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42 U.S.C. § 300u–4Status reports to President and Congress; study of health education and preventive health services with respect to insurance coverage

submitted 82 years ago by Pub. L. 94-317 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 261 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary must send Congress a status report on health education and preventive services every two years. The report must cover past activities, workforce needs, and any recommended legislation. The Secretary must also study how health insurance covers these services.

(a) Starting 2 years after June 23, 1976, and every 2 years after that, the Secretary must send the President a report — for the President to pass to Congress — on the status of health information, health promotion, preventive health services, and education on using health care wisely. Each report must include: (1) a statement of what's been done under this subchapter since the last report, and how well each activity met the subchapter's goals; (2) an assessment of the workforce needed for these programs, and a description of current activities to train teachers and other workers for them; (3) the goals and strategy set under section 300u(a)(1), the models and standards built under this subchapter, and the results of the study required by subsection (b); and (4) any recommendations the Secretary has for legislation on health information, health promotion, preventive health services, and education on using health care wisely — including recommended changes to, or extensions of, this subchapter. (b) The Secretary must study health education and preventive health services to find out how public and private health insurance programs cover them — including how much they cover and what cost-sharing they require.
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(a)

The Secretary shall, not later than two years after June 23, 1976, and biannually thereafter, submit to the President for transmittal to Congress a report on the status of health information and health promotion, preventive health services, and education in the appropriate use of health care. Each such report shall include—

(1)

a statement of the activities carried out under this subchapter since the last report and the extent to which each such activity achieves the purposes of this subchapter;

(2)

an assessment of the manpower resources needed to carry out programs relating to health information and health promotion, preventive health services, and education in the appropriate use of health care, and a statement describing the activities currently being carried out under this subchapter designed to prepare teachers and other manpower for such programs;

(3)

the goals and strategy formulated pursuant to section 300u(a)(1) of this title, the models and standards developed under this subchapter, and the results of the study required by subsection (b) of this section; and

(4)

such recommendations as the Secretary considers appropriate for legislation respecting health information and health promotion, preventive health services, and education in the appropriate use of health care, including recommendations for revisions to and extension of this subchapter.

(b)

The Secretary shall conduct a study of health education services and preventive health services to determine the coverage of such services under public and private health insurance programs, including the extent and nature of such coverage and the cost sharing requirements required by such programs for coverage of such services.

Source credit: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XVII, § 1705, as added Pub. L. 94–317, title I, § 102, June 23, 1976, 90 Stat. 699; amended Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1062(d), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 720.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1944Enacted · Pub. L. 94-317 · 90 Stat. 699
  • 1995Amended · Pub. L. 104-66 · 109 Stat. 720

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