I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1210 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for arthritis research 
and public health, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2009 
Ms. ESHOO (for herself, Mr. UPTON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, 
Ms. 
BORDALLO, 
Mr. 
LANGEVIN, 
Mr. 
KLEIN
of 
Florida, 
Mr. 
MCDERMOTT, Mr. WU, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. KING of New York, 
Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. YARMUTH, 
Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. RUSH, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. MORAN of 
Virginia, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. 
SENSENBRENNER, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, 
Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. SESSIONS, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. 
PASCRELL, Ms. NORTON, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. TERRY, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. 
GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. HOLT, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. RAHALL, 
Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. FRANK of Massachu-
setts, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. MOORE
of Kansas, Mrs. 
SCHMIDT, Ms. BERKLEY, and Mr. MORAN of Kansas) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for 
arthritis research and public health, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Arthritis Prevention, 
Control, and Cure Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. ENHANCING THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIVITIES RE-
LATED TO ARTHRITIS OF THE CENTERS FOR 
DISEASE 
CONTROL 
AND 
PREVENTION 
THROUGH THE NATIONAL ARTHRITIS ACTION 
PLAN. 
Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 243 et seq.) is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 314 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 315. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL ARTHRITIS 
ACTION PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary 
may develop and implement a National Arthritis Action 
Program (in this section referred to as the ‘Program’) con-
sistent with this section. 
‘‘(b) 
CONTROL, 
PREVENTION, 
AND
SURVEIL-
LANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Under the Program, the 
Secretary, acting through the Director of the Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Prevention, may, di-
rectly or through competitive grants to eligible enti-
ties, conduct, support, and promote the coordination 
of research, investigations, demonstrations, training, 
and studies relating to the control, prevention, and 
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surveillance of arthritis and other rheumatic dis-
eases. 
‘‘(2) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
With respect to the planning, development, and op-
eration of any activity carried out under paragraph 
(1), the Secretary may provide training, technical 
assistance, supplies, equipment, or services, and may 
assign any officer or employee of the Department of 
Health and Human Services to a State or local 
health agency, or to any public or nonprofit entity 
designated by a State health agency, in lieu of pro-
viding grant funds under this subsection. 
‘‘(3) ARTHRITIS
PREVENTION
RESEARCH
AT 
THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVEN-
TION CENTERS.—The Secretary may provide addi-
tional grant support under this subsection to encour-
age the expansion of research related to the preven-
tion and management of arthritis at the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention. 
‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—For purposes of this 
subsection, the term ‘eligible entity’ means a na-
tional public or private nonprofit entity that dem-
onstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary, in the 
application described in subsection (e), the ability of 
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