[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3084 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3084

   To provide for the conduct of a study concerning health services 
                               research.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 9, 2002

   Mr. Frist introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for the conduct of a study concerning health services 
                               research.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPORT ON HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH.

    (a) Contract.--The Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research 
and Quality shall enter into a contract with the Institute of Medicine 
of the National Academy of Sciences for the conduct of a study on the 
adequacy of the organization and financing in the field of health 
services research for meeting the future information needs of the 
United States.
    (b) Areas of Review.--In conducting the study under subsection (a), 
the Institute of Medicine shall at a minimum consider the Federal role 
in supporting health services research, and in particular, the role of 
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in leading the Federal 
effort and coordinating the complementary roles of other Federal 
agencies, as well as the private foundations and corporations, that 
conduct and fund health services research.
    (c) Report.--Not later than ____ year after the date on which the 
contract is entered into under subsection (a), the Institute of 
Medicine shall complete the study under such subsection and submit a 
report to the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and 
Quality and the appropriate committees of Congress that contains the 
results of such study.
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