Taussig, Dr. Helen, president, American Heart Association, accompanied by Dr. James V. Warren, professor of medicine, Ohio State University, and Rome A. Betts, executive director, American Heart Association. --- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Communications from: Aiken, R. B., M.D., Vermont commissioner of health, to Senator Hill, 145 Amos, James R., M.D., State health officer, North Dakota State De- Senator Burdick, dated March 24, 1966_ 138 Senator Milton R. Young, dated March 24, 1966. 139 Atchison, Mary M., M.D., director, State of New Hampshire Depart- Breathitt, Edward T., Governor of the State of Kentucky, to Senator 136 152 133 Breslow, Lester, M.D., California Department of Public Health, to: 128 128 Browning, Levi M., M.D., commissioner, Alaska Department of Senator Gruening, dated March 25, 1966- 126 125 Cannon, Joseph E., M.D., M.P.H., director of health, Rhode Island Department of Health, to Senator Hill, dated March 28, 1966- Chafee, Hon. John H., Governor, Rhode Island, to Senator Hill, dated Cleere, L., M.D., director, Colorado State Department of Public 128 Cornelius, Dorothy A., R.N., executive director, Ohio State Nurses' As- 140 Dumas, W. W., president, National Association of Counties, Wash- ington, D.C., to Senator Hill, dated March 29, 1966-- Dyer, N. H., M.D., M.P.H., West Virginia State director of health, Culpepper, Rebecca Clark, R.N., executive director, Tennessee Nurses' Association, to Senator Hill, dated March 29, 1966_. Davis, V. Terrell, M.D., director, division of mental health, New Heustis, Albert E., M.D., director, Michigan Department of Public 134 Hewlett, Gus, executive secretary, North American Association of Alcoholism Programs, to Senator Hill, dated April 1, 1966 – – – – Hutcheson, R. H., M.D., commissioner, Tennessee State Department ཟ Long, Arthur P., M.D., Dr. P.H., commissioner, Iowa State Depart- 131 Mather, Philip R., chairman of the board, American Social Health 136 151 127 Munger, Mrs. Mary D., R.Ñ., executive director, Montana Nurses' 135 Nelson, Florence J., R.N., executive director, Kansas State Nurses' 132 Perkins, James E., M.D., managing director, National Tuberculosis 146 Riedel, Robert H., M.D., State health officer, Topeka, Kans., to 132 Schwan, Charles F., Jr., director, Washington office, Council of State 153 Smith, Mrs. Walter Bragg, executive director, Alabama State Nurses' 125 Sowder, Wilson T., M.D., M.P.H., State health officer, Florida State 128 151 144 Venable, John H., M.D., director, Georgia State Department of Senator Talmadge, dated March 23, 1966__ 129 130 Weathington, W. T., M.D., State health officer, Nevada Department Whitaker, Judith, R.N., executive director, American Nurses' Associa- tion, Inc., to Senator Hill, dated March 22, 1966-- Wilbar, C. L., Jr., M.D., Pennsylvania State Department of Health, 135 National Association for Retarded Children comparison of provisions of 102 Tables excerpted from the Statistical Abstract of the United States: Table 1.-Tentative allotment to States for comprehensive health planning under new subsection 314(a), Public Health Service Act, Table 2.—Illustrative allotments to States for public health services under new subsection 314(d), Public Health Services Act, in pro- posed legislation (using illustrative per capita allocations). Table 3.-Federal shares used for matching under new subsection 314(d) of proposed legislation (1964 per capita income).. Table 4.-FHS formula grant allotments for public health services Page 70 72 Table 7.-Estimated new obligation authority required for fiscal years 1967-72 under “Comprehensive Health Planning and Public Health Services Amendments of 1966" (S. 3008) --- . Table 8.-Comparison of illustrative allotments to States under formula contemplated in subsection 314(d) of S. 3008 and under the Table 9.-Department of Health, Education, and Welfare obligations PUBLIC HEALTH PLANNING AND GRANTS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1966 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:15 a.m., 4232, New Senate Office Building, Senator Lister Hill, chairman, presiding. Present: Senators Hill, Yarborough, Pell, and Javits. Committee staff members present: Stewart E. McClure, chief clerk; Robert W. Barclay, professional staff member; and Roy H. Millenson, minority clerk. The CHAIRMAN. The subcommittee will kindly come to order. The Subcommittee on Health is meeting this morning to receive testimony on S. 3008, the proposed Comprehensive Health Planning and Public Health Services Amendments of 1966, that would improve and expand the grant-in-aid programs of the Public Health Service so that more comprehensive health services of high quality might be available throughout the Nation. (The bill, S. 3008, and the President's health and education message follow:) 1 89TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 3008 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 2, 1966 Mr. HILL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to promote and assist in the extension and improvement of comprehensive health planning and public health services, to provide for a more effective use of available Federal funds for such planning and services, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the "Comprehensive Health 4 Planning and Public Health Services Amendments of 1966". 5 6 FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF PURPOSE SEC. 2. (a) The Congress declares that fulfillment of our 7 national purpose depends on promoting and assuring the 8 highest level of health attainable for every person, in an en |