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based upon the screening examinations and treatment provided under this subchapter.
- '§ 653. Voluntary participation; confidentiality
" (a) The participation by any person in any program or portion thereof under this subchapter shall be wholly voluntary and shall not be a prerequisite to eligibility for or receipt of any other service or assistance from, or to participation in, any other program under this title. "(b) The Administrator shall promulgate rules and regulations to insure that all information and patient records prepared or obt«ined under this subchapter shall be held confidential except for (1) such information as the patient (or his guardian) requests in writing to be released or (2) statistical data compiled without reference to patient names or other identifying characteristics.
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Rules and regulations.
"§ 654. Reports "The Administrator shall include in the annual report to the Con- c^^resV° gress required by section 214 of this title a comprehensive report on 72 Stat.'ius. the administration of this subchapter, including such recommenda- ^^ use 214. tions for additional legislation as the Administrator deems necessary.". (b) The analysis at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end thereof: " SUBCHAPTER VI
SICKLE CELL ANEMIA
"651. Screening, counseling, and medical treatment. "652. Research. "653. Voluntary participation; confidentiality. "654. Reports.". TITLE II — AMENDMENTS TO C H A P T E R 73 O F TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE, R E L A T I N G TO THE DEPARTMENT OF M E D I C I N E AND S U R G E R Y SEC. 201. Section 4101 of title 38, United States Code, is amended goltauVaes!^' by amending subsection (b) to read as follows: " (b) In order to carry out more effectively the primary function pe^ronn'liJdul of the Department of Medicine and Surgery to provide a complete cation program. medical and hospital service for the medical care and treatment of veterans and in order to assist in providing an adequate supply of health manpower to the Nation, the Administrator shall, to the extent feasible without interfering with the medical care and treatment of veterans, develop and carry out a program of education and training of such health manpower (including the developing and evaluating of new health careers, interdisciplinary approaches and career advancement opportunities), and shall carry out a major program for the recruitment, training, and employment of veterans with medical military occupation specialties as physicians' assistants, dentists' assistants, and other medical technicians (including advising all such qualified veterans and servicemen about to be discharged or released from active duty of such employment opportunities), acting in cooperation with such schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, optometry, podiatry, public health, "or allied health professions; other institutions of higher learning; medical centers; academic health centers; hospitals; and such other public or nonprofit agencies, institutions, or organizations as the Administrator deems appropriate. Review agree"(c)(1) Within ninety days after enactment of this subsection, the ment. Administrator, in consultation with the Chief Medical Director, is
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