COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS DAN ROSTENKOWSKI, Illinois, Chairman SAM M. GIBBONS, Florida J.J. PICKLE, Texas CHARLES B. RANGEL, New York RICHARD A. GEPHARDT, Missouri ROBERT T. MATSUI, California JOHN J. DUNCAN, Tennessee WILLIAM M. THOMAS, California JUDD GREGG, New Hampshire ROD CHANDLER, Washington ROBERT J. LEONARD, Chief Counsel (II) CONTENTS Recommendations of the Subcommittee on Trade: 1. Authorization of appropriations for fiscal years 1988 and 1989 for U.S. Customs Service, ITC, and USTR...... Recommendations of the Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemploy- 1. Miscellaneous SSI and AFDC amendments 2. Foster care and child welfare amendments 3. Effective date of the work search requirement for certain unemploy- 4. Continuation of benefits for individuals temporarily institutionalized 5. Certain disabled widows and widowers deemed SSI recipients. 6. Mother/infant foster care programs... Recommendations of the Subcommittee on Social Security: 1. Extend FICA tax to inactive duty earnings of military reservists and 7. Modify the retirement test for the year in which a worker dies.. 8. Denial of benefits to individuals deported or ordered deported on the basis of associations with the Nazi Government of Germany during 13. Lengthen the extended period of eligibility for disability benefits... 14. Interim benefits in cases of delayed final decisions.......... Recommendations of the Subcommittee on Oversight: 1. Single-employer defined benefit pension plan reform..... 2. PBGC single-employer insurance program variable rate premium pro- 3. Tax-Exempt Organizations' Lobbying and Political Activities Account- Recommendations of the Subcommittee on Health: 9. Return on equity for hospital out-patient departments and skilled 10. Requirements for health maintenance organizations and capitation 37 39 3 Recommendations of the Subcommittee on Health—Continued 11. Miscellaneous part A and part B provisions........... 12. Physician payment update 13. Overpriced procedures...... 14. Limits on payment for ultrasound and lens implants for cataract surgery 15. Payment for radiology, anesthesiology, and pathology services....... 16. Prohibit billing for purchased services. 17. Completion of forms for unassigned claims 18. Submission of claims to supplemental insurance carriers 19. Coverage of therapeutic footwear for diabetics 20. Miscellaneous part B provisions........ 21. Voluntary State health insurance risk pools. |