ED 118. 334
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)Health Services for. Domestic Agricultural Workers,
1977;
3762 -- To Extend the Provram for Hearth,
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Services,.yr,Domestic kgricultutAl Migrant Workers.
'Joint Hearing before the Subcommittee on-Health'and
theSdbcommi.ftee,on Migratory Labor of the Committee
on Labor and Public Olfare United States Senate
92d Congress, 2d Session, August 1, 1972.-
Congress of the U.S,A, Washington, D.C._Senate
Copmittee on lakgr and Public Welfare.
1 Aug 72
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Agricalidral Laborers+, Delivery AYstems; *P4deral
Legislation; Pederpl Programs; Health Neefts; Medical
Servipes; *Migrant Health Services;.*Agrant Xorkers;
*Prog'ras Budgeting; *Resource Allocations; Rural
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ABSTRACT.
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On Adgust 1, 1972, the Subcommittee heard testimony
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3762 which would extend the program for health servigesm
for domestic-agricultural migrant workers, The bill'would extend the
nigtant health progyum for 5 years, with $100 million authorized for
'fiscal:year 1973 and a $2S million increase for each of the following
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years. S. Y162 repre4ented a first attimpt tp bring the.fuiding level
-for migrant health care
ervices into some appropriate relationship
to the documented level of heed. Among the witnesses Were the
Astistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs and
representatives from the Community Health seTrice;,the Hidalgo-Starr
Catholic Charities ASanJuan,'Texag), the Texas Rufal Legal Aid, the
Orange Cove.(California) Clinica,de,Salubridad, the Clinich de
SaIubridad derCampesinod, the 'Yakima ZallsY Clinic (Grandview,
Washington),land the Mirgrant Legal Action Program, Inc. (Washington,
D.C.). Additibnal information included: (1) suggested amendments 'to
the Medicare-Medicaid-Programs to extend migrant workers coverage,
(2) summary of nutritional yproblems in .the LoweF Rio Grande'Valley,
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and 43),bilingual,staff by project and region. (NQ)
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HEALTH. SERVICES) FOR 'DOMES* AGRICULTURAL
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6UgOMMITTEE ON HALT.
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SU13COMMITTEE ON MIGRATORY LABOR
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COMMUTEE ON
LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE'
UNITED STATES,:$tNATE
'NINETY- SECOND C6kGRESS
SECOND SESSION
ON
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