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Legislation List
Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) (ADA): This U.S. federal act protects persons with disabilities from discrimination in employment, transportation, public accommodations, telecommunications, and activities of state and local government.
Architectural Barriers Act (1969): U.S. federal legislation that requires accessibility to certain facilities.
Balanced Budget Act (BBA): Enacted in 1997 in an attempt to balance the national budget of the United States, which placed an annual $1500 cap on Medicare recipient benefits for combined physical therapy and speech therapy services under Medicare Part B. The Prospective Payment System (PPS) fixes the amount that hospitals are reimbursed for the primary diagnosis for each hospital stay. A moratorium was placed on this cap in a legislative decision in November 1999 that will be in effect for the years 2000 and 2001.
Civilian Industrial Rehabilitation Act (1920): First U.S. federal legislation to help occupational therapy. It commissioned federal aid for vocational rehabilitation for those disabled by accident or illness in industry.
Community Mental Health Act (1963): Under this act, the National Institute of Mental Health was mandated to establish community mental health centers as part of a national movement to take more responsibility for individuals with mental illness.
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA): Federal legislation that requires that all employers with 20 or more employees continue health coverage for up to 18 months after a worker loses benefits due to reduced work hours or loss of employment.
Deficit Reduction Legislation Acts (1984, 1985, 1986): Extended U.S. Federal coverage for health and social services through modification of Medicare legislation.
Developmental Disabilities Act Amendments (1984): U.S. federal legislation that ensured that people with developmental disabilities receive necessary services and established a monitoring system.
Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act (1970): U.S. law giving the states broad responsibility for planning and implementing a comprehensive program of services to individuals with developmental delays, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, and aother neurological impairments.
Disability Insurance Benefit Program (1956): U.S. federal legislation that provided benefits to qualified workers with disabilities.
Education of All Handicapped Children Act (1975): U.S. federal legislation that is intended to ensure that children with disabilities receive education in the least restrictive environment.
Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments (1986): Increase in U.S. federal funds for special education and other services provided to preschoolers ages 3 to 5 years.
Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA): A federal act passed Congress in 1974 that defines requirements and exemptions for self-insuring firms.
Fair Housing Amendment Act (1988): U.S. federal law meant to prohibit discriminatory housing for those with disabilities.
Handicapped Children’s Early Education Assistance Act: U.S. federal law in which funds were authorized for the development, evaluation and dissemination of different projects for persons with disabilities aged birth to 8 years and their families.
Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973: U.S. federal law that provided for the planning and development of health maintenance organizations and encourage less ambulatory care.
Health Professions Educational Assistance Act: U.S. federal law that provided incentives for medical schools to increase the number of family practice physicians to half of their graduates and also attempted to attract physicians to underserved area by subsidizing their medical education.
Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA): U.S. federal legislation that provides resources to school-aged children with disabilities.
Interim Payment System (IPS): Enacted in 1997 in an attempt to balance the national budget of the United States. The IPS fixes the amount that home care agencies are reimbursed for services for the primary diagnosis.
National Consumer Health Information and Health Promotion Act of 1976: U.S. federal legislation that attempted to set rational goals for health information and education
National Health Planning and Resource Development Act of 1974: U.S. federal legislation that established regional health systems agencies to assume responsibility for health care planning for community needs and cost containment.
Older Americans Act: Enacted in 1965 as the major piece of legislation for provision of social and health-related services to older Americas; established a federal, state, and local government network for advocacy and service delivery.
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA ’87): U.S. federal legislation hat recognizes quality of life as most important to nursing home residents. Contains a section of the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act, which made sweeping changes in the standards for provision of nursing home care. These mandated changes address areas such as patient care planning, nursing, staffing, nurse’s aide training, nurse’s aide registry, patient’s rights, transfers and discharges, and administrator standards.
Omnibus Reconciliation Act (1981): U.S. federal legislation designed finance to community-based services for people with development disabilities when that treatment is less expensive than an institution.
Omnibus Social Security Act (1983): U.S. federal legislation that established a prospective payment system based on a fixed price per diagnosis-related group for inpatient services.
Rehabilitation Act (1973): Services were expanded to the severely disabled; affirmative action provided in employment and nondiscrimination in facilities by federal contractors and grantees.
Servicemen’s Readjustment Act (GI Bill) of 1944: U.S. federal legislation that provided for the education and training of individuals whose education or career had been interrupted by military service.
Social Security Acts and Amendments (1935): U.S. federal legislation that provided financial support for workers with disabilities and retirement income for the elderly.
Social Security Amendments of 1972: U.S. federal legislation that provided for the establishment of Professional Standard Review Organizations to ensure that federally funded programs were used in an efficient and effective manner.
Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA) (1982): U.S. federal act that put limits on Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement (including physical and occupational therapy); also limits items such as inpatient hospital costs.
Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1988: U.S. federal legislation that requires assistive technology be made available to persons with disabilities to enhance their functional capabilities.
Title VII of the Medicare Prospective Payment Legislation (1983): U.S. federal legislation that provides incentives for cost containment and better management of resources by a reimbursement structure based on client’s diagnosis rather than direct cost of care.
Title XVIII and Title XIX of the Social Security Act (1965): U.S. federal legislation that established reimbursement based on reasonable cost for medical services for the elderly and through state grants to the poor.
Vocational Rehabilitation Act and Amendments (1943): U.S. federal legislation that brought about a change to include payment for medical services, thus allowing occupational therapy services (physical therapy services already covered ) to be covered as a legitimate service.
Welsh-Clark Act (World War II Disabled Veterans Rehabilitation Act): U.S. federal legislation that provided vocational rehabilitation for veterans of World War II.
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