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[CITE: 42USC1312]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 7--SOCIAL SECURITY
 
   SUBCHAPTER XI--GENERAL PROVISIONS, PEER REVIEW, AND ADMINISTRATIVE 
                             SIMPLIFICATION
 
                       Part A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 1312. Medical care guides and reports for public assistance 
        and medical assistance
        
    In order to assist the States to extend the scope and content, and 
improve the quality, of medical care and medical services for which 
payments are made to or on behalf of needy and low-income individuals 
under this chapter and in order to promote better public understanding 
about medical care and medical assistance for needy and low-income 
individuals, the Secretary shall develop and revise from time to time 
guides or recommended standards as to the level, content, and quality of 
medical care and medical services for the use of the States in 
evaluating and improving their public assistance medical care programs 
and their programs of medical assistance; shall secure periodic reports 
from the States on items included in, and the quantity of, medical care 
and medical services for which expenditures under such programs are 
made; and shall from time to time publish data secured from these 
reports and other information necessary to carry out the purposes of 
this section.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, Sec. 1112, as added Pub. L. 86-778, 
title VII, Sec. 705, Sept. 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 995; amended Pub. L. 89-
97, title IV, Sec. 408(c), July 30, 1965, 79 Stat. 422.)


                               Amendments

    1965--Pub. L. 89-97 struck out ``for the aged'' after ``medical 
assistance''.
