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42 U.S.C. § 712 — Services to individuals with a postpartum condition and their families

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42 U.S.C. § 712 — Services to individuals with a postpartum condition and their families

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**(a) In general** In addition to any other payments made under this subchapter to a State, the Secretary may make grants to eligible entities for projects for the establishment, operation, and coordination of effective and cost-efficient systems for the delivery of essential services to individuals with or at risk for postpartum conditions and their families. **(b) Certain activities** To the extent practicable and appropriate, the Secretary shall ensure that projects funded under subsection (a) provide education and services with respect to the diagnosis and management of postpartum conditions for individuals with or at risk for postpartum conditions and their families. The Secretary may allow such projects to include the following: (1) Delivering or enhancing outpatient and home-based health and support services, including case management and comprehensive treatment services. (2) Delivering or enhancing inpatient care management services that ensure the well-being of the mother and family and the future development of the infant. (3) Improving the quality, availability, and organization of health care and support services (including transportation services, attendant care, homemaker services, day or respite care, and providing counseling on financial assistance and insurance). (4) Providing education about postpartum conditions to promote earlier diagnosis and treatment. Such education may include— (A) providing complete information on postpartum conditions, symptoms, methods of coping with the illness, and treatment resources; and (B) in the case of a grantee that is a State, hospital, or birthing facility— (i) providing education to new mothers and fathers, and other family members as appropriate, concerning postpartum conditions before new mothers leave the health facility; and (ii) ensuring that training programs regarding such education are carried out at the health facility. **(c) Integration with other programs** To the extent practicable and appropriate, the Secretary may integrate the grant program under this section with other grant programs carried out by the Secretary, including the program under [section 254b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254b&num=0&edition=prelim). **(d) Requirements** The Secretary shall establish requirements for grants made under this section that include a limit on the amount of grants funds that may be used for administration, accounting, reporting, or program oversight functions and a requirement for each eligible entity that receives a grant to submit, for each grant period, a report to the Secretary that describes how grant funds were used during such period. **(e) Technical assistance** The Secretary may provide technical assistance to entities seeking a grant under this section in order to assist such entities in complying with the requirements of this section. **(f) Application of other provisions of subchapter** (1) **In general** — Except as provided in paragraph (2), the other provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to a grant made under this section. (2) **Exceptions** — The following provisions of this subchapter shall apply to a grant made under this section to the same extent and in the same manner as such provisions apply to allotments made under [section 702(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section702/c&num=0&edition=prelim): (A) [Section 704(b)(6) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section704/b/6&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to prohibition on payments to excluded individuals and entities). (B) [Section 704(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section704/c&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to the use of funds for the purchase of technical assistance). (C) [Section 704(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section704/d&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to a limitation on administrative expenditures). (D) [Section 706 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section706&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to reports and audits), but only to the extent determined by the Secretary to be appropriate for grants made under this section. (E) [Section 707 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section707&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to penalties for false statements). (F) [Section 708 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section708&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to nondiscrimination). (G) [Section 709(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section709/a&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to the administration of the grant program). **(g) Definitions** In this section: (1) The term “eligible entity”— (A) means a public or nonprofit private entity; and (B) includes a State or local government, public-private partnership, recipient of a grant under [section 254c–8 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254c-8&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to the Healthy Start Initiative), public or nonprofit private hospital, community-based organization, hospice, ambulatory care facility, community health center, migrant health center, public housing primary care center, or homeless health center. (2) The term “postpartum condition” means postpartum depression or postpartum psychosis.

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42 U.S.C. § 704 — Use of allotment funds

**(a) Covered services** Except as otherwise provided under this section, a State may use amounts paid to it under [section 703 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section703&num=0&edition=prelim) for the provision of health services and related activities (including planning, administration, education, and evaluation and including payment of salaries and other related expenses of National Health Service Corps personnel) consistent with its application transmitted under [section 705(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section705/a&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b) Restrictions** Amounts described in subsection (a) may not be used for— (1) inpatient services, other than inpatient services provided to children with special health care needs or to high-risk pregnant women and infants and such other inpatient services as the Secretary may approve; (2) cash payments to intended recipients of health services; (3) the purchase or improvement of land, the purchase, construction, or permanent improvement (other than minor remodeling) of any building or other facility, or the purchase of major medical equipment; (4) satisfying any requirement for the expenditure of non-Federal funds as a condition for the receipt of Federal funds; (5) providing funds for research or training to any entity other than a public or nonprofit private entity; or (6) payment for any item or service (other than an emergency item or service) furnished— (A) by an individual or entity during the period when such individual or entity is excluded under this subchapter or subchapter XVIII, XIX, or XX pursuant to section 1320a–7, 1320a–7a, 1320c–5, or 1395u(j)(2) of this title, or (B) at the medical direct

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42 U.S.C. § 706 — Administrative and fiscal accountability

