Rural Health Assistance Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Rural Health Assistance Act - Expresses the findings of Congress, including that the health effects of contaminated drinking water and inadequate sewage disposal facilities act to reinforce the poverty of the rural poor. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct research for publication of a rural health manual identifying water-borne diseases and prescribing methods of treatment for such diseases. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States for the cost of specified programs relating to rural health. Authorizes to be appropriated $50,000,000, without fiscal year limitation, for the purpose of making such grants.…