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106 STAT. 3484 PUBLIC LAW 102-531—OCT. 27, 1992 tion Clearinghouse on Adolescent Health to collect and disseminate to health professionals and the general public information on adolescent health. "(e) NATIONAL PLAN. —In carrying out subsection (b), the Secretary shall develop a national plan for improving adolescent health. The plan shall be consistent with the applicable objectives established by the Secretary for the health status of the people of the United States for the year 2000, and shall be periodically reviewed, and as appropriate, revised. The plan, and any revisions in the plan, shall be submitted to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate. "(f) ADOLESCENT HEALTH. — For purposes of this section, the term 'adolescent hecdth', with respect to adolescents of all ethnic and racial ^oups, means all diseases, disorders, and conditions (induing with respect to mental health)— ^1) unique to adolescents, or more serious or more prevalent in adolescents; "(2) for which the factors of medical risk or tvpes of medical intervention are different for adolescents, or for which it is unknown whether such factors or types are different for adolescents; or "(3) with respect to which there has been insufficient clinical research involving adolescents as subjects or insufficient clinical data on adolescents.". SEC. 303. LEAD POISONING PREVENTION. (a) IN GENERAL.— Section 317A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b-l) is amended to read as follows: "SCREENINGS, REFERRALS, AND EDUCATION REGARDING LEAD POISONING "SEC. 317A (a) AUTHORITY FOR GRANTS.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may make grants to States and political subdivisions of States for the initiation and expansion of community programs designed— "(A) to provide, for infants and children— "(i) screening for elevated blood lead levels; "(ii) referral for treatment of such levels; and "(iii) referral for environmental intervention associated with such levels; and "(B) to provide education about childhood lead poisoning. (2) AUTHORITY REGARDING CERTAIN ENTITIES.- With respect to a geographic area with a need for activities authorized in paragraph (1), in any case in which neither the State nor the political subdivision in which such area is located has applied for a grant under paragraph (1), the Secretary may make a grant under such paragraph to any grantee under section 329, 330, 340, or 340A for carrying out such activities in the area. "(3) PROVISION OF ALL SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES THROUGH EACH GRANTEE.—In making grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that each of the activities described in such paragraph is provided through each grantee under