Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 101 Part 1.djvu/1019

 PUBLIC LAW 100-177—DEC. 1, 1987

101 STAT. 989

"(B) A report on health care costs and financing. Such report shall include a description and analysis of the statistics collected under section 30603)(1)(G). "(C) A report on health resources. Such report shall include a description and analysis, by geographical area, of the statistics collected under section 306(b)(1)(E). "(D) A report on the utilization of health resources. Such report shall include a description and analysis, by age, sex, income, and geographic area, of the statistics collected under section 306(b)(1)(F). "(E) A report on the health of the Nation's people. Such report shall include a description and analysis, by age, sex, income, and geographic area, of the statistics collected under section 306(b)(1)(A). "(2) The reports required by subparagraphs (B) through (E) of paragraph (2) shall be prepared through the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment and the National Center for Health Statistics."; and (2) in paragraph (3), by striking out "or (2)". (b) NATIONAL DISEASE PREVENTION DATA PROFILES.—The first sentence of section 404(a) of the Health Services and Centers Amendments of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 242p(a)) is amended by striking out "on December 1, 1980, and on December 1 of every third year thereafter" and inserting in lieu thereof "on March 15, 1990, and on March 15 of every third year thereafter". (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsections (a) 42 USC 242m and (b) shall apply to reports and profiles required to be submitted note. after November 1, 1987. SEC. 107. REQUIREMENT OF PEER REVIEW GROUPS FOR EVALUATIONS OF GRANT PROPOSALS.

Section 308(b) (42 U.S.C. 242m(b)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: "and unless a peer review group referred to in paragraph (2) has recommended the application for approval"; and (2) by striking out paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new paragraph: "(2)(A) Each application submitted for a grant or contract under section 304 or 305, in an amount exceeding $50,000 of direct costs and for a health services research, evaluation, or demonstration project, shall be submitted to a peer review group for an evaluation of the technical and scientific merits of the proposals made in each such application. The Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment (or, as appropriate, through the Director of the National Center for Health Statistics), shall establish such peer review groups as may be necessary to provide for such an evaluation of each such application. "(B) A peer review group to which an application is submitted Reports. pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall report its finding and recommendations respecting the application to the Secretary, acting through the Director involved, in such form and manner as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe. The Secretary may not approve an application described in such subparagraph unless a peer review group has recommended the application for approval.

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