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Where can I find out about AHRQ's history?
AHRQ was originally created as the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) on December 19, 1989, under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 2159), as a Public Health Service Agency in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The Agency was reauthorized with a name change as the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality on December 6, 1999, under the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999.
Additional information on public records for AHRQ and its predecessor agencies in health services research is available from the National Archives and Records Administration at: http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/510.html.
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