2018 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 7 - International Bureaus, Congresses, Etc.
Subchapter XXIX - United States-Mexico Border Health Commission
Sec. 290n-1 - Duties

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Citation 22 U.S.C. § 290n-1 (2018)
Section Name §290n–1. Duties
Section Text

It should be the duty of the Commission—

(1) to conduct a comprehensive needs assessment in the United States-Mexico Border Area for the purposes of identifying, evaluating, preventing, and resolving health problems and potential health problems that affect the general population of the area; and

(2) to implement the actions recommended by the needs assessment through—

(A) assisting in the coordination and implementation of the efforts of public and private entities to prevent and resolve such health problems, and

(B) assisting in the coordination and implementation of efforts of public and private entities to educate such population, in a culturally competent manner, concerning such health problems.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 103–400, §3, Oct. 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 4169; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, §1000(a)(4) [title V, §516(2)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A–276.)

Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS

1999—Par. (1). Pub. L. 106–113, §1000(a)(4) [title V, §516(2)(A)], substituted "; and" for semicolon at end.

Par. (2)(B). Pub. L. 106–113, §1000(a)(4) [title V, §516(2)(B)], substituted period for "; and" at end.

Par. (3). Pub. L. 106–113, §1000(a)(4) [title V, §516(2)(C)], struck out par. (3) which read as follows: "to formulate recommendations to the Governments of the United States and Mexico concerning a fair and reasonable method by which the government of one country could reimburse a public or private entity in the other country for the cost of a health care service that the entity furnishes to a citizen of the first country who is unable, through insurance or otherwise, to pay for the service."

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7 - INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER XXIX - UNITED STATES-MEXICO BORDER HEALTH COMMISSION
Sec. 290n-1 - Duties
Contains section 290n-1
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 108 Stat. 4169
113 Stat. 1535
Public Law References Public Law 103-400, Public Law 106-113
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