42 CFR § 51d.7 - What are the limitations on how award funds may be used?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s51d.7"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 51d.7 - What are the limitations on how award funds may be used?"
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "51d.7"
section_name: "What are the limitations on how award funds may be used?"
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "GRANTS"
part_number: "51d"
part_name: "MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROCEDURES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 290aa(o)."
regulatory_source: "66 FR 51877, Oct. 11, 2001, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "51d"
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# 51d.7 What are the limitations on how award funds may be used?
*Unallowable Expenses:* The following expenses will not be reimbursed under section 501(m) of the PHS Act:
(1) Major construction costs;
(2) Childcare services, unless provided by the institution or entity providing mental health or substance abuse treatment and integral to the treatment program;
(3) Services outside of the geographic area specified in the application, except to the extent that the precipitating event requires physical relocation of either affected parties or facilities;
(4) Any mental health or substance abuse services not directly related to the mental health or substance abuse emergency;
(5) Any expenses that supplant ongoing local, State, Tribal or Federal expenditures; and
(6) Any other costs unallowable by Federal law or regulation.