Federal

Title 42 — Public Health and Welfare

8,465 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 13101 — Findings and policy
• § 13102 — Definitions
• § 13103 — EPA activities
• § 13104 — Grants to States for State technical assistance programs
• § 13105 — Source Reduction Clearinghouse
• § 13106 — Source reduction and recycling data collection
• § 13107 — EPA report
• § 13108 — Savings provisions
• § 13109 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 1311 — Public assistance payments to legal representatives
• § 1312 — Medical care guides and reports for public assistance and medical assistance
• § 1313 — Assistance for United States citizens returned from foreign countries
• § 1314 — Public advisory groups
• § 1314a — Measurement and reporting of welfare receipt
• § 1314b — National Advisory Committee on the Sex Trafficking of Children and Youth in the United States
• § 1315 — Demonstration projects
• § 1315a — Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
• § 1315b — Providing Federal coverage and payment coordination for dual eligible beneficiaries
• § 1316 — Administrative and judicial review of public assistance determinations
• § 1317 — Appointment of the Administrator and Chief Actuary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• § 1318 — Alternative Federal payment with respect to public assistance expenditures
• § 1319 — Federal participation in payments for repairs to home owned by recipient of aid or assistance
• § 1320 — Approval of certain projects
• § 13201 — “Secretary” defined
• § 1320a — Uniform reporting systems for health services facilities and organizations
• § 1320a–1 — Limitation on use of Federal funds for capital expenditures
• § 1320a–10 — Effect of failure to carry out State plan
• § 1320a–1a — Transferred
• § 1320a–2 — Effect of failure to carry out State plan
• § 1320a–2a — Reviews of child and family services programs, and of foster care and adoption assistance programs, for conformity with State plan requirements
• § 1320a–3 — Disclosure of ownership and related information; procedure; definitions; scope of requirements
• § 1320a–3a — Disclosure requirements for other providers under part B of Medicare
• § 1320a–4 — Issuance of subpenas by Comptroller General
• § 1320a–5 — Disclosure by institutions, organizations, and agencies of owners, officers, etc., convicted of offenses related to programs; notification requirements; “managing employee” defined
• § 1320a–6 — Adjustments in SSI benefits on account of retroactive benefits under subchapter II
• § 1320a–6a — Interagency coordination to improve program administration
• § 1320a–7 — Exclusion of certain individuals and entities from participation in Medicare and State health care programs
• § 1320a–7a — Civil monetary penalties
• § 1320a–7b — Criminal penalties for acts involving Federal health care programs
• § 1320a–7c — Fraud and abuse control program
• § 1320a–7d — Guidance regarding application of health care fraud and abuse sanctions
• § 1320a–7e — Health care fraud and abuse data collection program
• § 1320a–7f — Coordination of medicare and medicaid surety bond provisions
• § 1320a–7g — Funds to reduce medicaid fraud and abuse
• § 1320a–7h — Transparency reports and reporting of physician ownership or investment interests
• § 1320a–7i — Reporting of information relating to drug samples
• § 1320a–7j — Accountability requirements for facilities
• § 1320a–7k — Medicare and Medicaid program integrity provisions
• § 1320a–7l — Nationwide program for national and State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities and providers
• § 1320a–7m — Use of predictive modeling and other analytics technologies to identify and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse in the Medicare fee-for-service program
• § 1320a–7n — Disclosure of predictive modeling and other analytics technologies to identify and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse
• § 1320a–8 — Civil monetary penalties and assessments for subchapters II, VIII and XVI
• § 1320a–8a — Administrative procedure for imposing penalties for false or misleading statements
• § 1320a–8b — Attempts to interfere with administration of this chapter
• § 1320a–9 — Demonstration projects
• § 1320b — Repealed. Pub. L. 93–647, § 3(e)(1) , Jan. 4, 1975 , 88 Stat. 2349
