Title 42The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§300ee–33 Provision of information to underserved populations

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 6A— - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XXIII— - PREVENTION OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME › Part Part B— - National Information Programs › § 300ee–33

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can give grants to public agencies, migrant and community health centers, and nonprofit AIDS groups. The grants are to help them give prevention information to people who do not have good access to services about how the virus that causes AIDS is spread and how to avoid exposure. When picking grantees, the Secretary must prefer applicants who can get this information out quickly, including national groups.

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Title 42, §300ee–33

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(a)The Secretary may make grants to public entities, to migrant health centers (as defined in section 254b(a) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title), to community health centers (as defined in section 254c(a) 1 of this title), and to nonprofit private entities concerned with acquired immune deficiency syndrome, for the purpose of assisting grantees in providing services to populations of individuals that are underserved with respect to programs providing information on the prevention of exposure to, and the transmission of, the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
(b)In making grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give preference to any applicant for such a grant that has the ability to disseminate rapidly the information described in subsection (a) (including any national organization with such ability).

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References in Text

section 254b and 254c of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), were in the original references to section 329 and 330, meaning section 329 and 330 of act
July 1, 1944, which were omitted in the general amendment of subpart I (§ 254b et seq.) of part D of subchapter II of this chapter by Pub. L. 104–299, § 2, Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3626. section 2 and 3(a) of Pub. L. 104–299 enacted new section 330 and 330A of act
July 1, 1944, which are classified, respectively, to section 254b and 254c of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Reference to Community, Migrant, Public Housing, or Homeless Health Center Considered Reference to Health CenterReference to community health center, migrant health center, public housing health center, or homeless health center considered reference to health center, see section 4(c) of Pub. L. 104–299, set out as a note under section 254b of this title.

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42 U.S.C. § 300ee–33

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73