MIGRANT HEALTH SERVICES 87-443 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON MIGRATORY LABOR OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE NINETIETH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. 2688 TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT FOR DECEMBER 7 AND 13, 1967 LAW LIBRARY FEBAY 1968 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA I'rinted for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1968 Public Law 87-692. CONTENTS Page DECEMBER 7, 1967 Dr. John Venable, president, Association of State and Territorial Health Dr. John Radebaugh, assistant professor, School of Medicine, University Helen Johnson, Chief, Migrant Health Branch, Public Health Service, DECEMBER 13, 1967 334 Dr. William H. Stewart, Surgeon General, Public Health Service, Washington, D.C. Dr. C. L. Brumback, project director, Palm Beach County, Health De- Dr. Jose L. Gonzales, director, Laredo-Webb County Health Department, Leonard White, vice president, Flavor Pict Co-op, Inc., Delray Beach, STATEMENTS Breslow, Dr. Lester, State health officer of California. 16 Brumback, C. L., project director, Palm Beach County Health Department, West Palm Beach, Fla.; and Leonard E. White, vice president, Flavor Pict Co-op, Inc., Delray Beach, Fla. 59 Prepared statement.. 59 Gonzales, Dr. Jose L., director, Laredo-Webb County Health Department, Dr. Virgil Gianelli, Stockton, Calif., and Dr. Robert P. Locey, St. Joseph, Mich.. 74 Johnston, Helen, Chief, Migrant Health Branch, Public Health Service, 47 10 19 Peavy, Dr. James, president-elect, Association of State and Territorial 8 Pratt, David N., medical social worker, migrant health services, Cumberland County, N.J., prepared statement... 147 Radebaugh, Dr. John, assistant professor, School of Medicine, University of Rochester, New York; also director of migrant health program, Monroe County, New York State. - Sowder, Dr. Wilson, state health officer of Florida Stewart, Dr. William H., Surgeon General, Public Health Service, Wash- Venable, Dr. John, president, Association of State and Territorial Health White, Leonard, vice president, Flavor Pict Co-op., Inc., Delray Beach, Prepared statement____ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Appendix A-Provision of comprehensive health services for migrant "By Ambulance, If Necessary-Migrant Camp Bill Given a Chance," Page 65 73 78 12 "Hughes' Pet Project-Assembly OK's Migrant Labor Reform Bill". 13 148 "Migrant Health Care," from the Courier-News, Plainfield, of December 29, 1967. "Western Conference on Future Directions and Decisions in Medical Care," by Dr. John Morzumi, president, San Joaquin County Medical Society_ Blackwell, Frederick R., counsel, to R. A. Myers, personnel director, 36 Breslow, Lester, M.D., director, California Department of Public Fred Blackwell, counsel, dated December 14, 1967. 25 35 36 40 Senate Subcommittee on Migratory Labor, Washington, D. C., 173 Letters from (by States): Arizona: Spendlove, George, M.D., commissioner, Arizona State Depart- Schoen, R. F., M.D., Casa Grande Clinic, Casa Grande.. Colorado: 122 124 124 Cleere, R. L., M.D., director, Department of Public Health, 126 Talbott, Mrs. H. A., secretary-treasurer, Talbott Farms, Inc., 126 Talbott, Mrs. H. A., chairman, Migrant Health Committee, 127 Florida: Crane, David L., M.D., director, Sarasota County Health 127 Wineberg, Ted, Delray Beach___ 128 Ferline, Pat F., Fancee Farms, Sarasota__ 129 Illinois: Yoder, Franklin D., M.D., director, Department of Public 129 Iowa: Manton, Mrs. Thomas B., migrant program coordinator, Musca- 131 McNally, James M., executive director, Iowa Catholic Con- 131 Kansas: Schloesser, Patricia_T., M.D., director, division of maternal Dierker, Hugh, M.D., director, State department of health, 132 131 Woodin, Dorothy, director, public health nursing, Topeka -. Kentucky: Teague, Russell E., M.D., department of health, Frank 133 fort.. 133 Louisiana: Hedmeg, Andrew, M.D., department of health, New 140 Maryland: Peeples, William J., M.D., commissioner, Department of 140 Letters from (by States)—Continued Michigan: Rice, R. Gerald, M.D., acting director, department of public health, Lansing.... Page 140 Minnesota: Barr, Robert N., M.D., secretary, department of health, 141 142 Missouri: Garrett, Michael D., State director, Missouri Associated New Jersey: Doherty, William P., director, migrant health project, Cumber- 144 144 Sherman, Walter R., executive secretary, Family Counseling 145 Darrah, Winona E., executive director, Monmouth County Orga- 145 Zwemer, Susanna P., president, Consumers League of New Jersey, 146 New York: Votypha, Bernard M., president, Steuben Area Potato 148 North Carolina: Koomen, Jacob, M.D., State health director, Raleigh.. 149 152 Ohio: Arnold, E. W., M.D., director of health____ 152 Marsh, Robert D., Governor's Committee on Migrant Labor, 154 Oklahoma: Colyar, A. B., M.D., commissioner of health, department of health, Oklahoma City. 154 Oregon: Press, Edward, M.D., State health officer, Portland, Oreg-- 155 156 Washington: Bucove, Bernard, M.D., director, department of Wisconsin: Jonris, E. H., M.D., State health officer, Madison. Utah: Thompson, G. D. Carlyle, director, division of health, Salt 157 168 170 54 |