Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/852

 95 STAT. 826

PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981

"(3) disseminating information to the States in such areas as preventive health services and advances in the care and treatment of mothers and children; "(4) providing technical assistance, upon request, to the States in such areas as program planning, establishment of goals and objectives, standards of care, and evaluation; '(5) in cooperation with the National Center for Health Statistics and in a manner that avoids duplication of data collection, collection, maintenance, and dissemination of information relating to the health status and health service needs of mothers and children in the United States; and "(6) assisting in the preparation of reports to the Congress on the activities funded and accomplishments achieved under this title from the information required to be reported by the States under sections 505 and 506. "(b) The State health agency of each State shall be responsible for the administration (or supervision of the administration) of programs carried out with allotments made to the State under this title, except that, in the case of a State which on July 1, 1967, provided for administration (or supervision thereof) of the State plan under this title (as in effect on such date) by a State agency other than the State health agency, that State shall be considered to comply the requirement of this subsection if it would otherwise comply but for the fact that such other State agency administers (or supervises the administration of) any such program providing services for crippled children.". 42 USC 706 note. (b)(1) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, no later than October 1, 1984, report to the Congress on the activities of States receiving allotments under title V of the Social Security Act (as amended by this section) and include in such report any recommendations for appropriate changes in legislation. (2) The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Comptroller General, shall examine alternative formulas, for the allotment of funds to States under section 502(b) of the Social Security Act (as amended by this section) which might be used as a substitute for the method of allotting funds described in such section, which provide for the equitable distribution of such funds to States (as defined for purposes of such section), and which take into account— (A) the populations of the States, (B) the number of live births in the States, (C) the number of crippled children in the States, (D) the number of low income mothers and children in the States, (E) the financial resources of the various States, and (F) such other factors as the Secretary deems appropriate, and shall report to the Congress thereon not later than June 30, 1982, REPEALS AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

42 USC 247a.

42 USC 300b. Post, p. 828.

SEC. 2193. (a)(1)(A) Section 316(g) of the Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting ", and, subject to section 2194(b)(3) of the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Act, $8,300,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982" before the period. (B) Section 1101(b) of such Act is amended by inserting "and, subject to section 2194(b)(3) of the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Act, $9,680,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982" before the period.

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