Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 6A— - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XVII— - BLOCK GRANTS › Part Part A— - Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grants › § 300w–3
States may spend the federal public health money for several things: work that helps meet national health goals for the year 2000; programs to control rodents and to add fluoride in communities and schools; planning and feasibility studies for emergency medical services systems (but not running them or buying most equipment, except up to 50 percent of the cost of communications equipment); services and prevention for victims of sexual assault; and programs to lower asthma by cutting exposure to cockroach or other known triggers, including building maintenance and efforts to get the community involved. Funds can also pay for related planning, administration, education, monitoring, and evaluation. Money that comes from the special rape-prevention allotment may only be used for rape services and rape prevention. The federal health agency can give technical help to the States. States may not use these funds to pay for inpatient care, give cash directly to patients, buy or improve land or major buildings or major medical equipment (minor remodeling is allowed), meet state matching requirements, or give money to for-profit groups (only public or nonprofit groups). A State can move up to 7 percent of one of its yearly allotments to certain other child and maternal health programs: up to 3 percent in the first three quarters and the rest in the last quarter. No more than 10 percent from each of the State’s two allotments may be used for administering the funds; the State must pay remaining admin costs from nonfederal sources. Integrated pest management: a mix of biological, cultural, physical, and chemical tools to control pests while cutting health, economic, and environmental risks.
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42 U.S.C. § 300w–3
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73