‘These materials were compiled under a grant 
issued by the Department of Health and 
Human Services.’. 
‘‘(C) UPDATE OF MATERIALS.—As needed, 
but not later than 2 years after the date on 
which the educational materials were approved 
by the Director, the grantee or contractor in-
volved shall submit updated materials to the Di-
rector, including the studies used to develop 
such updates. 
‘‘(6) AVAILABILITY.—The Director shall ensure 
that educational materials and reports developed 
under a grant or contract under this subsection shall 
be made publicly available and accessible, including 
through the Internet website of the Agency. 
‘‘(c) PRESCRIBER EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PRO-
GRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Director, shall award 10 grants or con-
tracts to eligible entities for the development and im-
plementation of programs to appropriately train and 
deploy healthcare professionals to educate physicians 
and other drug prescribers concerning the relative 
safety, relative effectiveness, and relative cost of pre-
scription drugs and their alternatives as described in 
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subsection (a)(2), and to distribute the educational 
materials developed under subsection (b) to physi-
cians and other drug prescribers. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant or contract under paragraph (1) an en-
tity shall— 
‘‘(A) be— 
‘‘(i) a public entity, including a State 
or county; 
‘‘(ii) a non-profit private entity; 
‘‘(iii) a partnership between a public 
entity and a non-profit private entity; or 
‘‘(iv) an academic institution; 
‘‘(B) receive no support from any entity 
that manufactures products used to treat the 
medical conditions discussed, or from any orga-
nization funded by such entities, during the pe-
riod beginning 1 year prior to the submission of 
an application under this paragraph and ending 
1 year after the date on which the grant or con-
tract is received; and 
‘‘(C) submit to the Secretary an applica-
tion at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Secretary may 
require. 
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‘‘(3) CRITERIA
FOR
AWARDING
GRANTS
OR 
CONTRACTS.—In evaluating grant or contract appli-
cations received under this subsection, the Secretary 
shall take into consideration— 
‘‘(A) the capacity of the entities to perform 
the activities described in paragraph (4); 
‘‘(B) the service areas of the entity’s pro-
grams, in order to minimize overlap; 
‘‘(C) the plans of the entities involved to 
provide incentives for physicians and other pre-
scribers to participate in the education pro-
gram, such as the availability of continuing 
medical education credits; and 
‘‘(D) the methods proposed to provide the 
educational materials through outreach and 
interaction with prescribers in a setting, and 
with a communications plan, designed to en-
hance the likelihood that prescribers will par-
ticipate, and will use the information to improve 
the relative safety, relative effectiveness, and 
relative cost of medication utilization. 
‘‘(4) USE
OF
FUNDS.—An entity shall use 
amounts received under a grant or contract under 
this subsection to carry out the following activities: 
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‘‘(A) To hire and provide training to 
nurses, pharmacists, or other individuals with 
an appropriate clinical background to enable 
such individuals to provide information and 
educational outreach concerning the relative 
safety, relative effectiveness, and relative cost of 
prescription drugs and their alternatives as de-
scribed in subsection (a)(2) to healthcare pro-
viders who prescribe drugs in a manner that 
prescribers find useful, convenient, and time ef-
ficient. 
‘‘(B) To identify healthcare providers who 
will receive office visits from individuals who re-
ceive training under this subsection. Preference 
for such office visits shall be given to healthcare 
providers with a large number of total patients 
or large number of patients receiving care 
through Federal health programs including the 
Medicare and Medicaid programs under titles 
XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act. 
‘‘(C) To conduct office visits to healthcare 
providers who prescribe drugs. 
‘‘(D) To conduct other educational out-
reach activities with respect to healthcare pro-
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viders who prescribe drugs, as approved by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(E) To conduct an evaluation of the effec-
tiveness of the program involved in changing 
prescribing behavior and improving the quality 
of medication use. 
‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall promul-
gate such regulations as may be required to carry out this 
section, including regulations to prevent conflicts of inter-
est, to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of the informa-
tion in the educational materials, and to promote the effec-
tiveness of the prescriber education and outreach program. 
‘‘(e) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall conduct an 
evaluation of the effectiveness of the educational materials 
and the prescriber education and outreach program under 
this section. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated, such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this section.’’. 
Æ 
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