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To improve, coordinate, and enhance rehabilitation research at the National Institutes of Health.

S. 1027 · 113th Congress · May 22, 2013 · Lineage

A BILL

1. Improving rehabilitation research at NIH

Section 452 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285g–4) is amended—
(1)
in the section heading by striking “medical”;
(2)
in subsection (a), by striking “Medical”;
(3)
in subsection (c)(1)(C), by striking “of the National” and inserting “within the National”;
(4)
in subsection (d)(4), by inserting “, or at least every 5 years,” after “periodically,”; and
(5)
by adding at the end the following:

“(g) The Secretary may establish a working group made up of representatives from various Institutes and Centers, as appropriate, within the National Institutes of Health to update and streamline rehabilitation research priorities at the National Institutes of Health.

“(h) The Secretary may enter into inter-agency agreements relating to the coordination of rehabilitation research conducted by agencies outside of the Department of Health and Human Services.

“(i) For purposes of this section, the term rehabilitation means the science of mechanisms and interventions that prevent, improve, restore or replace lost, underdeveloped, or deteriorating function (defined at the level of impairment, activity, and participation according to the WHO–ICF Model).”

2. Report on implementation of rehabilitation research recommendations

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report concerning the feasibility of implementing the changes proposed in the Blue Ribbon Panel Recommendations on Rehabilitation Research.