Research and awareness campaigns with respect to rare diseases and conditions in minority populations
Title VII — Addressing high-impact minority diseases › Subtitle N — Health Equity and Rare Disease Act
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Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 243 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 317Y of such Act, as added by section 7502, the following: 317Z. Research and awareness campaigns with respect to rare diseases and conditions in minority populations (a) Research The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall conduct or support research and carry out public health awareness campaigns with respect to rare diseases and conditions in minority populations (as defined in section 409K). (b) Awareness campaign The Secretary shall, directly or through grants or contracts, establish a public education program in cooperation with existing national public awareness campaigns to increase awareness about rare diseases and conditions in minority populations through culturally and linguistically appropriate information campaigns about prevention and management of rare diseases and conditions..