the expenditures from the National Health Care Trust 
Fund for such services. 
SEC. 104. ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to section 701, every indi-
vidual shall be eligible for benefits under this Act through-
out any benefit year if the individual— 
(1) has received (or, in the case of income from 
self-employment, has accrued)— 
(A) not less than $2,000 in wages during 
the first four of the last six calendar quarters 
preceding the beginning of the benefit year; or 
(B) not less than $1,500 in wages in each 
of six calendar quarters during the first twelve 
of the last fourteen calendar quarters preceding 
the beginning of the benefit year (not counting 
as one of such fourteen calendar quarters any 
quarter in any part of which the individual was 
under a total disability which continued for six 
months or more); 
(2) is entitled, for the first month in the benefit 
year, to a benefit under title II of the Social Secu-
rity Act or to an annuity under subchapter III (re-
lating to civil service retirement) of chapter 83 of 
title 5, United States Code; or 
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(3) the individual is on the first day of the ben-
efit year a dependent of an individual who is eligible 
under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2). 
(b) ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY.—Subject to section 
701, every individual, not eligible therefor under sub-
section (a), shall be eligible for benefits under this Act 
during the remainder of a benefit year, beginning with— 
(1) the first day of any calendar quarter in 
such benefit year, if the individual has received (or, 
in the case of income from self-employment, has ac-
crued) not less than $150 in wages during the first 
four of the last six calendar quarters preceding the 
beginning of such calendar quarter; 
(2) the first day of the first month in such ben-
efit year for which the individual is entitled to a ben-
efit or annuity referred to in subsection (a)(2); or 
(3) the first day in such benefit year on which 
the is or becomes a dependent of an individual who 
is eligible for benefits under subsection (a) (1) or (2) 
under paragraph (1) or (2). 
(c) COVERAGE UNDER WORKERS’ COMPENSATION.— 
(1) NO
COVERAGE.—No individual shall be 
deemed eligible for any personal health services as a 
benefit under this Act which are required by reason 
of any injury, disease, or disability on account of 
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which any medical, dental, home-nursing, hospital, 
or auxiliary service is being received, or upon appli-
cation therefor would be received, under a work-
men’s compensation law of the United States or of 
any State, unless equitable reimbursements to the 
National Health Care Trust Fund for the provision 
of such services as benefits have been made or as-
sured under section 105. 
(2) SUBROGATION.—In any case in which an 
individual receives any personal health service as a 
benefit under this Act with respect to any such in-
jury, disease, or disability, for which no reimburse-
ment to the National Health Care Trust Fund has 
been made or assured, the United States shall to the 
extent permitted by State law be subrogated to all 
rights of such individual, or of the person who fur-
nished such service, to be paid or reimbursed, pursu-
ant to such workmen’s compensation law, for the 
cost of furnishing such service. 
SEC. 105. PROVISION OF BENEFITS FOR NONINSURED 
NEEDY AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to section 701, any or all 
benefits provided under this Act to individuals eligible for 
such benefits may be furnished to individuals (including 
the needy) not otherwise eligible therefor, for any period 
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for which equitable reimbursements to the National 
Health Care Trust Fund on behalf of such needy or other 
individuals have been made, or for which reasonable assur-
ance of such reimbursements have been given, by public 
agencies of the United States, the several States, or any 
of them or of their political subdivisions, such reimburse-
ments to be in accordance with agreements and working 
arrangements negotiated with such public agencies. Serv-
ices furnished to such needy or other individuals as bene-
fits shall be of the same quality, be furnished by the same 
methods, and be paid for through the same arrangements, 
as services furnished to individuals eligible for benefits 
under this Act. 
(b) AVAILABILITY
OF FEDERAL FUNDS.—Federal 
grants to States under title XIX, and part A of title IV, 
of the Social Security Act, and Federal grants to States 
for aid or assistance under other provisions of such Act, 
shall be available to the States for provision of personal- 
health services for noninsured needy individuals in accord-
ance with the provisions of subsection (a). 
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TITLE 
II—PARTICIPATION 
OF 
PHYSICIANS, 
DENTISTS, 
NURSES, 
HOSPITALS, 
AND 
OTHERS 
SEC. 201. PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS; SPECIALISTS. 
(a) QUALIFICATIONS.—Any individual who is a physi-
cian, dentist, or podiatrist legally authorized in a State 
to render any services included as general medical, dental, 
or podiatric services shall be deemed qualified to render 
such services in that State as benefits under this Act. 
(b) SPECIALISTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any such individual who is 
found to possess skill and experience of a degree and 
kind sufficient to meet standards established for a 
class of specialist services shall be deemed qualified 
to receive compensation for specialist services of 
such class as benefits under this Act. 
(2) STANDARDS.—The Board, after consulta-
tion with the Advisory Council, shall establish stand-
ards as to the special skills and experience required 
to qualify an individual to render each such class of 
specialist services as benefits under this Act, and to 
receive compensation for such specialist services. In 
establishing such standards and in determining 
whether individuals qualify thereunder, standards 
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