CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION EFFORTS TO COMBAT CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING.

SEC. 2501. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION EFFORTS TO COMBAT CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING. (a) Requirements for Lead Poisoning Prevention Grantees.—Section 317A of the Public Health Service Act (42U.S.C. 247b-1) is amended— (1) in subsection (d)— (A) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and (B) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following: “(7) Assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the applicant will ensure complete and consistent reporting of all lead test results from laboratories and health care providers to State and local health departments in accordance with guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for standardized reporting as described in subsection (m).”; and (2) in subsection (j)(2)— (A) in subparagraph (F) by striking “(E)” and inserting “(F)”; (B) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G); and (C) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following: “(F) The number of grantees that have established systems to ensure mandatory reporting of all blood lead tests from laboratories and health care providers to State and local health departments.”. (b) Guidelines for Standardized Reporting.—Section 317A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b—1) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(m) Guidelines for Standardized Reporting.—The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall develop national guidelines for the uniform reporting of all blood lead test results to State and local health departments.”. (c) Development and Implementation of Effective Data Management by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.— (1) In general.—The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall— (A) assist with the improvement of data linkages between State and local health departments and between State health departments and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; (B) assist States with the development of flexible, comprehensive State-based data management systems for the surveillance of children with lead poisoning that have the capacity to contribute to a national data set; (C) assist with the improvement of the ability of State-based data management systems and federally-funded means-tested public benefit programs (including the special supplemental food program for women, infants and children 114 STAT. 1162(WIC) under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786) and the early head start program under section 645A of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9840a(h)) to respond to ad hoc inquiries and generate progress reports regarding the lead blood level screening of children enrolled in those programs; (D) assist States with the establishment of a capacity for assessing how many children enrolled in the Medicaid, WIC, early head start, and other federally-funded means-tested public benefit programs are being screened for lead poisoning at age-appropriate intervals; (E) use data obtained as result of activities under this section to formulate or revise existing lead blood screening and case management policies; and (F) establish performance measures for evaluating State and local implementation of the requirements and improvements described in subparagraphs (A) through (E). (2) Authorization of appropriations.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection such sums as may be necessary for each the fiscal years 2001 through 2005. (3) Effective date.—This subsection takes effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.