center, with regard to pediatric medical emergencies, to: (1) develop and disseminate standards and quality assurance mechanisms; (2) facilitate training of health professionals; and (3) develop and disseminate information for the public on the prevention of, and responses to, such emergencies. Directs the Secretary to make grants to States, public and nonprofit private entities, and academic institutions for the development, establishment, and operation of regional centers for pediatric emergency medical services. Requires such centers to: (1) train health professionals; (2) provide for the appropriate use of bilingual personnel; (3) conduct research on prevention and treatment; and (4) conduct activities relating to prevention, including dissemination of information to the public. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Repeals a provision of the … 2025-08-28T20:05:45Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1488
100-s-1441 100 s 1441 Public Health Service Act Infant Mortality Amendments of 1987 Health 1987-06-26 1987-09-09 Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. Senate Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] MA D K000105 15 (Measure passed Senate, amended) Public Health Service Act Infant Mortality Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to increase the FY 1988 authorization of appropriations for existing provisions relating to health centers which provide services to migratory and seasonal agricultural workers and their families. Increases the FY 1988 authorization of appropriations for existing provisions relating to community health centers. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary), in making grants to community health centers, to give special consideration to the needs of frontier areas. Requires that, if amounts appropriated for community health centers for FY 1988 exceed a specified amount, the excess shall be available for grants to community health centers for prenatal services to decrease infant mortality and perinatal coordination projects to develop and coordinate referral arrangements between community health centers and other agencies. Directs the Secretary, in making grants from such excess appropriations, to give priority to community health centers in areas in which there is a high or increased incidence of infant mortality. Directs the Secretary to enter into contracts with schools of medicine and osteopathy for area health education center programs which include training of personnel to offer maternal and child health services in underserved areas, giving priority to programs which train personnel to provide services in areas along the border between the United States and Mexico, in frontier areas, in areas of the Pacific Basin Region, and in areas in which the rate of infant mortality and low birthweight are disproportionately higher than for the State in which such area is located. Requires schools participating in such programs to provide for active participation by the schools' administrative personnel in each of the departments of pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and family medicine. Exempts schools participating in such programs from existing requirements that… 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1441
100-s-1402 100 s 1402 Nursing Shortage Reduction Act of 1987 Health 1987-06-19 1987-09-09 Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. Senate Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] MA D K000105 16 (Measure passed Senate, amended) Nursing Shortage Reduction Act of 1987 - Amends title VIII (Nurse Training) of the Public Health Service Act to add a new part on initiatives to reduce nursing shortages. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to establish a special advisory committee to develop a comprehensive plan regarding long-term solutions to problems in recruiting and retaining nurses. Requires nurses to be included on the committee. Directs the Secretary to make a grant to a nonprofit private entity with a record in supporting innovative health initiatives for a project to demonstrate and evaluate innovative hospital nursing practice models. Requires models to include initiatives to: (1) restructure the role of the hospital nurse, through changes in the composition of hospital staff and through innovative approaches for interaction between hospital administration and nursing personnel; (2) test innovative wage structures for nurses; and (3) evaluate the effectiveness of providing benefits such as pensions, sabbaticals, and payment of educational expenses for nurses. Prohibits the Federal share of the costs of the project supported by the grant from exceeding 50 percent. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary to make grants to or enter into contracts with public and nonprofit private collegiate schools of nursing for projects to demonstrate and evaluate innovative nursing practice models regarding long-term health care services in the home or in long-term care facilities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with public and nonprofit private entities to develop, establish, and operate at least one and not more than five regional model professional nurse recruitment centers to recruit individuals to enter programs to train nurses. Directs the Secretary, in making grants, to ensure inclusion of centers in rural areas. Sets forth requirements for centers. Authorizes a… 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1402
100-s-1366 100 s 1366 Family Planning Amendments of 1987 Health 1987-06-16 1988-02-18 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 539. Senate Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] MA D K000105 35 (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Labor and Human Resources with amendment, S. Rept. 100-286) Family Planning Amendments of 1987 - Amends title X (Population Research and Voluntary Family Planning Programs) of the Public Health Service Act to remove, from provisions relating to project grants and contracts for family planning services, provisions allowing the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary), at the request of a grant recipient, to reduce the amount of the grant by the value of supplies or equipment furnished by the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations for such grants and contracts for FY 1988 through 1991. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for technical assistance and personnel training. States that such training shall include clinical training for obstetric-gynecologic nurse practitioners and training for educators and counselors. Repeals existing formula grant provisions. States that research grants and contracts may be made for evaluation as well as for development of contraceptives, and to improve clinical management and direct delivery of family planning services. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct, make grants, and enter into contracts for applied research into the development, evaluation, and bringing to the marketplace of contraceptive devices, drugs, and methods. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991. States that amounts appropriated under this provision are in addition to amounts allocated under a specified provision for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants or enter into contracts for community-based information and education programs regarding sexuality, pregnancy, parenthood, and sexually transmitted diseases. Directs the Secretary to conduct, or make grants and enter into contracts for, training and technical assistance for such programs. Directs the Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts for the development, evaluation, and dissemination of educational and infor… 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1366
