Sec. 4021. Grants for public health laboratories to acquire high-throughput diagnostic equipment

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Section 2821 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300hh–31 ) is amended— by redesignating subsection

(b)as subsection (c); by inserting after subsection

(a)the following new subsection: The Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities to assist such entities in purchasing high-throughput diagnostic equipment and related supplies and in hiring and training staff to use such equipment. To be eligible for a grant under paragraph (1), an entity shall— be— a State, local, or Tribal public health laboratory; a laboratory within a public health laboratory network coordinated or managed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; a laboratory not described in clause

(i)or

(ii)that the Secretary determines (at the Secretary’s discretion) provides population-based testing for the prevention and control of infectious, communicable, genetic, or chronic diseases; or a consortium of 2 or more entities described in any of clauses

(i)through (iii); and submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably require. Amounts received through a grant under this subsection shall be used— to purchase high-throughput diagnostic equipment and such materials as are necessary to administer, store, and process applicable tests, including diagnostic and serological tests; and to hire and train staff to use such equipment. The amount of a grant under paragraph

(1)may not exceed $2,000,000, except in the case of eligible entity described in paragraph (2)(A)(iv). In this subsection, the term high-throughput diagnostic equipment means legally marketed equipment and supplies capable of performing multichannel analysis for use in clinical laboratory diagnostic testing. ; and in subsection (c), as so redesignated— by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and

(3)as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively, and moving the margin of each such redesignated subparagraph 2 ems to the right; by striking There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section and inserting the following: There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection

(a); and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: For the purpose of carrying out subsection (b), there is authorized to be appropriated $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain available until expended. Of the amount made available to carry out subsection

(b)for any fiscal year, the Secretary may not use more than 5 percent of such amount for the expenses of administering subsection (b). .

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