REPORTS, DATA, AND AUDITS.

SEC. 104. REPORTS, DATA, AND AUDITS. (a) In General.— Section 1906(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300w–5(a)) is amended to read as follows: “(a) (1) For purposes of section 1905(c)(5)(B)(i), a State is collecting and reporting data for a fiscal year in accordance with this subsection if the State submits to the Secretary, not later than February 1 of the succeeding fiscal year, a report that— “(A) describes the purposes for which the State expended payments made to the State under section 1903; “(B) pursuant to section 1905(c)(5)(A), describes the extent of progress made by the State for purposes of such section; “(C) meets the conditions described in the subsequent paragraphs of this subsection; and 106 STAT. 3474 “(D) contains such additional information regarding activities authorized in section 1904, and is submitted in such form, as the Secretary may require. “(2) (A) The Secretary, in consultation with the States, shall develop sets of data for uniformly defining health status for purposes of the year 2000 health objectives (which sets are in this subsection referred to as ‘uniform data sets’). Each of such sets shall consist of one or more categories of information (in this subsection individually referred to as a ‘uniform data item’). The Secretary shall develop formats for the uniform collecting and reporting of information on such items. “(B) A condition under paragraph (1)(C) for a fiscal year is that the State involved will, in accordance with the applicable format under subparagraph (A), collect during such year, and include in the report under paragraph (1), the necessary information for one uniform data item from each of the uniform data sets, which items are selected for the State by the Secretary. “(C) In the case of fiscal year 1995 and each subsequent fiscal year, a condition under paragraph (1) for a State is that the State will, in accordance with the applicable format under subparagraph (A), collect during such year, and include in the report under paragraph (1), the necessary information for each of the uniform data sets appropriate to the year 2000 health objectives that the State has, in the State plan submitted under section 1905 for the fiscal year, specified as a purpose for which payments under section 1903 are to be expended. “(3) The Secretary, in consultation with the States, shall establish criteria for the uniform collection and reporting of data on activities authorized in section 1904 with respect to which no uniform data items exist. “(4) A condition under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year is that the State involved will make copies of the report submitted under such paragraph for the fiscal year available for public inspection, and will upon request provide a copy of the report to any individual for a charge not exceeding the cost of providing the copy. (b) Conforming Amendments.— Section 1906 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300w–5) is amended— (1) in the heading for the section, by inserting “, data,” after “reports”;and (2) by striking subsection (d).