2021 U.S. Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 6A - Public Health Service

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Publication Title	United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Category	Bills and Statutes
Collection	United States Code
SuDoc Class Number	Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within	Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 6A - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
Contains	sections 201 to 300mm-61
Date	2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date	January 3, 2022
Positive Law	No
Disposition	standard

Table of Contents
Front Matter
+ Subchapter I - Administration and Miscellaneous Provisions (Section 201 - 239l-3)
- Sec. 201 - Definitions
- Part A - Administration (Section 202 - 237a)
- Part B - Miscellaneous Provisions (Section 238 - 238q)
- Part C - Smallpox Emergency Personnel Protection (Section 239 - 239h)
- Part D - United States Public Health Sciences Track (Section 239l - 239l-3)
+ Subchapter II - General Powers and Duties (Section 241 - 280m)
- Part A - Research and Investigations (Section 241 - 242t)
- Part B - Federal-State Cooperation (Section 243 - 247d-11)
- Part C - Hospitals, Medical Examinations, and Medical Care (Section 247e - 254a)
- Part D - Primary Health Care (Section 254b - 256i)
- Part E - Narcotic Addicts and Other Drug Abusers (Section 257 - 261a)
- Part F - Licensing of Biological Products and Clinical Laboratories (Section 262 - 263b)
- Part G - Quarantine and Inspection (Section 264 - 272)
- Part H - Organ Transplants (Section 273 - 274g)
- Part H-1 - Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal (Section 274i - 274i-4)
- Part I - c.w. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program (Section 274k - 280a-1)
- Part J - Prevention and Control of Injuries (Section 280b - 280b-4)
- Part K - Health Care Services in the Home and Public Health Programs for Dementia (Section 280c - 280c-6)
- Part L - Repealed (Section 280d - 280d-11)
- Part M - National Program of Cancer Registries (Section 280e - 280e-5)
- Part N - National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Section 280e-11 - 280e-11)
- Part O - Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention and Services Program (Section 280f - 280f-3)
- Part P - Additional Programs (Section 280g - 280g-17)
- Part Q - Programs to Improve the Health of Children (Section 280h - 280h-8)
- Part R - Programs Relating to Autism (Section 280i - 280i-4)
- Part S - Health Care Quality Programs (Section 280j - 280j-3)
- Part T - Oral Healthcare Prevention Activities (Section 280k - 280k-3)
- Part U - Employer-Based Wellness Program (Section 280l - 280l-3)
- Part V - Programs Relating to Breast Health and Cancer (Section 280m - 280m)
+ Subchapter III - National Research Institutes (Section 281 - 290b)
- Part A - National Institutes of Health (Section 281 - 283q)
- Part B - General Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes (Section 284 - 284s)
- Part C - Specific Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes (Section 285 - 285t-3)
- Part D - National Library of Medicine (Section 286 - 286d)
- Part E - Other Agencies of NIH (Section 287 - 287c-34)
- Part F - Research on Women's Health (Section 287d - 287d-2)
- Part G - Awards and Training (Section 288 - 288b)
- Part H - General Provisions (Section 289 - 290a)
- Part I - Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (Section 290b - 290b)
Subchapter III-A - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Section 290aa - 290ll)
+ Subchapter IV - Construction and Modernization of Hospitals and Other Medical Facilities (Section 291 - 291o-1)
- Sec. 291 - Congressional declaration of purpose
- Part A - Grants and Loans for Construction and Modernization of Hospitals and Other Medical Facilities (Section 291a - 291j)
- Part B - Loan Guarantees and Loans for Modernization and Construction of Hospitals and Other Medical Facilities (Section 291j-1 - 291j-7)
