42 USC 247 - Preventive health measures with respect to prostate cancer

1 So in original. Probably should be “prostate”.

cancer screening and followup.

2 So in original. Probably should be “subsection.”

3 So in original. Probably should be “subsection;”.

and

4 So in original. Probably should be “application”.

with a need for the services or activities described in subsection (a);

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (span)(2)(C), is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620. Title XIX of the Act is classified generally to subchapter XIX (§ 1396 et seq.) of chapter 7 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

2000—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 106–505, § 602(a)(1), added subsec. (a) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (a). Text read as follows: “The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may make grants to States and local health departments for the purpose of enabling such States and departments to carry out programs—

“(1) to screen men for prostate cancer as a preventive health measure;

“(2) to provide appropriate referrals for medical treatment of men screened pursuant to paragraph (1) and to ensure, to the extent practicable, the provision of appropriate follow-up services;

“(3) to develop and disseminate public information and education programs for the detection and control of prostate cancer;

“(4) to improve the education, training, and skills of health professionals (including appropriate allied health professionals) in the detection and control of prostate cancer;

“(5) to establish mechanisms through which the States and such departments can monitor the quality of screening procedures for prostate cancer, including the interpretation of such procedures; and

“(6) to evaluate activities conducted under paragraphs (1) through (5) through appropriate surveillance or program monitoring activities.”

Subsec. (l)(1). Puspan. L. 106–505, § 602(a)(2), substituted “2004” for “1998”.

1998—Subsec. (l)(1). Puspan. L. 105–392 made technical amendment to directory language of Puspan. L. 103–183. See 1993 Amendment note below.

1993—Puspan. L. 103–43 made technical amendment to directory language of Puspan. L. 102–531, § 308, which enacted this section.

Subsec. (l)(1). Puspan. L. 103–183, as amended by Puspan. L. 105–392, substituted “through 1998” for “through 1996”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Amendment by Puspan. L. 105–392 deemed to have taken effect immediately after enactment of Puspan. L. 103–183, see section 401(e) of Puspan. L. 105–392, set out as a note under section 242m of this title.