A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide assistance for kidney transplantation, hemodialysis, and related facilities and services needed for comprehensive treatment of patients suffering from chronic renal disease.
Kidney Transplant Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to make grants to the States, and with the approval of the State health authority, to political subdivisions or instrumentalities of the States for the purpose of assisting in the care and treatment of persons suffering from chronic renal disease.
Provides that any State which applies for a grant under this Act shall submit a plan for the approval of the Secretary which shall, in addition to other provisions, provide for the payment of 100 percent of the costs of transportion, hemodialysis or other techniques and related services for the care of the chronically ill renal patient.
Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public or private nonprofit entities: (1) for the establishment, construction, and operation of renal failure centers; (2) for the construction or improvement of transplantation facilities; and (3) for training in the cure and treatment of chronic renal disease. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.
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