Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 1984: Hearings Before the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 4567 ... Hearings Held in Washington, DC, March 22 and 29; and April 5 and 12, 1984 |
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Page viii - Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed In terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
Page 702 - Congress may from time to time appropriate, for the benefit, care, and assistance of the Indians throughout the United States for the following purposes: General support and civilization, including education. For relief of distress and conservation of health.
Page 364 - Association of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (NAACOG), and the American College of Nurse-Midwlves (ACNM), ACOG Newsletter, February 1971.
Page 388 - The Congress hereby declares that it is the policy of this Nation, in fulfillment of its special responsibilities and legal obligation to the American Indian people, to meet the national goal of providing the highest possible health status to Indians and to provide existing Indian health services with all resources necessary to effect that policy.
Page 284 - A major national goal of the United States is to provide the quantity and quality of health services which will permit the health status of Indians to be raised to the highest possible level and to encourage the maximum participation of Indians in the planning and management of those services.
Page 38 - Since the transfer of the Indian health, program to the Public Health Service, funds available for maintenance and repair have remained approximately constant. To help alleviate the backlog of needs an increase of $26,000 is requested for 1962.
Page 295 - that it is the policy of this Nation, in fulfillment of its special responsibility and legal obligation to the American Indian people, to meet the national goal of providing the highest possible health status to Indians and urban Indians and to provide all resources necessary to effect that policy" 25 USC Section 1602(a) (emphasis added).
Page 164 - I would like to thank the Committee for this opportunity to present our region's views on United Airlines' $11.6 billion acquisition of US Airways.
Page 51 - Chairman, is a sincere invitation to the members of the committee and to the members of the...
Page 349 - AHA recommended transfer of the Indian health program from the Department of the Interior to the Public Health Service — a transfer that did not finally occur - 3 until 1955. A major study on Indian health conducted by the AHA from 1947 to 1949 called for substantial increases in the Bureau of Indian Affairs budget, transfer of Indian health to the Public Health Service, encouragement of contract practice, elevation of professional standards, increase in...