cipal responsibility for carrying out public health
programs; and
(2) if the applicant is an entity designated
under subsection (b), the award will be administered
in consultation with such State agency.
(d) STATEWIDE RESPONSIBILITIES; LIMITATION ON
EXPENDITURES.—
(1) STATEWIDE RESPONSIBILITIES.—A funding
agreement for an award under subsection (a) is that
the applicant involved will—
(A) operate a clearinghouse to maintain
and disseminate information on community
health advisor programs (and similar programs)
in the State, including information on develop-
ing and operating such programs, on training
individuals to participate in the programs, and
on evaluation of the programs;
(B) provide to community health advisor
programs in the State technical assistance in
training community health advisors under sec-
tion 2315(g)(1); and
(C) coordinate the activities carried out in
the State under the award, including coordina-
tion between the various community health ad-
visor programs and coordination between such
programs and related activities of the State and
of other public or private entities.
(2) LIMITATION.—A funding agreement for an
award under subsection (a) is that the applicant in-
volved will not expend more than 15 percent of the
award in the aggregate for carrying out paragraph
(1) and for the expenses of administering the award
with respect to the State involved, including the
process of receiving payments from the Secretary
under the award, allocating the payments among the
entities that are to develop and operate the commu-
nity health advisor programs involved, and monitor-
ing compliance with the funding agreements made
under this chapter by the applicant.
SEC. 
2314. 
REQUIREMENTS 
REGARDING 
COMMUNITY
HEALTH ADVISOR PROGRAMS.
(a) PURPOSE OF AWARD; HEALTHY PEOPLE 2000
OBJECTIVES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), a
funding agreement for an award under section 2313
for an applicant is that the purpose of the award is,
through community health advisor programs under
subsection (b), to assist the State involved in attain-
ing the Healthy People 2000 Objectives (as defined
in subsection (d).
(2) AUTHORITY REGARDING SELECTION OF PRI-
ORITY
OBJECTIVES.—With respect to compliance
with the agreement made under paragraph (1), an
applicant receiving an award under section 2313
may, from among the various Healthy People 2000
Objectives, select one or more Objectives to be given
priority in the operation of a community health advi-
sor program of the applicant, subject to the appli-
cant selecting such priorities in consultation with the
entity that is to carry out the program.
(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR PROGRAMS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A funding agreement for an
award under section 2313 for an applicant is that,
in expending the award, the purpose described in
subsection (a)(1) will be carried out in accordance
with the following:
(A) For each community for which the
purpose is to be carried out, the applicant will
establish a program in accordance with this
subsection.
(B) The program will be carried out in a
community only if the applicant has, under sec-
tion 2315(a), identified the community as hav-
ing a significant need for the program.
(C) The program will be operated by a
public or nonprofit private entity with experi-
ence in providing health or health-related social
services to individuals who are underserved with
respect to such services.
(D) The services of the program, as speci-
fied in paragraph (2), will be provided prin-
cipally by community health advisors (as de-
fined in subsection (d)).
(2) AUTHORIZED
PROGRAM
SERVICES.—For
purposes of paragraph (1)(D), the services specified
in this paragraph for a program are as follows:
(A) The program will collaborate with
health care providers and related entities in
order to facilitate the provision of health serv-
ices and health-related social services (including
collaborating with local health departments,
community health centers, migrant health cen-
ters, rural health clinics, hospitals, physicians
and nurses, providers of health education, and
providers of social services).
(B) The program will provide public edu-
cation on health promotion and disease preven-
tion and facilitate the use of available health
services and health-related social services.
(C) The program will provide health-relat-
ed counseling.
(D) The program will provide referrals for
available health services and health-related so-
cial services.
(E) For the purpose of increasing the ca-
pacity of individuals to utilize health services
and health-related social services under Federal,
State, and local programs, the following condi-
tions will be met:
(i) The program will assist individuals
in establishing eligibility under the pro-
grams and in receiving the services or
other benefits of the programs.
(ii) The program will provide such
other services as the Secretary determines
to be appropriate, which services may in-
clude (but are not limited to) transpor-
tation and translation services.
(F) The program will provide outreach
services to inform the community of the avail-
ability of the services of the program.
(c) PRIORITY FOR MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED COM-
MUNITIES.—A funding agreement for an award under sec-
tion 2313 is that the applicant involved will give priority
to developing and operating community health advisor
programs for medically underserved communities.
(d) CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.—
(1) COMMUNITY HEALTH ADVISOR.—For pur-
poses of this chapter, the term ‘‘community health
advisor’’ means an individual—
(A) who has demonstrated the capacity to
carry out one or more of the authorized pro-
gram services;
(B) who, for not less than 1 year, has been
a resident of the community in which the com-
munity health advisor program involved is to be
operated; and
(C) is a member of a socioeconomic group
to be served by the program.
(2) HEALTHY PEOPLE 2000 OBJECTIVES.—For
purposes of this chapter, the term ‘‘Healthy People
2000 Objectives’’ means the objectives established by
the Secretary toward the goals of increasing the
span of healthy life, reducing health disparities
among various populations, and providing access to
preventive services, which objectives apply to the
health status of the population of the United States
for the year 2000.