A bill to amend titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act to include qualified drugs, requiring a physician's prescription or certification and approved by a Formulary Committee, among the items and services covered under the hospital insurance program.
1979-03-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Federal employee health insurance provisions of title 5, United States Code, to require that notice and hearing be provided before the effective date of any reduction of health benefits or any exclusion of any type of provider of health services.
1979-03-15: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
A bill to amend section 218 of the Social Security Act to require that States having agreements entered into thereunder will continue to make social security payments and reports on a calendar-quarter basis.
1979-03-06: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to provide that the United States District Court for the Judicial District of New Jersey shall be held at Paterson, New Jersey, in addition to those places currently provided by law.
1979-02-08: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
National Economic Development and Public Works Act of 1979
1979-11-14: Measure laid on table in House, S. 914 passed in lieu.
A bill to provide that the Federal Government shall assume 100 per centum of all Federal, State, and local welfare costs.
1979-01-25: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Federal Agency Control and Review Act
1979-01-25: Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to designate the birthday of Martin Luther King, Junior, a legal public holiday.
1979-01-25: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act so as to liberalize the conditions governing eligibility of blind persons to receive disability insurance benefits thereunder.
1979-01-25: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend section 218 of the Social Security Act to require that States having agreements entered into thereunder will continue to make social security payments and reports on a calendar-quarter basis.
1979-01-18: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit an exemption of the first $10,000 of retirement income received by a taxpayer under a public retirement system or any other system if the taxpayer is at least 65 years of age.
1979-01-18: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act for the purposes of including outpatient rehabilitation services among the benefits of the medicare program.
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 certain services performed by chiropractors.
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 (registered) nurses under medicare and medicaid.
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 medicare program for occupational therapy services, whether furnished as a part of home health services or otherwise.
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, as a home health service, nutritional counseling provided by or under the supervision of a registered dietitian.
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 Ways and Means.
A bill to establish within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a Home Health Clearinghouse to provide elderly persons with a single place where they can obtain complete information on the Federal health programs available to them, and to create within the Department an Assistant Secretary for Elderly Health with responsibility for all health and health-related matters involving the elderly.
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 the cutting and removal of corns, warts, and calluses and the reduction of club nails.
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 certain diagnostic tests and examinations given for the detection of breast cancer.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.