42 U.S.C. § 300z-1 : US Code - Section 300Z-1: Definitions; regulations applicable

Search 42 U.S.C. § 300z-1 : US Code - Section 300Z-1: Definitions; regulations applicable

(a) For the purposes of this subchapter, the term -
(1) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health and Human
Services;
(2) "eligible person" means -
(A) with regard to the provision of care services, a pregnant
adolescent, an adolescent parent, or the family of a pregnant
adolescent or an adolescent parent; or
(B) with regard to the provision of prevention services and
referral to such other services which may be appropriate, a
nonpregnant adolescent;
(3) "eligible grant recipient" means a public or nonprofit
private organization or agency which demonstrates, to the
satisfaction of the Secretary -
(A) in the case of an organization which will provide care
services, the capability of providing all core services in a
single setting or the capability of creating a network through
which all core services would be provided; or
(B) in the case of an organization which will provide
prevention services, the capability of providing such services;
(4) "necessary services" means services which may be provided
by grantees which are -
(A) pregnancy testing and maternity counseling;
(B) adoption counseling and referral services which present
adoption as an option for pregnant adolescents, including
referral to licensed adoption agencies in the community if the
eligible grant recipient is not a licensed adoption agency;
(C) primary and preventive health services including prenatal
and postnatal care;
(D) nutrition information and counseling;
(E) referral for screening and treatment of venereal disease;
(F) referral to appropriate pediatric care;
(G) educational services relating to family life and problems
associated with adolescent premarital sexual relations,
including -
(i) information about adoption;
(ii) education on the responsibilities of sexuality and
parenting;
(iii) the development of material to support the role of
parents as the provider of sex education; and
(iv) assistance to parents, schools, youth agencies, and
health providers to educate adolescents and preadolescents
concerning self-discipline and responsibility in human
sexuality;
(H) appropriate educational and vocational services;
(I) referral to licensed residential care or maternity home
services; and
(J) mental health services and referral to mental health
services and to other appropriate physical health services;
(K) child care sufficient to enable the adolescent parent to
continue education or to enter into employment;
(L) consumer education and homemaking;
(M) counseling for the immediate and extended family members
of the eligible person;
(N) transportation;
(O) outreach services to families of adolescents to
discourage sexual relations among unemancipated minors;
(P) family planning services; and
(Q) such other services consistent with the purposes of this
subchapter as the Secretary may approve in accordance with
regulations promulgated by the Secretary;
(5) "core services" means those services which shall be
provided by a grantee, as determined by the Secretary by
regulation;
(6) "supplemental services" means those services which may be
provided by a grantee, as determined by the Secretary by
regulation;
(7) "care services" means necessary services for the provision
of care to pregnant adolescents and adolescent parents and
includes all core services with respect to the provision of such
care prescribed by the Secretary by regulation;
(8) "prevention services" means necessary services to prevent
adolescent sexual relations, including the services described in
subparagraphs (A), (D), (E), (G), (H), (M), (N), (O), and (Q) of
paragraph (4);
(9) "adolescent" means an individual under the age of nineteen;
and
(10) "unemancipated minor" means a minor who is subject to the
control, authority, and supervision of his or her parents or
guardians, as determined under State law.
(b) Until such time as the Secretary promulgates regulations
pursuant to the second sentence of this subsection, the Secretary
shall use the regulations promulgated under title VI of the Health
Services and Centers Amendments of 1978 [42 U.S.C. 300a-21 et seq.]
which were in effect on August 13, 1981, to determine which
necessary services are core services for purposes of this
subchapter. The Secretary may promulgate regulations to determine
which necessary services are core services for purposes of this
subchapter based upon an evaluation of and information concerning
which necessary services are essential to carry out the purposes of
this subchapter and taking into account (1) factors such as whether
services are to be provided in urban or rural areas, the ethnic
groups to be served, and the nature of the populations to be
served, and (2) the results of the evaluations required under
section 300z-5(b) of this title. The Secretary may from time to
time revise such regulations.