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 PUBLIC LAW 95-626—NOV. 10, 1978

92 STAT. 3570 i

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PART C—MiscaiiANEOus PROVISIONS

SPECIAL PROJECTS FOR GRADUATE PROGRAMS I N H E A L T H

.1 ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 121. Section 792(b) is amended to read as follows: 42 USC 295h-l. "(b) The Secretary may make grants to assist educational institutions in meeting the costs of special projects in— " (1) biostatistics or epidemiology, "(2) health administration, health planning, or health policy analysis and planning, "(3) environmental or occupational health, or " (4) dietetics and nutrition.". Grants.

I N C R E A S E I N AUTHORIZATION FOR N A T I O N A L H E A L T H SERVICE CORPS

42 USC 254k.

SEC. 122. Section 338(a) is amended by striking out "$57,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$64,000,000'\

Health Services Extension Act of 1978.

TITLE II—HEALTH SERVICES EXTENSION

42 USC 201 note.

SEC. 200. This title may be cited as the "Health Services Extension Act of 1978".

SHORT TITLE

H E A L T H INCENTIVE GRANTS FOR COMPREHENSIVE! PUBLIC H E A L T H SERVICES

42 USC 24^.

S E C 201. (a)(1) Section 314(d)(7)(A) is amended by striking out "and" after "1977," and inserting before the period a comma and the following: "and $103,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979". (2) Section 314(d)(7)(B) is amended by striking out "and" after "1977," and inserting before the period a comma and the following: "and $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979". 42 USC 246 note. (b)(1) The Congress finds and declares that— (A) individual health status can be effectively and economically improved through an adequate investment in community public .ri •':: health programs and services; (B) the Federal Government and the States and their communities share in the financial responsibility for funding public health programs; I; '. • (C) the Federal contribution to funds for public health programs should serve as an incentive to an additional investment by State and local governments; (D) existing categorical programs of Federal financial assistance to combat specific public health problems should be supplemented by a national program of stable generic support for such public health activities as the prevention and control of environmental health hazards, prevention and control of diseases, prevention and control of health problems of particularly vulnerable population groups, and development and regulation of health care i'-:i.4.y •.f facilities and health services delivery systems; and (E) the States and their communities, not the Federal Government, should have primary responsibility for identifying and • measuring the impact of public health problems and the allocation of resources for their amelioration. 42 USC 246. (2) Effective October 1, 1979, section 314(d) is amended to read as follows:

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