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(5) The Comptroller General of the United States shall, from time to time, evaluate the expenditures by States of grants under this part in order to assure that expenditures are consistent with the provisions of this part and the certification provided by the State under section 1905.

(6) Not later than October 1, 1983, the Secretary shall report to the Congress on the activities of the States that have received funds under this part and may include in the report any recommendations for appropriate changes in legislation.

(c) Title XVII of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 shall not apply with respect to audits of funds allotted under this part.

(d) The Secretary, in consultation with appropriate national organizations, shall develop model criteria and forms for the collection of data and information with respect to services provided under this part to enable States to share uniform data and information with respect to the provision of such services.

WITHHOLDING

SEC. 1907. [300w-6] (a)(1) The Secretary shall, after adequate notice and an opportunity for a hearing conducted within the affected State, withhold funds from any State which does not use its allotment in accordance with the requirements of this part or the certification provided under section 1905. The Secretary shall withhold such funds until the Secretary finds that the reason for the withholding has been removed and there is reasonable assurance that it will not recur.

(2) The Secretary may not institute proceedings to withhold funds under paragraph (1) unless the Secretary has conducted an investigation concerning whether the State has used its allotment in accordance with the requirements of this part or the certification provided under section 1905. Investigations required by this paragraph shall be conducted within the affected State by qualified investigators.

(3) The Secretary shall respond in an expeditious manner to complaints of a substantial or serious nature that a State has failed to use funds in accordance with the requirements of this part or certifications provided under section 1905.

(4) The Secretary may not withhold funds under paragraph (1) from a State for a minor failure to comply with the requirements of this part or certifications provided under section 1905.

(b)(1) The Secretary shall conduct in several States in each fiscal year investigations of the use of funds received by the States under this part in order to evaluate compliance with the requirements of this part and certifications provided under section 1905.

(2) The Comptroller General of the United States may conduct investigations of the use of funds received under this part by a State in order to insure compliance with the requirements of this part and certifications provided under section 1905.

(c) Each State, and each entity which has received funds from an allotment made to a State under this part, shall make appropriate books, documents, papers, and records available to the Secretary or the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly

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authorized representatives, for examination, copying, or mechanical reproduction on or off the premises of the appropriate entity upon a reasonable request therefor.

(d)(1) In conducting any investigation in a State, the Secretary or the Comptroller General of the United States may not make a request for any information not readily available to such State or an entity which has received funds from an allotment made to the State under this part or make an unreasonable request for information to be compiled, collected, or transmitted in any form not readily available.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to the collection, compilation, or transmittal of data in the course of a judicial proceeding.

NONDISCRIMINATION

SEC. 1908. [300w-7] (a)(1) For the purpose of applying the prohibitions against discrimination on the basis of age under the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, on the basis of handicap under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, on the basis of sex under title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, or on the basis of race, color, or national origin under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, programs and activities funded in whole or in part with funds made available under this part are considered to be programs and activities receiving Federal financial assistance.

(2) No person shall on the ground of sex or religion be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under, any program or activity funded in whole or in part with funds made available under this part.

(b) Whenever the Secretary finds that a State, or an entity that has received a payment from an allotment to a State under section 1902, has failed to comply with a provision of law referred to in subsection (a)(1), with subsection (a)(2), or with an applicable regulation (including one prescribed to carry out subsection (a)(2)), the Secretary shall notify the chief executive officer of the State and shall request him to secure compliance. If within a reasonable period of time, not to exceed sixty days, the chief executive officer fails or refuses to secure compliance, the Secretary may

(1) refer the matter to the Attorney General with a recommendation that an appropriate civil action be instituted,

(2) exercise the powers and functions provided by title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, or section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as may be applicable, or

(3) take such other action as may be provided by law.

(c) When a matter is referred to the Attorney General pursuant to subsection (b)(1), or whenever he has reason to believe that a State or an entity is engaged in a pattern or practice in violation of a provision of law referred to in subsection (a)(1) or in violation of subsection (a)(2), the Attorney General may bring a civil action in any appropriate district court of the United States for such relief as may be appropriate, including injunctive relief.

CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR FALSE STATEMENTS

SEC. 1909. [300w-8] Whoever

(1) knowingly and willfully makes or causes to be made any false statement or representation of a material fact in connection with the furnishing of items or services for which payment may be made by a State from funds allotted to the State under this part, or

(2) having knowledge of the occurrence of any event affecting his initial or continued right to any such payment conceals or fails to disclose such event with an intent fraudulently to secure such payment either in a greater amount than is due or when no such payment is authorized,

shall be fined not more than $25,000 or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN

SEC. 1910. [300w-9] (a) For activities in addition to the activities which may be carried out by States under section 1904(a)(1)(F), the Secretary may make not more than four grants in any fiscal year to States or accredited schools of medicine in States to support a program of demonstration projects in such States for the expansion and improvement of emergency medical services for children who need treatment for trauma or critical care. Any grant made under this subsection shall be for a one-year period. Only one grant under this subsection may be made in a State (to a State or to a school of medicine in such State) in any fiscal year.

