§300u–15 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

The HHS Secretary, through the CDC Director, must fund research on public health services and systems. The research must look at prevention practices (focused on areas named in the National Prevention Strategy or Healthy People 2020 and comparing community interventions for cost and effectiveness), how to move programs from academic settings into real communities, and ways to organize, pay for, and deliver public health services, including comparing state and local health departments. The work must be coordinated with the Community Preventive Services Task Force and build on federal partnerships while considering state, local, and private efforts. The Secretary must send Congress a report each year on the research activities and findings.

Title 42, §300u–15

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(a)The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the “Secretary”), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall provide funding for research in the area of public health services and systems.

(b)Research supported under this section shall include—

(1)examining evidence-based practices relating to prevention, with a particular focus on high priority areas as identified by the Secretary in the National Prevention Strategy or Healthy People 2020, and including comparing community-based public health interventions in terms of effectiveness and cost;

(2)analyzing the translation of interventions from academic settings to real world settings; and

(3)identifying effective strategies for organizing, financing, or delivering public health services in real world community settings, including comparing State and local health department structures and systems in terms of effectiveness and cost.

(c)Research supported under this section shall be coordinated with the Community Preventive Services Task Force and carried out by building on existing partnerships within the Federal Government while also considering initiatives at the State and local levels and in the private sector.

(d)The Secretary shall, on an annual basis, submit to Congress a report concerning the activities and findings with respect to research supported under this section.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and not as part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.

§300u–15 Research on optimizing the delivery of public health services

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