Community-based overweight and obesity prevention program

Part Q of title III (42 U.S.C. 280h et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 399W the following:

399W–1.

Community-based overweight and obesity prevention program

(a)

Program

The Secretary shall establish a community-based overweight and obesity prevention program consisting of awarding grants and contracts under subsection (b). (b)

Grants

The Secretary shall award grants to, or enter into contracts with, eligible entities— (1)to plan evidence-based programs for the prevention of overweight and obesity among children and their families through improved nutrition and increased physical activity; or (2)to implement such programs. (c)

Eligibility

To be eligible for a grant or contract under subsection (b), an entity shall be a community partnership that demonstrates community support and includes— (1)a broad cross section of stakeholders, such as— (A)hospitals, health care systems, community health centers, or other health care providers; (B)universities, local educational agencies, or childcare providers; (C)State, local, and tribal health departments; (D)State, local, and tribal park and recreation departments; (E)employers; and (F)health insurance companies; (2)residents of the community; and (3)representatives of public and private entities that have a history of working within and serving the community. (d)

Period of awards

(1)

In general

The period of a grant or contract under this section shall be 5 years, subject to renewal under paragraph (2). (2)

Renewal

At the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary may renew a grant or contract award under this section only if the grant or contract recipient demonstrates to the Secretary’s satisfaction that the recipient has made appropriate, measurable progress in preventing overweight and obesity. (e)

Requirements

(1)

In general

The Secretary may award a grant or contract under this section to an entity only if the entity demonstrates to the Secretary’s satisfaction that— (A)not later than 90 days after receiving the grant or contract, the entity will establish a steering committee to provide input on the assessment of, and recommendations on improvements to, the entity’s program funded through the grant or contract; and (B)the entity has conducted or will conduct an assessment of the overweight and obesity problem in its community, including the extent of the problem and factors contributing to the problem. (2)

Matching requirement

The Secretary may award a grant or contract to an eligible entity under this section only if the entity agrees to provide, from non-Federal sources, an amount equal to $1 (in cash or in kind) for each $9 provided through the grant or contract to carry out the activities supported by the grant or contract. (3)

Payor of last resort

The Secretary may award a grant or contract under this section to an entity only if the entity demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that funds received through the grant or contract will not be expended for any activity to the extent that payment has been made, or can reasonably be expected to be made— (A)under any insurance policy; (B)under any Federal or State health benefits program (including titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act); or (C)by an entity which provides health services on a prepaid basis. (4)

Maintenance of effort

The Secretary may award a grant or contract under this section to an entity only if the entity demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that— (A)funds received through the grant or contract will be expended only to supplement, and not supplant, non-Federal and Federal funds otherwise available to the entity for the activities to be funded through the grant or contract; and (B)with respect to such activities, the entity will maintain expenditures of non-Federal amounts for such activities at a level not less than the lesser of such expenditures maintained by the entity for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the entity receives the grant or contract. (f)

Preferences

In awarding grants and contracts under this section, the Secretary shall give preference to eligible entities that— (1)will serve communities with high levels of overweight and obesity and related chronic diseases; or (2)will plan or implement activities for the prevention of overweight and obesity in school or workplace settings. (g)

Report

The Secretary shall submit to the Congress an annual report on the program of grants and contracts awarded under this section. (h)

Definitions

In this section: (1)The term evidence-based means that methodologically sound research has demonstrated a beneficial health effect in the judgment of the Secretary and includes the Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity and Nutrition (We Can) program and curriculum of the National Institutes of Health. (2)The term local educational agency has the meaning given to the term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. (i)

Authorization of appropriations

To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2011 and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2015.