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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§254c–9 Establishment of Program of Grants

Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER II — GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES › Part D — Primary Health Care › subpart i — health centers › § 254c–9

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Health and Human Services must give grants to set up, run, and coordinate systems that provide essential services to people with lupus and their families. Grants can go only to public or nonprofit groups, such as state or local governments, hospitals, community health centers, hospices, migrant or homeless health centers, community-based organizations, or similar nonprofit or public entities. Projects should, when appropriate, offer diagnosis and disease management for lupus. They can provide or improve outpatient, home-based, and case-management services; help families; manage inpatient care to avoid or shorten hospital stays; and offer support services like transportation, personal and homemaking help, day or respite care, and counseling about financial help and insurance. The Secretary must also try to link this program with other grant programs the Department runs when it makes sense.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §254c–9

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In general
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall in accordance with sections 254c–9 to 254c–13 of this title make grants to provide for projects for the establishment, operation, and coordination of effective and cost-efficient systems for the delivery of essential services to individuals with lupus and their families.
(b)Recipients of grants
A grant under subsection (a) may be made to an entity only if the entity is a public or nonprofit private entity, which may include a State or local government; a public or nonprofit private hospital, community-based organization, hospice, ambulatory care facility, community health center, migrant health center, or homeless health center; or other appropriate public or nonprofit private entity.
(c)Certain activities
To the extent practicable and appropriate, the Secretary shall ensure that projects under subsection (a) provide services for the diagnosis and disease management of lupus. Activities that the Secretary may authorize for such projects may also include the following:
(1)Delivering or enhancing outpatient, ambulatory, and home-based health and support services, including case management and comprehensive treatment services, for individuals with lupus; and delivering or enhancing support services for their families.
(2)Delivering or enhancing inpatient care management services that prevent unnecessary hospitalization or that expedite discharge, as medically appropriate, from inpatient facilities of individuals with lupus.
(3)Improving the quality, availability, and organization of health care and support services (including transportation services, attendant care, homemaker services, day or respite care, and providing counseling on financial assistance and insurance) for individuals with lupus and support services for their families.
(d)Integration with other programs
To the extent practicable and appropriate, the Secretary shall integrate the program under sections 254c–9 to 254c–13 of this title with other grant programs carried out by the Secretary, including the program under section 254b of this title.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Lupus Research and Care

Amendments

of 2000, and also as part of the Public Health Improvement Act, and not as part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

42 U.S.C. § 254c–9

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110