§ 254b–1 — State Grants To Health Care Providers Who Provide Services To A High Percentage Of Medically Underserved Populations Or Other Special Populations

(a) A State may award grants to health care providers who treat a high percentage, as determined by such State, of medically underserved populations or other special populations in such State. (b) A grant program established by a State under subsection (a) may not be established within a department, agency, or other entity of such State that administers the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), and no Federal or State funds allocated to such Medicaid program, the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.), or the TRICARE program under chapter 55 of title 10 may be used to award grants or to pay administrative costs associated with a grant program established under subsection (a).