PUBLIC LAW 106-310—OCT. 17, 2000 114 STAT. 1107 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. "(c) FACILITATION OF RESEARCH. — The Director shall under subsection (a)( 1) provide for a program under which samples of tissues and genetic materials that are of use in research on autism are donated, collected, preserved, and made available for such research. The program shall be carried out in accordance with accepted scientific and medical standards for the donation, collection, and preservation of such samples. "(d) PUBLIC INPUT. — The Director shall under subsection (a)(1) provide for means through which the public can obtain information on the existing and planned programs and activities of the National Institutes of Health with respect to autism and through which the Director can receive comments from the public regarding such programs and activities. "(e) FUNDING.— There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. Amounts appropriated under this subsection are in addition to any other amounts appropriated for such purpose.". Appropriation authorization. SEC. 102. DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SURVEILLANCE AND 42 USC 247b-4b. RESEARCH PROGRAMS. (a) NATIONAL AUTISM AND PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABIL- ITIES SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM.— (1) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the "Secretary"), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may make awards of grants and cooperative agreements for the collection, analysis, and reporting of data on autism and pervasive developmental disabilities. In making such awards, the Secretary may provide direct technical assistance in lieu of cash. (2) ELIGIBILITY.— To be eligible to receive an award under paragraph (1) an entity shall be a public or nonprofit private entity (including health departments of States and political subdivisions of States, and including universities and other educational entities). (b) CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN AUTISM AND PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES EPIDEMIOLOGY. — (1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall establish not less than three regional centers of excellence in autism and pervasive developmental disabilities epidemiology for the purpose of collecting and analyzing information on the number, incidence, correlates, and causes of autism and related developmental disabilities. (2) RECIPIENTS OF AWARDS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF CEN- TERS. — Centers under paragraph (1) shall be established and operated through the awarding of grants or cooperative agreements to public or nonprofit private entities that conduct research, including health departments of States and political subdivisions of States, and including universities and other educational entities. (3) CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.— An award for a center under paragraph (1) may be made only if the entity involved submits 7&-194 O-00 -8:QL3Part2
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