42 U.S.C. § 709 : US Code - Section 709: Administration of Federal and State programs

Search 42 U.S.C. § 709 : US Code - Section 709: Administration of Federal and State programs

(a) The Secretary shall designate an identifiable administrative
unit with expertise in maternal and child health within the
Department of Health and Human Services, which unit shall be
responsible for -
(1) the Federal program described in section 702(a) of this
title;
(2) promoting coordination at the Federal level of the
activities authorized under this subchapter and under subchapter
XIX of this chapter, especially early and periodic screening,
diagnosis and treatment, related activities funded by the
Departments of Agriculture and Education, and under health block
grants and categorical health programs, such as immunizations,
administered by the Secretary;
(3) disseminating information to the States in such areas as
preventive health services and advances in the care and treatment
of mothers and children;
(4) providing technical assistance, upon request, to the States
in such areas as program planning, establishment of goals and
objectives, standards of care, and evaluation and in developing
consistent and accurate data collection mechanisms in order to
report the information required under section 706(a)(2) of this
title;
(5) in cooperation with the National Center for Health
Statistics and in a manner that avoids duplication of data
collection, collection, maintenance, and dissemination of
information relating to the health status and health service
needs of mothers and children in the United States;
(6) assisting in the preparation of reports to the Congress on
the activities funded and accomplishments achieved under this
subchapter from the information required to be reported by the
States under sections 705(a) and 706 of this title; and (!1)
(7) assisting States in the development of care coordination
services (as defined in section 701(b)(3) of this title); and
(8) developing and making available to the State agency (or
agencies) administering the State's program under this subchapter
a national directory listing by State the toll-free numbers
described in section 705(a)(5)(E) of this title.
(b) The State health agency of each State shall be responsible
for the administration (or supervision of the administration) of
programs carried out with allotments made to the State under this
subchapter, except that, in the case of a State which on July 1,
1967, provided for administration (or supervision thereof) of the
State plan under this subchapter (as in effect on such date) by a
State agency other than the State health agency, that State shall
be considered to comply (!2) the requirement of this subsection if
it would otherwise comply but for the fact that such other State
agency administers (or supervises the administration of) any such
program providing services for children with special health care
needs.