Session #94 · 1975–77

Speech #940038321

By establishing a separate funding mechanism we will be able to insure that centers will be able to provide these vital preventive mental health services. I consider this a most important provision in the extension of the community mental health centers program. The bill extends the migrant health centers program as a separate authority in order to provide this program the emphasis. visibility. and definition that is needed to properly serve the needs of the migrant population of this country. In addition to required primary health services. which include diagnosis and treatment. preventive health services. emergency medical services. as well as transportation services. and supplemental health services. migrant health centers are required to provide environmental health services designed to detect and correct unhealthful conditions associated with water supply. sewage treatment. solid waste disposal. rodent Infestation and other factors related to good health. Also. It should be emphasized that the legislation requires the Secretary to establish priorities for high impact areas which involve large numbers of migratory. agricultural workers and their families who remain in a single area for more than 2 months. A provision of the bill which is particularly noteworthy is the requirement that the migrant health center establish a governing board which is composed of a majority of persons being served by the particular center. In the area of family planning services and population research the legislation extends the present provisions in the Public Health Service Act with modest increases in the authorizations consistent with the projections provided by the Department of HEW in its 5year plan. In this connection I wish to emphasize. as the committee has emphasized In its report. that participation in any program under title X of the Public Health Service Act. family planning services. is to be purely voluntary and free of any compulsion or coercion.
Keywords matched
migrant

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
RICHARD SCHWEIKER
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
PA
Gender
M
Date
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Speech ID
940038321
Paragraph
#1
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