The Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities to provide for the conduct of demonstration programs to evaluate the effectiveness, including with respect to timeliness, of screening, followup, counseling or health care services in reducing the morbidity and mortality caused by heritable disorders in newborns and children.
A demonstration program conducted under a grant under this section shall be designed to evaluate and assess, within the jurisdiction of the entity receiving such grant-
To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a) an entity shall be a State or political subdivision of a State, or a consortium of two or more States or political subdivisions of States.
42 U.S.C. § 300b-9
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS2014- Pub. L. 113-240, §3(1), inserted "and followup" after "child screening" in section catchline.Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113-240, §3(2), substituted ",including with respect to timeliness, of screening, followup," for "of screening,".Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 113-240, §3(3)(A), substituted "treatment, counseling, testing, followup," for "counseling, testing" and inserted before semicolon at end ",including, as appropriate, through the assessment of health and development outcomes for such children through adolescence". Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 113-240, §3(3)(B)(i), (ii), substituted "treatment, counseling, testing, followup," for "counseling, testing" and inserted "in a timely manner" after "in newborns and children". Subsec. (b)(4), (5). Pub. L. 113-240, §3(3)(B)(iii)-(D), added pars. (4) and (5).Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 113-240, §3(4), struck out subsec. (d). Text read as follows: "There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, $5,062,500 for fiscal year 2010, $5,125,000 for fiscal year 2011, $5,187,500 for fiscal year 2012, and $5,250,000 for fiscal year 2013." 2008-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 110-237 substituted "2009, $5,062,500 for fiscal year 2010, $5,125,000 for fiscal year 2011, $5,187,500 for fiscal year 2012, and $5,250,000 for fiscal year 2013." for "2008, $5,062,500 for fiscal year 2009, $5,125,000 for fiscal year 2010, $5,187,500 for fiscal year 2011, and $5,250,000 for fiscal year 2012." Pub. L. 110-204 added subsec. (d).
- Consortium
- The term "Consortium" means the High-Performance Green Building Partnership Consortium created in response to section 17092(c)(1) of this title to represent the private sector in a public-private partnership to promote high-performance green buildings and zero-net-energy commercial buildings.
- Secretary
- The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.1See References in Text note below.
- practices
- The term "practices" means design, financing, permitting, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance, and other practices that contribute to achieving zero-net-energy buildings or facilities.