• § 1320b–1 — Notification of Social Security claimant with respect to deferred vested benefits
• § 1320b–10 — Prohibitions relating to references to Social Security or Medicare
• § 1320b–11 — Blood donor locator service
• § 1320b–12 — Research on outcomes of health care services and procedures
• § 1320b–13 — Social security account statements
• § 1320b–14 — Outreach efforts to increase awareness of the availability of medicare cost-sharing and subsidies for low-income individuals under subchapter XVIII
• § 1320b–15 — Protection of social security and medicare trust funds
• § 1320b–16 — Public disclosure of certain information on hospital financial interest and referral patterns
• § 1320b–17 — Cross-program recovery of overpayments from benefits
• § 1320b–18 — Repealed. Pub. L. 108–203, title II, § 210(b)(3) , Mar. 2, 2004 , 118 Stat. 517
• § 1320b–19 — The Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program
• § 1320b–2 — Period within which certain claims must be filed
• § 1320b–20 — Work incentives outreach program
• § 1320b–21 — State grants for work incentives assistance to disabled beneficiaries
• § 1320b–22 — Grants to develop and establish State infrastructures to support working individuals with disabilities
• § 1320b–23 — Pharmacy benefit managers transparency requirements
• § 1320b–24 — Consultation with Tribal Technical Advisory Group
• § 1320b–25 — Reporting to law enforcement of crimes occurring in federally funded long-term care facilities
• § 1320b–26 — Funding for providers relating to COVID–19
• § 1320b–3 — Applicants or recipients under public assistance programs not to be required to make election respecting certain veterans’ benefits
• § 1320b–4 — Nonprofit hospital or critical access hospital philanthropy
• § 1320b–5 — Authority to waive requirements during national emergencies
• § 1320b–6 — Exclusion of representatives and health care providers convicted of violations from participation in social security programs
• § 1320b–7 — Income and eligibility verification system
• § 1320b–8 — Hospital protocols for organ procurement and standards for organ procurement agencies
• § 1320b–9 — Improved access to, and delivery of, health care for Indians under subchapters XIX and XXI
• § 1320b–9a — Child health quality measures
• § 1320b–9b — Adult health quality measures
• § 1320c — Purpose
• § 1320c–1 — Definition of quality improvement organization
• § 1320c–10 — Annual reports
• § 1320c–11 — Exemptions for religious nonmedical health care institutions
• § 1320c–12 — Medical officers in American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands to be included in the quality improvement program
• § 1320c–13 — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–432, title I, § 156(a)(1) , Oct. 31, 1994 , 108 Stat. 4440
• § 1320c–14 to 1320c–19 — Omitted
• § 1320c–2 — Contracts with quality improvement organizations
• § 1320c–20 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–35, title XXI, § 2113(k) , Aug. 13, 1981 , 95 Stat. 795
• § 1320c–21, 1320c–22 — Omitted
• § 1320c–3 — Functions of quality improvement organizations
• § 1320c–4 — Right to hearing and judicial review
• § 1320c–5 — Obligations of health care practitioners and providers of health care services; sanctions and penalties; hearings and review
• § 1320c–6 — Limitation on liability
• § 1320c–7 — Application of this part to certain State programs receiving Federal financial assistance
• § 1320c–8 — Authorization for use of certain funds to administer provisions of this part
• § 1320c–9 — Prohibition against disclosure of information
• § 1320d — Definitions
• § 1320d–1 — General requirements for adoption of standards
• § 1320d–2 — Standards for information transactions and data elements
• § 1320d–3 — Timetables for adoption of standards
• § 1320d–4 — Requirements
• § 1320d–5 — General penalty for failure to comply with requirements and standards
• § 1320d–6 — Wrongful disclosure of individually identifiable health information
• § 1320d–7 — Effect on State law
• § 1320d–8 — Processing payment transactions by financial institutions
• § 1320d–9 — Application of HIPAA regulations to genetic information
• § 1320e — Comparative clinical effectiveness research
• § 1320e–1 — Limitations on certain uses of comparative clinical effectiveness research
