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42 U.S.C. § 238j — Memorials and other acknowledgments for contributions to health of Nation
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The Secretary may provide for suitably acknowledging, within the Department (whether by memorials, designations, or other suitable acknowledgments), (1) efforts of persons who have contributed substantially to the health of the Nation and (2) gifts for use in activities of the Department related to health.
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The Secretary may provide for suitably acknowledging, within the Department (whether by memorials, designations, or other suitable acknowledgments), (1) efforts of persons who have contributed substantially to the health of the Nation and (2) gifts for use in activities of the Department related to health.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 228, acts July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title V, § 510, 58 Stat. 711; June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 5, 62 Stat. 859, which related to wearing of uniforms, was successively renumbered by subsequent acts and transferred, see [section 238g of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section238g&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 229, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title V, § 511, 58 Stat. 711; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631, which related to an annual report by Surgeon General, was successively renumbered by subsequent acts and transferred, see [section 238h of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section238h&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 229a, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title V, § 512, as added Oct. 15, 1968, Pub. L. 90–574, title V, § 503(a), 82 Stat. 1012, which related to memorials and other acknowledgments for contributions to health of the Nation, was successively renumbered by subsequent acts and transferred, see [section 238i of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section238i&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 229b, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title V, § 513, as added June 30, 1970, Pub. L. 91–296, title IV, § 401(a), 84 Stat. 351; amended Oct. 7, 1980, Pub. L. 96–398, title VIII, § 804(c), 94 Stat. 1608; Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 902(g)(3), 95 Stat. 560, which related to evaluation of programs, was successively renumbered by subsequent acts and transferred, see [section 238j of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section238j&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 229c, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title V, § 514
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**(a) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment** The Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment shall—
(1) coordinate with the agencies represented on the Commission on Alternative Utilization of Military Facilities the utilization of military facilities or parts thereof, as identified by such Commission, established under the National Defense Authorization Act of 1989, that could be utilized or renovated to house nonviolent persons for drug treatment purposes;
(2) notify State agencies responsible for the oversight of drug abuse treatment entities and programs of the availability of space at the installations identified in paragraph (1); and
(3) assist State agencies responsible for the oversight of drug abuse treatment entities and programs in developing methods for adapting the installations described in paragraph (1) into residential treatment centers.
**(b) States** With regard to military facilities or parts thereof, as identified by the Commission on Alternative Utilization of Military Facilities established under section 3042 of the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Amendments Act of 1988,11 See References in Text note below. that could be utilized or renovated to house nonviolent persons for drug treatment purposes, State agencies responsible for the oversight of drug abuse treatment entities and programs shall—
(1) establish eligibility criteria for the treatment of individuals at such facilities;
(2) select treatment providers to provide drug abuse treatment at such facilities;
(3) provide assistance to treatment providers selected under paragraph (2) to assist such providers in securing financing to fund the cost of the programs at such facilities; and
(4) establish, regulate, and coordinate with the military official i
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**(a) Intent** To ensure that the United States investment in biomedical research is rapidly translated into improvements in the quality of patient care, there must be a corresponding investment in research on the most effective clinical and organizational strategies for use of these findings in daily practice. The authorization levels in subsections (b) and (c) provide for a proportionate increase in health care research as the United States investment in biomedical research increases.
**(b) Authorization of appropriations** For the purpose of carrying out this subchapter, there are authorized to be appropriated $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005.
**(c) Evaluations** In addition to amounts available pursuant to subsection (b) for carrying out this subchapter, there shall be made available for such purpose, from the amounts made available pursuant to [section 238j of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section238j&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to evaluations), an amount equal to 40 percent of the maximum amount authorized in such [section 238j of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section238j&num=0&edition=prelim) to be made available for a fiscal year.
**(d) Health disparities research** For the purpose of carrying out the activities under [section 299a–1 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section299a-1&num=0&edition=prelim), there are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2002 through 2005.
**(e) Patient safety and quality improvement** For the purpose of ca
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**(a) General rule** The United States Court of Federal Claims and the United States Court of Federal Claims special masters shall, in accordance with this section, have jurisdiction over proceedings to determine if a petitioner under [section 300aa–11 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section300aa-11&num=0&edition=prelim) is entitled to compensation under the Program and the amount of such compensation. The United States Court of Federal Claims may issue and enforce such orders as the court deems necessary to assure the prompt payment of any compensation awarded.
**(b) Parties**
(1) In all proceedings brought by the filing of a petition under [section 300aa–11(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section300aa–11/b&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary shall be named as the respondent, shall participate, and shall be represented in accordance with [section 518(a) of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section518/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) Within 30 days after the Secretary receives service of any petition filed under [section 300aa–11 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section300aa-11&num=0&edition=prelim) the Secretary shall publish notice of such petition in the Federal Register. The special master designated with respect to such petition under subsection (c) shall afford all interested persons an opportunity to submit relevant, written information—
(A) relating to the existence of the evidence described in [section 300aa–13(a)(1)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section300aa–13/a/1/B&num=0&edition=prelim), or
(B) re
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**(a) General rule**
(1) Compensation shall be awarded under the Program to a petitioner if the special master or court finds on the record as a whole—
(A) that the petitioner has demonstrated by a preponderance of the evidence the matters required in the petition by [section 300aa–11(c)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section300aa–11/c/1&num=0&edition=prelim), and
(B) that there is not a preponderance of the evidence that the illness, disability, injury, condition, or death described in the petition is due to factors unrelated to the administration of the vaccine described in the petition.
