42 U.S.C. § 1312 : US Code - Section 1312: Medical care guides and reports for public assistance and medical assistance

Search 42 U.S.C. § 1312 : US Code - Section 1312: Medical care guides and reports for public assistance and medical assistance

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.