[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1210 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1210


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 15, 2010

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 AN ACT


 
    To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for arthritis 
          research and public health, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Arthritis Prevention, Control, and 
Cure Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. ENHANCING PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIVITIES RELATED TO ARTHRITIS THROUGH 
              THE NATIONAL ARTHRITIS ACTION PLAN.

    Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 243 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 314 the following:

``SEC. 315. NATIONAL ARTHRITIS ACTION PLAN.

    ``(a) Establishment of Plan.--The Secretary may develop and 
implement a National Arthritis Action Plan (in this section referred to 
as the `Plan') consistent with this section.
    ``(b) Control, Prevention, and Surveillance.--
            ``(1) In general.--Under the Plan, the Secretary may, 
        directly or through competitive grants to eligible entities, 
        conduct, support, and promote the coordination of research, 
        investigations, demonstrations, training, and studies relating 
        to the control, prevention, and surveillance of arthritis and 
        other rheumatic diseases.
            ``(2) Training and technical assistance.--
                    ``(A) Provision.--Upon the request of an applicant 
                receiving a grant under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
                may, subject to subparagraph (B), provide training, 
                technical assistance, supplies, equipment, or services 
                for the purpose of aiding the applicant in carrying out 
                grant activities and, for such purpose, may detail to 
                the applicant any officer or employee of the Department 
                of Health and Human Services.
                    ``(B) Corresponding reduction in payments.--With 
                respect to a request described in subparagraph (A), the 
                Secretary shall reduce the amount of payments under the 
                grant under paragraph (1) to the applicant involved by 
                an amount equal to the costs of detailing personnel 
                (including pay, allowances, and travel expenses) and 
                the fair market value of any supplies, equipment, or 
                services provided by the Secretary.
            ``(3) Arthritis prevention research at the centers for 
        disease control and prevention.--The Secretary may provide 
        additional grant support under this subsection to encourage the 
        expansion of research related to the prevention and management 
        of arthritis at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
            ``(4) Eligible entity.--For purposes of this subsection, 
        the term `eligible entity' means a public or private nonprofit 
        entity that demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary, 
        in the application described in subsection (e), the ability of 
        the entity to carry out the activities described in paragraph 
        (1).
    ``(c) Education and Outreach.--
            ``(1) In general.--Under the Plan, the Secretary may 
        coordinate and carry out national education and outreach 
        activities, directly or through the provision of grants to 
        eligible entities, to support, develop, and implement education 
        initiatives and outreach strategies appropriate for arthritis 
        and other rheumatic diseases.
            ``(2) Initiatives and strategies.--Initiatives and 
        strategies implemented under paragraph (1) may include public 
        awareness campaigns, public service announcements, and 
        community partnership workshops, as well as programs targeted 
        to businesses and employers, managed care organizations, and 
        health care providers.
            ``(3) Priority.--In carrying out paragraph (1), the 
        Secretary--
                    ``(A) may emphasize prevention, early diagnosis, 
                and appropriate management of arthritis, and 
                opportunities for effective patient self-management; 
                and
                    ``(B) may give priority to reaching high-risk or 
                underserved populations.
            ``(4) Collaboration.--In carrying out this subsection, the 
        Secretary shall consult and collaborate with stakeholders from 
        the public, private, and nonprofit sectors with expertise 
        relating to arthritis control, prevention, and treatment.
            ``(5) Eligible entity.--For purposes of this subsection, 
        the term `eligible entity' means a public or private nonprofit 
        entity that demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary, 
        in the application described in subsection (e), the ability of 
        the entity to carry out the activities described in paragraph 
        (1).
    ``(d) Comprehensive State Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--Under the Plan, the Secretary may award 
        grants to eligible entities to provide support for 
        comprehensive arthritis control and prevention programs and to 
        enable such entities to provide public health surveillance, 
        prevention, and control activities related to arthritis and 
        other rheumatic diseases.
            ``(2) Application.--The Secretary may only award a grant 
        under this subsection to an eligible entity that submits to the 
        Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and 
        containing such agreements, assurances, and information as the 
        Secretary may require, including a comprehensive arthritis 
        control and prevention plan that--
                    ``(A) is developed with the advice of stakeholders 
                from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors that 
                have expertise relating to arthritis control, 
                prevention, and treatment that increase the quality of 
                life and decrease the level of disability;
                    ``(B) is intended to reduce the morbidity of 
                arthritis, with priority on preventing and controlling 
                arthritis in at-risk populations and reducing 
                disparities in arthritis prevention, diagnosis, 
                management, and quality of care in underserved 
                populations;
                    ``(C) describes the arthritis-related services and 
                activities to be undertaken or supported by the entity; 
                and
                    ``(D) demonstrates the relationship the entity has 
                with the community and local entities and how the 
                entity plans to involve such community and local 
                entities in carrying out the activities described in 
                paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Use of funds.--An eligible entity may use amounts 
        received under a grant awarded under this subsection to 
        conduct, in a manner consistent with the comprehensive 
        arthritis control and prevention plan submitted by the entity 
        in the application under paragraph (2)--
                    ``(A) public health surveillance and 
                epidemiological activities relating to the prevalence 
                of arthritis and assessment of disparities in arthritis 
                prevention, diagnosis, management, and care;
                    ``(B) public information and education programs; 
                and
                    ``(C) education, training, and clinical skills 
                improvement activities for health professionals, 
                including allied health personnel.
            ``(4) Eligible entity.--For purposes of this subsection, 
        the term `eligible entity' means a State or an Indian tribe.
    ``(e) General Application.--The Secretary may only award a grant 
under subsection (b) or (c) to an entity that submits to the Secretary 
an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
agreements, assurances, and information as the Secretary may require, 
including a description of how funds received under a grant awarded 
under such subsection will supplement or fulfill unmet needs identified 
in a comprehensive arthritis control and prevention plan of the entity.
    ``(f) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            ``(1) Indian tribe.--The term `Indian tribe' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act.
            ``(2) State.--The term `State' means any of the 50 States, 
        the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 
        Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana 
        Islands.
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section--
            ``(1) for fiscal year 2012, $14,600,000;
            ``(2) for fiscal year 2013, $16,000,000;
            ``(3) for fiscal year 2014, $17,700,000;
            ``(4) for fiscal year 2015, $19,400,000; and
            ``(5) for fiscal year 2016, $21,400,000.''.

SEC. 3. ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES WITH 
              RESPECT TO JUVENILE ARTHRITIS AND RELATED CONDITIONS.

    Part B of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 284 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 409K. JUVENILE ARTHRITIS AND RELATED CONDITIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary, in coordination with the Director 
of NIH, may expand and intensify programs of the National Institutes of 
Health with respect to research and related activities designed to 
improve the outcomes and quality of life for children with arthritis 
and other rheumatic diseases.
    ``(b) Coordination.--The Director of NIH may coordinate the 
programs referred to in subsection (a) and consult with additional 
Federal officials, voluntary health associations, medical professional 
societies, and private entities, as appropriate.''.

SEC. 4. INVESTMENT IN TOMORROW'S PEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGISTS.

    Subpart I of part C of title VII of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 293k et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 749A-1. PEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGISTS.

    ``In order to ensure an adequate future supply of pediatric 
rheumatologists, the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator 
of the Health Resources and Services Administration, may award 
institutional training grants to institutions to support pediatric 
rheumatology training.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 30 
      (legislative day September 29), 2010.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.