100-s-1374 100 s 1374 Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Act of 1987 Health 1987-06-16 1987-06-29 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, GAO, OMB. Senate Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] KS R D000401 15 Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Act of 1987 - Title I: AIDS as a National Public Health Emergency - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to determine that acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) presents a public health emergency for purposes of certain provisions of the Act. Authorizes appropriations sufficient to double the amount of the standard level to be in the Public Health Emergency Fund at the beginning of each fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to prepare and transmit to the Congress an annual report on expenditures of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) relating to AIDS, including a description of each program, project, and activity and a description of each grant made and each contract and cooperative agreement entered into. Amends title IV (National Research Institutes) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary, through the National Library of Medicine, to establish, maintain, and operate the International Data Bank on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. States that the Data Bank shall collect, catalog, store, and disseminate, through information systems accessible to the public, general practitioners, and investigators, the results of research and treatment regarding AIDS which is undertaken in any country. Requires that such results be available to any person involved in research and treatment relating to AIDS in any country. Directs the Secretary to establish a schedule of charges for users of the Data Bank from other countries. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989. Requires the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to establish a virus and serum bank in which all human immunodeficiency virus serotypes and serums are available to qualified investigators. Authorizes the Director to require that any serotype or serum provided under this measure be returned and any information resulting from the use of the serotype or serum be provided to the Director. A… 2025-08-28T20:08:34Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1374
100-s-1352 100 s 1352 AIDS Control Act of 1987 Health 1987-06-10 1987-06-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. Senate Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] NC R H000463 0 AIDS Control Act of 1987 - Amends the Federal criminal code to create a new chapter regarding public health preservation. Makes it unlawful for any individual to knowingly donate or attempt to donate blood, semen, or organs if that individual knows he or she is infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), is a member of certain groups (including African and Haitian immigrants, hemophiliacs, prostitutes, homosexuals, and intravenous drug users) at high risk of contracting acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), or has engaged in activity which places such person at high risk of contracting AIDS. Provides for criminal fines and imprisonment. Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations to require that, as a condition of receiving a license, any entity which collects or distributes blood or blood components or derivatives allow directed and autologous blood donations. Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control to keep records of cases of individuals infected with HIV. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from making a grant under any provision of the Public Health Service Act to support a project for education, testing, or counseling concerning AIDS unless the State requires that: (1) physicians and medical technicians report to public health authorities the names and addresses of HIV-infected individuals; (2) such reporting be carried out in accordance with State laws regulating confidentiality of records; and (3) marriage license applicants test negatively for the HIV infection. Amends title X (Population Research and Voluntary Family Planning Programs) of the Public Health Service Act to require that recipients of grants inform individuals of certain AIDS-preventive facts, including effectiveness of preventing HIV infection by the contraceptive method being provided as compared with the effectiveness of sexual abstinence. Requires the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to test each person incarcerat… 2025-08-28T20:07:35Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1352
100-s-1311 100 s 1311 Rural Areas Mental Health Services Act of 1987 Health 1987-06-03 1987-06-18 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] IA R G000386 1 Rural Areas Mental Health Services Act of 1987 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States and private nonprofit agencies for the development, improvement, and demonstration of State and local systems for the provision of mental health services and related services to residents of rural areas. Limits the grants to no more than three consecutive one-year periods, subject to waiver. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990 for such grants and for grants under existing provisions relating to mental health services demonstration projects for the improvement of community services for chronically mentally ill individuals, seriously mentally disturbed children, elderly individuals, and homeless chronically mentally ill individuals. 2025-08-28T20:08:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1311
100-s-1307 100 s 1307 Public Health Service Amendments of 1987 Health 1987-06-02 1987-06-15 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from GAO, OMB, Health and Human Services Department. Senate Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] MA D K000105 0 Public Health Service Amendments of 1987 - Title I: Health Services Research, Health Care Technology, Health Statistics, and Preventive Health Programs - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990 for health service research, evaluation, and demonstration activities regarding health statistics, health services, and health care technology assessment, and regarding the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to obligate from any funds appropriated not less than a specified amount for health care technology assessment activities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990 for health statistical and epidemiological activities for the National Center for Health Statistics. Increases from 15 to 16 the number of members of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics and increases their term of office from three to four years. Repeals provisions of the Public Health Service Act which direct the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study of the present and future health costs of pollution and other environmental conditions resulting from human activity; (2) develop a plan for the collection and coordination of statistical and epidemiological data on the effects of the environment on health; and (3) establish guidelines for the collection and distribution of statistics and information regarding the effects of conditions of employment and indoor and outdoor environmental conditions on the public health. Changes the due date of an annual report from the Secretary to the Congress regarding health services research, health statistics, and health care technology. Directs the Secretary to obligate not less than a specified amount for each of FY 1988 through 1990 for grants regarding a council on health care technology. Prohibits a grant unless the application contains assurances that specified amounts will be spent from non-Federal sources for the operation of the co… 2025-08-28T20:06:19Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1307
100-s-1265 100 s 1265 Minimum Health Benefits for All Workers Act of 1988 Health 1987-05-21 1988-05-25 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 691. Senate Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] MA D K000105 4 (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Labor and Human Resources with amendment, S. Rept. 100-360) Minimum Health Benefits for All Workers Act of 1988 - Title I: Amendments to Public Health Service Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to add provisions which require each employer to enroll each of its employees and their families in a health benefit plan. Makes State and local employers which do not so enroll their employees and their families ineligible to receive grants, contracts, loans, or loan guarantees under such Act. Title II: Amendments to Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to add provisions which require each employer to enroll each of its employees and their families in a health benefit plan. Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 regarding supersedure of State laws relating to contracts or policies of insurance issued to or under a health benefit plan under title III of this Act. Title III: Requirements for Health Benefit Plans for Employees and Their Families - Subtitle A: Requirement and Definitions - Applies this title to employers required to enroll employees in health benefit plans under certain provisions of the Public Health Service Act or the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Requires each small and certain large employers to use a regional insurer, subject to certain exceptions and conditions. Requires that enrollment of an employee in a health benefit plan under this title includes enrollment of the employee's family in the plan. Prohibits the employee from waiving personal or family enrollment. Provides exceptions: (1) to avoid duplicate family coverage; and (2) in the case of multiple employers. Prohibits employers from discriminating against any individual because such individual has a spouse or child required under this title to be enrolled in a health benefit plan. Subtitle B: Requirements for Health Benefit Plans - Sets forth general requirements for plan… 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1265
