The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, may, directly or through grants and contracts, or both, provide technical assistance to the States in the establishment and operation of statewide registries, including assistance in the development of model legislation for statewide cancer registries and assistance in establishing a computerized reporting and data processing system.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, §399D, formerly §399J, as added
A prior section 399D of act July 1, 1944, was renumbered section 519, and is classified to section 290bb–25 of this title.
Centers for Disease Control changed to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by