(and all other similar and related bills) 09 A BILL TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT AND RELATED LAWS TO REVISE AND EXTEND PROGRAMS A BILL TO AMEND THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIESNT SERVICES AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION ACT TO RE- NFORD COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE HARLEY O. STAGGERS, West Virginia, Chairman TORBERT H. MACDONALD, Massachusetts JOHN E. MOSS, California JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan PAUL G. ROGERS, Florida LIONEL VAN DEERLIN, California W. S. (BILL) STUCKEY, JR., Georgia RICHARDSON PREYER, North Carolina WILLIAM M. BRODHEAD, Michigan ANTHONY TOBY MOFFETT, Connecticut SAMUEL L. DEVINE, Ohio JAMES T. BROYHILL, North Carolina JAMES F. HASTINGS, New York JOHN Y. MCCOLLISTER, Nebraska CONTENTS Cooper, Theodore, M.D., Acting Assistant Secretary for Health____ Hellman, Louis M., M.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Additional material submitted for the record by- American Association of Retired Persons and the National Retired 240 American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, American Heart Association, Elliott Rapaport,_ M.D., president, American Hospital Association, statement.. American Psychiatric Association, statement.. Carey, Hon. Hugh L., Governor, State of New York, statement.. Committee To Combat Huntington's Disease, Mrs. Marjorie Guthrie, president and founder, and Richard Branaghan, executive director, Epilepsy Foundation of America, Leonard G. Perlman, D. Ed., asso- ciate executive director, Government Liaison and Program Devel- opment, letter dated February 18, 1975, to Chairman Rogers with Statement of James MacDonald Watson, M.D.. Statement of Jack McAllister, director, division of retardation, Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, State of Health, Education, and Welfare Department: Abortions and live births in the District of Columbia, calendar Budget for fiscal year 1976-Department request and President's DEWH policy with regard to natural family planning- Letter dated December 11, 1974, from Secretary Weinberger 272 264 207 192 158 160 HEW's comments on title II of the Senate-passed 162 Letter dated February 26, 1975, from Secretary Weinberger to Additional material submitted for the record by-Continued National Association for Retarded Citizens, statement- National Council of Community Mental Health Centers, statement.. National Hemophilia Foundation, statement.. National Retired Teachers Association and the American Association Natural Family Planning Federation of America, Inc., John J. Mc- United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc., E. Clarke Ross, assistant U.S. Coalition for Life, Randy V. Engel, executive director, and also Page 260 277 237 226 265 228 275 253 240 242 260 238 255 207 HEALTH SERVICES PROGRAMS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1975 U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT, COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 2 p.m., pursuant to notice, in room 2322, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Paul G. Rogers, chairman, presiding. Mr. ROGERS. The subcommittee will come to order, please. Our hearing today is on H.R. 2954, the Health Revenue Sharing and Health Services Act of 1975 and H.R. 2955, the Developmental Disabilities Amendments of 1975, and all similar and related bills. These bills, which were introduced on February 6 by myself and 10 other members of the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, are identical to legislation which was prepared in the 93d Congress by the Subcommittee on Public Health and Environment but failed to become law. The first, H.R. 2954, is identical to the conference report on H.R. 14214 of the last Congress which was pocket vetoed by President Ford after adjournment of the last Congress because, we are told, its provisions conflicted with administration policy, and its authorizations were excessive. The second, H.R. 2955, is identical to H.R. 14215 in the 93d Congress as it passed the House of Representatives. In the last Congress this legislation was under consideration in conference at the end of the year. It is my feeling that these are good pieces of legislation which would continue programs, whose legislative authority has already expired, for an additional 2 years, 1975 and 1976 with modest growth and reasonable evolution in their policy. With the exception of the administration, it is my understanding and according to testimony, both measures have the support of all associations and organizations known to this committee and have been the subject of very little controversy. Since they were the subject of extensive hearings and public markup sessions in the last Congress, we have limited this hearing to an oral presentation by the administration during which I expect we will focus on the reasons for their veto of H.R. 14214. Other organizations and individuals concerned with these programs who feel the need to correct the existing record or enlarge upon it have been encouraged to submit statements for the record which, without objection, will appear with that of the administration and will be available for consideration by members of the subcommittee. (1) |