DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN HENRY A. NEIL, ROBERT L. KNISELY, MICHAEL A. STEPHENS, SUSAN E. QUANTIUS and JOANNE L. OrndorfF, Subcommittee Staff Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations HENRY A. NEIL, ROBERT L. KNISELY, MICHAEL A. STEPHENS, Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE · A653 1989 Pt. 3 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS JAMIE L. WHITTEN, Mississippi, Chairman WILLIAM H. NATCHER, Kentucky NEAL SMITH, Iowa SIDNEY R. YATES, Illinois EDWARD R. ROYBAL, California JOSEPH D. EARLY, Massachusetts LINDY (MRS. HALE) BOGGS, Louisiana W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina LES AUCOIN, Oregon DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii WILLIAM H. GRAY III, Pennsylvania BOB CARR, Michigan ROBERT J. MRAZEK, New York RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois RONALD D. COLEMAN, Texas ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia LINDSAY THOMAS, Georgia CHESTER G. ATKINS, Massachusetts JIM CHAPMAN, Texas SILVIO O. CONTE, Massachusetts DEAN A. GALLO, New Jersey FREDERICK G. MOHRMAN, Clerk and Staff Director (II) 59-602151 DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1990 MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1989. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION WITNESSES JOHN H. KELSO, ACTING ADMINISTRATOR JAMES A. WALSH, ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT DR. DANIEL F. WHITESIDE, DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH AND RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT DR. EDWARD D. MARTIN, DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF HEALTH CARE DELIVERY AND ASSISTANCE DR. J. JARRETT CLINTON, DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS DENNIS P. WILLIAMS, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY, BUDGET, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Mr. NATCHER. At this time, we take up the Health Resources and Services Administration's request for fiscal year 1990. We have before the committee Mr. John H. Kelso, the Acting Administrator. Mr. Kelso, tell us who you have with you at the table. Mr. KELSO. On my far right is Mr. Dennis Williams, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget in the Office of the Secretary. Next to him is Dr. Daniel Whiteside, Director of the Bureau of Maternal and Child Health and Resources Development; and to my immediate right is Dr. Ed Martin, Director, Bureau of Health Care Delivery and Assistance. On my immediate left is Mr. James Walsh, the Associate Administrator for Management and Operations; and next to him is Dr. Jarrett Clinton, the Director of the Bureau of Health Professions. OPENING STATEMENT Mr. NATCHER. Thank you. Mr. Kelso, we will be pleased to hear from you. Mr. KELSO. Thank you. I have a statement which, with your permission, we will enter in the record, and I will synopsize. Mr. NATCHER. Yes. Mr. KELSO. In brief, the fiscal year 1990 budget request for Health Resources and Services is $1,252,348,000 and 1,498 full-time equivalent employees. This would, one, fund our infant mortality (1) |