42 U.S.C. § 300hh–32: Enhanced support to…

Summary

The federal government can make cooperative agreements with state, local, and Tribal health departments in places with high risk for diseases spread by mosquitoes, ticks, or other vectors. The goal is to help those health departments better find, report, prevent, and respond to those diseases and any outbreaks. To get an agreement, a health department must send an application with a plan. The plan must say how it will expand programs, train and build staff, improve its ability to detect and handle disease events, work with other government and private groups, and measure whether its work is working. The law authorizes $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030 for this purpose.

Title 42, §300hh–32

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(a)In general

The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may enter into cooperative agreements with health departments of States, political subdivisions of States, and Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations in areas at high risk of vector-borne diseases in order to increase capacity to identify, report, prevent, and respond to such diseases and related outbreaks.

(b)Eligibility

To be eligible to enter into a cooperative agreement under this section, an entity described in subsection (a) shall prepare and submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including a plan that describes—

(1)how the applicant proposes to develop or expand programs to address vector-borne disease risks, including through—

(A)related training and workforce development;

(B)programmatic efforts to improve capacity to identify, report, prevent, and respond to such disease and related outbreaks; and

(C)other relevant activities identified by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as appropriate;

(2)the manner in which the applicant will coordinate with other Federal, Tribal, and State agencies and programs, as applicable, related to vector-borne diseases, as well as other relevant public and private organizations or agencies; and

(3)the manner in which the applicant will evaluate the effectiveness of any program carried out under the cooperative agreement.

(c)Authorization of appropriations

For the purposes of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030.

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Amendments

2026—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 119–118 substituted “2026 through 2030” for “2021 through 2025”.

§300hh–32 Enhanced Support to Assist Health Departments in Addressing Vector-borne Diseases

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Title 42, §300hh–32

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