42 U.S.C. § 247c
Sexually transmitted diseases; prevention and control projects and programs
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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- 42 U.S.C. § 247c, Sexually transmitted diseases; prevention and control projects and programs, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/475188
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The Secretary may provide technical assistance to appropriate public and nonprofit private entities and to scientific institutions for their research in, and training and public health programs for, the prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases.
The Secretary may make grants to States, political subdivisions of States, and any other public and nonprofit private entity for—
The Secretary is also authorized to make project grants to States and, in consultation with the State health authority, to political subdivisions of States, for—
The Secretary may make grants to States and political subdivisions of States for the development, implementation, and evaluation of innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to the prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases.
All information obtained in connection with the examination, care, or treatment of any individual under any program which is being carried out with a grant made under this section shall not, without such individual’s consent, be disclosed except as may be necessary to provide service to him or as may be required by a law of a state or political subdivision of a State. Information derived from any such program may be disclosed—
Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any State or any political subdivision of a State to have a sexually transmitted diseases program which would require any person, who objects to any treatment provided under such a program, to be treated under such a program.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- An Act to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide authority for health information and health promotion programs, to revise and extend the authority for disease prevention and control programs, and to revise and extend the authority for venereal disease programs, and to amend the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act to revise and extend that Act.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Health Services and Centers Amendments of 1978House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A joint resolution to amend the Public Health Services Act and related health laws to correct printing and other technical errors.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Preventive Health Amendments of 1984House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Health Omnibus Extension of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Preventive Health Amendments of 1993House: 420–0Senate: no recorded tally
- Health Professions Education Partnerships Act of 1998House: 303–102Senate: no recorded tally