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42 USC § 3030n - Distribution to area agencies on aging 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s3030n"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 3030n - Distribution to area agencies on aging"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "3030n"
section_name: "Distribution to area agencies on aging"
chapter_number: 35
chapter_name: "PROGRAMS FOR OLDER AMERICANS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "GRANTS FOR STATE AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ON AGING"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "Evidence-Based Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Services"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–73, title III, § 362, as added Pub. L. 100–175, title I, § 143(c), Nov. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 948; amended Pub. L. 102–375, title I, § 102(b)(10)(G), Sept. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 1202.)"
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# § 3030n. Distribution to area agencies on aging

The State agency shall give priority, in carrying out this part, to areas of the State—

**(1)** which are medically underserved; and

**(2)** in which there are a large number of older individuals who have the greatest economic need for such services.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–73, title III, § 362, as added Pub. L. 100–175, title I, § 143(c), Nov. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 948; amended Pub. L. 102–375, title I, § 102(b)(10)(G), Sept. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 1202.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Prior sections 3030 to 3030r were repealed by , §§ 315, 316(1), , .

Section 3030, , as added , , ; amended , , ; , , , defined “disease prevention and health promotion services”.

Section 3030p, , as added , , ; amended , , , authorized grant program for States to provide supportive activities for caretakers who provide in-home services to frail older individuals.

Another prior section 3030p, , as added , , , authorized program for prevention of abuse, neglect and exploitation of older individuals, prior to the general amendment of former part G of this subchapter by .

Section 3030q, , as added , , , defined “in-home services”.

Section 3030r, , as added , , , required that funds available under former part G of this subchapter be in addition to funds otherwise expended.

### Amendments

1992— substituted “area agencies on aging” for “area agencies” in section catchline.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , except not applicable with respect to any area plan submitted under  or any State plan submitted under  and approved for any fiscal year beginning before , see section 701(a), (b) of , set out as an Effective Date of 1987 Amendment note under .