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              A coiiinitiiiication  device
                     (Icsi"llc(l to SI)CC(I                                             June 28, 1968.
                        in               SPECIAL PUBLICATIO-NI:
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                            n            Excerpt of Testimony and Submitted Materials at House
              ijiforiiiatiori aii(I data oii Hearings Re Now Regional Medical Programs Legislation
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                     As indicated in the June 17, 1968 issue of News, Information and Data,
                (AVAILABILITY OF TEXT OF HOUSE HEARINGS...), the attacleJ p  lication has
                been specially edited and printed to include all testimony presented and
                materials submitted at the House Hearings," in support of legislation
                amending and extending Public Law 89-239 which established Regional
                Medical Programs in 1965.
                     All testimony and material included is indexed on the CONTENTS page.
                However, of particular interest will be some of the additional information
                submitted for the record including...
                                                                                  Pages
                            Report  on  funded  projects   and   activities
                            in first 12 Operating Programs     . . . . .  .  .  . 46-61
                            Television'.  radio  and   telephone   networks
                            for continuing education     .  . . . . . . . . .     61-62
                            Status  of  Programs  as  of  March  30,   1968 . .  .67-69

                            Statement on efforts directed against the
                            health problems of the inner city       . . . .  .  . 73-75
                            Statement on operational projects
                            affecting rural areas     . . .  . .  . . .   6. .  . 76-84
                            Statement on effectiveness of Programs        . .  .  .84-85



                *Subcommittee on Publi@ Health and Welfare of the Committee on Interstate
                and  Foreign  Commerce  -  March  26-27,  1968.   The   Rep'ort of this committee
                has been published and announcement of its availability will be made in
                a  forthcoming  issue  of  News,  Information   and   Data.
                          U.S. DEPARTMENT OF IIEATTll, EDTTCATION, AND WEI,FARE