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 114 STAT. 1164 PUBLIC LAW 106-310—OCT. 17, 2000 SEC. 2504. SCREENINGS, REFERRALS, AND EDUCATION REGARDING LEAD POISONING. Section 317A(1)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b-l(l)(l)) is amended by striking "1994" and all that follows and inserting "1994 through 2005.". TITLE XXVI—SCREENING FOR HERITABLE DISORDERS SEC. 2601. PROGRAM TO IMPROVE THE ABILITY OF STATES TO PRO- VIDE NEWBORN AND CHILD SCREENING FOR HERITABLE DISORDERS. Part A of title XI of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by section 2301 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following: 42 USC 300b-8. "SEC. 1109. IMPROVED NEWBORN AND CHILD SCREENING FOR HERI- TABLE DISORDERS. Grants. "(a) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities to enhance, improve or expand the ability of State and local public health agencies to provide screening, counseling or health care services to newborns and children having or at risk for heritable disorders. "(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts provided under a grant awarded under subsection (a) shall be used to— "(1) establish, expand, or improve systems or programs to provide screening, counseling, testing or specialty services for newborns and children at risk for heritable disorders; "(2) establish, expand, or improve programs or services to reduce mortality or morbidity from heritable disorders; "(3) establish, expand, or improve systems or programs to provide information and counseling on available therapies for newborns and children with heritable disorders; "(4) improve the access of medically underserved populations to screening, counseling, testing and specialty services for newborns and children having or at risk for heritable disorders; or "(5) conduct such other activities as may be necessary to enable newborns and children having or at risk for heritable disorders to receive screening, counseling, testing or specialty services, regardless of income, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability. "(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. — To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a) an entity shall— "(1) be a State or political subdivision of a State, or a consortium of two or more States or political subdivisions of States; and "(2) prepare and submit to the Secretary an application that includes— "(A) a plan to use amounts awarded under the grant to meet specific health status goals and objectives relative to heritable disorders, including attention to needs of medically underserved populations; "(B) a plan for the collection of outcome data or other methods of evaluating the degree to which amounts

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