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 107 STAT. 202 PUBLIC LAW 103-43—JUNE 10, 1993 (B) hospitalized, including individuals admitted from home and from institutions; and (C) institutionalized in residential facilities such as nursing homes and adult homes. (b) MALNUTRITION STUDY.— The Secretary, acting through the National Institute on Aging, shall conduct a 3-year study to determine the extent of malnutrition in elderly individuals in hospitals and long-term care facilities and in elderly individuals who are living independently. (c) REPORT.— The Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives containing the fmdings resulting from the studies described in subsections (a) and (b), including a determination regarding whether a program that would institutionalize nutrition screening and intervention activities should be adopted, and the rationale for the determination. (d) ADVISORY PANEL.— (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institute on Aging, shall establish an advisory panel that shall oversee the design, implementation, and evaluation of the studies described in subsections (a) and (b). (2) COMPOSITION.— The advisory peinel shall include representatives appointed for the life of the panel by the Secretary from the Health Care Financing Administration, the Social Security Administration, the National Center for Health Statistics, the Administration on Aging, the National Council on the Aging, the American Dietetic Association, the Americein Academy of Family Physicians, and such other agencies or organizations as the Secretary determines to be appropriate. (3) COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES.— (A) COMPENSATION.—Each member of the advisory panel who is not an employee of the Federal Government shall receive compensation for each day engaged in carrying out the duties of the panel, including time engaged in traveling for purposes of such duties. Such compensation may not be jprovided in an amount in excess of the maximum rate of basic pay payable for GS-18 of the General Schedule. (B) TRAVEL EXPENSES. — Each member of the advisory panel shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, for each day the member is engaged in the performance of duties away from the home or regular place of business of the member. (4) DETAIL OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—On the request of the advisory panel, the head of any Federal agency shall detail, without reimbursement, any of the personnel of the agency to the advisory panel to assist the advisory panel in carrying out its duties. Any detail shall not interrupt or otherwise affect the civil service status or privileges of the Federal employee. (5) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—On the request of the advisory panel, the head of a Federal agency shall provide such technical assistance to the advisory panel as the advisory panel determines to be necessary to carry out its duties.

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