S. 1760 

One Hundred Tenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and eight 

An Act 

To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Healthy Start Initiative. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Healthy Start Reauthorization 

Act of 2007’’. 

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO HEALTHY START INITIATIVE. 

(a) CONSIDERATIONS IN MAKING GRANTS.—Section 330H(b) of 

the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c–8(b)) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS’’ and all that follows 

through ‘‘In making grants under subsection (a)’’ and inserting 

the following: 

‘‘(b) CONSIDERATIONS IN MAKING GRANTS.— 

‘‘(1) REQUIREMENTS.—In making grants under subsection 

(a)’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following paragraphs: 

‘‘(2) OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.—In making grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall take into consideration the following: 

‘‘(A) Factors that contribute to infant mortality, such 

as low birthweight. 

‘‘(B) The extent to which applicants for such grants 

facilitate— 

‘‘(i) a community-based approach to the delivery 

of services; and 

‘‘(ii) a comprehensive approach to women’s health 

care to improve perinatal outcomes. 

‘‘(3) SPECIAL PROJECTS.—Nothing in paragraph (2) shall 

be construed to prevent the Secretary from awarding grants 

under subsection (a) for special projects that are intended to 

address significant disparities in perinatal health indicators 

in communities along the United States-Mexico border or in 

Alaska or Hawaii.’’. 

(b) OTHER GRANTS.—Section 330H of the Public Health Service 

Act (42 U.S.C. 254c–8) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (3); and 

(2) by striking subsections (e) and (f). 

(c) FUNDING.—Section 330H of the Public Health Service Act, 

as amended by subsection (b) of this section, is amended by adding 

at the end the following subsection: 

‘‘(e) FUNDING.— 
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‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the purpose 

of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated— 

‘‘(A) $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and 

‘‘(B) for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013, the 

amount authorized for the preceding fiscal year increased 

by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index 

for all urban consumers for such year. 

‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.— 

‘‘(A) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.—Of the amounts 

appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the 

Secretary may reserve up to 5 percent for coordination, 

dissemination, technical assistance, and data activities that 

are determined by the Secretary to be appropriate for carrying out the program under this section. 

‘‘(B) EVALUATION.—Of the amounts appropriated under 

paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary may reserve 

up to 1 percent for evaluations of projects carried out 

under subsection (a). Each such evaluation shall include 

a determination of whether such projects have been effective in reducing the disparity in health status between 

the general population and individuals who are members 

of racial or ethnic minority groups.’’. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.