42 U.S.C. § 300cc–20 — Additional authority with respect to research

submitted 82 years ago by Pub. L. 100-607 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 545 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary must track AIDS and HIV cases nationwide, using consistent methods, and publish this data at least once a year, broken down by demographic group. The Secretary also funds long-term epidemiological studies, genetic-based treatment research, and research into the psychological and social effects of AIDS.

(a) Data collection with respect to national prevalence: (1) The Secretary, through the Director of the CDC, may use sampling and other methods to continuously collect data on how many AIDS cases and HIV infections exist in the United States, either directly or through agreements and contracts with public and nonprofit groups. (2) The Secretary must encourage every state to sign such an agreement, to help get the most recent, accurate data quickly. (3) The Secretary must make sure this data includes demographic information about the people affected, including data on specific groups at higher risk of HIV infection. (4) To make sure the data is useful, the Secretary must ask organizations with data-collection expertise to help the Secretary and the states develop and use consistent, uniform data-collection methods as soon as possible. (5) The Secretary must share the data that's collected, publishing it as often as the Secretary decides is right for protecting public health — but at least once a year. (b) Epidemiological and demographic data: (1) The Secretary, through the Director of the CDC, must build a database of epidemiological information and run long-term studies to (A) collect demographic data on people infected with HIV and study how the infection progresses over time, and (B) build models showing how HIV spreads domestically and internationally over the long term. (2) The Secretary may do this work directly, or through grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts with public and nonprofit groups, including other federal agencies. (c) Long-term research: The Secretary may give grants to public and nonprofit groups to help them do long-term research into AIDS treatments based on the genetic makeup of HIV. (d) Social sciences research: The Secretary, through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, may give grants to public and nonprofit groups to help them research the psychological and social science aspects of AIDS. (e) Authorization of appropriations: (1) Congress could appropriate whatever money was needed to carry out this section for each fiscal year. (2) Any money appropriated for the long-term research described in (c) stays available until it is all spent.

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(a) Data collection with respect to national prevalence

(1)

The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may, through representative sampling and other appropriate methodologies, provide for the continuous collection of data on the incidence in the United States of cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome and of cases of infection with the etiologic agent for such syndrome. The Secretary may carry out the program of data collection directly or through cooperative agreements and contracts with public and nonprofit private entities.

(2)

The Secretary shall encourage each State to enter into a cooperative agreement or contract under paragraph (1) with the Secretary in order to facilitate the prompt collection of the most recent accurate data on the incidence of cases described in such paragraph.

(3)

The Secretary shall ensure that data collected under paragraph (1) includes data on the demographic characteristics of the population of individuals with cases described in paragraph (1), including data on specific subpopulations at risk of infection with the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

(4)

In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall, for the purpose of assuring the utility of data collected under this section, request entities with expertise in the methodologies of data collection to provide, as soon as is practicable, assistance to the Secretary and to the States with respect to the development and utilization of uniform methodologies of data collection.

(5)

The Secretary shall provide for the dissemination of data collected pursuant to this subsection. In carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary may publish such data as frequently as the Secretary determines to be appropriate with respect to the protection of the public health. The Secretary shall publish such data not less than once each year.

(b) Epidemiological and demographic data

(1)

The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall develop an epidemiological data base and shall provide for long-term studies for the purposes of—

(A)

collecting information on the demographic characteristics of the population of individuals infected with the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome and the natural history of such infection; and

(B)

developing models demonstrating the long-term domestic and international patterns of the transmission of such etiologic agent.

(2)

The Secretary may carry out paragraph (1) directly or through grants to, or cooperative agreeements 1 or contracts with, public and nonprofit private entities, including Federal agencies.

The Secretary may make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for the purpose of assisting grantees in conducting long-term research into treatments for acquired immune deficiency syndrome developed from knowledge of the genetic nature of the etiologic agent for such syndrome.

(d) Social sciences research

The Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, may make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for the purpose of assisting grantees in conducting scientific research into the psychological and social sciences as such sciences relate to acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

(e) Authorization of appropriations

(1)

For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year.

(2)

Amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) to carry out subsection (c) shall remain available until expended.

Source credit: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXIII, § 2320, as added Pub. L. 100–607, title II, § 201(4), Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3074; amended Pub. L. 100–690, title II, § 2617(d), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4240; Pub. L. 102–531, title III, § 312(d)(20), Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3505; Pub. L. 103–43, title XVIII, § 1811(5), (6), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 200.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1944Enacted · Pub. L. 100-607 · 102 Stat. 3074
1988Amended · Pub. L. 100-690 · 102 Stat. 4240
1992Amended · Pub. L. 102-531 · 106 Stat. 3505
1993Amended · Pub. L. 103-43 · 107 Stat. 200

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