A bill to extend appropriations authorizations for communicable disease and other control programs.
Control Programs Amendment - Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall require reports with respect to and shall be allowed to examine and audit disease control programs funded through the Department and operated by the States.
Requires recipients of grants for control programs to keep full and accurate records to facilitate effective audits.
Provides that information received from a patient under such a program shall not be disclosed without his consent, except as may be necessary to provide service to him, or for program-related purposes if his identity is not disclosed.
Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to the Congress on the extent of controllable diseases and the effectiveness of and plans for programs to control such diseases.
Authorizes $34,000,000 for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978 for disease control programs and the control of lead-based paint poisoning and infestation by rats.
Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.
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