Health Amendments of 1981

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Health Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to eliminate the National Center for Health Care Technology and the National Council on Health Care Technology. Transfers certain health care technology activities to the renamed National Center for Health Care Technology and Health Services Research. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to participate in international health care technology activities. Authorizes (rather than requires) the Secretary to carry out health technology activities and fund health services research centers. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984 for health research and technology and health statistics. Permits approval without peer review of research and technology grants of $50,000 or less (currently $35,000 or less). Repeals: (1) the authority establishing the Cooperative Health Statistics System; and (2) the requirement that the Secretary, acting through the National Center for Health Statistics, develop executive guidelines concerning the effect of employment conditions and the environment on public health. Makes discretionary (currently mandatory) the Secretary's authority to train persons in the areas of …