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Definitions
Administration and supervision of Service
Organization of Service
Commissioned Corps and Ready Reserve Corps
Deployment readiness
Appointment and tenure of office of Surgeon General; reversion in rank
Assignment of officers
Grades, ranks, and titles of commissioned corps
Appointment of personnel
Appointment of osteopaths as commissioned officers
Pay and allowances
Annual and sick leave
Professional categories
Promotion of commissioned officers
Promotion credit for medical officers in assistant grade
Retirement of commissioned officers
Military benefits
Rights, benefits, privileges, and immunities for commissioned officers or beneficiaries; exercise of authority by Secretary or designee
Presentation of United States flag upon retirement
Detail of Service personnel
Regulations
Use of Service in time of war or emergency
Advisory councils or committees
Advisory committees; prohibition of consideration of political affiliations
Volunteer services
National Advisory Councils on Migrant Health
Training of officers
Service and supply fund; uses; reimbursement
National Institute of Mental Health; authorization of appropriation; construction; location
Civil actions or proceedings against commissioned officers or employees
Health care professionals assisting during a public health emergency
Administration of grants in multigrant projects; promulgation of regulations
Orphan Products Board
Silvio O. Conte Senior Biomedical Research and Biomedical Product Assessment Service
Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health
Gifts for benefit of Service
Use of immigration station hospitals
Disposition of money collected for care of patients
Transportation of remains of officers
Availability of appropriations for grants to Federal institutions
Transfer of funds
Availability of appropriations
Wearing of uniforms
Biennial report
Memorials and other acknowledgments for contributions to health of Nation
Evaluation of programs
Contract authority
Recovery
Use of fiscal agents
Abortion-related discrimination in governmental activities regarding training and licensing of physicians
Restriction on use of funds for assisted suicide, euthanasia, and mercy killing
Recommendations and guidelines regarding automated external defibrillators for Federal buildings
Liability regarding emergency use of automated external defibrillators
General provisions
Determination of eligibility and benefits
Smallpox vaccine injury table
Medical benefits
Compensation for lost employment income
Payment for death
Administration
Authorization of appropriations
Relationship to other laws
Establishment
Administration
Students; selection; obligation
Funding
Research and investigations generally
Studies and investigations on use and misuse of narcotic drugs and other drugs; annual report to Attorney General; cooperation with States
General authority respecting research, evaluations, and demonstrations in health statistics, health services, and health care technology
Appointment and authority of the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Advisory committee to the Director
National Center for Health Statistics
International cooperation
General provisions respecting effectiveness, efficiency, and quality of health services
Health conferences; publication of health educational information
National disease prevention data profile
Task Force on Aging Research; establishment and duties
Membership
Administrative staff and support
Definitions
Authorization of appropriations
Improvement and publication of data on food-related allergic responses
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Office of Women’s Health
CDC surveillance and data collection for child, youth, and adult trauma
Improving State, local, and Tribal information sharing
Foreign talent recruitment programs
Securing identifiable, sensitive information and addressing other national security risks related to research
Protecting America’s biomedical research enterprise
Report on progress to address undue foreign influence
General grant of authority for cooperation
Public access defibrillation programs
Materials and resources to increase education and awareness of cardiomyopathy among school administrators, educators, and families
Activities relating to cardiomyopathy
Cardiomyopathy research
Promoting student access to AEDs and CPR
Public awareness campaign on the importance of vaccinations
Grants and services to States
Bureau of State Services management fund; establishment; advancements; availability
Assisting veterans with military emergency medical training to meet requirements for becoming civilian health care professionals
Family support groups for Alzheimer’s disease patients
Project grants for preventive health services
Screenings, referrals, and education regarding lead poisoning
Education, technology assessment, and epidemiology regarding lead poisoning
Training and reports by the Health Resources and Services Administration
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Early detection, diagnosis, and interventions for newborns and infants with hearing loss
Research relating to preterm labor and delivery and the care, treatment, and outcomes of preterm and low birthweight infants
