---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 290aa–18"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "290aa–18"
heading: "Limitations on authority"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/290aa-18"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter III–A — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration"
  - "Part A — Organization and General Authorities"
---

# §290aa–18. Limitations on authority


In carrying out any [program](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health [Services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) Administration whose statutory authorization is enacted or amended by this title, the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) of Health and Human [Services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) shall not allocate funding, or require award recipients to prioritize, dedicate, or allocate funding, without consideration of the incidence, prevalence, or determinants of mental health or substance use issues, unless such [allocation](/usc/42/2021b.md?p=2) or requirement is consistent with statute, regulation, or other Federal law.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–328, div. FF, title I, § 1501, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5706.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This title, referred to in text, is title I of div. FF of Pub. L. 117–328, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5634. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables.

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022 and also as part of the Health Extenders, Improving Access to Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP, and Strengthening Public Health Act of 2022, and not as part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.