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42 U.S.C. § 247c — Sexually transmitted diseases; prevention and control projects and programs
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**(a) Technical assistance to public and nonprofit private entities and scientific institutions** The Secretary may provide technical assistance to appropriate public and nonprofit private entities and to scientific institutions for their research in, and training and public health programs for, the prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases.
**(b) Research, demonstration, and public information and education projects** The Secretary may make grants to States, political subdivisions of States, and any other public and nonprofit private entity for—
(1) research into the prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases;
(2) demonstration projects for the prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases;
(3) public information and education programs for the prevention and control of such diseases; and
(4) education, training, and clinical skills improvement activities in the prevention and control of such diseases for health professionals (including allied health personnel).
**(c) Project grants to States** The Secretary is also authorized to make project grants to States and, in consultation with the State health authority, to political subdivisions of States, for—
(1) sexually transmitted diseases surveillance activities, including the reporting, screening, and followup of diagnostic tests for, and diagnosed cases of, sexually transmitted diseases;
(2) casefinding and case followup activities respecting sexually transmitted diseases, including contact tracing of infectious cases of sexually transmitted diseases and routine testing, including laboratory tests and followup systems;
(3) interstate epidemiologic referral and followup activities respecting sexually transmitted diseases; and
(4) such special studies or demonstrations to ev
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**(a) Technical assistance to public and nonprofit private entities and scientific institutions** The Secretary may provide technical assistance to appropriate public and nonprofit private entities and to scientific institutions for their research in, and training and public health programs for, the prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases.
**(b) Research, demonstration, and public information and education projects** The Secretary may make grants to States, political subdivisions of States, and any other public and nonprofit private entity for—
(1) research into the prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases;
(2) demonstration projects for the prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases;
(3) public information and education programs for the prevention and control of such diseases; and
(4) education, training, and clinical skills improvement activities in the prevention and control of such diseases for health professionals (including allied health personnel).
**(c) Project grants to States** The Secretary is also authorized to make project grants to States and, in consultation with the State health authority, to political subdivisions of States, for—
(1) sexually transmitted diseases surveillance activities, including the reporting, screening, and followup of diagnostic tests for, and diagnosed cases of, sexually transmitted diseases;
(2) casefinding and case followup activities respecting sexually transmitted diseases, including contact tracing of infectious cases of sexually transmitted diseases and routine testing, including laboratory tests and followup systems;
(3) interstate epidemiologic referral and followup activities respecting sexually transmitted diseases; and
(4) such special studies or demonstrations to evaluate or test sexually transmitted diseases prevention and control strategies and activities as may be prescribed by the Secretary.
**(d) Grants for innovative, interdisciplinary approaches** The Secretary may make grants to States and political subdivisions of States for the development, implementation, and evaluation of innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to the prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases.
**(e) Authorization of appropriations; terms and conditions; payments; recordkeeping; audit; grant reduction; information disclosure**
(1) For the purpose of making grants under subsections (b) through (d), there are authorized to be appropriated $85,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 1998.
(2) Each recipient of a grant under this section shall keep such records as the Secretary shall prescribe, including records which fully disclose the amount and disposition by such recipient of the proceeds of such grant, the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection with which such grant was given or used, and the amount of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and such other records as will facilitate an effective audit.
(3) The Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, and records of the recipients of grants under this section that are pertinent to such grants.
(4) The Secretary, at the request of a recipient of a grant under this section, may reduce such grant by the fair market value of any supplies or equipment furnished to such recipient and by the amount of pay, allowances, travel expenses, and any other costs in connection with the detail of an officer or employee of the United States to the recipient when the furnishing of such supplies or equipment or the detail of such an officer or employee is for the convenience of and at the request of such recipient and for the purpose of carrying out the program with respect to which the grant under this section is made. The amount by which any such grant is so reduced shall be available for payment by the Secretary of the costs incurred in furnishing the supplies, equipment, or personal services on which the reduction of such grant is based.
