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[CITE: 42USC300u-1]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
         SUBCHAPTER XV--HEALTH INFORMATION AND HEALTH PROMOTION
 
Sec. 300u-1. Grants and contracts for research programs; 
        authority of Secretary; review of applications; additional 
        functions; periodic public survey
        
    (a) The Secretary is authorized to conduct and support by grant or 
contract (and encourage others to support) research in health 
information and health promotion, preventive health services, and 
education in the appropriate use of health care. Applications for grants 
and contracts under this section shall be subject to appropriate peer 
review. The Secretary shall also--
        (1) provide consultation and technical assistance to persons who 
    need help in preparing research proposals or in actually conducting 
    research;
        (2) determine the best methods of disseminating information 
    concerning personal health behavior, preventive health services and 
    the appropriate use of health care and of affecting behavior so that 
    such information is applied to maintain and improve health, and 
    prevent disease, reduce its risk, or modify its course or severity;
        (3) determine and study environmental, occupational, social, and 
    behavioral factors which affect and determine health and ascertain 
    those programs and areas for which educational and preventive 
    measures could be implemented to improve health as it is affected by 
    such factors;
        (4) develop (A) methods by which the cost and effectiveness of 
    activities respecting health information and health promotion, 
    preventive health services, and education in the appropriate use of 
    health care, can be measured, including methods for evaluating the 
    effectiveness of various settings for such activities and the 
    various types of persons engaged in such activities, (B) methods for 
    reimbursement or payment for such activities, and (C) models and 
    standards for the conduct of such activities, including models and 
    standards for the education, by providers of institutional health 
    services, of individuals receiving such services respecting the 
    nature of the institutional health services provided the individuals 
    and the symptoms, signs, or diagnoses which led to provision of such 
    services;
        (5) develop a method for assessing the cost and effectiveness of 
    specific medical services and procedures under various conditions of 
    use, including the assessment of the sensitivity and specificity of 
    screening and diagnostic procedures; and
        (6) enumerate and assess, using methods developed under 
    paragraph (5), preventive health measures and services with respect 
    to their cost and effectiveness under various conditions of use 
    (which measures and services may include blood pressure screening, 
    cholesterol screening and control, smoking cessation programs, 
    substance abuse programs, cancer screening, dietary and nutritional 
    counseling, diabetes screening and education, intraocular pressure 
    screening, and stress management).

    (b) The Secretary shall make a periodic survey of the needs, 
interest, attitudes, knowledge, and behavior of the American public 
regarding health and health care. The Secretary shall take into 
consideration the findings of such surveys and the findings of similar 
surveys conducted by national and community health education 
organizations, and other organizations and agencies for formulating 
policy respecting health information and health promotion, preventive 
health services, and education in the appropriate use of health care.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XVII, Sec. 1702, as added Pub. L. 94-317, 
title I, Sec. 102, June 23, 1976, 90 Stat. 696; amended Pub. L. 102-531, 
title III, Sec. 311(b)(2), Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3504.)


                               Amendments

    1992--Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 102-531 inserted before period 
``(which measures and services may include blood pressure screening, 
cholesterol screening and control, smoking cessation programs, substance 
abuse programs, cancer screening, dietary and nutritional counseling, 
diabetes screening and education, intraocular pressure screening, and 
stress management)''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 300u of this title.
