42 U.S.C. § 300x–23: Intravenous substance use

§300x–23 Intravenous Substance Use

Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER XVII — BLOCK GRANTS › Part B — Block Grants Regarding Mental Health and Substance Use › subpart ii — block grants for substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery services › § 300x–23

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

If a State gets this grant, it must make treatment programs that get the money tell the State when they reach 90 percent of the spots for admitting people. The State must also make sure anyone who asks for help is admitted within 14 days. If no program has space, the person must be admitted within 120 days and must get interim services within 48 hours of asking. The State must also require funded providers to do outreach that encourages people who inject drugs to seek treatment.

Title 42, §300x–23

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

(a)Capacity of treatment programs

(1)Notification of reaching capacity

A funding agreement for a grant under section 300x–21 of this title is that the State involved will, in the case of programs of treatment for intravenous substance use disorders, require that any such program receiving amounts from the grant, upon reaching 90 percent of its capacity to admit individuals to the program, provide to the State a notification of such fact.

(2)Provision of treatment

A funding agreement for a grant under section 300x–21 of this title is that the State involved will, with respect to notifications under paragraph (1), ensure that each individual who requests and is in need of treatment for intravenous substance use disorders is admitted to a program of such treatment not later than—

(A)14 days after making the request for admission to such a program; or

(B)120 days after the date of such request, if no such program has the capacity to admit the individual on the date of such request and if interim services are made available to the individual not later than 48 hours after such request.

(b)Outreach to persons who inject drugs

A funding agreement for a grant under section 300x–21 of this title is that the State involved, in providing amounts from the grant to any entity for treatment services for persons who inject drugs, will require the entity to carry out activities to encourage individuals in need of such treatment to undergo treatment.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 1923 of act

July 1, 1944, was classified to section 300x–9b of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–321. Another prior section 1923 of act

July 1, 1944, was classified to section 300y–2 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100–690.

Amendments

2022—Pub. L. 117–328, § 1241(a)(4)(A), substituted “substance use” for “substance abuse” in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–328, § 1241(a)(4)(B), which directed amendment of subsec. (a) by substituting “substance use disorders” for “drug abuse”, was executed by making the substitution both places “drug abuse” appeared, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. 2016—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 114–255 substituted “to persons who inject drugs” for “regarding intravenous substance abuse” in heading and “for persons who inject drugs” for “for intravenous drug abuse” in text.