42 U.S.C. § 300w–3: Use of allotments

Summary

States may spend these federal funds on public health programs that help meet the Secretary’s year 2000 health goals. Money can pay for preventive work like rodent control and community or school fluoridation, planning and building emergency medical services (but not running them or buying most equipment; up to 50% of the cost of communications equipment may be paid), services for victims of sex offenses and prevention, and programs to cut asthma by reducing exposure to cockroach or other allergens using integrated pest management. Funds may also be used for related planning, administration, education, monitoring, and evaluation. Money that comes from the specific allotment under section 300w–1(b) may only be used for rape victim services and rape prevention. The Secretary can give technical help to States. States may not use the funds to pay for inpatient care, give cash directly to people who are supposed to get services, buy or improve land or build or permanently improve facilities or buy major medical equipment (minor remodeling is allowed), meet a required state match for other federal funds, or give money to for-profit entities. The Secretary may waive the ban on building or major equipment if there are extraordinary circumstances and it helps carry out the program. A State may transfer up to 7% of its annual allotment under section 300w–1(a) for use under part B of this subchapter and Title V of the Social Security Act, with up to 3% allowed in the first three quarters and the rest in the last quarter. No more than 10% of each allotment may pay administration; the State must cover the rest of administrative costs from non‑Federal funds.

Title 42, §300w–3

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(a)Preventive health services, comprehensive public health services, emergency medical services, etc.

(1)Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), payments made to a State under section 300w–2 of this title may be used for the following:

(A)Activities consistent with making progress toward achieving the objectives established by the Secretary for the health status of the population of the United States for the year 2000 (in this part referred to as “year 2000 health objectives”).

(B)Preventive health service programs for the control of rodents and for community and school-based fluoridation programs.

(C)Feasibility studies and planning for emergency medical services systems and the establishment, expansion, and improvement of such systems. Amounts for such systems may not be used for the costs of the operation of the systems or the purchase of equipment for the systems, except that such amounts may be used for the payment of not more than 50 percent of the costs of purchasing communications equipment for the systems. Amounts may be expended for feasibility studies or planning for the trauma-care components of such systems only if the studies or planning, respectively, is consistent with the requirements of section 300d–13(a) of this title.

(D)Providing services to victims of sex offenses and for prevention of sex offenses.

(E)The establishment, operation, and coordination of effective and cost-efficient systems to reduce the prevalence of illness due to asthma and asthma-related illnesses, especially among children, by reducing the level of exposure to cockroach allergen or other known asthma triggers through the use of integrated pest management, as applied to cockroaches or other known allergens. Amounts expended for such systems may include the costs of building maintenance and the costs of programs to promote community participation in the carrying out at such sites of integrated pest management, as applied to cockroaches or other known allergens. For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “integrated pest management” means an approach to the management of pests in public facilities that combines biological, cultural, physical, and chemical tools in a way that minimizes economic, health, and environmental risks.

(F)With respect to activities described in any of subparagraphs (A) through (E), related planning, administration, and educational activities.

(G)Monitoring and evaluation of activities carried out under any of subparagraphs (A) through (F).

(2)Except as provided in subsection (b), amounts paid to a State under section 300w–2 of this title from its allotment under section 300w–1(b) of this title may only be used for providing services to rape victims and for rape prevention.

(3)The Secretary may provide technical assistance to States in planning and operating activities to be carried out under this part.

(b)Prohibited uses

A State may not use amounts paid to it under section 300w–2 of this title to—

(1)provide inpatient services,

(2)make cash payments to intended recipients of health services,

(3)purchase or improve land, purchase, construct, or permanently improve (other than minor remodeling) any building or other facility, or purchase major medical equipment,

(4)satisfy any requirement for the expenditure of non-Federal funds as a condition for the receipt of Federal funds, or

(5)provide financial assistance to any entity other than a public or nonprofit private entity.

Except as provided in subsection (a)(1)(E), the Secretary may waive the limitation contained in paragraph (3) upon the request of a State if the Secretary finds that there are extraordinary circumstances to justify the waiver and that granting the waiver will assist in carrying out this part.

