[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1760 Reported in Senate (RS)]
Calendar No. 723
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 1760
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Healthy
Start Initiative.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 10, 2007
Mr. Brown (for himself, Mr. Burr, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Cochran, Mr.
Johnson, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Levin, Mr. Obama, Mr. Casey, Ms.
Stabenow, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Lautenberg, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Harkin, Ms.
Mikulski, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Menendez, and Mr. Dodd) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
April 29, 2008
Reported by Mr. Kennedy, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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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,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Healthy Start
Reauthorization Act of 2007''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO HEALTHY START INITIATIVE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Considerations in Making Grants.--Section 330H(b) of
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-8(b)) is amended--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) by striking ``(b) Requirements'' and all that
follows through ``In making grants under subsection (a)'' and
inserting the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(b) Considerations in Making Grants.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(1) Requirements.--In making grants under
subsection (a)''; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) by adding at the end the following
paragraph:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(2) Other considerations.--In making grants
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall take into
consideration the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(A) Factors that contribute to infant
mortality, such as low birthweight.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(B) The extent to which applicants for
such grants facilitate--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(i) a community-based approach
to the delivery of services; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(ii) a comprehensive approach to
women's health care to improve perinatal
outcomes.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(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 and Hawaii.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Other Grants.--Section 330H of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-8) is amended--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (3);
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) by striking subsections (e) and (f).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(e) Funding.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(1) Authorization of appropriations.--For the
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to
be appropriated--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(A) $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(2) Allocation.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(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.''.</DELETED>
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.''.
Calendar No. 723
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 1760
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Healthy
Start Initiative.
_______________________________________________________________________
April 29, 2008
Reported with an amendment