Health Maintenance Organization Amendments of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
National Home Health Clearinghouse Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for optometric and medical vision care.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Social Security Act to require automatic sprinkler systems in all nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities certified for participation in the medicare or medicaid program, and to provide for direct low-interest Federal loans to assist such facilities in constructing or purchasing and installing automatic sprinkler systems.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Medicare Deductible and Coinsurance Reduction Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include dental care, eye care, hearing aids, physical checkups, and foot care among the items and services for which payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program, and to provide safeguards against consumer abuse in the provision of these items and services.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Long Term Care Services Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Geriatric Health Personnel Training Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide for inclusion of the services of licensed practical nurses under medicare and medicaid.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for preventive services furnished in the screening, testing, diagnosis, and treatment of individuals for hypertension.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the medicare program for services provided in a rehabilitation facility for the blind, and for services furnished to blind individuals by mobility therapists and rehabilitation teachers.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Metric Conversion Repeal Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
A bill to eliminate the offset against social security benefits in the case of spouses and surviving spouses receiving certain Government pensions.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Plant Variety Protection Act (7 U.S.C., 2321 et. seq.) to clarify its provisions, and for other purposes.
1980-12-22: Public Law 96-574.
Hazardous Waste Control Act
1979-01-18: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to provide for the establishment of a National Agricultural Cost of Production Board.
1979-01-18: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
A bill to require the payment of interest by Federal agencies on overdue contract payments, to amend the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, and for other purposes.
1979-01-18: Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to postpone for one year the application of certain restrictions to areas which have failed to attain national ambient air quality standards and to delay for one year the date required for adoption and submission of State implementation plans applicable to these areas, and for other purposes.
1979-01-18: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Antidumping Act, 1921, to provide for expedited proceedings under such Act, to provide for the withholding of appraisement on imported goods at an earlier time during such proceedings, and for other purposes.
1979-01-18: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
An act to assist the States in developing fish and wildlife conservation plans and actions, and for other purposes.
1980-09-29: Public Law 96-366.