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        <dc:title>PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT</dc:title>
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        <containsShortTitle>Public Health Service Act-TITLE X (Population Research and Voluntary Family Planning Programs)</containsShortTitle>
        <containsShortTitle>Public Health Service Act</containsShortTitle>
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        <congress>78</congress>
        <approvedDate>1944-07-01</approvedDate>
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        <property style="-uslm-dtd:comp-short-title" role="compShortTitle">PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT</property>
        <editionNote style="-uslm-dtd:updated-through-note">[As Amended Through <currentThroughPublicLaw>P.L. 112–240</currentThroughPublicLaw>, Enacted <date date="2013-01-02">January 2, 2013</date>]</editionNote>
        <explanationNote style="-uslm-dtd:explanatory-note"><b>[</b>Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of title X of Chapter 373 of the 78th Congress. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/<b>]</b></explanationNote>
        <explanationNote style="-uslm-dtd:explanatory-note"><b>[</b>Note: While this publication does  not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).<b>]</b></explanationNote>
        <explanationNote style="-uslm-dtd:explanatory-note"><b>[</b>References in brackets<editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:legis-comment"><b>[</b><b>]</b></editorialNote> are to title 42, United States Code<b>]</b></explanationNote>
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        <title style="-uslm-dtd:title; -uslm-dtd-nonstandard:all-cap 10 no-bold" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX" styleType="nonstandard">
            <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="X">TITLE X—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">POPULATION RESEARCH AND VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS </heading>
            <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1001" styleType="traditional">
                <heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">project grants and contracts for family planning services </heading>
                <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1001">Sec. 1001. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b>300<b>]</b> </editorialNote><subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1001/a" styleType="OLC" class="inline"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary is authorized to make grants to and enter into contracts with public or nonprofit private entities to assist in the establishment and operation of voluntary family planning projects which shall offer a broad range of acceptable and effective family planning methods and services (including natural family planning methods, infertility services, and services for adolescents). To the extent practicable, entities which receive grants or contracts under this subsection shall encourage familiy<ref style="-uslm-dtd:footnote-ref" idref="IDDC1D8A03337C4D47A72B9B9C2093AD73" class="footnoteRef">1</ref> participation in projects assisted under this subsection.</content><footnote id="IDDC1D8A03337C4D47A72B9B9C2093AD73" style="-uslm-dtd:footnote"><sup style="-uslm-dtd:superscript">1</sup><p style="-uslm-dtd:para; margin-left:1em">So in law. See section 931(b)(1) of Public Law 97–35 (95 Stat. 570). Probably should be “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">family</quotedText>”.</p></footnote></subsection>
                <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1001/b" styleType="OLC">
                    <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In making grants and contracts under this section the Secretary shall take into account the number of patients to be served, the extent to which family planning services are needed locally, the relative need of the applicant, and its capacity to make rapid and effective use of such assistance. Local and regional entities shall be assured the right to apply for direct grants and contracts under this section, and the Secretary shall by regulation fully provide for and protect such right.</content>
                </subsection>
                <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1001/c" styleType="OLC">
                    <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary, at the request of a recipient of a grant under subsection (a), may reduce the amount of such grant by the fair market value of any supplies or equipment furnished the grant recipient by the Secretary. The amount by which any such grant is so reduced shall be available for payment by the Secretary of the costs incurred in furnishing the supplies or equipment on which the reduction of such grant is based. Such amount shall be deemed as part of the grant and shall be deemed to have been paid to the grant recipient.</content>
                </subsection>
                <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1001/d" styleType="OLC">
                    <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">For the purpose of making grants and contracts under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971; $60,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972; $111,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973; $111,500,000 each for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1974, and June 30, 1975; $115,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; $115,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977; $136,400,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978; $200,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979; $230,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980; $264,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981; $126,510,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982; $139,200,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983; $150,030,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984; and $158,400,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985.</content>
                </subsection>
            </section>
            <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1002" styleType="traditional">
                <heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">formula grants to states for family planning services </heading>
                <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1002">Sec. 1002. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b>300a<b>]</b> </editorialNote><subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1002/a" styleType="OLC" class="inline"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary is authorized to make grants, from allotments made under subsection (b), to State health authorities to assist in planning, establishing, maintaining, coordinating, and evaluating family planning services. No grant may be made to a State health authority under this section unless such authority has submitted, and had approved by the Secretary, a State plan for a coordinated and comprehensive program of family planning services.</content></subsection>
                <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1002/b" styleType="OLC">
                    <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The sums appropriated to carry out the provisions of this section shall be allotted to the States by the Secretary on the basis of the population and the financial need of the respective States.</content>
                </subsection>
                <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1002/c" styleType="OLC">
                    <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">For the purposes of this section, the term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">State</term>” includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the District of Columbia, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.</content>
                </subsection>
                <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1002/d" styleType="OLC">
                    <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">For the purpose of making grants under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971; $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972; and $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973.</content>
                </subsection>
            </section>
            <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1003" styleType="traditional">
                <heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">training grants and contracts </heading>
                <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1003">Sec. 1003. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b>300a–1<b>]</b> </editorialNote><subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1003/a" styleType="OLC" class="inline"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary is authorized to make grants to public or nonprofit private entities and to enter into contracts with public or private entities and individuals to provide the training for personnel to carry out family planning service programs described in section 1001 or 1002.</content></subsection>
                <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1003/b" styleType="OLC">
                    <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">For the purpose of making payments pursuant to grants and contracts under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971; $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972; $4,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973; and $3,000,000 each for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1974, and June 30, 1975; $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977; $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978; $3,100,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979; $3,600,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980; $4,100,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981; $2,920,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982; $3,200,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983; $3,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984; and $3,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985.</content>
                </subsection>
            </section>
