---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch6A/schII/ptB"
level: "part"
label: "Part B"
heading: "Federal-State Cooperation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch6A-schII-ptB"
sections_count: 82
---

# Part B — Federal-State Cooperation

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 6A — Public Health Service › Subchapter II — General Powers and Duties

## Sections

- [§243. General grant of authority for cooperation](/usc/42/243.md)
- [§244. Public access defibrillation programs](/usc/42/244.md)
- [§244–1. Repealed.](/usc/42/244-1.md)
- [§244a. Materials and resources to increase education and awareness of cardiomyopathy among school administrators, educators, and families](/usc/42/244a.md)
- [§244b. Activities relating to cardiomyopathy](/usc/42/244b.md)
- [§244c. Cardiomyopathy research](/usc/42/244c.md)
- [§244d. Promoting student access to AEDs and CPR](/usc/42/244d.md)
- [§245. Public awareness campaign on the importance of vaccinations](/usc/42/245.md)
- [§245a. Repealed.](/usc/42/245a.md)
- [§246. Grants and services to States](/usc/42/246.md)
- [§246a. Bureau of State Services management fund; establishment; advancements; availability](/usc/42/246a.md)
- [§247. Assisting veterans with military emergency medical training to meet requirements for becoming civilian health care professionals](/usc/42/247.md)
- [§247a. Family support groups for Alzheimer’s disease patients](/usc/42/247a.md)
- [§247b. Project grants for preventive health services](/usc/42/247b.md)
- [§247b–1. Screenings, referrals, and education regarding lead poisoning](/usc/42/247b-1.md)
- [§247b–2. Repealed.](/usc/42/247b-2.md)
- [§247b–3. Education, technology assessment, and epidemiology regarding lead poisoning](/usc/42/247b-3.md)
- [§247b–3a. Training and reports by the Health Resources and Services Administration](/usc/42/247b-3a.md)
- [§247b–4. National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities](/usc/42/247b-4.md)
- [§247b–4a. Early detection, diagnosis, and interventions for newborns and infants with hearing loss](/usc/42/247b-4a.md)
- [§247b–4b...247b–4d. Repealed.](/usc/42/247b-4b...247b-4d.md)
- [§247b–4e. Repealed.](/usc/42/247b-4e.md)
- [§247b–4f. Research relating to preterm labor and delivery and the care, treatment, and outcomes of preterm and low birthweight infants](/usc/42/247b-4f.md)
- [§247b–4g. Repealed.](/usc/42/247b-4g.md)
- [§247b–5. Preventive health measures with respect to prostate cancer](/usc/42/247b-5.md)
- [§247b–6. National strategy for combating and eliminating tuberculosis](/usc/42/247b-6.md)
- [§247b–7. Loan repayment program](/usc/42/247b-7.md)
- [§247b–8. Fellowship and training programs](/usc/42/247b-8.md)
- [§247b–9. Diabetes in children and youth](/usc/42/247b-9.md)
- [§247b–9a. Better diabetes care](/usc/42/247b-9a.md)
- [§247b–10. Compilation of data on asthma](/usc/42/247b-10.md)
- [§247b–11. Effects of folic acid in prevention of birth defects](/usc/42/247b-11.md)
- [§247b–12. Safe motherhood](/usc/42/247b-12.md)
- [§247b–13. Prenatal and postnatal health](/usc/42/247b-13.md)
- [§247b–13a. Screening and treatment for maternal mental health and substance use disorders](/usc/42/247b-13a.md)
- [§247b–14. Oral health promotion and disease prevention](/usc/42/247b-14.md)
- [§247b–14a. Identification of interventions that reduce the burden and transmission of oral, dental, and craniofacial diseases in high risk populations; development of approaches for pediatric oral and craniofacial assessment](/usc/42/247b-14a.md)
- [§247b–15. Surveillance and education regarding infections associated with illicit drug use and other risk factors](/usc/42/247b-15.md)
