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[CITE: 42USC300ff-54]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
            SUBCHAPTER XXIV--HIV HEALTH CARE SERVICES PROGRAM
 
                   Part C--Early Intervention Services
 
                     subpart ii--categorical grants
 
Sec. 300ff-54. Miscellaneous provisions


(a) Services for individuals with hemophilia

    In making grants under section 300ff-51 of this title, the Secretary 
shall ensure that any such grants made regarding the provision of early 
intervention services to individuals with hemophilia are made through 
the network of comprehensive hemophilia diagnostic and treatment 
centers.

(b) Technical assistance

    The Secretary may, directly or through grants or contracts, provide 
technical assistance to nonprofit private entities regarding the process 
of submitting to the Secretary applications for grants under section 
300ff-51 of this title, and may provide technical assistance with 
respect to the planning, development, and operation of any program or 
service carried out pursuant to such section.

(c) Planning and development grants

                           (1) In general

        The Secretary may provide planning grants, in an amount not to 
    exceed $50,000 for each such grant, to public and nonprofit private 
    entities for the purpose of enabling such entities to provide HIV 
    early intervention services.

                           (2) Requirement

        The Secretary may only award a grant to an entity under 
    paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that the entity will use 
    such grant to assist the entity in qualifying for a grant under 
    section 300ff-51 of this title.

                           (3) Preference

        In awarding grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give 
    preference to entities that provide primary care services in rural 
    or underserved communities.

                           (4) Limitation

        Not to exceed 1 percent of the amount appropriated for a fiscal 
    year under section 300ff-55 of this title may be used to carry out 
    this section.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXVI, Sec. 2654, as added Pub. L. 101-381, 
title III, Sec. 301(a), Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 608; amended Pub. L. 
104-146, Sec. 3(d)(3), May 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1357.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-146 added subsec. (c).


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-146 effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 13 
of Pub. L. 104-146, set out as a note under section 300ff-11 of this 
title.