• § 1320e–2 — Trust Fund transfers to Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund
• § 1320e–3 — Information exchange with payroll data providers
• § 1320f — Establishment of program
• § 1320f–1 — Selection of negotiation-eligible drugs as selected drugs
• § 1320f–2 — Manufacturer agreements
• § 1320f–3 — Negotiation and renegotiation process
• § 1320f–4 — Publication of maximum fair prices
• § 1320f–5 — Administrative duties and compliance monitoring
• § 1320f–6 — Civil monetary penalties
• § 1320f–7 — Limitation on administrative and judicial review
• § 1321 — Eligibility requirements for transfer of funds; reimbursement by State; application; certification; limitation
• § 13211 — Definitions
• § 13212 — Minimum Federal fleet requirement
• § 13213 — Refueling
• § 13214 — Federal agency promotion, education, and coordination
• § 13215 — Omitted
• § 13216 — Recognition and incentive awards program
• § 13217 — Measurement of alternative fuel use
• § 13218 — Reports
• § 13219 — United States Postal Service
• § 1322 — Repayment by State; certification; transfer; interest on loan; credit of interest on loan
• § 13220 — Biodiesel fuel use credits
• § 1323 — Repayable advances to Federal unemployment account
• § 13231 — Public information program
• § 13232 — Labeling requirements
• § 13233 — Data acquisition program
• § 13234 — Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authority to approve recovery of certain expenses in advance
• § 13235 — State and local incentives programs
• § 13236 — Alternative fuel bus program
• § 13237 — Certification of training programs
• § 13238 — Alternative fuel use in nonroad vehicles and engines
• § 13239 — Low interest loan program
• § 1324 — “Governor” defined
• § 13251 — Mandate for alternative fuel providers
• § 13252 — Replacement fuel supply and demand program
• § 13253 — Replacement fuel demand estimates and supply information
• § 13254 — Modification of goals; additional rulemaking authority
• § 13255 — Voluntary supply commitments
• § 13256 — Technical and policy analysis
• § 13257 — Fleet requirement program
• § 13258 — Credits
• § 13259 — Secretary’s recommendations to Congress
• § 13260 — Effect on other laws
• § 13261 — Prohibited acts
• § 13262 — Enforcement
• § 13263 — Powers of Secretary
• § 13263a — Alternative compliance
• § 13264 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 13271 — Definitions
• § 13281 — Program and solicitation
• § 13282 — Selection of proposals
• § 13283 — Discount payments
• § 13284 — Cost-sharing
• § 13285 — Reports to Congress
• § 13286 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 13291 — General authority
• § 13292 — Proposals
• § 13293 — Protection of proprietary information
• § 13294 — Compliance with existing law
• § 13295 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–362, title IV, § 401(b) , Nov. 10, 1998 , 112 Stat. 3282
• § 13296 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 1331 to 1336 — Repealed. Pub. L. 98–369, div. B, title VI, § 2663(f) , July 18, 1984 , 98 Stat. 1168
• § 13311 — Purposes
• § 13312 — Renewable energy export technology training
• § 13313 — Renewable Energy Advancement Awards
• § 13314 — Study of tax and rate treatment of renewable energy projects
• § 13315 — Data system and energy technology evaluation
• § 13316 — Innovative renewable energy technology transfer program
• § 13317 — Renewable energy production incentive
• § 13331 — Coal research, development, demonstration, and commercial application programs
• § 13332 — Coal-fired diesel engines
• § 13333 — Clean coal, waste-to-energy
• § 13334 — Nonfuel use of coal
• § 13335 — Coal refinery program
• § 13336 — Coalbed methane recovery
• § 13337 — Metallurgical coal development
• § 13338 — Utilization of coal wastes
• § 13339 — Underground coal gasification
• § 13340 — Low-rank coal research and development
• § 13341 — Magnetohydrodynamics
• § 13342 — Oil substitution through coal liquefaction
• § 13343 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 13344 — Rare earth elements
• § 13351 — Additional clean coal technology solicitations
• § 13361 — Clean coal technology export promotion and interagency coordination
• § 13362 — Innovative clean coal technology transfer program
• § 13363 — Conventional coal technology transfer