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(4) in section 1213(a)(8), by striking ‘‘provides
for for’’ and inserting ‘‘provides for’’;
(5) in section 1501, by redesignating the second
subsection (c) (added by section 101(f) of Public Law
103–183) as subsection (d); and
(6) in section 1505(3), by striking ‘‘nonprofit’’.
(c) MISCELLANEOUS CORRECTION.—Section 401(c)(3)
of Public Law 103–183 is amended in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘(d)(5)’’ and inserting
‘‘(e)(5)’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section is deemed to have
taken effect immediately after the enactment of Public Law
103–183.
SEC. 804. CERTAIN AUTHORITIES OF CENTERS FOR DIS-
EASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part B of title III of the Public
Health Service Act, as amended by section 701 of this Act,
is amended by inserting after section 317G the following
section:
‘‘MISCELLANEOUS AUTHORITIES REGARDING CENTERS FOR
DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
‘‘SEC. 317H. (a) TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC PEER
REVIEW GROUPS.—The Secretary, acting through the Di-
rector of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
may, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United
States Code, governing appointments in the competitive
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service, and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51
and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to
classification and General Schedule pay rates, establish
such technical and scientific peer review groups and sci-
entific program advisory committees as are needed to carry
out the functions of such Centers and appoint and pay the
members of such groups, except that officers and employees
of the United States shall not receive additional compensa-
tion for service as members of such groups. The Federal Ad-
visory Committee Act shall not apply to the duration of
such peer review groups. Not more than one-fourth of the
members of any such group shall be officers or employees
of the United States.
‘‘(b) FELLOWSHIP AND TRAINING PROGRAMS.—The
Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, shall establish fellowship
and training programs to be conducted by such Centers to
train individuals to develop skills in epidemiology, surveil-
lance, laboratory analysis, and other disease detection and
prevention methods. Such programs shall be designed to en-
able health professionals and health personnel trained under
such programs to work, after receiving such training, in
local, State, national, and international efforts toward the
prevention and control of diseases, injuries, and disabilities.
Such fellowships and training may be administered through
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the use of either appointment or nonappointment proce-
dures.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section takes effect July
1, 1994.
SEC. 805. ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ANALYT-
ICAL LABORATORY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and
Human Services, acting as appropriate through the Direc-
tor of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or
through other agencies, may make a grant for the establish-
ment and operation of a laboratory to protect the public
health through analyzing human, wildlife, air, water, and
soil samples. The laboratory shall be established within the
United States at the central point of the international bor-
der between the United States and Mexico (as determined
by such Secretary), and the laboratory shall serve the border
region.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the
purpose of carrying out subsection (a), there are authorized
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 1995 and each subsequent fiscal year.
SEC. 806. ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2004 of Public Law 103–
43 (107 Stat. 209) is amended by striking subsection (a).
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2004 of
Public Law 103–43, as amended by subsection (a) of this
section, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(b) SENSE’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘In the case’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PURCHASE OF
AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—In the
case’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘(2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF
ASSISTANCE’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(b) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE’’; and
(3) in subsection (b), as redesignated by para-
graph (2) of this subsection, by striking ‘‘paragraph
(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section is deemed to have
taken effect immediately after the enactment of Public Law
103–43.
SEC. 807. REVISIONS TO ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR
ENTITIES SUBJECT TO DRUG PRICING LIMI-
TATIONS.
(a) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN OUTPATIENT CLINICS AS
COVERED ENTITIES.—Section 340B(a)(4) of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256b(a)(4)) is amended by
adding at the end the following subparagraph:
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‘‘(M) A diagnostic and treatment center
owned and operated by the New York City
Health and Hospitals Corporation.’’.
(b) LIMITATION ON EXCLUSION BASED ON PARTICIPA-
TION
IN GROUP PURCHASING ORGANIZATION.—Section
340B(a)(4)(L) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
256b(a)(4)(L)) is amended—
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘under this title’’
and inserting ‘‘under title XIX of such Act’’; and
(2) in clause (iii), by inserting before the period
at the end the following: ‘‘, other than the Health
Services Purchasing Group under the control of Los
Angeles County’’.
(c) CLARIFICATION OF EFFECTIVE DATE OF EXCLU-
SION BASED ON PARTICIPATION IN GROUP PURCHASING
ORGANIZATION.—The Secretary of Health and Human
Services may not find that the hospital system for the Dal-
las County Hospital District of Texas (commonly known
as Parkland Memorial Hospital) fails to meet the require-
ments for a covered entity under paragraph (4)(L) of sec-
tion 340B(a) of the Public Health Service Act solely because
the hospital used a group purchasing organization or other
group purchasing arrangement to obtain a covered out-
patient drug before the effective date of the entity guidelines
published by the Secretary pursuant to section 602 of the
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Veterans Health Care Act of 1992 if, at the time the hospital
purchased the drug, the manufacturer of the drug did not
offer to furnish the drug to the hospital at the price required
to be paid for the drug under paragraph (1) of such section.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATES.—Subsections (a) and (b) take
effect as if included in the enactment of the Veterans Health
Care Act of 1992. Subsection (c) takes effect on the date
of the enactment of this Act.
TITLE IX—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 901. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this Act takes
effect October 1, 1994, or upon the date of the enactment
of this Act, whichever occurs later.
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