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[CITE: 42USC254c-1]

 
                 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-1. Grants for health services for Pacific Islanders


(a) Grants

    The Secretary of Health and Human Services (hereafter in this 
section referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall provide grants to, or 
enter into contracts with, public or private nonprofit agencies that 
have demonstrated experience in serving the health needs of Pacific 
Islanders living in the Territory of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of 
Northern Mariana Islands, the Territory of Guam, the Republic of the 
Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the Federated States of 
Micronesia.

(b) Use of grants or contracts

    Grants or contracts made or entered into under subsection (a) of 
this section shall be used, among other items--
        (1) to continue, as a priority, the medical officer training 
    program in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia;
        (2) to improve the quality and availability of health and mental 
    health services and systems, with an emphasis therein on preventive 
    health services and health promotion programs and projects, 
    including improved health data systems;
        (3) to improve the quality and availability of health manpower, 
    including programs and projects to train new and upgrade the skills 
    of existing health professionals by--
            (A) establishing dental officer, dental assistant, nurse 
        practitioner, or nurse clinical specialist training programs;
            (B) providing technical training of new auxiliary health 
        workers;
            (C) upgrading the training of currently employed health 
        personnel in special areas of need;
            (D) developing long-term plans for meeting health profession 
        needs;
            (E) developing or improving programs for faculty enhancement 
        or post-doctoral training; and
            (F) providing innovative health professions training 
        initiatives (including scholarships) targeted toward ensuring 
        that residents of the Pacific Basin attend and graduate from 
        recognized health professional programs;

        (4) to improve the quality of health services, including 
    laboratory, x-ray, and pharmacy, provided in ambulatory and 
    inpatient settings through quality assurance, standard setting, and 
    other culturally appropriate means;
        (5) to improve facility and equipment repair and maintenance 
    systems;
        (6) to improve alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health prevention 
    and treatment services and systems;
        (7) to improve local and regional health planning systems; and
        (8) to improve basic local public health systems, with 
    particular attention to primary care and services to those most in 
    need.

No funds under subsection (b) of this section shall be used for capital 
construction.

(c) Advisory Council

    The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish a 
``Pacific Health Advisory Council'' which shall consist of 12 members 
and shall include--
        (1) the Directors of the Health Departments for the entities 
    identified in subsection (a) of this section; and
        (2) 6 members, including a representative of the Rehabilitation 
    Hospital of the Pacific, representing organizations in the State of 
    Hawaii actively involved in the provision of health services or 
    technical assistance to the entities identified in subsection (a) of 
    this section. The Secretary shall solicit the advice of the Governor 
    of the State of Hawaii in appointing the 5 Council members in 
    addition to the representative of the Rehabilitation Hospital of the 
    Pacific from the State of Hawaii.

The Secretary shall be responsible for providing sufficient staff 
support to the Council.

(d) Advisory Council functions

    The Council shall meet at least annually to--
        (1) recommend priority areas of need for funding by the Public 
    Health Service under this section; and
        (2) review progress in addressing priority areas and make 
    recommendations to the Secretary for needed program modifications.

(e) Report

    The Secretary, in consultation with the Council, shall annually 
prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 
describing the expenditure of the funds authorized to be appropriated 
under this section and any recommendations that the Secretary may have.

(f) Authorization of appropriation

    There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1991 through 1993.

(Pub. L. 101-527, Sec. 10, Nov. 6, 1990, 104 Stat. 2333.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Disadvantaged Minority Health 
Improvement Act of 1990, and not as part of the Public Health Service 
Act which comprises this chapter.


                    Termination of Advisory Councils

    Advisory councils established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not 
later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of 
their establishment, unless, in the case of a council established by the 
President or an officer of the Federal Government, such council is 
renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year 
period, or in the case of a council established by Congress, its 
duration is otherwise provided by law. See sections 3(2) and 14 of Pub. 
L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, 776, set out in the Appendix to 
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
