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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1397gg. Strategic objectives and performance goals; plan administration
(a) Strategic objectives and performance goals
(1) Description
A State child health plan shall include a description of -
(A) the strategic objectives,
(B) the performance goals, and
(C) the performance measures,
the State has established for providing child health assistance
to targeted low-income children under the plan and otherwise for
maximizing health benefits coverage for other low-income children
and children generally in the State.
(2) Strategic objectives
Such plan shall identify specific strategic objectives relating
to increasing the extent of creditable health coverage among
targeted low-income children and other low-income children.
(3) Performance goals
Such plan shall specify one or more performance goals for each
such strategic objective so identified.
(4) Performance measures
Such plan shall describe how performance under the plan will be
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(A) measured through objective, independently verifiable
means, and
(B) compared against performance goals, in order to determine
the State's performance under this subchapter.
(b) Records, reports, audits, and evaluation
(1) Data collection, records, and reports
A State child health plan shall include an assurance that the
State will collect the data, maintain the records, and furnish
the reports to the Secretary, at the times and in the
standardized format the Secretary may require in order to enable
the Secretary to monitor State program administration and
compliance and to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of State
plans under this subchapter.
(2) State assessment and study
A State child health plan shall include a description of the
State's plan for the annual assessments and reports under section
1397hh(a) of this title and the evaluation required by section
1397hh(b) of this title.
(3) Audits
A State child health plan shall include an assurance that the
State will afford the Secretary access to any records or
information relating to the plan for the purposes of review or
audit.
(c) Program development process
A State child health plan shall include a description of the
process used to involve the public in the design and implementation
of the plan and the method for ensuring ongoing public involvement.
(d) Program budget
A State child health plan shall include a description of the
budget for the plan. The description shall be updated periodically
as necessary and shall include details on the planned use of funds
and the sources of the non-Federal share of plan expenditures,
including any requirements for cost-sharing by beneficiaries.
(e) Application of certain general provisions
The following sections of this chapter shall apply to States
under this subchapter in the same manner as they apply to a State
under subchapter XIX of this chapter:
(1) Subchapter XIX provisions
(A) Section 1396a(a)(4)(C) of this title (relating to conflict
of interest standards).
(B) Paragraphs (2), (16), and (17) of section 1396b(i) of this
title (relating to limitations on payment).
(C) Section 1396b(w) of this title (relating to limitations on
provider taxes and donations).
(D) Section 1396r-1a of this title (relating to presumptive
eligibility for children).
(2) Subchapter XI provisions
(A) Section 1315 of this title (relating to waiver authority).
(B) Section 1316 of this title (relating to administrative and
judicial review), but only insofar as consistent with this
subchapter.
(C) Section 1320a-3 of this title (relating to disclosure of
ownership and related information).
(D) Section 1320a-5 of this title (relating to disclosure of
information about certain convicted individuals).
(E) Section 1320a-7a of this title (relating to civil monetary
penalties).
(F) Section 1320a-7b(d) of this title (relating to criminal
penalties for certain additional charges).
(G) Section 1320b-2 of this title (relating to periods within
which claims must be filed).
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