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42 USC § 11152 - Reports and memoranda of understanding 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s11152"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 11152 - Reports and memoranda of understanding"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "11152"
section_name: "Reports and memoranda of understanding"
chapter_number: 117
chapter_name: "ENCOURAGING GOOD FAITH PROFESSIONAL REVIEW ACTIVITIES"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "DEFINITIONS AND REPORTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 99–660, title IV, § 432, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3794.)"
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# § 11152. Reports and memoranda of understanding

**(a)** **Annual reports to Congress** November 14, 1986

The Secretary shall report to Congress, annually during the three years after , on the implementation of this chapter.

**(b)** **Memoranda of understanding** November 14, 1986

The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall seek to enter into memoranda of understanding with the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to apply the provisions of subchapter II of this chapter to hospitals and other facilities and health care providers under the jurisdiction of the Secretary or Administrator, respectively. The Secretary shall report to Congress, not later than two years after , on any such memoranda and on the cooperation among such officials in establishing such memoranda.

**(c)** **Memorandum of understanding with Drug Enforcement Administration** section 824 of title 21November 14, 1986

The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall seek to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Administrator of Drug Enforcement relating to providing for the reporting by the Administrator to the Secretary of information respecting physicians and other practitioners whose registration to dispense controlled substances has been suspended or revoked under . The Secretary shall report to Congress, not later than two years after , on any such memorandum and on the cooperation between the Secretary and the Administrator in establishing such a memorandum.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 99–660, title IV, § 432, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3794.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Reference to Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs deemed to refer to Secretary of Veterans Affairs pursuant to , set out as a Department of Veterans Affairs Act note under , Veterans’ Benefits.