Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110
§254b–1 State Grants to Health Care Providers Who Provide Services to a High Percentage of Medically Underserved Populations or Other Special Populations
Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER II — GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES › Part D — Primary Health Care › subpart i — health centers › § 254b–1
Summary
States may give grants to health providers that serve a high share, as the State decides, of people in the State who lack adequate medical care or are in other special groups. It can't be run by the State Medicaid agency, and no Federal or State Medicaid (Title XIX), Medicare (Title XVIII), or TRICARE (chapter 55, title 10) funds may be used.
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Title 42, §254b–1
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(a)In general
A State may award grants to health care providers who treat a high percentage, as determined by such State, of medically underserved populations or other special populations in such State.
(b)Source of funds
A grant program established by a State under subsection (a) may not be established within a department, agency, or other entity of such State that administers the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), and no Federal or State funds allocated to such Medicaid program, the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.), or the TRICARE program under chapter 55 of title 10 may be used to award grants or to pay administrative costs associated with a grant program established under subsection (a).
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The Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620. Titles XVIII and XIX of the Act are classified generally to subchapters XVIII (§ 1395 et seq.) and XIX (§ 1396 et seq.), respectively, of chapter 7 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and not as part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.
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42 U.S.C. § 254b–1
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110