106 STAT. 2092 PUBLIC LAW 102-409—OCT. 13, 1992 Public Law 102-409 102d Congress An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a program to cany out Oct. 13, 1992 research on the drug known as diethylstilbestrol, to educate health professionals [H.R. 4178] ai^d the public on the drug, and to provide for certain longitudinal studies regarding individuals who have been exposed to the drug. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of DES Education ffig United States of America in Congress assembled, and Research Amendments of SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 42 USC 201 note. This Act may be cited as the "DES Education and Research Amendments of 1992". SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM REGARDING DES. Part A of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 281 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: "DES 42 USC 283a. «SEC. 403A. (a) The Director of NIH shall establish a program for the conduct and support of research and training, the dissemination of health information, and other programs with respect to the diagnosis and treatment of conditions associated with exposure to the drug diethylstilbestrol (in this section referred to as *DES*). "(b) In carrying out subsection (a), the Director of NIH, after consultation with nonprofit private entities representing individuals who have been exposed to DES, shall conduct or support programs to educate health professionals and the public on the drug, including the importance of identifying and treating individuals who have been exposed to the drug. "(c) After consultation with the Office of Research on Women's Health, the Director of NIH, acting through the appropriate national research institutes, shall in carrying out subsection (a) conduct or support one or more longitudinal studies to determine the incidence of the following diseases or disorders in the indicated populations and the relationship of DES to the diseases or disorders: "(1) In the case of women to whom (on or after January 1, 1938) DES was administered while the women were pregnant, the incidence of all diseases and disorders (including breast cancer, gynecological cancers, and impairments of the immiine system, including autoimmune disease). "(2) In the case of women exposed to DES in utero, the incidence of clear cell cancer (including recurrences), the longterm health effects of such cancer, and the effects of treatments for such cancer. "(3) In the case of men and women exposed to DES in utero, the incidence of all diseases and disorders (including impairments of the reproductive £Uid autoimmune systems). "(4) In the case of children of men or women exposed to DES in utero, the incidence of all diseases and disorders.
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