Sec. 2. Tribal health block grant
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Title III of the Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 317T of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247b–22 ) the following new section: To the extent and in the amounts made available in advance by appropriations, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall award a grant, in an amount determined pursuant to the formula developed under subsection (e), to each eligible Indian tribe or tribal organization for the purposes of promoting health, preventing disease, and reducing health disparities among American Indians and Alaska Natives.
The Secretary shall carry out this section, including the development of the formula required by subsection (e), in consultation with eligible Indian tribes and tribal organizations. To be eligible for a grant under this section for a fiscal year, an Indian tribe or tribal organization shall submit to the Secretary a plan at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. Each grantee under this section shall use the grant funds— to establish or support preventive health service programs that facilitate the achievement of health-status goals; to establish or support public health services that reduce the prevalence of chronic disease among American Indians and Alaska Natives; or to strengthen public health infrastructure to facilitate the surveillance and response to infectious disease and foodborne illness outbreaks.
The Secretary shall develop a formula to be used in allocating the total amount of funds made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year among the eligible Indian tribes and tribal organizations. Each grantee under this section shall submit reports at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. In this section, the terms Indian tribe and tribal organization have the meanings given to such terms in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1603 ).
To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $56,700,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. .
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