In its role as the principal agency for health care research and quality, the Agency may provide scientific and technical support for private and public efforts to improve health care quality, including the activities of accrediting organizations.
With respect to paragraph (1), the role of the Agency shall include-
The Secretary, acting through the Director and in consultation with the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, shall establish a program for the purpose of making one or more grants for the establishment and operation of one or more centers to carry out the activities specified in paragraph (2).
The activities referred to in this paragraph are the following:
The Director shall, in accordance with part C, conduct and support research and build private-public partnerships to-
42 U.S.C. § 299b-1
EDITORIAL NOTES
PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 299b-1, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IX, §912, as added Pub. L. 101-239, title VI, §6103(a), Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2192; amended Pub. L. 102-410, §§5(a)(1), (c) (1), 6(b), Oct. 13, 1992, 106 Stat. 2096, 2097, 2100, related to the duties of the Office of the Forum for Quality and Effectiveness in Health Care, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 106-129.
AMENDMENTS2005-Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109-41 inserted ",in accordance with part C," after "The Director shall" in introductory provisions.
- Secretary
- The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.1See References in Text note below.