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[CITE: 42USC1320c-7]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 7--SOCIAL SECURITY
 
   SUBCHAPTER XI--GENERAL PROVISIONS, PEER REVIEW, AND ADMINISTRATIVE 
                             SIMPLIFICATION
 
 Part B--Peer Review of Utilization and Quality of Health Care Services
 
Sec. 1320c-7. Application of this part to certain State programs 
        receiving Federal financial assistance
        

(a) State plan provision that functions of peer review organizations may 
        be performed by contract with such organization

    A State plan approved under subchapter XIX of this chapter may 
provide that the functions specified in section 1320c-3 of this title 
may be performed in an area by contract with a utilization and quality 
control peer review organization that has entered into a contract with 
the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of section 1395y(g) of 
this title.

(b) Federal share of expenditures

    In the event a State enters into a contract in accordance with 
subsection (a) of this section, the Federal share of the expenditures 
made to the contracting organization for its costs in the performance of 
its functions under the State plan shall be 75 percent (as provided in 
section 1396b(a)(3)(C) of this title).

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, Sec. 1158, as added Pub. L. 97-248, 
title I, Sec. 143, Sept. 3, 1982, 96 Stat. 390.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1320c-7, act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, 
Sec. 1158, as added Oct. 30, 1972, Pub. L. 92-603, title II, 
Sec. 249F(b), 86 Stat. 1437; amended Oct. 25, 1977, Pub. L. 95-142, 
Secs. 5(d)(1), 22(a), 91 Stat. 1185, 1208; Dec. 5, 1980, Pub. L. 96-499, 
title IX, Secs. 902(a)(3), 931(h), 94 Stat. 2613, 2634; Aug. 13, 1981, 
Pub. L. 97-35, title XXI, Secs. 2113(e), 2121(g), 95 Stat. 794, 796, 
related to review approval as a condition of payment of claims, prior to 
the general revision of this part by Pub. L. 97-248.