100-s-1242 100 s 1242 President's Pro-Life Bill of 1987 Health 1987-05-20 1987-05-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Humphrey, Gordon J. [R-NH] NH R H000951 14 President's Pro-Life Bill of 1987 - Prohibits the use of Federal funds for abortions, except when continuing the pregnancy would endanger the mother's life. Prohibits the granting of funds relating to certain population research and voluntary family programs under the Public Health Service Act to organizations providing abortions or abortion referrals, unless the life of the mother would be endangered by continuing the pregnancy. 2025-08-28T20:06:07Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1242
100-s-1220 100 s 1220 Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Research and Information Act of 1988 Health 1987-05-15 1988-09-28 Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: House amendments to Senate bill and House requests a conference. Senate Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] MA D K000105 57 (Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 5142) AIDS Federal Policy Act of 1988 - Title I: Counseling and Testing with Respect to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome - Amends the Public Health Service Act to create a new title on counseling and testing with respect to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make a grant allotment for each State for each of FY 1989 through 1991. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to entities which are grantees under other specified provisions, have received appropriated funds as alternate blood testing sites, or are nonprofit hospitals. Requires the allotments and grants be used only for counseling individuals with respect to AIDS and testing individuals for infection with the etiologic agent for AIDS. Directs the Secretary, in making the grants, to give preference to applicants in geographic areas where in FY 1989, the number of additional cases of AIDS, or in FY 1990 and subsequent fiscal years, if sufficient and accurate data are available, the number of additional cases of infection with the etiologic agent constitutes one percent or greater of such cases in the United States. Prohibits the Secretary from making an allotment or grant unless the applicant agrees to ensure, in accordance with Federal law and with State and local law not superseded by Federal law, the confidentiality of information and records with respect to individuals counseled or tested. Requires a written, signed statement of informed consent by the individual to be tested, with special provisions relating to testing through the use of a pseudonym and anonymous testing. Requires grantees to provide counseling which includes coverage of specified points before testing, after a negative test result, and after a positive test result. Requires grantees, where appropriate, to provide opportunities for women, children, hemophiliacs, and emergency response employees to undergo counseling under conditions appropriate to their needs. Allows grantee… 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1220
100-s-1204 100 s 1204 Home Health Services Demonstration Grants Act of 1987 Health 1987-05-14 1987-05-27 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] UT R H000338 4 Home Health Services Demonstration Grants Act of 1987 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for projects designed to demonstrate the quality of home health care under a system in which reimbursement is based on savings from other hospital or nursing home services. Requires projects supported to be designed to demonstrate the use of market forces instead of the regulatory approach. Directs the Secretary to conduct evaluations of projects conducted with such grants. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. 2025-08-28T20:07:36Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1204
100-s-1205 100 s 1205 Home Health Care Training Extension Act of 1987 Health 1987-05-14 1987-05-27 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] UT R H000338 4 Home Health Care Training Extension Act of 1987 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990 for existing programs regarding grants and contracts for training programs for paraprofessionals to provide home health care. 2025-08-28T20:07:57Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1205
100-s-1206 100 s 1206 Health Care Services in the Home Act of 1987 Health 1987-05-14 1987-05-27 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, GAO, OMB. Senate Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] UT R H000338 6 Health Care Services in the Home Act of 1987 - Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to make allotments to States, according to a specified formula, to be used for home health care services, including: (1) compensating physicians, nurses, and social workers in planning, managing, or providing home health care; (2) identifying and locating individuals in need of such care; (3) developing standards and quality assurance mechanisms; (4) coordinating home health care services with other social services; (5) coordinating long-term care services; and (6) training health professionals other than physicians, nurses, and social workers. Allows States to use allotments for the home health care of eligible individuals through grants to health care organizations, subject to certain conditions. Restricts the portion of the amount paid to States which may be used for activities other than compensation for the services of physicians, nurses, and social workers in planning, managing, or providing home health care. Limits the amount a State may use for any individual in a year for certain services. Sets forth application procedures for such allotments. Makes applicable to this Act provisions of existing law relating to adjustments in payments to States, annual reports and audits, withholding of payments for cause, nondiscrimination, and penalties for false statements. Requires annual reports to include an analysis of cost effectiveness. Directs the Secretary to conduct evaluations of services provided and activities carried out with payments to States under this Act. 2025-08-28T20:07:12Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1206
100-s-1158 100 s 1158 Public Health Service Amendments of 1987 Health 1987-05-06 1987-12-01 Became Public Law No: 100-177. Senate Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] UT R H000338 2 (Senate agreed to House amendments with an amendment) Public Health Service Amendments of 1987 - Title I: Health Research, Technology, Statistics, and Preventive Health Programs - Amends title III (General Powers and Duties of Public Health Service) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment (Center for Health Services Research), to undertake and support research, evaluation, and demonstration projects respecting the delivery of health care services in rural areas. Changes the duties of the National Advisory Council on Health Care Technology Assessment to require the Council to make recommendations to the Director of the Center for Health Services Research with respect to the development of criteria and methods to be used by the Center for Health Services Research in certain matters. (Current law requires the Council to assist the Director in developing such criteria and methods.) Changes the composition of the Council. Prohibits the Secretary from altering the administrative relationship between the Assistant Secretary for Health and the Director of the Center for Health Services Research, as in effect during FY 1986. Removes provisions specifying who shall supervise the Director of the National Center for Health Statistics (Center for Health Statistics). Changes the composition and terms of office of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics. Changes from December 1 to March 15 the due date for specified annual health care reports by the Secretary to the President and the Congress. Amends the Health Services and Centers Amendments of 1978 to change from December 1 to March 15 the due date for a national disease prevention data profile required by current law to be submitted by the Center for Health Statistics to the Congress every third year. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require certain grants exceeding $50,000 (relating to health statistics, … 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1158
