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 PUBLIC LAW 101-239—DEC. 19, 1989 103 STAT. 2205 "(1) The term 'Administrator' means the Administrator for Health Care PoU(^ and Research. "(2) The term Agency* means the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. "(3) The term 'Council* means the National Advisory Council on Health Care Policy, Research, and Evaluation. "(4) The term 'Director' means the Director of the Office of the Forum for Quality and Effectiveness in Health Care.". (d) GENERAL PROVISIONS. — f 1) TERMINATIONS ~*** (A) The National Center for Health Services Research 42 USC 242c and Health Care Technology Assessment is terminated, and ^°**- part A of title HI of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.) is amended by striking section 305. 42 USC 242c. (B) The council on health care technology established 42USe242n under section 309 of the Public Health Service Act is termi- " nated, and part A of title III of such Act is amended by striking section 309. 42 USC 242n. (2) CONTRACT FOR TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE TO SECRETARY WITH 42 USC 299a-2 RESPECT TO HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT.— ^°^ (A) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall request the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to enter into a contract— (i) to develop and recommend to the Secretary prior- ities for the assessment of specific health care tech- nologies under section 904 of the Public Health Service Act (as added by subsection (a) of this section); and (ii) to assist the Administrator for Health Care Policy and Research, and the Director of the National Library of Medicine, in establishing the information center required under subsection (c)(1) of such section 904. (B) In carrying out section 904(c)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (as added by subsection (a) of this section), the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, as appro- priate, provide for the transfer to the Secretary of any information and materials developed by the council on health care technology under section 309(c)(l)(A) of the Public Health Service Act (as such section was in effect on the day before the effective date of this section). (C) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall ensure that the contract under subparagraph (A) specifies that the activities described in clauses (i) and (ii) of such subparagraph shall be completed not later than 1 year after the date on which the Secretary enters into the contract. (D) For the purpose of carrying out the contract under Appropriation subparagraph (A), there is authorized to be appropriated authorization. $300,000 for fiscal year 1990. (e) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. — (1) SECTION 304.— Section 304 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242b) is amended— (A) in subsection (a)— (i) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2); and (ii) by striking the paragraph designation in para- graph (3); (B) in subsection (a) (as amended by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph)—

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