§ 247c–1.
Infertility and sexually transmitted diseases
(b)
Authority regarding individual diseases
(c)
Authorized activities
With respect to any sexually transmitted disease described in subsection (a), the activities referred to in such subsection are—
(1)
screening women for the disease and for secondary conditions resulting from the disease, subject to compliance with criteria issued under subsection (f);
(2)
providing treatment to women for the disease;
(3)
providing counseling to women on the prevention and control of the disease (including, in the case of a woman with the disease, counseling on the benefits of locating and providing such counseling to any individual from whom the woman may have contracted the disease and any individual whom the woman may have exposed to the disease);
(4)
providing follow-up services;
(5)
referrals for necessary medical services for women screened pursuant to paragraph (1), including referrals for evaluation and treatment with respect to acquired immune deficiency syndrome and other sexually transmitted diseases;
(6)
in the case of any woman receiving services pursuant to any of paragraphs (1) through (5), providing to the partner of the woman the services described in such paragraphs, as appropriate;
(7)
providing outreach services to inform women of the availability of the services described in paragraphs (1) through (6);
(8)
providing to the public information and education on the prevention and control of the disease, including disseminating such information; and
(9)
providing training to health care providers in carrying out the screenings and counseling described in paragraphs (1) and (3).
(d)
Requirement of availability of all services through each grantee
(e)
Required providers regarding certain services
(f)
Quality assurance regarding screening for diseases
(h)
Limitation on imposition of fees for services
The Secretary may make a grant under subsection (a) only if the applicant involved agrees that, if a charge is imposed for the provision of services or activities under the grant, such charge—
(1)
will be made according to a schedule of charges that is made available to the public;
(2)
will be adjusted to reflect the income of the individual involved; and
(3)
will not be imposed on any individual with an income of less than 150 percent of the official poverty line, as established by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and revised by the Secretary in accordance with
section 9902(2) of this title.
(i)
Limitations on certain expenditures
(j)
Reports to Secretary
(1)
Collection of data
The Secretary may make a grant under subsection (a) only if the applicant involved agrees, with respect to any disease selected under subsection (b) for the applicant, to submit to the Secretary, for each fiscal year for which the applicant receives such a grant, a report providing—
(A)
the incidence of the disease among the population of individuals served by the applicant;
(B)
the number and demographic characteristics of individuals in such population;
(C)
the types of interventions and treatments provided by the applicant, and the health conditions with respect to which referrals have been made pursuant to subsection (c)(5);
(D)
an assessment of the extent to which the activities carried pursuant to subsection (a) have reduced the incidence of infertility in the geographic area involved; and
(E)
such other information as the Secretary may require with respect to the project carried out with the grant.
(2)
Utility and comparability of data
(k)
Maintenance of effort
(l)
Requirement of application
(2)
Submission of plan for program of grantee
(B)
Participation of certain entities
The Secretary may make a grant under subsection (a) only if the applicant provides assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the plan submitted under subparagraph (A) has been prepared in consultation with an appropriate number and variety of—
(i)
representatives of entities in the geographic area involved that provide services for the prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases, including programs to provide to the public information and education regarding such diseases; and
(ii)
representatives of entities in such area that provide family planning services.
(n)
Technical assistance, and supplies and services in lieu of grant funds
(2)
Supplies, equipment, and employee detail
The Secretary, at the request of a recipient of a grant under subsection (a), may reduce the amount of such grant by—
(A)
the fair market value of any supplies or equipment furnished the grant recipient; and
(B)
the amount of the pay, allowances, and travel expenses of any officer or employee of the Government when detailed to the grant recipient and the amount of any other costs incurred in connection with the detail of such officer or employee;
when the furnishing of such supplies or equipment or the detail of such an officer or employee is for the convenience of and at the request of such grant recipient and for the purpose of carrying out a program with respect to which the grant under subsection (a) is made. The amount by which any such grant is so reduced shall be available for payment by the Secretary of the costs incurred in furnishing the supplies or equipment, or in detailing the personnel, on which the reduction of such grant is based, and such amount shall be deemed as part of the grant and shall be deemed to have been paid to the grant recipient.
(o)
Evaluations and reports by Secretary
(2)
Report to Congress
Not later than 1 year after the date on which amounts are first appropriated pursuant to subsection (q), and biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, a report—
(A)
summarizing the information provided to the Secretary in reports made pursuant to subsection (j)(1), including information on the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases described in subsection (a); and
(B)
summarizing evaluations carried out pursuant to paragraph (1) during the preceding fiscal year.
(p)
Coordination of Federal programs
(q)
Authorization of appropriations
(r)
Separate grants for research on delivery of services
(2)
Authorization of appropriations
([July 1, 1944, ch. 373], title III, § 318A, as added [Pub. L. 102–531, title III, § 304], Oct. 27, 1992, [106 Stat. 3490]; amended [Pub. L. 103–43, title XX, § 2008(i)(1)(B)(ii)], June 10, 1993, [107 Stat. 212]; [Pub. L. 103–183, title IV, § 402], Dec. 14, 1993, [107 Stat. 2236]; [Pub. L. 107–251, title VI, § 601(a)], Oct. 26, 2002, [116 Stat. 1664]; [Pub. L. 108–163, § 2(m)(1)], Dec. 6, 2003, [117 Stat. 2023].)