42 U.S.C. § 247d–8: Coordinated program to…

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The Secretary, through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), must create a program to pay for new oral‑health projects for children under 6 who are eligible for federal health program services. The goal is to get more of these children to use dental care and to reduce early childhood and baby‑bottle tooth decay. Grants or contracts will go to dental schools and training programs, community dental programs, and Indian Health Service programs (including tribes and urban Indian health programs). Grants must be spread fairly across the country, especially where early childhood cavities are most common. Congress authorized $10,000,000 for each fiscal year 2001 through 2005.

Title 42, §247d–8

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(a)In general

The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall establish a program to fund innovative oral health activities that improve the oral health of children under 6 years of age who are eligible for services provided under a Federal health program, to increase the utilization of dental services by such children, and to decrease the incidence of early childhood and baby bottle tooth decay.

(b)Grants

The Secretary shall award grants to or enter into contracts with public or private nonprofit schools of dentistry or accredited dental training institutions or programs, community dental programs, and programs operated by the Indian Health Service (including federally recognized Indian tribes that receive medical services from the Indian Health Service, urban Indian health programs funded under title V of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act [25 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.], and tribes that contract with the Indian Health Service pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act [25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.]) to enable such schools, institutions, and programs to develop programs of oral health promotion, to increase training of oral health services providers in accordance with State practice laws, or to increase the utilization of dental services by eligible children.

(c)Distribution

In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, ensure an equitable national geographic distribution of the grants, including areas of the United States where the incidence of early childhood caries is highest.

(d)Authorization of appropriations

There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each the fiscal years 2001 through 2005.

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The Indian Health Care Improvement Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 94–437, Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1400. Title V of the Act is classified generally to subchapter IV (§ 1651 et seq.) of chapter 18 of Title 25, Indians. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 1601 of Title 25 and Tables. The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 93–638, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2203, which is classified principally to chapter 46 (§ 5301 et seq.) of Title 25, Indians. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 5301 of Title 25 and Tables. Codification section 1603 of Pub. L. 106–310, which directed that section 320A (this section) be added at the end of part B of the Public Health Service Act, was executed by adding section 320A at the end of part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act, to reflect the probable intent of Congress, notwithstanding that section 320 of the Public Health Service Act (section 247e of this title) appears in part C of title III of the Public Health Service Act.

§247d–8 Coordinated Program to Improve Pediatric Oral Health

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