study relating to chiropractic health professions

study relating to chiropractic health professions Sec. 903. (a) (1) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall arrange for the conduct of a study to determine the national average annual per student educational cost of providing education programs which lead to a degree of doctor of chiropractics. (2) Such study shall be completed and an interim report thereon submitted not later than March 30, 1978, and a final report not later than January 1, 1979, to the Secretary, the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate, and the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives. (3) Such study shall develop methodologies for ascertaining the average annual cost of chiropractic education, and the factors that affect any variation among schools with respect to their average annual per student educational costs. The study shall employ the most recent data available from the chiropractic schools in the United States at the time of the study. (4) The study shall also determine the current demand for chiropractic services throughout the United States and shall develop methodologies for deter muling if current supply of chiropractors is sufficient to meet this demand. (5) The study shall include an analysis of the current costs of chiropractic services by type of service and shall include an analysis of such costs over the past five years. (b) The Secretary shall enter into an agreement with an appropriate nonprofit group or association to conduct such a study under an arrangement in which the Secretary reimburses such group or association for actual expenses incurred by such group or association in conducting such a study. (c) The provisions of this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.