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[CITE: 42USC300ee-1]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
   SUBCHAPTER XXIII--PREVENTION OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME
 
Sec. 300ee-1. Establishment of office with respect to minority 
        health and acquired immune deficiency syndrome
        
    The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the 
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall 
establish an office for the purpose of ensuring that, in carrying out 
the duties of the Secretary with respect to prevention of acquired 
immune deficiency syndrome, the Secretary develops and implements 
prevention programs targeted at minority populations and provides 
appropriate technical assistance in the implementation of such programs.

(Pub. L. 100-607, title II, Sec. 252, Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3108; Pub. 
L. 102-531, title III, Sec. 312(e)(2), Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3506.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the AIDS Amendments of 1988 and as 
part of the Health Omnibus Programs Extension of 1988, and not as part 
of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.


                               Amendments

    1992--Pub. L. 102-531 substituted ``Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention'' for ``Centers for Disease Control''.


Requirement of Study With Respect to Minority Health and Acquired Immune 
                           Deficiency Syndrome

    Section 251 of Pub. L. 100-607, as amended by Pub. L. 100-690, title 
II, Sec. 2602(b), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4234, provided that:
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
acting through the Director of the Office of Minority Health, shall 
conduct a study for the purpose of determining--
        ``(1) the level of knowledge within minority communities 
    concerning acquired immune deficiency syndrome, the risks of the 
    transmission of the etiologic agent for such syndrome, and the means 
    of reducing such risk; and
        ``(2) the effectiveness of Federal, State, and local prevention 
    programs with respect to acquired immune deficiency syndrome in 
    minority communities.
    ``(b) Report.--The Secretary shall, not later than 12 months after 
the date of the enactment of this title [Nov. 4, 1988], complete the 
study required in subsection (a) and submit to the Congress a report 
describing the findings made as a result of the study.''
