(A) amounts equal to the fair market value of any equipment or supplies furnished to such person by the Secretary for the purpose of carrying out the project with respect to which such grant or contract is made, and (B) amounts equal to the pay, allowances, traveling expenses, and related personnel expenses attributable to the performance of services by an officer or employee of the Government in connection with such project, if such officer or employee was asigned or detailed by the Secretary to perform such services, but only if such person requested the Secretary to furnish such equipment or supplies, or such services, as the case may be. (f) Contracts may be entered into under section 304. 305, or 306 without regard to sections 3648 and 3709 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529; 41 U.S.C. 5). (g) (1) The Secretary shall (A) publish, make available and disseminate, promptly in understandable form and on as broad a basis as practicable, the results of health services research, demonstrations, and evaluations undertaken and supported under sections 304 and 305; (B) make available to the public data developed in such research, demonstrations, and evaluations; and (C) provide indexing, abstracting, translating, publishing, and other services leading to a more effective and timely dissemination of information on health services research, demonstrations, and evaluations in health care delivery to public and private entities and individuals engaged in the improvement of health care delivery and the general public; and undertake programs to develop new or improved methods for making such information available. Except as provided in subsection (d), the Secretary may not restrict the publication and dissemination of data from, and results of projects undertaken by, centers supported under section 305 (d). (2) The Secretary shall (A) take such action as may be necessary to assure that statistics developed under sections 304, 305, and 306 are of high quality, timely, comprehensive as well as specific, standardized, and adequately analyzed and indexed, and (B) publish, make available, and disseminate such statistics on as wide a basis as is practicable. (h) (1) Except where the Secretary determines that unusual circumstances make a larger percentage necessary in order to effectuate the purposes of section 304, 305, or 306, a grant or contract under section 304, 305, or 306 with respect to any project for construction of a facility or for acquisition of equipment may not provide 42 U.S.C. 242n for payment of more than 50 per centum of so much of the cost of the facility or equipment as the Secretary determines is reasonably attributable to research, evaluation, or demonstration purposes. (2) Laborers and mechanics employed by contractors and subcontractors in the construction of such a facility shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar work in the locality, as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Act of March 3, 1931 (40 U.S.C. 267a-267a-5, known as the Davis-Bacon Act); and the Secretary of Labor shall have with respect to any labor standards specified in this paragraph the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (5 U.S.C. Appendix) and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934 (40 U.S.C. 276c). (3) Such grants and contracts shall be subject to such additional requirements as the Secretary may by regulation prescribe. (i) (1) For health service research, evaluation, and demonstration activities undertaken or supported under section 304 or 305, there are authorized to be appropriated $65,200,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $80,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. Of the funds appropriated under this paragraph for any fiscal year, not less than 25 per centum of such funds shall be made available only for health services research, evaluation, and demonstration activities directly undertaken by the Secretary under such section. (2) For health statistical activities undertaken or supported under section 304 or 306, there are authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. HEALTH CONFERENCES SEC. 309. A conference of the health authorities in and among the several States shall be called annually by the Secretary. Whenever in his opinion the interests of the public health would be promoted by a conference, the Secretary may invite as many of such health authorities and officials of other State or local public or private agencies, institutions, or organizations to confer as he deems necessary or proper. Upon the application of health authorities of five or more States it shall be the duty of the Secretary to call a conference of all State health authorities joining in the request. Each State represented at any conference shall be entitled to a single vote. Whenever at any such conference matters relating to mental health are to be discussed, the mental health authorities of the respective States shall be invited to attend. HEALTH EDUCATION AND INFORMATION SEC. 310. From time to time the Secretary shall issue 42 U.S.C. 2420 information related to public health, in the form of publications or otherwise, for the use of the public, and shall publish weekly reports of health conditions in the United States and other countries and other pertinent health information for the use of persons and institutions concerned with health services. PART B-FEDERAL-STATE COOPERATION IN GENERAL SEC. 311. (a) The Secretary is authorized to accept 42 U.S.C. 243 from State and local authorities any assistance in the enforcement of quarantine regulations made pursuant to this Act which such authorities may be able and willing to provide. The Secretary shall also assist States and their political subdivisions in the prevention and suppression of communicable diseases, shall cooperate with and aid State and local authorities in the enforcement of their quarantine and other health regulations, and in carrying out the purposes specified in section 314, and shall advise the several States on matters relating to the preservation and improvement of the public health. (b) The Secretary shall encourage cooperative activities between the States with respect to comprehensive and continuing planning as to their current and future health needs, the establishment and maintenance of adequate public health services, and otherwise carrying out the purposes of section 314. The Secretary is also authorized to train personnel for State and local health work. (c) The Secretary may enter into agreements providing for cooperative planning between Public Health Service medical facilities and community health facilities to cope with health problems resulting from disasters, and for participation by Public Health Service medical facilities in carrying out such planning. He may also, at the request of the appropriate State or local authority, extend temporary (not in excess of forty-five days) assistance to States or localities in meeting health emergencies of such a nature as to warrant Federal assistance. The Secretary may require such reimbursement of the United States for aid (other than planning) under the preceding sentences of this subsection as he may determine to be reasonable under the circumstances. Any reimbursement so paid shall be credited to the applicable appropriation of the Public Health Service for the year in which such reimbursement is received. 