§ 280e-3a. National childhood cancer registry
(a)
In general
The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall award a grant to enhance and expand infrastructure to track the epidemiology of pediatric cancer into a comprehensive nationwide registry of actual occurrences of pediatric cancer. Such registry shall be updated to include an actual occurrence within weeks of the date of such occurrence.
(b)
Informed consent and privacy requirements and coordination with existing programs
The registry established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be subject to section
552a of title
5, the regulations promulgated under section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, applicable Federal and State informed consent regulations, any other applicable Federal and State laws relating to the privacy of patient information, and section
280e
(d)(4) of this title.