Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 80 Part 1.djvu/1411

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PUBLIC LAW 89-785-NOV. 7, 1966

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annual or like basis) at rates which he determines, after appropriate study, to be fair and equitable. The financial status of any user of such services shall be taken into consideration by the Administrator in establishing the amount of the fee to be paid. "§ 5055. Pilot programs; grants to medical schools " (a) The Administrator may establish an Advisory Subcommittee on Programs for Exchange or Medical Information, of the Special Medical Advisory Group, established under section 4112 of this title, An^^^^^^'isw'^' to advise him on matters regarding the administration of this section and to coordinate these functions with other research and education ]>rograms in the Department of Medicine and Surgery. The Assistant Chief Medical Director for Research and Education in Medicine shall be an ex offiaio member of this Subcommittee. " (b) The Administrator, upon the recommendation of the Subcommittee, is authorized to make grants to medical schools, hospitals, and research centers to assist such medical schools, hospitals, and research centers in planning and carrying out agreements authorized by section 5054 of this title. Such grants may be used for the employment of personnel, the construction of facilities, the purchasing of equipment when necessary to implement such programs, and for such other purposes as will facilitate the administration of this section. "(c)(1) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated an amount not to exceed $3,000,000 for each of the first four fiscal years following the fiscal year in which this subchapter is enacted for the purpose of developing and carrying out medical information programs under this section on a pilot program basis and for the grants authority in subsection (b) of this section. Pilot programs authorized by this subsection shall be carried out a t Veterans' Administration hospitals in geographically dispersed areas of the United States. "(2) Funds authorized under this section shall not be available to pay the cx)st of hospital, medical, or other care of patients except to the extent that such cost is determined by the Administrator to be incident to research, training, or demonstration activities carried out under this section. " (d) The Administrator, after consultation with the Subcommittee shall prescribe regulations covering the terms and conditions for making grants under this section. "(e) Each recipient of a grant under this section shall keep such Recordkeeping records as the Administrator may prescribe, including records which fully disclose the amount and disposition by such recipient of the proceeds of such grant, the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection with which such grant is made or used, and the amount of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and such records as will facilitate an effective audit. " (f) The Administrator and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access, for the purpose of audit and examination, to any books, documents, papers, and records of the recipient of any grant under this section which are pertinent to any such grant. Disease, Cancer, and Stroke Amendments of 1965 "The Administrator and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall, to the maximum extent practicable, coordinate programs carried out under this subchapter and programs carried out under title IX of the Public Health Service Act. ll.^'fl'I^^-
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42 USC 299-2991.

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