- Part C - Construction or Modernization of Emergency Rooms (Section 291j-8 - 291j-10)
- Part D - General Provisions (Section 291k - 291o-1)
+ Subchapter V - Health Professions Education (Section 292 - 295p)
- Part A - Student Loans (Section 292 - 292y)
- Part B - Health Professions Training for Diversity (Section 293 - 293e)
- Part C - Training in Family Medicine, General Internal Medicine, General Pediatrics, Physician Assistants, General Dentistry, and Pediatric Dentistry (Section 293j - 293p)
- Part D - Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages (Section 294 - 294k)
- Part E - Health Professions and Public Health Workforce (Section 294n - 295f-3)
- Part F - Substance Use Disorder Treatment Workforce (Section 295h - 295h)
- Part G - General Provisions (Section 295j - 295p)
+ Subchapter VI - Nursing Workforce Development (Section 296 - 298d)
- Part A - General Provisions (Section 296 - 296g)
- Part B - Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Midwives, Nurse Anesthetists, and Other Advanced Education Nurses (Section 296j - 296j-1)
- Part C - Increasing Nursing Workforce Diversity (Section 296m - 296m)
- Part D - Strengthening Capacity for Basic Nurse Education and Practice (Section 296p - 296p-1)
- Part E - Student Loans (Section 297a - 297o)
- Part F - National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice (Section 297t - 297t)
- Part G - Public Service Announcements (Section 297w - 297x)
- Part H - Comprehensive Geriatric Education (Section 298 - 298)
- Part I - Funding (Section 298d - 298d)
+ Subchapter VII - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Section 299 - 299c-7)
- Part A - Establishment and General Duties (Section 299 - 299a-1)
- Part B - Health Care Improvement Research (Section 299b - 299b-8)
- Part C - Patient Safety Improvement (Section 299b-21 - 299b-26)
- Part D - Health Care Quality Improvement (Section 299b-31 - 299b-37)
- Part E - General Provisions (Section 299c - 299c-7)
+ Subchapter VIII - Population Research and Voluntary Family Planning Programs (Section 300 - 300a-8)
- Sec. 300 - Project grants and contracts for family planning services
- Sec. 300a - Formula grants to States for family planning services
- Sec. 300a-1 - Training grants and contracts; authorization of appropriations
- Sec. 300a-2 - Conduct, etc., of research activities
- Sec. 300a-3 - Informational and educational materials development grants and contracts; authorization of appropriations
- Sec. 300a-4 - Grants and contracts
- Sec. 300a-5 - Voluntary participation by individuals; participation not prerequisite for eligibility or receipt of other services and information
- Sec. 300a-6 - Prohibition against funding programs using abortion as family planning method
- Sec. 300a-6a - Repealed. Pub. L. 105-362, title VI, §601(a)(1)(G), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3285
- Sec. 300a-7 - Sterilization or abortion
- Sec. 300a-8 - Penalty for United States, etc., officer or employee coercing or endeavoring to coerce procedure upon beneficiary of Federal program
Subchapter VIII-A - Adolescent Pregnancies (Section 300a-21 - 300a-41)
+ Subchapter IX - Genetic Diseases, Hemophilia Programs, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Section 300b - 300c-22)
- Part A - Genetic Diseases (Section 300b - 300b-17)
- Part B - Sudden Unexpected Infant Death, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and Sudden Unexpected Death in Childhood (Section 300c-11 - 300c-14)
- Part C - Hemophilia Programs (Section 300c-21 - 300c-22)
+ Subchapter X - Trauma Care (Section 300d - 300d-91)
- Part A - General Authority and Duties of Secretary (Section 300d - 300d-6)
- Part B - Formula Grants With Respect to Modifications of State Plans (Section 300d-11 - 300d-22)
- Part C - General Provisions Regarding Parts a and B (Section 300d-31 - 300d-33)
