G. COMMISSION FOR THE CONTROL OF HUNT INGTON'S DISEASE SECTION 605 OF PUBLIC LAW 94-63 COMMISSION FOR CONTROL OF HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE SEC. 605. (a) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall establish a temporary commission to be known as the Commission for the Control of Huntington's Disease and Its Consequences (hereinafter referred to in this section as the "Commission"). (b) It shall be the duty of the Commission to (1) make a comprehensive study of the state of the art of medical and social management of Huntington's disease in the United States; (2) investigate and make recommendations concerning the proper roles of Federal and State governments and national and local public and private agencies in research, prevention, identification, treatment, and rehabilitation of persons with Huntington's disease; (3) develop a comprehensive national plan for the control of Huntington's disease and its consequences based on the most thorough, complete, and accurate data and information available on the disorders; and (4) transmit to the President and the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate and the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives, not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, a report detailing the findings and conclusions of the Commission, together with recommendations for legislation and appropriations, as it deems advisable. (c) (1) The Commission shall be composed of nine members to be appointed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Such members shall be persons, including consumers of health services, who, by reason of experience or training in the medical, social, or educational aspects of Huntington's disease, are especially qualified to serve on such Commission. (2) The Secretary shall designate one of the members of the Commission to serve as Chairman and one to serve as Vice Chairman. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointments were made. Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers. (3) Any member of the Commission who is otherwise employed by the Federal Government shall serve without compensation in addition to that received in his regular employment, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by him in the performance of his duties on the Commission. (4) Members of the Commission, other than those referred to in paragraph (3), shall receive compensation at rates, not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate in effect for grade GS-18 of the General Schedule, for each day (including traveltime) they are engaged in the performance of their duties and, while so serving away from their homes or regular places of business, each member shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence in the same manner as is authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for persons in Government service employed intermittently. (d) The Commission shall cease to exist thirty days after the submission of the final report required by subsection (b) (4). LEGISLATIVE HISTORY (see page 763). H. COMMITTEE ON MENTAL HEALTH AND ILLNESSES OF THE ELDERLY SECTION 603 OF PUBLIC LAW 94-63 COMMITTEE ON MENTAL HEALTH AND ILLNESS OF THE ELDERLY SEC. 603. (a) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall appoint a Committee on Mental Health and Illness of the Elderly (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Committee") to make a study of and recommendations respecting (1) the future needs for mental health facilities, manpower, research, and training to meet the mental health care needs of elderly persons, (2) the appropriate care of elderly persons who are in mental institutions or who have been discharged from such institutions, and (3) proposals for implementing the recommendations of the 1971 White House Conference on Aging respecting the mental health of the elderly. (b) Within one year from the date of enactment of this Act the Secretary shall report to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate and the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives the findings of the Committee under the study under subsection (a) and the Committee's recommendations under such subsection. (c) (1) The Committee shall be composed of nine members appointed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. The Committee shall include at least one member from each of the fields of psychology, psychiatry, social science, social work, and nursing. Each member of the Committee shall by training, experience, or attainments be exceptionally qualified to assist in carrying out the functions of the Committee. (2) Members of the Committee shall receive compensation at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary, but not exceeding the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for grade GS-18 of the General Schedule, for each day (including traveltime) during which they are engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Committee. While away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the Committee, members of the Committee shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 80-727 O 77 Vol. 1 - 50 subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in the Government service are allowed expenses under section 5703 (b) of title 5 of the United States Code. (d) The Committee shall cease to exist thirty days after the submission of the report pursuant to subsection (b). LEGISLATIVE HISTORY (see page 763). I. "CONSCIENCE CLAUSE" SECTION 401 OF THE HEALTH PROGRAMS EXTENSION ACT OF 1973 AS AMENDED BY SECTION 214 OF PUBLIC LAW 93-348 TITLE IV-MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANEOUS SEC. 401. (a) *** (b) The receipt of any grant, contract, loan, or loan guarantee under the Public Health Service Act, the Community Mental Health Centers Act, or the Development Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act by any individual or entity does not authorize any court or any public official or other public authority to require— (1) such individual to perform or assist in the performance of any sterilization procedure or abortion if his performance or assistance in the performance of such procedure or abortion would be contrary to his religious beliefs or moral convictions; ог (2) such entity to (A) make its facilities available for the performance of any sterilization procedure or abortion if the performance of such procedure or abortion in such facilities is prohibited by the entity on the basis of religious beliefs or moral convictions, or (B) provide any personnel for the performance or assistance in the performance of any sterilization procedure or abortion if the performance or assistance in the performance of such procedure or abortion by such personnel would be contrary to the religious beliefs or moral convictions of such personnel. (c) (1) No entity which receives a grant, contract, loan, or loan guarantee under the Public Health Service Act, the Community Mental Health Centers Act, or the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act after the date of enactment of this Act may (A) discriminate in the employment, promotion, or termination of employment of any physician or other health care personnel, or |