(5) All information obtained in connection with the examination, care, or treatment of any individual under any program which is being carried out with a grant made under this section shall not, without such individual’s consent, be disclosed except as may be necessary to provide service to him or as may be required by a law of a state or political subdivision of a State. Information derived from any such program may be disclosed—
(A) in summary, statistical, or other form; or
(B) for clinical or research purposes;
but only if the identity of the individuals diagnosed or provided care or treatment under such program is not disclosed.
**(f) Consent of individuals** Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any State or any political subdivision of a State to have a sexually transmitted diseases program which would require any person, who objects to any treatment provided under such a program, to be treated under such a program.
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**(a) Grant authority** The Secretary may make grants to States, and in consultation with State health authorities, to political subdivisions of States and to other public entities to assist them in meeting the costs of establishing and maintaining preventive health service programs.
**(b) Application** No grant may be made under section (a) 11 So in original. Probably should be “subsection (a)”. unless an application therefor has been submitted to, and approved by, the Secretary. Such an application shall be in such form and be submitted in such manner as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe and shall provide—
(1) a complete description of the type and extent of the program for which the applicant is seeking a grant under subsection (a);
(2) with respect to each such program (A) the amount of Federal, State, and other funds obligated by the applicant in its latest annual accounting period for the provision of such program, (B) a description of the services provided by the applicant in such program in such period, (C) the amount of Federal funds needed by the applicant to continue providing such services in such program, and (D) if the applicant proposes changes in the provision of the services in such program, the priorities of such proposed changes, reasons for such changes, and the amount of Federal funds needed by the applicant to make such changes;
(3) assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the program which will be provided with funds under a grant under subsection (a) will be provided in a manner consistent with the State health plan in effect under section 300m–3(c) 22 See References in Text note below. of this title and in those cases where the applicant is a State, that such program will be provided, where appropriate, in a manner consistent
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**(a) Reports to Congress and President; preparation; review by Office of Management and Budget**
(1) Not later than March 15 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the President and Congress the following reports:
(A) A report on health care costs and financing. Such report shall include a description and analysis of the statistics collected under [section 242k(b)(1)(G) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section242k/b/1/G&num=0&edition=prelim).
(B) A report on health resources. Such report shall include a description and analysis, by geographical area, of the statistics collected under [section 242k(b)(1)(E) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section242k/b/1/E&num=0&edition=prelim).
(C) A report on the utilization of health resources. Such report shall include a description and analysis, by age, sex, income, and geographic area, of the statistics collected under [section 242k(b)(1)(F) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section242k/b/1/F&num=0&edition=prelim).
(D) A report on the health of the Nation’s people. Such report shall include a description and analysis, by age, sex, income, and geographic area, of the statistics collected under [section 242k(b)(1)(A) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section242k/b/1/A&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) The reports required in paragraph (1) shall be prepared through the National Center for Health Statistics.
(3) The Office of Management and Budget may review any report required by paragraph (1) of this subsection before its submission to Congress, but the Office may not revise any such report or delay its submission beyond
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When used in this chapter—
**(a)** The term “Service” means the Public Health Service;
**(b)** The term “Surgeon General” means the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service;
**(c)** Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
**(d)** The term “regulations”, except when otherwise specified, means rules and regulations made by the Surgeon General with the approval of the Secretary;
**(e)** The term “executive department” means any executive department, agency, or independent establishment of the United States or any corporation wholly owned by the United States;
**(f)** Except as provided in sections 246(g)(4)(B),11 See References in Text note below. 247c(c)(1),1 254d(h)(3),1 263c(5),1 264(d), 292a(9),1 300a(c), 300f(13), and 300n(1) 1 of this title, the term “State” includes, in addition to the several States, only the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
**(g)** The term “possession” includes, among other possessions, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands;
**(h)** Repealed. Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 986(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 603.