            <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1004" styleType="traditional">
                <heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">research </heading>
                <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1004">Sec. 1004. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b>300a–2<b>]</b> </editorialNote><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary may—</chapeau>
                <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1004/1" styleType="OLC">
                    <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">conduct, and</content>
                </paragraph>
                <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1004/2" styleType="OLC">
                    <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">make grants to public or nonprofit private entities and enter into contracts with public or private entities and individuals for projects for,</content>
                </paragraph><continuation style="-uslm-dtd:continuation-text" role="section">research in the biomedical, contraceptive development, behavioral, and program implementation fields related to family planning and population.</continuation>
            </section>
            <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1005" styleType="traditional">
                <heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">informational and educational materials </heading>
                <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1005">Sec. 1005. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b>300a–3<b>]</b> </editorialNote><subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1005/a" styleType="OLC" class="inline"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary is authorized to make grants to public or nonprofit private entities and to enter into contracts with public or private entities and individuals to assist in developing and making available family planning and population growth information (including educational materials) to all persons desiring such information (or materials).</content></subsection>
                <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1005/b" styleType="OLC">
                    <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">For the purpose of making payments pursuant to grants and contracts under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $750,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971; $1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972; $1,250,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973; $909,000 each for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1974, and June 30, 1975; $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; $2,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977; $600,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978; $700,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979; $805,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980; $926,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981; $570,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982; $600,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983; $670,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984; and $700,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985.</content>
                </subsection>
            </section>
            <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1006" styleType="traditional">
                <heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">regulations and payments </heading>
                <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1006">Sec. 1006. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b>300a–4<b>]</b> </editorialNote><subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1006/a" styleType="OLC" class="inline"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Grants and contracts made under this title shall be made in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may promulgate. The amount of any grant under any section of this title shall be determined by the Secretary; except that no grant under any such section for any program or project for a fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1975, may be made for less than 90 per centum of its costs (as determined under regulations of the Secretary) unless the grant is to be made for a program or project for which a grant was made (under the same section) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, for less than 90 per centum of its costs (as so determined), in which case a grant under such section for that program or project for a fiscal year beginning after that date may be made for a percentage which shall not be less than the percentage of its costs for which the fiscal year 1975 grant was made.</content></subsection>
                <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1006/b" styleType="OLC">
                    <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Grants under this title shall be payable in such installments and subject to such conditions as the Secretary may determine to be appropriate to assure that such grants will be effectively utilized for the purposes for which made.</content>
                </subsection>
                <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1006/c" styleType="OLC">
                    <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">A grant may be made or contract entered into under section 1001 or 1002 for a family planning service project or program only upon assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that—</chapeau>
                    <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1006/c/1" styleType="OLC">
                        <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">priority will be given in such project or program to the furnishing of such services to persons from low-income families; and</content>
                    </paragraph>
                    <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1006/c/2" styleType="OLC">
                        <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">no charge will be made in such project or program for services provided to any person from a low-income family except to the extent that payment will be made by a third party (including a government agency) which is authorized or is under legal obligation to pay such charge.</content>
                    </paragraph><continuation style="-uslm-dtd:continuation-text" role="subsection">For purposes of this subsection, the term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">low-income family</term>” shall be defined by the Secretary in accordance with such criteria as he may prescribe so as to insure that economic status shall not be a deterrent to participation in the programs assisted under this title.</continuation>
                </subsection>
                <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1006/d" styleType="OLC">
                    <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d)</num><paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1006/d/1" styleType="OLC" class="inline"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">A grant may be made or a contract entered into under section 1001 or 1005 only upon assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that informational or educational materials developed or made available under the grant or contract will be suitable for the purposes of this title and for the population or community to which they are to be made available, taking into account the educational and cultural background of the individuals to whom such materials are addressed and the standards of such population or community with respect to such materials.</content></paragraph>
                    <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1006/d/2" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1">
                        <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In the case of any grant or contract under section 1001, such assurances shall provide for the review and approval of the suitability of such materials, prior to their distribution, by an advisory committee established by the grantee or contractor in accordance with the Secretary's regulations. Such a committee shall include individuals broadly representative of the population or community to which the materials are to be made available.</content>
                    </paragraph>
                </subsection>
            </section>
            <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1007" styleType="traditional">
                <heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">voluntary participation </heading>
                <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1007">Sec. 1007. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b>300a–5<b>]</b> </editorialNote><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The acceptance by any individual of family planning services or family planning or population growth information (including educational materials) provided through financial assistance under this title (whether by grant or contract) shall be voluntary and shall not be a prerequisite to eligibility for or receipt of any other service or assistance from, or to participation in, any other program of the entity or individual that provided such service or information.</content>
            </section>
            <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/78/373/tX/s1008" styleType="traditional">
                <heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">prohibition of abortion </heading>
                <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1008">Sec. 1008.<ref style="-uslm-dtd:footnote-ref" idref="ID6152326147C84B238057D3EA60A1FBEB" class="footnoteRef">2</ref> </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b>300a–6<b>]</b> </editorialNote><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">None of the funds appropriated under this title shall be used in programs where abortion is a method of family planning.</content><footnote id="ID6152326147C84B238057D3EA60A1FBEB" style="-uslm-dtd:footnote"><sup style="-uslm-dtd:superscript">2</sup><p style="-uslm-dtd:para; margin-left:1em">Section 1009 was repealed by section 601(a)(1)(G) of Public Law 105–362 (112 Stat. 3285).</p></footnote>
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