P.L. 109-482, The National Institutes of Health Reform Act of 2006

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Title I of H.R. 6164 would authorize appropriations for the activities of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for fiscal years 2007 through 2009. Title II of H.R. 6164 would make several changes to the availability of allotments for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The act would require that all unspent funds from the allotments for fiscal year 2004 and certain unspent funds from the allotments for fiscal year 2005 be redistributed to states that the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) estimates will experience funding shortfalls in 2007. The act also would allow certain states to spend a portion of their SCHIP allotments for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 on children enrolled in Medicaid.