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                                                       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]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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