Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§300ee–19 Prohibition Against Certain False Statements

Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER XXIII — PREVENTION OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME › Part A — Formula Grants to States › § 300ee–19

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

You must not lie or cause someone else to lie about important facts to get items or services paid for by a State with money the State got under section 300ee–11(a). If you know something happened that changes your right to receive money from those State payments, you must not hide it or fail to report it to try to get the money by cheating. For each time you break these rules, you can be fined under Title 18, put in jail for up to 5 years, or both.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §300ee–19

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(a)In general

(1)A person may not knowingly make or cause to be made any false statement or representation of a material fact in connection with the furnishing of items or services for which amounts may be paid by a State from payments received by the State under section 300ee–11(a) of this title.

(2)A person with knowledge of the occurrence of any event affecting the right of the person to receive any amounts from payments made to the State under section 300ee–11(a) of this title may not conceal or fail to disclose any such event with the intent of fraudulently securing such amounts.

(b)Criminal penalty for violation of prohibition

Any person who violates a prohibition established in subsection (a) may for each violation be fined in accordance with title 18, or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 2509 of act July 1, 1944, was successively renumbered by subsequent acts, see section 238h of this title.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 300ee–19

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110