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[H.R. 2202 Engrossed in House (EH)]

103d CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2202

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                                 AN ACT

To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the program 
of grants relating to preventive health measures with respect to breast 
                          and cervical cancer.






103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2202

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                                 AN ACT


 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the program 
of grants relating to preventive health measures with respect to breast 
                          and cervical cancer.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Breast and Cervical Cancer 
Amendments of 1993''.

SEC. 2. REVISIONS IN PROGRAM OF STATE GRANTS REGARDING BREAST AND 
              CERVICAL CANCER.

    (a) Limited Authority Regarding For-Profit Entities.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1501(b) of the Public Health 
        Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300k(b)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``States.--A State'' and all that 
                follows through ``may expend'' and inserting the 
                following: ``States.--
            ``(1) In general.--A State receiving a grant under 
        subsection (a) may, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), 
        expend''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following paragraphs:
            ``(2) Limited authority regarding other entities.--In 
        addition to the authority established in paragraph (1) for a 
        State with respect to grants and contracts, the State may 
        provide for screenings under subsection (a)(1) through entering 
        into contracts with private entities.
            ``(3) Payments for screenings.--The amount paid by a State 
        to an entity under this subsection for a screening procedure 
        under subsection (a)(1) may not exceed the amount that would be 
        paid under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act if 
        payment were made under such part for furnishing the procedure 
        to a woman enrolled under such part.''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 1505(3) of the Public 
        Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300n-1(3)) is amended by 
        inserting before the semicolon the following: ``(and 
        additionally, in the case of services and activities under 
        section 1501(a)(1), with any similar services or activities of 
        private entities)''.
    (b) Quality Assurance Regarding Screening Procedures.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1503 of the Public Health Service 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 300m) is amended by striking subsections (c) 
        through (e) and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Quality Assurance Regarding Screening Procedures.--The 
Secretary may not make a grant under section 1501 unless the State 
involved agrees that the State will, in accordance with applicable law, 
assure the quality of screening procedures conducted pursuant to such 
section.''.
            (2) Transition rule regarding mammo graphies.--With respect 
        to the screening procedure for breast cancer known as a 
        mammography, the requirements in effect on the day before the 
        date of the enactment of this Act under section 1503(c) of the 
        Public Health Service Act remain in effect (for an individual 
        or facility conducting such procedures pursuant to a grant to a 
        State under section 1501 of such Act) until there is in effect 
        for the facility a certificate (or provisional certificate) 
        issued under section 354 of such Act.
    (c) Statewide Provision of Services.--Section 1504(c) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300n(c)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following paragraph:
            ``(3) Grants to tribes and tribal organizations.--
                    ``(A) The Secretary, acting through the Director of 
                the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may 
                make grants to tribes and tribal organizations (as such 
                terms are used in paragraph (1)) for the purpose of 
                carrying out programs described in section 1501(a). 
                This title applies to such a grant (in relation to the 
                jurisdiction of the tribe or organization) to the same 
                extent and in the same manner as such title applies to 
                a grant to a State under section 1501 (in relation to 
                the jurisdiction of the State).
                    ``(B) If a tribe or tribal organization is 
                receiving a grant under subparagraph (A) and the State 
                in which the tribe or organization is located is 
                receiving a grant under section 1501, the requirement 
                established in paragraph (1) for the State regarding 
                the tribe or organization is deemed to have been waived 
                under paragraph (2).''.
    (d) Evaluations and Reports.--Section 1508 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300n-4) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following 
        sentence: ``Such evaluations shall include evaluations of the 
        extent to which States carrying out such programs are in 
        compliance with section 1501(a)(2) and with section 1504(c).''; 
        and
            (2) in subsection (b), by inserting before the period the 
        following: ``, including recommendations regarding compliance 
        by the States with section 1501(a)(2) and with section 
        1504(c)''.
    (e) Establishment of Coordinating Committee.--Section 1501 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300k) is amended by adding at the 
end the following subsection:
    ``(c) Coordinating Committee Regarding Year 2000 Health 
Objectives.--The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention, shall establish a committee to 
coordinate the activities of the agencies of the Public Health Service 
(and other appropriate Federal agencies) that are carried out toward 
achieving the objectives established by the Secretary for reductions in 
the incidence of breast and cervical cancer in the United States by the 
year 2000. Such committee shall be comprised of Federal officers or 
employees designated by the heads of the agencies involved to serve on 
the committee as representatives of the agencies, and such 
representatives from other public or private entities as the Secretary 
determines to be appropriate.''.
    (f) Technical Corrections.--Title XV of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300k et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 1501(a), in the matter preceding paragraph 
        (1), by striking ``Control,'' and inserting ``Control and 
        Prevention,''; and
            (2) in section 1505--
                    (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``nonprivate'' 
                and inserting ``nonprofit private''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``will'' before 
                ``be used''.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM OF GRANTS FOR ADDITIONAL 
              PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES FOR WOMEN.

    (a) In General.--Title XV of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 300k et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 1509 as section 1510; and
            (2) by inserting after section 1508 the following section:

``SEC. 1509. SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS FOR ADDITIONAL PREVENTIVE HEALTH 
              SERVICES.

    ``(a) Demonstration Projects.--In the case of States receiving 
grants under section 1501, the Secretary, acting through the Director 
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may make grants to 
not more than 3 such States to carry out demonstration projects for the 
purpose of--
            ``(1) providing preventive health services in addition to 
        the services authorized in such section, including screenings 
        regarding blood pressure and cholesterol, and including health 
        education;
            ``(2) providing appropriate referrals for medical treatment 
        of women receiving services pursuant to paragraph (1) and 
        ensuring, to the extent practicable, the provision of 
        appropriate follow-up services; and
            ``(3) evaluating activities conducted under paragraphs (1) 
        and (2) through appropriate surveillance or program-monitoring 
        activities.
    ``(b) Status as Participant in Program Regarding Breast and 
Cervical Cancer.--The Secretary may not make a grant under subsection 
(a) unless the State involved agrees that services under the grant will 
be provided only through entities that are screening women for breast 
or cervical cancer pursuant to a grant under section 1501.
    ``(c) Applicability of Provisions of General Program.--This title 
applies to a grant under subsection (a) to the same extent and in the 
same manner as such title applies to a grant under section 1501.
    ``(d) Funding.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), for the 
        purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to 
        be appropriated $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums 
        as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 
        1998.
            ``(2) Limitation regarding funding with respect to breast 
        and cervical cancer.--The authorization of appropriations 
        established in paragraph (1) is not effective for a fiscal year 
        unless the amount appropriated under section 1510(a) for the 
        fiscal year equals or exceeds the amount appropriated under 
        such section for the preceding fiscal year.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1510(a) of the Public Health 
Service Act, as redesignated by subsection (a)(1) of this section, is 
amended in the heading for the section by striking ``funding.'' and 
inserting ``funding for general program.''.

SEC. 4. FUNDING FOR GENERAL PROGRAM.

    Section 1510(a) of the Public Health Service Act, as redesignated 
by section 3(a)(1) of this Act, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' after ``1991,''; and
            (2) by inserting before the period the following: ``, 
        $135,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may be 
        necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 1998''.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 14, 1993.

            Attest:






                                                                 Clerk.