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National Chronicare Demonstration Center Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish demonstration programs to provide a basis for a commitment to a lasting national program for longterm health care for the chronically ill.

Authorizes to be appropriated $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $15,000,000 for each of the next two succeeding fiscal years, to enable the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to any public, nonprofit or proprietary private agency, institution, or organization or provider of services to cover all or any part of the cost of projects for the development or demonstration of several programs in representative areas of the country designed to care for and rehabilitate chronically ill inpatients of long-term health care facilities by testing the economic feasibility, efficiency and health care delivery system utilizing community chronicare health centers.

Provides that to be eligible for a grant under this Act an applicant must give satisfactory assurances of the capability of providing the following: (1) diagnostic service; (2) inpatient care; (3) day care; (4) rehabilitation service (on both inpatient and outpatient basis); and (5) outreach service.

Requires the Secretary to make a report to the President for transmission to the Congress within two years after the enactment of this Act stating the progress under this Act and making recommendations for further action if needed.

There is one summary for this bill. Bill summaries are authored by CRS.

National Chronicare Demonstration Center Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish demonstration programs to provide a basis for a commitment to a lasting national program for longterm health care for the chronically ill.

Authorizes to be appropriated $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $15,000,000 for each of the next two succeeding fiscal years, to enable the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to any public, nonprofit or proprietary private agency, institution, or organization or provider of services to cover all or any part of the cost of projects for the development or demonstration of several programs in representative areas of the country designed to care for and rehabilitate chronically ill inpatients of long-term health care facilities by testing the economic feasibility, efficiency and health care delivery system utilizing community chronicare health centers.

Provides that to be eligible for a grant under this Act an applicant must give satisfactory assurances of the capability of providing the following: (1) diagnostic service; (2) inpatient care; (3) day care; (4) rehabilitation service (on both inpatient and outpatient basis); and (5) outreach service.

Requires the Secretary to make a report to the President for transmission to the Congress within two years after the enactment of this Act stating the progress under this Act and making recommendations for further action if needed.

There is one summary for this bill. Bill summaries are authored by CRS.

National Chronicare Demonstration Center Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish demonstration programs to provide a basis for a commitment to a lasting national program for longterm health care for the chronically ill.

Authorizes to be appropriated $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $15,000,000 for each of the next two succeeding fiscal years, to enable the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to any public, nonprofit or proprietary private agency, institution, or organization or provider of services to cover all or any part of the cost of projects for the development or demonstration of several programs in representative areas of the country designed to care for and rehabilitate chronically ill inpatients of long-term health care facilities by testing the economic feasibility, efficiency and health care delivery system utilizing community chronicare health centers.

Provides that to be eligible for a grant under this Act an applicant must give satisfactory assurances of the capability of providing the following: (1) diagnostic service; (2) inpatient care; (3) day care; (4) rehabilitation service (on both inpatient and outpatient basis); and (5) outreach service.

Requires the Secretary to make a report to the President for transmission to the Congress within two years after the enactment of this Act stating the progress under this Act and making recommendations for further action if needed.

There is one summary for this bill. Bill summaries are authored by CRS.

National Chronicare Demonstration Center Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish demonstration programs to provide a basis for a commitment to a lasting national program for longterm health care for the chronically ill.

Authorizes to be appropriated $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $15,000,000 for each of the next two succeeding fiscal years, to enable the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to any public, nonprofit or proprietary private agency, institution, or organization or provider of services to cover all or any part of the cost of projects for the development or demonstration of several programs in representative areas of the country designed to care for and rehabilitate chronically ill inpatients of long-term health care facilities by testing the economic feasibility, efficiency and health care delivery system utilizing community chronicare health centers.

Provides that to be eligible for a grant under this Act an applicant must give satisfactory assurances of the capability of providing the following: (1) diagnostic service; (2) inpatient care; (3) day care; (4) rehabilitation service (on both inpatient and outpatient basis); and (5) outreach service.

Requires the Secretary to make a report to the President for transmission to the Congress within two years after the enactment of this Act stating the progress under this Act and making recommendations for further action if needed.