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 PUBLIC LAW 98-551—OCT. 30, 1984

98 STAT. 2817

"(c)(1) During fiscal year 1985, the Secretary shall make grants or enter into contracts for the establishment of three centers under this section. During fiscal year 1986, the Secretary shall make grants and enter into contracts for the establishment of five centers under this section and the maintenance and operation of the three centers established under this section in fiscal year 1985. During fiscal year 1987, the Secretary shall make grants and enter into contracts for the establishment of five centers under this section and the operation and maintenance of the eight centers established under this section in fiscal years 1985 and 1986. "(2)(A) In making grants and entering into contracts under this section, the Secretary shall provide for an equitable geographical distribution of centers established, maintained, and operated under this section and for the distribution of such centers among areas containing a wide range of population groups which exhibit incidences of diseases which are most amenable to preventive intervention. "(B) The Secretary, through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and in consultation with the Director of the National Institutes of Health, shall establish procedures for the appropriate peer review of applications for grants and contracts under this section by peer review groups composed principally of non-Federal experts. "(d) For purposes of this section, the term 'academic health center' means a school of medicine, a school of osteopathy, or a school of public health, as such terms are defined in section 701(4). "(e) To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985, $8,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1986, and $13,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987.". SEC. 3. Subsection (a) of section 338G of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254r(a)) is amended by inserting "clinical psychologists," after "pharmacists,". SEC. 4. (a) Section 526(a)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360bb(a)(2)) is amended by striking out "which occurs so infrequently in the United States that" and inserting in lieu thereof "which (A) affects less than 200,000 persons in the United States, or (B) affects more than 200,000 in the United States and for which". (b) Section 5(b)(2) of the Orphan Drug Act (21 U.S.C. 360ee(b)(2)) is amended by striking out "which occurs so infrequently in the United States that" and inserting in lieu thereof "which (A) affects less than 200,000 persons in the United States, or (B) affects more than 200,000 in the United States and for which". SEC. 5. (a) Section 305 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242c) is amended— (1) by striking out "National Center for Health Services Research" and inserting in lieu thereof "National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment"; (2) in subsection (b), by striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (3), by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting in lieu thereof "; and", and by adding after paragraph (4) the following: "(5) the safety, efficacy, effectiveness, cost effectiveness, economic, and social impacts of health care technologies."; and

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