---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch7/schXI/ptA"
level: "part"
label: "Part A"
heading: "General Provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch7-schXI-ptA"
sections_count: 89
---

# Part A — General Provisions

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 7 — Social Security › Subchapter XI — General Provisions, Peer Review, and Administrative Simplification

## Sections

- [§1301. Definitions](/usc/42/1301.md)
- [§1301–1. Omitted](/usc/42/1301-1.md)
- [§1301a. Omitted](/usc/42/1301a.md)
- [§1302. Rules and regulations; impact analyses of Medicare and Medicaid rules and regulations on small rural hospitals](/usc/42/1302.md)
- [§1303. Separability](/usc/42/1303.md)
- [§1304. Reservation of right to amend or repeal](/usc/42/1304.md)
- [§1305. Short title of chapter](/usc/42/1305.md)
- [§1306. Disclosure of information in possession of Social Security Administration or Department of Health and Human Services](/usc/42/1306.md)
- [§1306a. Public access to State disbursement records](/usc/42/1306a.md)
- [§1306b. State data exchanges](/usc/42/1306b.md)
- [§1306c. Restriction on access to the Death Master File](/usc/42/1306c.md)
- [§1307. Penalty for fraud](/usc/42/1307.md)
- [§1308. Additional grants to Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa; limitation on total payments](/usc/42/1308.md)
- [§1309. Amounts disregarded not to be taken into account in determining eligibility of other individuals](/usc/42/1309.md)
- [§1310. Cooperative research or demonstration projects](/usc/42/1310.md)
- [§1311. Public assistance payments to legal representatives](/usc/42/1311.md)
- [§1312. Medical care guides and reports for public assistance and medical assistance](/usc/42/1312.md)
- [§1313. Assistance for United States citizens returned from foreign countries](/usc/42/1313.md)
- [§1314. Public advisory groups](/usc/42/1314.md)
- [§1314a. Measurement and reporting of welfare receipt](/usc/42/1314a.md)
- [§1314b. National Advisory Committee on the Sex Trafficking of Children and Youth in the United States](/usc/42/1314b.md)
- [§1315. Demonstration projects](/usc/42/1315.md)
- [§1315a. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation](/usc/42/1315a.md)
- [§1315b. Providing Federal coverage and payment coordination for dual eligible beneficiaries](/usc/42/1315b.md)
- [§1316. Administrative and judicial review of public assistance determinations](/usc/42/1316.md)
- [§1317. Appointment of the Administrator and Chief Actuary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services](/usc/42/1317.md)
- [§1318. Alternative Federal payment with respect to public assistance expenditures](/usc/42/1318.md)
- [§1319. Federal participation in payments for repairs to home owned by recipient of aid or assistance](/usc/42/1319.md)
- [§1320. Approval of certain projects](/usc/42/1320.md)
- [§1320a. Uniform reporting systems for health services facilities and organizations](/usc/42/1320a.md)
- [§1320a–1. Limitation on use of Federal funds for capital expenditures](/usc/42/1320a-1.md)
- [§1320a–1a. Transferred](/usc/42/1320a-1a.md)
- [§1320a–2. Effect of failure to carry out State plan](/usc/42/1320a-2.md)
- [§1320a–2a. Reviews of child and family services programs, and of foster care and adoption assistance programs, for conformity with State plan requirements](/usc/42/1320a-2a.md)
- [§1320a–3. Disclosure of ownership and related information; procedure; definitions; scope of requirements](/usc/42/1320a-3.md)
- [§1320a–3a. Disclosure requirements for other providers under part B of Medicare](/usc/42/1320a-3a.md)
- [§1320a–4. Issuance of subpenas by Comptroller General](/usc/42/1320a-4.md)
- [§1320a–5. Disclosure by institutions, organizations, and agencies of owners, officers, etc., convicted of offenses related to programs; notification requirements; “managing employee” defined](/usc/42/1320a-5.md)
