108 STAT. 4740 PUBLIC LAW 103-448—NOV. 2, 1994 "(23) A State agency may use funds recovered as a result of violations in the food delivery system of the program in the year in which the funds are collected for the purpose of carrying out the program.". (i) COORDINATION INITIATIVE FOR WIC AND MEDICAID PRO- GRAMS.—Section 17(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(f)) (as amended by subsection (h)) is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(24) The Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall carry out an initiative to assure that, in a case in which a State medicaid program uses coordinated care providers under a contract entered into under section 1903(m), or a waiver granted under section 1915(b), of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(m) or 1396n(b)), coordination between the program authorized by this section and the medicaid program is continued, including— "(A) the referral of potentially eligible women, infants, and children between the 2 programs; and "(B) the timely provision of medical information related to the program authorized by this section to agencies carrying out the program.". (j) EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.— Section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786) is amended— (1) in the first sentence of subsection (g)(1), by striking "1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994" and inserting "1995 through 1998"; and (2) in the first sentence of subsection (h)(2)(A), by striking "1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994" and inserting "1995 through 1998". (k) USE OF FUNDS FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND RESEARCH EVALUATION PROJECTS. —Section 17(g)(5) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(g)(5)) is amended— (1) by striking "and administration of pilot projects" and inserting "administration of pilot projects"; and (2) by inserting before the period at the end the following: ", and carrying out technical assistance and research evaluation projects of the programs under this section". (1) BREASTFEEDING PROMOTION AND SUPPORT ACTIVITIES.— Section 17(h)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(3)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A)(i)(II)— (A) by striking "an amount" and inserting "except as otherwise provided in subparagraphs (F) and (G), an amount"; and (B) by striking "$8,000,000," and inserting "the national minimum breastfeeding promotion expenditure, as described in subparagraph (E),"; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: "(E) ^^n the case of fiscal year 1996 (except as provided in subparagraph (G)) and each subsequent fiscal year, the national minimum breastfeeding promotion expenditure means an amount that is— "(i) equal to $21 multiplied by the number of pregnant women and breastfeeding women participating in the program nationwide, based on the average number of pregnant women and breastfeeding women so participating during the last 3 months for which the Secretary has final data; and
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