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[CITE: 42USC300u-7]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
         SUBCHAPTER XV--HEALTH INFORMATION AND HEALTH PROMOTION
 
Sec. 300u-7. Office of Adolescent Health


(a) In general

    There is established an Office of Adolescent Health within the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, which office \1\ shall be 
headed by a director \1\ appointed by the Secretary. The Secretary shall 
carry out this section acting through the Director of such Office.
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be capitalized.
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(b) Duties

    With respect to adolescent health, the Secretary shall--
        (1) coordinate all activities within the Department of Health 
    and Human Services that relate to disease prevention, health 
    promotion, preventive health services, and health information and 
    education with respect to the appropriate use of health care, 
    including coordinating--
            (A) the design of programs, support for programs, and the 
        evaluation of programs;
            (B) the monitoring of trends;
            (C) projects of research (including multidisciplinary 
        projects) on adolescent health; and
            (D) the training of health providers who work with 
        adolescents, particularly nurse practitioners, physician 
        assistants, and social workers;

        (2) coordinate the activities described in paragraph (1) with 
    similar activities in the private sector; and
        (3) support projects, conduct research, and disseminate 
    information relating to preventive medicine, health promotion, and 
    physical fitness and sports medicine.

(c) Certain demonstration projects

                           (1) In general

        In carrying out subsection (b)(3) of this section, the Secretary 
    may make grants to carry out demonstration projects for the purpose 
    of improving adolescent health, including projects to train health 
    care providers in providing services to adolescents and projects to 
    reduce the incidence of violence among adolescents, particularly 
    among minority males.

                 (2) Authorization of appropriations

        For the purpose of carrying out paragraph (1), there are 
    authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1993, and 
    such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994 
    through 1997.

(d) Information clearinghouse

    In carrying out subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary shall 
establish and maintain a National Information Clearinghouse on 
Adolescent Health to collect and disseminate to health professionals and 
the general public information on adolescent health.

(e) National plan

    In carrying out subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary shall 
develop a national plan for improving adolescent health. The plan shall 
be consistent with the applicable objectives established by the 
Secretary for the health status of the people of the United States for 
the year 2000, and shall be periodically reviewed, and as appropriate, 
revised. The plan, and any revisions in the plan, shall be submitted to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate.

(f) Adolescent health

    For purposes of this section, the term ``adolescent health'', with 
respect to adolescents of all ethnic and racial groups, means all 
diseases, disorders, and conditions (including with respect to mental 
health)--
        (1) unique to adolescents, or more serious or more prevalent in 
    adolescents;
        (2) for which the factors of medical risk or types of medical 
    intervention are different for adolescents, or for which it is 
    unknown whether such factors or types are different for adolescents; 
    or
        (3) with respect to which there has been insufficient clinical 
    research involving adolescents as subjects or insufficient clinical 
    data on adolescents.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XVII, Sec. 1708, as added Pub. L. 102-531, 
title III, Sec. 302, Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3483.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 300u-7, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XVII, 
Sec. 1708, as added Nov. 10, 1978, Pub. L. 95-626, title V, Sec. 502, 92 
Stat. 3594; amended July 10, 1979, Pub. L. 96-32, Sec. 6(l), 93 Stat. 
84, related to project grants for physical fitness improvement and 
research projects, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 98-551, Sec. 2(c), Oct. 
30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2816.

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Energy and Commerce of House of Representatives treated 
as referring to Committee on Commerce of House of Representatives by 
section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21 
of Title 2, The Congress.
