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shall establish the Arthritis Data System for the collection, storage, analysis, retrieval, and dissemination of data derived from patient populations with asymptomatic and symptomatic types of arthritis, including where possible, data involving general populations for the purpose of detection of individuals with a risk of developing arthritis.

(2) The Secretary shall provide for standardization of patient data and recordkeeping for the collection, storage, analysis, retrieval, and dissemination of such data in cooperation with projects under this section and centers assisted under section 439, and other persons engaged in arthritis programs.

(d)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, $3,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and $4,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1977.

(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsections (a) and (b) $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, $4,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, and $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, and for each of the next 3 fiscal years.

(3) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (c) $1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, $1,250,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, and $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, and for each of the next 3 fiscal years.

MULTIPURPOSE ARTHRITIS CENTERS

SEC. 439. [289c-6] (a) The Secretary may, after consultation with the National Advisory Council established under section 434(a) and consistent with the Arthritis Plan developed pursuant to the National Arthritis Act of 1974, provide for the development, modernization, and operation (including staffing, and other operating costs such as the costs of patient care required for research) of new and existing centers for arthritis research, screening, detection, diagnosis, prevention, control, and treatment, for education related to arthritis, and for the rehabilitation of individuals who suffer from arthritis. For purposes of this section, the term "modernization" means the alteration, remodeling, improvement, expansion, and repair of existing buildings and the provision of equipment for such buildings to the extent necessary to make them suitable for use as centers described in the preceding sentence. (b) Each center assisted under this section shall—

(1)(A) use the facilities of a single institution or a consortium of cooperating institutions, and (B) meet such qualifications as may be prescribed by the Secretary; and

(2) conduct

(A) basic and clinical research into the cause, diagnosis, early detection, prevention, control, and treatment of, arthritis and complications resulting from arthritis, including research into implantable biomaterials and biomechanical and other orthopedic procedures and in the development of other diagnostic and treatment methods;

(B) training programs for physicians and other health and allied professionals in current methods of diagnosis, screen

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ing and early detection, prevention, control, and treatment of arthritis, and in research in arthritis;

(C) information and continuing education programs for physicians and other health and allied health professionals who provide care for patients with arthritis; and

(D) programs for the dissemination to the general public of information

(i) on the importance of early detection of arthritis, of seeking prompt treatment, and of following an appropriate regimen; and

(ii) to discourage the promotion and use of unapproved and ineffective diagnostic, preventive, treatment, and control methods and unapproved and ineffective drugs and devices.

A center may use funds provided under this subsection to provide stipends for health professionals enrolled in training programs described in paragraph (2)(B).

(c) Each center assisted under this section may conduct programs to

(1) develop new and improved methods of screening and early detection, referral, and diagnosis or individuals with a risk of developing arthritis, asymptomatic arthritis, or symptomatic arthritis,

(2) disseminate the results of research, screening, and other activities, and develop means of standardizing patient data and recordkeeping, and

(3) develop community consultative services to facilitate the referral of patients to centers for treatment.

(d) The Secretary shall, insofar as practicable, provide for an equitable geographical distribution of centers assisted under this section. The Secretary shall give appropriate consideration to the need for centers especially suited to meeting the needs of children affected by arthritis.

(e) The Secretary shall evaluate on an annual basis the activities of centers receiving support under this section and shall report to the appropriate committees of Congress the results of his evaluations on or before November 30 of each year.

(f) For purposes of this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $11,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, $8,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977, $18,700,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, $19,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, $14,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, $17,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, and $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983.

INFORMATION AND EDUCATION CENTER FOR DIGESTIVE DISEASES

SEC. 440. [289c-7] The Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, shall establish an information and education center for digestive diseases (1) to identify, collect, analyze, and disseminate information respecting the diseases, and (2) to serve as a

national educational resource for patients with such diseases and their families, physicians, and other health professionals.

COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR DIGESTIVE DISEASES

SEC. 440A. [289c-8] (a) The Secretary shall establish a Coordinating Committee for Digestive Diseases (hereafter in this section referred to as the "Committee") to be composed of the Directors (or their designated representatives) of each of the Institutes of the National Institutes of Health involved in digestive disease research; and the head (or his designated representative) of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration, the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration, the Center for Disease Control, the Department of Defense, the Department of Agriculture, the Health Services Administration, the Health Resources Administration, the Social Security Administration, and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. The Committee shall be chaired by the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases and the Associate Director for Digestive Diseases and Nutrition of that Institute shall serve as vice chairman. The Committee shall meet at the call of the Chairman, but not less often than three times a year.

(b) The Committee shall be responsible for the coordination of the activities of the entities represented on the Committee respecting digestive diseases. The Committee shall submit to the Secretary an annual report detailing the manner in which the Committee has coordinated such activities.

