National Digestive Diseases Prevention, Cure, and Control Act

(Measure passed House, amended, roll call #335 (317-35))

=Title I: Health Information Programs= - Amends title XVII of the Public Health Service Act (Health Information and Health Promotion) to extend through fiscal year 1982 the authorization of appropriations for grants and contracts under such title, including financial assistance provided by the Office of Health Information, Health Promotion and Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine (established by title V of the Health Services and Centers Amendments of 1978). Changes the name of such Office to the "Office of Health Promotion."

Amends the Community Mental Health Centers Act to increase from $3,000,000 to $20,000,000 the level of authorization for fiscal year 1980 for consultation and education services. Extends the current level of authorization through fiscal year 1980 for financial distress grants for community mental health centers.

=Title II: Digestive Diseases= - National Digestive Diseases Prevention, Cure, and Control Act - Amends title IV of the Public Health Service Act (National Research Institutes) to establish a National Digestive Diseases Education and Information Clearinghouse in the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases to collect and disseminate information respecting digestive diseases and to serve as a national educational resource for patients with digestive diseases.

Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to medical schools, schools of public health, and training centers for allied health professions for education and training programs in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of digestive diseases.

Establishes a 21-member National Digestive Diseases Advisory Board to advise on the coordination of Federal agencies' efforts in the implementation of the long-range plan of the National Commission on Digestive Diseases, among other specified functions. Terminates such Board on September 30, 1982.