[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 2201 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
103d CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2201
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 15, 1993
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human
Resources
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AN ACT
To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend programs
relating to the prevention and control of injuries.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Injury Prevention and Control
Amendments of 1993''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.
Part K of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
280b et seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating sections 393 and 394 as sections 394
and 394A, respectively; and
(2) by inserting after section 392 the following section:
``domestic violence and sexual assault
``Sec. 393. With respect to activities that are authorized in
sections 391 and 392, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall carry out such
activities with respect to domestic violence and sexual assault.
Activities authorized in the preceding sentence include--
``(1) collecting data relating to the incidence of such
violence and assault;
``(2) making grants to public and nonprofit private
entities for the evaluation of programs whose purpose is to
prevent such violence and assault;
``(3) providing to the public information and education on
such violence and assault;
``(4) training health care providers to identify
individuals whose medical condition or statements indicate that
the individuals are victims of such violence or assault, and to
refer the individuals to entities that provide services
regarding such violence and assault; and
``(5) making grants to public and nonprofit private
entities for demonstration projects with respect to such
violence and assault.''.
SEC. 3. ADVISORY COMMITTEE; REPORTS.
Section 394 of the Public Health Service Act, as redesigned by
section 2(1) of this Act, is amended to read as follows:
``general provisions
``Sec. 394. (a) The Secretary, acting through the Director of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall establish an advisory
committee to advise the Secretary and such Director with respect to the
prevention and control of injuries.
``(b) Not later than February 1 of 1994 and of every second year
thereafter, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, shall submit to the Committee on
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and to the
Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, a report
describing the activities carried out under this part during the
preceding 2 fiscal years. Such report shall include a description of
such activities that were carried out with respect to domestic violence
and sexual assault and with respect to rural areas.''.
SEC. 4. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
(a) Terminology.--Part K of title III of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 280b et seq.) is amended--
(1) in the heading for such part, by striking ``Injury
Control'' and inserting ``Prevention and Control of Injuries'';
and
(2) in section 392--
(A) in the heading for such section, by inserting
``prevention and'' before ``control activities'';
(B) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ``and
control'' after ``prevention''; and
(C) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``injuries
and injury control'' and inserting ``the prevention and
control of injuries''.
(b) Provisions Relating to Public Law 102-531.--Part K of title III
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b et seq.), as amended
by section 301 of Public Law 102-531 (106 Stat. 3482), is amended--
(1) in section 392(b)(2), by striking ``to promote injury
control'' and all that follows and inserting ``to promote
activities regarding the prevention and control of injuries;
and''; and
(2) in section 391(b), by adding at the end the following
sentence: ``In carrying out the preceding sentence, the
Secretary shall disseminate such information to the public,
including through elementary and secondary schools.''.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 394A of the Public Health Service Act, as redesignated by
section 2(1) of this Act, is amended by striking ``To carry out'' and
all that follows and inserting the following: ``For the purpose of
carrying out this part, there are authorized to be appropriated
$50,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for
each of the fiscal years 1995 through 1998.''.
Passed the House of Representatives June 14, 1993.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.