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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73not60

§247b–3a Training and Reports by the Health Resources and Services Administration

Title 42 › Chapter 6A— PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter II— GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES › Part B— Federal-State Cooperation › § 247b–3a

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Health and Human Services must have the Health Resources and Services Administration, working with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the CDC, run training for doctors and other health workers about childhood lead poisoning, how and when to screen and treat children, and the science and public health reasons for those rules. Each year HRSA must report to Congress how many children at health centers under section 254b got a blood lead screening in the prior fiscal year and what percent that is of all children served at those centers. Funds as needed were authorized to carry out these duties for each fiscal year 2001 through 2005.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §247b–3a

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

(a)The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration and in collaboration with the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall conduct education and training programs for physicians and other health care providers regarding childhood lead poisoning, current screening and treatment recommendations and requirements, and the scientific, medical, and public health basis for those policies.
(b)The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, annually shall report to Congress on the number of children who received services through health centers established under section 254b of this title and received a blood lead screening test during the prior fiscal year, noting the percentage that such children represent as compared to all children who received services through such health centers.
(c)There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for each 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by “of”. the fiscal years 2001 through 2005.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Children’s Health Act of 2000, and not as part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

2003—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–173 substituted “Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services” for “Health Care Financing Administration”.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

42 U.S.C. § 247b–3a

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60