 So in original. Subsec. (b) does not contain a par. (1).

shall establish within the agency an office to be known as the Office of Minority Health. The head of each such Office shall be appointed by the head of the agency within which the Office is established, and shall report directly to the head of the agency. The head of such agency shall carry out this section (as this section relates to the agency) acting through such Director.

 So in original. Probably should be “subsection (b)”.

shall be headed by a director, with documented experience and expertise in minority health services research and health disparities elimination.

 So in original. Probably should be “paragraph (1)”.

may be expended by a minority health office include the costs of employing staff for such office.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Construction

Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10334(b)(2), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 973, provided that: “Nothing in this subsection [enacting this section and provisions set out as a note under this section] and the amendments made by this subsection may be construed as establishing regulatory authority or modifying any existing regulatory authority.”

Application of Allocation Requirements

Pub. L. 112–10, div. B, title VIII, § 1827, Apr. 15, 2011, 125 Stat. 162, provided that: “Hereafter, no funds appropriated by this division or by any previous or subsequent Act shall be subject to the allocation requirements of section 1707A(e) [42 U.S.C. 300u–6a(e)] of the PHS Act [Public Health Service Act].”

Limitation on Termination

Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10334(b)(3), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 973, provided that: “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a Federal office of minority health or Federal appointive position with primary responsibility over minority health issues that is in existence in an office of [or] agency of the Department of Health and Human Services on the date of enactment of this section [Mar. 23, 2010] shall not be terminated, reorganized, or have any of its power or duties transferred unless such termination, reorganization, or transfer is approved by an Act of Congress.”