S 659 · 94th Congress · Child welfare
Child and Maternal Health Care Extension Act
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Introduced2
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EnactedLatest: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.(1975-02-07)
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Child and Maternal Health Care Extension Act - Authorizes to be appropriated, under title V (Grants to States for Maternal and Child Welfare) of the Social Security Act, for the purpose of enabling the States to diagnose, screen, and provide immediate limited treatment of child health and maternal health conditions, for each fiscal year a sum sufficient to carry out the purposes of this Act. Provides that such funds shall be used for making payments to States which have submitted, and had approved by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, State plans for establishment and operation of mobile health care facilities. Enumerates criteria which a State plan must meet prior to approval, including: (1) to provide that a mobile health care team shall be in existence and operate in each of the eligible counties within the State; (2) to provide for the establishment or designation of a single State agency to supervise the administration of the plan; and (3) to provide that the State agency will have authority to carry out the plan in conformity with this Act. Requires the periodic review of the eligibility of all counties in each State. Provides that if the State agency supervisin…
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