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[CITE: 42USC300ff-11]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
            SUBCHAPTER XXIV--HIV HEALTH CARE SERVICES PROGRAM
 
  Part A--Emergency Relief for Areas With Substantial Need for Services
 
Sec. 300ff-11. Establishment of program of grants


(a) Eligible areas

    The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health 
Resources and Services Administration, shall, subject to subsections (b) 
through (d) of this section, make grants in accordance with section 
300ff-13 of this title for the purpose of assisting in the provision of 
the services specified in section 300ff-14 of this title in any 
metropolitan area for which there has been reported to the Director of 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention a cumulative total of 
more than 2,000 cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome for the 
most recent period of 5 calendar years for which such data are 
available.

(b) Requirement regarding confirmation of cases

    The Secretary may not make a grant under subsection (a) of this 
section for a metropolitan area unless, before making any payments under 
the grant, the cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome reported for 
purposes of such subsection have been confirmed by the Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

(c) Requirements regarding population

                      (1) Number of individuals

        (A) In general

            Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Secretary may 
        not make a grant under this section for a metropolitan area 
        unless the area has a population of 500,000 or more individuals.

        (B) Limitation

            Subparagraph (A) does not apply to any metropolitan area 
        that was an eligible area under this part for fiscal year 1995 
        or any prior fiscal year.

                      (2) Geographic boundaries

        For purposes of eligibility under this part, the boundaries of 
    each metropolitan area are the boundaries that were in effect for 
    the area for fiscal year 1994.

(d) Continued status as eligible area

    Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a metropolitan 
area that was an eligible area under this part for fiscal year 1996 is 
an eligible area for fiscal year 1997 and each subsequent fiscal year.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXVI, Sec. 2601, as added Pub. L. 101-381, 
title I, Sec. 101(3), Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 576; amended Pub. L. 102-
531, title III, Sec. 312(d)(25), Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3505; Pub. L. 
104-146, Secs. 3(a)(1), (2), 12(c)(1), May 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1346, 
1373.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 2601 of act July 1, 1944, was successively 
renumbered by subsequent acts and transferred, see section 238 of this 
title.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-146, Sec. 12(c)(1), inserted 
``section'' before ``300ff-14''.
    Pub. L. 104-146, Sec. 3(a)(1)(B), substituted ``metropolitan area 
for which there has been reported to the Director of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention a cumulative total of more than 2,000 
cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome for the most recent period 
of 5 calendar years for which such data are available.'' for 
``metropolitan area for which, as of June 30, 1990, in the case of 
grants for fiscal year 1991, and as of March 31 of the most recent 
fiscal year for which such data is available in the case of a grant for 
any subsequent fiscal year--
        ``(1) there has been reported to and confirmed by the Director 
    of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention a cumulative total 
    of more than 2,000 cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome; or
        ``(2) the per capita incidence of cumulative cases of such 
    syndrome (computed on the basis of the most recently available data 
    on the population of the area) is not less than 0.0025.''
    Pub. L. 104-146, Sec. 3(a)(1)(A), substituted ``subject to 
subsections (b) through (d)'' for ``subject to subsection (b)''.
    Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 104-146, Sec. 3(a)(2), added subsecs. (c) 
and (d).
    1992--Subsecs. (a)(1), (b). Pub. L. 102-531 substituted ``Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention'' for ``Centers for Disease 
Control''.


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Section 13 of Pub. L. 104-146 provided that:
    ``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act 
[enacting sections 300ff-27a, 300ff-31, 300ff-33 to 300ff-37, 300ff-77, 
300ff-78, and 300ff-101 of this title, amending this section and 
sections 294n, 300d, 300ff-12 to 300ff-17, 300ff-21 to 300ff-23, 300ff-
26 to 300ff-29, 300ff-47 to 300ff-49, 300ff-51, 300ff-52, 300ff-54, 
300ff-55, 300ff-64, 300ff-71, 300ff-74, 300ff-76, and 300ff-84 of this 
title, transferring section 294n of this title to section 300ff-111 of 
this title, repealing sections 300ff-18 and 300ff-30 of this title, and 
enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 201, 300cc, and 
300ff-33 of this title and section 4103 of Title 5, Government 
Organization and Employees], and the amendments made by this Act, shall 
become effective on October 1, 1996.
    ``(b) Exception.--The amendments made by sections 3(a), 5, 6, and 7 
of this Act to sections 2601(c), 2601(d), 2603(a), 2618(b), 2626, 2677, 
and 2691 of the Public Health Service Act [sections 300ff-11(c), (d), 
300ff-13(a), 300ff-28(b), 300ff-34, 300ff-77, and 300ff-101 of this 
title], shall become effective on the date of enactment of this Act [May 
20, 1996].''


               Study Regarding HIV Disease in Rural Areas

    Section 403 of Pub. L. 101-381 provided that:
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services, after 
consultation with the Director of the Office of Rural Health Policy, 
shall--
        ``(1) conduct a study for the purpose of estimating the 
    incidence and prevalence in rural areas of cases of acquired immune 
    deficiency syndrome and cases of infection with the etiologic agent 
    for such syndrome; and
        ``(2) in carrying out such study, determine the adequacy in 
    rural areas of services for diagnosing such cases and providing 
    treatment for such cases that are in the early stages of infection.
    ``(b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act [Aug. 18, 1990], the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall complete the study required under subsection (a) and prepare and 
submit, to the appropriate committees of Congress a report describing 
the findings made as a result of such study.
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section, such sums as may be necessary 
for each of the fiscal years 1991 through 1995.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 300ff-12, 300ff-13, 300ff-
14, 300ff-15, 300ff-16, 300ff-17 of this title.