100-s-1112 100 s 1112 Centers of Excellence in Geriatric Research and Training Act of 1987 Health 1987-04-29 1987-05-04 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Sasser, Jim [D-TN] TN D S000068 4 Centers of Excellence in Geriatric Research and Training Act of 1987 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute on Aging to enter into cooperative agreements with and make grants to public and private nonprofit entities to pay costs of development or expansion of centers of excellence in geriatric research and training. Requires each such center to use the facilities of a single institution or be formed from a consortium. Requires centers to conduct research into the aging processes and into diagnosis and treatment related to aging, advanced training programs, programs to develop individuals capable of conducting research, and educational and training activities for students of the health professions. Requires centers to place primary emphasis on training physicians to train other physicians and students in geriatrics. Requires the Director to conduct an evaluation and report annually to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. 2025-08-28T20:09:08Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1112
100-s-1072 100 s 1072 Parkinsons Disease Amelioration Act Health 1987-04-22 1987-04-30 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, GAO. Senate Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] MS R C000567 2 Parkinsons 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 Congress within six months. Terminates the Commission 30 days after submission of the final report. 2025-08-28T20:07:38Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1072
100-s-977 100 s 977 AIDS Awareness Act of 1987 Health 1987-04-09 1987-07-13 Referred to Subcommittee on Constitution. Senate Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] OK R N000102 0 AIDS Awareness Act of 1987 - Requires the Attorney General to provide for confidential testing for exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus of any individual convicted of a Federal drug or sex offense if the offense occurred on or after January 1, 1978, and the conviction occurred on or after the effective date of this Act. Requires the cost of such testing to be paid by the individual and included in any court costs or fines ordered to be paid upon sentencing. Waives confidentiality for those convicted of rape who test positive. Requires the Attorney General to provide education and counseling, through existing prison medical facilities, to those testing positive. Requires the Attorney General to make grants to States to pay for establishing State programs to test for such exposure in persons convicted of, or incarcerated in State penal institutions for, State drug or sex offenses if the State offense occurred on or after January 1, 1978, and conviction occurred after the effective date of this Act. Requires applications for grants to contain assurances of provision of education and counseling, through existing State penal institution medical facilities, for those testing positive. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Requires the Attorney General to study and report to the Congress regarding the viability of mandatory prison sentences for any person convicted of drug or sex offenses if such person was previously convicted for such an offense and tested positive for the virus. 2025-08-28T20:06:18Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/977
100-s-997 100 s 997 Alzheimer's Disease Research Act of 1987 Health 1987-04-09 1987-04-24 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] RI D P000193 11 Alzheimer's Disease Research Act of 1987 - Requires the Director of the National Institute on Aging to provide for the conduct of clinical trials on the efficacy of the use of tetrahydroaminoacridine to retard the progression of Alzheimer's disease and to improve the functioning of individuals with such disease. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. 2025-08-28T20:05:43Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/997
100-s-945 100 s 945 Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988 Health 1987-04-08 1988-10-18 Became Public Law No: 100-505. Senate Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] OH D M000678 7 (Measure passed House, amended) Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988 - Title I: Foster Care and Residential Care of Infants and Young Children Abandoned in Hospitals - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for demonstration projects to: (1) prevent the abandonment of infants and young children; (2) identify and address the needs of abandoned infants and young children, particularly those with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); (3) assist them, particularly those with AIDS, to reside with their natural families or in foster families, as appropriate; (4) recruit, train, and retain foster families; (5) carry out residential care progams; (6) carry out respite care programs for families and foster families of infants and children with AIDS; and (7) recruit and train health and social services personnel to work with such families and residential programs. Requires, when grant funds are expended for foster care, that a case plan and a case review system be included for each infant or child. Sets forth grant agreement and application requirements. Provides for technical assistance for grantees and applicants. Directs the Secretary, directly or through contracts, to provide for evaluations of such projects and dissemination of information developed as a result of such projects. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study to determine an estimate of: (1) the number of infants and young children abandoned in hospitals in the United States and the number of such infants who have AIDS; and (2) the annual costs incurred by Federal, State, and local governments in providing housing and care for such infants and young children. Directs the Secretary, within 12 months after enactment of this Act, to complete such study and report the findings to the Congress. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study to determine the most effective methods for responding to the needs of abandoned infants and young children. Directs the Secretary,… 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/945
100-s-926 100 s 926 National Information System for Health Related Services Act of 1987 Health 1987-04-07 1987-04-10 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] SC R T000254 3 National Information System for Health Related Services Act of 1987 - Amends the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to an academic institution for the operation of a National Information System for Health Related Services. Requires such system to: (1) provide information and referrals regarding services available from public and private entities for persons with developmental disabilities or chronic illnesses and their families; (2) use a central computer system accessible to the public through a toll-free telephone number; (3) train people who will receive and answer requests for information and referrals; and (4) conduct periodic followup on referrals. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992. 2025-08-28T20:07:03Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/926
