[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3267 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3267

  To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Healthy 
                           Start Initiative.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 2007

 Mr. Towns (for himself and Mr. Upton) 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 with respect to the Healthy 
                           Start Initiative.

    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 ``Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO HEALTHY START INITIATIVE.

    (a) Considerations in Making Grants.--Section 330H(b) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-8(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(b) Requirements'' and all that follows 
        through ``In making grants under subsection (a)'' and inserting 
        the following:
    ``(b) Considerations in Making Grants.--
            ``(1) Requirements.--In making grants under subsection 
        (a)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following paragraph:
            ``(2) Other considerations.--In making grants under 
        subsection (a), the Secretary shall take into consideration the 
        following:
                    ``(A) Factors that contribute to infant mortality, 
                such as low birthweight.
                    ``(B) The extent to which applicants for such 
                grants facilitate--
                            ``(i) a community-based approach to the 
                        delivery of services; and
                            ``(ii) a comprehensive approach to women's 
                        health care to improve perinatal outcomes.
            ``(3) Special projects.--Nothing in paragraph (2) shall be 
        construed to prohibit the Secretary from awarding grants under 
        subsection (a) for special projects that are intended to 
        address significant disparities in perinatal health indicators 
        in communities along the United States-Mexico border or in 
        Alaska, Hawaii, or any territory or possession of the United 
        States.''.
    (b) Other Grants.--Section 330H of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 254c-8) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (3); and
            (2) by striking subsections (e) and (f).
    (c) Funding.--Section 330H of the Public Health Service Act, as 
amended by subsection (b) of this section, is amended by adding at the 
end the following subsection:
    ``(e) Funding.--
            ``(1) Authorization of appropriations.--For the purpose of 
        carrying out this section, there are authorized to be 
        appropriated--
                    ``(A) $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
                    ``(B) for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013, 
                the amount authorized for the preceding fiscal year 
                increased by the percentage increase in the Consumer 
                Price Index for all urban consumers for such year.
            ``(2) Allocation.--
                    ``(A) Program administration.--Of the amounts 
                appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the 
                Secretary may reserve up to 5 percent for coordination, 
                dissemination, technical assistance, and data 
                activities that are determined by the Secretary to be 
                appropriate for carrying out the program under this 
                section.
                    ``(B) Evaluation.--Of the amounts appropriated 
                under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary 
                may reserve up to 1 percent for evaluations of projects 
                carried out under subsection (a). Each such evaluation 
                shall include a determination of whether such projects 
                have been effective in reducing the disparity in health 
                status between the general population and individuals 
                who are members of racial or ethnic minority groups.''.
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