NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.

SEC. 611. NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. Section 317C of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b-4) is amended— (1) by striking the heading for the section and inserting the following: “national center on birth defects and developmental disabilities”; (2) by striking “Sec. 317C. (a)” and all that follows through the end of subsection (a) and inserting the following: “Sec. 317C. (a) In General.— “(1) National center.—There is established within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention a center to be known as the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (referred to in this section as the ‘Center’), which shall be headed by a director appointed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “(2) General duties.—The Secretary shall carry out programs— “(A) to collect, analyze, and make available data on birth defects and developmental disabilities (in a manner that facilitates compliance with subsection (d)(2)), including data on the causes of such defects and disabilities and on the incidence and prevalence of such defects and disabilities; “(B) to operate regional centers for the conduct of applied epidemiological research on the prevention of such defects and disabilities; and “(C) to provide information and education to the public on the prevention of such defects and disabilities. “(3) Folic acid.—The Secretary shall carry out section 317J through the Center. “(4) Certain programs.— “(A) Transfers.—All programs and functions described in subparagraph (B) are transferred to the Center, effective upon the expiration of the 180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Children’s Health Act of 2000. “(B) Relevant programs.—The programs and functions described in this subparagraph are all programs and functions that— “(i) relate to birth defects; folic acid; cerebral palsy; mental retardation; child development; newborn screening; autism; fragile X syndrome; fetal alcohol syndrome; pediatric genetic disorders; disability prevention; or other relevant diseases, disorders, or conditions as determined the Secretary; and 114 STAT. 1120 “(ii) were carried out through the National Center for Environmental Health as of the day before the date of the enactment of the Act referred to in subparagraph (A). “(C) Related transfers.—Personnel employed in connection with the programs and functions specified in subparagraph (B), and amounts available for carrying out the programs and functions, are transferred to the Center, effective upon the expiration of the 180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Act referred to in subparagraph (A). Such transfer of amounts does not affect the period of availability of the amounts, or the availability of the amounts with respect to the purposes for which the amounts may be expended.”; and (3) in subsection (b)(1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “(a)(1)” and inserting “(a)(2)(A)”.