12 2 STA T .4 1 96PUBLIC LA W 11 0–3 92 —O CT. 13 , 200 8TI T LE I —D E PAR T M E N T OFH EALTH AND H U MAN S ER V I C ES IN COORDINA - TION W ITH THE CENTERS FOR DIS- EASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION AND OTHER APPROPRIATE A G ENCIES S ubti t le A—N a ti on al St r ate gyf or Co m bating an d Eliminating Tuber c ulo s is SEC.10 1. NATIO NA L ST R ATE GY . Section317E o f t h e Publ ic H e a lth Se rv ice A ct (42U. S. C . 247b –6) i s a m en d ed — (1) b y stri k in g the heading for the section and inserting the follo w ing
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(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows: ‘‘(b) R ESEARC H AND D E V ELO P MENT; DEMONSTRATION PRO J ECTS; EDUCATION AND T RAINING.— W ith res p ect to the prevention , treat- ment, control, and elimination of tuberculosis, the Secretary may, directly or through grants to public or nonprofit private entities, carry out the following: ‘‘(1) Research, with priority given to research and develop- ment concerning latent tuberculosis infection, strains of tuber- culosis resistant to drugs, and research concerning cases of tuberculosis that affect certain populations at risk for tuber- culosis. ‘‘(2) Research and development and related activities to develop new tools for the elimination of tuberculosis, including drugs, diagnostics, vaccines, and public health interventions, such as directly observed therapy and non-pharmaceutical intervention, and methods to enhance detection and response to outbreaks of tuberculosis, including multidrug resistant tuberculosis. The Secretary is encouraged to give priority to programmatically relevant research so that new tools can be utili z ed in public health practice. ‘‘(3) Demonstration pro j ects for— ‘‘(A) the development of regional capabilities to prevent, control, and eliminate tuberculosis and prevent multidrug resistant and e x tensively drug resistant strains of tuber- culosis; ‘‘( B ) the intensification of efforts to reduce health disparities in the incidence of tuberculosis; ‘‘(C) the intensification of efforts to control tuberculosis along the United States- M exico border and among United States-Mexico binational populations, including through expansion of the scope and number of programs that— ‘‘(i) detect and treat binational cases of tuber- culosis; and ‘‘(ii) treat high-risk cases of tuberculosis referred from Mexican health departments; ‘‘(D) the intensification of efforts to prevent, detect, and treat tuberculosis among foreign-born persons who are in the United States;
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