(c)Transfer of funds

A State may transfer not more than 7 percent of the amount allotted to the State under section 300w–1(a) of this title for any fiscal year for use by the State under part B of this subchapter and title V of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 701 et seq.] in such fiscal year as follows: At any time in the first three quarters of the fiscal year a State may transfer not more than 3 percent of the allotment of the State for the fiscal year for such use, and in the last quarter of a fiscal year a State may transfer for such use not more than the remainder of the amount of its allotment which may be transferred.

(d)Limitation on administrative costs

Of the amount paid to any State under section 300w–2 of this title, not more than 10 percent paid from each of its allotments under subsections (a) and (b) of section 300w–1 of this title may be used for administering the funds made available under section 300w–2 of this title. The State will pay from non-Federal sources the remaining costs of administering such funds.

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Editorial Notes

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The Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (c), is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620. Title V of the Social Security Act is classified generally to subchapter V (§ 701 et seq.) of chapter 7 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

2000—Subsec. (a)(1)(E). Pub. L. 106–310, § 511(3), added subpar. (E). Former subpar. (E) redesignated (F). Subsec. (a)(1)(F). Pub. L. 106–310, § 511(1), (4), redesignated subpar. (E) as (F) and substituted “subparagraphs (A) through (E)” for “subparagraphs (A) through (D)”. Former subpar. (F) redesignated (G). Subsec. (a)(1)(G). Pub. L. 106–310, § 511(1), (2), (5), redesignated subpar. (F) as (G) and substituted “subparagraphs (A) through (F).” for “subparagraphs (A) through (E)”. 1992—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 102–531, § 102(a), amended par. (1) generally, substituting present provisions for provisions authorizing, except as provided in subsecs. (b) and (c), use of the amounts paid to a State under section 300w–2 of this title from its allotment under section 300w–1(a) of this title and amounts transferred by the State, for use in preventive health service programs, including hypertension and high cholesterol services, health-risk reduction programs, immunization services, home health agencies, emergency medical services, services to victims of sex offenses, and uterine cancer and breast cancer services. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–531, § 102(b), substituted “part B” for “parts B and C”. 1988—Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 100–607, § 301(b)(1), inserted “and elevated serum cholesterol” before period at end. Subsec. (a)(1)(C). Pub. L. 100–607, § 301(b)(2), inserted “, including programs designed to reduce the incidence of chronic diseases” before period at end. Subsec. (a)(1)(D). Pub. L. 100–607, § 301(b)(3), inserted “, including immunization services” before period at end. Subsec. (a)(1)(F). Pub. L. 100–607, § 301(b)(4), substituted “systems, except that such amounts may be used for the payment of not more than 50 percent of the costs of purchasing communications equipment for the systems” for “systems (other than systems with respect to which grants were made as prescribed by section 300w–4(c)(2) of this title)”. Subsec. (a)(1)(H). Pub. L. 100–607, § 301(b)(5), added subpar. (H). 1986—Subsec. (a)(1)(G). Pub. L. 99–646 and Pub. L. 99–654 amended subpar. (G) identically, substituting “victims of sex offenses and for prevention of sex offenses” for “rape victims and for rape prevention”. 1983—Subsec. (a)(1)(F). Pub. L. 97–414 inserted “(other than systems with respect to which grants were made as prescribed by section 300w–4(c)(2) of this title)” after “equipment for the systems”.

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of 1986

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by Pub. L. 99–646 and Pub. L. 99–654 effective 30 days after Nov. 10, 1986, and 30 days after Nov. 14, 1986, respectively, see section 87(e) of Pub. L. 99–646 and section 4 of Pub. L. 99–654, set out as an

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note under section 2241 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

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Section effective Oct. 1, 1981, see section 901 of Pub. L. 97–35, set out in part as a note under section 300w of this title.

§300w–3 Use of Allotments

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Title 42, §300w–3

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