42 U.S.C. 244-1 42 U.S.C. 245a TRAINEESHIPS FOR PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH PERSONNEL SEC. 312. (a) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and for each of the next twelve fiscal years, such sums as the Congress may determine, but not to exceed $4,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, $7,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, $8,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, $10,000,000 each for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, and the two succeeding fiscal years, $14,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $16,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, $18,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and $10,300,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, to cover the cost of traineeships for graduate or specialized training in public health for physicians, engineers, nurses, sanitarians, and other professional health personnel. (b) Traineeships under this section may be awarded by the Secretary either (1) directly to individuals whose applications for admission have been accepted by the public or other nonprofit institutions providing the training, or (2) through grants to such institutions. (c) Payments under this section may be made in advance or by way of reimbursement, and at such intervals and on such conditions, as the Secretary finds necessary. Such payments to institutions may be used only for traineeships, and payments under this section with respect to any traineeship shall be limited to such amounts as the Secretary finds necessary to cover the cost of tuition and fees, and a stipend and allowances (including travel and subsistence expenses) for the trainee. (d) The Secretary shall appoint an expert advisory committee, composed of persons representative of the principal health specialties in the fields of public health administration and training, to advise him in connection with the administration of this section and section 313 including the development of program standards and policies and including, in the case of section 313, certification to the Secretary of projects which it has reviewed and approved. (e) Except as otherwise provided in this section, nothing contained in this section shall be construed as authorizing any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the personnel or curriculum of any training institution. PROJECT GRANTS FOR GRADUATE TRAINING IN PUBLIC HEALTH SEC. 313. (a) In order to enable the Secretary to make project grants to schools of public health, and to other public or nonprofit private institutions providing graduate or specialized training in public health, for the purpose of strengthening or expanding graduate or special ized public health training in such institutions, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $2,000,000 for each fiscal year in the period beginning July 1, 1960, and ending June 30, 1964, $2,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, $4,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, $7,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, $9,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, $8,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, $14,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, $16,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and $6,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974. (b) Grants to institutions under subsection (a) of this section may be made only for those projects which are recommended by the advisory committee appointed pursuant to section 312(d). Any grant for a project made from an appropriation under this section for any fiscal year may include such amounts for carrying out such projects during succeeding years. Payment pursuant to such grants may be made in advance or by way of reimbursement and in such installments as the Secretary shall prescribe by regulations after consultation with representatives of such institutions. (c) There are also authorized to be appropriated $7,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, $9,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $12,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and $6,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, to enable the Secretary to make grants, under such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by regulations, for provision, in public or nonprofit private schools of public health accredited by a body or bodies recognized by the Secretary, of comprehensive professional training, specialized consultive services, and technical assistance in the fields of public health and in the administration of State or local public health programs, except that in allocating funds made available under this subsection among such schools of public health, the Secretary shall give primary consideration to the number of federally sponsored students attending each such school. GRANTS FOR COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH PLANNING AND PUBLIC Grants to States for Comprehensive State Health Planning SEC. 314.1 (a) (1) AUTHORIZATION.-In order to assist the States in comprehensive and continuing plan 42 U.S.C. 246 1 This subsection has been superseded by title XV. For treatment of references to the agency of a State which administers or supervises the administration of a State's health planning functions under a State plan approved under section 314 (a), see section 5(c) (1) of Public Law 93-641, Appendix, Vol. 1. For transitional provision see section 5(a) (1) of such public law. |