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title: "42 U.S.C. § 300x–68"
description: "Joint applications"
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title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 300x–68 - Joint applications

## Text

The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, shall permit a joint application to be submitted for grants under subpart I and subpart II upon the request of a State. Such application may be jointly reviewed and approved by the Secretary with respect to such subparts, consistent with the purposes and authorized activities of each such grant program. A State submitting such a joint application shall otherwise meet the requirements with respect to each such subpart.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1958, as added Pub. L. 114–255, div. B, title VIII, § 8003(3), Dec. 13, 2016, 130 Stat. 1233.)