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§300y Data infrastructure development

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 6A— - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XVII— - BLOCK GRANTS › Part Part C— - Certain Programs Regarding Mental Health and Substance Use › Subpart subpart i— - data infrastructure development › § 300y

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may give grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to States to build and run data systems about mental health and substance use. These systems must collect, analyze, and report performance measures, such as capacity, process, and outcomes. The Secretary must set rules so both States with a basic data system and those without can get help, and must decide how to tell if a State has that basic capacity. States that get money must agree to collect, analyze, and report a core set of measures chosen by the Secretary with input from States within 2 years of the award. States must provide non‑Federal contributions equal to at least 50% of program costs; those can be cash or fair-value donations but not federal funds. Projects may be funded for 3 to 5 years. Funds were authorized as needed for fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003, with each year split 50% for mental health and 50% for substance use.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §300y

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(a)The Secretary may make grants to, and enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with States for the purpose of developing and operating mental health or substance use data collection, analysis, and reporting systems with regard to performance measures including capacity, process, and outcomes measures.
(b)The Secretary shall establish criteria to ensure that services will be available under this section to States that have a fundamental basis for the collection, analysis, and reporting of mental health and substance use performance measures and States that do not have such basis. The Secretary will establish criteria for determining whether a State has a fundamental basis for the collection, analysis, and reporting of data.
(c)As a condition of the receipt of an award under this section a State shall agree to collect, analyze, and report to the Secretary within 2 years of the date of the award on a core set of performance measures to be determined by the Secretary in conjunction with the States.
(d)(1)With respect to the costs of the program to be carried out under subsection (a) by a State, the Secretary may make an award under such subsection only if the applicant agrees to make available (directly or through donations from public or private entities) non-Federal contributions toward such costs in an amount that is not less than 50 percent of such costs.
(2)Non-Federal contributions under paragraph (1) may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment, or services. Amounts provided by the Federal Government, or services assisted or subsidized to any significant extent by the Federal Government, may not be included in determining the amount of such contributions.
(e)The period during which payments may be made for a project under subsection (a) may be not less than 3 years nor more than 5 years.
(f)(1)For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2001, 2002 and 2003.
(2)Of the amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, 50 percent shall be expended to support data infrastructure development for mental health and 50 percent shall be expended to support data infrastructure development for substance use.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 300y, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1971, as added Pub. L. 102–321, title II, § 204,
July 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 410; amended Pub. L. 102–352, § 2(a)(13), Aug. 26, 1992, 106 Stat. 939, related to categorical grants to States for programs regarding substance abuse, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 106–310, div. B, title XXXIV, § 3404(2), Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1220. Another prior section 300y, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1921, as added Oct. 27, 1986, Pub. L. 99–570, title IV, § 4002, 100 Stat. 3207–103, related to establishment of special alcohol abuse and drug abuse programs, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100–690, title II, § 2038(1), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4203. Another prior section 300y, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1921, as added Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 901, 95 Stat. 552, related to planning grants, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–280, § 5, Apr. 24, 1986, 100 Stat. 400. Prior section 300y–1 and 300y–2 were repealed by Pub. L. 100–690, title II, § 2038(1), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4203. section 300y–1, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1922, as added Oct. 27, 1986, Pub. L. 99–570, title IV, § 4002, 100 Stat. 3207–106, related to transfer of funds to Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs. Another prior section 300y–1, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1922, as added Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 901, 95 Stat. 552, authorized appropriations, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–280, § 5, Apr. 24, 1986, 100 Stat. 400. section 300y–2, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1923, as added Oct. 27, 1986, Pub. L. 99–570, title IV, § 4002, 100 Stat. 3207–106, related to evaluation of treatment programs. Another prior section 300y–2, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1923, as added Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 901, 95 Stat. 552, provided for grants under section 254c of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–280, § 5, Apr. 24, 1986, 100 Stat. 400. Prior sections 300y–3 to 300y–10 were repealed by Pub. L. 99–280, § 5, Apr. 24, 1986, 100 Stat. 400. section 300y–3, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1924, as added Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 901, 95 Stat. 553, provided that allotments be based upon prior year distributions and provided for direct distributions to Indian tribes. section 300y–4, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1925, as added Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 901, 95 Stat. 553, related to payments under allotments to States. section 300y–5, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1926, as added Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 901, 95 Stat. 554, related to State grants to community health centers from allotments. section 300y–6, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1927, as added Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 901, 95 Stat. 556, related to application requirements and submittal, availability for public comment, and revision of a description of intended use of funds. section 300y–7, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1928, as added Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 901, 95 Stat. 557, related to reporting and auditing requirements. section 300y–8, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1929, as added Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 901, 95 Stat. 558, related to withholding of funds from a State not in compliance. section 300y–9, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1930, as added Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 901, 95 Stat. 558, related to nondiscrimination requirements. section 300y–10, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1931, as added Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 901, 95 Stat. 559, provided criminal penalty for false statements.

Amendments

2022—Subsecs. (a), (b), (f)(2). Pub. L. 117–328 substituted “substance use” for “substance abuse”.

Reference

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 300y

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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