106 STAT. 3490 PUBLIC LAW 102-531—OCT. 27, 1992 SEC. 304. PREVENTABLE CASES OF INFERTILITY ARISING AS RESULT OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES. Part A of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 318 the following section: Women. "INFERTILITY AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES 42 USC 247C-1. «SEC. 318A. (a) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may make grants to States, political subdivisions of States, and other public or nonprofit private entities for the purpose of carrying out the activities described in subsection (c) regarding any treatable sexually transmitted disease that can cause infertility in women if treatment is not received for the disease. "(b) AUTHORITY REGARDING INDIVIDUAL DISEASES. — W ith respect to diseases described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall, in making a grant under such subsection, specify the particular disease or diseases with respect to which the grant is to be made. The Secretary may not make the grant unless the applicant involved agrees to carry out this section only with respect to the disease or diseases so specified. "(c) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. —With respect to any sexually transmitted disease described in subsection (a), the activities referred to in such subsection are— "(1) screening women for the disease and for secondary conditions resulting from the disease, subject to compliance with criteria issued under subsection (f); "(2) providing treatment to women for the disease; "(3) providing coxinseling to women on the prevention and control of the disease (including, in the case of a woman with the disease, counseling on the benefits of locating and providing such counseling to any individual from whom the woman may have contracted the disease and any individual whom the woman may have exposed to the disease); "(4) providing follow-up services; "(5) referrals for necessary medical services for women screened pursuant to paragraph (1), including referrals for evaluation and treatment with respect to acquired immiuie deficiency syndrome and other sexually transmitted diseases; "(6) in the case of any woman receiving services pursuant to any of paragraphs (1) through (5), providing to the partner of the woman the services described in such paragraphs, as appropriate; "(7) providing outreach services to inform women of the availability of the services described in paragraphs (1) through (6); "(8) providing to the public information and education on the prevention and control of the disease, including disseminating such information; and "(9) providing training to health care providers in carrying out the screenings and counseling described in paragraphs (1) and (3). "(d) REQUIREMENT OF AVAILABILITY OF ALL SERVICES THROUGH EACH GRANTEE.— The Secretary may make a grant under subsection (a) only if the applicant involved agrees that each activity authorized in subsection (c) will be available through the applicant. With
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