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 103 STAT. 2206 PUBLIC LAW 101-239—DEC. 19, 1989 ,* (i) by striking "the National Center for Health Serv- ices Research and Health Care Technology Assess- ment" and inserting "the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research'; and (ii) by striking "m sections 305, 306, and 309" and inserting "in section 306 and in title IX"; (C) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking "subsection (a)," and inserting "subsection (a) and section 306,"; and (D) in subsection (c)— (i) in paragraph (1), in the second sentence, by strik- ing "the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment" and insert- ing "the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research"; and (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking "the National Center for Health Services R^arch and Health Care Tech- nol(^y Assessment" and inserting "the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research". (2) SECTION 306.—Section 306 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242k) is amended— (A) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following new sentence: "The Secretary, acting through the Center, shall conduct and support statistical and epidemiological activities for the purpose of improving the effectiveness, ^ efGciency, and quality of health services in the United, States."; (B) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking "section 304(a)," and inserting "subsection (a),"; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subsection: Appropriation "(m) For health statistical and epidemiological activities under- auttiorization. taken or supported under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $55,000,000 for fiscal year 1988 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1989 and 1990.". (3) SECTION 307.—Section 307(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 2421(a)) is amended by striking "sections 304, 305, 306, and 309" and inserting "section 306 and by title IX". (4) SECTION 308.—Section 308 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242m) is amended— (A) in the section heading, by striking "SECTIONS" and all that follows and inserting the following: "EFFBCTTVENESS, EFFICIENCY, AND QUALITY OF HEALTH SERVICES"; (B) in subsection (a)— ,t (i) in paragraph (IXAXi), by striking "secticms 304 through 307 and section 309" and inserting "sections 304, 306, and 307 and title DC"; and (ii) in par^raph (2), by striking "the National Center for Health l^rvices Research and Health Care Tech- nology Assessment" and inserting "the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research"; (C) in subsection (b>— (i) in paragraph (1), by striking "sections 304, 305, 306, 307, and 309" and inserting "section 304, 306, or 307"; (ii) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2)—

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