42 USC 254 - Grants to State Offices of Rural Health

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§ 254r. Grants to State Offices of Rural Health

(a) In general

(b) Requirement of matching funds

(1) In general

(2) Waiver or reduction

(3) Determination of amount of non-Federal contribution

(1) maintaining within the State office of rural health a clearinghouse for collecting and disseminating information on—

(A) rural health care issues;

(B) research findings relating to rural health care; and

(2) coordinating the activities carried out in the State that relate to rural health care, including providing coordination for the purpose of avoiding redundancy in such activities; and

(3) identifying Federal and State programs regarding rural health, and providing technical assistance to public and nonprofit private entities regarding participation in such programs.

(d) Requirement regarding annual budget for office

(e) Certain uses of funds

(1) RestrictionsThe Secretary may not make a grant under subsection (a) unless the State office of rural health involved agrees that the grant will not be expended—

(A) to provide health care (including providing cash payments regarding such care);

(B) to conduct activities for which Federal funds are expended—

(i) within the State to provide technical and other nonfinancial assistance under section 254c(f) of this title;

(ii) under a memorandum of agreement entered into with the State office of rural health under section 254c(h) of this title; or

(iii) under a grant under section 254q–1 of this title;

(C) to purchase medical equipment, to purchase ambulances, aircraft, or other vehicles, or to purchase major communications equipment;

(D) to purchase or improve real property; or

(E) to carry out any activity regarding a certificate of need.

(2) AuthoritiesActivities for which a State office of rural health may expend a grant under subsection (a) include—

(A) paying the costs of maintaining an office of rural health for purposes of subsection (a);

(B) subject to paragraph (1)(B)(iii), paying the costs of any activity carried out with respect to recruiting and retaining health professionals to serve in rural areas of the State; and

(C) providing grants and contracts to public and nonprofit private entities to carry out activities authorized in this section.

(3) Limit on indirect costs

(f) ReportsThe Secretary may not make a grant under subsection (a) unless the State office of rural health involved agrees—

(1) to submit to the Secretary reports or performance data containing such information as the Secretary may require regarding activities carried out under this section; and

(2) to submit such a report or performance data not later than September 30 of each fiscal year immediately following any fiscal year for which the State office of rural health has received such a grant.

(g) Requirement of application

(h) Noncompliance

(i) Authorization of appropriations

(1) In general

(2) Availability

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 338J, as added Pub. L. 101–597, title III, § 302, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3032; amended Pub. L. 105–392, title III, § 301, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3585; Pub. L. 115–408, § 2, Dec. 31, 2018, 132 Stat. 5384; Pub. L. 117–356, § 2, Jan. 5, 2023, 136 Stat. 6282.)