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 103 STAT. 2190 PUBLIC LAW 101-239—DEC. 19, 1989 "(b) REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO RURAL AREAS AND UNDER- SERVED POPULATIONS. — In carrying out subsection (a), the Adminis- trator shall undertake and support research, demonstration projects, and evaluations with respect to^ "(1) the delivery of health care services in rural areas (includ- ing frontier areas); and (2) the health of low-income groups, minority groups, and the elderly. "(c) MULTIDISCIPUNARY CENTERS.— The Administrator may pro- vide financial assistance to public or nonprofit private entities for meeting the costs of planning and establishing new centers, and operating existing and new centers, for multidisciplinary health services research, demonstration projects, evaluations, training, policy analysis, and demonstrations respecting the matters referred to in subsection (b). "(d) RELATION TO CERTAIN AUTHORITIES REGARDING SOCIAL SECU- RITY.— Activities authorized in this section may include, and shall be appropriately coordinated with, experiments, demonstration projects, and other related activities authorized by the Social Secu- rity Act and the Social Security Amendments of 1967. Activities under subsection (a)(2) of this section that affect the programs under titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act shall be carried out consistent with section 1142 of such Act. 42 USC 299a-l. "SEC. 903. DISSEMINATION. " (a) IN GENERAL.— The Administrator shall— "(1) promptly publish, make available, and otherwise dissemi- nate, in a form understandable and on as broad a basis as practicable so as to maximize its use, the results of research, demonstration projects, and evaluations conducted or supported under this title and the guidelines, standards, and review cri- teria developed under this title; "(2) promptly make available to the public data developed in such research, demonstration projects, and evaluations; "(3) provide indexing, abstracting, translating, publishing, and other services leading to a more effective and timely dissemination of information on research, demonstration projects, and evaluations with respect to health care to public and private entities and individuals engaged in the improve- ment of health care delivery and the general public, and under- take programs to develop new or improved methods for making such information available; and State and local "(4) as appropriate, provide technical assistance to State and governments. local government and health agencies and conduct liaison activities to such agencies to foster dissemination. "(b) PROHIBITION AGAINST RESTRICTIONS. —Except as provided in subsection (c), the Administrator may not restrict the publication or dissemination of data from, or the results of, projects conducted or supported under this title. (c) LIMITATION ON USE OP CERTAIN INFORMATION. — No informa- tion, if an establishment or person supplying the information or described in it is identifiable, obtained in the course of activities undertaken or supported under this title may be used for any purpose other than the purpose for which it was supplied unless such establishment or person has consented (as determined under regulations of the Secretary) to its use for such other purpose. Such information may not be published or released in other form if the Public information.

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