42 U.S.C. § 247b-3a
The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration and in collaboration with the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall conduct education and training programs for physicians and other health care providers regarding childhood lead poisoning, current screening and treatment recommendations and requirements, and the scientific, medical, and public health basis for those policies.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, annually shall report to Congress on the number of children who received services through health centers established under section 254b of this title and received a blood lead screening test during the prior fiscal year, noting the percentage that such children represent as compared to all children who received services through such health centers.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for each1 the fiscal years 2001 through 2005.
1So in original. Probably should be followed by "of".
42 U.S.C. § 247b-3a
EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATIONSection was enacted as part of the Children's Health Act of 2000, and not as part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.
AMENDMENTS2003-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108-173 substituted "Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services" for "Health Care Financing Administration".
- Administrator
- The term "Administrator" means the Administrator of General Services.
- Secretary
- The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.1See References in Text note below.
- Service
- The term "Service" means the Public Health Service;