100-s-922 100 s 922 National Organ and Tissue Donor Act Health 1987-04-06 1987-04-10 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department. Senate Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME] ME D M000811 1 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. 2025-08-28T20:07:14Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/922
100-s-924 100 s 924 Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services Block Grant Amendments of 1987 Health 1987-04-06 1987-04-10 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] TX D B000401 15 Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services Block Grant Amendments of 1987 - Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Services Act to authorize appropriations for block grants for alcohol and drug abuse and mental health services for FY 1988 through 1992. Revises the formula for allotment of such block grants to States and territories and possessions of the United States. 2025-08-28T20:07:59Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/924
100-s-763 100 s 763 Services for Homeless Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1987 Health 1987-03-18 1987-03-26 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB, GAO. Senate Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] NM R D000407 6 Services for Homeless Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1987 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a block grant program to States to provide services to assist homeless mentally ill individuals. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 though 1993. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to allot the block grant funds to States, metropolitan cities, and urban counties in accordance with prescribed criteria. States that the Federal share related to block grant activities shall be 75 percent of the aggregate necessary costs of such activities. Requires that block grant funds be used to carry out comprehensive emergency projects for homeless individuals with serious mental illness, including the provision of: (1) outreach services in such nontraditional settings as shelters and drop-in centers for the homeless; (2) treatment and rehabilitation services; (3) training for service providers; (4) case management services; and (5) transitional housing. Permits a recipient State, city, or county to contract with qualified mental health services providers, as defined in this Act, to carry out such projects. Allows such providers to enter into subcontracts with specified entities to provide certain services. Prohibits the use of grant funds to: (1) provide inpatient services; (2) make cash payments to service recipients; or (3) make certain purchases. Limits administrative costs to two percent of the allocation. Details procedures and criteria to govern applications for a grant allotment. Increases the amount of FY 1988 appropriations authorized for certain State grants relating to community services for demonstration projects for chronically mentally ill individuals. Earmarks a specified amount of such monies for the homeless chronically mentally ill. Requires the Secretary, through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to: (1) provide assistance to States in carrying out the provisions of this Act; (2) undertake evaluations of services and activities generated under this Act; a… 2025-08-28T20:08:52Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/763
100-s-732 100 s 732 Rural Health Services Transition Act of 1987 Health 1987-03-12 1987-03-23 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN] MN R D000566 10 Rural Health Services Transition Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a grant program, administered through the Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration, to assist eligible small rural hospitals in modifying their services to adjust to certain demographic changes and to changing health care needs and practices in their communities. Sets forth criteria to govern grant applications and the use of grant funds. Lists the factors the Secretary must consider in determining which hospitals will receive grants. Limits grants to a maximum of $50,000 per year and to a term of no more than two years. Restricts certain capital-related expenditures of grant moneys. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress at least every six months concerning the grant program and to submit a final report at a specified time. Authorizes appropriations from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for FY 1988 through 1989. 2025-08-28T20:08:00Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/732
100-s-737 100 s 737 School-Based Adolescent Health Act of 1987 Health 1987-03-12 1987-03-18 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] IL D S000423 0 School-based Adolescent Health Act of 1987 - 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 1988 through 1991. 2025-08-28T20:07:39Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/737
100-s-672 100 s 672 United States-Mexico Border Health Education and Training Act of 1987 Health 1987-03-06 1987-03-13 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] TX D B000401 1 United States-Mexico Border Health Education and Training Act of 1987 - 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 1988 through 1990. 2025-08-28T20:07:50Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/672
100-s-638 100 s 638 Health Risk Notification Act of 1987 Health 1987-03-03 1987-03-10 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Quayle, Dan [R-IN] IN R Q000007 0 Health Risk Notification Act of 1987 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate standards governing the provision of notice by the Department of Health and Human Services to study subjects (persons who were the subject of a risk study) and nonstudied individuals (persons who were not the subjects of a risk study but whose exposure to a hazardous substance was similar to that of study subjects). Lists items that must be incorporated in such standards, including: (1) specified factors to be considered in determining whether to provide notice to study subjects, and the relative importance of each factor; (2) procedures for ascertaining whether the results of a risk study can be applied to nonstudied individuals in accordance with specified factors and generally accepted scientific principles; and (3) criteria concerning the appropriate type and contents of notice, including health monitoring information, to be given to study subjects and to nonstudied individuals. Subjects the promulgation of the notice standards to hearing and rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. Requires the Secretary to obtain recommendations from panels of specified experts and interest group representatives as part of the mandatory hearing. Requires the Secretary to establish procedures for appointing scientific peer review groups to review risk studies subject to the above notification standards. Directs such peer review groups to make recommendations to the Secretary relating to specified topics. Requires the Secretary to publish a notice of administrative rulemaking to implement such recommendations. Requires the Secretary, through the Director of the National Institutes of Health and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, to establish procedures consistent with peer group review for the review of risk studies conducted or supported by the Department before the effective date of the notice standards. Directs the Secretary to establish priorit… 2025-08-28T20:07:01Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/638
