124 STAT. 2791 PUBLIC LAW 111–264—OCT. 8, 2010 (b) NATIONAL PROGRAM.—Section 379 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274k) is amended— (1) by striking subsection (a)(6) and inserting the following: ‘‘(6) The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall submit to Congress an annual report on the activities carried out under this section.’’; (2) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (2)— (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘With respect to cord blood, the Program shall—’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—With respect to cord blood, the Pro- gram shall—’’; (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (H) as clauses (i) through (viii) respectively; (iii) by striking clause (iv), as so redesignated, and inserting the following: ‘‘(iv) support and expand new and existing studies and demonstration and outreach projects for the pur- pose of increasing cord blood unit donation and collec- tion from a genetically diverse population and expanding the number of cord blood unit collection sites partnering with cord blood banks receiving a con- tract under the National Cord Blood Inventory program under section 2 of the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, including such studies and projects that focus on— ‘‘(I) remote collection of cord blood units, con- sistent with the requirements under the Program and the National Cord Blood Inventory program goal described in section 2(a) of the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005; and ‘‘(II) exploring novel approaches or incentives to encourage innovative technological advances that could be used to collect cord blood units, con- sistent with the requirements under the Program and such National Cord Blood Inventory program goal;’’; and (iv) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(B) EFFORTS TO INCREASE COLLECTION OF HIGH QUALITY CORD BLOOD UNITS.—In carrying out subparagraph (A)(iv), not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2010 and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall set an annual goal of increasing collections of high quality cord blood units, consistent with the inventory goal described in section 2(a) of the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005 (referred to in this subparagraph as the ‘inventory goal’), and shall identify at least one project under subparagraph (A)(iv) to replicate and expand nationwide, as appropriate. If the Secretary cannot identify a project as described in the preceding sentence, the Sec- retary shall submit a plan, not later than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary was required to identify such a project, to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee Plans. Deadline. Deadlines. Deadline. Reports.