The special master or court may not make such a finding based on the claims of a petitioner alone, unsubstantiated by medical records or by medical opinion.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “factors unrelated to the administration of the vaccine”—
(A) does not include any idiopathic, unexplained, unknown, hypothetical, or undocumentable cause, factor, injury, illness, or condition, and
(B) may, as documented by the petitioner’s evidence or other material in the record, include infection, toxins, trauma (including birth trauma and related anoxia), or metabolic disturbances which have no known relation to the vaccine involved, but which in the particular case are shown to have been the agent or agents principally responsible for causing the petitioner’s illness, disability, injury, condition, or death.
**(b) Matters to be considered**
(1) In determining whether to award compensation to a petitioner under the Program, the special master or court shall consider, in addition to all other relevant medical and scientific evidence contained in the record—
(A) any diagnosis, conclusion, medical judgment, or
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**(a) Encouragement of applications with respect to clinical trials**
(1) If, in the determination of the Secretary, there is preliminary evidence that a new drug has effectiveness in humans with respect to the prevention or treatment of acquired immune deficiency syndrome, the Secretary shall, through statements published in the Federal Register—
(A) announce the fact of such determination; and
(B) with respect to the new drug involved, encourage an application for an exemption for investigational use of the new drug under regulations issued under [section 355(i) of title 21](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section355/i&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2)
(A) The AIDS Research Advisory Committee established pursuant to [section 300cc–3 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section300cc-3&num=0&edition=prelim) shall make recommendations to the Secretary with respect to new drugs appropriate for determinations described in paragraph (1).
(B) The Secretary shall, as soon as is practicable, determine the merits of recommendations received by the Secretary pursuant to subparagraph (A).
**(b) Encouragement of applications with respect to treatment use in circumstances other than clinical trials**
(1) In the case of a new drug with respect to which the Secretary has made a determination described in subsection (a) and with respect to which an exemption is in effect for purposes of [section 355(i) of title 21](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section355/i&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary shall—
(A) as appropriate, encourage the sponsor of the investigation of the new drug to submit to the Secretary, in accordance with regulations issued under suc
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The Secretary shall, directly or through grants or contracts, evaluate the services provided and activities carried out with payments to States under this part.
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The Secretary shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, make grants to States to enable such States to improve the quality, availability and organization of health care and support services for individuals and families with HIV/AIDS. The authority of the Secretary to provide grants under this section is subject to section 300ff–34(e)(2) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title (relating to the decrease in perinatal transmission of HIV/AIDS).
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**(a) Prohibition**
(1) **In general** — A group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage may not establish—
(A) lifetime limits on the dollar value of benefits for any participant or beneficiary; or
(B) except as provided in paragraph (2), annual limits on the dollar value of benefits for any participant or beneficiary.
(2) **Annual limits prior to 2014** — With respect to plan years beginning prior to January 1, 2014, a group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage may only establish a restricted annual limit on the dollar value of benefits for any participant or beneficiary with respect to the scope of benefits that are essential health benefits under [section 18022(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section18022/b&num=0&edition=prelim), as determined by the Secretary. In defining the term “restricted annual limit” for purposes of the preceding sentence, the Secretary shall ensure that access to needed services is made available with a minimal impact on premiums.
**(b) Per beneficiary limits** Subsection (a) shall not be construed to prevent a group health plan or health insurance coverage from placing annual or lifetime per beneficiary limits on specific covered benefits that are not essential health benefits under [section 18022(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section18022/b&num=0&edition=prelim), to the extent that such limits are otherwise permitted under Federal or State law.
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**(a) Establishment of Fund**
(1) **In general** — There is established a fund to be known as the World Trade Center Health Program Fund (referred to in this section as the “Fund”).
(2) **Funding** — Out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there shall be deposited into the Fund for fiscal year 2016 and each subsequent fiscal year through fiscal year 2090—
(A) the Federal share, consisting of an amount equal to—
(i) for fiscal year 2016, $330,000,000;
(ii) for fiscal year 2017, $345,610,000;
(iii) for fiscal year 2018, $380,000,000;
(iv) for fiscal year 2019, $440,000,000;
(v) for fiscal year 2020, $485,000,000;
(vi) for fiscal year 2021, $501,000,000;
(vii) for fiscal year 2022, $518,000,000;
(viii) for fiscal year 2023, $535,000,000;
(ix) for fiscal year 2024, $552,000,000;
(x) for fiscal year 2025, $570,000,000; and
(xi) for each subsequent fiscal year through fiscal year 2090, the amount specified under this subparagraph for the previous fiscal year increased by the percentage increase in the consumer price index for all urban consumers (all items; United States city average) as estimated by the Secretary for the 12-month period ending with March of the previous year; plus
(B) the New York City share, consisting of the amount contributed under the contract under [section 300mm–41(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section300mm–41/d&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Contract requirement**
(A) *In general* — No funds may be disbursed from the Fund unless New York City has entered into a contract with the WTC Program Administrator under [section 300mm–41(d)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-ti
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