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PUBLIC LAW 91-515-OCT. 30, 1970

[84 STAT.

"(iv) the number of additional physicians and other health care personnel and the number and type of health care facilities needed to enable the plan to become fully effective; "(v) the new and improved methods, if any, of delivery of health care services which would be developed in order to effectuate the plan; "(vi) the accessibility of the benefits of such plan to various socioeconomic classes of persons; "(vii) the relative effectiveness and efficiency of such plan as compared to existing means of financing and delivering health care; and "(viii) the legislative, administrative, and other actions which would be necessary to implement the plan. " (C) I n order to assure that the advice and service of experts in the various fields concerned will be obtained in the plans authorized by this paragraph and that the purposes of this paragraph will fully be carried out— "(i) the Secretary shall utilize, whenever appropriate, personnel from the various agencies, bureaus, and other departmental subdivisions of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; "(ii) the Secretary is authorized, with the consent of the head of the department or agency involved, to utilize (on a reimbursable basis) the personnel and other resources of other departments and agencies of the Federal Government; and "(iii) the Secretary is authorized to consult with appropriate State or local public agencies, private organizations, and individuals. "Cost and Coverage Report on Existing Legislative Proposals National health insurance plan legislation, study.

Report to Congress.

Appropriation. 81 Stat. 534; Ante, p. 352. 42 USC 242b.

"(2)(A) The Secretary shall, in accordance with this paragraph, conduct a study of each legislative proposal which is introduced in the Senate or the House of Representatives during the Ninety-first Congress, and which undertakes to establish a national health insurance plan or similar plan designed to meet the needs of health insurance or for health services of all or the overwhelming majority of the people of the United States. " (B) In conducting such study with respect to each such legislative proposal, the Secretary shall evaluate and analyze such proposal with a view to determining— " (i) the costs of carrying out the proposal; and "(ii) the adequacy of the proposal in terms of (I) the portion of the population covered by the proposal, ( II) the type health care provided, paid for, or insured against under the proposal, ( III) whether, and if so, to what extent, the proposal provides for the development of new and improved methods for the delivery of health care and services. " (C) Not later than March 31, 1971, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report on each legislative proposal which he has been directed to study under this paragraph, together with an analysis and evaluation of such proposal." (c) Subsection (d) of section 304 of such Act is hereby redesignated as subsection (c) and is amended to read as follows: "(c)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated for payment of grants or under contracts under subsection (a), and for purposes of carrying out the provisions of subsection (b), $71,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971 (of which not less than $2,000,000 shall be available only for purposes of carrying out the provisions of subsection

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