**(a) Annual reporting requirements; form, etc.** (1) Each State shall prepare and submit to the Secretary annual reports on its activities under this subchapter. Each such report shall be prepared by, or in consultation with, the State maternal and child health agency. In order properly to evaluate and to compare the performance of different States assisted under this subchapter and to assure the proper expenditure of funds under this subchapter, such reports shall be in such standardized form and contain such information (including information described in paragraph (2)) as the Secretary determines (after consultation with the States) to be necessary (A) to secure an accurate description of those activities, (B) to secure a complete record of the purposes for which funds were spent, of the recipients of such funds,,11 So in original. (C) to describe the extent to which the State has met the goals and objectives it set forth under [section 705(a)(2)(B)(i) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section705/a/2/B/i&num=0&edition=prelim) and the national health objectives referred to in [section 701(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section701/a&num=0&edition=prelim), and (D) to determine the extent to which funds were expended consistent with the State’s application transmitted under [section 705(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section705/a&num=0&edition=prelim). Copies of the report shall be provided, upon request, to any interested public agency, and each such agency may provide its views on these reports to the Congress. (2) Each annual report under paragraph (1) shall include the following information: (A) (

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42 U.S.C. § 254b — Health centers

**(a) “Health center” defined** (1) **In general** — For purposes of this section, the term “health center” means an entity that serves a population that is medically underserved, or a special medically underserved population comprised of migratory and seasonal agricultural workers, the homeless, and residents of public housing, by providing, either through the staff and supporting resources of the center or through contracts or cooperative arrangements— (A) required primary health services (as defined in subsection (b)(1)); and (B) as may be appropriate for particular centers, additional health services (as defined in subsection (b)(2)) necessary for the adequate support of the primary health services required under subparagraph (A); for all residents of the area served by the center (hereafter referred to in this section as the “catchment area”). (2) **Limitation** — The requirement in paragraph (1) to provide services for all residents within a catchment area shall not apply in the case of a health center receiving a grant only under subsection (g), (h), or (i). **(b) Definitions** For purposes of this section: (1) **Required primary health services** (A) *In general* — The term “required primary health services” means— (i) basic health services which, for purposes of this section, shall consist of— (I) health services related to family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, or gynecology that are furnished by physicians and where appropriate, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurse midwives; (II) diagnostic laboratory and radiologic services; (III) preventive health services, including— (aa) prenatal and perinatal services; (bb) appropriate cancer screening; (cc) well-chil

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42 U.S.C. § 707 — Criminal penalty for false statements

**(a)** Whoever— (1) knowingly and willfully makes or causes to be made any false statement or representation of a material fact in connection with the furnishing of items or services for which payment may be made by a State from funds allotted to the State under this subchapter, or (2) having knowledge of the occurrence of any event affecting his initial or continued right to any such payment conceals or fails to disclose such event with an intent fraudulently to secure such payment either in a greater amount than is due or when no such payment is authorized, shall be fined not more than $25,000 or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both. **(b)** For civil monetary penalties for certain submissions of false claims, see [section 1320a–7a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1320a-7a&num=0&edition=prelim).

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42 U.S.C. § 708 — Nondiscrimination provisions

**(a) Federally funded activities** (1) For the purpose of applying the prohibitions against discrimination on the basis of age under the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 [[42 U.S.C. 6101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section6101&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], on the basis of handicap under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 [[29 U.S.C. 794](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section794&num=0&edition=prelim)], on the basis of sex under title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 [[20 U.S.C. 1681](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1681&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], or on the basis of race, color, or national origin under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 [[42 U.S.C. 2000d](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000d&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], programs and activities funded in whole or in part with funds made available under this subchapter are considered to be programs and activities receiving Federal financial assistance. (2) No person shall on the ground of sex or religion be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under, any program or activity funded in whole or in part with funds made available under this subchapter. **(b) Compliance** Whenever the Secretary finds that a State, or an entity that has received a payment from an allotment to a State under [section 702(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section702/c&num=0&edition=prelim), has failed to comply with a provision of law referred to in subsection (a)(1), with subsection (a)(2), or with an applicable regulation (including one p

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42 U.S.C. § 712 — Services to individuals with a postpartum

Page 2463 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 712 (4) for the acquisition by families served by programs under section 711 of this title of such technological means as are needed to conduct and support a virtual home visit; (5) to provide emergency supplies (such as diapers and diapering supplies including diaper wipes and diaper cream, necessary to ensure that a child using a diaper is properly cleaned and protected from diaper rash, formula, food, water, hand soap and hand sanitizer) to an eli- gible family (as defined in section 711(l)(2) of this title); (6) to coordinate with and provide reim- bursement for supplies to diaper banks when using such entities to provide emergency sup- plies specified in paragraph (5); or (7) to provide prepaid grocery cards to an eli- gible family (as defined in section 711(l)(2) of this title) participating in the maternal, in- fant, and early childhood home visiting pro- gram under section 711 of this title for the pur- pose of enabling the family to meet the emer- gency needs of the family. (Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title V, § 511A, as added Pub. L. 117–2, title IX, § 9101, Mar. 11, 2021, 135 Stat. 123; amended Pub. L. 117–328, div. FF, title VI, § 6101(f)(2)(B), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5962.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2022—Subsec. (c)(5), (7). Pub. L. 117–328 substituted ‘‘section 711(l)(2)’’ for ‘‘section 711(k)(2)’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2022 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 117–328 effective Oct. 1, 2022, see section 6101(i)(1) of Pub. L. 117–328, set out as a note under section 711 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE Pub. L. 117–2, title IX, § 9101, Mar. 11, 2021, 135 Stat. 123, provided in part that this section is effective 1 day after the date of enactment of t

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