HR 1 · 93th Congress · Health
National Health Care Services Reorganization and Financing Act
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.(1973-01-03)
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National Health Care Services Reorganization and Financing Act - Title I: Reorganization of National Health Services - National Health Care Services Reorganization Act - Establishes the Department of Health which shall be headed by a Secretary of Health appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides for the appointment by the President, by and with the consent of the Senate, of an Under Secretary who shall act for, and exercise the powers of, the Secretary during the absence or disability of the Secretary. States that the Under Secretary shall perform such functions as the Secretary shall from time to time prescribe. Provides that there shall be in the Department seven Assistant Secretaries, a General Counsel, and a Chief Medical Officer who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Transfers to the Secretary and in specified instances to the Chief Medical Officer all functions of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under laws and provisions of law listed in this Act. Provides that within one hundred and eighty days of the effective date of this title the President may transfer to the Se…
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