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[CITE: 42USC1397gg]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 7--SOCIAL SECURITY
 
        SUBCHAPTER XXI--STATE CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM
 
Sec. 1397gg. Strategic objectives and performance goals; plan 
        administration
        

(a) Strategic objectives and performance goals

                           (1) Description

        A State child health plan shall include a description of--
            (A) the strategic objectives,
            (B) the performance goals, and
            (C) the performance measures,

    the State has established for providing child health assistance to 
    targeted low-income children under the plan and otherwise for 
    maximizing health benefits coverage for other low-income children 
    and children generally in the State.

                      (2) Strategic objectives

        Such plan shall identify specific strategic objectives relating 
    to increasing the extent of creditable health coverage among 
    targeted low-income children and other low-income children.

                        (3) Performance goals

        Such plan shall specify one or more performance goals for each 
    such strategic objective so identified.

                      (4) Performance measures

        Such plan shall describe how performance under the plan will 
    be--
            (A) measured through objective, independently verifiable 
        means, and
            (B) compared against performance goals, in order to 
        determine the State's performance under this subchapter.

(b) Records, reports, audits, and evaluation

              (1) Data collection, records, and reports

        A State child health plan shall include an assurance that the 
    State will collect the data, maintain the records, and furnish the 
    reports to the Secretary, at the times and in the standardized 
    format the Secretary may require in order to enable the Secretary to 
    monitor State program administration and compliance and to evaluate 
    and compare the effectiveness of State plans under this subchapter.

                   (2) State assessment and study

        A State child health plan shall include a description of the 
    State's plan for the annual assessments and reports under section 
    1397hh(a) of this title and the evaluation required by section 
    1397hh(b) of this title.

                             (3) Audits

        A State child health plan shall include an assurance that the 
    State will afford the Secretary access to any records or information 
    relating to the plan for the purposes of review or audit.

(c) Program development process

    A State child health plan shall include a description of the process 
used to involve the public in the design and implementation of the plan 
and the method for ensuring ongoing public involvement.

(d) Program budget

    A State child health plan shall include a description of the budget 
for the plan. The description shall be updated periodically as necessary 
and shall include details on the planned use of funds and the sources of 
the non-Federal share of plan expenditures, including any requirements 
for cost-sharing by beneficiaries.

(e) Application of certain general provisions

    The following sections of this chapter shall apply to States under 
this subchapter in the same manner as they apply to a State under 
subchapter XIX of this chapter:

                    (1) Subchapter XIX provisions

        (A) Section 1396a(a)(4)(C) of this title (relating to conflict 
    of interest standards).
        (B) Paragraphs (2), (16), and (17) of section 1396b(i) of this 
    title (relating to limitations on payment).
        (C) Section 1396b(w) of this title (relating to limitations on 
    provider taxes and donations).

                    (2) Subchapter XI provisions

        (A) Section 1315 of this title (relating to waiver authority).
        (B) Section 1316 of this title (relating to administrative and 
    judicial review), but only insofar as consistent with this 
    subchapter.
        (C) Section 1320a-3 of this title (relating to disclosure of 
    ownership and related information).
        (D) Section 1320a-5 of this title (relating to disclosure of 
    information about certain convicted individuals).
        (E) Section 1320a-7a of this title (relating to civil monetary 
    penalties).
        (F) Section 1320a-7b(d) of this title (relating to criminal 
    penalties for certain additional charges).
        (G) Section 1320b-2 of this title (relating to periods within 
    which claims must be filed).

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XXI, Sec. 2107, as added Pub. L. 105-33, 
title IV, Sec. 4901(a), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 565.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1397hh of this title.
