117 mined by the Secretary) served by it than by the next 1 such center but who are more conveniently (as deter 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 geographically closest center; "(5) programs of social and vocational counseling for individuals suffering from the hemophilia; and "(6) individualized written comprehensive care programs for each individual treated by or in association with such center. "(b) No grant or contract may be made under sub10 section (a) unless an application therefor has been submitted 11 to and approved by the Secretary. Such application shall be 12 in such form, submitted in such manner, and contain such 13 information, as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe. 14 "(c) An application for a grant or contract under 15 subsection (a) shall contain assurances satisfactory to the 16 Secretary that the applicant will serve the maximum num 17 ber of individuals that its available and potential resources 18 will enable it to effectively serve. 19 "(d) In considering applications for grants and con 20 tracts under subsection (a) for projects to establish hemo21 philia diagnostic and treatment centers, the Secretary shall— "(1) take into account the number of persons to 222 23 24 be served by the programs to be supported by such centers and the extent to which rapid and effective use 118 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 will be made by such centers of funds under such grants and contracts, and "(2) give priority to projects for centers which will operate in areas which the Secretary determines have the greatest number of persons in need of the services provided by such centers. "(e) Contracts may be entered into under subsection 8 (a) without regard to sections 3648 and 3709 of the 9 Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529; 41 U.S.C. 5). 10 “(f) There are authorized to be appropriated to make 11 payments under grants and contracts under subsection (a) 12 $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, 13 $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. 14 15 "BLOOD SEPARATION CENTERS "SEC. 1132. (a) The Secretary may make grants to 16 and enter into contracts with public and nonprofit private 17 entities for projects to develop and expand, within existing 18 facilities, blood-separation centers to separate and make 19 available for distribution blood components to; providers of 20 blood services and manufacturers of blood fractions. For of this section 21 purposes 228 23 "(1) the term 'blood components' means those constituents of whole blood which are used for therapy and which are obtained by physical separation processes which result in licensed products such as red blood 119 1 cells, platelets, white blood cells, AHF-rich plasma, 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 fresh-frozen plasma, cryoprecipitate, and single unit plasma for infusion; and "(2) the term 'blood fractions' means those constituents of plasma which are used for therapy and which are obtained by licensed fractionation processes presently used in manufacturing which result in licensed products such as normal serum albumin, plasma, protein fraction, prothrombin complex, fibrinogen, AHF concentrate, immune serum globulin, and hyperimmune globulins. "(b) In the event the Secretary finds that there is an 13 insufficient supply of blood fractions available to meet the 14 needs for treatment of persons suffering from hemophilia, 15 and that public and other nonprofit private centers already 16 engaged in the production of blood fractions could alleviate 17 such insufficiency with assistance under this subsection, he 18 may make grants not to exceed $500,000 to such centers for 19 the purposes of alleviating the insufficiency. 2220 "(c) No grant or contract may be made under sub 21 section (a) or (b) unless an application therefor has been 22 submitted to and approved by the Secretary. Such an ap23 plication shall be in such form, submitted in such manner, 24 and contain such information as the Secretary shall by 25 regulation prescribe. 1 120 "(d) Contracts may be entered into under subsection 2 (a) without regard to section 3648 and 3709 of the Re 3 vised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529; 41 U.S.C. 5). 4 "(e) For the purpose of making payments under grants 5 and contracts under subsections (a) and (b), there are au6 thorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for the fiscal year 7 ending June 30, 1975, and $5,000,000 for the fiscal year 8 ending June 30, 1976." 9 10 TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS SEC. 607. (a) Section 399c of the Public Health Serv 11 ice Act (added by Public Law 93-222) is redesignated as 12 section 399A. 13 (b) The section 472 of the Public Health Service Act 14 (entitled "Peer Review of Grant Applications and Control 15 Projects") is redesignated as section 475. 16 (c) Section 317 (d) of the Public Health Service Act is 17 amended (1) by striking out "communicable and other 18 disease" in paragraphs (1) and (2), and (2) by striking 19 out "communicable and other disease" the second time it 20 occurs in paragraph (3). 94TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2955 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 6, 1975 Mr. ROGERS (for himself, Mr. PREYER, Mr. SYMINGTON, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. SCHEUER, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. HEFNER, Mr. FLORIO, Mr. CARTER, Mr. HASTINGS, and Mr. HEINZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce A BILL To amend the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities. Construction Act to revise and extend the programs authorized by that Act. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 4 SHORT TITLE SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Develop 5 mental Disabilities Amendments of 1975". 6 EXTENSION OF DEMONSTRATION AND TRAINING GRANTS 7 SEC. 2. (a) Section 122 (b) of the Developmental Dis8 abilities Services and Facilities Construction Act (hereinafter 9 in this Act referred to as the "Act") is amended by striking 10 out "and" after "1973;" and by inserting after "1974" the |