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the healing professions, and the administration
of health care institutions.
(B) They shall provide a balanced point of
view with respect to the various health care in-
terests and at least two of them shall represent
the interests of individual consumers.
(C) Not more than three of them shall be
from the same political party.
(3) TERMS OF APPOINTED MEMBERS.—Individ-
uals appointed under paragraph (1)(B) shall serve
for a term of 6 years, except that the terms of 5 of
the individuals initially appointed shall be, as des-
ignated by the President at the time of their ap-
pointment, for 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 years. During a
term of membership on the Board, no member shall
engage in any other business, vocation or employ-
ment.
(c) VACANCIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall fill any
vacancy in the membership of the Board in the same
manner as the original appointment. The vacancy
shall not affect the power of the remaining members
to execute the duties of the Board.
(2) VACANCY
APPOINTMENTS.—Any member
appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve for the re-
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mainder of the term for which the predecessor of the
member was appointed.
(3) REAPPOINTMENT.—The President may re-
appoint an appointed member of the Board for a
second term in the same manner as the original ap-
pointment. A member who has served for two con-
secutive 6-year terms shall not be eligible for re-
appointment until two years after the member has
ceased to serve.
(4) REMOVAL FOR CAUSE.—Upon confirmation,
members of the Board may not be removed except
by the President for cause.
(d) CHAIR.—The President shall designate one of the
members of the Board, other than the Secretary, to serve
at the will of the President as Chair of the Board.
(e) COMPENSATION.—Members of the Board (other
than the Secretary) shall be entitled to compensation at
a level equivalent to level II of the Executive Schedule,
in accordance with section 5313 of title 5, United States
Code.
(f) GENERAL DUTIES OF THE BOARD.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Board shall develop
policies, procedures, guidelines, and requirements to
carry out this Act, including those related to—
(A) eligibility;
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(B) enrollment;
(C) benefits;
(D) provider participation standards and
qualifications, as defined in title III;
(E) national and State funding levels;
(F) methods for determining amounts of
payments to providers of covered services, con-
sistent with subtitle B of title VI;
(G) the determination of medical necessity
and appropriateness with respect to coverage of
certain services;
(H) assisting State health security pro-
grams with planning for capital expenditures
and service delivery;
(I) planning for health professional edu-
cation funding (as specified in title VI);
(J) allocating funds provided under title
VII; and
(K) encouraging States to develop regional
planning mechanisms (described in section
405(a)(3)).
(2) REGULATIONS.—Regulations authorized by
this Act shall be issued by the Board in accordance
with the provisions of section 553 of title 5, United
States Code.
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(g) UNIFORM REPORTING STANDARDS; ANNUAL RE-
PORT; STUDIES.—
(1) UNIFORM REPORTING STANDARDS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall estab-
lish uniform reporting requirements and stand-
ards to ensure an adequate national data base
regarding health services practitioners, services
and finances of State health security programs,
approved plans, providers, and the costs of fa-
cilities and practitioners providing services.
Such standards shall include, to the maximum
extent feasible, health outcome measures.
(B) REPORTS.—The Board shall analyze
regularly information reported to it, and to
State health security programs pursuant to
such requirements and standards.
(2) ANNUAL REPORT.—Beginning January 1,
of the second year beginning after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Board shall annually
report to Congress on the following:
(A) The status of implementation of the
Act.
(B) Enrollment under this Act.
(C) Benefits under this Act.
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(D) Expenditures and financing under this
Act.
(E) 
Cost-containment 
measures 
and
achievements under this Act.
(F) Quality assurance.
(G) Health care utilization patterns, in-
cluding any changes attributable to the pro-
gram.
(H) Long-range plans and goals for the de-
livery of health services.
(I) Differences in the health status of the
populations of the different States, including in-
come and racial characteristics.
(J) Necessary changes in the education of
health personnel.
(K) Plans for improving service to medi-
cally underserved populations.
(L) Transition problems as a result of im-
plementation of this Act.
(M) Opportunities for improvements under
this Act.
(3) STATISTICAL ANALYSES AND OTHER STUD-
IES.—The Board may, either directly or by con-
tract—
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(A) make statistical and other studies, on
a nationwide, regional, state, or local basis, of
any aspect of the operation of this Act, includ-
ing studies of the effect of the Act upon the
health of the people of the United States and
the effect of comprehensive health services upon
the health of persons receiving such services;
(B) develop and test methods of providing
through payment for services or otherwise, ad-
ditional incentives for adherence by providers to
standards of adequacy, access, and quality;
methods of consumer and peer review and peer
control of the utilization of drugs, of laboratory
services, and of other services; and methods of
consumer and peer review of the quality of serv-
ices;
(C) develop and test, for use by the Board,
records and information retrieval systems and
budget systems for health services administra-
tion, and develop and test model systems for
use by providers of services;
(D) develop and test, for use by providers
of services, records and information retrieval
systems useful in the furnishing of preventive
or diagnostic services;
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(E) develop, in collaboration with the phar-
maceutical profession, and test, improved ad-
ministrative practices or improved methods for
the reimbursement of independent pharmacies
for the cost of furnishing drugs as a covered
service; and
(F) make such other studies as it may con-
sider necessary or promising for the evaluation,
or for the improvement, of the operation of this
Act.
(4) REPORT
ON
USE
OF
EXISTING
FEDERAL
HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.—Not later than one year
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Board shall recommend to the Congress one or more
proposals for the treatment of health care facilities
of the Federal Government.
(h) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—
(1) APPOINTMENT.—There is hereby estab-
lished the position of Executive Director of the
Board. The Director shall be appointed by the
Board and shall serve as secretary to the Board and
perform such duties in the administration of this
title as the Board may assign.
(2) DELEGATION.—The Board is authorized to
delegate to the Director or to any other officer or