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Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§242t CDC surveillance and data collection for child, youth, and adult trauma

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 6A— - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES › Part Part A— - Research and Investigations › § 242t

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The CDC Director can work with states to collect and report data about adverse childhood experiences using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, or other public-health surveys. The data can be collected every two years. The Director must encourage states to include rural areas and can give technical help to Indian Tribes that ask in writing. Congress authorized $9,000,000 for each fiscal year 2026 through 2030 to do this. Director — head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Indian Tribes — tribes as defined in 25 U.S.C. 5304.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §242t

The Public Health and Welfare — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this section as the “Director”) may, in cooperation with the States, collect and report data on adverse childhood experiences through the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, and other relevant public health surveys or questionnaires.
(b)The collection of data under subsection (a) may occur biennially.
(c)The Director shall encourage each State that participates in collecting and reporting data under subsection (a) to collect and report data from rural areas within such State, in order to generate a statistically reliable representation of such areas.
(d)The Director may, in cooperation with Indian Tribes (as defined in section 5304 of title 25) and pursuant to a written request from an Indian Tribe, provide technical assistance to such Indian Tribe to collect and report data on adverse childhood experiences through the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, or another relevant public health survey or questionnaire.
(e)To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $9,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Substance Use–Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act, also known as the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, and not as part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

2025—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 119–44 substituted “$9,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030” for “$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023”.

Reference

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 242t

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73