88 STAT. ]
PUBLIC LAW 93-3'53-JULY 23, 1974
369
" (2) Each application submitted for a grant or contract under sec- revu^w'paneT tion 304 or 305, in an amount exceeding $35,000 of direct costs and for Ante, pp. 3*62, a health services research, evaluation, or demonstration project, shall ^^^• be submitted by the Secretary for review for scientific merit to a panel of experts appointed by him,from persons who are not officers or employees of the United States and who possess qualifications relevant to the project for which the application was made. A panel to which an application is submitted under this paragraph shall report its findings and recommendations respecting the application to the Secretary in such form and manner as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe. Ante, p. 365,, "(3) If an application is submitted under section 304, 305, or 306 for a grant or contract for a project for which a grant or contract may be made or entered into under another provision of this Act, such application may not be approved under section 304, 305, or 306 and funds appropriated under this section may not be obligated for such grant or contract. The applicant who submitted such application shall be notified of the other provision (or provisions) of this Act under which such application may be submitted. " (c) The aggregate number of grants and contracts made or entered Limited grants. into under sections 304 and 305 for any fiscal year respecting a particular means of delivery of health services or another particular aspect of health services may not exceed twenty; and the aggregate amount of funds obligated under grants and contracts under such sections for any fiscal year respecting a particular means of delivery of health services or another particular aspect of health services may not exceed $5,000,000. j ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^.^^ " (d) No information obtained in the course of activities undertaken pubiica'tion"^^or supported under section 304, 305, 306, or 307 may be used for any strictions. purpose other than the purpose for which it was supplied unless '*"'^' P- 367. authorized under regulations of the Secretary; and (1) in the case of information obtained in the course of health statistical activities mider section 304 or 306, such information may not be published or released in other form if the particular establishment or person supplying the information or described in it is identifiable unless such establishment or person has consented (as determined under regulations of the Secretary) to its publication or release in other form, and (2) in the case of information obtained in the course of health services research, evaluations, or demonstrations under section 304 or 305, such information may not be published or released in other form if the person who supplied the information or who is described in it is identifiable unless such person has consented (as determined under regulations of the Secretary) to its publication or release in other form. " (e)(1) Payments of any grant or under any contract under section ^ Payment procedures. 304, 305, 306, or 307 may be made in advance or by way of reimburse- " ° ment, and in such installments and on such conditions, as the Secretary deems necessary to carry out the purposes of such section. " (2) The amounts otherwise payable to any person under a grant or contract made under section 304, 305, 306, or 307 shall be reduced by— " (A) amounts equal to the fair market value of any equipment or supplies furnished to such person by the Secretary for the purpose of carrying out the project with respect to which such grant or contract is made, and " (B) amounts equal to the pay, allowances, traveling expenses, and related personnel expenses attributable to the performance of services by an officer or employee of the Government in connection with such project, if such officer or employee was assigned or detailed by the Secretary to perform such services, but only if such person requested the Secretary to furnish such equipment or supplies, or such services, as the case may be.
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