PUBLIC LAW 105-392—NOV. 13, 1998
112 STAT. 3593
(d) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.— Title III of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
"PART O—FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME
PREVENTION AND SERVICES PROGRAM
"SEC. 399G. ESTABLISHMENT OF FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME PREVEN- 42 USC 280f.
TION AND SERVICES PROGRAM.
"(a) FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME PREVENTION, INTERVENTION
AND SERVICES DELIVERY PROGRAM.— The Secretary shall establish
a comprehensive Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect
prevention, intervention and services delivery program that shall
include—
"(1) an education and public awareness program to support,
conduct, and evaluate the effectiveness of—
"(A) educational programs targeting medical schools,
social and other supportive services, educators and counselors and other service providers in all phases of childhood
development, and other relevant service providers, concerning the prevention, identification, and provision of services
for children, adolescents and adults with Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect;
"(B) strategies to educate school-age children, including
pregnant and high risk youth, concerning Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect;
"(C) public and community awareness programs
concerning Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol
Effect; and
"(D) strategies to coordinate information and services
across affected community agencies, including agencies
providing social services such as foster care, adoption, and
social work, medical and mental health services, and agencies involved in education, vocational training and civil
and criminal justice;
"(2) a prevention and diagnosis program to support clinical
studies, demonstrations and other research as appropriate to—
"(A) develop appropriate medical diagnostic methods
for identifying Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol
Effect; and
"(B) develop effective prevention services and interventions for pregnant, alcohol-dependent women; and
"(3) an applied research program concerning intervention
and prevention to support and conduct service demonstration
projects, clinical studies and other research models providing
advocacy, educational and vocational training, counseling, medical and mental health, and other supportive services, as well
as models that integrate and coordinate such services, that
are aimed at the unique challenges facing individuals with
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome or Fetal Alcohol Effect and their families.
" (b) GRANTS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. —The Secretary may
award grants, cooperative agreements and contracts and provide
technical assistance to eligible entities described in section 399H
to carry out subsection (a).
"(c) DISSEMINATION OF CRITERIA.—In carrying out this section,
the Secretary shall develop a procedure for disseminating the Fetal
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