- Part D - Trauma Centers Operating in Areas Severely Affected by Drug-Related Violence (Section 300d-41 - 300d-46)
- Part E - Miscellaneous Programs (Section 300d-51 - 300d-54)
- Part F - Interagency Program for Trauma Research (Section 300d-61 - 300d-61)
- Part G - Poison Control (Section 300d-71 - 300d-74)
- Part H - Trauma Service Availability (Section 300d-81 - 300d-82)
- Part I - Military and Civilian Partnership for Trauma Readiness Grant Program (Section 300d-91 - 300d-91)
+ Subchapter XI - Health Maintenance Organizations (Section 300e - 300e-17)
- Sec. 300e - Requirements of health maintenance organizations
- Sec. 300e-1 - Definitions
- Secs. 300e-2, 300e-3 - Repealed. Pub. L. 99-660, title VIII, §803(a), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3799
- Sec. 300e-4 - Loans and loan guarantees for initial operation costs
- Sec. 300e-4a - Repealed. Pub. L. 99-660, title VIII, §805(a), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3800
- Sec. 300e-5 - Application requirements
- Sec. 300e-6 - Administration of assistance programs
- Sec. 300e-7 - General provisions relating to loan guarantees and loans
- Sec. 300e-8 - Authorization of appropriations
- Sec. 300e-9 - Employees' health benefits plans
- Sec. 300e-10 - Restrictive State laws and practices
- Sec. 300e-11 - Continued regulation of health maintenance organizations
- Sec. 300e-12 - Limitation on source of funding for health maintenance organizations
- Sec. 300e-13 - Repealed. Pub. L. 97-35, title IX, §949(b), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 578
- Sec. 300e-14 - Annual report
- Sec. 300e-14a - Health services for Indians and domestic agricultural migratory and seasonal workers
- Sec. 300e-15 - Repealed. Pub. L. 97-35, title IX, §949(b), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 578
- Sec. 300e-16 - Training and technical assistance
- Sec. 300e-17 - Financial disclosure
+ Subchapter XII - Safety of Public Water Systems (Section 300f - 300j-27)
- Part A - Definitions (Section 300f - 300f)
- Part B - Public Water Systems (Section 300g - 300g-10)
- Part C - Protection of Underground Sources of Drinking Water (Section 300h - 300h-9)
- Part D - Emergency Powers (Section 300i - 300i-4)
- Part E - General Provisions (Section 300j - 300j-19h)
- Part F - Additional Requirements to Regulate Safety of Drinking Water (Section 300j-21 - 300j-27)
+ Subchapter XIII - Preventive Health Measures With Respect to Breast and Cervical Cancers (Section 300k - 300n-5)
- Sec. 300k - Establishment of program of grants to States
- Sec. 300l - Requirement of matching funds
- Sec. 300l-1 - Requirement regarding medicaid
- Sec. 300m - Requirements with respect to type and quality of services
- Sec. 300n - Additional required agreements
- Sec. 300n-1 - Description of intended uses of grant
- Sec. 300n-2 - Requirement of submission of application
- Sec. 300n-3 - Technical assistance and provision of supplies and services in lieu of grant funds
- Sec. 300n-4 - Evaluations and reports
- Sec. 300n-4a - Supplemental grants for additional preventive health services
- Sec. 300n-5 - Funding for general program
+ Subchapter XIV - Health Resources Development (Section 300o - 300t-14)
- Secs. 300o to 300o-3 - Repealed. Pub. L. 96-79, title II, §202(a), Oct. 4, 1979, 93 Stat. 632
- Secs. 300p to 300p-3 - Repealed. Pub. L. 96-79, title II, §201(a), Oct. 4, 1979, 93 Stat. 630
- Part A - Loans and Loan Guarantees (Section 300q - 300q-2)
- Part B - Project Grants (Section 300r - 300r)
- Part C - General Provisions (Section 300s - 300s-6)
- Part D - Area Health Services Development Funds (Section 300t - 300t)
- Part E - Program to Assist and Encourage Voluntary Discontinuance of Unneeded Hospital Services and Conversion of Unneeded Hospital Services to Other Health Services Needed by Community (Section 300t-11 - 300t-14)
+ Subchapter XV - Health Information and Health Promotion (Section 300u - 300u-16)
- Sec. 300u - General authority of Secretary
