Genetics and Public Health Services Act

Summary

Genetics and Public Health Services Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States to establish, improve, and maintain State public health infrastructure for genetics. Directs the Secretary to award grants to public or nonprofit private entities and institutions of higher education to carry out studies or to establish pilot and demonstration public health programs for the diagnosis and management of genetic diseases, education projects for health care providers and the general public, population studies relating to genetics, and related activities. Provides authorized grant uses, including to establish, expand, and maintain systems to provide quality genetic information, counseling, testing, and specialty services. Requires program, project, or study participation to be voluntary. Establishes the Advisory Committee on Genetics and Public Health Services to: (1) provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary concerning grants and projects; (2) provide technical information for the development of grant administration policies and priorities; and (3) submit a report to Congress concerning grant activities. Outlines provisions concerning grant application requirements and allocation of funds (the latter to be based on a population formula). Provides a matching funds requirement of $2 for every $3 of Federal funding. Requires annual reports from: (1) each State participating in grant programs, projects, or studies; and (2) the Health Resources and Services Administration, together with the Director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Requires each participating State and territory to audit its grant expenditures biennially and transmit audit results to the Secretary. Requires repayment of amounts found to have been improperly expended. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 through 2009.

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  Introduced in Senate · EN · 19 November 1999

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