Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 114 Part 2.djvu/460

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114 STAT. 1342 PUBLIC LAW 106-345—OCT. 20, 2000 (1) IN GENERAL.—I f for fiscal year 2001 the amount appropriated under paragraph (2)(A) of section 2625(c) of the Public Health Service Act is less than $14,000,000— (A) the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, for the purpose of making grants under paragraph (1) of such section, reserve from the amount specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection an amount equal to the dif- ference between $14,000,000 and the amount appropriated under paragraph (2)(A) of such section for such fiscal year (notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or the amendments made by this Act); (B) the amount so reserved shall, for purposes of paragraph (2)(B)(i) of such section, be considered to have been appropriated under paragraph (2)(A) of such section; and (C) the percentage specified in paragraph (2)(B)(iv)(I) of such section is deemed to be 50 percent. (2) ALLOCATION FROM INCREASES IN FUNDING FOR PART B.— For purposes of paragraph (1), the amount specified in this paragraph is the amount by which the.amount appropriated under section 2677 of the Public Health Service Act for fiscal year 2001 and available for grants under section 2611 of such Act is an increase over the amount so appropriated and available for fiscal year 2000. SEC. 213. STUDY BY INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE. Subpart II of part B of title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by section 211(3), is amended by adding at the end the following section: 42 USC 300ff- "SEC. 2628. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REDUCING INCIDENCE OF 37a. PERINATAL TRANSMISSION. "(a) STUDY BY INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary shall request the Institute of Medicine to enter into an agreement with the Secretary under which such Institute conducts a study to provide the following: "(A) For the most recent fiscal year for which the information is available, a determination of the number of newborn infants with HIV born in the United States with respect to whom the attending obstetrician for the birth did not know the HIV status of the mother. "(B) A determination for each State of any barriers, including legal barriers, that prevent or discourage an obstetrician from making it a routine practice to offer pregnant women an HIV test and a routine practice to test newborn infamts for HIV disease in circumstances in which the obstetrician does not know the HIV status of the mother of the infant. "(C) Recommendations for each State for reducing the incidence of cases of the perinatal transmission of HFV, including recommendations on removing the barriers identified under subparagraph (B). If such Institute declines to conduct the study, the Secretary shall enter into an agreement with another appropriate public or nonprofit private entity to conduct the study. Deadline. "(2) REPORT. —The Secretary shall ensure that, not later than 18 months after the effective date of this section, the study required in paragraph (1) is completed and a report