National Health Policy, Planning and Resources Development Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] National Health Policy, Planning, and Resources Development Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a National Council for Health Policy. States that the Council shall be responsible for the following: (1) developing and recommending a national health policy which shall include a quantifiable statement of national health goals; (2) recommending guidelines respecting the appropriate supply, distribution, and organization of health resources and services, including health education services; (3) conducting studies and analyses concerning the recommended national health policy, and alternative means of achieving the goals included in the recommended national health policy; (4) assessing the status of the health of the American people, existing and proposed Federal and other health programs, and the need for particular health resources and services, including health education services; (5) evaluating the implications of advances in biomedical research, health services research, and medical technology for the health care delivery system; and (6) analysis of the essential factors which cause inflation in the cost of health services and a determination o…