Collapse to view only § 300ee-2. Information for health and public safety workers
- § 300ee. Use of funds
- § 300ee-1. Establishment of office with respect to minority health and acquired immune deficiency syndrome
- § 300ee-2. Information for health and public safety workers
- § 300ee-3. Continuing education for health care providers
- § 300ee-4. Technical assistance
- § 300ee-5. Use of funds to supply hypodermic needles or syringes for illegal drug use; prohibition
- § 300ee-6. Transferred
§ 300ee. Use of funds
(a) In general
(b) Contents of programs
(c) Limitation
(d) Construction
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXV, formerly title XV, § 2500, as added Pub. L. 100–607, title II, § 221, Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3093; amended Pub. L. 100–690, title II, § 2619(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4242; renumbered title XXV, Pub. L. 101–93, § 5(e)(1), Aug. 16, 1989, 103 Stat. 612.)
§ 300ee–1. Establishment of office with respect to minority health and acquired immune deficiency syndrome
The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall establish an office for the purpose of ensuring that, in carrying out the duties of the Secretary with respect to prevention of acquired immune deficiency syndrome, the Secretary develops and implements prevention programs targeted at minority populations and provides appropriate technical assistance in the implementation of such programs.
(Pub. L. 100–607, title II, § 252, Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3108; Pub. L. 102–531, title III, § 312(e)(2), Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3506.)
§ 300ee–2. Information for health and public safety workers
(a) Development and dissemination of guidelinesNot later than 90 days after November 4, 1988, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (hereafter in this section referred to as the “Secretary”), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall develop, issue, and disseminate emergency guidelines to all health workers and public safety workers (including emergency response employees) in the United States concerning—
(1) methods to reduce the risk in the workplace of becoming infected with the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome; and
(2) circumstances under which exposure to such etiologic agent may occur.
(b) Use in occupational standards
(c) Development and dissemination of model curriculum for emergency response employees
(1) Not later than 90 days after November 4, 1988, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall develop a model curriculum for emergency response employees with respect to the prevention of exposure to the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome during the process of responding to emergencies.
(2) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider the guidelines issued by the Secretary under subsection (a).
(3) The model curriculum developed under paragraph (1) shall, to the extent practicable, include—
(A) information with respect to the manner in which the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome is transmitted; and
(B) information that can assist emergency response employees in distinguishing between conditions in which such employees are at risk with respect to such etiologic agent and conditions in which such employees are not at risk with respect 1
1 So in original. Probably should be “respect to”.
such etiologic agent.(4) The Secretary shall establish a task force to assist the Secretary in developing the model curriculum required in paragraph (1). The Secretary shall appoint to the task force representatives of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, representatives of State governments, and representatives of emergency response employees.
(5) The Secretary shall—
(A) transmit to State public health officers copies of the guidelines and the model curriculum developed under paragraph (1) with the request that such officers disseminate such copies as appropriate throughout the State; and
(B) make such copies available to the public.
(Pub. L. 100–607, title II, § 253, Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3108; Pub. L. 100–690, title II, § 2602(c), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4234; Pub. L. 102–531, title III, § 312(e)(3), Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3506.)
§ 300ee–3. Continuing education for health care providers
(a) In general
The Secretary of Health and Human Services (hereafter in this section referred to as the “Secretary”) may make grants to nonprofit organizations composed of, or representing, health care providers to assist in the payment of the costs of projects to train such providers concerning—
(1) appropriate infection control procedures to reduce the transmission of the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome; and
(2) the provision of care and treatment to individuals with such syndrome or related illnesses.
(b) Limitation
(c) Requirement of matching funds
(1) The Secretary may not make a grant under subsection (a) unless the applicant for the grant agrees, with respect to the costs to be incurred by the applicant in carrying out the purpose described in such subsection, to make available, directly or through donations from public or private entities, non-Federal contributions (in cash or in kind under paragraph (2)) toward such costs in an amount equal to not less than $2 for each $1 of Federal funds provided in such payments.
(2) Non-Federal contributions required in paragraph (1) may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment, or services. Amounts provided by the Federal Government, or services assisted or subsidized to any significant extent by the Federal Government, may not be included in determining the amount of such non-Federal contributions.
(d) Requirement of application
The Secretary may not make a grant under subsection (a) unless—
(1) an application for the grant is submitted to the Secretary;
(2) with respect to carrying out the purpose for which the grant is to be made, the application provides assurances of compliance satisfactory to the Secretary; and
(3) the application otherwise is in such form, is made in such manner, and contains such agreements, assurances, and information as the Secretary determines to be necessary to carry out this section.
(e) Authorization of appropriations
(Pub. L. 100–607, title II, § 254, Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3109.)
§ 300ee–4. Technical assistance
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide technical assistance to public and nonprofit private entities carrying out programs, projects, and activities relating to acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
(Pub. L. 100–607, title II, § 255, Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3110.)
§ 300ee–5. Use of funds to supply hypodermic needles or syringes for illegal drug use; prohibition
None of the funds provided under this Act or an amendment made by this Act shall be used to provide individuals with hypodermic needles or syringes so that such individuals may use illegal drugs, unless the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service determines that a demonstration needle exchange program would be effective in reducing drug abuse and the risk that the public will become infected with the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
(Pub. L. 100–607, title II, § 256(b), Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3110; Pub. L. 100–690, title II, § 2602(d)(1), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4234.)
§ 300ee–6. Transferred