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§ 299b–5. Health care practice and technology innovation
(a) In general
The Director shall promote innovation in evidence-based health care practices and technologies by—
(1) conducting and supporting research on the development, diffusion, and use of health care technology;
(2) developing, evaluating, and disseminating methodologies for assessments of health care practices and technologies;
(3) conducting intramural and supporting extramural assessments of existing and new health care practices and technologies;
(4) promoting education and training and providing technical assistance in the use of health care practice and technology assessment methodologies and results; and
(5) working with the National Library of Medicine and the public and private sector to develop an electronic clearinghouse of currently available assessments and those in progress.
(b) Specification of process
(1) In general
(2) Consultations
(3) Methodology
The Director shall, in developing the methods used under paragraph (1), consider—
(A) safety, efficacy, and effectiveness;
(B) legal, social, and ethical implications;
(C) costs, benefits, and cost-effectiveness;
(D) comparisons to alternate health care practices and technologies; and
(E) requirements of Food and Drug Administration approval to avoid duplication.
(c) Specific assessments
(1) In general
(2) Requests for assessments
(3) Grants and contracts
(4) Eligible entities
(d) Medical examination of certain victims
(1) In general
The Director shall develop and disseminate a report on evidence-based clinical practices for—
(A) the examination and treatment by health professionals of individuals who are victims of sexual assault (including child molestation) or attempted sexual assault; and
(B) the training of health professionals, in consultation with the Health Resources and Services Administration, on performing medical evidentiary examinations of individuals who are victims of child abuse or neglect, sexual assault, elder abuse, or domestic violence.
(2) Certain considerations
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IX, § 916, as added Pub. L. 106–129, § 2(a), Dec. 6, 1999, 113 Stat. 1660; Pub. L. 108–173, title IX, § 900(e)(2)(C), Dec. 8, 2003, 117 Stat. 2372.)