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 PUBLIC LAW 100-177—DEC. 1, 1987

101 STAT. 987

TITLE IV-MISCELLANEOUS Sec. 401. Geriatric medicine training projects. Sec. 402. Professional review activities.

SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT. Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.).

TITLE I—HEALTH RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY, STATISTICS, AND PREVENTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMS SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN RURAL PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH AND HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT.

Section 305 (42 U.S.C. 242c) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (i) as subsections (d) through (j), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection: "(c) In carrying out section 304(a), the Secretary, acting through the Center, shall undertake and support research, evaluation, and demonstration projects (that may include and shall be appropriately coordinated with experiments and demonstration activities authorized by the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) and the Social Security Amendments of 1967 (Public Law 90-248; 81 Stat. 821)) respecting the delivery of health care services in rural areas (including frontier areas), which may include projects with respect to— "(1) the future of the rural hospital; "(2) long-term health care for the rural elderly; "(3) hospital care for the rural poor and uninsured; and "(4) alternative health care delivery systems and managed health care in rural areas.". SEC. 102. DUTIES AND COMPOSITION OF NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT.

Section 305(h) (as redesignated in section 101(1) of this Act) is amended— (1) in the last sentence of paragraph (1), by striking out "shall assist the Director in developing" and inserting in lieu thereof "shall make recommendations to the Director with respect to the development of; and (2) by striking out paragraph (3) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new paragraph: "(3)(A) The Secretary shall appoint to the Council— "(i) six individuals distinguished in the fields of medicine, engineering, and science (including social science); "(ii) four individuals distinguished in the fields of law, ethics, economics, and management; and "(iii) two individuals representing the interests of consumers of health care services.

Health care facilities. Aged persons. Disadvantaged persons.

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