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Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§11152 Reports and memoranda of understanding

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 117— - ENCOURAGING GOOD FAITH PROFESSIONAL REVIEW ACTIVITIES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - DEFINITIONS AND REPORTS › § 11152

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

HHS must report to Congress each year for the three years after November 14, 1986 on how the chapter is being carried out. The Secretary must seek agreements with Defense, Veterans Affairs, and the DEA (to get notice when a practitioner's registration to dispense controlled substances is suspended or revoked under 21 U.S.C. 824) and report to Congress on any such agreements by two years after November 14, 1986.

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Title 42, §11152

The Public Health and Welfare — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary shall report to Congress, annually during the three years after November 14, 1986, on the implementation of this chapter.
(b)The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall seek to enter into memoranda of understanding with the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to apply the provisions of subchapter II of this chapter to hospitals and other facilities and health care providers under the jurisdiction of the Secretary or Administrator, respectively. The Secretary shall report to Congress, not later than two years after November 14, 1986, on any such memoranda and on the cooperation among such officials in establishing such memoranda.
(c)The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall seek to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Administrator of Drug Enforcement relating to providing for the reporting by the Administrator to the Secretary of information respecting physicians and other practitioners whose registration to dispense controlled substances has been suspended or revoked under section 824 of title 21. The Secretary shall report to Congress, not later than two years after November 14, 1986, on any such memorandum and on the cooperation between the Secretary and the Administrator in establishing such a memorandum.

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Change of Name

Reference to Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs deemed to refer to Secretary of Veterans Affairs pursuant to section 10 of Pub. L. 100–527, set out as a Department of Veterans Affairs Act note under section 301 of Title 38, Veterans’ Benefits.

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42 U.S.C. § 11152

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73