PART E-INSTITUTES OF CHILD Health and HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

ESTABLISHMENT OF INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT

SEC. 441. [298d] (a) The Surgeon General is authorized, with the approval of the Secretary, to establish in the Public Health Service the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development for the conduct and support of research and training relating to maternal health, child health, and human development, including research and training in the special health problems and requirements of mothers and children and in the basic sciences relating to the process of human growth and development, including prenatal development.

(b) The Secretary shall carry out through the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development the purposes of section 301 with respect to the conduct and support of research which specifically relates to sudden infant death syndrome.

ESTABLISHMENT OF INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

SEC. 442. [289e] The Surgeon General is authorized, with the approval of the Secretary, to establish in the Public Health Service an institute for the conduct and support of research and training in the general or basic medical sciences and related natural or behav

ioral sciences which have significance for two or more other institutes, or are outside the general area of responsibility of any other institute, established under or by this Act.

ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVISORY COUNCILS

SEC. 443. [289f] (a) The Surgeon General is authorized, with the approval of the Secretary, to establish an advisory council or committee to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Surgeon General on matters relating to the activities of the institute established under section 441. He may also, with such approval, establish such a council or committee with respect to the activities of the institute established under section 442.

(b) The provisions relating to the composition, terms of office of members, and reappointment of members of advisory councils or committees under section 432(a) shall be applicable to any council or committee established under this section, except that, in lieu of the requirement in such section that six of the members be outstanding in the study, diagnosis, or treatment of a disease or diseases, six of such members shall be selected from leading medical or scientific authorities who are outstanding in the field of research or training with respect to which the council or committee is being established, and except that the Surgeon General, with the approval of the Secretary, may include on any such council or committee established under this section such additional ex officio members as he deems necessary in the light of the functions of the institute with respect to which it is established.

(c) Upon appointment of any such council or committee, it shall assume all or such part as the Surgeon General may, with the approval of the Secretary, specify of the duties, functions, and powers of the National Advisory Health Council relating to the research or training projects with which such council or committee established under this part is concerned and such portion as the Surgeon General may specify (with such approval) of the duties, functions, and powers of any other advisory council or committee established under this Act relating to such projects.

FUNCTIONS

SEC. 444. [289g] The Secretary shall, through an institute established under this part, carry out the purposes of section 301 with respect to the conduct and support of research which is a function of such institute, except that the Secretary shall, in accordance with section 441(b) determine the areas in which and the extent to which he will carry out such purposes of section 301 through such institute or an institute established by or under other provisions of this Act, or both them, when both institues have functions with respect to the same subject matter.

PRESERVATION OF EXISTING AUTHORITY

SEC. 445. [289h] Nothing in this part shall be construed as affecting the authority of the Secretary under section 2 of the Act of April 9, 1912 (42 U.S.C. 192), or title V of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C., ch. 7, subch. V), or as affecting the authority of the Surgeon General to utilize institutes established under other provi

sions of this Act for research or training activities relating to maternal health, child health, and human development or to the general medical sciences and related sciences.

PART F-NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE

ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE

SEC. 451. [2891] The Secretary is authorized to establish in the Public Health Service an institute for the conduct and support of research for new treatment and cures and training relating to blinding eye diseases and visual disorders, including research and training in the special health problems and requirements of the blind and in the basic and clinical sciences relating to the mechanism of the visual function and preservation of sight. The Secretary is also authorized to plan for research and training, especially against the main causes of blindness and loss of visual function.

ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVISORY COUNCIL

SEC. 452. [289j] (a) The Secretary is authorized to establish an advisory council or committee to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to him on matters relating to the activities of the National Eye Institute.

(b) The provisions relating to the composition, terms of office of members, and reappointment of members of advisory councils under section 432(a) shall be applicable to the council or committee established under this section, except that the Secretary may include on such council or committee established under this section such additional ex officio members as he deems necessary.

(c) Upon appointment of such council or committee, it shall assume all or such part as the Secretary may specify of the duties, functions, and powers of the National Advisory Health Council relating to the research or training projects with which such council or committee established under this part is concerned and such portion as the Secretary may specify of the duties, functions, and powers of any other advisory council or committee established under this Act relating to such projects.

FUNCTIONS

SEC. 453. [289k] The Secretary shall, through the National Eye Institute established under this part, carry out the purposes of section 301 with respect to the conduct and support of research with respect to blinding eye diseases and visual disorders associated with general health and well-being, including the special health problems and requirements of the blind and the mechanism of sight and visual function, except that the Secretary shall determine the areas in which and the extent to which he will carry out such purposes of section 301 through such Institute or an institute established by or under other provisions of this Act, or both of them, when both such institutes have functions with respect to the same subject matter. The Secretary, through the Institute, may, effective October 1, 1978, and without regard to section 405, carry out a program of grants for public and nonprofit private vision research facilities.

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