and Mental Health Services Administration, the National Institutes of Health (including the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities), and other agencies of such Service. (21) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a 233 percent increase in hepatitis C cases from 2010 to 2016, stemming from the opioid, heroin, and overdose epidemics affecting communities nationwide. From 2014 to 2015, the number of reported cases of acute hepatitis B infection in the United States rose for the first time since 2006, increasing by 20.7 percent, which is also largely attributable to the opioid epidemic. (c) Biennial assessment of HHS hepatitis B and hepatitis C prevention, education, research, and medical management plan Title III of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.), as amended by title V, is further amended— (1) by striking section 317N ( 42 U.S.C. 247b–15 )