Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 106 Part 1.djvu/460

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106 STAT. 428 PUBLIC LAW 102-321—JULY 10, 1992 any third-party payor, including reimbursement under any insurance policy or xmder any Federal or State health benefits program. "(ii) A determination by the Secretary of whether an organization referred to in clause (i) meets the criteria for a waiver under such clause shall be made without regard to whether the organization accepts voluntary donations regarding the provision of services to the public. "(b) HOME VISITING SERVICES FOR ELIGIBLE FAMILIES. — With respect to an eligible family, each of the following services shall, directly or through arrangement with other public or nonprofit private entities, be available (as applicable to the family member involved) in each project operated with a grant under subsection (a): "(1) Prenatal and postnatal health care. " (2) Primary health care for the children, including developmental assessments. "(3) Education for the parents concerning infant care and child development, including the development and utilization of parent and teacher resource networks and other family resource and support networks where such networks are available. "(4) Upon the request of a parent, providing the education described in paragraph (3) to other individuals who have

. responsibility for caring for the children.

"(5) Education for the parents concerning behaviors that . adversely affect health. "(6) Assistance in obtaining necessary health, mental health, developmental, social, housing, and nutrition services and other assistance, including services and other assistance under maternal and child healtii programs; the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children; section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966; title V of the Social Security . Act; title XIX of such Act (including the program for early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services described in section 1905(r) of such Act); titles IV and XIX of the Social Security Act; housing programs; other food assistemce programs; and appropriate alcohol and drug dependency treatment programs, according to need. "(c) CONSIDERATIONS IN MAKING GRANTS. —In awarding grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall take into consideration— "(1) the ability of the entity involved to provide, either directly or through linkages, a broad range of preventive and primary health care services and related social, family support, and developmental services; "(2) different combinations of professional and lay home visitors utilized within programs that are reflective of the identified service needs and characteristics of target populations; "(3) the extent to which the population to be targeted has limited access to health care, and related social, family support, and developmental services; and "(4) whether such grants are equitably distributed among urban and rural settings and whether entities serving Native American communities are represented among the grantees. "(d) FEDERAL SHARE.— With respect to the costs of carrying out a project under subsection (a), a grant under such subsection for the project may not exceed 90 percent of such costs. To be eligible