STUDY ON FETAL ALCOHOL EFFECT AND FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME.

SEC. 705. STUDY ON FETAL ALCOHOL EFFECT AND FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME. (a) In General.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the “Secretary”) shall enter into a contract with a public or nonprofit private entity to conduct a study on the prevalence of fetal alcohol effect and fetal alcohol syndrome in the general population of the United States and on the adequacy of Federal efforts to reduce the incidence of such conditions (including efforts regarding appropriate training for health care providers in identifying such effect or syndrome). The Secretary shall ensure that the study— (1) describes diagnostic tools for identifying such conditions; (2) compares the rate of each of such conditions with the rates of other drug-related congenital conditions; (3) evaluates the effectiveness and availability of treatment for such conditions; and (4) evaluates the plans of Federal agencies to conduct research on such conditions and determines the adequacy of such plans in relation to the impact on public health of the conditions. (b) National Academy of Sciences.—The Secretary shall request the National Academy of Sciences to enter into the contract under subsection (a) to conduct the study described in such subsection. If such Academy declines to conduct the study, the Secretary shall carry out such subsection through another public or nonprofit private entity. (c) Report.—The Secretary shall ensure that, not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the study required in subsection (a) is completed and a report describing the findings made as a result of the study is submitted to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate.