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PUBLIC LAW 102-410—OCT. 13, 1992 106 STAT. 2097 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking "and" after the semicolon at the end; (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and"; and (C) by adding at the end the following paragraphs: "(4) include information on risks and benefits oi alternative strategies for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of a given disease, disorder, or other health condition; and "(5) include information on the costs of alternative strategies for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of a given disease, disorder, or other health condition, where cost information is available and reliable.". (2) STUDY. — 42 USC 299b-i (A) To assist in carrying out the requirements of section note. 912(b)(4) of the Public Health Service Act, as added by paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Administrator for Health Care Policy and Research shall conduct or support a study to develop methods for collecting and analyzing primary and secondary data to be used in generating cost estimates of alternative strategies for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of a given disease, disorder, or the health condition to be included in gmdeline documents. (B) Not later than June 1, 1994, the Administrator Reports. for Health Care Policy and Research shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, a report concerning the study conducted under subparagraph (A). (b) ADMINISTRATION OF OFFICE. —Section 911 (42 U.S.C. 299b) is amended by adding at the end the following sentence: "The Administrator shall carry out this part acting through the Director.". (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. —Part B of title IX (42 U.S.C. 299b et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 912— 42 USC 299b-l. (A) in subsection (a)— (i) in the first sentence, by striking "The" and all that follows through "shall and inserting "The Administrator shall"; and (ii) in the second sentence, by striking "Director" and inserting "Administrator"; and (B) in subsection (c), by striking "Director" and inserting "Administrator"; (2) in section 913— 42 USC 299b-2. (A) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking "Director" and inserting "Administrator"; (B) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking "Director" and inserting "Administrator"; and (C) in subsection (c), by striking "Director" each place such term appears and inserting "Administrator"; and (3) in section 914— 42 USC 299b-3. (A) in subsection (b)— (i) in paragraph (1), by striking "Director" and inserting "Administrator^;