106 STAT. 3494 PUBLIC LAW 102-531—OCT. 27, 1992 "(r) SEPARATE GRANTS FOR RESEARCH ON DELIVERY OP SERVICES.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary may make grants for the purpose of conducting research on the manner in which the delivery of services under subsection (a) may be improved. The Secretary may make such grants only to grantees under such subsection and to public and nonprofit private entities that are carrying out programs substantially similar to programs carried out under such subsection. "(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the purpose of carrying out paragraph (1), there are authorized to be appropriated such simis as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1993 through 1995.". SEC. 306. BULK PURCHASES OF VACCINES FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS. Part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following subpart: "Subpart VIII—Bulk Purchases of Vaccines for Certain Programs "BULK PURCHASES OF VACCINES FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS 42 USC 256c. "SEC. 340B. (a) AGREEMENTS FOR PURCHASES.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Preventive Health Amendments of 1992, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in consultation with the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall enter into negotiations with manufacturers of vaccines for the purpose of establishing and maintaining agreements under which entities described in paragraph (2) may purchase vaccines from the manufacturers at the prices specified in the agreements. "(2) RELEVANT ENTITIES.— The entities referred to in paragraph (1) are entities that provide immunizations against vaccine-preventable diseases under the programs established in sections 329, 330, 340, and 340A. "(b) NEGOTIATION OF PRICES.— In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, ensure that the prices provided for in agreements under such subsection are comparable to the prices provided for in agreements negotiated by the Secretary on behalf of grantees under section 317(j)(l). "(c) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY. —In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary, in the discretion of the Secretary, may enter into the agreements described in such subsection (and may decline to enter into such agreements), may modify such agreements, may extend such agreements, and may terminate such agreements. "(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This section may not be construed as requiring any State to reduce or terminate the supply of vaccines provided by the State to any of the entities described in subsection (a)(2). . SEC. 306. STATE PROGRAMS REGARDING DATA ON BIRTH DEFECTS. (a) IN GENERAL.— Part A of title III of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by section 303(b) of this Act, is amended by inserting after section 317B the following section:
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