A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program for the prevention of disabilities, and for other purposes.
Disabilities Prevention Act of 1991 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, to make grants for the prevention of disabilities and secondary conditions resulting from disabilities.
Authorizes the Secretary to make such grants for: (1) coordinating prevention activities; (2) conducting demonstrations and interventions; (3) conducting surveillances and studies; (4) educating the public; and (5) subject to a limit of ten percent of amounts appropriated under this Act, educating and training health professionals and improving their clinical skills. Authorizes appropriations.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
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