PUBLIC LAW 95-623—NOV. 9, 1978
92 STAT. 3449
the project with respect to which the grant or contract is to be made or entered into. "(e) To assist in carrying out this section, the Secretary, acting through the Center, shall cooperate and consult with the National Institutes of Health, the Veterans' Administration, and any other interested Federal departments or agencies and with State and local health departments and agencies. "(f)(1) There is established the National Council on Health Care National Council Technology (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the 'Council'). on Health Care Technology. The Council shall— "(A) advise the Secretary and the Director of the Center with Establishment. respect to the performance of the functions prescribed by this section; "(B) review applications for grants and contracts under this section in excess of $35,000 and provide the Secretary its recommendation respecting the approval of such applications; "(C) after consultation with appropriate public and private entities, advise the Secretary respecting the safety, efficacy, effectiveness, cost effectiveness, and the social and economic impacts of particular health care technologies; "(D) after consultation with appropriate public and private entities, develop, when appropriate and to the extent practicable, exemplary standards, norms, and criteria concerning the use of particular health care technologies; and " (E) promptly publish, disseminate, and otherwise make available, through the National Library of Medicine, standards, norms, and criteria developed under subparagraph (D). " (2) The Council shall consist of— Membership. "(A) the Director of the National Institutes of Health, the Chief Medical Officer of the Veterans' Administration, the Assistant Secretary for Health and Environment of the Department of Defense, the Chairman of the National Professional Standards Review Council, a member of the National Council on Health Planning and Development (established under section 1503), the 42 USC 300k-3 Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the head of the Food and Drug Administration (or the successor to such entity), the head of the Center for Disease Control (or the successor to such entity), and the head of the Health Care Financing Administration (or the successor to such entity) who (or their designees') shall be ex officio members, and "(B) eighteen members appointed by the Secretary. The Secretary shall make his initial appointments to the Council within one hundred and twenty days of the date of the enactment of this section. Six of the appointed members shall be selected from individuals who are distinguished in the fields of medicine, engineering, or science (including social science). Of such six members, at least two shall be selected from individuals who are representatives of business entities engaged in the development or production of health care technology. Two of the appointed members shall be physicians, two of the appointed members shall be selected from individuals who are hospital administrators, two of the appointed members shall be selected from individuals who are distinguished in the field of economics, two of the appointed members shall be selected from individuals who are distinguisihed in the field of law, one of the appointed members shall be selected from individuals who are distinguished in the field of ethics,
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