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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2201

To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend programs

relating to the prevention and control of injuries.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 20, 1993

Mr. KREIDLER (for himself, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. MOORHEAD, Mr. TOWNS, Mr.

GREENWOOD, Mr. MCDERMOTT, and Mrs. MORELLA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend

programs relating to the prevention and control of injuries.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Injury Prevention and

5 Control Amendments of 1993’’.
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1 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF REQUIREMENTS WITH RE2 SPECT TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL

3 ASSAULT.

4 Part K of title III of the Public Health Service Act

5 (42 U.S.C. 280b et seq.) is amended—

6 (1) by redesignating sections 393 and 394 as

7 sections 394 and 394A, respectively; and

8 (2) by inserting after section 392 the following

9 section:

10 ‘‘DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT

11 ‘‘SEC. 393. With respect to activities that are author12 ized in sections 391 and 392, the Secretary, acting

13 through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control

14 and Prevention, shall carry out such activities with respect

15 to domestic violence and sexual assault. Activities author16 ized in the preceding sentence include—

17 ‘‘(1) collecting data relating to the incidence of

18 such violence and assault;

19 ‘‘(2) making grants to public and nonprofit pri20 vate entities for the evaluation of programs whose

21 purpose is to prevent such violence and assault;

22 ‘‘(3) providing to the public information and

23 education on such violence and assault;

24 ‘‘(4) training health care providers to identify

25 individuals whose medical condition or statements

26 indicate that the individuals are victims of such vio-
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1 lence or assault, and to refer the individuals to enti2 ties that provide services regarding such violence

3 and assault; and

4 ‘‘(5) making grants to public and nonprofit pri5 vate entities for demonstration projects with respect

6 to such violence and assault.’’.

7 SEC. 3. ADVISORY COMMITTEE; REPORTS.

8 Section 394 of the Public Health Service Act, as rede9 signed by section 2(1) of this Act, is amended to read as

10 follows:

11 ‘‘GENERAL PROVISIONS

12 ‘‘SEC. 394. (a) The Secretary, acting through the Di13 rector of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

14 shall establish an advisory committee to advise the Sec15 retary and such Director with respect to the prevention

16 and control of injuries.

17 ‘‘(b) Not later than February 1 of 1994 and of every

18 second year thereafter, the Secretary, acting through the

19 Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven20 tion, shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Com21 merce of the House of Representatives, and to the Com22 mittee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, a

23 report describing the activities carried out under this part

24 during the preceding 2 fiscal years. Such report shall in25 clude a description of such activities that were carried out
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1 with respect to domestic violence and sexual assault and

2 with respect to rural areas.’’.

3 SEC. 4. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

4 (a) TERMINOLOGY.—Part K of title III of the Public

5 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b et seq.) is amended—

6 (1) in the heading for such part, by striking

7 ‘‘INJURY CONTROL’’ and inserting ‘‘PREVENTION

8 AND CONTROL OF INJURIES’’; and

9 (2) in section 392—

10 (A) in the heading for such section, by in11 serting ‘‘PREVENTION AND’’ before ‘‘CONTROL

12 ACTIVITIES’’;

13 (B) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘and

14 control’’ after ‘‘prevention’’; and

15 (C) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘inju16 ries and injury control’’ and inserting ‘‘the pre17 vention and control of injuries’’.

18 (b) PROVISIONS RELATING TO PUBLIC LAW 102–

19 531.—Part K of title III of the Public Health Service Act

20 (42 U.S.C. 280b et seq.), as amended by section 301 of

21 Public Law 102–531 (106 Stat. 3482), is amended—

22 (1) in section 392(b)(2), by striking ‘‘to pro23 mote injury control’’ and all that follows and insert24 ing ‘‘to promote activities regarding the prevention

25 and control of injuries; and’’; and
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1 (2) in section 391(b), by adding at the end the

2 following sentence: ‘‘In carrying out the preceding

3 sentence, the Secretary shall disseminate such infor4 mation to the public, including through elementary

5 and secondary schools.’’.

6 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

7 Section 394A of the Public Health Service Act, as

8 redesignated by section 2(1) of this Act, is amended by

9 striking ‘‘To carry out’’ and all that follows and inserting

10 the following: ‘‘For the purpose of carrying out this part,

11 there are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for

12 fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for

13 each of the fiscal years 1995 through 1998.’’.

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