110 HR 3267 IH: Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of U.S. House of Representatives 2007-07-31 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3267 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 A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Healthy Start Initiative.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2007.

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. .