Preventive health measures with respect to prostate cancer
National strategy for combating and eliminating tuberculosis
Loan repayment program
Fellowship and training programs
Diabetes in children and youth
Better diabetes care
Compilation of data on asthma
Effects of folic acid in prevention of birth defects
Safe motherhood
Prenatal and postnatal health
Screening and treatment for maternal mental health and substance use disorders
Oral health promotion and disease prevention
Identification of interventions that reduce the burden and transmission of oral, dental, and craniofacial diseases in high risk populations; development of approaches for pediatric oral and craniofacial assessment
Surveillance and education regarding infections associated with illicit drug use and other risk factors
Grants for lead poisoning related activities
Human papillomavirus (Johanna’s Law)
Surveillance and research regarding muscular dystrophy
Information and education
Food safety grants
Mosquito-borne diseases; coordination grants to States; assessment and control grants to political subdivisions
Microbicide research
National strategy and regional centers of excellence in vector-borne diseases
Addressing factors related to improving health outcomes
Sexually transmitted diseases; prevention and control projects and programs
Infertility and sexually transmitted diseases
Data collection regarding programs under subchapter XXIV
Public health emergencies
Vaccine tracking and distribution
Earlier development of diagnostic tests
Improving State and local public health security
Partnerships for State and regional hospital preparedness to improve surge capacity
Guidelines for regional health care emergency preparedness and response systems
Facilities and capacities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Infectious Diseases Rapid Response Reserve Fund
Children’s Preparedness Unit
Combating antimicrobial resistance
Public health countermeasures to a bioterrorist attack
Authority for use of certain procedures regarding qualified countermeasure research and development activities
Strategic National Stockpile and security countermeasure procurements
Targeted liability protections for pandemic and epidemic products and security countermeasures
Covered countermeasure process
Provision of medical countermeasures to Indian programs and facilities
Grants regarding training and education of certain health professionals
Emergency system for advance registration of volunteer health professional
Supplies and services in lieu of award funds
Security for countermeasure development and production
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority
Collaboration and coordination
National Biodefense Science Board and working groups
Coordinated program to improve pediatric oral health
Dental education for parents of newborns
Pilot program for public health laboratories to detect fentanyl and other synthetic opioids
State All Payer Claims Databases
Coordination and collaboration regarding blood supply
National Hansen’s Disease Programs Center
Control and management of hospitals; furnishing prosthetic and orthopedic devices; transfer of patients; disposal of articles produced by patients; disposal of money and effects of deceased patients; payment of burial expenses
Closing or transfer of hospitals; reduction of services; Congressional authorization required
Transfer or financial self-sufficiency of public health service hospitals and clinics
Medical care and treatment of quarantined and detained persons
Medical care and treatment of Federal prisoners
Transfer of appropriations
Medical examination and treatment of Federal employees; medical care at remote stations
Medical examination of aliens
Medical services to Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Public Health Service
Medical services to retired personnel of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Former Lighthouse Service employees; medical service eligibility
Interdepartmental work
Sharing of medical care facilities and resources
Regulations to control communicable diseases
Suspension of entries and imports from designated places to prevent spread of communicable diseases
Special quarantine powers in time of war
Quarantine stations, grounds, and anchorages
Quarantine duties of consular and other officers
Bills of health
Quarantine regulations governing civil air navigation and civil aircraft
Penalties for violation of quarantine laws
Administration of oaths by quarantine officers
Organ procurement organizations
National living donor mechanisms
Report on the long-term health effects of living organ donation
Organ procurement and transplantation network
Scientific registry
General provisions respecting grants and contracts
Administration
Report
Prohibition of organ purchases
Reimbursement of travel and subsistence expenses incurred toward living organ donation
Public awareness; studies and demonstrations
Grants regarding hospital organ donation coordinators
Studies relating to organ donation and the recovery, preservation, and transportation of organs
Report relating to organ donation and the recovery, preservation, and transportation of organs
Criteria, standards, and regulations with respect to organs infected with HIV
Authorization of appropriations
