Sec. 2. NIH strategic plan
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Section 402 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 282 ) is amended— in subsection (b)(5), by inserting before the semicolon the following: , and through the development, implementation, and updating of the strategic plan developed under subsection
(m); and by adding at the end the following: Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Advancing NIH Strategic Planning and Representation in Medical Research Act , and once every 6 years thereafter, the Director of NIH, in consultation with the directors of the national research institutes and national centers, shall develop and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress and post on the Internet website of the National Institutes of Health, a 6-year coordinated strategy (to be known as the NIH Strategic Plan ) to provide direction to the biomedical research investments made by the National Institutes of Health, to facilitate collaboration across the institutes and centers, to leverage scientific opportunity, and to advance biomedicine. The strategy under paragraph
(1)shall— identify strategic research priorities and objectives across biomedical research, including— an assessment of the state of biomedical and behavioral research, including areas of opportunity with respect to basic, clinical, and translational research; priorities and objectives to advance the treatment, cure, and prevention of health conditions; emerging scientific opportunities, rising public health challenges, and scientific knowledge gaps; and the identification of near-, mid-, and long-term scientific needs; consider, in carrying out subparagraph (A)— disease burden in the United States; rare diseases and conditions; biological, social, and other determinants of health that contribute to health disparities; and other factors the Director of NIH determines appropriate; include multi-institute priorities, including coordination of research among institutes and centers; include strategic priorities for funding research through the Common Fund, in accordance with section 402A(c)(1)(C); address the agency’s proposed and ongoing activities related to training and the biomedical workforce; and describe opportunities for collaboration with other agencies and departments, as appropriate. Strategic plans developed and updated by the national research institutes and national centers of the National Institutes of Health shall be prepared regularly and in such a manner that such plans will be informed by the strategic plans developed and updated under this subsection. . Section 402A(c)(1)(C) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 282a(c)(1)(C) ) is amended by striking Not later than June 1, 2007, and every 2 years thereafter, and inserting As part of the NIH Strategic Plan required under section 402(m), .
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