Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Part A · Chapter 7 — Social Security
§ 1312. Medical care guides and reports for public assistance and medical assistance
Statutory text
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.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Social Security Amendments of 1960
Pub. L. 86–778 title VII § 705 · 74 Stat. 924
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 1312
Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, § 1112, as added Pub. L. 86–778, title VII, § 705, Sept. 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 995
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, § 1112, as added Pub. L. 86–778, title VII, § 705, Sept. 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 995Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 705. medical care guides and reports for public assistance and medical assistance for the aged Title XI of the Social Security Act is amended by adding 42 USC 130 1–1310. at the end thereof the following new section: “Sec. 1112. “medical care guides and reports for public assistance and medical assistance for the aged 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 Act 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 for the aged; 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.”Social Security Amendments of 1965
Pub. L. 89–97 title IV § 408(c) · 79 Stat. 288
Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 1312
Pub. L. 89–97 struck out “for the aged” after “medical assistance”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 89–97 struck out “for the aged” after “medical assistance”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(c) (1) Section 1112 of such Act is amended by striking out “for the aged”. (2) The heading of section 1112 of such Act is amended by striking out “for the aged”.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1965—Pub. L. 89–97 struck out “for the aged” after “medical assistance”.
Credits
1935–1965 · 2 acts
- 1935Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, § 1112, as added Pub. L. 86–778, title VII, § 705, , 74 Stat. 995
- 1965amended Pub. L. 89–97, title IV, § 408(c), , 79 Stat. 422.
Show as published
(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, § 1112, as added Pub. L. 86–778, title VII, § 705, , 74 Stat. 995; amended Pub. L. 89–97, title IV, § 408(c), , 79 Stat. 422.)