---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 300x–51"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "300x–51"
heading: "Opportunity for public comment on State plans"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/300x-51"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter XVII — Block Grants"
  - "Part B — Block Grants Regarding Mental Health and Substance Use"
  - "Subpart iii — general provisions"
---

# §300x–51. Opportunity for public comment on State plans


A [funding agreement](/usc/42/300x–8.md?p=2) for a grant under section [300x](/usc/42/300x.md) or [300x–21](/usc/42/300x–21.md) of this title is that the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) involved will make the plan required in [section 300x–1 of this title](/usc/42/300x–1.md), and the plan required in [section 300x–32 of this title](/usc/42/300x–32.md), respectively, public within the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) in such manner as to facilitate comment from any person (including any Federal or other [public agency](/usc/42/11851.md?p=8)) during the development of the plan (including any revisions) and after the submission of the plan to the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c).


## Source credit

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1941, as added Pub. L. 102–321, title II, § 203(a), July 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 403.)