Eligibility requirements for Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal
Solicitation of donations; prohibition on use of Federal funds
Design and production of medal
Medals not treated as valuable consideration
Definitions
National Program
Stem cell therapeutic outcomes database
Definitions
Authorization of appropriations
Research
Prevention and control activities
Preventing overdoses of controlled substances
Interpersonal violence within families and among acquaintances
Use of allotments for rape prevention education
Prevention of traumatic brain injury
National program for traumatic brain injury surveillance and registries
Prevention of falls among older adults
General provisions
Authorization of appropriations
Study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National program of cancer registries
Planning grants regarding registries
Technical assistance in operations of statewide cancer registries
Study in certain States to determine factors contributing to elevated breast cancer mortality rates
National childhood cancer registry
Authorization of appropriations
Voluntary registry for firefighter cancer incidence
Establishment and duties of Foundation
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders prevention, intervention, and services delivery program
Strengthening capacity and education for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
Authorization of appropriations
Children’s asthma treatment grants program
Early detection, diagnosis, and treatment regarding deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns, infants, and young children
Childhood malignancies
Prescription drug monitoring program
Grants to strengthen the healthcare system’s response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking
Understanding sexual assault care in health systems
Expanding access to unified care
Expanding access to forensics for victims of interpersonal violence
Public and health care provider education and support services
Chronic kidney disease initiatives
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry
Surveillance of neurological diseases
HHS public-private partnership for rare neurodegenerative diseases
Support for patients receiving a positive diagnosis of Down syndrome or other prenatally or postnatally diagnosed conditions
Programs to improve quality of life for persons with paralysis and other physical disabilities
Community Preventive Services Task Force
Awards to support community health workers and community health
Primary Care Extension Program
National congenital heart disease research, surveillance, and awareness
National diabetes prevention program
State demonstration programs to evaluate alternatives to current medical tort litigation
Food Safety Integrated Centers of Excellence
Designation and investigation of potential cancer clusters
Maternal mental health hotline
Grants to promote childhood nutrition and physical activity
Applied research program
Education campaign
Health professional education and training
Grants for the establishment of school-based health centers
School-based health centers
Infant and early childhood mental health promotion, intervention, and treatment
Grants to improve trauma support services and mental health care for children and youth in educational settings
Recognizing early childhood trauma related to substance abuse
Developmental disabilities surveillance and research program
Autism education, early detection, and intervention
Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee
Reports to Congress
Authorization of appropriations
Oral healthcare prevention education campaign
Research-based dental caries disease management
Authorization of appropriations
Updating national oral healthcare surveillance activities
Technical assistance for employer-based wellness programs
National worksite health policies and programs study
Prioritization of evaluation by Secretary
Prohibition of Federal workplace wellness requirements
Young women’s breast health awareness and support of young women diagnosed with breast cancer
National Parkinson’s Project
Organization of National Institutes of Health
Director of National Institutes of Health
Authorization of appropriations
Electronic coding of grants and activities
Public access to funded investigators’ final manuscripts
Triennial reports of Director of NIH
Annual reporting to increase interagency collaboration and coordination
Annual reporting to prevent fraud and abuse
Annual reporting regarding training of graduate students for doctoral degrees
Establishment of program regarding DES
Notification to Director of personnel removed or disciplined for harassment, bullying, retaliation, or hostile working conditions
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
Children’s Vaccine Initiative
Plan for use of animals in research
Requirements regarding surveys of sexual behavior
Muscular dystrophy; initiative through Director of National Institutes of Health
Biomedical and behavioral research facilities
Construction of regional centers for research on primates
Sanctuary system for surplus chimpanzees
Shared Instrumentation Grant Program
Next generation of researchers
Population focused research
Eureka prize competitions
National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity
Directors of national research institutes
Advisory councils
Certain uses of funds
Definitions
Research on osteoporosis, Paget’s disease, and related bone disorders
Parkinson’s disease
Expansion, intensification, and coordination of activities of National Institutes of Health with respect to research on autism spectrum disorder
Pediatric Research Initiative
Autoimmune diseases
Muscular dystrophy research
Clinical research
Enhancement awards
Program for pediatric studies of drugs
Pediatric Advisory Committee
Certain demonstration projects
Activities of the National Institutes of Health with respect to research on paralysis
Activities of the National Institutes of Health with respect to research with implications for enhancing daily function for persons with paralysis
Pain research
NIH opioid research
Basic research
Tick-borne diseases
Office of Research on Women’s Health
National data system and clearinghouse on research on women’s health
Biennial report
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards
Intramural loan repayment program
Extramural loan repayment program
Undergraduate scholarship program regarding professions needed by National Research Institutes
Visiting Scientist Awards
Studies respecting biomedical and behavioral research personnel
Institutional review boards; ethics guidance program
Peer review requirements
Certain provisions regarding review and approval of proposals for research
Inclusion of women and minorities in clinical research
Office of Research Integrity
Protection against financial conflicts of interest in certain projects of research
Research on public health emergencies
Collaborative use of certain health services research funds
Animals in research
Use of appropriations
Gifts and donations; memorials
Fetal research
Research on transplantation of fetal tissue
Prohibitions regarding human fetal tissue
Breast implant research
Support for emergency medicine research
Precision medicine initiative
National Institutes of Health Management Fund; establishment; advancements; availability; final adjustments of advances
Victims of fire
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
National Mental Health and Substance Use Policy Laboratory
Behavioral health crisis coordinating office
Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee
Advisory councils
Department of Health and Human Services grant accountability
Evaluation of performance of Department of Health and Human Services programs
Assisted outpatient treatment grant program for individuals with serious mental illness
Limitations on authority
Report on individuals with co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse disorders
Peer review
Center for behavioral health statistics and quality
Grants for the benefit of homeless individuals
Behavioral health and substance use disorder resources for Native Americans
Establishment and duties of Foundation
Advanced Research Projects Agency–Health
Formula grants to States
Purpose of grants
Requirement of matching funds
Determination of amount of allotment
Conversion to categorical program in event of failure of State regarding expenditure of grants
Provision of certain information from State
Description of intended expenditures of grant
Requirement of reports by States
Requirement of application
Technical assistance
Failure to comply with agreements
Prohibition against certain false statements
Nondiscrimination
Definitions
Funding
Substance abuse among government and other employees
Admission of substance abusers to private and public hospitals and outpatient facilities
Confidentiality of records
Promoting access to information on evidence-based programs and practices
Grants for reducing overdose deaths
Program to support coordination and continuation of care for drug overdose patients
Opioid overdose reversal medication access, education, and co-prescribing grant programs
First responder training
Rural emergency medical service training and equipment assistance program
Building communities of recovery
Peer support technical assistance center
State demonstration grants for comprehensive opioid abuse response
Grant program for State and Tribal response to opioid use disorders
Mental and behavioral health outreach and education at institutions of higher education
National recovery housing best practices
Sobriety treatment and recovery teams
Regional Centers of Excellence in Substance Use Disorder Education
Comprehensive opioid recovery centers
Career Act; treatment, recovery, and workforce support grants
Services for families and patients in crisis
Comprehensive community mental health services for children with serious emotional disturbances
Requirements with respect to carrying out purpose of grants
Individualized plan for services
Additional provisions
General provisions
Children and violence
Grants to address the problems of persons who experience traumatic events
Requirement relating to the rights of residents of certain facilities
Reporting requirement
Regulations and enforcement
Requirement relating to the rights of residents of certain non-medical, community-based facilities for children and youth
Reporting requirement
Regulations and enforcement
Applicability to designated programs
Religious organizations as program participants
