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 120 STAT. 3342

PUBLIC LAW 109–450—DEC. 22, 2006

to the appropriate committees of Congress reports concerning the progress and any results of studies conducted under paragraph (1). (c) PREGNANCY RISK ASSESSMENT MONITORING SURVEY.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall establish systems for the collection of maternal-infant clinical and biomedical information, including electronic health records, electronic databases, and biobanks, to link with the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) and other epidemiological studies of prematurity in order to track pregnancy outcomes and prevent preterm birth. (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out paragraph (1) $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011. (d) EVALUATION OF EXISTING TOOLS AND MEASURES.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall review existing tools and measures to ensure that such tools and measures include information related to the known risk factors of low birth weight and preterm birth. (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, except for subsection (c), $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011. SEC. 4. PUBLIC AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDER EDUCATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

42 USC 280g–4.

42 USC 280g–5.

Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g et seq.) is amended— (1) by redesignating the second section 399O (relating to grants to foster public health responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking) as section 399P; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘SEC. 399Q. PUBLIC AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDER EDUCATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, directly or through the awarding of grants to public or private nonprofit entities, may conduct demonstration projects for the purpose of improving the provision of information on prematurity to health professionals and other health care providers and the public and improving the treatment and outcomes for babies born preterm. ‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—Activities to be carried out under the demonstration project under subsection (a) may include the establishment of— ‘‘(1) programs to test and evaluate various strategies to provide information and education to health professionals, other health care providers, and the public concerning— ‘‘(A) the signs of preterm labor, updated as new research results become available; ‘‘(B) the screening for and the treating of infections; ‘‘(c) counseling on optimal weight and good nutrition, including folic acid; ‘‘(D) smoking cessation education and counseling; ‘‘(E) stress management; and ‘‘(F) appropriate prenatal care;

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