PUBLIC LAW 100-690—NOV. 18, 1988
102 STAT. 4215
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall complete the study required in subsection (a) and submit to the Congress the findings made as a result of the study. SEC. 2072. USE OF INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall enter into a contract with an independent body of demonstrated expertise in the field of health and mental health to conduct a study of the current use of involuntary commitment for inpatient or outpatient treatment of mental illness and make recommendations for changes, if any, that may be warranted in current rules and practices. (b) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the date on which a contract is entered into pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall complete the study required in subsection (a) and submit to the Congress the findings made as a result of the study. (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the purpose of carrying out subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 forfiscalyear 1989. SEC. 2073. REPORT WITH RESPECT TO ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN RESEARCH PROGRAMS.
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall request the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a review of the research activities of the National Institutes of Health and the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration. Such review shall include— (1) an evaluation of the appropriateness of administering health service programs in conjunction with the administration of biomedical and behavioral research; and (2) a determination of any areas of duplication in the research programs of the National Institutes of Health and the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration. (b) REPORT.—Not later than 12 months after the date on which any contract requested in subsection (a) is entered into, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, to the extent practicable, provide for the completion of the review requested in such subsection and submit to the Congress a report describing the findings made as a result of the review. (c) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services may enter into a contract with the National Academy of Sciences to carry out the review requested in subsection (a). CHAPTER 4—MISCELLANEOUS SEC. 2081. ACTION BY NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE AND STATES CONCERNING MILITARY FACILITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290aa et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new part:
42 USC 290CC-11 note. Contracts.
42 USC 290aa note.
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