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PUBLIC LAW 377-AUG. 12, 1955

(2) an additional amount equal to 20 per centum of allotments available to the State under paragraph (1) of this subsection, such additional amount to be available for expenditure only in accordance with the provisions of section 6(b) of this Act. (b) 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 Surgebn 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. STATE APPLICATION S FOR F U N D S

SEC. 4. The Surgeon General shall approve the application of any State for payments under this Act if such application— (a) 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 nonprofit organizations, private physicians, or otherwise): Provided, That the Surgeon General may, for the purpose of assui;ing 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; (b) 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; (c) provides for administration or supervision of administration of the plan included in the application by a single State agency; (d) 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 (e) provides such accounting, budgeting, and other fiscal methods and procedures as are necessary for the proper and efficient administration of the plan. P A Y M E N T S TO STATES

SEC. 5. The Surgeon General shall from time to time estimate the amount to be paid to each State under the provisions of this Act for any period, and shall pay such amount to such State, from the allotment available therefor, reduced or increased, as the case may be, by any sum (not previously adjusted under this section) by which 54402 O - 55 - 45

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