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 PUBLIC LAW 101-527—NOV. 6, 1990 104 STAT. 2327 SEC. 7. REVISION AND EXTENSION OF PROGRAM FOR NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS. (a) ANNUAL COLLECTION OF DATA,— (1) DATA FROM RECORDS OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, ET CETERA, AMONG CERTAIN POPULATIONS.— Section 306(h) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242k(h)) is amended by inserting after the second sentence the following new sentence: "The Secretary shall encourage States and registration areas to obtain detailed data on ethnic and racial populations, including subpopulations of Hispanics, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders with significant representation in the State or registration area.". (2) DATA FROM SAMPLE REGARDING HEALTH, ILLNESS, AND DISABILITY STATUS.— Section 306(h) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242k(h)), as amended by paragraph (1), is amended— (A) by inserting "(1)" after the subsection designation; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(2) There shall be an annual collection of data from a statistically valid sample concerning the general health, illness, and disability status of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. Specific topics to be addressed under this paragraph, on an annual or periodic basis, shall include the incidence of illness and accidental injuries, prevalence of chronic diseases and impairments, disability, physician visits, hospitalizations, and the relationship between demographic and socioeconomic characteristics and health characteristics.". (b) (COLLECTION OF DATA SPECIFIC TO PARTICULAR POPULATIONS. — (1) IN GENERAL.— Section 306 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242k) is amended— (A) by redesignating subsection (m) as subsection (o); and (B) by inserting after subsection (1) the following new subsections: "(m) In carrying out this section, the Secretary, acting through the (Denter, shall collect and analyze adequate health data that is specific to particular ethnic and racial populations, including data collected under national health surveys. Activities carried out under this subsection shall be in addition to any activities carried out under subsection (n). "(n)(l) The Secretary, acting through the Center, may make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for— "(A) the conduct of special surveys or studies on the health of ethnic and racial populations or subpopulations; "(B) analysis of data on ethnic and racial populations and subpopulations; and "(C) research on improving methods for developing statistics on ethnic and racial populations and subpopulations. "(2) The Secretary, acting through the Center, may provide technical assistance, standards, and methodologies to grantees supported by this subsection in order to maximize the data quality and comparability with other studies. "(3) Provisions of section 308(d) do not apply to surveys or studies conducted by grantees under this subsection unless the Secretary, in accordance with regulations the Secretary may issue, determines that such provisions are necessary for the conduct of the survey or

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