42 U.S.C. § 1395ll — Studies and recommendations
submitted 91 years ago by Pub. L. 89-97 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 235 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary must study health care for older and disabled people and make recommendations to Congress from time to time. The Secretary must also keep studying how this subchapter and its insurance programs operate and must send Congress an annual report.
(a) Health care of the aged and disabled
The Secretary* must conduct studies and develop recommendations for Congress from time to time about health care for older and disabled people. These studies and recommendations must include:
(1) whether the existing personnel and facilities are enough to provide health care for the programs under parts A and B of this subchapter;
(2) ways to further develop efficient and economical forms of health care that can serve as a useful alternative to care in an inpatient hospital; and
(3) how deductible and coinsurance rules affect beneficiaries, people who provide health services, and the financing of the program.
(b) Operation and administration* of insurance programs
The Secretary must continuously study how this subchapter operates and is administered. This includes checking the accreditation process of national accreditation bodies under section 1395bb(a) of this title; studying the operation and administration of health maintenance organizations authorized by section 226 of the Social Security Amendments of 1972 [42 U.S.C. 1395mm]; and studying the experiments and demonstration projects authorized by section 402 of the Social Security Amendments of 1967 [42 U.S.C. 1395b–1] and section 222(a) of the Social Security Amendments of 1972 [42 U.S.C. 1395b–1 note]. Each year, the Secretary must send Congress a report about how those programs operate.
The Secretary* shall carry on studies and develop recommendations to be submitted from time to time to the Congress relating to health care of the aged and the disabled, including studies and recommendations concerning (1) the adequacy of existing personnel and facilities for health care for purposes of the programs under parts A and B of this subchapter; (2) methods for encouraging the further development of efficient and economical forms of health care which are a constructive alternative to inpatient hospital care; and (3) the effects of the deductibles and coinsurance provisions upon beneficiaries, persons who provide health services, and the financing of the program.
The Secretary shall make a continuing study of the operation and administration of this subchapter (including a validation of the accreditation process of national accreditation bodies under section 1395bb(a) of this title1 the operation and administration of health maintenance organizations authorized by section 226 of the Social Security Amendments of 1972 [42 U.S.C. 1395mm], the experiments and demonstration projects authorized by section 402 of the Social Security Amendments of 1967 [42 U.S.C. 1395b–1] and the experiments and demonstration projects authorized by section 222(a) of the Social Security Amendments of 1972 [42 U.S.C. 1395b–1 note]), and shall transmit to the Congress annually a report concerning the operation of such programs.
Source credit: (Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XVIII, § 1875, as added Pub. L. 89–97, title I, § 102(a), July 30, 1965, 79 Stat. 332; amended Pub. L. 90–248, title IV, § 402(c), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 931; Pub. L. 92–603, title II, §§ 201(c)(7), 222(c), 226(d), 244(d), Oct. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 1373, 1393, 1404, 1423; Pub. L. 98–369, div. B, title III, § 2354(b)(17), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1101; Pub. L. 99–509, title IX, § 9316(a), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 2006; Pub. L. 100–203, title IV, § 4085(i)(20), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–133; Pub. L. 100–647, title VIII, § 8413, Nov. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 3801; Pub. L. 101–234, title III, § 301(b)(5), (d)(2), Dec. 13, 1989, 103 Stat. 1985, 1986; Pub. L. 101–239, title VI, § 6103(b)(3)(A), Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2199; Pub. L. 108–173, title I, § 101(e)(7), Dec. 8, 2003, 117 Stat. 2152; Pub. L. 110–275, title I, § 125(b)(4), July 15, 2008, 122 Stat. 2519.)
- 1935Enacted · Pub. L. 89-97 · 79 Stat. 332
- 1968Amended · Pub. L. 90-248 · 81 Stat. 931
- 1972Amended · Pub. L. 92-603 · 86 Stat. 1373, 1393, 1404, 1423
- 1984Amended · Pub. L. 98-369 · 98 Stat. 1101
- 1986Amended · Pub. L. 99-509 · 100 Stat. 2006
- 1987Amended · Pub. L. 100-203 · 101 Stat. 1330
- 1988Amended · Pub. L. 100-647 · 102 Stat. 3801
- 1989Amended · Pub. L. 101-234 · 103 Stat. 1985, 1986
- 1989Amended · Pub. L. 101-239 · 103 Stat. 2199
- 2003Amended · Pub. L. 108-173 · 117 Stat. 2152
- 2008Amended · Pub. L. 110-275 · 122 Stat. 2519
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