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Amendments to the Hill-Burton Act passed.
Date: 1954
Public health
Laws/legislation/policy
Old age/aging
Medical system (Western medicine)
Nursing
The amendments extend the Act's funding for hospital construction to the construction of nursing homes, and establish the Public Health Service as the oversight agency for safety regulations in nursing homes.
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