---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 300x–63"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "300x–63"
heading: "Continuation of certain programs"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/300x-63"
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–63. Continuation of certain programs

- (a) **In general—** Of the amount allotted to the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) of Hawaii under [section 300x of this title](/usc/42/300x.md), and the amount allotted to such [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) under [section 300x–21 of this title](/usc/42/300x–21.md), an amount equal to the proportion of Native Hawaiians residing in the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) to the total population of the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) shall be available, respectively, for carrying out the [program involved](/usc/42/300x–64.md?p=a-1) for Native Hawaiians.
- (b) **Expenditure of amounts—** The amount made available under [subsection (a)](#a) may be expended only through contracts entered into by the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) of Hawaii with public and private [nonprofit](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=3) organizations to enable such organizations to plan, conduct, and administer comprehensive [substance use disorder](/usc/42/300x–34.md?p=4) and [treatment](/usc/42/11851.md?p=11) [programs](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) for the benefit of Native Hawaiians. In entering into contracts under this section, the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) of Hawaii shall give preference to Native Hawaiian organizations and Native Hawaiian health centers.
- (c) **Definitions—** For the purposes of this subsection,[^1] the terms “Native Hawaiian”, “Native Hawaiian organization”, and “Native Hawaiian health center” have the meaning given such terms in [section 11707 of this title](/usc/42/11707.md).

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. Probably should be “section,”.

## Source credit

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1953, as added Pub. L. 102–321, title II, § 203(a), July 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 409; amended Pub. L. 114–255, div. B, title VIII, § 8003(2), Dec. 13, 2016, 130 Stat. 1233.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2016—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 114–255 substituted “substance use disorder” for “substance abuse”.