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 106 STAT. 4956 PUBLIC LAW 102-585 —NOV. 4, 1992 "(A) the on-going provision of regularly-furnished services; and "(B) patient education and screening programs carried out throughout the Administration. "(2) Develop and maintain detailed current information on research activities of the Veterans Health Administration relating to preventive health services. personnel— "(A) ensure the dissemination to such personnel of any appropriate information on such services that is derivea from research carried out by the Administration; and "(B) acquire and ensure the dissemination to such personnel of any appropriate information on research and clinical practices relating to such services that are carried out by researchers, clinicians, and educators who are not affiliated with the Administration. "(4) Facilitate the optimal use of the unique resources of the Department for cooperative research into health outcomes by initiating recommendations, and responding to requests of the Chief Medical Director and the Director of the Medical and Prosthetic Research Service, for such research into preventive health services. '^5) Provide advisory services to personnel of Department health-care facilities wim respect to the planning or furnishing of preventive health services by such personnel. Appropriation "(d) There is authorized to be appropriated $1,500,000 to the authorization. Medical Care General and Special Fund of the Department of Veterans Affairs for each fiscal year for the purpose of permitting the National Center for Preventive Health to carry out research, clinical, educational, and administrative activities under this section. Such activities shall be considered to be part of the operation of health-care facilities of the Department without regard to the location at which such activities are carried out. ''(e) In this section, the term 'preventive health services' has the meaning given such term in section 1701(9) of this title.**. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 73 is amended by inserting after the item relating section 7317 the following new item: "7318. National Center for Preventive Health.". (b) DIRECTOR OF CENTER.— (1) Subsection (a) of section 7306 is amended— (A) by redesi^ating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and (B) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new paragraph (7): ^7) The Director of the National Center for Preventive Healtii, who shall be responsible to the Chief Medical Director for the operation of the Center.". (2) Subsection (c) of such section is amended in the second sentence by striking out "and (4)" and inserting in lieu thereof «(4),and(7)''. 38 USC 7318 (c) SELECTION OF FACILITY AT WmcH CENTER TO BE ESTAB- "°'®- LISHED.— In order to establish the National Center for Preventive Health pursuant to section 7318 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), the Chief Medical Director of the Depart-
 * '(3) In order to encourage the effective provision of preventive health services by veterans Health Administration

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