United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Law and Legal Definition
The United Sates-Mexico Border Health Commission (“Commission”) was established in 2000 to provide international leadership to optimize health and quality of life along the US-Mexico border. It is established pursuant to 22 USCS § 290n-1. The following are the duties of the Commission :
1.to conduct a comprehensive needs assessment in the U.S.-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;
2.to conduct or support investigations, research, or studies designed to identify, study, and monitor, on an on-going basis, health problems that affect the general population in the U.S.-Mexico border area;
3. to conduct or support a binational, public-private effort to establish a comprehensive and coordinated system, which uses advanced technologies to the maximum extent possible, for gathering health-related data and monitoring health problems in the U.S.-Mexico border area;
4. to provide financial, technical, or administrative assistance to public or private nonprofit entities who act to prevent or resolve such problems or who educate the population concerning such health problems.
Legal Definition list
- United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement
- United States Worker
- United States Work [Copyrights]
- United States Visitor and Immigration Status Indicator Technology
- United States Vessel
- United States-Mexico Border Health Commission
- United States-Supported Microfinance Institution
- Unitisation (Oil and Gas)
- Unitrust
- Units of Production Depreciation
- Unity of Interest
Related Legal Terms
- 9/11 Commission Act
- Accelerated Benefits (Health Care)
- Accompanying the Armed Forces outside the United States
- Accompanying the Federal Government Outside the United States
- Accumulation Value (Health Care)
- Actual Age (Health Care)
- Actuarial Equivalent (Health Care)
- Additional Health Services
- Administrative Conference of the United States
- Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AO)
