U.S. Code > Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare > CHAPTER 6A—PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE > SUBCHAPTER XVII—BLOCK GRANTS > Part B—Block Grants Regarding Mental Health and Substance Abuse > subpart ii—block grants for prevention and treatment of substance abuse > § 300x-29. Submission to Secretary of statewide assessment of needs

§ 300x-29. Submission to Secretary of statewide assessment of needs

The Secretary may make a grant under section 300x–21 of this title only if the State submits to the Secretary an assessment of the need in the State for authorized activities (which assessment is conducted in accordance with criteria issued by the Secretary), both by locality and by the State in general, which assessment includes a description of—
(1) the incidence and prevalence in the State of drug abuse and the incidence and prevalence in the State of alcohol abuse and alcoholism;
(2) current prevention and treatment activities in the State;
(3) the need of the State for technical assistance to carry out such activities;
(4) efforts by the State to improve such activities; and
(5) the extent to which the availability of such activities is insufficient to meet the need for the activities, the interim services to be made available under sections 300x–23 (a) and 300x–27 (b) of this title, and the manner in which such services are to be so available.