Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73not60

§1312 Medical Care Guides and Reports for Public Assistance and Medical Assistance

Title 42 › Chapter 7— SOCIAL SECURITY › Subchapter XI— GENERAL PROVISIONS, PEER REVIEW, AND ADMINISTRATIVE SIMPLIFICATION › Part A— General Provisions › § 1312

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must make and update guides about how much, what kind, and how good medical care for needy and low‑income people should be so States can improve their public assistance and medical assistance programs. The Secretary must also collect regular state reports on what services were paid for and how much was spent, and must publish the data and other needed information.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §1312

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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.

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Amendments

1965—Pub. L. 89–97 struck out “for the aged” after “medical assistance”.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 1312

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60