PUBLIC LAW 101-616—NOV. 16, 1990 104 STAT. 3285 SEC. 204. ADMINISTRATION. (a) IDENTIFIABLE ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT. — Section 375 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274c) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking ", during fiscal years 1985 through 1990,". (b) STRIKING OF EXPIRED REQUIREMENT REGARDING CERTAIN REPORTS.— Section 375 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 274c) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3), by striking "receiving funds under section 371"; and (2) in paragraph (4), to read as follows: "(4) provide information— "(i) to patients, their families, and their physicians about transplantation; and "(ii) to patients and their families about the resources available nationally and in each State, and the comparative costs and patient outcomes at each transplant center affiliated with the organ procurement and transplantation network, in order to assist the patients and families with the costs associated with transplantation.". SEC. 205. REPORT. Section 376 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274d) is amended in the first sentence, by striking "The Secretary" and all that follows through "publish" and inserting "Not later than February 10 of 1991 and of each second year thereafter, the Secretary shall publish, and submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate.". SEC. 206. STUDY BY GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE AND AUTHORIZA- TION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) IN GENERAL. — Part H of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 273 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new sections: "SEC. 377. STUDY BY GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE. 42 USC 274f. "(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study for the purpose of determining— "(1) the extent to which the procurement and allocation of organs have been equitable, efficient, and effective; "(2) the problems encountered in the procurement and allocation; and "(3) the effect of State required-request laws. "(b) REPORT.— Not later than January 7, 1992, the Comptroller General of the United States shall complete the study required in subsection (a) and submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, a report describing the findings made as a result of the study. "SEC. 378. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 42 USC 274g. "For the purpose of carrying out this part, there are authorized to be appropriated $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1991, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1992 and 1993.". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— Section 371 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 273) is amended by striking subsection (c).
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