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 124 STAT. 3633 PUBLIC LAW 111–347—JAN. 2, 2011 WTC responder or certified-eligible WTC survivor by a provider to a Clinical Center of Excellence or a health care provider participating in the nationwide network under section 3313. ‘‘(2) DATA CENTERS.—For purposes of this title, the term ‘Data Center’ means a Center that the WTC Program Adminis- trator determines has the capacity to carry out the responsibil- ities for a Data Center under subsection (a)(2). ‘‘(3) CORRESPONDING CENTERS.—For purposes of this title, a Clinical Center of Excellence and a Data Center shall be treated as ‘corresponding’ to the extent that such Clinical Center and Data Center serve the same population group. ‘‘(c) PAYMENT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The WTC Program Administrator shall reimburse a Clinical Center of Excellence for the fixed infra- structure costs of such Center in carrying out the activities described in subtitle B at a rate negotiated by the Administrator and such Centers. Such negotiated rate shall be fair and appro- priate and take into account the number of enrolled WTC responders receiving services from such Center under this title. ‘‘(2) FIXED INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS.—For purposes of para- graph (1), the term ‘fixed infrastructure costs’ means, with respect to a Clinical Center of Excellence, the costs incurred by such Center that are not otherwise reimbursable by the WTC Program Administrator under section 3312(c) for patient evaluation, monitoring, or treatment but which are needed to operate the WTC program such as the costs involved in outreach to participants or recruiting participants, data collec- tion and analysis, social services for counseling patients on other available assistance outside the WTC program, and the development of treatment protocols. Such term does not include costs for new construction or other capital costs. ‘‘(d) GAO ANALYSIS.—Not later than July 1, 2011, the Comp- troller General shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Com- merce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate an analysis on whether Clinical Centers of Excellence with which the WTC Program Administrator enters into a contract under this section have financial systems that will allow for the timely submission of claims data for purposes of section 3304 and subsections (a)(1)(F) and (b)(1)(B)(iii). ‘‘SEC. 3306. DEFINITIONS. ‘‘In this title: ‘‘(1) The term ‘aggravating’ means, with respect to a health condition, a health condition that existed on September 11, 2001, and that, as a result of exposure to airborne toxins, any other hazard, or any other adverse condition resulting from the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, requires medical treatment that is (or will be) in addition to, more frequent than, or of longer duration than the medical treatment that would have been required for such condition in the absence of such exposure. ‘‘(2) The term ‘certified-eligible WTC survivor’ has the meaning given such term in section 3321(a)(2). ‘‘(3) The terms ‘Clinical Center of Excellence’ and ‘Data Center’ have the meanings given such terms in section 3305. 42 USC 300mm–5. Deadline. Definition. Definition.