U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 26, 2024
§ 1397e.
Administrative and fiscal accountability
(a)
Reporting requirements; form, contents, etc.
(b)
Audits; implementation, etc.
(c)
State reports on expenditure and use of social services funds
Each report prepared and transmitted by a State under subsection (a) shall set forth (with respect to the fiscal year covered by the report)—
(1)
the number of individuals who received services paid for in whole or in part with funds made available under this division, showing separately the number of children and the number of adults who received such services, and broken down in each case to reflect the types of services and circumstances involved;
(2)
the amount spent in providing each such type of service, showing separately for each type of service the amount spent per child recipient and the amount spent per adult recipient;
(3)
the criteria applied in determining eligibility for services (such as income eligibility guidelines, sliding fee scales, the effect of public assistance benefits, and any requirements for enrollment in school or training programs); and
(4)
the methods by which services were provided, showing separately the services provided by public agencies and those provided by private agencies, and broken down in each case to reflect the types of services and circumstances involved.
The Secretary shall establish uniform definitions of services for use by the States in preparing the information required by this subsection, and make such other provision as may be necessary or appropriate to assure that compliance with the requirements of this subsection will not be unduly burdensome on the States.
(d)
Additional accounting requirements
(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XX, § 2006, as added Pub. L. 97–35, title XXIII, § 2352(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 870; amended Pub. L. 98–369, div. B, title VI, § 2663(h)(2), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1169; Pub. L. 100–485, title VI, § 607, Oct. 13, 1988, 102 Stat. 2410; Pub. L. 111–148, title VI, § 6703(d)(1)(B), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 803.)
cite as: 42 USC 1397e