PUBLIC LAW 95-626—NOV. 10, 1978
92 STAT. 3583
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(8) school health education programs, public information and awareness campaigns, mass diagnostic screening and case followup have all been found to be effective venereal disease prevention and control methodologies; (9) skilled and knowledgeable health care providers, informed and concerned individuals and active, well-coordinated voluntary groups are fundamental to venereal disease prevention and control; (10) biomedical research toward improved diagnostic and therapeutic tools is of singular importance to the elimination of venereal disease; and (11) an increasing number of sexually transmissible diseases besides syphilis and gonorrhea have become a public health hazard. (b)(1) Subsection (f) of section 318 is repealed and subsections (g) and (h) of such section are redesignated as subsections (f) and (g), respectively. (2) Subsection (g)(2) of section 317 is amended by striking out "Except as provided in section 318, no funds and inserting in lieu thereof "No funds". (c)(1) Subsection (d)(1) of section 318 is amended by inserting after " (1)" the following: "For the purpose of making grants under subsections (b) and (c) there are authorized to be appropriated $45,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, $51,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, and $59,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981. For grants under subsection (b) in any fiscal year, the Secretary shall obligate not less than 5 per centum of the amount appropriated for such fiscal year under the preceding sentence." (2) Subsection (b) of such section is amended (A) by striking out " (1) " and paragraph (2), (B) by inserting "and public information and" after "demonstration," and (C) by striking out "and training". (d)(1) Section 318(c) is amended— (A) by inserting "also" after "The Secretary is" in paragraph
Repeal, 42 USC 247c. 42 USC 247b. Appropriation authorization,
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(B) by striking out "and public" in clause (D) of paragraph (1) and inserting in lieu thereof "(including appropriate allied health personnel)", and (C) by inserting ", training and clinical skills improvement" before "activities" in clause (D) of paragraph (1). (2) Section 318(c) is further amended (A) by striking out paragraph (2), (B) by striking out "(1)", and (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) of paragraph (1) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4),and (5),respectively. GENETIC DISEASES
SEC. 205. (a) Section 402 of the National Sickle Cell Anemia, Cooley's Anemia, Tay-Sachs, and Genetic Diseases Act is amended 42 USC 300b by striking out all following "diseases," and substituting "and genetic note, conditions, such as Sickle Cell anemia, Cooley's Anemia, Tay-Sachs disease, cystic fibrosis, dysautonomia, hemophilia, retinitis pigmentosa, Huntington's chorea, muscular dystrophy, and genetic conditions leading to mental retardation or genetically caused mental disorders.". (b) Section 1101(a) is amended by inserting "plan," after "projects 42 USC 300b. to" in paragraph (1).
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