Limitations on use of funds for certain purposes
Educational requirements for personnel in drug treatment programs
Fellowships
Congressional declaration of purpose
Authorization of appropriations
State allotments
General regulations
State plans
Projects for construction or modernization
Payments for construction or modernization
Withholding of payments; noncompliance with requirements
Judicial review
Recovery of expenditures under certain conditions
Loans
Loan guarantees and loans
Allocation among States
Applications and conditions
Payment of interest on guaranteed loans
Limitation on amounts of loans guaranteed or directly made
Loan guarantee and loan fund
Loans to public facilities
Authorization of appropriations
Eligibility for grants
Payments
Federal Hospital Council
Conference of State agencies
State control of operations
Loans for certain hospital experimentation projects
Definitions
Financial statements
Centers of excellence
Scholarships for disadvantaged students
Loan repayments and fellowships regarding faculty positions
Educational assistance in the health professions regarding individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds
Authorization of appropriation
Grants for health professions education
General provisions
Area health education centers
Continuing educational support for health professionals serving in rural and underserved communities
Education and training relating to geriatrics
Quentin N. Burdick program for rural interdisciplinary training
Allied health and other disciplines
Mental and behavioral health education and training grants
Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages
Program for education and training in pain care
Emergency department alternatives to opioids program
Demonstration program to integrate quality improvement and patient safety training into clinical education of health professionals
Training demonstration program
Loan repayment program for substance use disorder treatment workforce
Preferences and required information in certain programs
Health professions data
Prohibition against discrimination on basis of sex
Application
Use of funds
Matching requirement
Generally applicable provisions
Technical assistance
Definitions
Definitions
Application
Use of funds
Matching requirement
Preference
Generally applicable provisions
Grants for health professions education
Technical assistance
Prohibition against discrimination by schools on basis of sex
Advanced education nursing grants
Demonstration grants for family nurse practitioner training programs
Workforce diversity grants
Nurse education, practice, quality, and retention grants
Student loan fund
Loan provisions
Allotments and payments of Federal capital contributions
Distribution of assets from loan funds
Modification of agreements; compromise, waiver or release
Procedures for appeal of terminations
Loan repayment and scholarship programs
Nurse faculty loan program
Eligible individual student loan repayment
National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice
Comprehensive geriatric education
Authorization of appropriations
Mission and duties
General authorities
Research on health disparities
Health care outcome improvement research
Private-public partnerships to improve organization and delivery
Information on quality and cost of care
Information systems for health care improvement
Research supporting primary care and access in underserved areas
Studies on preventive interventions in primary care for older Americans
Health care practice and technology innovation
Coordination of Federal Government quality improvement efforts
Research on outcomes of health care items and services
Definitions
Privilege and confidentiality protections
Network of patient safety databases
Patient safety organization certification and listing
Activities regarding women’s health
Technical assistance
Severability
Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality
Peer review with respect to grants and contracts
Certain provisions with respect to development, collection, and dissemination of data
Dissemination of information
Additional provisions with respect to grants and contracts
Certain administrative authorities
Funding
Definitions
Project grants and contracts for family planning services
Formula grants to States for family planning services
Establishment
Program responsibilities
Plan
National Vaccine Advisory Committee
Authorization of appropriations
Training grants and contracts; authorization of appropriations
Conduct, etc., of research activities
Informational and educational materials development grants and contracts; authorization of appropriations
Grants and contracts
Voluntary participation by individuals; participation not prerequisite for eligibility or receipt of other services and information
Prohibition against funding programs using abortion as family planning method
Sterilization or abortion
Penalty for United States, etc., officer or employee coercing or endeavoring to coerce procedure upon beneficiary of Federal program
State and local governmental group health plans must provide continuation coverage to certain individuals
Continuation coverage
Qualifying event
Applicable premium
Election
Notice requirements
Enforcement
Definitions
