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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§300x–5 Restrictions on Use of Payments

Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER XVII — BLOCK GRANTS › Part B — Block Grants Regarding Mental Health and Substance Use › subpart i — block grants for community mental health services › § 300x–5

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

States that get this grant must not spend the money on five kinds of things: hospital inpatient care; giving cash directly to people who are supposed to get health services; buying or improving land, building or permanently changing facilities (minor remodeling is allowed), or buying major medical equipment; meeting a requirement that non-Federal money be spent to get Federal funds; or giving money to any group that is not a public or nonprofit organization. No more than 5 percent of the grant may be used for administrative costs.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §300x–5

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

(a)In general
A funding agreement for a grant under section 300x of this title is that the State involved will not expend the grant—
(1)to provide inpatient services;
(2)to make cash payments to intended recipients of health services;
(3)to purchase or improve land, purchase, construct, or permanently improve (other than minor remodeling) any building or other facility, or purchase major medical equipment;
(4)to satisfy any requirement for the expenditure of non-Federal funds as a condition for the receipt of Federal funds; or
(5)to provide financial assistance to any entity other than a public or nonprofit private entity.
(b)Limitation on administrative expenses
A funding agreement for a grant under section 300x of this title is that the State involved will not expend more than 5 percent of the grant for administrative expenses with respect to the grant.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 300x–5, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1917, formerly § 1916, as added Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 901, 95 Stat. 549; renumbered § 1917 and amended Oct. 19, 1984, Pub. L. 98–509, title I, §§ 104, 106(a), (b), (d), (g), 98 Stat. 2357–2359; Oct. 7, 1985, Pub. L. 99–117, § 7(b), 99 Stat. 493; Nov. 18, 1988, Pub. L. 100–690, title II, §§ 2037(a)(1), (b), 2052(b), 102 Stat. 4203, 4208; Aug. 16, 1989, Pub. L. 101–93, § 2(p)(2), 103 Stat. 609, related to reports and audits relative to grants for alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health services, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–321, § 201(2). A prior section 1916 of act
July 1, 1944, was classified to section 300x–4 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–321.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 300x–5

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110