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[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
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  January 23, 2000 and December 4, 2001]
[CITE: 42USC254c-4]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
                SUBCHAPTER II--GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
 
                       Part D--Primary Health Care
 
                        subpart i--health centers
 
Sec. 254c-4. Centers for strategies on facilitating utilization 
        of preventive health services among various populations
        

(a) In general

    The Secretary, acting through the appropriate agencies of the Public 
Health Service, shall make grants to public or nonprofit private 
entities for the establishment and operation of regional centers whose 
purpose is to develop, evaluate, and disseminate effective strategies, 
which utilize quality management measures, to assist public and private 
health care programs and providers in the appropriate utilization of 
preventive health care services by specific populations.

(b) Research and training

    The activities carried out by a center under subsection (a) of this 
section may include establishing programs of research and training with 
respect to the purpose described in such subsection, including the 
development of curricula for training individuals in implementing the 
strategies developed under such subsection.

(c) Priority regarding infants and children

    In carrying out the purpose described in subsection (a) of this 
section, the Secretary shall give priority to various populations of 
infants, young children, and their mothers.

(d) Authorization of appropriations

    For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 
years 2000 through 2004.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, Sec. 330D, as added Pub. L. 106-129, 
Sec. 3, Dec. 6, 1999, 113 Stat. 1670.)
