PUBLIC LAW 94-317—JUNE 23, 1976
90 STAT. 695
Public Law 94-317 94th Congress An Act To amend the PuMic Health Service Act to provide authority for health information and health promotion programs, to revise and extend the authority for disease prevention and control programs, and to revise and extend the authority for venereal disease programs, and to amend the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act to revise and extend that Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, TITLE I—HEALTH INFORMATION AND H E A L T H PROMOTION SHORT TITLE
SEC. 101. This title may be cited as the "National Consumer Health Information and Health Promotion Act of 1976". AMENDMENT TO PUBLIC H E A L T H SERVICE ACT
June 23, 1976 [S. 1466]
Public Health Service Act, amendments; Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Act, extension. National Consumer Health Information and Health Promotion Act of 1976. 42 USC 201 note.
SEC. 102. The Public Health Service Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new title: "TITLE XVII- -HEALTH INFORMATION AND H E A L T H PROMOTION a GENERAL AUTHORITY
"SEC. 1701. (a) The Secretary shall— "(1) formulate national goals, and a strategy to achieve such goals, with respect to health information and health promotion, preventive health services, and education in the appropriate use of health care; "(2) analyze the necessary and available resources for implementing the goals and strategy formulated pursuant to paragraph (1), and recommend appropriate educational and quality assurance policies for the needed manpower resources identified by such analysis; "(3) undertake and support necessary activities and programs to— "(A) incorporate appropriate health education components into our society, especially into all aspects of education and health care, " (B) increase the application and use of health knowledge, skills, and practices by the general population in its patterns of daily living, and "(C) establish systematic processes for the exploration, development, demonstration, and evaluation of innovative health promotion concepts; "(4) undertake and support research and demonstrations respecting health information and health promotion, preventive health services, and education in the appropriate use of health care;
42 USC 300u.
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