61 1 organizations to pay part or all of the cost of establishing 2 improved coordination and linkages among institutional serv3 ices, among noninstitutional services, and between services of 4 the two kinds. 5 (b) The Board is authorized to make grants to orga6 nizations and agencies described in section 104 (a) to pay 7 part or all of the cost of installation of improved utilization 8 review, budget, statistical, or records and information re9 trieval systems, including the acquisition of equipment there10 for, or to pay part or all of the cost of acquisition and instal11 lation of diagnostic or therapeutic equipment. 12 13 LOANS UNDER PART E SEC. 107. Loans authorized under this part shall be 14 repayable in not more than twenty years, shall bear inter15 est at the rate of 3 per centum per annum, and shall be made 16 on such other terms and conditions as the Board deems 17 appropriate. Amounts paid as interest on any such loan or 18 as repayment of principal shall be covered into the Treasury 19 20 222 21 as miscellaneous receipts. RELATIONS OF PARTS D AND E SEC. 108. Payments under this part pursuant to any 22 grant or loan to, or any contract with, a participating pro 23 vider of services shall be made in addition to, and not in 24 substitution for, payments to which the provider is entitled 25 under part D. 1 2 3 62 PART F-ADMINISTRATION ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HEALTH SECURITY BOARD SEC. 121. (a) There is hereby established in the 4 Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a Health 5 Security Board to be composed of five members to be ap 6 pointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent 7 of the Senate. During his term of membership on the Board, 8 9 no member shall engage in any other business, vocation, or employment. Not more than three members of the Board 10 shall be members of the same politicial party. 11 12 (b) Each member of the Board shall hold office for a term of five years, except that (1) a member appointed to 13 fill a vacancy occurring during the term for which his pred 14 ecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder 15 of that term, and (2) the terms of office of the members 16 first appointed shall expire, as designated by the President 17 at the time of their appointment, at the end of one, two, 18 three, four, and five years, respectively, after the date of 19 enactment of this Act. A member who has served for two 20 consecutive five-year terms shall not be eligible for reap21 pointment until two years after he has ceased to serve. 22 (c) The President shall designate one of the members 23 of the Board to serve, at the will of the President, as Chair24 man of the Board. 2 2 2 25 (d) (1) Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code 63 1 (relating to executive pay rates for positions at level IV), is 2 amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 3 clause: 4 5 6 "(94) Chairman of the Health Security Board, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare." (2) Section 5316 of title 5, United States Code (re 7 lating to executive pay rates for positions at level V), is 8 amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 9 clause: 100 "(130) Members of the Health Security Board, 11 Department of Health, Education, and Welfare." 12 13 DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY AND THE BOARD SEC. 122. (a) The Secretary of Health, Education, and 14 Welfare, and the Board under the supervision and direc15 tion of the Secretary, shall perform the duties imposed upon 16 them, respectively, by this title. Regulations authorized by 17 this title shall be issued by the Board with the approval of 18 the Secretary, in accordance with the provisions of section 19 553 of title 5, United States Code (relating to the publi20 cation of, and opportunity to comment on, proposed 21 regulations). 223 (b) The Board shall have the duty of continuous study 23 of the operation of this Act and of the most effective methods 24 of providing comprehensive personal health services to all 25 persons within the United States and to United States 64 1 citizens elsewhere, and of making, with the approval of the 2 Secretary, recommendations on legislation and matters of 3 administrative policy with respect thereto. The Board shall 4 make, through the Secretary, an annual report to the Con 5 6 7 gress on the administration of the functions with which it is charged. The report shall include, for periods prior to July 1, 1973, an evaluation by the Board of progress in preparing 8 for the initiation of benefits under this title, and for periods 9 thereafter, an evaluation of the operation of the title, of the 10 adequacy and quality of services furnished under it, and of 11 the costs of the services and the effectiveness of measures to 12 restrain the costs. 13 (c) In performing his functions with respect to health 14 education and research, environmental health, disability in15 surance, vocational rehabilitation, the regulation of food and 16 drugs, and all other matters pertaining to health, as well as 17 in supervising and directing the administration of this title 18 by the Board, the Secretary shall direct all activities of the 19 Department toward complementary contributions to the 20 health of the people. He shall include in his annual report to 21 the Congress a report on his discharge of this responsibility. (d) The Secretary shall make available to the Board 22 23 all information available to him, from sources within the 222 24 Department or from other sources, pertaining to the functions 25 of the Board. 65 1 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY 2 SEC. 123. (a) There is hereby established the position 3 of Executive Director of the Health Security Board. The 4 Executive Director shall be appointed by the Board with the 5 approval of the Secretary (without regard to the provisions 6 of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the 7 competitive service) and shall receive a salary at the rate 8 fixed for level V of the executive pay schedule. The Execu9 tive Director shall serve as secretary to the Board, and shall 10 perform such duties in the administration of this title as the 11 Board may assign to him. 12 13 14 (b) The Board is authorized to delegate to the Executive Director or to any officer or employee of the Board or, with the approval of the Secretary (and subject to reim15 bursement of identifiable costs), to any other officer or em16 ployee of the Department, any of its functions or duties under 17 this title other than (1) the issuance of regulations, or (2) the determination of the availability of funds and their allo19 cation. 18 REGIONS AND HEALTH SERVICE AREAS SEC. 124. This title shall be administered by the Board through the regions of the Department and, within each region, through such health service areas as the Board may establish. Each health service area shall consist of a State or a part of a State, except as the Board finds that patterns of |