42 USC § 300ff - Purpose

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s300ff"
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title: "42 USC § 300ff - Purpose"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "300ff"
section_name: "Purpose"
chapter_number: 6
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "XXIV"
subchapter_name: "HIV HEALTH CARE SERVICES PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 101–381, § 2, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 576.)"
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# § 300ff. Purpose

It is the purpose of this Act to provide emergency assistance to localities that are disproportionately affected by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus epidemic and to make financial assistance available to States and other public or private nonprofit entities to provide for the development, organization, coordination and operation of more effective and cost efficient systems for the delivery of essential services to individuals and families with HIV disease.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 101–381, § 2, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 576.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, is , , , known as the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990, which enacted this subchapter, transferred  to , amended sections 284a, 286, 287a, 287c–2, 289f, 290aa–3a, 299c–5, 300ff–48, and 300aaa to 300aaa–13 [now 238 to 238m] of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 201, 300x–4, 300ff–11, 300ff–46, and 300ff–80 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1990 Amendment note set out under  and Tables.

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990, and not as part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.