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STAT.]

PUBLIC LAW 89-794-NOV. 8, 1966

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IlKALTFT SERVICES

SEC. 216. Part A of title II of the Act is amended by addiirn- at the end thereot the lollowing ne^x section:

78 Stat. sie

42 USC 2781 et seq.


 * ' C O M P R E H E N S IV E H E A L T H SERVICES PRCXJRAMS

"SEC. 211-2. (a) The Director is authorized to make grants to, or to contract with, public or private nonprofit agencies in ordei- to provide assistance necessary for the development and implementation of (comprehensive health services programs focused upon the needs of l)ersons residing in urban or I'ural areas having higli concentrations of poverty and a marked inadequacy of health services. Such programs shall be designed— "(1) to make possible, with maximum feasible utilization of existing agencies and resources, the provision of comprehensive health services, including but not limited to preventive medical, diagnostic, treatment, rehabilitation, mental health, dental, and follow-up services, together with facilities and rehabilitation necessary in connection therewith; and "(2) to assure that such services are made readily accessible to the residents of such areas, are furnished in a manner most responsive to their needs and with their participation, and wherever possible are combined with, or included within arrangements for providing, employment, education, social, or other assistance needed by the families and individuals served. Before approving any program under this section, the Director shall consult with appropriate Federal, State, and local health agencies and take such steps, or impose such conditions, as may be required to make certain that the program will be carried on under competent professional supervision and that existing agencies providing services related to this section are furnished with all assistance necessary or appropriate in order to permit them to plan for participation in such program and for the necessary continuation of such services. " (b) In carrying out this section, the Director shall formulate and carry out programs for the prevention of narcotic addiction and the rehabilitation of narcotic addicts. Such programs shall include provisions for the detoxification, guidance, training, and job placement of narcotic addicts. "(c) The Director, either separately or as part of the annual report Report to conrequired under section 608, shall submit at least annually to the Con- ^'^42^130 2948. gress a comprehensive statement describing the actions taken and progress made under this section and all other provisions of this Act in meeting the needs of the poor for expanded and improved health services. The Director shall also provide for studies of the nature and characteristics of health problems particularly significant to lowincome persons. " (d) The Director is authorized, after consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, to secure (by grant or contract) objective studies of the overall operation of the programs authorized under this section, including their relationship to and impact on the adequacy and availability of all relevant programs and services for meeting total health needs. Reports of such studies, ^„^f^J""iV° ^"^^.ff" together with such comments and recommendations as the Director dent and C p n g r e s s. and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may care to offer, shall be submitted to the President and the Congress."

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