§ 247b–1.
(a)
Authority for grants
(1)
In general
Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may make grants to States and political subdivisions of States for the initiation and expansion of community programs designed—
(A)
to provide, for infants and children—
(i)
screening for elevated blood lead levels;
(ii)
referral for treatment of such levels; and
(iii)
referral for environmental intervention associated with such levels; and
(B)
to provide education about childhood lead poisoning.
(2)
Authority regarding certain entities
(3)
Provision of all services and activities through each grantee
(d)
Grant application
No grant may be made under subsection (a), unless an application therefor has been submitted to, and approved by, the Secretary. Such an application shall be in such form and shall be submitted in such manner as the Secretary shall prescribe and shall include each of the following:
(1)
A complete description of the program which is to be provided by or through the applicant.
(2)
Assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the program to be provided under the grant applied for will include educational programs designed to—
(A)
communicate to parents, educators, and local health officials the significance and prevalence of lead poisoning in infants and children (including the sources of lead exposure, the importance of screening young children for lead, and the preventive steps that parents can take in reducing the risk of lead poisoning) which the program is designed to detect and prevent; and
(B)
communicate to health professionals and paraprofessionals updated knowledge concerning lead poisoning and research (including the health consequences, if any, of low-level lead burden; the prevalence of lead poisoning among all socioeconomic groupings; the benefits of expanded lead screening; and the therapeutic and other interventions available to prevent and combat lead poisoning in affected children and families).
(3)
Assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the applicant will report on a quarterly basis the number of infants and children screened for elevated blood lead levels, the number of infants and children who were found to have elevated blood lead levels, the number and type of medical referrals made for such infants and children, the outcome of such referrals, and other information to measure program effectiveness.
(4)
Assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the applicant will make such reports respecting the program involved as the Secretary may require.
(5)
Assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the applicant will coordinate the activities carried out pursuant to subsection (a) with related activities and services carried out in the State by grantees under title V or XIX of the Social Security Act [
42 U.S.C. 701 et seq., 1396 et seq.].
(6)
Assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that Federal funds made available under such a grant for any period will be so used as to supplement and, to the extent practical, increase the level of State, local, and other non-Federal funds that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be made available for the program for which the grant is to be made and will in no event supplant such State, local, and other non-Federal funds.
(7)
Assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the applicant will ensure complete and consistent reporting of all blood lead test results from laboratories and health care providers to State and local health departments in accordance with guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for standardized reporting as described in subsection (m).
(8)
Such other information as the Secretary may prescribe.
(e)
Relationship to services and activities under other programs
(1)
In general
A recipient of a grant under subsection (a) may not make payments from the grant for any service or activity to the extent that payment has been made, or can reasonably be expected to be made, with respect to such service or activity—
(A)
under any State compensation program, under an insurance policy, or under any Federal or State health benefits program; or
(B)
by an entity that provides health services on a prepaid basis.
(2)
Applicability to certain secondary agreements for provision of services
(g)
Supplies, equipment, and employee detail
The Secretary, at the request of a recipient of a grant under subsection (a), may reduce the amount of such grant by—
(1)
the fair market value of any supplies or equipment furnished the grant recipient; and
(2)
the amount of the pay, allowances, and travel expenses of any officer or employee of the Government when detailed to the grant recipient and the amount of any other costs incurred in connection with the detail of such officer or employee;
when the furnishing of such supplies or equipment or the detail of such an officer or employee is for the convenience of and at the request of such grant recipient and for the purpose of carrying out a program with respect to which the grant under subsection (a) is made. The amount by which any such grant is so reduced shall be available for payment by the Secretary of the costs incurred in furnishing the supplies or equipment, or in detailing the personnel, on which the reduction of such grant is based, and such amount shall be deemed as part of the grant and shall be deemed to have been paid to the grant recipient.
([July 1, 1944, ch. 373], title III, § 317A, as added [Pub. L. 100–572, § 3], Oct. 31, 1988, [102 Stat. 2887]; amended [Pub. L. 102–531, title III, § 303(a)], Oct. 27, 1992, [106 Stat. 3484]; [Pub. L. 103–183, title VII, § 705(a)], Dec. 14, 1993, [107 Stat. 2241]; [Pub. L. 105–392, title IV, § 404], Nov. 13, 1998, [112 Stat. 3588]; [Pub. L. 106–310, div. A, title XXV], §§ 2501(a), (b), 2504, Oct. 17, 2000, [114 Stat. 1161], 1164; [Pub. L. 107–251, title VI, § 601(a)], Oct. 26, 2002, [116 Stat. 1664]; [Pub. L. 108–163, § 2(m)(1)], Dec. 6, 2003, [117 Stat. 2023].)