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APPENDIX
A Congressional Mandate:
Stucly of the Role of
Allied Health Personnel in
Health Care Delivery
Sec. 223
(a) (1) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall arrange
for the conduct of a study concerning the role of allied health
personnel in health care delivery. The Secretary shall request
the National Academy of Sciences to conduct the study under
an arrangement under which the actual expenses incurred by
the Academy in conducting such study will be paid by the
Secretary and the Academy will prepare the report required
by subsection (c). If the National Academy of Sciences is willing
to do so, the Secretary shall enter into such an arrangement
with the Academy for the conduct of the study.
(2) If the National Academy of Sciences is unwilling to conduct
the study required by paragraph (1) under the type of ar-
rangement described in such paragraph, the Secretary shall
enter into a similar arrangement with one or more appropriate
, . . .
nonprofit private entitles.
(b) The study required by subsection (a) shall:
(1) assess the role of allied health personnel in health care delivery;
(2) identify projected needs, availability, and requirements of var-
ious types of health care delivery systems for each tvue of allied
health personnel;
(3) investigate current practices under which each type of allied
health personnel obtain licenses, credentials and accreditation;
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Public Law 99-129, signed October 22, 1985.
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APPENDIX A
(4) assess changes in programs and curricula for the education of
allied health personnel and in the delivery of services by such
personnel which are necessary to meet the needs and require-
ments identified pursuant to paragraph (21; and
(5) assess the role of the Federal, State, and local governments,
educational institutions and health care facilities in meeting the
needs and requirements identified pursuant to paragraph (21.
(c) By October 1, 1987, the Secretary of Health and Human Services
shall transmit to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the
Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of-the House of
Representatives, and make available to the public, a report:
(1) describing the study conducted under this section;
(2) containing a statement of the data obtained under such study;
and,
(3) specifying such recommendations for legislation and admin-
istrative action as the Secretary considers appropriate.
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