100-s-613 100 s 613 Congressional Advisory Panel on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Act of 1987 Health 1987-02-26 1987-03-09 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Wilson, Pete [R-CA] CA R W000607 10 Congressional Advisory Panel on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Act of 1987 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for the development, establishment, and operation of a congressional advisory panel on acquired immune deficiency syndrome (panel). Directs the Secretary to request the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to submit grant applications for the establishment and operation of such panel, with provision for grants to other appropriate nonprofit private entities if the Institute submits no application. Sets a timetable to govern the establishment of the panel. Requires the panel to: (1) advise the Congress and the President concerning acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); (2) analyze and make recommendations for changing health care services and specified public health activities relating to AIDS; (3) monitor the spread of AIDS among given populations; (4) evaluate certain research activities associated with AIDS; (5) assess various efforts, including coordination of efforts among geographic areas, to provide education and share information about AIDS; (6) study the legal and ethical issues relating to AIDS, including their civil rights implications; (7) examine problems encountered by AIDS victims in the areas of employment, education, housing, and insurance; (8) study the effect of AIDS on the armed services; (9) identify financial resources available to address various components of the AIDS issue; and (10) encourage participation by both public and private entities in efforts to prevent and treat AIDS and to assist AIDS victims. Sets forth qualifying criteria relating to the panel and its activities that must be met by applicants for grants to develop, establish, or operate the panel. Requires that the Secretary submit to the President and to each appropriate congressional committee specified data relating to the panel's activities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992. 2025-08-28T20:05:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/613
100-s-409 100 s 409 A bill to extend the authorization of appropriations for emergency substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation programs under part C of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act, and to extend authorization for grants for drug law enforcement programs under the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 through 1991. Health 1987-01-29 1987-02-06 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, Justice Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] NY D M001054 0 Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for certain alcohol and drug programs for FY 1987 through 1991 and to continue, in each of these fiscal years, the current allotment system applicable to such monies. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize FY 1990 and 1991 appropriations to fund grants to States for certain drug law enforcement programs. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/409
100-s-368 100 s 368 Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1987 Health 1987-01-21 1987-06-15 Subcommittee on International Trade. Hearings held. Senate Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI] HI D M000250 27 Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1987 - 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. Sets forth criminal penalties for violations of this Act. 2025-08-28T20:09:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/368
100-s-10 100 s 10 Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care Improvement Act of 1988 Health 1987-01-06 1988-10-03 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1059. Senate Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] CA D C000877 24 (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Labor and Human Resources with amendment, S. Rept. 100-504) Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care Improvement Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for the establishment and operation of a National Clearinghouse on Emergency Medical Services. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991 or for the first three fiscal years for which funds are appropriated. Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the application procedure for Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grants to provide the State officer responsible for the administration of the State highway safety program an opportunity to participate in the development of any plan relating to emergency medical services as such plan relates to highway safety. Allows the State official responsible for the provision of emergency medical services the opportunity to participate in the development of the State highway safety program as such program relates to emergency medical services. Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to allow certain grant allotments to be used for the purchase of communications equipment. Requires the Federal Communications Commission to: (1) study the availability of radio frequency channels for emergency medical services communications; (2) establish a plan to ensure that the needs of emergency medical services communications are provided for in the allocations of frequencies for public safety; and (3) submit a report to committees of the Congress containing such study and plan. Establishes a Trauma Care Block Grant program. Sets forth requirements for the distribution of allotments, including requiring: (1) non-Federal matching contributions, in cash or in kind, at a specified minimum ratio; and (2) reserving, on request, amounts for Indian tribes or tribal organizations. Sets forth permissable uses of allotments, including requiring that hospital emergency departments, within their capabil… 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/10
100-s-103 100 s 103 A bill to establish the position of Associate Director for Special Populations in the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and in the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Health 1987-01-06 1987-01-20 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department. Senate Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D I000025 2 Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the position of Associate Director for Special Populations in the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and in the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Makes the Associate Directors responsible for the development, coordination, and support of policies and programs to assist women and minority members who are alcoholics, alcohol abusers, or drug abusers. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/103
100-s-132 100 s 132 A bill to permit individuals who received National Health Service Corps scholarships to perform obligated service in such units of the Department of Defense as the Secretaries of Defense and Health and Human Services may determine by agreement. Health 1987-01-06 1987-01-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D I000025 0 Amends the Public Health Service Act to permit individuals who receive National Health Service Corps scholarships to perform obligated service in certain units of the Department of Defense (to be determined by agreement of the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Health and Human Services). 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/132
100-s-136 100 s 136 Native Hawaiian Health Care Act of 1988 Health 1987-01-06 1988-10-31 Became Public Law No: 100-579. Senate Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D I000025 2 (Measure passed House, amended) Native Hawaiian Health Care Act of 1988 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make a grant to, or enter into a contract with, Papa Ola Lokahi (the Native Hawaiian Health Board) to develop a comprehensive master plan to promote health and disease prevention services and to improve the health status of Native Hawaiians. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990. Allows the Secretary to make grants to or contract with qualified entities to provide health promotion and disease prevention services, giving preference to Native Hawaiian health centers and organizations. Allows grants and contracts for planning health centers to serve the communities on specified islands. Enumerates the mandatory services to be provided by funding recipients, including outreach services, immunizations, diabetes control, nutrition services, and pregnancy care. Allows service to be provided by traditional Native Hawaiian healers. Limits the number and location of entities that may be grant or contract recipients. Limits Federal contributions to 75 percent and requires matching funds. Places limitations on charges for services. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to or contract with Papa Ola Lokahi for: (1) coordination, implementation, and updating of the master plan; (2) training of certain personnel; and (3) identification of and research into the diseases most prevalent among Native Hawaiians. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Sets forth requirements for the administration of grants and contracts. Requires that certain conditions are met, including establishing fiscal control and accounting procedures, providing services for individuals with limited English language ability, providing confidentiality of records, and submitting annual reports. Establishes procedures for contract evaluation, including procedures for resolving areas of noncompliance or unsatisfactory performance before renewing a contract. Restricts the use of fund… 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/136
