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[CITE: 42USC1397a]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 7--SOCIAL SECURITY
 
        SUBCHAPTER XX--BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES FOR SOCIAL SERVICES
 
Sec. 1397a. Payments to States


(a) Amount; covered services

    (1) Each State shall be entitled to payment under this subchapter 
for each fiscal year in an amount equal to its allotment for such fiscal 
year, to be used by such State for services directed at the goals set 
forth in section 1397 of this title, subject to the requirements of this 
subchapter.
    (2) For purposes of paragraph (1)--
        (A) services which are directed at the goals set forth in 
    section 1397 of this title include, but are not limited to, child 
    care services, protective services for children and adults, services 
    for children and adults in foster care, services related to the 
    management and maintenance of the home, day care services for 
    adults, transportation services, family planning services, training 
    and related services, employment services, information, referral, 
    and counseling services, the preparation and delivery of meals, 
    health support services and appropriate combinations of services 
    designed to meet the special needs of children, the aged, the 
    mentally retarded, the blind, the emotionally disturbed, the 
    physically handicapped, and alcoholics and drug addicts; and
        (B) expenditures for such services may include expenditures 
    for--
            (i) administration (including planning and evaluation);
            (ii) personnel training and retraining directly related to 
        the provision of those services (including both short- and long-
        term training at educational institutions through grants to such 
        institutions or by direct financial assistance to students 
        enrolled in such institutions); and
            (iii) conferences or workshops, and training or retraining 
        through grants to nonprofit organizations within the meaning of 
        section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or to 
        individuals with social services expertise, or through financial 
        assistance to individuals participating in such conferences, 
        workshops, and training or retraining (and this clause shall 
        apply with respect to all persons involved in the delivery of 
        such services).

(b) Funding requirements

    The Secretary shall make payments in accordance with section 6503 of 
title 31 to each State from its allotment for use under this subchapter.

(c) Expenditure of funds

    Payments to a State from its allotment for any fiscal year must be 
expended by the State in such fiscal year or in the succeeding fiscal 
year.

(d) Transfers of funds

    A State may transfer up to 10 percent of its allotment under section 
1397b of this title for any fiscal year for its use for that year under 
other provisions of Federal law providing block grants for support of 
health services, health promotion and disease prevention activities, or 
low-income home energy assistance (or any combination of those 
activities). Amounts allotted to a State under any provisions of Federal 
law referred to in the preceding sentence and transferred by a State for 
use in carrying out the purposes of this subchapter shall be treated as 
if they were paid to the State under this subchapter but shall not 
affect the computation of the State's allotment under this subchapter. 
The State shall inform the Secretary of any such transfer of funds.

(e) Use of portion of funds

    A State may use a portion of the amounts described in subsection (a) 
of this section for the purpose of purchasing technical assistance from 
public or private entities if the State determines that such assistance 
is required in developing, implementing, or administering programs 
funded under this subchapter.

(f) Authority to use vouchers

    A State may use funds provided under this subchapter to provide 
vouchers, for services directed at the goals set forth in section 1397 
of this title, to families, including--
        (1) families who have become ineligible for assistance under a 
    State program funded under part A of subchapter IV of this chapter 
    by reason of a durational limit on the provision of such assistance; 
    and
        (2) families denied cash assistance under the State program 
    funded under part A of subchapter IV of this chapter for a child who 
    is born to a member of the family who is--
            (A) a recipient of assistance under the program; or
            (B) a person who received such assistance at any time during 
        the 10-month period ending with the birth of the child.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XX, Sec. 2002, as added Pub. L. 97-35, 
title XXIII, Sec. 2352(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 867; amended Pub. L. 
98-369, div. B, title VI, Sec. 2663(h)(1), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1169; 
Pub. L. 99-514, Sec. 2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095; Pub. L. 104-193, 
title IX, Sec. 908(b), Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2351.)

