Women of the CBC
A Report from your Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm
Newsletter for Spring of 1981
H.R. 4031, a bill to give States the flexibility to reduce bureaucracy by streamlining enrollment processes for the Medicaid and State children’s health insurance programs through better linkages with programs providing nutrition and related assistance to
Legislation to grant a Medicaid waiver to D.C. chartered health plan
H.R. 2743, a bill to require managed care organizations to contract with providers in medically underserved areas, and for other purposes.
House will vote on Black Caucus budget
Press release from Shirley Chisholm for April 30, 1981
H.R. 56, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish health empowerment zone programs in communities that disproportionately experience disparities in health status and health care, and for other purposes.
Preventing illness critical to minorities
H.R. 4163, a bill to prohibit after 2006 the introduction into interstate commerce of mercury intended for use in a dental filling, and for other purposes.
Chisholm to leave Congress
Press release from Shirley Chisholm for February 11, 1982
H.R. 160, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to expand Medicaid eligibility to uninsured, poor adults.