100-s-143 100 s 143 Compassionate Pain Relief Act Health 1987-01-06 1987-01-20 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB, GAO. Senate Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D I000025 17 Compassionate Pain Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a 60-month program under which parenteral diacetylmorphine shall be made available through hospital and other prescribed pharmacies for the relief of pain from terminal cancer (as defined by this Act). Directs the Secretary to provide for the manufacture of such drug. Permits physicians registered under the Controlled Substances Act to prescribe such drug. States that for purposes of such program the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and titles II and III of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 shall not apply with respect to: (1) the importing of opium; and (2) the manufacture, distribution, and dispensing of parenteral diacetylmorphine. Requires: (1) the Secretary to make program reports to specified congressional committees; and (2) the Comptroller General of the United States to make a program report to such committees 56 months after the program is established. Requires the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees concerning: (1) the extent of research activities in the management of pain which have received funds through the National Institutes of Health; (2) the ways in which the Federal Government supports the training of health personnel in pain management; and (3) recommendations for expanding and improving the training of health personnel in pain management. Permits the Secretary at any time six months after implementation of the program to modify or terminate the program. 2025-08-28T20:07:22Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/143
100-s-144 100 s 144 A bill to amend the District of Columbia Code to provide for the service of psychiatric nurse practitioners and psychiatric nurse clinical specialists on the District of Columbia Commission on Mental Health. Health 1987-01-06 1987-02-09 Referred to Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Federalism. Senate Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D I000025 0 Amends the District of Columbia Code to require that eight members of the District of Columbia Commission on Mental Health be physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, or psychiatric nurse clinical specialists who practice in the District of Columbia and have not less than five years' experience in the treatment of mental illnesses. (Current law requires all eight to be physicians.) 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/144
100-s-149 100 s 149 A bill to provide for the service of clinical social workers on the District of Columbia Commission on Mental Health. Health 1987-01-06 1987-01-28 Referred to Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Federalism. Senate Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D I000025 0 Amends the District of Columbia Code to require that eight members of the District of Columbia Commission on Mental Health be physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, or clinical social workers who practice in the District of Columbia and have not less than five years' experience in the treatment of mental illnesses. (Current law requires all eight to be physicians.) 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/149
100-s-153 100 s 153 A bill to specify that health maintenance organizations may provide the services of clinical social workers. Health 1987-01-06 1987-01-20 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department. Senate Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D I000025 1 Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide that health maintenance organizations may provide the services of clinical social workers. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/153
100-s-154 100 s 154 A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for the planning, development, establishment and operation of poison control centers. Health 1987-01-06 1987-01-20 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department. Senate Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D I000025 1 Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for the development and implementation of poison control centers to provide services, including a toll-free hotline, for poisoning and drug overdose cases. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/154
100-s-155 100 s 155 Health Care Protection Act of 1987 Health 1987-01-06 1987-01-29 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Justice Department, Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D I000025 0 Health Care Protection Act of 1987 - Encourages each State to establish a program for compensation and reduction of health care malpractice. Authorizes the Attorney General to promulgate regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act. Encourages each State to establish malpractice screening panels with original and exclusive jurisdiction to hear all claims of health care malpractice by State certified or licensed health care personnel. Directs each State to publish a list of licensed health care professions. Sets forth the procedural rules governing the handling of such claims. Requires layperson representation on such panels. Requires panel decisions to be made within 30 days after a hearing. Requires such a panel to determine the amount of malpractice damages owed under State law and to enter an order to pay an award in that amount. Authorizes a State to provide judicial enforcement of an award that is not paid promptly. Prohibits review of a panel decision except for review of allegations of conflict of interest or fraud. Requires that any party to a claim decided by a panel be entitled to trial de novo on such claim in State court. Specifies damage award payment methods. Requires that a panel or court report any findings of health care malpractice or notice of a settlement agreement to the State insurance commissioner and the appropriate State licensing or certification board. Directs the State insurance commissioner to make such reports available to the public and to insurance carriers, who shall be authorized to adjust the rates of involved health care personnel. Limits contingent fees. Subjects an attorney who accepts a fee in excess of such limits to civil liability. Encourages a State to develop a program requiring specified health care institutions to employ a risk management program for the reporting and investigation of all known or suspected incidents of malpractice and the identification of preventive measures to reduce the risk of such incidents. Directs the Governor of a State to certi… 2025-08-28T20:07:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/155
100-s-164 100 s 164 National Institute of Mental Health Transfer Act of 1987 Health 1987-01-06 1987-01-20 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB, GAO. Senate Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D I000025 0 National Institute of Mental Health Transfer Act of 1987 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to transfer the National Institute of Mental Health (Institute) from the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration to the National Institutes of Health. Sets forth the general purpose of the Institute. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Director of the Institute, to make grants for demonstration projects for the planning, coordination, and improvement of community services for chronically mentally ill individuals, seriously mentally disturbed children, and elderly individuals, and to conduct research concerning such services. Authorizes appropriations for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary, through the Director, to make grants to States for the purpose of developing State comprehensive mental health plans. Requires the Director to develop and publish information respecting the causes and means of preventing suicide. Allows the Secretary, through the Director, to make grants to and enter into agreements with public and nonprofit private entities for research on mental illness. 2025-08-28T20:07:48Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/164
