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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2292
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program for promoting 
good health, disease prevention, and wellness and for the prevention 
of secondary conditions for persons with disabilities, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 2, 2003
Mr. GILCHREST introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a pro-
gram for promoting good health, disease prevention, and 
wellness and for the prevention of secondary conditions 
for persons with disabilities, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Health Promotion and 
Disease Prevention for Persons with Disabilities Act’’.
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SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF HEALTH PROMOTION AND DIS-
EASE PREVENTION PROGRAM FOR PERSONS 
WITH DISABILITIES. 
Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 399O. ESTABLISHMENT OF HEALTH PROMOTION AND 
DISEASE PREVENTION PROGRAM FOR PER-
SONS WITH DISABILITIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants 
to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, 
public and nonprofit private entities for the purpose of 
carrying out programs for promoting good health, disease 
prevention, and wellness for persons with disabilities and 
preventing secondary conditions in persons with disabil-
ities. 
‘‘(b) CERTAIN AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—With re-
spect to promoting good health and wellness for persons 
with disabilities described in subsection (a), activities for 
which the Secretary may make a grant under such sub-
section include—
‘‘(1) coordinating activities for preventing sec-
ondary disabling conditions; for health promotion, 
disease prevention, disease prevention and wellness 
for persons with disabilities;
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‘‘(2) conducting demonstrations and interven-
tions; 
‘‘(3) conducting surveillances and studies on 
cost-effectiveness and efficacy of interventions; 
‘‘(4) studying the effects and costs of environ-
mental barriers for persons with disabilities; 
‘‘(5) educating the public; and 
‘‘(6) educating and training health professionals 
(including allied health professionals) and con-
ducting activities to improve the clinical skills of 
such professionals. 
‘‘(c) REPORTS TO SECRETARY.—The Secretary may 
not make a grant under subsection (a) unless the appli-
cant for the grant agrees to submit to the Secretary such 
reports as the Secretary may require with respect to the 
grant. 
‘‘(d) PRIORITIES.—The Secretary shall establish a 
National Advisory Committee on Health Promotion and 
Disease Prevention for Persons With Disabilities which 
shall set priorities to carry out this section and annually 
evaluate the progress of the program under this section 
in implementing the priorities. 
‘‘(e) REQUIREMENT
OF APPLICATION.—The Sec-
retary may not make a grant under subsection (a) unless 
an application for such assistance is submitted to the Sec-