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[CITE: 42USC300s-4]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
              SUBCHAPTER XIV--HEALTH RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
 
                       Part C--General Provisions
 
Sec. 300s-4. Reporting and audit requirements for recipients


(a) Filing of financial statement with appropriate State Agency; form 
        and contents

    In the case of any facility for which an allotment payment, grant, 
loan, or loan guarantee has been made under this subchapter, the 
applicant for such payment, grant, loan, or loan guarantee (or, if 
appropriate, such other person as the Secretary may prescribe) shall 
file at least annually with the State Agency for the State in which the 
facility is located a statement which shall be in such form, and contain 
such information, as the Secretary may require to accurately show--
        (1) the financial operations of the facility, and
        (2) the costs of the facility of providing health services in 
    the facility and the charges made by the facility for providing such 
    services,

during the period with respect to which the statement is filed.

(b) Maintenance of records; access to books, etc., for audit and 
        examination

    (1) Each entity receiving Federal assistance under this subchapter 
shall keep such records as the Secretary shall prescribe, including 
records which fully disclose the amount and disposition by such entity 
of the proceeds of such assistance, the total cost of the project in 
connection with which such assistance is given or used, the amount of 
that portion of the cost of the project supplied by other sources, and 
such other records as will facilitate an effective audit.
    (2) The Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United States, 
or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access for 
the purpose of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, 
and records of such entities which in the opinion of the Secretary or 
the Comptroller General may be related or pertinent to the assistance 
referred to in paragraph (1).

(c) Filing of financial statement with Secretary; form and contents

    Each such entity shall file at least annually with the Secretary a 
statement which shall be in such form, and contain such information, as 
the Secretary may require to accurately show--
        (1) the financial operations of the facility constructed or 
    modernized with such assistance, and
        (2) the costs to such facility of providing health services in 
    such facility, and the charges made for such services, during the 
    period with respect to which the statement is filed.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XVI, Sec. 1625, formerly Sec. 1634, as 
added Pub. L. 93-641, Sec. 4, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2273; renumbered 
Sec. 1625, Pub. L. 96-79, title II, Sec. 202(b), Oct. 4, 1979, 93 Stat. 
632.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1625 of act July 1, 1944, was renumbered section 
1610 by Pub. L. 96-79, title II, Sec. 203(b), Oct. 4, 1979, 93 Stat. 
635, and is classified to section 300r of this title.
