42 U.S.C. § 280g–5 — Public and health care provider education and support services

(a) In general: The Secretary, directly or by awarding grants to public or private nonprofit entities, may conduct activities -- which may include demonstration projects -- to improve how information on prematurity reaches health professionals, other providers, and the public, and to improve treatment and outcomes for mothers of preterm infants and for infants born preterm, as appropriate. (b) Activities: Activities under subsection (a) may include establishing (1) programs, including ones testing and evaluating strategies, that -- working with States, localities, tribes, and community organizations -- give health professionals, other providers, and the public information and education on (A) the core risk factors for preterm labor and delivery; (B) evidence-based strategies to prevent preterm birth and its outcomes; (C) medically indicated deliveries before full term, and the risks of non-medically indicated early deliveries; (D) the importance of preconception and prenatal care, including (i) smoking cessation, (ii) weight maintenance and good nutrition, including folic acid intake, (iii) screening for and treating infections, (iv) screening for and treating substance use disorders, (v) screening for and treating maternal depression, (vi) maternal immunization, and (vii) stress management; (E) treatments and outcomes for premature infants, including late preterm infants; and (F) the informational needs of families while an infant is in neonatal intensive care; (2) programs to increase the availability, awareness, and use of pregnancy and post-term information services giving evidence-based clinical information, through counselors, community outreach, electronic or telephonic communication, or other means, on causes tied to prematurity, birth defects, or health risks to a post-term infant, and on preventing a future preterm birth; (3) programs responding to families' informational needs during a NICU stay, the infant's transition home, and in the event of a newborn death; and (4) other programs the Secretary determines fit the purpose in subsection (a). (c) Authorization of appropriations: Congress may spend $1,900,000 each year from 2014 through 2018.