---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 254c–10"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "254c–10"
heading: "Certain requirements"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/254c-10"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter II — General Powers and Duties"
  - "Part D — Primary Health Care"
  - "Subpart i — health centers"
---

# §254c–10. Certain requirements


A grant may be made under [section 254c–9 of this title](/usc/42/254c–9.md) only if the applicant involved makes the following agreements:

- (1) Not more than 5 percent of the grant will be used for administration, accounting, reporting, and [program](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) oversight functions.
- (2) The grant will be used to supplement and not supplant funds from other sources related to the [treatment](/usc/42/11851.md?p=11) of lupus.
- (3) The applicant will abide by any limitations deemed appropriate by the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) on any charges to individuals receiving [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) pursuant to the grant. As deemed appropriate by the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c), such limitations on charges may vary based on the financial circumstances of the individual receiving [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a).
- (4) The grant will not be expended to make payment for [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) authorized under [section 254c–9(a) of this title](/usc/42/254c–9.md?p=a) to the extent that payment has been made, or can reasonably be expected to be made, with respect to such [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a)—
  - (A) under any [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) compensation [program](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4), under an insurance policy, or under any Federal or [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) health benefits [program](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4); or
  - (B) by an entity that provides health [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) on a prepaid basis.
- (5) The applicant will, at each site at which the applicant provides [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) under [section 254c–9(a) of this title](/usc/42/254c–9.md?p=a), post a conspicuous notice informing individuals who receive the [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) of any Federal policies that apply to the applicant with respect to the imposition of charges on such individuals.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–505, title V, § 522, Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2344.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Lupus Research and Care Amendments of 2000, and also as part of the Public Health Improvement Act, and not as part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.