(b) The Secretary may renew a grant made under subsection (a) for one additional one-year period only if the Secretary determines that renewal of such grant will provide significant benefits through the collection, analysis, and dissemination of information or data which will be useful to States in which grants under such subsection have not been made.

(c) For purposes of this section

(1) the term 'school of medicine' has the same meaning as in section 701(4); and

(2) the term 'accredited' has the same meaning as in section 701(5).

(d) To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1985 and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years.

STATE PLANNING GRANTS

SEC. 1910A. [300w-10] (a) The Secretary may make grants to assist States to

(1) develop long range plans to achieve the goals, objectives, and priorities established by the Secretary pursuant to title XVII;

(2) identify particular needs within States for services and activities that may be conducted with payments made under allotments under section 1902; and

(3) determine the progress of States in achieving the goals, objectives, and priorities described in paragraph (1) and, to the extent feasible, use scientifically valid measures to make such determinations.

(b) To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1985 and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years.

PART B-ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

Subpart 1-Block Grant

AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 1911. [300x] For the purpose of grants and allotments under section 1913, there is authorized to be appropriated $491,000,000 for fiscal year 1982, $511,000,000 for fiscal year 1983, $532,000,000 for fiscal year 1984, $515,000,000 for fiscal year 1985, $545,000,000 for fiscal year 1986, and $576,000,000 for fiscal year 1987.

GRANTS

SEC. 1912. [300x-1] (a) The Secretary may use not more than 1 percent of the amount appropriated under section 1911 for any fiscal year to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for projects for the training and retraining of employees adversely affected by changes in the delivery of mental health services and for providing such employees assistance in securing employment.

(b) No grant may be made by the Secretary under subsection (a) unless an application therefor has been submitted to, and approved by, the Secretary. Such application shall be in such form, submitted in such manner, and contain and be accompanied by such information, as the Secretary may specify. No such application may be approved unless it contains assurances that the applicant will use the funds provided only for the purposes specified in the approved application and will establish such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement and accounting of Federal funds paid to the applicant under subsection (a).

ALLOTMENTS

SEC. 1913. [300x-1a] (a)(1) If the amount available for allotment from appropriations under section 1911 for a fiscal year does not exceed $490,000,000, the Secretary shall allot such amount

(A) on the basis of a formula prescribed by the Secretary which is based equally

(i) on the population of each State, and

(ii) the population of each State weighted by its relative per capita income, or

(B) on the basis of the amount received by a State in fiscal year 1984,

whichever yields a higher amount. For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term "relative per capita income" means the quotient of the per capita income of the United States and the per capita income of the State, except that if the State is Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto

Rico, or the Virgin Islands, the quotient shall be considered to be

one.

(2) If the amount available for allotment from appropriations under section 1911 for a fiscal year is at least $490,000,000, the Secretary shall allot $490,000,000 in accordance with paragraph (1) and shall allot the amount which is in excess of such amount on the basis of the formula described in paragraph (1)(A).

(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if the aggregate of the amounts to be allotted to each Ctate pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) in any fiscal year exceeds the total amount available for allotment from appropriations under section 1911, the amount to be allotted to a State for such fiscal year shall be an amount which bears the same ratio to the amount which is to be allotted to the State pursuant to such paragraph as the total amount available for allotment from appropriations under section 1911 bears to the total of the amount required to be appropriated and made available under such section for allotments to provide each State with the allotment required by such paragraph.

(4) To the extent that all the funds appropriated under section 1911 for a fiscal year and available for allotment in such fiscal year are not otherwise allotted to States because

(A) one or more States have not submitted an application or description of activities in accordance with section 1916 for the fiscal year;

(B) one or more States have notified the Secretary that they do not intend to use the full amount of their allotment; or

(C) some State allotments are offset or repaid under section 1917(b)(3);

such excess shall be allotted among each of the remaining States in proportion to the amount otherwise allotted to such States for the fiscal year without regard to this paragraph.

(b)(1) If the Secretary

(A) receives a request from the governing body of an Indian tribe or tribal organization within any State that funds under this part be provided directly by the Secretary to such tribe or organization, and

(B) determines that the members of such tribe or tribal organization would be better served by means of grants made directly by the Secretary on this part,

the Secretary shall reserve from amounts which would otherwise be allotted to such State under subsection (a) for the fiscal year the amount determined under paragraph (2).

(2) The Secretary shall reserve for the purpose of paragraph (1) from amounts that would otherwise be allotted to such State under subsection (a) an amount equal to the amount which bears the same ratio to the State's allotment for the fiscal year involved as the total amount provided or allotted for fiscal year 1980 by the Secretary to such tribe or tribal organization under

(A) the Community Mental Health Centers Act,
(B) the Mental Health Systems Act,

(C) section 301 of this Act,

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