The Public Health Service Act is a United States federal law enacted in 1946. The full act is captured under Title 42 of the United States Code "The Public Health and Welfare", Chapter 6A "Public Health Service"[1]
It has since been amended many times, some amendments include:
- Family Planning Services and Population Research Act of 1970 Pub.L. 91-572, which established Title X of the Public Health Service Act, dedicated to providing family planning services for those in need.[2][3]
- National Cancer Act of 1971
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
- Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance Research and Education Amendments of 2001
- Hematological Cancer Research Investment and Education Act of 2001[4]
Other attempted amendments to the act have failed, such as the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Acts of 2005 and 2007.
External links
- The current version of the Public Health Service Act as codified is available online at:
- Congressional bills frequently refer to the sections in the original uncodified bill as amended. The most recent complete version (as of 8/5/2009) of the Public Health Service Act, identified as such by a librarian at the Library of Congress, [law@loc.gov] is at:
- This version can also be used to correlate the titles and sections referred to as the Public Health Service Act with sections within the US Code, since each PHSA section contains the USC section numbers in brackets, e.g., [300gg] at § 2701 of the Act, refers to the § 300gg of Title 42 of the U.S. Code.
- Versions of the Public Health Service Act posted at various federal agencies, such as the FDA, tend to be incomplete, listing only the sections relevant to the functions of that department.
References
- ^ Public Health Service Act, FDA.gov's website, accessed 29 July 2007
- ^ US Office of Population Affairs - Legislation
- ^ OPA: PUBLIC LAW 91-572-DEC. 24, 1970
- ^ "Hematological Cancer Research Investment and Education Act of 2001" OLPA Legislative Updates
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