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 CIS NO: 84-H441-12
 TITLE: Health Care Systems of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
 SOURCE: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: v+309 p. il.
 DATE: Oct. 25, 1983
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 98-1              SUDOC: Y4.In8/14:98-9
 ITEM NO: 1023-A; 1023-B
 LC CARD NO: 84-602235               MC ENTRY NO: 84-13925

 Committee Serial No. 98-9. Hearing before the Subcom on Public Lands and
 National Parks to examine health services provided by Federal departments
 and agencies in TTPI (map, p. v).
 CONTENT NOTATION: TTPI health care system, oversight
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUBCOM ON PUBLIC LANDS AND
     NATIONAL PARKS. HOUSE; TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS (Health
     services, oversight); HEALTH.FACILITIES.AND.SERVICES;
     FEDERAL.DEPARTMENTS.AND.AGENCIES

 84-H441-12 TESTIMONY NO: 1         Oct. 25, 1983 p. 3-9
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     OLTER, BAILEY (vp, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM))
     SETIK, RAYMOND (chm, ways and means committee, FSM Congress)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Comments on TTPI health care issues.
 CONTENT NOTATION: TTPI health care system, oversight
 DESCRIPTORS: MICRONESIA

 84-H441-12 TESTIMONY NO: 2         Oct. 25, 1983 p. 9-309
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     MONTOYA, RICHARD T. (Act Asst Sec, Territorial and Intl Aff, Interior
        Dept)
     MCCOY, JANET J. (High Commr, TTPI)
     HUYCKE, EDWARD J. (Maj. Gen.) (Dep Surg Gen, Army)
     HOOTS, RODNEY (Policy Dir, Health Policy Planning and Systems, Office
        of the Asst Sec, DOD)
     KATZ, MAURICE J. (Dr.) (Dep Dir, Military Application, DOE)
     WEISGALL, JONATHAN M. (legal counsel, Bikini Atoll)
     LIN, SAMUEL (Dr.) (Dep Asst Sec for Health, Intergovtl Aff, HHS)
     LOVELACE, NORMAN L. (Chief, Office of Territorial Programs, San
        Francisco Region, EPA)
     DAY, LEORA (Dir, Intergovtl Aff, USDA)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Overview of TTPI health care system and
     concerns; description of Interior Dept territorial health care
     activities; status of TTPI hospital and sanitation system improvements;
     update on Truk cholera epidemic.
       Role of Army Dept in TTPI resident health care, focusing on services
     provided by Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii; clarification of DOE
     health care responsibilities under P.L. 96-205 for Marshall Islanders
     exposed to nuclear weapons testing.
       Review of PHS efforts to improve TTPI health status; ramifications for
     TTPI public health of EPA and USDA projects; nature and extent of
     interagency cooperation in TTPI health system.
 INSERTIONS: 
     a. Centers for Disease Control, "Cholera Outbreaks in Truk, 1982 and
        1983" with May 26, 1983 investigative rpt (p. 149-171).
     b. Interior Dept, TTPI health manpower inventory, with related
        FY80-FY84 budget materials (p. 221-242).
     c. HHS activities in TTPI, FY72-FY84, tabular summary (p. 285-305).
 CONTENT NOTATION: TTPI health care system, oversight
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): EPIDEMIOLOGY (Cholera
     epidemic on Truk); GOVERNMENT.INVESTIGATIONS (Cholera epidemic on
     Truk); PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; DEPARTMENT.OF.INTERIOR;
     DEPARTMENT.OF.ARMY; DEPARTMENT.OF.DEFENSE; DEPARTMENT.OF.ENERGY;
     DEPARTMENT.OF.HEALTH.AND.HUMAN.SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
     AGENCY; DEPARTMENT.OF.AGRICULTURE; HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES;
     SEWAGE AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS;
     MILITARY.HEALTH.FACILITIES.AND.SERVICES (TTPI health care system,
     Tripler Army Hosp role); HAWAII (TTPI health care system, Tripler Army
     Hosp role); MARSHALL ISLANDS; FEDERAL.INTERAGENCY.RELATIONS;
     MEDICAL.PERSONNEL (TTPI health manpower inventory); MANPOWER (TTPI
     health manpower inventory); RADIATION (TTPI residents exposed to
     nuclear weapons tests, DOE health care responsibilities); NUCLEAR
     WEAPONS TESTING (TTPI residents exposed to nuclear weapons tests, DOE
     health care responsibilities); ARMY; BIKINI ATOLL; TRUK; CHOLERA;
     TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, HAWAII; PUBLIC.HEALTH