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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1760 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 1, 2008 

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

AN ACT 

To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to 

the Healthy Start Initiative. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Healthy Start Reau3 thorization Act of 2007’’. 

4 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO HEALTHY START INITIATIVE. 

5 (a) CONSIDERATIONS IN MAKING GRANTS.—Section 

6 330H(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

7 254c–8(b)) is amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS’’ and all 

9 that follows through ‘‘In making grants under sub10 section (a)’’ and inserting the following: 

11 ‘‘(b) CONSIDERATIONS IN MAKING GRANTS.— 

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

13 subsection (a)’’; and 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following para15 graphs: 

16 ‘‘(2) OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.—In making 

17 grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall take 

18 into consideration the following: 

19 ‘‘(A) Factors that contribute to infant 

20 mortality, such as low birthweight. 

21 ‘‘(B) The extent to which applicants for 

22 such grants facilitate— 

23 ‘‘(i) a community-based approach to 

24 the delivery of services; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) a comprehensive approach to 

2 women’s health care to improve perinatal 

3 outcomes. 

4 ‘‘(3) SPECIAL PROJECTS.—Nothing in para5 graph (2) shall be construed to prevent the Sec6 retary from awarding grants under subsection (a) 

7 for special projects that are intended to address sig8 nificant disparities in perinatal health indicators in 

9 communities along the United States-Mexico border 

10 or in Alaska or Hawaii.’’. 

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

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

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

14 and 

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

16 (c) FUNDING.—Section 330H of the Public Health 

17 Service Act, as amended by subsection (b) of this section, 

18 is amended by adding at the end the following subsection: 

19 ‘‘(e) FUNDING.— 

20 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

21 For the purpose of carrying out this section, there 

22 are authorized to be appropriated— 

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

24 and 


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1 ‘‘(B) for each of fiscal years 2009 through 

2 2013, the amount authorized for the preceding 

3 fiscal year increased by the percentage increase 

4 in the Consumer Price Index for all urban con5 sumers for such year. 

6 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.— 

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

8 amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) for 

9 a fiscal year, the Secretary may reserve up to 

10 5 percent for coordination, dissemination, tech11 nical assistance, and data activities that are de12 termined by the Secretary to be appropriate for 

13 carrying out the program under this section. 

14 ‘‘(B) EVALUATION.—Of the amounts ap15 propriated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal 

16 year, the Secretary may reserve up to 1 percent 

17 for evaluations of projects carried out under 

18 subsection (a). Each such evaluation shall in19 clude a determination of whether such projects 

20 have been effective in reducing the disparity in 

21 health status between the general population 


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1 and individuals who are members of racial or 

2 ethnic minority groups.’’. 

Passed the Senate April 30, 2008. 

Attest: NANCY ERICKSON, 

Secretary. 


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