---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 300x–8"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "300x–8"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/300x-8"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter XVII — Block Grants"
  - "Part B — Block Grants Regarding Mental Health and Substance Use"
  - "Subpart i — block grants for community mental health services"
---

# §300x–8. Definitions


For purposes of this subpart:

- (1) The terms “adults with a serious mental illness” and “children with a serious emotional disturbance” have the meanings given such terms under [section 300x–1(c)(1) of this title](/usc/42/300x–1.md?p=c-1).
- (2) The term “funding agreement”, with respect to a grant under [section 300x of this title](/usc/42/300x.md) to a [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f), means that the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) may make such a grant only if the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) makes the agreement involved.

## Source credit

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1919, as added Pub. L. 102–321, title II, § 201(2), July 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 388.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 300x–8, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1920, formerly § 1919, as added Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 901, 95 Stat. 552; renumbered § 1920, Oct. 19, 1984, Pub. L. 98–509, title I, § 106(g), 98 Stat. 2359, authorized criminal penalty for false statements in connection with services furnished relative to alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health services block grant, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–321, § 201(2).

A prior section 1919 of act July 1, 1944, was classified to section 300x–7 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–321.