Title 42The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§300x–64 Definitions

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 6A— - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XVII— - BLOCK GRANTS › Part Part B— - Block Grants Regarding Mental Health and Substance Use › Subpart subpart iii— - general provisions › § 300x–64

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines key words used for the grant programs in this part. Program involved — the grant program under section 300x or under section 300x–21 (or both), depending on whether the State is applying for or getting a grant. Funding agreement — for a grant under section 300x, it means what section 300x–8 says; for a grant under section 300x–21, it means what section 300x–34 says. Comptroller General — the Comptroller General of the United States. State — normally means each State, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories, except as sections 300x–7(c)(5) and 300x–33(c)(5) say otherwise. Territories of the United States — Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Palau, the Marshall Islands, and Micronesia. Interim services — short-term health and harm-reduction help given to someone denied immediate entry to a substance use disorder treatment program until they can be admitted.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §300x–64

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(a)For purposes of this subpart:
(1)The term “program involved” means the program of grants established in section 300x or 300x–21 of this title, or both, as indicated by whether the State involved is receiving or is applying to receive a grant under section 300x or 300x–21 of this title, or both.
(2)(A)The term “funding agreement”, with respect to a grant under section 300x of this title, has the meaning given such term in section 300x–8 of this title.
(B)The term “funding agreement”, with respect to a grant under section 300x–21 of this title, has the meaning given such term in section 300x–34 of this title.
(b)For purposes of this part:
(1)The term “Comptroller General” means the Comptroller General of the United States.
(2)The term “State”, except as provided in section 300x–7(c)(5) of this title and 300x–33(c)(5) of this title, means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and each of the territories of the United States.
(3)The term “territories of the United States” means each of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Palau, the Marshall Islands, and Micronesia.
(4)The term “interim services”, in the case of an individual in need of treatment for substance use disorders who has been denied admission to a program of such treatment on the basis of the lack of the capacity of the program to admit the individual, means services for reducing the adverse health effects of such disorders, for promoting the health of the individual, and for reducing the risk of transmission of disease, which services are provided until the individual is admitted to such a program.

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2022—Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 117–328 substituted “substance use disorders” for “substance abuse” and “such disorders” for “such abuse”.

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42 U.S.C. § 300x–64

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73