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 PUBLIC LAW 99-660—NOV. 14, 1986

100 STAT. 3801

SEC. 808. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR PERIODIC DEMONSTRATION OF COMPLIANCE.

Section 1310(d) (42 U.S.C. 300e-9(d)) is amended by striking out the last sentence. SEC. 809. ANNUAL UPDATE OF STATE LAW DIGEST.

The first sentence of section 1311(c) (42 U.S.C. 300e-10(c)) is amended by striking out "quarterly" and inserting in lieu thereof "annually". SEC. 810. ELIMINATION OF UNNECESSARY REPORT.

Section 1318(e) (42 U.S.C. 300e-17(e)) is repealed. SEC. 811. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

Section 1309(b) (42 U.S.C. 300e-80t))) is amended to read as follows: Loans. "(b) To meet the obligations of the loan fund established under section 1308(e) resulting from defaults on loans made from the fund and to meet the other obligations of the fund, there is authorized to be appropriated to the loan fund for fiscal years 1987, 1988, and 1989, such sums as may be necessary.". SEC. 812. ORGAN TRANSPLANTS AS PART OF BASIC COVERAGE.

(a) Section 1302(1) (42 U.S.C. 300e-l(l)) is amended by inserting before the last sentence the following new sentence: ' Such term includes a health service directly associated with an organ transplant only if such organ transplant was required to be included in basic health services on April 15, 1985.". (b)(1) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 1985, and shall cease to be in effect on April 1, 1988. (2) After April 1, 1988, for purposes of title XIII of the Public Health Service Act, no health service directly associated with an organ transplant shall be considered to be a basic health service if such service would otherwise have been added as a basic health service between April 15, 1985, and April 1, 1988. SEC. 813. STUDY ON THE PROGRAM.

HEALTH

MAINTENANCE

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Effective date. Termination date. 42 USC 300e-l note. 42 USC 300e et seq.

ORGANIZATION

(a) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide for 42 USC 300e the conduct of a study to assess the operation and impact of the note. provisions of title XIII of the Public Health Service Act. The study shall— (1) assess the attitudes of employers and employees toward x prepaid health benefits plans, particularly health msdntenance organization plans; (2) examine the operation of the community rating approach ^;i^ qualified under such title; '° ^ (3) analyze the effects of the dual choice option provided in section 1310 of such Act on health maintenance organizations 42 USC 300e-9. and on other health benefits plans; jbi. (4) assess the approach used to add services no longer consid; ered to be experimental to basic health services for health maintenance organizations qualified under such title, particularly with respect to the addition of organ transplants to such basic health services and the impact of such addition on the competitiveness of such health maintenance organizations; and
 * ,r and the impact of such approach on the membership composition and competitiveness of health maintenance organizations

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