---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 300x–67"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "300x–67"
heading: "Public health emergencies"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/300x-67"
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–67. Public health emergencies


In the case of a public health emergency (as determined under [section 247d of this title](/usc/42/247d.md)), the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c), on a [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) by [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) basis, may, as the circumstances of the emergency reasonably require and for the period of the emergency, grant an extension, or waive application deadlines or compliance with any other requirement, of a grant authorized under section [290cc–21](/usc/42/290cc–21.md), [300x](/usc/42/300x.md), or [300x–21](/usc/42/300x–21.md) of this title or an allotment authorized under Public Law 99–319 ([42 U.S.C. 10801](/usc/42/10801.md) et seq.).


## Source credit

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1957, as added Pub. L. 114–255, div. B, title VIII, § 8003(3), Dec. 13, 2016, 130 Stat. 1233.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Public Law 99–319, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 99–319, May 23, 1986, 100 Stat. 478, popularly known as the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, which is classified generally to chapter 114 (§ 10801 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 10801 of this title and Tables.