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PUBLIC LAW 102-408—OCT. 13, 1992 106 STAT. 2061 unless (i) such person requires such data for purposes of this section, or (ii) in response to a demand for such data made by means of compulsory legal process. Any individual who is the subject of personal data made available or disclosed under clause (ii) shall be notified of the demand for such data. "(B) Subject to all applicable laws regarding confidentiality, only the data collected by the Secretary under this section which is not personal data shall be made available to bona fide researchers and policy analysts (including the Congress) for the purposes of assisting in the conduct of studies respecting health professions personnel. "(4) DEFINITION.— For purposes of this subsection, the term 'program entit/ means any public or private entity which collects, compiles, or analyzes health professions data under a grant, contract, or other arrangement with the Secretary under this section. "(g) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. —The Secretary shall provide technical assistance to the States and political subdivisions thereof in the development of systems (including model laws) concerning confidentiality and comparability of data collected pursuant to this section. "(h) GRANTS AND CONTRACTS REGARDING NONPROFIT ENTITIES.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary may make grants, or enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with, and provide technical assistance to, any nonprofit entity in order to establish a uniform allied health professions data reporting system to collect, compile, and analyze data on the allied health professions personnel. "(2) REPORTS. — With respect to reports required in subsection (d), each such report made on or after October 1, 1991, shall include a description and analysis of data collected pursuant to paragraph (1). "SEC. 793. STATISTICS; ANNUAL REPORT. 42 USC 295/. "(a) STATISTICS AND OTHER INFORMATION. —The Secretary shall, in coordination with the National Center for Health Statistics (established under section 306), continuously develop, publish, and disseminate on a nationwide basis statistics and other information respecting public and community health personnel, including— "(1) detailed descriptions of the various types of activities in which public and community health personnel are engaged, "(2) the current and anticipated needs for the various types of public and community health personnel, and "(3) the number, employment, geographic locations, salaries, and surpluses and shortages of public and community health personnel, the educational and licensure requirements for the various types of such personnel, and the cost of training such personnel. "(b) REQUIREMENTS REGARDING PERSONAL DATA. — "(1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary and each program entity shall in securing and maintaining any record of individually identifiable personal data (in this subsection referred to as 'personal data') for purposes of this section— "(A) inform any individual who is asked to supply personal data whether he is legally required, or may refuse,