The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, shall-
In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall conduct or support evaluations of the comparative effects, on health and functional capacity, of alternative services and procedures utilized in preventing, diagnosing, treating, and clinically managing diseases, disorders, and other health conditions.
The Secretary shall establish priorities with respect to the diseases, disorders, and other health conditions for which research and evaluations are to be conducted or supported under subsection (a). In establishing such priorities, the Secretary shall, with respect to a disease, disorder, or other health condition, consider the extent to which-
For the purpose of establishing priorities under paragraph (1), the Secretary may, with respect to services and procedures utilized in preventing, diagnosing, treating, and clinically managing diseases, disorders, and other health conditions, conduct or support assessments of the extent to which-
In establishing priorities under paragraph (1) for research and evaluation, and under section 299b-3(a)1 of this title for the agenda under such section, the Secretary shall assure that such priorities appropriately reflect the needs and priorities of the program under subchapter XVIII, as set forth by the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
For the purpose of facilitating research under subsection (a), the Secretary shall-
In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall develop-
The Secretary shall provide for the dissemination of the findings of research and the guidelines described in subsection (a), and for the education of providers and others in the application of such research findings and guidelines.
In disseminating findings and guidelines under paragraph (1), and in providing for education under such paragraph, the Secretary shall work with professional associations, medical specialty and subspecialty organizations, and other relevant groups to identify and implement effective means to educate physicians, other providers, consumers, and others in using such findings and guidelines, including training for physician managers within provider organizations.
The Secretary shall conduct and support evaluations of the activities carried out under this section to determine the extent to which such activities have had an effect on the practices of physicians in providing medical treatment, the delivery of health care, and the outcomes of health care services and procedures.
The Secretary may conduct or support research with respect to improving methods of disseminating information on the effectiveness and appropriateness of health care services and procedures.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section-
For the purpose of carrying out this section, for each of the fiscal years 1990 through 1992 an amount equal to two-thirds of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (1), and for each of the fiscal years 1993 and 1994 an amount equal to 70 percent of such amounts, are to be appropriated in the following proportions from the following trust funds:
1See References in Text note below.
2So in original. Probably should be "subparagraph".
42 U.S.C. § 1320b-12
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTSections 299b-1 to 299b-3 of this title, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), were in the original references to sections 912 to 914 of act July 1, 1944, which were omitted in the general amendment of subchapter VII of chapter 6A of this title by Pub. L. 106-129, §2(a), Dec. 6, 1999, 113 Stat. 1653. Section 2(a) of Pub. L. 106-129 enacted new sections 912 to 914 of act July 1, 1944, which are classified to sections 299b-1 to 299b-3, respectively, of this title.
CODIFICATIONSubsec. (h) of this section, which required the Secretary to report biennially to Congress on the progress of the activities under this section during the preceding 2 fiscal years, including the impact of such activities on medical care (particularly medical care for individuals receiving benefits under subchapter XVIII of this chapter), terminated, effective May 15, 2000, pursuant to section 3003 of Pub. L. 104-66 as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance. See, also, item 10 on page 94 of House Document No. 103-7.Another section 1142 of act Aug. 14, 1935, was renumbered section 1143 by Pub. L. 101-508, title V, §5111(a)(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388-272, and is classified to section 1320b-13 of this title.
AMENDMENTS2003-Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 108-173, §900(e)(1)(C), substituted "Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services" for "Health Care Financing Administration".1999-Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 106-129 substituted "Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality" for "Administrator for Health Care Policy and Research" in introductory provisions.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
AHCPR STUDY ON EFFECT OF CREDENTIALING OF TECHNOLOGISTS AND SONOGRAPHERS ON QUALITY OF ULTRASOUND Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, §1000(a)(6) [title II, §229(b)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-357, required a study on the effect of credentialing of technologists and sonographers on the quality of ultrasounds and submission of a report to Congress no later than two years after Nov. 29, 1999.
REPORT ON LINKAGE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RESEARCH RELATED DATA Pub. L. 101-239, title VI, §6103(b)(2), Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2198, provided that, no later than 1 year after Dec. 19, 1989, the Secretary of Health and Human Services would report to Congress on the feasibility of linking research-related data described in subsec. (d) of this section with similar data collected or maintained by non-Federal entities and by Federal agencies other than the Department of Health and Human Services (including the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs and the Office of Personnel Management).
- Administrator
- The term "Administrator" means the Administrator of General Services.
- Secretary
- The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.1See References in Text note below.
- practices
- The term "practices" means design, financing, permitting, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance, and other practices that contribute to achieving zero-net-energy buildings or facilities.