113 S1027 IS: To improve, coordinate, and enhance rehabilitation research at the National Institutes of Health.
U.S. Senate
2013-05-22
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1.Improving rehabilitation
research at NIHSection 452 of
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285g–4) is amended—
(1)in the section
heading by striking medical
;
(2)in subsection
(a), by striking Medical
;
(3)in subsection
(c)(1)(C), by striking of the National
and inserting
within the National
;
(4)in subsection
(d)(4), by inserting , or at least every 5 years,
after
periodically,
; and
(5)by adding at the
end the following:
(g)The Secretary may
establish a working group made up of representatives from various Institutes
and Centers, as appropriate, within the National Institutes of Health to update
and streamline rehabilitation research priorities at the National Institutes of
Health.
(h)The Secretary may
enter into inter-agency agreements relating to the coordination of
rehabilitation research conducted by agencies outside of the Department of
Health and Human Services.
(i)For purposes of
this section, the term rehabilitation means the science of
mechanisms and interventions that prevent, improve, restore or replace lost,
underdeveloped, or deteriorating function (defined at the level of impairment,
activity, and participation according to the WHO–ICF
Model).
.
2.Report on
implementation of rehabilitation research recommendationsNot later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit
to the appropriate committees of Congress a report concerning the feasibility
of implementing the changes proposed in the Blue Ribbon Panel Recommendations
on Rehabilitation Research.