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 relating to tax treatment of qualified dividend reinvestment plans.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
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.
A bill to provide that social security benefit increases occurring after May 1977 shall not be considered as income or resources for the purposes of determining the eligibility for or amount of assistance which any individual or family is provided under certain Federal housing laws.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to make certain that individuals otherwise eligible for medicaid benefits do not lose such eligibility, or have the amount of such benefits reduced, because of increases in monthly social security benefits.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Methanol Fuel Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Nuclear Incident Liability Reform Act of 1978
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that remarriage of the surviving spouse of a veteran after age 60 shall not result in termination of dependency and indemnity compensation.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to require that specific alien and citizenship status information be provided prior to the issuance of a social security card, to require that social security cards which cannot be duplicated be issued, to require that these cards be presented to employers by prospective employees before obtaining employment, to provide penalties against employers for violating provisions of the Act, and for other purposes.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to suspend the imposition of interest and to prohibit the imposition of a penalty for failure to pay tax on underpayments of tax resulting from erroneous advice given in writing by the Internal Revenue Service.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to extend specially adapted housing benefits to certain disabled veterans.
1976-04-07: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.