---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 300x–58"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "300x–58"
heading: "Technical assistance and provision of supplies and services in lieu of grant funds"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/300x-58"
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–58. Technical assistance and provision of supplies and services in lieu of grant funds

- (a) **Technical assistance—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) shall, without charge to a [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) receiving a grant under section [300x](/usc/42/300x.md) or [300x–21](/usc/42/300x–21.md) of this title, provide to the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) (or to any public or [nonprofit](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=3) private entity within the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f)) technical assistance with respect to the planning, development, and operation of any [program](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) or [service](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) carried out pursuant to the [program involved](/usc/42/300x–64.md?p=a-1). The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) may provide such technical assistance directly, through contract, or through grants.
- (b) **Provision of supplies and services in lieu of grant funds—**
  - (1) **In general—** Upon the request of a [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) receiving a grant under section [300x](/usc/42/300x.md) or [300x–21](/usc/42/300x–21.md) of this title, the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) may, subject to [paragraph (2)](#b-2), provide supplies, equipment, and [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) for the purpose of aiding the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) in carrying out the [program involved](/usc/42/300x–64.md?p=a-1) and, for such purpose, may detail to the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) any officer or [employee](/usc/42/300gg–91.md?p=d-5) of the Department of Health and Human [Services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a).
  - (2) **Corresponding reduction in payments—** With respect to a request described in [paragraph (1)](#b-1), the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) shall reduce the amount of payments under the [program involved](/usc/42/300x–64.md?p=a-1) to the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) by an amount equal to the costs of detailing personnel and the fair market value of any supplies, equipment, or [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) provided by the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c). The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) shall, for the payment of expenses incurred in complying with such request, expend the amounts withheld.

## Source credit

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1948, as added Pub. L. 102–321, title II, § 203(a), July 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 408.)