Research project grants and contracts
Voluntary participation by individuals
Application; special consideration to prior sickle cell anemia grant recipients
Public Health Service facilities
Sickle cell disease and other heritable blood disorders research, surveillance, prevention, and treatment
Applied technology
Tourette Syndrome
Improved newborn and child screening for heritable disorders
Evaluating the effectiveness of newborn and child screening and followup programs
Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children
Clearinghouse of newborn screening information
Laboratory quality and surveillance
Interagency Coordinating Committee on Newborn and Child Screening
National contingency plan for newborn screening
Hunter Kelly Research Program
Authorization of appropriations for newborn screening programs and activities
Report by Secretary
Requirement of expediting awards of grants and contracts for research
Clinical evaluation units at National Institutes of Health
Use of investigational new drugs with respect to acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Terry Beirn Community-Based AIDS Research Initiative
Evaluation of certain treatments
Support of international efforts
Research centers
Information services
Development of model protocols for clinical care of infected individuals
National blood resource education program
Requirements with respect to processing of requests for personnel and administrative support
Additional authority with respect to research
Establishment of Research Advisory Committee
Fellowships and training
Definitions
Addressing sudden unexpected infant death and sudden unexpected death in childhood
Sudden infant death syndrome research
Continuing activities related to stillbirth, sudden unexpected infant death and sudden unexplained death in childhood
Report to Congress
Blood-separation centers
Establishment
Demonstration projects
Grants for anonymous testing
Requirement of provision of certain counseling services
Funding
Grants to improve trauma care in rural areas
Emergency medical services
Competitive grants for trauma systems for the improvement of trauma care
Competitive grants for trauma centers
Establishment of program
Requirement of matching funds for fiscal years subsequent to first fiscal year of payments
Requirements with respect to carrying out purpose of allotments
Requirement of submission to Secretary of trauma plan and certain information
Restrictions on use of payments
Requirement of submission of application containing certain agreements and assurances
Determination of amount of allotment
Failure to comply with agreements
Prohibition against certain false statements
Technical assistance and provision by Secretary of supplies and services in lieu of grant funds
Report by Secretary
Definitions
Funding
Grants for certain trauma centers
Preferences in making grants
Certain agreements
General provisions
Authorization of appropriations
Definition
Residency training programs in emergency medicine
State grants for projects regarding traumatic brain injury
State grants for protection and advocacy services
Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training Program
Establishment of Program
Maintenance of the national toll-free number and other communication capabilities
Promoting poison control center utilization
Maintenance of the poison control center grant program
Rule of construction
Grants to States
Authorization of appropriations
Military and civilian partnership for trauma readiness grant program
Requirements of health maintenance organizations
Use of funds
Establishment of office with respect to minority health and acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Establishment of program
Provisions with respect to carrying out purpose of grants
Requirement of submission of application containing certain agreements and assurances
Restrictions on use of grant
Requirement of reports and audits by States
Additional required agreements
Determination of amount of allotments for States
Failure to comply with agreements
Prohibition against certain false statements
Information for health and public safety workers
Technical assistance and provision by Secretary of supplies and services in lieu of grant funds
Evaluations
Report by Secretary
Definition
Funding
Continuing education for health care providers
Availability of information to general public
Public information campaigns
Provision of information to underserved populations
Authorization of appropriations
Technical assistance
Use of funds to supply hypodermic needles or syringes for illegal drug use; prohibition
Definitions
Loans and loan guarantees for initial operation costs
Application requirements
Administration of assistance programs
General provisions relating to loan guarantees and loans
Authorization of appropriations
Employees’ health benefits plans
Restrictive State laws and practices
Continued regulation of health maintenance organizations
Limitation on source of funding for health maintenance organizations
Annual report
Health services for Indians and domestic agricultural migratory and seasonal workers
Training and technical assistance
Financial disclosure
Definitions
Purpose
Prohibition on use of funds
Infectious diseases and circumstances relevant to notification requirements
