[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 30, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S3644]
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               HEALTHY START REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2007

  Mr. BROWN. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the 
immediate consideration of Calendar No. 723, S. 1760.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1760) to amend the Public Health Service Act 
     with respect to the Healthy Start Initiative.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill 
which had been reported from the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause 
and insert in lieu the following:

     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.''.

  Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the substitute be 
agreed to; the bill as amended, be read a third time; the motion to 
reconsider be laid on the table with no intervening action or debate; 
and any statements related to the bill be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Committee amendment in the nature of a substitute was agreed to.
  The bill (S. 1760), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.




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