Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§1393 Applications; single State agency designation; essential planning services; plans for expenditure; final activities report and other necessary reports; records; accounting

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - SOCIAL SECURITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XVII— - GRANTS FOR PLANNING COMPREHENSIVE ACTION TO COMBAT MENTAL RETARDATION › § 1393

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

To get the grant, a State must send an application that meets five rules. It must name one State agency to run the program; that can be an interdepartmental agency. It must show how it will consider all important services when planning help for people who are mentally retarded, such as education, jobs, rehabilitation, welfare, health, legal help, and both community and institutional programs. It must explain how it will spend the money and give reasonable assurance the plans will be carried out. It must agree to send a final report on activities, to provide other reports the Secretary asks for, and to keep and allow checks of records. It must have proper financial controls and accounting to make sure the funds are spent and tracked correctly.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §1393

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In order to be eligible for a grant under section 1392 of this title, a State must submit an application therefor which—

(1)designates or establishes a single State agency, which may be an interdepartmental agency, as the sole agency for carrying out the purposes of this subchapter;

(2)indicates the manner in which provision will be made to assure full consideration of all aspects of services essential to planning for comprehensive State and community action to combat mental retardation, including services in the fields of education, employment, rehabilitation, welfare, health, and the law, and services provided through community programs for and institutions for the mentally retarded;

(3)sets forth its plans for expenditure of such grant, which plans provide reasonable assurance of carrying out the purposes of this subchapter;

(4)provides for submission of a final report of the activities of the State agency in carrying out the purposes of this subchapter, and for submission of such other reports, in such form and containing such information, as the Secretary may from time to time find necessary for carrying out the purposes of this subchapter and for keeping such records and affording such access thereto as he may find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports; and

(5)provides for such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of and accounting for funds paid to the State under this subchapter.

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42 U.S.C. § 1393

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73