Routine notifications with respect to airborne infectious diseases in victims assisted
Request for notification with respect to victims assisted
Procedures for notification of exposure
Notification of employee
Selection of designated officers
Limitation with respect to duties of medical facilities
Miscellaneous provisions
Injunctions regarding violation of prohibition
Applicability of part
Grants for coordinated services and access to research for women, infants, children, and youth
Coordination
Audits
Public health emergency
Prohibition on promotion of certain activities
Privacy protections
GAO report
Severity of need index
National HIV/AIDS testing goal
Definitions
Coverage
Preventing surprise medical bills
Ending surprise air ambulance bills
Continuity of care
Maintenance of price comparison tool
Protecting patients and improving the accuracy of provider directory information
Other patient protections
Air ambulance report requirements
Increasing transparency by removing gag clauses on price and quality information
Reporting on pharmacy benefits and drug costs
Balance billing in cases of emergency services
Balance billing in cases of non-emergency services performed by nonparticipating providers at certain participating facilities
Provider requirements with respect to disclosure on patient protections against balance billing
Enforcement
Air ambulance services
Provision of information upon request and for scheduled appointments
Patient-provider dispute resolution
Continuity of care
Provider requirements to protect patients and improve the accuracy of provider directory information
Definitions
Regulations
Health insurance consumer information
Ensuring that consumers get value for their dollars
Uniform fraud and abuse referral format
National drinking water regulations
State primary enforcement responsibility
Enforcement of drinking water regulations
Variances
Exemptions
Prohibition on use of lead pipes, solder, and flux
Monitoring of contaminants
Operator certification
Capacity development
Cybersecurity support for public water systems
Regulations for State programs
Public health and medical preparedness and response functions
National Health Security Strategy
Coordination of preparedness for and response to all-hazards public health emergencies
Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise
National Advisory Committee on Children and Disasters
National Advisory Committee on Seniors and Disasters
National Advisory Committee on Individuals With Disabilities and Disasters
Advisory Committee Coordination
National Disaster Medical System
Evaluation of new and emerging technologies regarding bioterrorist attack and other public health emergencies
Protection of health and safety during disasters
Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps
At-risk individuals
Emergency response coordination of primary care providers
Enhancing medical surge capacity
Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy
Epidemiology-laboratory capacity grants
Enhanced support to assist health departments in addressing vector-borne diseases
Public health data system modernization
Genomic sequencing, analytics, and public health surveillance of pathogens program
Epidemic forecasting and outbreak analytics
Leadership exchange pilot for public health and medical preparedness and response positions at the Department of Health and Human Services
One Health framework
State primary enforcement responsibility
Enforcement of program
Interim regulation of underground injections
Optional demonstration by States relating to oil or natural gas
Regulation of State programs
Sole source aquifer demonstration program
State programs to establish wellhead protection areas
State ground water protection grants
Secure geologic storage permitting
Emergency powers
Definitions
Lifespan respite care grants and cooperative agreements
National lifespan respite resource center
Data collection and reporting
Authorization of appropriations
Tampering with public water systems
Community water system risk and resilience
Contaminant prevention, detection and response
Supply disruption prevention, detection and response
Assurances of availability of adequate supplies of chemicals necessary for treatment of water
Definitions
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Health Information Technology Advisory Committee
Setting priorities for standards adoption
Process for adoption of endorsed recommendations; adoption of initial set of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria
Application and use of adopted standards and implementation specifications by Federal agencies
Voluntary application and use of adopted standards and implementation specifications by private entities
Federal health information technology
Transitions
Miscellaneous provisions
Electronic health record reporting program
Immediate funding to strengthen the health information technology infrastructure
Health information technology implementation assistance
State grants to promote health information technology
Competitive grants to States and Indian tribes for the development of loan programs to facilitate the widespread adoption of certified EHR technology
Demonstration program to integrate information technology into clinical education
