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[CITE: 42USC1397e]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 7--SOCIAL SECURITY
 
        SUBCHAPTER XX--BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES FOR SOCIAL SERVICES
 
Sec. 1397e. Administrative and fiscal accountability


(a) Reporting requirements; form, contents, etc.

    Each State shall prepare reports on its activities carried out with 
funds made available (or transferred for use) under this subchapter. 
Reports shall be prepared annually, covering the most recently completed 
fiscal year, and shall be in such form and contain such information 
(including but not limited to the information specified in subsection 
(c) of this section) as the State finds necessary to provide an accurate 
description of such activities, to secure a complete record of the 
purposes for which funds were spent, and to determine the extent to 
which funds were spent in a manner consistent with the reports required 
by section 1397c of this title. The State shall make copies of the 
reports required by this section available for public inspection within 
the State and shall transmit a copy to the Secretary. Copies shall also 
be provided, upon request, to any interested public agency, and each 
such agency may provide its views on these reports to the Congress.

(b) Audits; implementation, etc.

    Each State shall, not less often than every two years, audit its 
expenditures from amounts received (or transferred for use) under this 
subchapter. Such State audits shall be conducted by an entity 
independent of any agency administering activities funded under this 
subchapter, in accordance with generally accepted auditing principles. 
Within 30 days following the completion of each audit, the State shall 
submit a copy of that audit to the legislature of the State and to the 
Secretary. Each State shall repay to the United States amounts 
ultimately found not to have been expended in accordance with this 
subchapter, or the Secretary may offset such amounts against any other 
amount to which the State is or may become entitled under this 
subchapter.

(c) State reports on expenditure and use of social services funds

    Each report prepared and transmitted by a State under subsection (a) 
of this section shall set forth (with respect to the fiscal year covered 
by the report)--
        (1) the number of individuals who received services paid for in 
    whole or in part with funds made available under this subchapter, 
    showing separately the number of children and the number of adults 
    who received such services, and broken down in each case to reflect 
    the types of services and circumstances involved;
        (2) the amount spent in providing each such type of service, 
    showing separately for each type of service the amount spent per 
    child recipient and the amount spent per adult recipient;
        (3) the criteria applied in determining eligibility for services 
    (such as income eligibility guidelines, sliding fee scales, the 
    effect of public assistance benefits, and any requirements for 
    enrollment in school or training programs); and
        (4) the methods by which services were provided, showing 
    separately the services provided by public agencies and those 
    provided by private agencies, and broken down in each case to 
    reflect the types of services and circumstances involved.

The Secretary shall establish uniform definitions of services for use by 
the States in preparing the information required by this subsection, and 
make such other provision as may be necessary or appropriate to assure 
that compliance with the requirements of this subsection will not be 
unduly burdensome on the States.

(d) Additional accounting requirements

    For other provisions requiring States to account for Federal grants, 
see section 6503 of title 31.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XX, Sec. 2006, as added Pub. L. 97-35, 
title XXIII, Sec. 2352(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 870; amended Pub. L. 
98-369, div. B, title VI, Sec. 2663(h)(2), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1169; 
Pub. L. 100-485, title VI, Sec. 607, Oct. 13, 1988, 102 Stat. 2410.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1397e, act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XX, 
Sec. 2006, as added Jan. 4, 1975, Pub. L. 93-647, Sec. 2, 88 Stat. 2347, 
related to program evaluation and assistance, prior to the general 
revision of this subchapter by section 2352(a) of Pub. L. 97-35.
    A prior section 1397e-1, act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XX, 
Sec. 2007, as added Jan. 2, 1980, Pub. L. 96-178, Sec. 4(b), 93 Stat. 
1296, related to child day care services, prior to the general revision 
of this subchapter by section 2352(a) of Pub. L. 97-35. See section 
1397f of this title.


                               Amendments

    1988--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-485, Sec. 607(1), substituted 
``Reports shall be prepared annually, covering the most recently 
completed fiscal year, and shall be in such form and contain such 
information (including but not limited to the information specified in 
subsection (c) of this section)'' for ``Reports shall be in such form, 
contain such information, and be of such frequency (but not less often 
than every two years)'' in second sentence.
    Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 100-485, Sec. 607(3), added subsec. (c) 
and redesignated former subsec. (c) as (d).
    1984--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98-369 substituted ``section 6503 of 
title 31'' for ``section 202 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 4212)''.


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 98-369 effective July 18, 1984, but not to be 
construed as changing or affecting any right, liability, status, or 
interpretation which existed (under the provisions of law involved) 
before that date, see section 2664(b) of Pub. L. 98-369, set out as a 
note under section 401 of this title.
