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[CITE: 42USC300x-53]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
                      SUBCHAPTER XVII--BLOCK GRANTS
 
    Part B--Block Grants Regarding Mental Health and Substance Abuse
 
                     subpart iii--general provisions
 
Sec. 300x-53. Additional requirements


(a) In general

    A funding agreement for a grant under section 300x or 300x-21 of 
this title is that the State involved will--
        (1)(A) for the fiscal year for which the grant involved is 
    provided, provide for independent peer review to assess the quality, 
    appropriateness, and efficacy of treatment services provided in the 
    State to individuals under the program involved; and
        (B) ensure that, in the conduct of such peer review, not fewer 
    than 5 percent of the entities providing services in the State under 
    such program are reviewed (which 5 percent is representative of the 
    total population of such entities);
        (2) permit and cooperate with Federal investigations undertaken 
    in accordance with section 300x-55 of this title; and
        (3) provide to the Secretary any data required by the Secretary 
    pursuant to section 290aa-4 of this title and will cooperate with 
    the Secretary in the development of uniform criteria for the 
    collection of data pursuant to such section.

(b) Patient records

    The Secretary may make a grant under section 300x or 300x-21 of this 
title only if the State involved has in effect a system to protect from 
inappropriate disclosure patient records maintained by the State in 
connection with an activity funded under the program involved or by any 
entity which is receiving amounts from the grant.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, Sec. 1943, as added Pub. L. 102-321, 
title II, Sec. 203(a), July 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 404; amended Pub. L. 
102-352, Sec. 2(a)(12), Aug. 26, 1992, 106 Stat. 939.)


                               Amendments

    1992--Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 102-352 substituted ``section 290aa-4 
of this title'' for ``section 290bb-21 of this title''.


                    Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 102-352 effective immediately upon effectuation 
of amendment made by Pub. L. 102-321, see section 3(1) of Pub. L. 102-
352, set out as a note under section 285n of this title.
