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 114 STAT. 2763A-28 PUBLIC LAW 106-554^APPENDIX A SEC. 215. Section 448 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285g) is amended by inserting "gynecologic health," after "with respect to". SEC. 216. None of the funds appropriated under this Act shall be expended by the National Institutes of Health on a contract for the care of the 288 chimpanzees acquired by the National Institutes of Health from the Coulston Foundation, unless the contractor is accredited by the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International or has a Public Health Services assurance, and has not been charged multiple times with egregious violations of the Animal Welfare Act: Provided, That the requirements of section 481(A)(e)(l) shall not apply to funds awarded to nonhuman primate research facilities of special interest to NIH, SEC. 217. No grants may be awarded under the first paragraph under the heading "Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Health Resources and Services" in chapter 4 of title II of the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-246, division B) until March 1, 2001. SEC. 218. (a) The second sentence of section 5948(d) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "No agreement shall be entered into under this section later than September 30, 2005, nor shall any agreement cover a period of service extending beyond September 30, 2007.". (b) Section 3 of the Federal Physicians Comparability Allowance Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 5948 note) is amended by striking "September 30, 2002" and inserting "September 30, 2007". SEC. 219. (a) Congress makes the following findings: (1) Organ procurement organizations play an important role in the effort to increase organ donation in the United States. (2) The current process for the certification and recertification of organ procurement organizations conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services has created a level of uncertainty that is interfering with the effectiveness of organ • procurement organizations in raising the level of organ donation. (3) The General Accounting Office, the Institute of Medicine, and the Harvard School of Public Health have identified substantial limitations in the organ procurement organization certification and recertification process and have recommended changes in that process. (4) The limitations in the recertification process include: (A) An exclusive reliance on population-based measures of performance that do not account for the potential in the population for organ donation and do not permit consideration of other outcome and process standards that would more accurately reflect the relative capability and performance of each organ procurement organization. (B) A lack of due process to appeal to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for recertification on either substantive or procedural grounds. (5) The Secretary of Health and Human Services has the authority under section 1138(b)(l)(A)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-8(b)(l)(A)(i)) to extend the period for recertification of an organ procurement organization from 2

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