12 2 STA T .37 33 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 33 9—O CT. 3 , 200 8PublicLaw1 1 0–3 3 9 110 thCongres s A n Act Toamendth e PublicH ealth S e rv ice A ct w ith re sp ect to the Health y Start I nitiative .Beit e nac te dby t h e S enate and Hous eo fR e pr esentati v es of the U nited States of Am erica in C on g ress assemb l ed ,SECTION1. S H O R T TIT L E. ThisActmaybe cite d as the ‘ ‘ H ea l thy S ta r t R ea u th o ri z atio n Act o f20 0 7’ ’ . SEC. 2 . AM EN D MENTS TO HEALTH Y START INITIATI V E. ( a )CONSIDERAT IONS IN M A K IN GG RANTS. — Section 3 30H(b) of the P ublic Health Ser v ice Act ( 4 2 U .S.C. 2 5 4c –8 (b)) is amended— ( 1 ) by stri k in g ‘‘(b) RE QU IRE M ENTS’’ and all that follo w s through ‘‘ I n making grants under subsection (a)’’ and inserting the following
‘‘(b) CONSIDERATIONS IN MAKING GRANTS.— ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENTS.—In making grants under subsection (a)’’
and (2) by adding at the end the following p aragraphs: ‘‘(2) O T H ER C ONSIDERATIONS.—In making grants under sub - section (a) , the Secretary shall take into consideration the fol- lowing: ‘‘(A) F actors that contribute to infant mortality, such as low birthweight. ‘‘( B )Thee x tent to which applicants for such grants facilitate— ‘‘(i) a community-based approach to the delivery of services; and ‘‘(ii) a comprehensive approach to women’s health care to improve perinatal outcomes. ‘‘(3) S P ECIA L PRO J ECTS.— N othing in paragraph (2) shall be construed to prevent the Secretary from awarding grants under subsection (a) for special pro j ects that are intended to address significant disparities in perinatal health indicators in communities along the United States-Mexico border or in Alaska or Hawaii.’’. (b) OTHER GRANTS.—Section 330H of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c–8) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (3); and (2) by striking subsections (e) and (f). (c) FUNDING.—Section 330H of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by subsection (b) of this section, is amended by adding at the end the following subsection: ‘‘(e) FUNDING.— 42USC 2 01note.H e al t hy Sta r t R ea u thor iz ation Ac to f 200 7 . O ct. 3, 200 8[ S. 17 6 0 ]
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