Burket, Dr. Lester, dean, Dental School, University of Pennsylvania, on
behalf of the Association of American Dental Schools and The American
Dental Association, accompanied by Mrs. Diane McCain, American
Dental Hygienists Association; and Miss Muriel C. Burnett, American
Dental Assistants Association

Dacso, Michael M., M.D., dean, Institute of Health Sciences, Hunter
College of the City University Of New York, prepared statement
Egeberg, Dr. Roger, Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs,
accompanied by Dr. Kenneth Endicott, Director, Bureau of Health
Professions Education and Manpower Training, National Institutes of
Health; Dr. John Zapp, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health
Manpower; Thomas Hatch, Acting Director, Division of Allied Health,
Bureau of Health Professions Education and Manpower Training, and
Dave Bayer, Division of Student Financial Aid, Office of Education,
Department of Health, Education and Welfare..
Hamburg, Dr. Joseph, dean, College of Allied Health Professions, Univer-
sity of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky., and president, Association of Schools
of Allied Health Professions; accompanied by Robert Gertz, executive
director, Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions, and
Tony Essaye, counsel

Hamilton, Dr. Stuart, president, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Conn.,
and chairman, Council of Teaching Hospitals, Association of American
Medical Colleges, accompanied by John M. Danielson, Director, Council
of Teaching Hospitals..

Javits, Hon. Jacob K., a U.S. Senator from the State of New York.......
Moore, Margaret L., Division of Physical Therapy, School of Medicine,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., prepared statement-
Noland, Royce, American Physical Therapy Association, accompanied by
Miss Margaret Moore, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, N.C..
Prepared statement

Olden, Richard, chairman, Committee on Legislation, The American
Society of Radiologic Technologists, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore,
Md., accompanied by George G. Mead, legislative representative..
Pohlit, Nicholas, executive director, National Environmental Health As-
sociation, Denver, Colo..

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Prepared statement__

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Spraberry, Mrs. Mary Nell, chairman, Government Liaison Committee,
American Society of Medical Technologists, University of Alabama,
Birmingham, Ala..

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Articles, publications, etc.:

"Allied Health Personnel," a report on their use in the Military
Services as a model for the use in nonmilitary health-care programs__
Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions (Addendum)_
"Pediatric Practice in the United States," by Alfred Yankauer, M.D.;
John P. Connelly, M.D., and Jacob J. Feldman, Ph. D..
The Environmentalist..

"Section V-Educational Programs in Areas Allied with Medicine,
(Excerpt from the Journal of the American Medical Association, vol.
210, No. 8, November 24, 1969: Medical Education in the United
States 1968–69.).

Communications to:

Burdick, Hon. Quentin N., a U.S. Senator from the State of North
Dakota, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C., from Henry C. Wessman,
R.P.T., assistant professor and chairman, Department of Physical
Therapy, the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N. Dak.,
May 12, 1970_.

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Communications to- -Continued

Langen, Hon. Odin, House of Representatives, Cannon Building,
Washington, D.C., from Henry C. Wessman, R.P.T., assistant
professor and chairman, Department of Physical Therapy, the
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N. Dak., May 12, 1970.
Yarborough, Hon. Ralph W., Chairman, Health Subcommittee,
Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, U.S. Senate, Washington,
D.C., from:

Tiebel, Harriet, OTR Executive Director, New York, N. Y., May
19, 1970.

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Williamson, Kenneth, deputy director, American Hospital Asso-
ciation, Washington, D.C., May 20, 1970...

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HEALTH TRAINING IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1970

TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1970

U.S. SENATE,

SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH

OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE,

Washington, D.C. The subcommittee convened at 10 a.m., pursuant to notice, in room 4232, New Senate Office Building, Senator Ralph W. Yarborough, (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.

Present: Senators Yarborough (presiding), Cranston, Javits and Saxbe.

Committee Staff present: John S. Forsythe, general counsel; James Babin, professional staff member; and Jay B. Cutler, minority counsel to the subcommittee.

The CHAIRMAN. The Subcommittee on Health will come to order I have called these important hearings to consider S. 3586, the "Health Training Improvement Act of 1970," and related bills. My bill amends title VII of the Public Health Service Act to improve the program relating to training of personnel in the allied health professions, such as radiologic technicians, medical and laboratory technicians, dental assistants, physicians assistants, environmental aides, biomedical equipment technicians, air pollution technicians, child health associates, dieticians, and 200 other specialists who assist physicians in the practice of medical science.

I order the bills and other pertinent material printed in the record at this point.

(The bills, section-by-section analysis and departmental reports follows:)

91ST CONGRESS 2D SESSION

S. 3586

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 12 (legislative day, MARCH 11), 1970

Mr. YARBOROUGH (for himself, Mr. CRANSTON, Mr. EAGLETON, Mr. HART, Mr. HUGHES, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. MAGNUSON, Mr. MONDALE, Mr. NELSON, Mr. PASTORE, Mr. PELL, Mr. RANDOLPH, Mr. SPONG, and Mr. WILLIAMS of New Jersey) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

A BILL

To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to establish eligibility of new schools of medicine, dentistry, osteopathy, pharmacy, optometry, veterinary medicine, and podiatry for institutional grants under section 771 thereof, to extend and improve the program relating to training of personnel in the allied health professions, 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,

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SHORT TITLE

SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Health Train

5 ing Improvement Act of 1970".