Public Law 84–377

From the sums appropriated pursuant to section 2, the Surgeon General shall allot to each State which has an application approved pursuant to section 4—

A State’s allotment percentage shall be equal to the per capita income of the United States divided by the per capita income of the State. Such percentage shall be determined by the Surgeon General on the basis of information furnished by the Department of Commerce; except that the allotment percentage for Hawaii shall be 100 per centum and for Alaska. Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Canal Zone shall be equal to the allotment percentage determined above for the one of the forty-eight States which has the lowest per capita income.

provides that all poliomyelitis vaccine purchased with funds paid to the State under this Act shall be used for the vaccination of eligible persons pursuant to a plan which sets forth the method or methods by which vaccinations will be made available within the State (through public agencies, approved non-profit organizations, private physicians, or otherwise): Provided, That the Surgeon General may, for the purpose of assuring the most effective and equitable distribution and use of available supplies of poliomyelitis vaccine, establish categories of eligible persons to be accorded priority in receiving an opportunity for vaccination against poliomyelitis; and, except to the extent that the Surgeon General authorizes deviations from such categories, during any period in which any categories have been so established, all vaccine acquired by any State through assistance provided pursuant to this Act shall be made available only to persons within any such category;

provides that in poliomyelitis vaccination programs conducted by public agencies in the State no means test or other discrimination based on financial ability of individuals will be imposed to limit the eligibility of persons to receive vaccination against poliomyelitis;

provides for administration or supervision of administration of the plan included in the application by a single State agency; _ _

provides that the State agency will make such reports, in such form and containing such information, as the Surgeon General may from time to time reasonably require to carry out his functions under this Act, and comply with such provisions as he may from time to time find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports; and

provides such accounting, budgeting, and other fiscal methods and procedures as are necessary for the proper and efficient administration of the plan.

Funds paid to a State from that part, of its allotment computed in accordance with section 3 (a) (1) of this Act may be used solely for the purchase, prior to February 15, 1956, of the polio-myelitis vaccine for use. in carrying out the plan set forth in the application of such State approved pursuant to section 4.

Funds paid to a State from that part of its allotment computed in accordance with section 3 (a) (2) of this Act may be used prior to February 15, 1956, only for planning poliomyelitis vaccination programs within the State and for conducting such programs through public agencies in the State in accordance with the plan set forth in the application of such State approved pursuant to section 4; except that any part of such funds determined by the State to be in excess of the amount, necessary for such purposes may be used for the purposes specified in subsection (a) of this section.

Nothing in this Act shall limit funds granted to a State under other provisions of Federal legislation from being available to purchase poliomyelitis vaccine or to plan and conduct poliomyelitis vaccination programs in accordance with approved State plans applicable to such grants.

such State agency is not complying substantially with the provisions of this Act or the terms and conditions of its approved application; or

any funds paid to such State or supplies of vaccine furnished to it under this Act have been diverted from the purposes for which paid or furnished;

The term “Surgeon General” means the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service.

The term “State” includes Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Canal Zone, and the District of Columbia.

The cost of the poliomyelitis vaccine shall be determined by the Surgeon General on the basis of information available to him: and such cost may be determined from t ime to time or as of a specified date and may be determined to be a single figure for all States or varied in accordance with actual cost.

The term “approved nonprofit organization” means, in the case of any State, a nonprofit organization approved by the State agency responsible for administration or supervision of administration of the State plan.