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 PUBLIC LAW 99-272—APR. 7, 1986

100 STAT. 359

"(h)(1) In order to carry out the provisions of this section, the Council is authorized to— "(A) collect such information, hold such hearings, and sit and act at such times and places, either as a whole or by subcommittee, and request the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents as the Council or such subcommittee may consider available; and "(B) request the cooperation and assistance of Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities, and such departments, agencies, and instrumentalities are authorized to provide such cooperation and assistance. "(2) The Council shall coordinate activities carried out under this section with the activities of the National Advisory Council on Health Professions Education under section 702 and with the activities of the Secretary under section 708. The Secretary shall, in cooperation with the Council and pursuant to the recommendations of the Council, take such steps as are practicable to eliminate deficiencies in the data base established under section 708 and shall make available in its reports such comprehensive data sets as are developed pursuant to this section. "(i) In the reports required under subsection (a), the Council shall specify its activities during the period for which the report is made. "(j) The Council shall terminate on September 30, 1996." SEC. 17002. SPECIAL PAY PROVISIONS. (a)

SERVICE

IN

THE

INDIAN

HEALTH

SERVICE.—(1)

42 USC 292b. 42 USC 292h.

Reports. Termination date.

Section

208(a)(2)(B) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 210(a)(2)(B)) is amended by inserting "(other than an officer serving in the Indian Health Service)" after "Corps". (2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect as of 42 USC 210 note. October 7, 1985. (b)

EMPLOYEES AT THE GILLIS W,

LONG

HANSEN'S

DISEASE

CENTER.—Section 208(e) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 210(e)) is amended to read as follows: "(e) Any civilian employee of the Service who is employed at the Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center on the date of the enactment of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 shall be entitled to receive, in addition to any compensation to Ante, p. 82. which the employee may otherwise be entitled and for so long as the employee remains employed at the Center, an amount equal to onefourth of such compensation.". SEC. 17003. USE OF FISCAL AGENTS BY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE.

Title XXI of the Public Health Service Act is amended by adding at the end the following new section: USE OF FISCAL AGENTS

"SEC. 2116. (a) The Secretary may enter into contracts with fiscal Contracts. 42 USC agents— "(1)(A) to determine the amounts payable to persons who, on 300aa-15. behalf of the Indian Health Service, furnish health services to eligible Indians, "(B) to determine the amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of the Public Health Service, furnish health services to individuals pursuant to section 319 or 322, 42 USC 247d, 249.

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