Sec. 7. Enhancing research in support of patient quality of life
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Part W of title III of the Public Health Service Act, as added by section 4 and amended by sections 5 and 6, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section: The Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health, shall develop and implement a strategy to be applied across the institutes and centers of the National Institutes of Health that is in accordance with recommendations of the Advisory Committee established under section 399OO–2 to expand national research programs in symptom management, palliative, psychosocial, and survivorship care.
The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall expand and intensify research programs in symptom management and palliative, psychosocial, and survivorship care and research programs that address the quality of life needs for the rapidly growing population in the United States of seriously ill patient (with illnesses such as cancer; heart, renal and live failure; lung disease; and Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias). . Section 402A(c)(2)(B)(i) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 282a(c)(2)(B)(i) ) is amended by inserting and for conducting or supporting research with respect to quality of life and survivorship after or national centers .
The amendment made by paragraph
(1)shall apply with respect to reports required on or after January 1, 2014.
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Enhancing research in support of patient quality of life
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