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PUBLIC LAW 93-353-JULY 23, 1974

[88 STAT.

Public Law 93-353 July 23, 1974 [H. R.11385]

Health Services Research, Health Statistics, and Medical Libraries Act of 1974. 42 USC 242b note. 42 USC 201 note. Health Services Research and Evaluation and Health Statistics Act of 1974. 42 USC 242b note. Repeals. 42 USC 242e, 244, 244a, 245, 247. 42 USC 242d. 42 USC 244-1.

42 USC 242g.

42 USC 245a.

42 USC 247d. 42 USC 235. 42 USC 242j. 42 USC 236.

42 USC 242b.

AN ACT To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the programs of health services research and to extend the program of assistance for medical libraries.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. (a) This Act may be cited as the "Health Services Research, Health Statistics, and Medical Libraries Act of 1974". (b) Unless the context otherwise requires, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Public Health Service Act. TITLE I — H E A L T H SERVICES R E S E A R C H AND E V A L U A TION; HEALTH STATISTICS SEC. 101. This title may be cited as the "Health Services Research and Evaluation and Health Statistics Act of 1974". SEC. 102. (a) Sections 307, 312, 312a, 313, and 315 are repealed. (b)(1) Section 306 is amended (A) by striking out "Surgeon General" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary", (B) by striking out "309" each place it occurs in subsection (d) and inserting in lieu thereof "313", and (C) by striking out subsection (e) and redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (e). (2) Section 306 as amended by paragraph (1) is transferred to part B of title III, is redesignated section 312, and is inserted after section 311. (c) (1^ Section 309 is amended (A) by striking out "Surgeon General" each place it occurs and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary", and (B) by striking out "306(d)" and inserting in lieu thereof "312(d)". (2) Section 309, as amended by paragraph (1), is transferred to part B of title III, is redesignated section 313, and is inserted immediately before section 314. (d) Section 310 is transferred to part B of title III, is redesignated section 319, and is inserted after section 318. (e) Section 310A is transferred to title II, is redesignated section 226, and is inserted after section 225. (f)(1) Section 310B is amended by striking out "304, 305,". ^2) Section 310B, as amended by'paragraph (1) is transferred to title II, is redesignated section 227, and is inserted after section 226 (inserted by subsection (e) of this section). SEC. 103. Section 304 is amended to read as follows: " GENERAL AUTHORITY R E S P E C T I N G HEAI/ril STATISTICS AND HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH, EVALUATIONS, AND DEMONSTRATIONS

"SEC. 304. (a)(1) The Secretary shall— " (A) undertake through the National Center for Health Services Research, the National Center for Health Statistics, and such other units of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare as he may select, and " (B) support, health statistical activities and health services research, evaluation, and demonstrations. "(2) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give appropriate emphasis to research and statistical activities respecting— " (A) the determinants of an individual's health,

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