I 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3955 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 28, 2009 Mr. Carney (for himself, Mr. Nye, Mr. Himes, and Mr. Holden) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to 10 States for demonstration projects for the expansion of State registries on childhood immunization or health to include data on body mass index (BMI), collected and submitted to the State by health care providers.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Surveillance, Tracking, Observation, and Prevention of Obesity Act of 2009.

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Demonstration projects for expansion of State registries to include data on body mass index

Subsection (k) of section 317 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b) is amended— (1)by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and (2)by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: (3)(A)The Secretary shall make grants to 10 States for demonstration projects for the expansion of State registries on childhood immunization or health to include data on body mass index (BMI), collected and submitted to the State by health care providers. (B)To ensure that data maintained by a State in a registry funded under this paragraph can be analyzed by the Federal Government and by other State governments, the Secretary shall require the registry to meet data standards and be interoperable. (C)The Secretary shall conduct a study of the demonstration projects funded under this paragraph and, not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, submit to the Congress a report on the results of such study, including an analysis of the effectiveness of such projects. .