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        S.1760

                       One Hundred Tenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and eight


                                 An Act


 
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 paragraphs:
        ``(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 prevent 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 or 
    Hawaii.''.
    (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.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.