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PUBLIC LAW 97-000—MMMM. DD, 1981

95 STAT. 546

Ante, p. 535, 42* n'<?r 7m use 701.

PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981 Amounts provided for the activities referred to in the preceding sentence may also be used for related planning, administration, and educational activities. "(2) The Secretary may provide technical assistance to States in planning and operating activities to be carried out under this part. "(b) A State may not use amounts paid to it under section 1913 to— "(1) provide inpatient services in the case of amounts provided for community mental health centers or provide inpatient hospital services in the case of amounts provided for alcohol or drug abuse programs, "(2) make cash payments to intended recipients of health services, "(3) purchase or improve land, purchase, construct, or permanently improve (other than minor remodeling) any building or other facility, or purchase major medical equipment, "(4) satisfy any requirement for the expenditure of nonFederal funds as a condition for the receipt of Federal funds, or "(5) provide financial assistance to any entity other than a public or nonprofit private entity. The Secretary may waive the limitation contained in paragraph (3) upon the request of a State if the Secretary finds that there are extraordinary circumstances to justify the waiver and that granting the waiver will assist in carrying out this part. "(c) A State may transfer not more than 7 percent of the amount allotted to the State under section 1912 for any fiscal year for use by the State under parts A and C of this title and title V of the Social Security Act in such fiscal year as follows: At any time in the first three quarters of the fiscal year a State may transfer not more than 3 percent of the allotment of the State for the fiscal year for such use, and in the last quarter of a fiscal year a State may transfer for such use not more than the remainder of the amount of its allotment which may be transferred. "(d) Of the amount paid to any State under section 1913, not more than 10 percent may be used for administering the funds made available under such section. The State will pay from non-Federal sources the remaining costs of administering such funds. "APPLICATION AND DESCRIPTION OP ACTIVITIES

42 USC 300x-4.

"SEC. 1915. (a) In order to receive an allotment for a fiscal year under section 1912(b) each State shall submit an application to the Secretary. Each such application shall be in such form and submitted by such date as the Secretary shall require. Each such application shall contain assurances that the legislature of the State has complied with the provisions of subsection (b) and that the State will meet the requirements of subsection (c). "(b) After the expiration of the first fiscal year in which a State receives an allotment under section 1912(b), no funds shall be allotted to such State for any fiscal year under such section unless the legislature of the State conducts public hearings on the proposed use and distribution of funds to be provided under section 1913 for such fiscal year. "(c) As part of the annual application required by subsection (a), the chief executive officer of each State shall certify as follows: "(1) The State agrees to use the funds alloted to it under section 1912 in accordance with the requirements of this part. "(2) Except as provided in subsection (e), for fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984, the State agrees to make grants, subject to