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 99 STAT. 494

Effective date. 42 USC 242n note. 98 Stat. 2815. 42 USC 201 note.

42 USC 207.

PUBLIC LAW 99-117—OCT. 7, 1985 demonstrate that it has the capability to, and that under the grant it will"; (7) by striking out subsections (d), (f), and (g) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(d) In order to qualify for an initial grant under this section to plan, develop, and establish the council under this section, the applicant must assure that the council will be composed of at least 10 members— "(1) each of whom has education, training, experience, or expertise relating to the quality and cost effectiveness of health care technologies, and "(2) who, as a group, provide representation of organizations of health professionals, hospitals, and other health care providers, health care insurers, employers, consumers, and manufacturers of products for health care. "(e) As a condition for receiving a grant under this section, the applicant must agree to submit to the Secretary an annual report on the council's activities under the grant. The Secretary shall provide for timely transmittal of a copy of each such report to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives."; (8) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (f); and (9) by striking out "Council" each place it appears in subsections (a)(2), (b), and (c)(2) and inserting in lieu thereof "council". (b) The amendments made by this section shall take effect as of the date of the enactment of the Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Amendments of 1984. LIMITED EXCEPTION TO GRADE LIMITATIONS FOR COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE WHO ARE ASSIGNED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

SEC. 9. Section 206 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(e) In computing the maximum number of commissioned officers of the Public Health Service authorized by law to hold a grade which corresponds to the grade of brigadier general or major general, there may be excluded from such computation not more than three officers who hold such a grade so long as such officers are assigned to duty and are serving in a policymaking position in the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.". CONTINUING CARE FOR CERTAIN PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS

Contracts. 42 USC 241 note. 42 USC 241.

SEC. 10. In any fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1981, from funds appropriated for carrying out section 301 of the Public Health Service Act with respect to mental health, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may provide, by contract or otherwise, for the continuing care of psychiatric patients who were under active and continuous treatment at the National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Research Center on the date such Clinical Research Center ceased operations. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS

42 USC 243.

SEC. 11. (a)(1) The first sentence of section 311(c)(1) is amended— (A) by striking out "referred to in section 317(f)"; and

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