607 
the Public Health Service Act, and section 119 of the 
Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 
2008, $1,491,343,000, of which $5,500,000 shall be avail-
able for activities regarding medication management, 
screening, and education to prevent incorrect medication 
and adverse drug reactions: Provided, That $5,123,000 
shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, speci-
fied under the heading ‘‘Aging Services Programs’’ in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the mat-
ter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 
general departmental management, including hire of six 
sedans, and for carrying out titles III, XVII, XX, XXI, 
and XXIX of the Public Health Service Act (‘‘PHS Act’’), 
the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, 
and research studies under section 1110 of the Social Se-
curity Act, $389,925,000, together with $5,851,000 to be 
transferred and expended as authorized by section 
201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the Federal 
Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supple-
mentary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, and $46,756,000 
from the amounts available under section 241 of the PHS 
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
05:11 Feb 24, 2009
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00607
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H1105.IH
H1105
jbell on PROD1PC69 with BILLS
608 
Act to carry out national health or human services re-
search and evaluation activities: Provided, That of this 
amount, $51,891,000 shall be for minority AIDS preven-
tion and treatment activities; $5,789,000 shall be to assist 
Afghanistan in the development of maternal and child 
health clinics, consistent with section 103(a)(4)(H) of the 
Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002; and 
$1,000,000 shall be transferred, not later than 30 days 
after enactment of this Act, to the National Institute of 
Mental Health to administer the Interagency Autism Co-
ordinating Committee: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading for carrying out title 
XX of the PHS Act, $13,120,000 shall be for activities 
specified under section 2003(b)(2), all of which shall be 
for prevention service demonstration grants under section 
510(b)(2) of title V of the Social Security Act without ap-
plication of the limitation of section 2010(c) of such title 
XX: Provided further, That funds provided in this Act for 
embryo adoption activities may be used to provide, to indi-
viduals adopting embryos, through grants and other mech-
anisms, medical and administrative services deemed nec-
essary for such adoptions: Provided further, That such 
services shall be provided consistent with 42 CFR 
59.5(a)(4): Provided further, That $2,854,000 shall be 
used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under 
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
05:11 Feb 24, 2009
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00608
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H1105.IH
H1105
jbell on PROD1PC69 with BILLS
609 
the heading ‘‘General Departmental Management’’ in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the mat-
ter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided 
further, That specific information requests from the chair-
men and ranking members of the Subcommittees on 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies, on scientific research or any other mat-
ter, shall be transmitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
(‘‘Committees on Appropriations’’) in a prompt, profes-
sional manner and within the time frame specified in the 
request: Provided further, That scientific information, in-
cluding such information provided in congressional testi-
mony, requested by the Committees on Appropriations and 
prepared by government researchers and scientists shall 
be transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations, un-
censored and without delay. 
OFFICE OF MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS 
For expenses necessary for administrative law judges 
responsible for hearing cases under title XVIII of the So-
cial Security Act (and related provisions of title XI of such 
Act), $64,604,000, to be transferred in appropriate part 
from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the 
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. 
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
05:11 Feb 24, 2009
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00609
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H1105.IH
H1105
jbell on PROD1PC69 with BILLS
610 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the National 
Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including 
grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the de-
velopment and advancement of interoperable health infor-
mation technology, $43,552,000: Provided, That in addi-
tion to amounts provided herein, $17,679,000 shall be 
available from amounts available under section 241 of the 
Public Health Service Act. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for 
investigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspec-
tor General Act of 1978, $45,279,000: Provided, That of 
such amount, necessary sums shall be available for pro-
viding protective services to the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services and investigating non-payment of child 
support cases for which non-payment is a Federal offense 
under 18 U.S.C. 228: Provided further, That at least forty 
percent of the funds provided in this Act for the Office 
of Inspector General shall be used only for investigations, 
audits, and evaluations pertaining to the discretionary 
programs funded in this Act. 
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
05:11 Feb 24, 2009
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00610
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H1105.IH
H1105
jbell on PROD1PC69 with BILLS