PUBLIC LAW 100-607—NOV. 4, 1988
102 STAT. 3071
$40,000,000 for fiscal year 1989 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1990 and 1991. ' ^ E C 2316. RESEARCH CENTERS. ^'(a) IN GENERAL.—
42 USC
300CC-16.
"(1) The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Grants. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, may make Contracts. grants to, and enter into contracts with, public and nonprofit private entities to assist such entities in planning, establishing, or strengthening, and providing basic operating support for, centers for basic and clinical research into, and training in, advanced diagnostic, prevention, and treatment methods for acquired immune deficiency ^ndrome. (2) A grant or contract under paragraph (1) shall be provided in accordance with policies established by the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health, and after consultation with the advisoiy council for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. "(3) The Secretary shall ensure that, as appropriate, clinical research pn^rams carried out under paragraph (1) include as research subjects women, children, hemophiliacs, and minorities. "(b) U S E OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—
"(1) Financial assistance under subsection (a) may be expended for— "(A) the renovation or leasing of space; "(B) staffing and other basic operating costs, including such patient care costs as are required for clinical research; "(Q clinical training with respect to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (including such training for allied ~ health professionals); and "(D) demonstration purposes, including projects in the long-term monitoring and outpatient treatment of individuals infected with the etiologic agent for such syndrome. "(2) Financial assistance under subsection (a) may not be expended to provide research training for which National Research Service Awards may be provided under section 487. "(c) DURATION OF SUPPORT.—Support of a center under subsection
(a) may be for not more than five years. Such period may be extended by the Director for additional periods of not more than five years each if the operations of such center have been reviewed by an appropriate technical and scientific peer review group established by the Director and if such group has recommended to the Director that such period should be extended. "(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the purpose of
carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary. "SEC 2317. INFORMATION SERVICES. "(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall establish,
inaint.ain, and operate a program with respect to information on research, treatment, and prevention activities relating to infection with the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The program £u^all, with respect to the agencies of the Department of H ^ t h and Human Services, be integrated and coordinated. "(b) TOLL-FRSE TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS FOR HEALTH CARE EINTITIES.—
42 USC 300CC-17.
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