legislation: 97-s-2311
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| 97-s-2311 | 97 | s | 2311 | Biomedical Research, Training, and Medical Library Assistance Amendments of 1982 | Health | 1982-03-30 | 1982-05-28 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 654. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Labor and Human Resources with amendment, S. Rept. 97-461) Biomedical Research, Training, and Medical Library Assistance Amendments of 1982 - Title I: National Institutes of Health Cancer Programs - Amends title IV (National Research Institutes) of the Public Health Service Act to include within the scope of cancer research and control, responsibility for projects relating to: (1) continuing care of cancer patients and their families; and (2) developmental research. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1985 for the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Requires the continued maintenance and operation of the International Cancer Research Data Bank. Requires the NCI Director to consult with the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding the appointment of advisory committees and the awarding of construction grants. Increases from $35,000 to $50,000 the ceiling on grants which may be directly approved by the NCI or the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Increases cancer research and demonstration center support authority from three to five years. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1985 for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Includes Cooley's anemia and sickle cell anemia within the scope of NHLBI projects. Eliminates certain NHLBI personnel and appropriations reporting requirements. Requires the NHLBI Director to consult with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council concerning assistance to demonstration centers. Changes the name of the National Kidney Diseases Advisory Board to the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Advisory Board. Extends the expiration date of the Diabetes, Arthritis, Kidney and Urologic, and Digestive Diseases Advisory Boards through 1985. Makes technical changes. Title II: Other Programs - Eliminates payback requirements for National Research Service Awards. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1985 for training in medical library sciences. Replaces the provision providing for an Office of Health Information, Health Promotion and Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine with one establishing an Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. States that such Office shall: (1) coordinate Department of Health and Human Services and private activities regarding health information and promotion, preventive health services, sports medicine, and related educational activities; (2) serve as an information clearinghouse; and (3) provide project and research support. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1985 for health information and promotion activities. Eliminates: (1) grants for State Councils on Physical Fitness; (2) grants for physical fitness improvement and research; and (3) the program on sports medicine research. Reduces the FY 1982 authorization of appropriations from $5,000,000 to $1,100,000 for the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1984. Requires the Secretary to report to the appropriate congressional committees: (1) by January 1, 1983, and annually thereafter concerning National Institutes of Health (NIH) contracting, accountability, and peer review procedures; and (2) by January 1, 1984, and annually thereafter concerning NIH preventive medicine and health promotion programs. Requires the Directors of NIH Institutes to notify their Advisory Boards about any investigations of grantees, unless doing so would jeopardize the investigations. Requires the Director of NIH to establish research funding appeal procedures within one year. Establishes the President's Council for the Health Sciences, to be composed of seven presidentially- appointed members. Requires the Council to prepare a National Health Sciences Plan, and submit it to the President by October 30, 1984. Directs the President to submit such Plan with any appropriate comments to Congress, and to the public, by December 31, 1984. States that the Plan shall set out long-term priorities for health sciences research. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1984. Terminates the Council on December 31, 1984. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Makes technical changes in provisions regarding health professions training and primary care research. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) transfer property formerly part of the Boston Public Health Service Hospital to the Allston-Brighton Community Development Corporation; and (2) use up to $300,000 of already apportioned funds for such transfer. Authorizes appropriations for nurse anesthetists training through FY 1984. Extends the deadlines for States to designate health planning agencies under such Act and under the Health Planning and Resources Development Amendments of 1979. Revises funding provisions for mental health services under the Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services Block Grant (title XIX of the Public Health Service Act). Makes this change effective as of October 1, 1982. Amends the Community Services Block Grant to extend certain grant requirements for six months. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z |