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 PUBLIC LAW 98-551—OCT. 30, 1984

98 STAT. 2821

"(2)(A) The Secretary shall make an initial grant under paragraph (1) to the National Academy of Sciences for the planning, development, and establishment of the Council with the membership prescribed by subsection (d)(1). The amount of such grant may not exceed $500,000 and may be made for not more than two-thirds of the cost of the planning, development, and establishment of the Council. "(B) The Secretary may not make a grant for the operation of the Council unless the application submitted to the Secretary for the grant contains written assurances from the applicant that the applicant will expend from non-Federal sources for the operation of the Council an amount equal to at least twice the amount of the grant applied for. "(b) The purposes of the Council shall include— "(1) promoting the development and application of appropriate health care technology assessments; and "(2) the review of existing health care technologies in order to identify obsolete or inappropriately used health care technologies. "(CXD The C o u n c i l s h a l l —

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"(A) serve as a clearinghouse for information on health care technologies and health care technology assessment; "(B) collect and analyze data concerning specific health care technologies; "(C) identify needs in the assessment of specific health care technologies and research on assessment methodologies; "(D) develop and evaluate criteria and methodologies for health care technology Eissessment; "(E) promote education, training, and technical assistance in the use of health care technology assessment methodologies and results; and "(F) stimulate, coordinate, and commission assessments of health care technologies. "(2) No funds from any grant made by the Secretary under this section for the planning, development, and establishment of the Council may be used to conduct any Eissessment of a health care technology. "(d)(1) For purposes of a grant for the planning, development, and establishment of the Council, the Council shall be composed of: "(A) At least ten members appointed by the National Academy of Sciences from individuals who have education, training, experience, or expertise relating to the quality and cost-effectiveness of health care technologies and who are representatives of organizations of health professionals, hospitals, and other health care providers, health care insurers, employers, consumers, and manufacturers of products for health care. "(B) Three members appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. "(C) The Director of the Office of Technology Assessment, who shall be an ex officio member. "(2) Any vacancy in the Council shall not affect its power and, for purposes of a grant for the planning, development, and establishment of the Council, shall be filled in the manner prescribed by paragraph (1). "(f) The President of the National Academy of Science shall designate one of the members appointed to the initial Council under subsection (d)(l)(A) as Chairman of the Council for a one-year term.

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