**(a) In general** For the purpose described in subsection (b), the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Center for Mental Health Services, shall make an allotment each fiscal year for each State in an amount determined in accordance with [section 300x–7 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section300x-7&num=0&edition=prelim). The Secretary shall make a grant to the State of the allotment made for the State for the fiscal year if the State submits to the Secretary an application in accordance with [section 300x–6 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section300x-6&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Purpose of grants** A funding agreement for a grant under subsection (a) is that, subject to [section 300x–5 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section300x-5&num=0&edition=prelim), the State involved will expend the grant only for the purpose of—
(1) providing community mental health services for adults with a serious mental illness and children with a serious emotional disturbance as defined in accordance with [section 300x–1(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section300x–1/c&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) carrying out the plan submitted under [section 300x–1(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section300x–1/a&num=0&edition=prelim) by the State for the fiscal year involved;
(3) evaluating programs and services carried out under the plan; and
(4) planning, administration, and educational activities related to providing services under the plan.
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**(a) In general** For the purpose described in subsection (b), the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Center for Mental Health Services, shall make an allotment each fiscal year for each State in an amount determined in accordance with [section 300x–7 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section300x-7&num=0&edition=prelim). The Secretary shall make a grant to the State of the allotment made for the State for the fiscal year if the State submits to the Secretary an application in accordance with [section 300x–6 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section300x-6&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Purpose of grants** A funding agreement for a grant under subsection (a) is that, subject to [section 300x–5 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section300x-5&num=0&edition=prelim), the State involved will expend the grant only for the purpose of—
(1) providing community mental health services for adults with a serious mental illness and children with a serious emotional disturbance as defined in accordance with [section 300x–1(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section300x–1/c&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) carrying out the plan submitted under [section 300x–1(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section300x–1/a&num=0&edition=prelim) by the State for the fiscal year involved;
(3) evaluating programs and services carried out under the plan; and
(4) planning, administration, and educational activities related to providing services under the plan.
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§ 300x. Formula grants to States
(a) In general
For the purpose described in subsection (b),
the Secretary, acting through the Director of
the Center for Mental Health Services, shall
make an allotment each fiscal year for each
State in an amount determined in accordance
with section 300x–7 of this title. The Secretary
shall make a grant to the State of the allotment
made for the State for the fiscal year if the
State submits to the Secretary an application in
accordance with section 300x–6 of this title.
(b) Purpose of grants
A funding agreement for a grant under sub-
section (a) is that, subject to section 300x–5 of
this title, the State involved will expend the
grant only for the purpose of—
(1) providing community mental health serv-
ices for adults with a serious mental illness
and children with a serious emotional disturb-
ance as defined in accordance with section
300x–1(c) of this title;
(2) carrying out the plan submitted under
section 300x–1(a) of this title by the State for
the fiscal year involved;
(3) evaluating programs and services carried
out under the plan; and
(4)
planning,
administration,
and
edu-
cational activities related to providing serv-
ices under the plan.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1911, as added
Pub. L. 102–321, title II, § 201(2), July 10, 1992, 106
Stat. 378; amended Pub. L. 114–255, div. B, title
VIII, § 8001(a), Dec. 13, 2016, 130 Stat. 1225.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 300x, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title
XIX, § 1911, as added Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97–35, title IX,
§ 901, 95 Stat. 543; amended Oct. 19, 1984, Pub. L. 98–509,
title I, §§ 101, 106(a), 98 Stat. 2353, 2358; Nov. 18, 1988,
Pub. L. 100–690, title II, § 2021, 102 Stat. 4194, authorized
appropriations in f