- Sec. 300u-1 - Grants and contracts for research programs; authority of Secretary; review of applications; additional functions; periodic public survey
- Sec. 300u-2 - Grants and contracts for community health programs
- Sec. 300u-3 - Grants and contracts for information programs; authority of Secretary; particular activities
- Sec. 300u-4 - Status reports to President and Congress; study of health education and preventive health services with respect to insurance coverage
- Sec. 300u-5 - Centers for research and demonstration of health promotion and disease prevention
- Sec. 300u-6 - Office of Minority Health
- Sec. 300u-6a - Individual offices of minority health within the Department
- Sec. 300u-7 - Office of Adolescent Health
- Sec. 300u-8 - Biennial report regarding nutrition and health
- Sec. 300u-9 - Education regarding DES
- Sec. 300u-10 - National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public Health Council
- Sec. 300u-11 - Prevention and Public Health Fund
- Sec. 300u-12 - Education and outreach campaign regarding preventive benefits
- Sec. 300u-13 - Community transformation grants
- Sec. 300u-14 - Healthy aging, living well; evaluation of community-based prevention and wellness programs for Medicare beneficiaries
- Sec. 300u-15 - Research on optimizing the delivery of public health services
- Sec. 300u-16 - Establishment of substance use disorder information dashboard
+ Subchapter XVI - President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavior Research (Section 300v - 300v-3)
- Secs. 300v to 300v-3 - Omitted
+ Subchapter XVII - Block Grants (Section 300w - 300y-11)
- Part A - Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grants (Section 300w - 300w-10)
- Part B - Block Grants Regarding Mental Health and Substance Abuse (Section 300x - 300x-68)
- Part C - Certain Programs Regarding Mental Health and Substance Abuse (Section 300y - 300y-11)
+ Subchapter XVIII - Adolescent Family Life Demonstration Projects (Section 300z - 300z-10)
- Sec. 300z - Findings and purposes
- Sec. 300z-1 - Definitions; regulations applicable
- Sec. 300z-2 - Demonstration projects; grant authorization, etc.
- Sec. 300z-3 - Uses of grants for demonstration projects for services
- Sec. 300z-4 - Grants for demonstration projects for services
- Sec. 300z-5 - Requirements for applications
- Sec. 300z-6 - Coordination of programs
- Sec. 300z-7 - Research
- Sec. 300z-8 - Evaluation and administration
- Sec. 300z-9 - Authorization of appropriations
- Sec. 300z-10 - Restrictions
+ Subchapter XIX - Vaccines (Section 300aa-1 - 300aa-34)
- Part 1 - National Vaccine Program (Section 300aa-1 - 300aa-6)
- Part 2 - National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (Section 300aa-10 - 300aa-34)
+ Subchapter XX - Requirements for Certain Group Health Plans for Certain State and Local Employees (Section 300bb-1 - 300bb-8)
- Sec. 300bb-1 - State and local governmental group health plans must provide continuation coverage to certain individuals
- Sec. 300bb-2 - Continuation coverage
- Sec. 300bb-3 - Qualifying event
- Sec. 300bb-4 - Applicable premium
- Sec. 300bb-5 - Election
- Sec. 300bb-6 - Notice requirements
- Sec. 300bb-7 - Enforcement
- Sec. 300bb-8 - Definitions
+ Subchapter XXI - Research With Respect to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Section 300cc - 300cc-51)
- Part A - Administration of Research Programs (Section 300cc - 300cc-3)
- Part B - Research Authority (Section 300cc-11 - 300cc-20)
- Part C - Research Training (Section 300cc-31 - 300cc-31)
- Part D - Office of AIDS Research (Section 300cc-40 - 300cc-45)
- Part E - General Provisions (Section 300cc-51 - 300cc-51)
+ Subchapter XXII - Health Services With Respect to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Section 300dd - 300dd-41)
- Part A - Formula Grants to States for Home and Community-Based Health Services (Section 300dd - 300dd-14)
- Part B - Subacute Care (Section 300dd-21 - 300dd-21)
- Part C - Other Health Services (Section 300dd-31 - 300dd-41)
