Office of Assistant Secretary for Health

Office of Assistant Secretary for Health public health service management For the expenses necessary for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Health and for carrying out title III, XVII, and XX of the Public Health Service Act, $70,167,000, together with not to exceed $1,050,000 to be transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds referred to therein and $5,950,000 to be transferred and expended for patient outcome assessment research as authorized by section 9316 of Public Law 99–509, of which $3,868,000 will come from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and $2,082,000 will come from the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, and, in addition, amounts received from Freedom of Information Act fees, reimbursable and interagency agreements and the sale of data tapes shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That in addition to amounts provided herein, up to $10,155,000 shall be available from amounts available under section 2313 of the Public Health Service Act, to carry out the National Medical Expenditure Survey. retirement pay and medical benefits for commissioned officers For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, and for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan and for medical care of dependents and retired personnel under the Dependents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), and for payments pursuant to section 229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), such amounts as may be required during the current fiscal year. 102 STAT. 1694 vaccine injury compensation trust fund For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund, such sums as may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-related injury or death resolved during the current fiscal year with respect to vaccines administered after September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI of the Public Health Service Act as amended by Public Law 100–203, and from such trust fund such sums as may be necessary, not to exceed $80,000,000, for compensation of claims adjudicated by the United States Claims Court arising from liability related to the administration of vaccines before October 1, 1988.