[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR51a.1]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

                                SERVICES

 

PART 51a_PROJECT GRANTS FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  51a.1  To which programs does this regulation apply?



    The regulation in this part applies to grants, contracts, and other 

arrangements under section 502(a) and 502(b)(1)(A) of the Social 

Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 702(a) and 702(b)(1)(A)), the 

Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Federal Set-Aside project grant 

programs. Section 502(a) authorizes funding for special projects of 

regional and national significance (SPRANS), research and training 

projects with respect to maternal and child health and children with 

special health care needs (including early intervention training and 

services development); genetic disease testing, counseling and 

information programs; comprehensive hemophilia diagnostic and treatment 

centers; projects for screening and follow-up of newborns for sickle 

cell anemia and other genetic disorders; and special maternal and child 

health improvement projects. Section 502(b)(1)(A) authorizes funding



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for projects termed community integrated service system (CISS) projects 

for the development and expansion of: maternal and infant health home 

visiting; projects to increase the participation of obstetricians and 

pediatricians in title V and title XIX programs; integrated maternal and 

child health service systems; maternal and child health centers 

operating under the direction of not-for-profit hospitals; rural 

maternal and child health programs; and outpatient and community-based 

services programs for children with special health care needs.



[59 FR 36706, July 19, 1994]