+ Subchapter XXIII - Prevention of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Section 300ee - 300ee-34)
- Sec. 300ee - Use of funds
- Sec. 300ee-1 - Establishment of office with respect to minority health and acquired immune deficiency syndrome
- Sec. 300ee-2 - Information for health and public safety workers
- Sec. 300ee-3 - Continuing education for health care providers
- Sec. 300ee-4 - Technical assistance
- Sec. 300ee-5 - Use of funds to supply hypodermic needles or syringes for illegal drug use; prohibition
- Sec. 300ee-6 - Transferred
- Part A - Formula Grants to States (Section 300ee-11 - 300ee-24)
- Part B - National Information Programs (Section 300ee-31 - 300ee-34)
+ Subchapter XXIV - HIV Health Care Services Program (Section 300ff - 300ff-140)
- Sec. 300ff - Purpose
- Sec. 300ff-1 - Prohibition on use of funds
- Part A - Emergency Relief for Areas With Substantial Need for Services (Section 300ff-11 - 300ff-20)
- Part B - Care Grant Program (Section 300ff-21 - 300ff-38)
- Part C - Early Intervention Services (Section 300ff-41 - 300ff-67)
- Part D - Women, Infants, Children, and Youth (Section 300ff-71 - 300ff-71)
- Part E - General Provisions (Section 300ff-81 - 300ff-88)
- Part F - Demonstration and Training (Section 300ff-101 - 300ff-121)
- Part G - Notification of Possible Exposure to Infectious Diseases (Section 300ff-131 - 300ff-140)
+ Subchapter XXV - Requirements Relating to Health Insurance Coverage (Section 300gg - 300gg-139)
- Part A - Individual and Group Market Reforms (Section 300gg - 300gg-28)
- Part B - Individual Market Rules (Section 300gg-41 - 300gg-63)
- Part C - Definitions; Miscellaneous Provisions (Section 300gg-91 - 300gg-95)
- Part D - Additional Coverage Provisions (Section 300gg-111 - 300gg-120)
- Part E - Health Care Provider Requirements (Section 300gg-131 - 300gg-139)
+ Subchapter XXVI - National All-Hazards Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies (Section 300hh - 300hh-33)
- Part A - National All-Hazards Preparedness and Response Planning, Coordinating, and Reporting (Section 300hh - 300hh-2)
- Part B - All-Hazards Emergency Preparedness and Response (Section 300hh-10 - 300hh-17)
- Part C - Strengthening Public Health Surveillance Systems (Section 300hh-31 - 300hh-33)
+ Subchapter XXVII - Lifespan Respite Care (Section 300ii - 300ii-4)
- Sec. 300ii - Definitions
- Sec. 300ii-1 - Lifespan respite care grants and cooperative agreements
- Sec. 300ii-2 - National lifespan respite resource center
- Sec. 300ii-3 - Data collection and reporting
- Sec. 300ii-4 - Authorization of appropriations
+ Subchapter XXVIII - Health Information Technology and Quality (Section 300jj - 300jj-52)
- Sec. 300jj - Definitions
- Part A - Promotion of Health Information Technology (Section 300jj-11 - 300jj-19a)
- Part B - Incentives for the Use of Health Information Technology (Section 300jj-31 - 300jj-38)
- Part C - Other Provisions (Section 300jj-51 - 300jj-52)
+ Subchapter XXIX - Data Collection, Analysis, and Quality (Section 300kk - 300kk)
- Sec. 300kk - Data collection, analysis, and quality
+ Subchapter XXX - Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (Section 300ll - 300ll-9)
- Secs. 300ll to 300ll-9 - Repealed. Pub. L. 112-240, title VI, §642(a), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2358
+ Subchapter XXXI - World Trade Center Health Program (Section 300mm - 300mm-61)
- Part A - Establishment of Program; Advisory Committee (Section 300mm - 300mm-5)
- Part B - Program of Monitoring, Initial Health Evaluations, and Treatment (Section 300mm-21 - 300mm-42)
- Part C - Research Into Conditions (Section 300mm-51 - 300mm-52)
- Part D - Funding (Section 300mm-61 - 300mm-61)

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2021 U.S. CodeTitle 42 - The Public Health and WelfareChapter 6A - Public Health Service

2021 U.S. Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 6A - Public Health Service