--- kind: "section" citation: "42 U.S.C. § 300ff–81" title: "42" title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare" number: "300ff–81" heading: "Coordination" release: "119-102" date: "2026-07-12" url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/300ff-81" units: - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service" - "Subchapter XXIV — Hiv Health Care Services Program" - "Part E — General Provisions" --- # §300ff–81. Coordination - (a) **Requirement—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) shall ensure that the Health Resources and [Services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health [Services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) Administration, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid [Services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) coordinate the planning, funding, and implementation of Federal [HIV](/usc/42/300ff–88.md?p=6) [programs](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) (including all minority [AIDS](/usc/42/300ff–88.md?p=1) initiatives of the Public Health [Service](/usc/42/201.md?p=a), including under [section 300ff–121 of this title](/usc/42/300ff–121.md)) to enhance the continuity of care and [prevention services](/usc/42/300z–1.md?p=a-8) for individuals with [HIV/AIDS](/usc/42/300ff–88.md?p=7-A) or those at risk of such disease. The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) shall consult with other Federal [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1), including the Department of Veterans Affairs, as needed and utilize planning information submitted to such [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) by the [States](/usc/42/300ff–88.md?p=11-A) and entities eligible for assistance under this subchapter. - (b) **Report—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) shall biennially prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of the Congress a report concerning the coordination efforts at the Federal, [State](/usc/42/300ff–88.md?p=11-A), and local levels described in this section, including a description of Federal barriers to [HIV](/usc/42/300ff–88.md?p=6) [program](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) integration and a strategy for eliminating such barriers and enhancing the continuity of care and [prevention services](/usc/42/300z–1.md?p=a-8) for individuals with [HIV/AIDS](/usc/42/300ff–88.md?p=7-A) or those at risk of such disease. - (c) **Integration by State—** As a condition of receipt of funds under this subchapter, a [State](/usc/42/300ff–88.md?p=11-A) shall provide assurances to the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) that health support [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) funded under this subchapter will be integrated with other such [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a), that [programs](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) will be coordinated with other available [programs](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) (including Medicaid), and that the continuity of care and [prevention services](/usc/42/300z–1.md?p=a-8) of individuals with [HIV/AIDS](/usc/42/300ff–88.md?p=7-A) is enhanced. - (d) **Integration by local or private entities—** As a condition of receipt of funds under this subchapter, a local government or private [nonprofit](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=3) entity shall provide assurances to the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) that [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) funded under this subchapter will be integrated with other such [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a), that [programs](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) will be coordinated with other available [programs](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) (including Medicaid), and that the continuity of care and [prevention services](/usc/42/300z–1.md?p=a-8) of individuals with [HIV](/usc/42/300ff–88.md?p=6) is enhanced. ## Source credit (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXVI, § 2681, as added and amended Pub. L. 109–415, title V, § 501, title VII, § 703, Dec. 19, 2006, 120 Stat. 2812, 2820; Pub. L. 111–87, § 2(a)(1), (3)(A), Oct. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 2885.) ## Notes ### Editorial Notes ### Prior Provisions A prior section 300ff–81, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXVI, § 2681, as added Pub. L. 101–381, title IV, § 411(a), Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 623, related to development and dissemination of list of infectious diseases, prior to the general amendment of this part by Pub. L. 109–415. ### Amendments 2009—Pub. L. 111–87 repealed Pub. L. 109–415, § 703, and revived the provisions of this section as in effect on Sept. 30, 2009. See 2006 Amendment note and Effective Date of 2009 Amendment; Revival of Section note below. 2006—Pub. L. 109–415, § 703, which directed repeal of this section effective Oct. 1, 2009, was itself repealed by Pub. L. 111–87, § 2(a)(1), effective Sept. 30, 2009. ### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries ### Effective Date of 2009 Amendment; Revival of Section For provisions that repeal by section 2(a)(1) of Pub. L. 111–87 of section 703 of Pub. L. 109–415 be effective Sept. 30, 2009, and that the provisions of this section as in effect on Sept. 30, 2009, be revived, see section 2(a)(2), (3)(A) of Pub. L. 111–87, set out as a note under section 300ff–11 of this title.