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expansion, and repair of existing buildings and the provision of equipment for such buildings to the extent necessary to make them suitable for use as centers described in the preceding sentence. "(b) Each center assisted under this section shall— " (1)(A) use the facilities of a single institution or a consortium of cooperating institutions, and (B) meet such qualifications as may be prescribed by the Secretary; and "(2) conduct— " (A) basic and clinical research into the cause, diagnosis, early detection, prevention, control, and treatment of, arthritis and complications resulting from arthritis, including research into implantable biomaterials and biomechanical and other orthopedic procedures and in the development of other diagnostic and treatment methods; " (B) training programs for physicians and other health and allied professionals in current methods of diagnosis, screening and early detection, prevention, control, and treatment of arthritis; " (C) information and continuing education programs for physicians and other health and allied health professionals who provide care for patients with arthritis; and " (D) programs for the dissemination to the general public of information— "(i) on the importance of early detection of arthritis, of seeking prompt treatment, and of following an appropriate regimen; and "(ii) to discourage the promotion and use of unapproved and ineffective diagnostic, preventive, treatment, and control methods and unapproved and ineffective drugs and devices. "(c) Each center assisted under this section may conduct programs to— "(1) develop new and improved methods of screening and early detection, referral, and diagnosis of individuals with a risk of developing arthritis, asymptomatic arthritis, or symptomatic arthritis, "(2) disseminate the results of research, screening, and other activities, and develop means of standardizing patient data and recordkeeping, and "(3) develop community consultative services to facilitate the referral of patients to centers for treatment. "(e) The Secretary shall, insofar as practicable, provide for an graphicaflris^tr°." equitable geographical distribution of centers assisted under this sec- bution of centers. tion. The Secretary shall give appropriate consideration to the need for centers especially suited to meeting the needs of children affected by arthritis. " (f) The Secretary shall evaluate on an annual basis the activities Report to conof centers receiving support under this section and shall report to the gressional comappropriate committees of Congress the results of his evaluations not mittees. later than four months after the end of each fiscal year. Grants, limita"(g) No center may receive more than three grants under this tion. section. " (h) For purposes of this section, there are authorized to be approAppropriations. priated $11,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, $13,000,000
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