**(i)** The term “vessel” includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water, exclusive of aircraft and amphibious contrivances;
**(j)** The term “habit-forming narcotic drug” or “narcotic” means opium and coca leaves and the several alkaloids derived therefrom, the best known of these alkaloids being morphia, heroin, and codeine, obtained from opium, and cocaine derived from the coca
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**(a) Requirements for agreement with Secretary**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary shall enter into an agreement with each manufacturer of covered outpatient drugs under which the amount required to be paid (taking into account any rebate or discount, as provided by the Secretary) to the manufacturer for covered outpatient drugs (other than drugs described in paragraph (3)) purchased by a covered entity on or after the first day of the first month that begins after November 4, 1992, does not exceed an amount equal to the average manufacturer price for the drug under title XIX of the Social Security Act [[42 U.S.C. 1396](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1396&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] in the preceding calendar quarter, reduced by the rebate percentage described in paragraph (2). Each such agreement shall require that the manufacturer furnish the Secretary with reports, on a quarterly basis, of the price for each covered outpatient drug subject to the agreement that, according to the manufacturer, represents the maximum price that covered entities may permissibly be required to pay for the drug (referred to in this section as the “ceiling price”), and shall require that the manufacturer offer each covered entity covered outpatient drugs for purchase at or below the applicable ceiling price if such drug is made available to any other purchaser at any price.
(2) **“Rebate percentage” defined**
(A) *In general* — For a covered outpatient drug purchased in a calendar quarter, the “rebate percentage” is the amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to—
(i) the average total rebate required under section 1927(c) of the Social Security Act [[42 U.S.C. 1396r–8(c)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-preli
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**(a) In general** As a condition of receiving grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts under this chapter, each of the entities specified in subsection (c) shall, to the extent determined to be appropriate by the Secretary, make available information concerning breast and cervical cancer.
**(b) Certain authorities** In carrying out subsection (a), an entity specified in subsection (c)—
(1) may make the information involved available to such individuals as the entity determines appropriate;
(2) may, as appropriate, provide information under subsection (a) on the need for self-examination of the breasts and on the skills for such self-examinations;
(3) shall provide information under subsection (a) in the language and cultural context most appropriate to the individuals to whom the information is provided; and
(4) shall refer such clients as the entities determine appropriate for breast and cervical cancer screening, treatment, or other appropriate services.
**(c) Relevant entities** The entities specified in this subsection are the following:
(1) Entities receiving assistance under section 247b–7 11 See References in Text note below. of this title (relating to tuberculosis).
(2) Entities receiving assistance under [section 247c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section247c&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to sexually transmitted diseases).
(3) Migrant health centers receiving assistance under section 254b 1 of this title.
(4) Community health centers receiving assistance under section 254c 1 of this title.
(5) Entities receiving assistance under [section 254b(h) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254b/h&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to homeless indiv
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 247c
nology, and the Administrator of the Adminis-
tration for Community Living, may award
grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements
to public or nonprofit private entities, including
minority serving institutions (defined, for pur-
poses of this subsection, as institutions and pro-
grams described in section 1063b(e)(1) of title 20
and institutions described in section 1067q(a) of
title 20), to—
(1) identify or facilitate the development of
best practices to support improved health out-
comes for underserved populations;
(2) provide technical assistance, training,
and evaluation assistance to award recipients
under subsection (a);
(3) disseminate best practices, including to
award recipients under subsection (a); and
(4) leverage, establish, or operate regional
centers to develop, evaluate, and disseminate
effective strategies on factors related to
health outcomes, including supporting re-
search and training related to such strategies.
(e) Award periods
The Secretary shall issue awards under this
section for periods of not more than 5 years and
may issue extensions of such award periods for
an additional period of up to 3 years.
(f) Report
Not later than September 30, 2026, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate
and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of
the House of Representatives a report that in-
cludes information on activities funded under
this section. Such report shall include a descrip-
tion of—
(1) changes in the capacity of public health
entities to address factors related to health
outcomes in communities, including any ap-
plicable platforms or networks developed or
utilized to coordinate health and related so
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