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 PUBLIC LAW 99-509—OCT. 21, 1986

100 STAT. 2007

"(B) which are significant (or potentially significant) for purposes of this title in terms of utilization by beneficiaries, length of hospitalization associated with the treatment or procedure, costs to the research program, and risk involved to the beneficiary. "(3) For purposes of carrying out the research program, there are authorized to be appropriated— "(A) from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1987 and $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1988 and 1989, and "(B) from the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund $2,000,000 for fiscal years 1987 and $2,500,000 for each of fiscal years 1988 and 1989. "(4) Not less than 90 percent of the amount appropriated for any fiscal year to carry out the research program shall be used to fund grants to, and cooperative agreements with, non-Federal entities to conduct research described in paragraph (1). The remainder may be used by the Secretary to provide such research by Federal entities and for administrative costs. "(5) The research program shall be administered by the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology established under section 305 of the Public Health Service Act (in this subsection referred to as the 'Center'). The Center shall establish application procedures for grants and cooperative agreements, and shall establish peer review panels to review all such applications and all research findings. The Center shall consult with the council on health care technology (established under a grant under section 309 of the Public Health Service Act) in establishing the scope and priorities for the research program and shall report periodically to any such council on the status of the program. "(6) The Secretary shall make available data derived from the programs under this title and other programs administered by the Secretary for use in the research program. "(7) The Center shall report to the Committees on Finance and Appropriations of the Senate and the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Appropriations of the House of Representatives not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, with respect to the findings under the research program. In cooperation with appropriate medical specialty groups, the Center shall disseminate such findings as widely as possible, including disseminating such findings to each peer review organization which has a contract under part B of title XL"

Appropriation authorization.

Grants. Contracts. 42 USC 242c.

Reports. 42 USC 242n.

Reports. Contracts.

42 USC 1320c.

(b) PERMITTING SERVICES TO B E PROVIDED UNDER RESEARCH PRO-

GRAM.—Section 1862(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(a)(l)) is amended— (1) by striking "and" at the end of subparagraph (C), ,«jr*c (2) by striking the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (D) and inserting ", and", and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: "(E) in the case of research conducted pursuant to section 1875(c), which is not reasonable and necessary to carry out the purposes of that section;". •^f

Ante, p. 2006.

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