Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 93.djvu/626

 93 STAT. 594

PUBLIC LAW 96-79—OCT. 4, 1979

"The agency shall also assemble and report to the Secretary such data (including data on the personnel, facilities, and other resources needed to meet the goals set forth in the agency's health system plan) as the Secretary may require to carry out his responsibilities under Ante, p. 593. section 1501(e). The Secretary may not require the assembling and reporting of data under this paragraph which is regularly collected by any entity of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare under a provision of law other than this title.". 42 USC 300m-i. (2) Section 1522(b)(10) is amended by inserting after "require the State agency to" the following: "(A) assemble and report to the Secretary data (other than data which is regularly collected by any entity of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare under a provision of law other than this title) which the Secretary may require to carry out his responsibilities under section 1501(e), including data on the personnel, facilities, and other resources needed to meet the goals set forth in the State health plan, and (B)". NATIONAL HEALTH PRIORITIES; NATIONAL COUNCIL ON HEALTH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

42 USC 300k-2.

42 USC 300k-3.

SEC. 102. (a)(1) Section 1502 is amended by adding at the end the following: "(12) The identification and discontinuance of duplicative or unneeded services and facilities. "(13) The adoption of policies which will (A) contain the rapidly rising costs of health care delivery, (B) insure more appropriate use of health care services, and (C) promote greater efficiency in the health care delivery system. "(14) The elimination of inappropriate placement in institutions of persons with mental health problems and the improvement of the quality of care provided those with mental health problems for whom institutional care is appropriate. "(15) Assurance of access to community mental health centers and other mental health care providers for needed mental health services to emphasize the provision of outpatient as a preferable alternative to inpatient mental health services. "(16) The promotion of those health services which are provided in a manner cognizant of the emotional and psychological components of the prevention and treatment of illness and the maintenance of health.". (2) Section 1502(9) is amended by inserting before the period the following: "and the development and use of cost saving technology". (b) Section 1503(b)(1) is amended (1) by striking out "fifteen" and inserting in lieu thereof "twenty"; (2) by inserting "the Assistant Secretary for Rural Development of the Department of Agriculture," after "Defense,"; (3) by striking out "not less than five shall be persons who are not providers of health services" and inserting in lieu thereof "not less than eight members shall be persons who are not providers of health care and those members shall include individuals who represent urban and rural medically underserved populations"; and (4) by inserting "not less than one member shall represent hospitals," after "Federal Government,". THE ROLE OF COMPETITION IN THE ALLOCATION OF HEALTH SERVICES

Supra.

SEC 103. (a) Section 1502(a) is amended by adding after paragraph (16) (added by section 102(a)) the following new paragraph: "(17) The strengthening of competitive forces in the health services industry wherever competition and consumer choice can

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