{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s300ff\u201383","title":42,"num":"\u00a7\u202f300ff\u201383.","heading":"Public health emergency","text":"\u00a7\u202f300ff\u201383.\nPublic health emergency\n(a)\nIn general\nIn an emergency area and during an emergency period, the Secretary shall have the authority to waive such requirements of this subchapter to improve the health and safety of those receiving care under this subchapter and the general public, except that the Secretary may not expend more than 5 percent of the funds allocated under this subchapter for sections 300ff\u201329a of this title and section\n1\n1 So in original. The word \u201csection\u201d probably should not appear.\n(b)\nEmergency area and emergency period\nIn this section:\n(1)\nEmergency area\nThe term \u201cemergency area\u201d means a geographic area in which there exists\u2014\n(A) an emergency or disaster declared by the President pursuant to the National Emergencies Act [\n50 U.S.C. 1601\n42 U.S.C. 5121\n(B) a public health emergency declared by the Secretary pursuant to\nsection 247d of this title\n(2)\nEmergency period\nThe term \u201cemergency period\u201d means the period in which there exists\u2014\n(A) an emergency or disaster declared by the President pursuant to the National Emergencies Act or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; or\n(B) a public health emergency declared by the Secretary pursuant to\nsection 247d of this title\n(c)\nUnobligated funds\nIf funds under a grant under this section are not expended for an emergency in the fiscal year in which the emergency is declared, such funds shall be returned to the Secretary for reallocation under sections 300ff\u201313(b) and 300ff\u201329a of this title.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t42/s300ff\u201383.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300ff\u201383","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f300ff\u201383."},{"t":"heading","text":"Public health emergency"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300ff\u201383/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In general"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"In an emergency area and during an emergency period, the Secretary shall have the authority to waive such requirements of this subchapter to improve the health and safety of those receiving care under this subchapter and the general public, except that the Secretary may not expend more than 5 percent of the funds allocated under this subchapter for sections 300ff\u201329a of this title and section\u202f","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"1"},{"t":"num","text":"1","tail":"\u202fSo in original. The word \u201csection\u201d probably should not appear."},{"t":"text","text":"\u202fSo in original. The word \u201csection\u201d probably should not appear.","tail":" 300ff\u201313(b) of this title."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300ff\u201383/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Emergency area and emergency period"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this section:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300ff\u201383/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Emergency area"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The term \u201cemergency area\u201d means a geographic area in which there exists\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300ff\u201383/b/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" an emergency or disaster declared by the President pursuant to the National Emergencies Act [","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"50 U.S.C. 1601","href":"/us/usc/t50/s1601","tail":" et seq.] or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ["},{"t":"ref","text":"42 U.S.C. 5121","href":"/us/usc/t42/s5121","tail":" et seq.]; or"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300ff\u201383/b/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" a public health emergency declared by the Secretary pursuant to ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 247d of this title","href":"/us/usc/t42/s247d","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300ff\u201383/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Emergency period"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The term \u201cemergency period\u201d means the period in which there exists\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300ff\u201383/b/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" an emergency or disaster declared by the President pursuant to the National Emergencies Act or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300ff\u201383/b/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" a public health emergency declared by the Secretary pursuant to ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 247d of this title","href":"/us/usc/t42/s247d","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300ff\u201383/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Unobligated funds"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"If funds under a grant under this section are not expended for an emergency in the fiscal year in which the emergency is declared, such funds shall be returned to the Secretary for reallocation under sections 300ff\u201313(b) and 300ff\u201329a of this title.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}