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(4) contains specific science-based initiatives to 
achieve the measurable goals of Healthy People 2010 
regarding nutrition, exercise, and smoking cessation, 
and targeting the 5 leading disease killers in the 
United States; 
(5) contains specific plans for consolidating Fed-
eral health programs and Centers that exist to pro-
mote healthy behavior and reduce disease risk (includ-
ing eliminating programs and offices determined to 
be ineffective in meeting the priority goals of Healthy 
People 2010); 
(6) contains specific plans to ensure that all 
Federal health care programs are fully coordinated 
with science-based prevention recommendations by the 
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention; and 
(7) contains specific plans to ensure that all 
non-Department of Health and Human Services pre-
vention programs are based on the science-based 
guidelines developed by the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention under paragraph (4). 
(i) PERIODIC
REVIEWS.—The Secretary and the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall jointly con-
duct periodic reviews, not less than every 5 years, and eval-
uations of every Federal disease prevention and health pro-
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motion initiative, program, and agency. Such reviews shall 
be evaluated based on effectiveness in meeting metrics-based 
goals with an analysis posted on such agencies’ public 
Internet websites. 
SEC. 4002. PREVENTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH FUND. 
(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to es-
tablish a Prevention and Public Health Fund (referred to 
in this section as the ‘‘Fund’’), to be administered through 
the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of 
the Secretary, to provide for expanded and sustained na-
tional investment in prevention and public health programs 
to improve health and help restrain the rate of growth in 
private and public sector health care costs. 
(b) FUNDING.—There are hereby authorized to be ap-
propriated, and appropriated, to the Fund, out of any mon-
ies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated— 
(1) for fiscal year 2010, $500,000,000; 
(2) for fiscal year 2011, $750,000,000; 
(3) for fiscal year 2012, $1,000,000,000; 
(4) for fiscal year 2013, $1,250,000,000; 
(5) for fiscal year 2014, $1,500,000,000; and 
(6) for fiscal year 2015, and each fiscal year 
thereafter, $2,000,000,000. 
(c) USE
OF FUND.—The Secretary shall transfer 
amounts in the Fund to accounts within the Department 
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of Health and Human Services to increase funding, over 
the fiscal year 2008 level, for programs authorized by the 
Public Health Service Act, for prevention, wellness, and 
public health activities including prevention research and 
health screenings, such as the Community Transformation 
grant program, the Education and Outreach Campaign for 
Preventive Benefits, and immunization programs. 
(d) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—The Committee on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives may provide for 
the transfer of funds in the Fund to eligible activities under 
this section, subject to subsection (c). 
SEC. 4003. CLINICAL AND COMMUNITY PREVENTIVE SERV-
ICES. 
(a) PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE.—Section 
915 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 299b–4) 
is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(a) PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—The Di-
rector shall convene an independent Preventive Serv-
ices Task Force (referred to in this subsection as the 
‘Task Force’) to be composed of individuals with ap-
propriate expertise. Such Task Force shall review the 
scientific evidence related to the effectiveness, appro-
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priateness, and cost-effectiveness of clinical preventive 
services for the purpose of developing recommenda-
tions for the health care community, and updating 
previous clinical preventive recommendations, to be 
published in the Guide to Clinical Preventive Services 
(referred to in this section as the ‘Guide’), for individ-
uals and organizations delivering clinical services, in-
cluding primary care professionals, health care sys-
tems, professional societies, employers, community or-
ganizations, non-profit organizations, Congress and 
other policy-makers, governmental public health agen-
cies, health care quality organizations, and organiza-
tions developing national health objectives. Such rec-
ommendations shall consider clinical preventive best 
practice recommendations from the Agency for 
Healthcare Research and Quality, the National Insti-
tutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, the Institute of Medicine, specialty med-
ical associations, patient groups, and scientific soci-
eties. 
‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The duties of the Task Force shall 
include— 
‘‘(A) the development of additional topic 
areas for new recommendations and interven-
tions related to those topic areas, including those 
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related to specific sub-populations and age 
groups; 
‘‘(B) at least once during every 5-year pe-
riod, review interventions and update rec-
ommendations related to existing topic areas, in-
cluding new or improved techniques to assess the 
health effects of interventions; 
‘‘(C) improved integration with Federal 
Government health objectives and related target 
setting for health improvement; 
‘‘(D) the enhanced dissemination of rec-
ommendations; 
‘‘(E) the provision of technical assistance to 
those health care professionals, agencies and or-
ganizations that request help in implementing 
the Guide recommendations; and 
‘‘(F) the submission of yearly reports to 
Congress and related agencies identifying gaps 
in research, such as preventive services that re-
ceive an insufficient evidence statement, and rec-
ommending priority areas that deserve further 
examination, including areas related to popu-
lations and age groups not adequately addressed 
by current recommendations. 
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