                       References in Text

    Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, referred to in 
subsec. (a)(2)(B)(iii), is classified to section 501 of Title 26, 
Internal Revenue Code.
    Part A of subchapter IV of this chapter, referred to in subsec. (f), 
is classified to section 601 et seq. of this title.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1397a, acts Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XX, 
Sec. 2002, as added Jan. 4, 1975, Pub. L. 93-647, Sec. 2, 88 Stat. 2337; 
amended Oct. 21, 1975, Pub. L. 94-120, Sec. 4(b), 89 Stat. 609; Sept. 7, 
1976, Pub. L. 94-401, Secs. 1(a)-(c), 5(a), 90 Stat. 1215, 1218; June 
30, 1977, Pub. L. 95-59, Sec. 5, 91 Stat. 255; Oct. 25, 1977, Pub. L. 
95-142, Secs. 3(d)(2), 8(d), 91 Stat. 1179, 1195; Nov. 6, 1978, Pub. L. 
95-600, title VIII, Sec. 801(a), 92 Stat. 2944; Oct. 17, 1979, Pub. L. 
96-88, title V, Sec. 509(b), 93 Stat. 695; Jan. 2, 1980, Pub. L. 96-178, 
Sec. 4(a), (c), 93 Stat. 1296, 1297; June 17, 1980, Pub. L. 96-272, 
title I, Sec. 103(e), title II, Secs. 201-204(a), 205(a), 206(e), 
207(a), 94 Stat. 521-525; Dec. 5, 1980, Pub. L. 96-499, title X, 
Sec. 1001(a), 94 Stat. 2655, related to payments to States and 
computation of amounts, prior to the general revision of this subchapter 
by section 2352(a) of Pub. L. 97-35.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 104-193 added subsec. (f).
    1986--Subsec. (a)(2)(B)(iii). Pub. L. 99-514 substituted ``Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986'' for ``Internal Revenue Code of 1954''.
    1984--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-369 substituted ``section 6503 of 
title 31'' for ``section 203 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 4213)''.


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 98-369 effective July 18, 1984, but not to be 
construed as changing or affecting any right, liability, status, or 
interpretation which existed (under the provisions of law involved) 
before that date, see section 2664(b) of Pub. L. 98-369, set out as a 
note under section 401 of this title.


      Temporary Suspension of Child Day Care Services Requirements

    Pub. L. 96-499, title X, Sec. 1001(b), Dec. 5, 1980, 94 Stat. 2655, 
provided that the provisions of Pub. L. 93-647, Sec. 3(f), Jan. 4, 1975, 
88 Stat. 2349, set out as a note below, not apply with respect to child 
day care services provided after June 30, 1980, and prior to July 1, 
1981, which met applicable standards of State and local law.


  Reimbursement of Expenditures for Social Services Provided by States 
 Prior to October 1, 1975; Authorization of Appropriations; Procedures 
            Applicable to Payment of Unpaid Claims of States

    Pub. L. 95-291, June 12, 1978, 92 Stat. 304, authorized 
appropriations for payments to States in settlement of unpaid claims of 
States against the United States for reimbursement of expenditures made 
by States prior to Oct. 1, 1975, for services and administrative costs 
under a State plan pursuant to specific subchapters of this chapter, 
provided schedules for payment of a claim asserted prior to the ninety-
first day after June 12, 1978, depending on when the claim was asserted, 
barred other claims and certain claims of the United States for 
recovery, provided for review of determinations, barred judicial review, 
and provided for allotment of appropriations for claims.


Payments to States for Fiscal Period Beginning July 1, 1976, and Ending 
 September 30, 1976, and Fiscal Years Ending September 30, 1977, 1978, 
            and 1979, Computation Amounts, Limitations, Etc.

    Pub. L. 94-401, Sec. 3, Sept. 7, 1976, 90 Stat. 1215, as amended by 
Pub. L. 95-171, Sec. 1(a), Nov. 12, 1977, 91 Stat. 1353; Pub. L. 95-600, 
title VIII, Sec. 801(b), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2944; Pub. L. 96-178, 
Sec. 3(b)-(f), Jan. 2, 1980, 93 Stat. 1296, provided for computation of 
amounts of payments to States under this subchapter for the fiscal 
period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending Sept. 30, 1976, and fiscal 
years ending Sept. 30, 1977, 1978, and 1979, limitations on such 
amounts, and a limit on the total amount of Federal payments made to 
States in any such fiscal year under this subchapter.


                 Requirements of Child Day Care Services

    Pub. L. 93-647, Sec. 3(f), Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2349, which 
provided for requirements of child day care services, was repealed by 
Pub. L. 97-35, title XXIII, Sec. 2353(s), Aug. 13, 1981, 97 Stat. 874.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1397b, 1397c, 1397f, 8622 of 
this title.
