1995 US Code
Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 6 - THE CHILDREN'S BUREAU
SUBCHAPTER VIII - POPULATION RESEARCH AND VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS
Sec. 300a-6a - Plans and reports

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§300a–6a. Plans and reports (a) Submission of report to Congress; purposes of plan

Not later than seven months after the close of fiscal year 1995, and each second fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall make a report to the Congress setting forth a plan to be carried out over the next five fiscal years for—

(1) extension of family planning services to all persons desiring such services,

(2) family planning and population research programs,

(3) training of necessary manpower for the programs authorized by this subchapter and other Federal laws for which the Secretary has responsibility and which pertain to family planning, and

(4) carrying out the other purposes set forth in this subchapter and the Family Planning Services and Population Research Act of 1970.

(b) Minimum requirements for plan

Such a plan shall, at a minimum, indicate on a phased basis—

(1) the number of individuals to be served by family planning programs under this subchapter and other Federal laws for which the Secretary has responsibility, the types of family planning and population growth information and educational materials to be developed under such laws and how they will be made available, the research goals to be reached under such laws, and the manpower to be trained under such laws;

(2) an estimate of the costs and personnel requirements needed to meet the purposes of this subchapter and other Federal laws for which the Secretary has responsibility and which pertain to family planning programs; and

(3) the steps to be taken to maintain a systematic reporting system capable of yielding comprehensive data on which service figures and program evaluations for the Department of Health and Human Services shall be based.

(c) Contents of report

Each report submitted under subsection (a) of this section shall—

(1) compare results achieved during the preceding fiscal year with the objectives established for such year under the plan contained in the previous such report;

(2) indicate steps being taken to achieve the objectives during the fiscal years covered by the plan contained in such report and any revisions to plans in previous reports necessary to meet these objectives; and

(3) make recommendations with respect to any additional legislative or administrative action necessary or desirable in carrying out the plan contained in such report.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title X, §1009, as added July 29, 1975, Pub. L. 94–63, title II, §203(a), 89 Stat. 307; amended Oct. 17, 1979, Pub. L. 96–88, title V, §509(b), 93 Stat. 695; Dec. 21, 1995, Pub. L. 104–66, title I, §1062(c), 109 Stat. 720.)

References in Text

The Family Planning Services and Population Research Act of 1970, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 91–572, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1504, which enacted sections 300 to 300a–6 and 3505a to 3505c of this title, amended sections 211a and 212a of this title and section 763c of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters, and enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 201, 222, and 300 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1970 Amendment note set out under section 201 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

1995—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–66 substituted “fiscal year 1995, and each second fiscal year thereafter” for “each fiscal year” in introductory provisions.

Change of Name

“Department of Health and Human Services” substituted for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” in subsec. (b)(3), pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88 which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.

Effective Date

Section effective July 1, 1975, see section 608 of Pub. L. 94–63, set out as an Effective Date of 1975 Amendment note under section 247b of this title.