42 U.S.C. § 701 : US Code - Section 701: Authorization of appropriations; purposes; definitions

Search 42 U.S.C. § 701 : US Code - Section 701: Authorization of appropriations; purposes; definitions

(a) To improve the health of all mothers and children consistent
with the applicable health status goals and national health
objectives established by the Secretary under the Public Health
Service Act [42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.] for the year 2000, there are
authorized to be appropriated $850,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and
each fiscal year thereafter -
(1) for the purpose of enabling each State -
(A) to provide and to assure mothers and children (in
particular those with low income or with limited availability
of health services) access to quality maternal and child health
services;
(B) to reduce infant mortality and the incidence of
preventable diseases and handicapping conditions among
children, to reduce the need for inpatient and long-term care
services, to increase the number of children (especially
preschool children) appropriately immunized against disease and
the number of low income children receiving health assessments
and follow-up diagnostic and treatment services, and otherwise
to promote the health of mothers and infants by providing
prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care for low income, at-risk
pregnant women, and to promote the health of children by
providing preventive and primary care services for low income
children;
(C) to provide rehabilitation services for blind and disabled
individuals under the age of 16 receiving benefits under
subchapter XVI of this chapter, to the extent medical
assistance for such services is not provided under subchapter
XIX of this chapter; and
(D) to provide and to promote family-centered, community-
based, coordinated care (including care coordination services,
as defined in subsection (b)(3) of this section) for children
with special health care needs and to facilitate the
development of community-based systems of services for such
children and their families;
(2) for the purpose of enabling the Secretary (through grants,
contracts, or otherwise) to provide for special projects of
regional and national significance, research, and training with
respect to maternal and child health and children with special
health care needs (including early intervention training and
services development), for genetic disease testing, counseling,
and information development and dissemination programs, for
grants (including funding for comprehensive hemophilia diagnostic
treatment centers) relating to hemophilia without regard to age,
and for the screening of newborns for sickle cell anemia, and
other genetic disorders and follow-up services; and
(3) subject to section 702(b) of this title for the purpose of
enabling the Secretary (through grants, contracts, or otherwise)
to provide for developing and expanding the following -
(A) maternal and infant health home visiting programs in
which case management services as defined in subparagraphs (A)
and (B) of subsection (b)(4) of this section, health education
services, and related social support services are provided in
the home to pregnant women or families with an infant up to the
age one by an appropriate health professional or by a qualified
nonprofessional acting under the supervision of a health care
professional,
(B) projects designed to increase the participation of
obstetricians and pediatricians under the program under this
subchapter and under state (!1) plans approved under subchapter
XIX of this chapter,
(C) integrated maternal and child health service delivery
systems (of the type described in section 1320b-6 (!2) of this
title and using, once developed, the model application form
developed under section 6506(a) of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1989),
(D) maternal and child health centers which (i) provide
prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care for pregnant women and
preventive and primary care services for infants up to age one,
and (ii) operate under the direction of a not-for-profit
hospital,
(E) maternal and child health projects to serve rural
populations, and
(F) outpatient and community based services programs
(including day care services) for children with special health
care needs whose medical services are provided primarily
through inpatient institutional care.
Funds appropriated under this section may only be used in a manner
consistent with the Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of
1997 [42 U.S.C. 14401 et seq.].
(b) For purposes of this subchapter:
(1) The term "consolidated health programs" means the programs
administered under the provisions of -
(A) this subchapter (relating to maternal and child health
and services for children with special health care needs),
(B) section 1382d(c) of this title (relating to supplemental
security income for disabled children),
(C) sections 247a of this title (relating to lead-based paint
poisoning prevention programs), 300b of this title (relating to
genetic disease programs), 300c-11 of this title (relating to
sudden infant death syndrome programs) and 300c-21 of this
title (relating to hemophilia treatment centers), and
(D) title VI of the Health Services and Centers Amendments of
1978 (Public Law 95-626; relating to adolescent pregnancy
grants),
as such provisions were in effect before August 13, 1981.
(2) The term "low income" means, with respect to an individual
or family, such an individual or family with an income determined
to be below the income official poverty line defined by the
Office of Management and Budget and revised annually in
accordance with section 9902(2) of this title.
(3) The term "care coordination services" means services to
promote the effective and efficient organization and utilization
of resources to assure access to necessary comprehensive services
for children with special health care needs and their families.
(4) The term "case management services" means -
(A) with respect to pregnant women, services to assure access
to quality prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care; and
(B) with respect to infants up to age one, services to assure
access to quality preventive and primary care services.