PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Secretary, through the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, can give grants and make contracts with public and nonprofit groups to help plan, start, improve, and run centers that do basic and clinical AIDS research and train people in advanced diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. These awards must follow policies set by the Secretary through the NIH Director and after consulting NIAID’s advisory council. Clinical research should include women, children, hemophiliacs, and minorities when appropriate. The money can pay for things like renovating or leasing space, staff and other operating costs (including patient care needed for research), clinical training (including allied health workers), and demonstration projects such as long-term monitoring and outpatient treatment. Funds cannot pay for research training covered by Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards under section 288. Support can last up to 5 years and the Director may extend it in additional blocks of up to 5 years each if a peer review group reviews the center and recommends extension. Congress may appropriate whatever sums are necessary.

Title 42, §300cc–16

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(a)(1)The Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, may make grants to, and enter into contracts with, public and nonprofit private entities to assist such entities in planning, establishing, or strengthening, and providing basic operating support for, centers for basic and clinical research into, and training in, advanced diagnostic, prevention, and treatment methods for acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

(2)A grant or contract under paragraph (1) shall be provided in accordance with policies established by the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health, and after consultation with the advisory council for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

(3)The Secretary shall ensure that, as appropriate, clinical research programs carried out under paragraph (1) include as research subjects women, children, hemophiliacs, and minorities.

(b)(1)Financial assistance under subsection (a) may be expended for—

(A)the renovation or leasing of space;

(B)staffing and other basic operating costs, including such patient care costs as are required for clinical research;

(C)clinical training with respect to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (including such training for allied health professionals); and

(D)demonstration purposes, including projects in the long-term monitoring and outpatient treatment of individuals infected with the etiologic agent for such syndrome.

(2)Financial assistance under subsection (a) may not be expended to provide research training for which Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards may be provided under section 288 of this title.

(c)Support of a center under subsection (a) may be for not more than five years. Such period may be extended by the Director for additional periods of not more than five years each if the operations of such center have been reviewed by an appropriate technical and scientific peer review group established by the Director and if such group has recommended to the Director that such period should be extended.

(d)For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2002—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 107–206 substituted “Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards” for “National Research Service Awards”.

§300cc–16 Research Centers

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Title 42, §300cc–16

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