§ 290n-1. — Duties.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC290n-1]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER XXIX--UNITED STATES-MEXICO BORDER HEALTH COMMISSION
Sec. 290n-1. Duties
It should be the duty of the Commission--
(1) to conduct a comprehensive needs assessment in the United
States-Mexico Border Area for the purposes of identifying,
evaluating, preventing, and resolving health problems and potential
health problems that affect the general population of the area; and
(2) to implement the actions recommended by the needs assessment
through--
(A) assisting in the coordination and implementation of the
efforts of public and private entities to prevent and resolve
such health problems, and
(B) assisting in the coordination and implementation of
efforts of public and private entities to educate such
population, in a culturally competent manner, concerning such
health problems.
(Pub. L. 103-400, Sec. 3, Oct. 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 4169; Pub. L. 106-
113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(4) [title V, Sec. 516(2)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113
Stat. 1535, 1501A-276.)
Amendments
1999--Par. (1). Pub. L. 106-113, Sec. 1000(a)(4) [title V,
Sec. 516(2)(A)], substituted ``; and'' for semicolon at end.
Par. (2)(B). Pub. L. 106-113, Sec. 1000(a)(4) [title V,
Sec. 516(2)(B)], substituted period for ``; and'' at end.
Par. (3). Pub. L. 106-113, Sec. 1000(a)(4) [title V,
Sec. 516(2)(C)], struck out par. (3) which read as follows: ``to
formulate recommendations to the Governments of the United States and
Mexico concerning a fair and reasonable method by which the government
of one country could reimburse a public or private entity in the other
country for the cost of a health care service that the entity furnishes
to a citizen of the first country who is unable, through insurance or
otherwise, to pay for the service.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 290n-2 of this title.
