---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 290cc–27"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "290cc–27"
heading: "Description of intended expenditures of grant"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/290cc-27"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter III–A — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration"
  - "Part C — Projects for Assistance in Transition From Homelessness"
---

# §290cc–27. Description of intended expenditures of grant

- (a) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) may not make payments under [section 290cc–21 of this title](/usc/42/290cc–21.md) unless—
  - (1) as part of the application required in [section 290cc–29 of this title](/usc/42/290cc–29.md), the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) involved submits to the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) a description of the intended use for the fiscal year of the amounts for which the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) is applying pursuant to such section;
  - (2) such description identifies the geographic areas within the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) in which the greatest numbers of [homeless individuals](/usc/42/290cc–34.md?p=2) with a need for mental health, substance use disorder, and housing [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) are located;
  - (3) such description provides information relating to the [programs](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) and activities to be supported and [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) to be provided, including information relating to coordinating such [programs](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) and activities with any similar [programs](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) and activities of public and private entities; and
  - (4) the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) agrees that such description will be revised throughout the year as may be necessary to reflect substantial changes in the [programs](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) and activities assisted by the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) pursuant to [section 290cc–22 of this title](/usc/42/290cc–22.md).
- (b) **Opportunity for public comment—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) may not make payments under [section 290cc–21 of this title](/usc/42/290cc–21.md) unless the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) involved agrees that, in developing and carrying out the description required in [subsection (a)](#a), the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) will provide public notice with respect to the description (including any revisions) and such opportunities as may be necessary to provide interested persons, such as [family members](/usc/42/300gg–91.md?p=d-15), consumers, and mental health, substance use disorder, and housing [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1), an opportunity to present comments and recommendations with respect to the description.
- (c) **Relationship to State comprehensive mental health services plan—**
  - (1) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) may not make payments under [section 290cc–21 of this title](/usc/42/290cc–21.md) unless the [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) to be provided pursuant to the description required in [subsection (a)](#a) are consistent with the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) comprehensive mental health [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) plan required in subpart 2[^1] of part B of subchapter XVII.
  - (2) **Special rule—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) may not make payments under [section 290cc–21 of this title](/usc/42/290cc–21.md) unless the [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) to be provided pursuant to the description required in [subsection (a)](#a) have been considered in the preparation of, have been included in, and are consistent with, the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) comprehensive mental health [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) plan referred to in [paragraph (1)](#c-1).

## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title V, § 527, as added Pub. L. 100–77, title VI, § 611(3), July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 520; amended Pub. L. 101–645, title V, § 511, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4730; Pub. L. 114–255, div. B, title IX, § 9004(c), Dec. 13, 2016, 130 Stat. 1238.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Subpart 2 of part B of subchapter XVII, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), which related to State comprehensive mental health services plans and which was classified to section 300x–10 et seq. of this title, was repealed by Pub. L. 102–321, title II, § 201(2), July 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 378, and a new subpart 2 of part B of subchapter XVII of this chapter, relating to block grants for prevention and treatment of substance abuse, was added by section 202 of Pub. L. 102–321 and classified to section 300x–21 et seq. of this title.

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 527 of act July 1, 1944, was renumbered section 548 by section 611(2) of Pub. L. 100–77 and is classified to section 290ee–3 of this title.

### Amendments

2016—Subsecs. (a)(2), (b). Pub. L. 114–255 substituted “substance use disorder” for “substance abuse”.

1990—Pub. L. 101–645 amended section generally, substituting provisions relating to description of intended expenditures of grant for provisions relating to requirement of reports by States.