S 2952 · 93th Congress · Health
National Chronicare Demonstration Center Act
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Introduced2
Committee3
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House5
EnactedLatest: Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.(1974-02-04)
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National Chronicare Demonstration Center Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to establish demonstration programs to provide a basis for a commitment to a lasting national program for long-term health care for the chronically ill. Authorizes to be appropriated $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; and $4,500,000 for fiscal year 1976, to enable the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, to make grants to any entity to cover the cost of a project, in an area of the country representative of a rural population, for programs designed to provide a combination of rehabilitative, habilitative, personal support, residential, medical, dental, and mental health services for the chronically ill residents of such area through a community chronicare health center. Authorizes to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; and $7,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, to enable the Secretary to make grants for the cost of two projects, in areas of the country representative of suburban populations, for the development of programs to provide health services for the chronically ill residents of such area through community …
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