Title V, SEC. 5006. DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION OF PRACTICE GUIDELINES. 
      (a) Development of Guidelines. 

        (1) In general. The National Quality Management Council shall direct 
      the Administrator for Health Care Policy and Research to develop and 
      periodically review and update clinically relevant guidelines that may be 
      used by health care providers to assist in determining how diseases, 
      disorders, and other health conditions can most effectively and 
      appropriately be prevented, diagnosed, treated, and managed clinically. 

        (2) Certain Requirements. Guidelines under paragraph (1) shall 

          (A) be based on the best available research and professional judgment 
        regarding the effectiveness and appropriateness of health care services 
        and procedures; 

          (B) be presented in formats appropriate for use by health care 
        providers, medical educators, medical review organizations, and 
        consumers of health care; 

          (C) include treatment-specific or condition-specific practice 
        guidelines for clinical treatments and conditions in forms appropriate 
        for use in clinical practice, for use in educational programs, and for 
        use in reviewing quality and appropriateness of medical care; 

          (D) include information on risks and benefits of alternative 
        strategies for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of a 
        given disease, disorder, or other health condition; 

          (E) include information on the costs of alternative strategies for 
        the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of a given 
        disease, disorder, or other health condition, where cost information is 
        available and reliable; and 

          (F) be developed in accordance with priorities that shall be 
        established by the National Quality Management Council based on the 
        research priorities that are established under section 5007(b) and the 
        5-year priority list of performance measures described in section 
        5003(d). 

        (3) Health service utilization protocols. The National Quality 
      Management Council shall establish standards and procedures for 
      evaluating the clinical appropriateness of protocols used to manage 
      health service utilization. 

        (4) Use in medical malpractice liability pilot program. Guidelines 
      developed under this subsection may be used by the Secretary of Health 
      and Human Services in the pilot program applying practice guidelines to 
      medical malpractice liability under section 5312. 

      (b) Evaluation and Certification of Other Guidelines. 

        (1) Methodology. The National Quality Management Council shall direct 
      the Administrator for Health Care Policy and Research to develop and 
      publish standards relating to methodologies for developing the types of 
      guidelines described in subsection (a)(1). 

        (2) Evaluation and certification. The National Quality Management 
      Council shall direct the Administrator for Health Care Policy and 
      Research to establish a procedure by which individuals and entities may 
      submit guidelines of the type described in subsection (a)(1) to the 
      Council for evaluation and certification by the Council using the 
      standards developed under paragraph (1). 

        (3) Use in medical malpractice liability pilot program. Guidelines 
      certified under paragraph (2) may be used by the Secretary of Health and 
      Human Services in the pilot program applying practice guidelines to 
      medical malpractice liability under section 5312. 

      (c) Guideline Clearinghouse. The National Quality Management Council 
    shall direct the Administrator for Health Care Policy and Research to 
    establish and oversee a clearinghouse and dissemination program for 
    practice guidelines that are developed or certified under this section. 

      (d) Dissemination of information on ineffective treatments. The National 
    Quality Management Council shall disseminate information documenting 
    clinically ineffective treatments and procedures.