- [§247b–16. Grants for lead poisoning related activities](/usc/42/247b-16.md)
- [§247b–17. Human papillomavirus (Johanna’s Law)](/usc/42/247b-17.md)
- [§247b–18. Surveillance and research regarding muscular dystrophy](/usc/42/247b-18.md)
- [§247b–19. Information and education](/usc/42/247b-19.md)
- [§247b–20. Food safety grants](/usc/42/247b-20.md)
- [§247b–21. Mosquito-borne diseases; coordination grants to States; assessment and control grants to political subdivisions](/usc/42/247b-21.md)
- [§247b–22. Microbicide research](/usc/42/247b-22.md)
- [§247b–23. National strategy and regional centers of excellence in vector-borne diseases](/usc/42/247b-23.md)
- [§247b–24. Addressing factors related to improving health outcomes](/usc/42/247b-24.md)
- [§247c. Sexually transmitted diseases; prevention and control projects and programs](/usc/42/247c.md)
- [§247c–1. Infertility and sexually transmitted diseases](/usc/42/247c-1.md)
- [§247c–2. Data collection regarding programs under subchapter XXIV](/usc/42/247c-2.md)
- [§247d. Public health emergencies](/usc/42/247d.md)
- [§247d–1. Vaccine tracking and distribution](/usc/42/247d-1.md)
- [§247d–2. Earlier development of diagnostic tests](/usc/42/247d-2.md)
- [§247d–3. Repealed.](/usc/42/247d-3.md)
- [§247d–3a. Improving State and local public health security](/usc/42/247d-3a.md)
- [§247d–3b. Partnerships for State and regional hospital preparedness to improve surge capacity](/usc/42/247d-3b.md)
- [§247d–3c. Guidelines for regional health care emergency preparedness and response systems](/usc/42/247d-3c.md)
- [§247d–4. Facilities and capacities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention](/usc/42/247d-4.md)
- [§247d–4a. Infectious Diseases Rapid Response Reserve Fund](/usc/42/247d-4a.md)
- [§247d–4b. Children’s Preparedness Unit](/usc/42/247d-4b.md)
- [§247d–5. Combating antimicrobial resistance](/usc/42/247d-5.md)
- [§247d–5a. Repealed.](/usc/42/247d-5a.md)
- [§247d–6. Public health countermeasures to a bioterrorist attack](/usc/42/247d-6.md)
- [§247d–6a. Authority for use of certain procedures regarding qualified countermeasure research and development activities](/usc/42/247d-6a.md)
- [§247d–6b. Strategic National Stockpile and security countermeasure procurements](/usc/42/247d-6b.md)
- [§247d–6c. Repealed.](/usc/42/247d-6c.md)
- [§247d–6d. Targeted liability protections for pandemic and epidemic products and security countermeasures](/usc/42/247d-6d.md)
- [§247d–6e. Covered countermeasure process](/usc/42/247d-6e.md)
- [§247d–6f. Provision of medical countermeasures to Indian programs and facilities](/usc/42/247d-6f.md)
- [§247d–7. Repealed.](/usc/42/247d-7.md)
- [§247d–7a. Grants regarding training and education of certain health professionals](/usc/42/247d-7a.md)
- [§247d–7b. Emergency system for advance registration of volunteer health professional](/usc/42/247d-7b.md)
- [§247d–7c. Supplies and services in lieu of award funds](/usc/42/247d-7c.md)
- [§247d–7d. Security for countermeasure development and production](/usc/42/247d-7d.md)
- [§247d–7e. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority](/usc/42/247d-7e.md)
- [§247d–7f. Collaboration and coordination](/usc/42/247d-7f.md)
- [§247d–7g. National Biodefense Science Board and working groups](/usc/42/247d-7g.md)
- [§247d–8. Coordinated program to improve pediatric oral health](/usc/42/247d-8.md)
- [§247d–9. Dental education for parents of newborns](/usc/42/247d-9.md)
- [§247d–10. Pilot program for public health laboratories to detect fentanyl and other synthetic opioids](/usc/42/247d-10.md)
- [§247d–11. State All Payer Claims Databases](/usc/42/247d-11.md)
- [§247d–12. Coordination and collaboration regarding blood supply](/usc/42/247d-12.md)