A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment for rural health clinic services.
Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for rural health clinic services under the supplementary medical insurance program.
Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct a feasibility study of imposing a copayment for each visit to a rural health clinic instead of the medicare deductible and coinsurance.
Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to include rural health clinic services within the definition of "Medical assistance" eligible for payment under the Title.
Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for rural health clinic services under the supplementary medical insurance program.
Requires that a State plan for medical assistance provide for payment for rural health clinic services. Provides for certification and approval of such clinics.
Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the advantages and disadvantages of extending coverage under the Medicare program to urban or rural mental health centers.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the disclosure of the mailing address of taxpayers to employees of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health for the purpose of locating and determining certain vital status of workers.
Directs the Secretary to acquire the Space Center Memorial Hospital in Nassau Bay, Texas, for the purpose of transferring the functions of the Public Health Service Hospital in Galveston, Texas, to such facility. Authorizes the Secretary to close the public Health Service Hospital in Galveston, Texas.
Measure called up by unanimous consent in Senate.
Measure considered in Senate.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Measure passed Senate, amended.
Measure passed Senate, amended.
Conference scheduled in Senate.
Conference scheduled in House.
Conference report filed: Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 95-790.
Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 95-790.
Conference report agreed to in House: House agreed to conference report.
House agreed to conference report.
Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report.
Senate agreed to conference report.
Measure enrolled in House.
Enacted as Public Law 95-210
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Measure enrolled in Senate.
Measure presented to President.
Measure presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Public Law 95-210.
Public Law 95-210.