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Report.

Reports.

Report to congressional committees.

Appropriation authorization.

Funding.

PUBLIC LAW 96-330—AUG. 26, 1980

ices from the Veterans' Administration and its activities and plans designed to meet such needs; and "(v) perform such additional functions as the Administrator or Chief Medical Director may direct. "(C)(i) Not later than April 1, 1983, the Committee shall submit to the Administrator, through the Chief Medical Director, a report with respect to its findings and conclusions under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph. Such report shall include— "(I) descriptions of the operations of the centers of geriatric research, education, and clinical activities established pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection; (II) assessments of the quality of the operations of such centers; "(III) an assessment of the extent to which the Veterans' Administration, through the operation of such centers and other health-care facilities and programs, is meeting the needs of eligible older veterans for geriatric and extended-care and other health-care services; "(IV) assessments of and recommendations for correcting any deficiencies in the operations of such centers; and "(V) recommendations for such other geriatric, extended-care, and other health-care services as may be needed to meet the needs of older veterans. Following the submission of such report, the Committee shall also submit to the Administrator, through the Chief Medical Director, such further reports as the Committee considers appropriate with respect to the matters described in clauses (I) through (V) of the preceding sentence. "(ii) Not later than ninety days after receipt of a report submitted under division (i) of this subparagraph, the Administrator shall transmit such report, together with the Administrator's comments and recommendations thereon, to the appropriate committees of the Congress. "(3) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the basic support of the research and education activities of the centers of geriatric research, education, and clinical activities established pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1981 and $25,000,000 for each of the next three fiscal years. The Chief Medical Director shall allocate to such centers from other funds appropriated generally for the Veterans' Administration medical care account and medical and prosthetics research account, as appropriate, such amounts as the Chief Medical Director determines appropriate, and, with respect to fiscal year 1984, as the Chief Medical Director determines appropriate after taking into account the report submitted by the Committee under paragraph (2) of this subsection. "(4) Activities of clinical and scientific investigation at each center established under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be eligible to compete for the award of funding from funds appropriated for the Veterans' Administration medical and prosthetics research account and shall receive priority in the award of funding from such account insofar as funds are awarded to projects for research in geriatrics and gerontology.". ASSISTANT CHIEF MEDICAL DIRECTOR

38 USC 4103.

SEC. 303. Section 4103(a)(4) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: "One Assistant Chief Medical Director shall

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