Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

42 U.S.C. § 300u–4

Status reports to President and Congress; study of health education and preventive health services with respect to insurance coverage

(a)
The Secretary shall, not later than two years after , and biannually thereafter, submit to the President for transmittal to Congress a report on the status of health information and health promotion, preventive health services, and education in the appropriate use of health care. Each such report shall include—
(1)
a statement of the activities carried out under this subchapter since the last report and the extent to which each such activity achieves the purposes of this subchapter;
(2)
an assessment of the manpower resources needed to carry out programs relating to health information and health promotion, preventive health services, and education in the appropriate use of health care, and a statement describing the activities currently being carried out under this subchapter designed to prepare teachers and other manpower for such programs;
(3)
section 300u(a)(1) of this title the goals and strategy formulated pursuant to , the models and standards developed under this subchapter, and the results of the study required by subsection (b) of this section; and
(4)
such recommendations as the Secretary considers appropriate for legislation respecting health information and health promotion, preventive health services, and education in the appropriate use of health care, including recommendations for revisions to and extension of this subchapter.
(b)
The Secretary shall conduct a study of health education services and preventive health services to determine the coverage of such services under public and private health insurance programs, including the extent and nature of such coverage and the cost sharing requirements required by such programs for coverage of such services.

July 1, 1944, ch. 373Pub. L. 94–317, title I, § 10290 Stat. 699Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1062(d)109 Stat. 720(, title XVII, § 1705, as added , , ; amended , , .)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 104–661995—Subsec. (a). substituted “bi­annually” for “annually” in introductory provisions.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Termination of Reporting Requirements

section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66section 1113 of Title 31For termination, effective , of provisions of law requiring submittal to Congress of any annual, semiannual, or other regular periodic report listed in House Document No. 103–7 (in which item 4 on page 96 identifies a reporting provision which, as subsequently amended, is contained in subsec. (a) of this section), see , as amended, set out as a note under , Money and Finance.