Biomedical and Behavioral Research Act of 1989

Summary

Biomedical Research Act of 1989 - Title I: Biomedical and Behavioral Research Facilities - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), through the Director of Research Resources (Director), to award grants to public or nonprofit private institutions, under provisions relating to biomedical and behavioral research facilities, to expand, remodel, renovate, or alter existing research facilities or construct new research facilities. Establishes in the Division of Research Resources of the NIH a Technical Review Board on Biomedical and Behavioral Research Facilities to: (1) advise the Director and the Advisory Council (established under existing law) on matters concerning the construction of facilities; and (2) conduct the peer review of applications under this title. Sets forth requirements for application and selection of grants. Limits the amount of any grant to 50 percent of the cost of construction or, in the case of a multipurpose facility, 50 percent of the cost of construction proportionate to the contemplated use. Allows the Director to waive these limitations for institutions of emerging excellence in biomedical or behavioral research. Provides for recapture of payments in certain circumstances for 20 years after completion of construction. Requires the Director to prescribe regulations with respect to the grants. Requires the Director to mandate peer review of applications for grants under these provisions in accordance with existing peer review provisions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Title II: National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research - Amends the Public Health Service Act to declare that the purpose of the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (Center) is to conduct biomedical research and research training, the dissemination of information, and other programs with respect to the rehabilitation of individuals with physical disabilities resulting from diseases or disorders of the neurological, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, or other physiologic systems (medical rehabilitation). Requires the NIH Director to develop a comprehensive plan for the conduct and support of medical rehabilitation research. Requires the Director to establish the Medical Rehabilitation Coordinating Committee to make recommendations with regard to the plan. Requires establishment of the Medical Rehabilitation Advisory Council to assist and make recommendations to the NIH Director and the Center Director. Title III: Scientific Personnel Demonstration Program - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Senior Biomedical Scientific Service. Requires that: (1) members of the Service be appointed by the Secretary without regard to provisions of Federal law relating to Government organization and employees; (2) the Service be limited to 800 individuals; and (3) members of the Service be outstanding in the field of biomedical research, behavioral research, or clinical research evaluation. Declares that provisions of Federal law relating to retention preference, performance appraisal and performance-based actions, classification, General Schedule pay rates, and adverse actions shall not apply to any member of the Service. Requires that members of the Service be assigned by the Secretary to duties directly involving biomedical research, behavioral research, or clinical research evaluation, or to supervision of such activities. Authorizes the Secretary to determine the basic and supplemental pay of Service members. Sets forth limits on supplemental pay. Provides for retirement of individuals who enter the Service directly from a position as a commissioned officer in the Public Health Service Corps. Requires that the Service be administered in such a manner that, in FY 1990, it does not result in additional appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services. Terminates the Service five years after it attains full membership. Amends provisions of Federal law relating to physicians comparability allowances to include physicians and dentists in the Senior Biomedical Scientific Service in the definition of "Government physician" for purposes of such provisions. Title IV: NIH Director's Discretionary Fund - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to retain a specified percentage of the amount appropriated for extramural grants, up to a specified amount in each fiscal year, in an account for the hiring of staff and the purchasing or renting of equipment and space for research that cannot otherwise be supported adequately because of funding cycle constraints or because the research does not fit clearly into the research assignment of any existing Institute.

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• Reported to Senate (text)

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 7 November 1989

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 24 July 1989

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