123STA T .7 7 8PUBLIC LA W 111 – 8 —M A R .11 , 2 0 0 9tobe t ransf erre di na p propriate part fro m t h e F edera lH ospital I ns u ran c e T rust Fund and the Federal S upplementar yM edical Insurance Trust Fund .OF F ICE OF TH E NA TIONA L COO RD INATOR FOR HEALTH INFOR M ATION TECHNOLO GY For e x penses necessary for the O ffice of the N ational C oordi - nator for Health Information Technolo g y , including grants, con- tracts, and cooperati v e agreements for the development and advancement of interoperable health information technology, $43 , 5 5 2 , 0 00
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d, That in addition to amounts provided herein, $ 17 , 6 7 9 ,000 shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the P ublic Health Service A ct. OFFICE OF IN SP ECTOR GENERAL For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector G eneral, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for investigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 197 8 , $45,279,000: Provided , That of such amount, necessary sums shall be available for providing protective services to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and investigating non-payment of child support cases for w hich non-payment is a Federal offense under 18 U .S.C. 228: Provided fu r th er, That at least forty percent of the funds provided in this Act for the Office of Inspector General shall be used only for investigations, audits, and evaluations per- taining to the discretionary programs funded in this Act. OFFICE FOR CI V IL RIGHTS For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil R ights, $36,785,000, together with not to exceed $3,314,000 to be trans- ferred and expended as authori z ed by section 201 ( g ) (1) of the Social Security Act from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL B ENEFITS FOR COMMISSIONED OFFICERS For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman ’ s Family Protection Plan and Sur- vivor B enefit Plan, and for medical care of dependents and retired personnel under the D ependents’ Medical Care Act, such amounts asmaybere q uired during the current fiscal year. P U BLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND ( INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS ) For expenses necessary to support activities related to coun- tering potential biological, nuclear, radiological and chemical threats to civilian populations, and for other public health emergencies, $537,704,000, of which not to exceed $22,052,000 shall be to pay the costs described in section 319F – 2(c)(7)(B) of the Public Health Service Act ( ‘ ‘PHS Act’’).
