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[CITE: 42USC709]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 7--SOCIAL SECURITY
 
      SUBCHAPTER V--MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES BLOCK GRANT
 
Sec. 709. Administration of Federal and State programs

    (a) The Secretary shall designate an identifiable administrative 
unit with expertise in maternal and child health within the Department 
of Health and Human Services, which unit shall be responsible for--
        (1) the Federal program described in section 702(a) of this 
    title;
        (2) promoting coordination at the Federal level of the 
    activities authorized under this subchapter and under subchapter XIX 
    of this chapter, especially early and periodic screening, diagnosis 
    and treatment, related activities funded by the Departments of 
    Agriculture and Education, and under health block grants and 
    categorical health programs, such as immunizations, administered by 
    the Secretary;
        (3) disseminating information to the States in such areas as 
    preventive health services and advances in the care and treatment of 
    mothers and children;
        (4) providing technical assistance, upon request, to the States 
    in such areas as program planning, establishment of goals and 
    objectives, standards of care, and evaluation and in developing 
    consistent and accurate data collection mechanisms in order to 
    report the information required under section 706(a)(2) of this 
    title;
        (5) in cooperation with the National Center for Health 
    Statistics and in a manner that avoids duplication of data 
    collection, collection, maintenance, and dissemination of 
    information relating to the health status and health service needs 
    of mothers and children in the United States;
        (6) assisting in the preparation of reports to the Congress on 
    the activities funded and accomplishments achieved under this 
    subchapter from the information required to be reported by the 
    States under sections 705(a) and 706 of this title; and \1\
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        (7) assisting States in the development of care coordination 
    services (as defined in section 701(b)(3) of this title); and
        (8) developing and making available to the State agency (or 
    agencies) administering the State's program under this subchapter a 
    national directory listing by State the toll-free numbers described 
    in section 705(a)(5)(E) of this title.

    (b) The State health agency of each State shall be responsible for 
the administration (or supervision of the administration) of programs 
carried out with allotments made to the State under this subchapter, 
except that, in the case of a State which on July 1, 1967, provided for 
administration (or supervision thereof) of the State plan under this 
subchapter (as in effect on such date) by a State agency other than the 
State health agency, that State shall be considered to comply \2\ the 
requirement of this subsection if it would otherwise comply but for the 
fact that such other State agency administers (or supervises the 
administration of) any such program providing services for children with 
special health care needs.
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(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title V, Sec. 509, as added Pub. L. 97-35, 
title XXI, Sec. 2192(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 825; amended Pub. L. 
99-272, title IX, Sec. 9527(e), Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 219; Pub. L. 
101-239, title VI, Secs. 6503(c)(4), 6505, Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 
2278, 2281.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 709, act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title V, Sec. 509, 
as added Jan. 2, 1968, Pub. L. 90-248, title III, Sec. 301, 81 Stat. 
926; amended July 10, 1972, Pub. L. 92-345, Sec. 2(e), 86 Stat. 457; 
Oct. 30, 1972, Pub. L. 92-603, title II, Secs. 221(c)(3), 233(e), 86 
Stat. 1389, 1412; July 1, 1973, Pub. L. 93-53, Sec. 4(a)(7), 87 Stat. 
135, related to special project grants for health of school and 
preschool children, prior to the general revision of this subchapter by 
section 2192(a) of Pub. L. 97-35. For effective date, savings, and 
transitional provisions, see section 2194 of Pub. L. 97-35, set out as a 
note under section 701 of this title.
    Provisions similar to those comprising former section 709, were 
contained in section 532 of act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title V, as 
added July 30, 1965, Pub. L. 89-97, title II, Sec. 205(3), 79 Stat. 354 
(formerly classified to section 729-1 of this title), prior to the 
general amendment and renumbering of title V of act Aug. 14, 1935, by 
Pub. L. 90-248, Sec. 301.


                               Amendments

    1989--Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 101-239, Sec. 6505(1), inserted before 
semicolon at end ``and in developing consistent and accurate data 
collection mechanisms in order to report the information required under 
section 706(a)(2) of this title''.
    Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 101-239, Sec. 6503(c)(4), substituted 
``705(a)'' for ``705''.
    Subsec. (a)(7), (8). Pub. L. 101-239, Sec. 6505(2)-(4), added pars. 
(7) and (8).
    1986--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-272 substituted ``children with 
special health care needs'' for ``crippled children''.


                    Effective Date of 1989 Amendment

    Amendment by section 6503(c)(4) of Pub. L. 101-239 applicable to 
payments for allotments for fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 
1991, and amendment by section 6505 of Pub. L. 101-239 applicable to 
appropriations for fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 1990, see 
section 6510(a), (b)(1) of Pub. L. 101-239, set out as a note under 
section 701 of this title.


                Report to Congress; Evaluation of Program

    Pub. L. 89-97, title II, Sec. 206, July 30, 1965, 79 Stat. 354, 
authorized Secretary to submit to President for transmission to Congress 
before July 1, 1969, a full report of administration of provisions of 
section 729-1 of this title, which was covered by former sections 701, 
702(1)(B), and 709 of this title, together with an evaluation of program 
established thereby and his recommendations as to continuation of and 
modifications in that program.
