Sec. 7. Health department grants
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In this section, the term Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. To implement the national system under section 6, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, award grants to State, local, Tribal, and territorial health departments that seek grants under this section to carry out coordinated testing, contact tracing, surveillance, containment, and mitigation with respect to COVID–19, including— diagnostic and surveillance testing and reporting; community-based contact tracing efforts; and policies related to voluntary isolation and quarantine of individuals infected with, or exposed to individuals infected with, the virus that causes COVID–19.
The Secretary shall ensure that— the grants under subsection
(b)provide flexibility for State, local, Tribal, and territorial health departments to modify, establish, or maintain evidence-based systems; and local health departments receive funding from State health departments or directly from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to contribute to such systems, as appropriate. The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall allocate amounts made available pursuant to subsection
(b)in accordance with a formula, to be established by the Secretary, that— provides a minimum level of funding to each State, local, Tribal, and territorial health department that seeks a grant under this section; and allocates additional funding based on the following prioritization: The Secretary shall give highest priority to applicants proposing to serve populations in one or more geographic regions with a high burden of COVID–19 based on data provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or other sources as determined by the Secretary. The Secretary shall give second highest priority to applicants preparing for, or currently working to mitigate, a COVID–19 surge in a geographic region that does not yet have a high number of reported cases of COVID–19 based on data provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or other sources as determined by the Secretary. The Secretary shall give third highest priority to applicants proposing to serve high numbers of low-income and uninsured populations, including medically underserved populations, health professional shortage areas, racial and ethnic minorities, or geographically diverse areas, as determined by the Secretary. Not later than the date that is 7 days before first awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a notification detailing the formula established under paragraph
(1)for allocating amounts made available pursuant to subsection (b). A State, local, Tribal, or territorial health department receiving a grant under this section shall, to the extent possible, use the grant funds for activities determined appropriate by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (in coordination with Tribal health organizations) to implement the national system under section 6. The Secretary shall facilitate mechanisms for timely, standardized reporting by grantees under this section regarding implementation of the systems established under this section and coordinated processes with the reporting as required under the heading Public Health and Social Service Emergency Fund in title I of division B of the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act ( Public Law 116–139 , 134 Stat. 620), including— a summary of county or local health department level information from the entities receiving funding under this section about the activities that will be undertaken using funding awarded under this section, including subgrants; and any barriers in the prevention, testing, mitigation, or treatment of COVID–19 under this section. The Secretary shall consult with Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations and coordinate with Tribal health organizations to ensure that any reporting process under this section honors and preserves the data sovereignty of individuals who are members of Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations (as such terms are defined in section 166 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3221 )), including individuals who are members of Native Hawaiian organizations (as defined in such section 166), and urban Indian organizations. The Secretary shall— not later than 7 days after first awarding grants under this section, post in a searchable, electronic format a list of all awards made by the Secretary under this section, including the recipients and amounts of such awards; and update such list not less than once every 7 days until all funds made available to carry out this section are expended. Of the amounts appropriated to carry out this Act under section 9, $15,000,000,000 shall be used by the Secretary to carry out this section.
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