Union Calendar No. 63

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2201

[Report No. 103–119]

A BILL

To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise

and control of injuries.and extend programs relating to the prevention

JUNE 10, 1993

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the

State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 63

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2201

[Report No. 103–119]

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

JUNE 10, 1993

Additional sponsors: Mr. RICHARDSON, Mr. FRANKS of Connecticut, Mr.

MANTON, and Mr. UPTON

JUNE 10, 1993

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union

and ordered to be printed

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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

3 Control Amendments of 1993’’.

4 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF REQUIREMENTS WITH RE5 SPECT TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL

6 ASSAULT.

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

8 (42 U.S.C. 280b et seq.) is amended—

9 (1) by redesignating sections 393 and 394 as

10 sections 394 and 394A, respectively; and

11 (2) by inserting after section 392 the following

12 section:

13 ‘‘DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT

14 ‘‘SEC. 393. With respect to activities that are author15 ized in sections 391 and 392, the Secretary, acting

16 through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control

17 and Prevention, shall carry out such activities with respect

18 to domestic violence and sexual assault. Activities author19 ized in the preceding sentence include—

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

21 such violence and assault;

22 ‘‘(2) making grants to public and nonprofit pri23 vate entities for the evaluation of programs whose

24 purpose is to prevent such violence and assault;

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

26 education on such violence and assault;
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1 ‘‘(4) training health care providers to identify

2 individuals whose medical condition or statements

3 indicate that the individuals are victims of such vio4 lence or assault, and to refer the individuals to enti5 ties that provide services regarding such violence

6 and assault; and

7 ‘‘(5) making grants to public and nonprofit pri8 vate entities for demonstration projects with respect

9 to such violence and assault.’’.

10 SEC. 3. ADVISORY COMMITTEE; REPORTS.

11 Section 394 of the Public Health Service Act, as rede12 signed by section 2(1) of this Act, is amended to read as

13 follows:

14 ‘‘GENERAL PROVISIONS

15 ‘‘SEC. 394. (a) The Secretary, acting through the Di16 rector of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

17 shall establish an advisory committee to advise the Sec18 retary and such Director with respect to the prevention

19 and control of injuries.

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

21 second year thereafter, the Secretary, acting through the

22 Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven23 tion, shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Com24 merce of the House of Representatives, and to the Com25 mittee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, a

26 report describing the activities carried out under this part
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1 during the preceding 2 fiscal years. Such report shall in2 clude a description of such activities that were carried out

3 with respect to domestic violence and sexual assault and

4 with respect to rural areas.’’.

5 SEC. 4. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

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

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

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

9 ‘‘INJURY CONTROL’’ and inserting ‘‘PREVENTION

10 AND CONTROL OF INJURIES’’; and

11 (2) in section 392—

12 (A) in the heading for such section, by in13 serting ‘‘PREVENTION AND’’ before ‘‘CONTROL

14 ACTIVITIES’’;

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

16 control’’ after ‘‘prevention’’; and

17 (C) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘inju18 ries and injury control’’ and inserting ‘‘the pre19 vention and control of injuries’’.

20 (b) PROVISIONS RELATING TO PUBLIC LAW 102–

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

22 (42 U.S.C. 280b et seq.), as amended by section 301 of

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

24 (1) in section 392(b)(2), by striking ‘‘to pro25 mote injury control’’ and all that follows and insert-
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1 ing ‘‘to promote activities regarding the prevention

2 and control of injuries; and’’; and

3 (2) in section 391(b), by adding at the end the

4 following sentence: ‘‘In carrying out the preceding

5 sentence, the Secretary shall disseminate such infor6 mation to the public, including through elementary

7 and secondary schools.’’.

8 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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