Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 3.djvu/942

 92 STAT. 3574

Appropriation authorization.

Regulations. Consultation.

PUBLIC LAW 95-626—NOV. 10, 1978 "(ii) for operating inpatient care facilities, construction, or mental health programs. "(D) For purposes of subparagraph (A) and paragraph (2)(D), populations shall be determined on the basis of the latest figures available from the Department of Commerce. "(5) The Secretary may make payments under grants under paragraph (1) on the basis of such estimates and in such installments as appropriate with adjustments for any previous overpayments or underpayments. "(6)(A) For the purpose of making grants under this subsection there are authorized to be appropriated $150,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, and $170,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981. "(B) Of the amount appropriated under subparagraph (A) for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall obligate not more than $1,000,000 for the uniform national health program reporting system referred to in paragraph (2)(C) (ii). "C^) Regulations (including substantive amendments to regulations) under this subsection shall be promulgated by the Secretary after consultation with a conference of State health authorities. The Secretary shall consult with such conference prior to the publication of proposals for such regulations or amendments.". PROJECT GRANTS FOR PREVENTIVE H E A L T H SERVICES

42 USC 247b.

SEC. 202. Effective October 1, 1979, section 317 is amended to read as follows: u PROJECT GRANTS FOR PREVENTIVE H E A L T H SERVICES

Application.

"SEC. 317. (a) The Secretary may make grants— "(1) to State health authorities to assist them in meeting the costs of establishing and maintaining preventive health service programs for screening for, the detection, diagnosis, prevention, and referral for treatment of, and follow-up on compliance with treatment prescribed for, hypertension; and "(2) to States and, in consultation with State health authorities, to political subdivisions of States and to other public entities to assist them in meeting the costs of establishing and maintaining preventive health service programs (other than programs described in paragraph (1)). "(b) No grant may be made under section (a) unless an application therefor has been submitted to, and approved by, the Secretary. Such an application shall be in such form and be submitted in such manner as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe and shall provide— "(1) a complete description of the type and extent of the program for which the applicant is seeking a grant under subsection (a); "(2) with respect to each such program (A) the amount of Federal, State, and other funds obligated by the applicant in its latest annual accounting period for the provision of such program, (B) a description of the services provided by the applicant in such program in such period, (C) the amount of Federal funds needed by the applicant to continue providing such services in such program, and (D) if the applicant proposes changes in the provision of the services in such program, the priorities of such

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