HR 8278 · 94th Congress · Health
National Health Education and Disease Prevention Act
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Introduced2
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.(1975-06-26)
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National Health Education and Disease Prevention Act - Title I: Health Information, Education, and Promotion - National Health Information, Education, and Promotion Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to formulate under the Public Health Service Act national goals, and a strategy to achieve such goals, with respect to health information, education, and promotion, preventive health services, and education in the appropriate use of medical care. Directs the Secretary to undertake research and demonstration projects, and training programs, to achieve such goals. Authorizes the Secretary to make recommendations to the Congress and to reorganize and coordinate health information, education, and promotion, preventive health services, and education in the appropriate use of medical care. Provides that no payment may be made under the Medicaid program of the Social Security Act unless the recipients provide health education in a form and a manner which meets the standards developed under this Act. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on the status of health information, education, and preventive health services. Establishes in the Department of…
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Cosponsors (11)
7 Democrats4 Republicans