90 STAT. 700 Study.
PUBLIC LAW 94-317—JUNE 23, 1976 " (b) The Secretary shall conduct a study of health education services and preventive health services to determine the coverage of such services under public and private health insurance programs, including the extent and nature of such coverage and the cost sharing requirements required by such programs for coverage of such services. u OFFICE
Establishment. 42 USC 300u-5.
Disease Control Amendments of 1976. 42 USC 201 note.
o r H E A L T H INFORMATION AND H E A L T H PROMOTION
" SEC. 1706. The Secretary shall establish within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health an Office of Health Information and Health Promotion which shall— " (1) coordinate all activities within the Department which relate to health information and health promotion, preventive health services, and education in the appropriate use of health care; " (2) coordinate its activities with similar activities of organizations in the private sector; and " (3) establish a national information clearinghouse to facilitate the exchange of information concerning matters relating to health information and health promotion, preventive health services, and education in the appropriate use of health care, to facilitate access to such information, and to assist in the analysis of issues and problems relating to such matters.". TITLE II — D I S E A S E CX)NTROL SHORT TITLE
SEC. 201. This title may be cited as the "Disease Control Amendments of 1976". AMENDMENTS TO SECTIONS 3 1 1 AND 3 1 7
42 USC 247b note.
SEC. 202. (a) Effective with respect to grants under section 317 of the Public Health Service Act made from appropriations under such section for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1975, section 317 of such Act is amended to read as follows: "DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAMS
Grants. 42 USC 247b,
Application requirements.
" SEC. 317. (a) The Secretary may make grants to States and, in consultation with State health authorities, to public entities to assist them in meeting the costs of disease control programs. " (b)(1) No g r a n t may be made under subsection (a) unless an application therefor has been submitted to, and approved by, the Secretary. Such application shall be in such form, be submitted in such manner, and contain such information as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe and shall meet the requirements or paragraph (2). " (2) A n application for a g r a n t under subsection (a) shall— " (A) Set forth with particularity the objectives (and their priorities, as determined in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe) of the applicant for each of the disease control programs it proposes to conduct with assistance from a g r a n t under subsection (a); " (B) contain assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that, in the year during which the g r a n t applied for would be available, the applicant will conduct such programs as may be necessary (i) to develop an awareness in those persons in the area served by
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