Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 114 Part 2.djvu/253

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PUBLIC LAW 106-310—OCT. 17, 2000 114 STAT. 1135 in the provider-patient relationship, any breach of patient confidentiality, or any monitoring or auditing of the counseling process or patient records which breaches patient confidentiality or reveals patient identity. The reports required by this subparagraph shall be conducted by the Secretary acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration and in collaboration with the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. "(b) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.— The Secretary may make a grant under subsection (a) only if an application for the grant is submitted to the Secretary and the application is in such form, is made in such manner, and contains such agreements, assurances, and information as the Secretary determines to be necessary to carry out this section. " (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005.". Subtitle B—Special Needs Adoption Awareness SEC. 1211. SPECIAL NEEDS ADOPTION PROGRAMS; PUBLIC AWARE- NESS CAMPAIGN AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. Subpart I of part D of title HI of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by section 1201 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following section: "SEC. 330G. SPECIAL NEEDS ADOPTION PROGRAMS; PUBLIC AWARE- 42 USC 254c-7. NESS CAMPAIGN AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. "(a) SPECIAL NEEDS ADOPTION AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.— "(1) IN GENERAL. — The Secretary shall, through making Grants, grants to nonprofit private entities, provide for the planning, development, and carrying out of a national campaign to provide information to the public regarding the adoption of children with special needs. "(2) INPUT ON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. —In providing for the planning and development of the national campaign under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide for input from a number and variety of adoption organizations throughout the States in order that the full national diversity of interests among adoption organizations is represented in the planning and development of the campaign. "(3) CERTAIN FEATURES. —With respect to the national campaign under paragraph (1): "(A) The campaign shall be directed at various populations, taking into account as appropriate differences among geographic regions, and shall be carried out in the language and cultural context that is most appropriate to the population involved. "(B) The means through which the campaign may be carried out include— "(i) placing public service announcements on television, radio, and billboards; and