§ 8155.
(b)
The Secretary, upon the recommendation of the Subcommittee, is authorized to make grants to medical schools, hospitals, and research centers to assist such medical schools, hospitals, and research centers in planning and carrying out agreements authorized by
section 8154 of this title. Such grants may be used for the employment of personnel, the construction of facilities, the purchasing of equipment when necessary to implement such programs, and for such other purposes as will facilitate the administration of this section.
(c)
(1)
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated an amount not to exceed $3,500,000 for fiscal year 1976; $1,700,000 for the period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1976; $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1977; $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1978; and $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1979 and for each of the three succeeding fiscal years, for the purpose of developing and carrying out medical information programs under this section on a pilot program basis and for the grants authority in subsection (b) of this section. Pilot programs authorized by this subsection shall be carried out at Department hospitals in geographically dispersed areas of the United States.
(2)
Funds authorized under this section shall not be available to pay the cost of hospital, medical, or other care of patients except to the extent that such cost is determined by the Secretary to be incident to research, training, or demonstration activities carried out under this section.
(e)
Each recipient of a grant under this section shall keep such records as the Secretary may prescribe, including records which fully disclose the amount and disposition by such recipient of the proceeds of such grant, the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection with which such grant is made or used, and the amount of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and such records as will facilitate an effective audit.
(f)
The Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access, for the purpose of audit and examination, to any books, documents, papers, and records of the recipient of any grant under this section which are pertinent to any such grant.
(Added [Pub. L. 89–785, title II, § 203], Nov. 7, 1966, [80 Stat. 1375], § 5055; amended [Pub. L. 92–69], Aug. 6, 1971, [85 Stat. 178]; [Pub. L. 94–424, § 1(2)], Sept. 28, 1976, [90 Stat. 1332]; [Pub. L. 94–581, title II], §§ 206(e), 210(e)(13), Oct. 21, 1976, [90 Stat. 2859], 2865; [Pub. L. 96–151, title I, § 102(b)], Dec. 20, 1979, [93 Stat. 1092]; renumbered § 8155 and amended [Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1)], (d)(1), May 7, 1991, [105 Stat. 238], 239; [Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(3)], (4), (b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, [105 Stat. 404], 405; [Pub. L. 102–405, title III, § 302(c)(1)], Oct. 9, 1992, [106 Stat. 1984]; [Pub. L. 103–446, title XII, § 1201(d)(19)], Nov. 2, 1994, [108 Stat. 4684].)