103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2201

AN ACT

To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise

and control of injuries.and extend programs relating to the prevention
103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2201

AN ACT

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’’.

6 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF REQUIREMENTS WITH RE7 SPECT TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL

8 ASSAULT.

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

10 (42 U.S.C. 280b et seq.) is amended—
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1 (1) by redesignating sections 393 and 394 as

2 sections 394 and 394A, respectively; and

3 (2) by inserting after section 392 the following

4 section:

5 ‘‘DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT

6 ‘‘SEC. 393. With respect to activities that are author7 ized in sections 391 and 392, the Secretary, acting

8 through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control

9 and Prevention, shall carry out such activities with respect

10 to domestic violence and sexual assault. Activities author11 ized in the preceding sentence include—

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

13 such violence and assault;

14 ‘‘(2) making grants to public and nonprofit pri15 vate entities for the evaluation of programs whose

16 purpose is to prevent such violence and assault;

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

18 education on such violence and assault;

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

20 individuals whose medical condition or statements

21 indicate that the individuals are victims of such vio22 lence or assault, and to refer the individuals to enti23 ties that provide services regarding such violence

24 and assault; and
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1 ‘‘(5) making grants to public and nonprofit pri2 vate entities for demonstration projects with respect

3 to such violence and assault.’’.

4 SEC. 3. ADVISORY COMMITTEE; REPORTS.

5 Section 394 of the Public Health Service Act, as rede6 signed by section 2(1) of this Act, is amended to read as

7 follows:

8 ‘‘GENERAL PROVISIONS

9 ‘‘SEC. 394. (a) The Secretary, acting through the Di10 rector of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

11 shall establish an advisory committee to advise the Sec12 retary and such Director with respect to the prevention

13 and control of injuries.

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

15 second year thereafter, the Secretary, acting through the

16 Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven17 tion, shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Com18 merce of the House of Representatives, and to the Com19 mittee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, a

20 report describing the activities carried out under this part

21 during the preceding 2 fiscal years. Such report shall in22 clude a description of such activities that were carried out

23 with respect to domestic violence and sexual assault and

24 with respect to rural areas.’’.
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1 SEC. 4. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

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

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

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

5 ‘‘INJURY CONTROL’’ and inserting ‘‘PREVENTION

6 AND CONTROL OF INJURIES’’; and

7 (2) in section 392—

8 (A) in the heading for such section, by in9 serting ‘‘PREVENTION AND’’ before ‘‘CONTROL

10 ACTIVITIES’’;

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

12 control’’ after ‘‘prevention’’; and

13 (C) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘inju14 ries and injury control’’ and inserting ‘‘the pre15 vention and control of injuries’’.

16 (b) PROVISIONS RELATING TO PUBLIC LAW 102–

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

18 (42 U.S.C. 280b et seq.), as amended by section 301 of

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

20 (1) in section 392(b)(2), by striking ‘‘to pro21 mote injury control’’ and all that follows and insert22 ing ‘‘to promote activities regarding the prevention

23 and control of injuries; and’’; and

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

25 following sentence: ‘‘In carrying out the preceding

26 sentence, the Secretary shall disseminate such infor-
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1 mation to the public, including through elementary

2 and secondary schools.’’.

3 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Passed the House of Representatives June 14, 1993.

Attest:

Clerk.