PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Secretary must send a report to the President, who will give it to Congress, by two years after June 23, 1976, and every two years after that. The report must describe what has been done about health information, health promotion, preventive health services, and teaching people how to use health care correctly. It must say what activities were done and how well they meet the goals; what staff and training are needed and what is being done to prepare teachers and other workers; the goals, plans, models, and standards made under the law and the results of the required study; and any suggested laws or changes to this program. The Secretary must also study how public and private health insurance covers health education and preventive services, including how much is covered, what kinds of coverage exist, and what cost sharing (like copays or deductibles) those plans require.

Title 42, §300u–4

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(a)The Secretary shall, not later than two years after June 23, 1976, and biannually thereafter, submit to the President for transmittal to Congress a report on the status of health information and health promotion, preventive health services, and education in the appropriate use of health care. Each such report shall include—

(1)a statement of the activities carried out under this subchapter since the last report and the extent to which each such activity achieves the purposes of this subchapter;

(2)an assessment of the manpower resources needed to carry out programs relating to health information and health promotion, preventive health services, and education in the appropriate use of health care, and a statement describing the activities currently being carried out under this subchapter designed to prepare teachers and other manpower for such programs;

(3)the goals and strategy formulated pursuant to section 300u(a)(1) of this title, the models and standards developed under this subchapter, and the results of the study required by subsection (b) of this section; and

(4)such recommendations as the Secretary considers appropriate for legislation respecting health information and health promotion, preventive health services, and education in the appropriate use of health care, including recommendations for revisions to and extension of this subchapter.

(b)The Secretary shall conduct a study of health education services and preventive health services to determine the coverage of such services under public and private health insurance programs, including the extent and nature of such coverage and the cost sharing requirements required by such programs for coverage of such services.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1995—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–66 substituted “biannually” for “annually” in introductory provisions.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Termination of Reporting RequirementsFor termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions of law requiring submittal to Congress of any annual, semiannual, or other regular periodic report listed in House Document No. 103–7 (in which item 4 on page 96 identifies a reporting provision which, as subsequently amended, is contained in subsec. (a) of this section), see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance.

§300u–4 Status Reports to President and Congress; Study of Health Education and Preventive Health Services with Respect to Insurance Coverage