REQUIREMENT OF CERTAIN RESEARCH STUDIES.

SEC. 203. REQUIREMENT OF CERTAIN RESEARCH STUDIES. (a) Mortality Rates.—After consultation with the Director of the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, shall conduct a study for the purpose of determining the mortality rates with respect to acquired immune deficiency syndrome among individuals of various groups at risk of such syndrome, among various geographic areas, and among individuals with varying financial resources for the payment of health care services. (b) Use of Consortia for Research and Development.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall request the National Academy of Sciences and other similar appropriate nonprofit institutions to report to the Secretary findings made by such institutions with respect to- (1) the manner in which research on, and the development of, vaccines and drugs for the prevention and treatment of acquired immune deficiency syndrome and related conditions can be enhanced by the establishment of consortia— (A) designed to combine and share resources needed for such research and development; and (B) consisting of businesses involved in such research and development, of nonprofit research institutions, or of combinations of such businesses and such institutions; and (2) the appropriate participation, if any, of the Federal Government in such consortia. 102 STAT. 3079 (c) Reports to Congress.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Congress a report describing the findings made as a result of each of the studies required or requested in this section. The report for the study required in subsection (a) shall be submitted not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act. The report for the study requested in subsection (b) shall be submitted not later than 1 year after such date.