Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 3.djvu/814

 92 STAT. 3446

42 USC 242k.

42 USC 242b.

PUBLIC LAW 95-623—NOV. 9, 1978

"(2) undertake and support (by grant or contract) research, development, demonstrations, and evaluations respecting the System; "(3) make grants to and enter into contracts with State and local health agencies to assist them in meeting the costs of data collection carried out under the System; and "(4) review the statistical activities of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to assure that they are consistent with the System. States participating in the System shall designate a State agency to administer or be responsible for the administration of the statistical activities within the State under the System. The Secretary, acting through the Center, shall prescribe guidelines to assure that statistical activities within States participating in the system produce uniform and timely data and assure appropriate access to such data.". (2) Paragraph (4)(D) of subsection (i) of section 306 is amended by inserting before the semicolon the following: ", with respect to the Cooperative Health Statistics System established under subsection (e), and with respect to the standardized means for the collection of health information and statistics to be established by the Secretary under subsection (j)(1)". (d) The first sentence of subsection (f) of section 306 is amended by inserting ", acting through the Center," after "the Secretary". (e)(i) Section 306(i)(l) is amended by striking out "United States". (2) Paragraph (2)(A) of section 306(i) is amended by inserting "health planning," after "health statistics,". (f) Section 306 is amended by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (k) and by inserting after subsection (h) the following new subsections: " (i) The Center may provide to public and nonprofit private entities engaged in health planning activities technical assistance in the effective use in such activities of statistics collected or compiled by the Center. "(j) In carrying out the requirements of section 304(c) and paragraph (1) of subsection (e) of this section, the Secretary shall coordinate health statistical and epidemiological activities of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by— "(1) establishing standardized means for the collection of health information and statistics under laws administered by the Secretary; "(2) developing, in consultation with the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, and maintaining the minimum sets of data needed on a continuing basis to fulfill the collection requirements of subsection (b)(1); "(3) after consultation with the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, establishing standards to assure the quality of health statistical and epidemiological data collection, processing, and analysis; "(4) in the case of proposed health data collections of the Department which are required to be reviewed by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget under section 3509 of title 44, United States Code, reviewing such proposed collections to determine whether they conform with the minimum sets of data and the standards promulgated pursuant to paragraphs (2)

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