Information technology professionals in health care
General grant and loan provisions
Authorization for appropriations
Health information technology enrollment standards and protocols
Information blocking
Research, technical assistance, information, training of personnel
Innovative water technology grant program
Grants for State programs
Special project grants and guaranteed loans
Grants to public sector agencies
Contaminant standards or treatment technique guidelines
National assistance program for water infrastructure and watersheds
Water supply cost savings
Records and inspections
National Drinking Water Advisory Council
Federal agencies
Judicial review
Citizen’s civil action
General provisions
Appointment of scientific, etc., personnel by Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency for implementation of responsibilities; compensation
Indian Tribes
State revolving loan funds
Source water quality assessment
Source water petition program
Water conservation plan
Assistance to colonias
Estrogenic substances screening program
Drinking water studies
Annual study on boil water advisories
Algal toxin risk assessment and management
Assistance for small and disadvantaged communities
Reducing lead in drinking water
Study on intractable water systems
Review of technologies
Water infrastructure and workforce investment
Operational sustainability of small public water systems
Midsize and Large Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program
Advanced drinking water technologies
Definitions
Recall of drinking water coolers with lead-lined tanks
Drinking water coolers containing lead
Lead contamination in school drinking water
Drinking water fountain replacement for schools
Certification of testing laboratories
Registry for lead exposure and Advisory Committee
Establishment of program of grants to States
Data collection, analysis, and quality
Requirement of matching funds
Requirement regarding medicaid
Requirements with respect to type and quality of services
Establishment of World Trade Center Health Program
WTC Health Program Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee; WTC Health Program Steering Committees
Education and outreach
Uniform data collection and analysis
Clinical Centers of Excellence and Data Centers
Definitions
Research regarding certain health conditions related to September 11 terrorist attacks
World Trade Center Health Registry
World Trade Center Health Program Fund
Supplemental Fund
Special Fund
Pentagon/Shanksville Fund
Additional required agreements
Description of intended uses of grant
Requirement of submission of application
Technical assistance and provision of supplies and services in lieu of grant funds
Evaluations and reports
Supplemental grants for additional preventive health services
Funding for general program
Loan and loan guarantee authority
General provisions
Grants for construction or modernization projects
General regulations
Medical facility project applications
Recovery of expenditures under certain conditions
State supervision or control of operations of facilities receiving funds
Definitions
Reporting and audit requirements for recipients
Availability of technical and other nonfinancial assistance to eligible applicants
Enforcement of assurances
Development grants for health systems agencies
Grants and assistance for establishment of program
Grants for discontinuance and conversion
Grants to States for reduction of excess hospital capacity
Authorization of appropriations
General authority of Secretary
Grants and contracts for research programs; authority of Secretary; review of applications; additional functions; periodic public survey
Grants and contracts for community health programs
Grants and contracts for information programs; authority of Secretary; particular activities
Status reports to President and Congress; study of health education and preventive health services with respect to insurance coverage
Centers for research and demonstration of health promotion and disease prevention
Office of Minority Health
Individual offices of minority health within the Department
Office of Adolescent Health
Biennial report regarding nutrition and health
Education regarding DES
National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public Health Council
Prevention and Public Health Fund
Education and outreach campaign regarding preventive benefits
Community transformation grants
Healthy aging, living well; evaluation of community-based prevention and wellness programs for Medicare beneficiaries
Research on optimizing the delivery of public health services
Establishment of substance use disorder information dashboard
Authorization of appropriations
Allotments
Payments under allotments to States
Use of allotments
Application for payments; State plan
Reports, data, and audits
Withholding of funds
Nondiscrimination provisions
Criminal penalty for false statements
Emergency medical services for children
Findings and purposes
Definitions; regulations applicable
Demonstration projects; grant authorization, etc.
Uses of grants for demonstration projects for services
Grants for demonstration projects for services
Requirements for applications
Coordination of programs
Research
Evaluation and administration
Authorization of appropriations
Restrictions