Health Research Amendments of 1985

Health Research Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to repeal the requirement for an ongoing study of the health costs of pollution. Repeals the prohibition on grants or contracts for clinical research designed to evaluate the efficacy of any therapeutic, diagnostic, or preventive health measure.

Eliminates the support for multidisciplinary health services research centers. Repeals the requirement for data collection on the effects of the environment on health.

Authorizes appropriations for assistance to medical libraries through FY 1988.

Repeals the National Cancer Institute budget bypass provision. Increases the limits on grants which the Directors of the National Cancer Institute and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute may approve without advisory board or council approval. Increases the support period for cancer research and demonstration centers.

Amends the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 and the Health Services Research, Health Statistics, and Health Care Technology Act of 1978 to eliminate the Task Force on Environmental Cancer and Heart and Lung Disease.

Amends the Orphan Drug Act to repeal the requirement for the support of at least ten sickle cell disease centers.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to limit the required coordination by Division Directors of the National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Extends the Diabetes, Arthritis, and Digestive Diseases Advisory Boards through FY 1988.

Authorizes appropriations for the National Research Service Awards through FY 1988.

Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to exempt certain clinical trial data from disclosure.

Allows the appropriation of Federal funds for telephone data services in private homes which are connected to government supported computer centers.

Eliminates specified reporting requirements.

Directs the Secretary to assure that a portion of the sums appropriated to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development are applied to research related to sudden infant death syndrome.

Modifies specified report requirements.

Amends the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act Amendments of 1965 to provide that additional forms of financial assistance are available.