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Download full textUS Congress, 2010
The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-152) was put in place to provide for reconciliation pursuant to Title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010 (S. Con. Res. 13). The table of contents for this Act is as follows: (1) Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. (A) Title--Coverage,…
Descriptors: Health Services, Federal Legislation, Income, Public Policy
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1990
The text of Part 1 of a Senate hearing on the Tobacco Product Education and Health Protection Act of 1990 is reported in this document. It is noted that this act would amend the Public Service Act to establish a center for tobacco products, to inform the public concerning the hazards of tobacco use, to disclose and restrict additives to such…
Descriptors: Advertising, Federal Legislation, Health Education, Hearings
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1990
The text of Part 2 of a Senate hearing on the Tobacco Product Education and Health Protection Act of 1990 is reported in this document. It is noted that this act would amend the Public Service Act to establish a center for tobacco products, to inform the public concerning the hazards of tobacco use, to disclose and restrict additives to such…
Descriptors: Advertising, Federal Legislation, Health Education, Hearings
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1983
These hearings present opening statements which argue for the government's responsibility to protect the health of citizens, citing the dangerous and often fatal relationship of cigarette smoking to cancer and heart and lung disease. Statements include those from Mrs. Barney Clark, widow of the first heart transplant patient, and physicians,…
Descriptors: Diseases, Federal Legislation, Government Role, Health Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1986
The text of a hearing on drug abuse prevention and education is provided in this document. After an opening statement by Representative Augustus Hawkins which briefly describes progress that has been made towards drug abuse prevention legislation, statements are given by these witnesses: (1) Carolyn Burns of the National Federation of Parents for…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Drug Education, Federal Legislation, Health Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1990
This document contains a report written to accompany "The Tobacco Product Education and Health Protection Act" (S. 2795), which authorizes a new title XV of the Public Health Service Act to establish a program of information, education, and research regarding the hazards of tobacco use. A summary of the bill notes that: (1) Subtitle A of…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Health Education, Information Dissemination, Research and Development
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1985
This document summarizes the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco and Health Education Act of 1985 bill. A summary of the impact of the bill is included which notes the following: (1) programs to inform the public of the dangers of smokeless tobacco are to be established; (2) smokeless tobacco products will carry one of three warning statements; and…
Descriptors: Advertising, Drug Use, Federal Legislation, Health Education
Flygare, Thomas J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1988
Outlines U.S. District Court Judge Kovachevich's decision to return the Ray boys in Desoto County, Florida, to the classroom. These three children, Randy, Richard, and Robert, are hemophiliacs who have been exposed to the disease Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. They had been excluded from the classrooms and came to national attention as a…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Human Resources. – 1978
The hearings before the Senate Committee on Human Resources regarding the Adolescent Health, Services, and Pregnancy Prevention and Care Act of 1978 are presented in full. The purpose of the bill is stated to be to establish a program for developing networks of community-based services to prevent initial and repeat pregnancies among adolescents,…
Descriptors: Abortions, Adolescents, Contraception, Federal Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. – 1993
This Congressional hearing discusses legislation that would require health warnings to be included in advertisements of alcoholic beverages. Opening statements are included from Senators Hollings, Burns, Danforth, Thurmond, and Simon, and from Representative Kennedy. Testimony is included from two panels of witnesses, whose members include: (1)…
Descriptors: Advertising, Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholic Beverages, Consumer Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1985
This document contains transcripts of testimonies and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine the effects of illicit drug use and alcoholism on military personnel. Following statements by Senators Hawkins, Grassley, and Kerry, testimonies from representatives of the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, and Coast Guard are…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, Health Education, Hearings
Silberfeld, Roman M.; Hecht, Richard L. – 1980
This practical legal guide for people with breathing and other medical problems, possibly resulting from exposure to asbestos, provides 19 questions and detailed answers about Asbestosis and other diseases resulting from asbestos exposure. Included is information concerning symptoms, difficulty of diagnosis, necessity of a detailed…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Guides, Health Education, Legal Aid
Nadel, Mark V. – 1990
This document presents testimony given before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs concerning a General Accounting Office (GAO) review of education programs for youth designed to limit the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). It notes that most American teenagers have…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Health Education
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. – 1975
On June 3, and June 4, 1975, hearings were held before the House Subcommittee on Communications regarding the Telecommunications Facilities and Demonstration Act of 1975, H.R.4564. The bill has been submitted by the administration to provide the authority for the support of demonstration projects in telecommunications concerning the distribution…
Descriptors: Educational Radio, Educational Television, Federal Legislation, Financial Support
National Commission on Children, Washington, DC. – 1993
This report, prepared by the National Commission on Children, discusses six main recommendations for improving children's health and health care. The recommendations discussed in separate chapters are: (1) Reform the Health Care System; (2) Monitor and Evaluate Efforts to Expand Health Care for the Underserved; (3) Address the Climate of Violence,…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Health, Children, Health Education
