PEDIATRICS Vol. 1 No. 6 June 1948, pp. 837-840
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TRENDS

IN HEALTH LEGISLATION AND ADMINISTRATION

Editors: JOHN P. HUBBARD, M.D..

BUDGET OF THE U. S. PUBLIC H. EALTH SERVICE (Fiscal year July 1, 1948, to June 30, 1949)

WE HAVE previously reviewed the Federal funds now available specifically to support various aspects of medical education. To a large extent, financial support for teaching is inseparable from grants awarded for fellowships and research projects. Since the Public Health Service has large sums of money available for fellowships and research, the total budget of this Federal agency should be reviewed in order to appreciate the full extent of its various activities.

The appropriations mentioned below were approved by the House in House Bill 5728. This bill is now before the Senate Appropriations Committee which will make its recommendations to the Senate. If the Senate should adopt any amendments (which is not unusual for appropriation measures), the bill will then be referred to a joint conference committee to work out agreements acceptable to both branches of Congress.

National Institute of Health

The National Institute of Health not only conducts intramural research in a wide variety of fields but also conducts programs of fellowships and grants-in-aid for general medical research in universities, hospitals and other public and private institutions. It is from this source that the Academy of Pediatrics received a grant of $231,400 for research in "child care health service."

For the next fiscal year the House approved $13,670,000 which includes an increase over last year of $2,667,125. Included within this appropriation is a total of $400,000, increasing by $250,000 the funds earmarked for research fellowship grants in order to enlarge the supply of trained research personnel. Also, included within the total budget increase is $1,382,500 for additional research in diseases of the heart and circulatory system, with provision for research grants-in-aid, direct research by the Institute, and research fellowship grants.