The Federal Coordinating Council was ended by the Affordable Care Act

NOTICE: The Federal Coordinating Council was ended by the Affordable Care Act.

Continue to read but the council was terminated by the ACA. 

The 15 member Council, named today in accordance with a Congressionally-mandate timeline, will assist the agencies of the Federal government, including HHS and the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense, as well as others, to coordinate comparative effectiveness and related health services research. The Recovery Act authorized $300 million for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, $400 million for the National Institutes of Health, and $400 million for the Secretary of Health and Human Services to support comparative effectiveness research.

Continue to read but the council was terminated by the ACA. 

The Council will not recommend clinical guidelines for payment, coverage or treatment. The Council will consider the needs of populations served by federal programs and opportunities to build and expand on current investments and priorities. It will also provide input on priorities for the $400 million fund in the Recovery Act that the Secretary will allocate to advance this type of research. Council members represent a diverse set of individuals and agencies; most of its members are clinicians. Representatives on the Council will address the impact on subpopulations.

NOTICE: The Federal Coordinating Council was ended by the Affordable Care Act.


Source: hhs.gov/recovery/programs/os/cerbios.html