[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2204 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2204

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program for the 
          prevention of disabilities, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 1993

   Mr. Waxman (for himself, Mr. Moorhead, Mr. Towns, and Mr. Studds) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program for the 
          prevention of disabilities, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Silvio O. Conte Disabilities 
Prevention Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF SILVIO O. CONTE DISABILITIES PREVENTION 
              PROGRAM.

    Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 243 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 314 the following new 
section:

           ``silvio o. conte disabilities prevention program

    ``Sec. 315. (a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the 
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may make 
grants to and enter into contracts with public and nonprofit private 
entities for the purpose of carrying out programs for the prevention of 
disabilities and the prevention of secondary conditions resulting from 
disabilities.
    ``(b) Certain Authorized Activities.--With respect to the 
prevention of disabilities and conditions described in subsection (a), 
activities for which the Secretary may provide financial assistance 
under such subsection include--
            ``(1) coordinating prevention activities;
            ``(2) conducting demonstrations and interventions;
            ``(3) conducting surveillances and studies;
            ``(4) educating the public; and
            ``(5) educating and training health professionals 
        (including allied health professionals) and conducting 
        activities to improve the clinical skills of such 
        professionals.
    ``(c) Priorities.--The Secretary, in consultation with the National 
Council on Disabilities, shall establish priorities among the 
activities that are to be carried out under subsection (a).
    ``(d) Reports to Secretary.--The Secretary may provide financial 
assistance under subsection (a) only if the applicant involved agrees 
to submit to the Secretary such reports as the Secretary may require 
with respect to such assistance.
    ``(e) Application for Assistance.--The Secretary may provide 
financial assistance under subsection (a) only if an application for 
such assistance is submitted to the Secretary and the application is in 
such form, is made in such manner, and contains such agreements, 
assurances, and information as the Secretary determines to be necessary 
to carry out this section.
    ``(f) Limitation Regarding Education of Health Professionals.--In 
providing financial assistance under subsection (a), the Secretary may 
not, for activities described in subsection (b)(5), obligated more than 
10 percent of the amounts appropriated under subsection (k) for any 
fiscal year.
    ``(g) Technical Assistance.--The Secretary may provide training, 
technical assistance, and consultations with respect to the planning, 
development, and operation of any program for the prevention of 
disabilities or the prevention of secondary conditions resulting from 
disabilities.
    ``(h) Provision of Supplies and Services in Lieu of Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--Upon the request of a recipient of 
        financial assistance under subsection (a), the Secretary may, 
        subject to paragraph (2), provide supplies, equipment, and 
        services for the purpose of aiding the recipient in carrying 
        out such subsection and, for such purpose, may detail to the 
        recipient any officer or employee of the Department of Health 
        and Human Services.
            ``(2) Corresponding reduction in payments.--With respect to 
        a request by a recipient for purposes of paragraph (1), the 
        Secretary shall reduce the amount of payments under subsection 
        (a) to the recipient by an amount equal to the costs of 
        detailing personnel (including pay, allowances, and travel 
        expenses) and the fair market value of any supplies, equipment, 
        or services provided by the Secretary. The Secretary shall, for 
        the payment of expenses incurred in complying with such 
        request, expend the amounts withheld.
    ``(i) Evaluations and Reports.--
            ``(1) Evaluations.--The Secretary shall, directly or 
        through contracts with public or private entities, provide for 
        evaluations of programs carried out pursuant to subsection (a).
            ``(2) Reports.--Not later than January 31 of 1995 and of 
        every second year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the 
        Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
        Representatives, and to the Committee on Labor and Human 
        Resources of the Senate, a report summarizing evaluations 
        carried out pursuant to paragraph (1). The Secretary shall 
        provide a copy of each such report to the National Council on 
        Disability.
    ``(j) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            ``(1) The term `financial assistance' means a grant or 
        contract.
            ``(2) The term `prevention' means activities that address 
        the causes of disabilities and secondary conditions resulting 
        from disabilities, and activities that address the functional 
        limitations involved and the exacerbation of such limitations, 
        including activities that--
                    ``(A) eliminate or reduce the factors that cause or 
                predispose an individual to disabilities or that 
                increase the prevalence of disabilities;
                    ``(B) increase the early identification of existing 
                problems to eliminate circumstances that create or 
                increase functional limitations; and
                    ``(C) mitigate against the effects of disabilities 
                throughout the life of the individual.
    ``(k) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of 
providing financial assistance under this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, $20,000,000 for 
fiscal year 1995, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1996, and such sums as 
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1997 and 1998.''.

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