114 STAT. 2498 PUBLIC LAW 106-525—NOV. 22, 2000 "(3) The term 'minority group' has the meaning given the term 'racial and ethnic minority group' in section 1707. "(4) The terms 'minority' and 'minorities' refer to individuals from a minority group. "(d) HEALTH DISPARITY POPULATIONS. —For purposes of this subpart: "(1) A population is a health disparity population if, as determined by the Director of the Center after consultation with the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, there is a significant disparity in the overall rate of disease incidence, prevalence, morbidity, mortality, or survival rates in the population as compared to the health status of the general population. "(2) The Director shall give priority consideration to determining whether minority groups qualify as health disparity populations under paragraph (1). "(3) The term 'health disparities research' means basic, clinical, and behavioral research on health disparity populations (including individual members and communities of such populations) that relates to health disparities as defined under paragraph (1), including the causes of such disparities and methods to prevent, diagnose, and treat such disparities. "(e) COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES.— The Director of the Center shall act as the primary Federal official with responsibility for coordinating all minority health disparities research and other health disparities research conducted or supported by the National Institutes of Health, and— "(1) shall represent the health disparities research program of the National Institutes of Health, including the minority health disparities research program, at all relevant Executive branch task forces, committees and planning activities; and "(2) shall maintain communications with all relevant Public Health Service agencies, including the Indian Health Service, and various other departments of the Federal Government to ensure the timely transmission of information concerning advances in minority health disparities research and other health disparities research between these various agencies for dissemination to affected communities and health care providers. " (f) COLLABORATIVE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND BUDGET.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— Subject to the provisions of this section and other applicable law, the Director of NIH, the Director of the Center, and the directors of the other agencies of the National Institutes of Health in collaboration (and in consultation with the advisory council for the Center) shall— Deadline. "(A) establish a comprehensive plan and budget for the conduct and support of all minority health disparities research and other health disparities research activities of the agencies of the National Institutes of Health (which plan and budget shall be first established under this subsection not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this subpart); "(B) ensure that the plan and budget establish priorities among the health disparities research activities that such agencies are authorized to carry out; "(C) ensure that the plan and budget establish objectives regarding such activities, describes the means for
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