PUBLIC LAW 108–154—DEC. 3, 2003
117 STAT. 1933
Public Law 108–154 108th Congress An Act To revise and extend the Birth Defects Prevention Act of 1998.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Prevention Act of 2003’’.
Dec. 3, 2003 [S. 286] Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Prevention Act of 2003. 42 USC 201 note.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
Section 317C of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b– 4) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(2)— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) by striking ‘‘and developmental disabilities’’ and inserting ‘‘, developmental disabilities, and disabilities and health’’; and (ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (d)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(2)’’; (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and (D) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(D) to conduct research on and to promote the prevention of such defects and disabilities, and secondary health conditions among individuals with disabilities; and ‘‘(E) to support a National Spina Bifida Program to prevent and reduce suffering from the Nation’s most common permanently disabling birth defect.’’; (2) by striking subsection (b); (3) in subsection (d)— (A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: ‘‘(1) contains information regarding the incidence and prevalence of birth defects, developmental disabilities, and the health status of individuals with disabilities and the extent to which these conditions have contributed to the incidence and prevalence of infant mortality and affected quality of life;’’; (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, developmental disabilities, and secondary health conditions among individuals with disabilities’’ after ‘‘defects’’; (C) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; (D) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (7); and
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