Pub. L. 94-278, tit. VI, sec. 602

Sec. 602. (a) Section 2 of the National Arthritis Act of 1971 (Public Law 93–640) (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Act”) is amended by— (1) inserting “(a)” after “Sec. 2.”; (2) inserting a comma and “including $2,500,000,000 in medical expenses,” after “$9,200,000,000” in paragraph (3): and (3) inserting a new subsection (b) at the end thereof as follows: “(b) It is therefore the purpose of this Act to provide for— “(1) the formulation of a long-range plan— “(A) to expand and coordinate the national research, treatment, and control effort, against arthritis; “(B) to advance educational activities for patients, professional and allied health personnel, and the public which will alert, the citizens of the United States to the early indications of arthritis; and 90 STAT. 414 “(C) to emphasize (he significance of early detection and proper control of these diseases and of the complications which may evolve from them; “(2) the establishment and support of programs to develop now and improved methods of arthritis screening, detection, prevention, and referral; “(3) the establishment of a central arthritis screening and detection data bank; and “(4) the development, modernization, and operation of centers for arthritis screening, detection, diagnosis, prevention, control, treatment, education, rehabilitation, and research and training programs.”. (b) Section 3 of the Act is amended by striking out “chief medical officer” and inserting in lieu thereof “Chief Medical Director” in subsection (b)(4). (c) The section heading for section 4 of the Act is amended by striking out “demon strati on” after “committee,”.