100-s-169 100 s 169 A bill to provide Federal grants to States for programs to identify and aid individuals who have been exposed to the drug diethylstilbestrol (DES). Health 1987-01-06 1987-01-23 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] MI D R000249 1 Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program of grants to: (1) identify women who received diethylstilbestrol (DES) while pregnant and their children; (2) establish a voluntary registry of such women and children; (3) provide them with periodic cancer screening; and (4) provide health care personnel and the public with information respecting the health hazards of such drug. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/169
100-s-177 100 s 177 Health Care for the Uninsured Act of 1987 Health 1987-01-06 1987-01-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] MI D R000249 0 Health Care for the Uninsured Act of 1987 - Permits States to establish 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 or locality. 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 (title XIX of the Social Security Act) 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 … 2025-08-28T20:05:25Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/177
100-s-210 100 s 210 A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide catastrophic health insurance coverage for elderly and disabled Americans. Health 1987-01-06 1987-01-20 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, Treasury Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] MA D K000105 1 Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a voluntary insurance program to provide catastrophic health insurance benefits for elderly and disabled individuals. Sets forth the scope of benefits which include payment for the reasonable cost and charges not paid for by any other government program: (1) for inpatient hospital care for the first ten days of hospitalization after the second hospitalization in any calendar year; (2) for hospital care after the sixtieth day of any hospitalization; and (3) in excess of $2,000 for a calendar year. Provides that any individual who is disabled or has attained the age of 65 shall be eligible to enroll in such program. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to determine the amount of the monthly premium and to adjust such premium annually. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/210
100-s-24 100 s 24 A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to waive, for 5 years, the 24-month waiting period for Medicare eligibility on the basis of a disability in the case of individuals with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to State and local governments for the establishment of programs to test blood to detect the presence of antibodies to the human T-cell lymphotrophic virus and to make grants to eligible State and local governments to support projects for education and information dissemination concerning acquired immune deficiency syndrome, and for other purposes. Health 1987-01-06 1987-01-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] NY D M001054 4 Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to eliminate, for five years, in the case of individuals medically determined to have acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), the requirement that an individual be entitled to disability benefits for at least 24 consecutive months in order to qualify for hospital insurance benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Act. Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to State and local governments to establish programs to test blood to detect the presence of antibodies to the human T-cell lymphotrophic virus (HTLV-III virus). Allows such grants to be used to: (1) conduct blood tests; (2) purchase materials and kits for such tests; (3) provide training for personnel who will conduct such tests; and (4) process the results of such tests. Sets forth application requirements. Requires State and local governments which receive such grants to submit an annual report to the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to transmit a summary of such reports to the Congress annually. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary to make grants to eligible State and local governments to support projects for education and information dissemination concerning Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Specifies eligibility requirements for State and local governments. Sets forth application requirements. Requires State and local governments which receive such grants to submit an annual report to the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to transmit a summary of such reports to the Congress annually. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Requires the Secretary to conduct a survey on children with AIDS who lack ongoing parental involvement and support or who have been placed in foster care. 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/24
100-s-272 100 s 272 Informed Consent Act Health 1987-01-06 1987-01-23 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Humphrey, Gordon J. [R-NH] NH R H000951 8 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. Requires the Secretary to prepare and make specified informational material available to the public and to update such material annually. 2025-08-28T20:07:54Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/272
100-s-273 100 s 273 Informed Consent Act Health 1987-01-06 1987-01-27 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Defense Department, Justice Department, Health and Human Services Department. Senate Sen. Humphrey, Gordon J. [R-NH] NH R H000951 9 Informed Consent Act - Prohibits any employee of a health facility owned or operated by the Department of Defense from performing an abortion on a pregnant woman without first obtaining her informed consent, in writing. Excepts medical emergencies from such prohibition. Requires the Secretary of Defense to monitor compliance with this Act and to prepare and make available to the public specified informational materials, to be reviewed and updated annually. Creates a cause of action in U.S. district court for any individual aggrieved by any failure of compliance with the informed consent mandate. 2025-08-28T20:07:48Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/273
100-s-274 100 s 274 A bill to restrict the use of federal funds available to the Bureau of Prisons to perform abortions. Health 1987-01-06 1987-02-09 Referred to Subcommittee on Constitution. Senate Sen. Humphrey, Gordon J. [R-NH] NH R H000951 11 Amends the Federal criminal code to provide that none of the funds available to the Bureau of Prisons shall be used to perform abortions, except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term. 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/274
100-s-63 100 s 63 National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Act of 1987 Health 1987-01-06 1987-01-28 Referred to Subcommittee on Federal Services, Post Office. Senate Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] AK R S000888 5 National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Act of 1987 - Establishes the National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome to: (1) advise the Congress, the President, and Federal agencies on policies and programs designed to reduce the incidence of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and address problems encountered by individuals having AIDS; (2) monitor the progression of AIDS; (3) evaluate AIDS research activities and health services; (4) study the effects that AIDS has had on the armed forces; and (5) identify financial resources available to prevent and treat AIDS. Directs the Commission to report to the President and the Congress. Terminates the Commission 90 days after submitting such report. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-28T20:08:23Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/63

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