---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 300x–28"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "300x–28"
heading: "Additional agreements"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/300x-28"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter XVII — Block Grants"
  - "Part B — Block Grants Regarding Mental Health and Substance Use"
  - "Subpart ii — block grants for substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery services"
---

# §300x–28. Additional agreements

- (a) **Improvement of process for appropriate referrals for treatment—** With respect to individuals seeking [treatment services](/usc/42/300x–34.md?p=7), a [funding agreement](/usc/42/300x–8.md?p=2) for a grant under [section 300x–21 of this title](/usc/42/300x–21.md) is that the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) involved will improve the process in the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) for referring the individuals to [treatment facilities](/usc/42/300x–34.md?p=6) that can provide to the individuals the [treatment](/usc/42/11851.md?p=11) modality that is most appropriate for the individuals.
- (b) **Professional development—** A [funding agreement](/usc/42/300x–8.md?p=2) for a grant under [section 300x–21 of this title](/usc/42/300x–21.md) is that the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) involved will ensure that prevention, [treatment](/usc/42/11851.md?p=11), and recovery personnel operating in the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f)’s [substance use disorder](/usc/42/300x–34.md?p=4) prevention, [treatment](/usc/42/11851.md?p=11), and recovery systems have an opportunity to receive training, on an ongoing basis, concerning—
  - (1) recent trends in [substance use disorders](/usc/42/300x–34.md?p=4) in the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f);
  - (2) improved methods and evidence-based [practices](/usc/42/17061.md?p=19) for providing [substance use disorder](/usc/42/300x–34.md?p=4) prevention and [treatment services](/usc/42/300x–34.md?p=7);
  - (3) performance-based accountability;
  - (4) data collection and reporting requirements; and
  - (5) any other matters that would serve to further improve the delivery of [substance use disorder](/usc/42/300x–34.md?p=4) prevention and [treatment services](/usc/42/300x–34.md?p=7) within the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f).
- (c) **Coordination of various activities and services—** A [funding agreement](/usc/42/300x–8.md?p=2) for a grant under [section 300x–21 of this title](/usc/42/300x–21.md) is that the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) involved will coordinate prevention and [treatment activities](/usc/42/300x–34.md?p=5) with the provision of other appropriate [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) (including health, social, correctional and criminal justice, educational, vocational rehabilitation, and employment [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a)).
- (d) **Waiver of requirement—**
  - (1) **In general—** Upon the request of a [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f), the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) may provide to a [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) a waiver of any or all of the requirements established in this section if the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) determines that, with respect to [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) for the prevention and [treatment](/usc/42/11851.md?p=11) of [substance use disorders](/usc/42/300x–34.md?p=4), the requirement involved is unnecessary for maintaining quality in the provision of such [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) in the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f).
  - (2) **Date certain for acting upon request—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) shall approve or deny a request for a waiver under [paragraph (1)](#d-1) not later than 120 days after the date on which the request is made.
  - (3) **Applicability of waiver—** Any waiver provided by the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) under [paragraph (1)](#d-1) shall be applicable only to the fiscal year involved.

## Source credit

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1928, as added Pub. L. 102–321, title II, § 202, July 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 396; amended Pub. L. 106–310, div. B, title XXXIII, § 3303(f)(2)(B), Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1211; Pub. L. 114–255, div. B, title VIII, § 8002(e), Dec. 13, 2016, 130 Stat. 1230.)

## Notes

### Repeal of Subsection (d)

Pub. L. 106–310, div. B, title XXXIII, § 3303(f)(2), Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1211, provided that, effective upon publication of regulations developed in accordance with section 300x–32(e)(1) of this title, subsection (d) of this section is repealed.

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1928 of act July 1, 1944, was classified to section 300y–7 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–280.

### Amendments

2016—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 114–255, § 8002(e)(1), struck out “(relative to fiscal year 1992)” after “State involved will improve”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 114–255, § 8002(e)(2), added subsec. (b) and struck out former subsec. (b). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “With respect to any facility for treatment services or prevention actitivities that is receiving amounts from a grant under section 300x–21 of this title, a funding agreement for a State for a grant under such section is that continuing education in such services or activities (or both, as the case may be) will be made available to employees of the facility who provide the services or activities.”

Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 114–255, § 8002(e)(3), substituted “substance use disorders” for “substance abuse”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2000 Amendment

Pub. L. 106–310, div. B, title XXXIII, § 3303(f)(2), Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1211, provided that the amendment made by section 3303(f)(2) is effective upon the publication of the regulations developed in accordance with section 300x–32(e)(1) of this title.