- [§1320a–6. Adjustments in SSI benefits on account of retroactive benefits under subchapter II](/usc/42/1320a-6.md)
- [§1320a–6a. Interagency coordination to improve program administration](/usc/42/1320a-6a.md)
- [§1320a–7. Exclusion of certain individuals and entities from participation in Medicare and State health care programs](/usc/42/1320a-7.md)
- [§1320a–7a. Civil monetary penalties](/usc/42/1320a-7a.md)
- [§1320a–7b. Criminal penalties for acts involving Federal health care programs](/usc/42/1320a-7b.md)
- [§1320a–7c. Fraud and abuse control program](/usc/42/1320a-7c.md)
- [§1320a–7d. Guidance regarding application of health care fraud and abuse sanctions](/usc/42/1320a-7d.md)
- [§1320a–7e. Health care fraud and abuse data collection program](/usc/42/1320a-7e.md)
- [§1320a–7f. Coordination of medicare and medicaid surety bond provisions](/usc/42/1320a-7f.md)
- [§1320a–7g. Funds to reduce medicaid fraud and abuse](/usc/42/1320a-7g.md)
- [§1320a–7h. Transparency reports and reporting of physician ownership or investment interests](/usc/42/1320a-7h.md)
- [§1320a–7i. Reporting of information relating to drug samples](/usc/42/1320a-7i.md)
- [§1320a–7j. Accountability requirements for facilities](/usc/42/1320a-7j.md)
- [§1320a–7k. Medicare and Medicaid program integrity provisions](/usc/42/1320a-7k.md)
- [§1320a–7l. Nationwide program for national and State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities and providers](/usc/42/1320a-7l.md)
- [§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](/usc/42/1320a-7m.md)
- [§1320a–7n. Disclosure of predictive modeling and other analytics technologies to identify and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse](/usc/42/1320a-7n.md)
- [§1320a–8. Civil monetary penalties and assessments for subchapters II, VIII and XVI](/usc/42/1320a-8.md)
- [§1320a–8a. Administrative procedure for imposing penalties for false or misleading statements](/usc/42/1320a-8a.md)
- [§1320a–8b. Attempts to interfere with administration of this chapter](/usc/42/1320a-8b.md)
- [§1320a–9. Demonstration projects](/usc/42/1320a-9.md)
- [§1320a–10. Effect of failure to carry out State plan](/usc/42/1320a-10.md)
- [§1320b. Repealed.](/usc/42/1320b.md)
- [§1320b–1. Notification of Social Security claimant with respect to deferred vested benefits](/usc/42/1320b-1.md)
- [§1320b–2. Period within which certain claims must be filed](/usc/42/1320b-2.md)
- [§1320b–3. Applicants or recipients under public assistance programs not to be required to make election respecting certain veterans’ benefits](/usc/42/1320b-3.md)
- [§1320b–4. Nonprofit hospital or critical access hospital philanthropy](/usc/42/1320b-4.md)
- [§1320b–5. Authority to waive requirements during national emergencies](/usc/42/1320b-5.md)
- [§1320b–6. Exclusion of representatives and health care providers convicted of violations from participation in social security programs](/usc/42/1320b-6.md)
- [§1320b–7. Income and eligibility verification system](/usc/42/1320b-7.md)
- [§1320b–8. Hospital protocols for organ procurement and standards for organ procurement agencies](/usc/42/1320b-8.md)
- [§1320b–9. Improved access to, and delivery of, health care for Indians under subchapters XIX and XXI](/usc/42/1320b-9.md)
- [§1320b–9a. Child health quality measures](/usc/42/1320b-9a.md)
- [§1320b–9b. Adult health quality measures](/usc/42/1320b-9b.md)
- [§1320b–10. Prohibitions relating to references to Social Security or Medicare](/usc/42/1320b-10.md)
- [§1320b–11. Blood donor locator service](/usc/42/1320b-11.md)
- [§1320b–12. Research on outcomes of health care services and procedures](/usc/42/1320b-12.md)
- [§1320b–13. Social security account statements](/usc/42/1320b-13.md)
- [§1320b–14. Outreach efforts to increase awareness of the availability of medicare cost-sharing and subsidies for low-income individuals under subchapter XVIII](/usc/42/1320b-14.md)
- [§1320b–15. Protection of social security and medicare trust funds](/usc/42/1320b-15.md)
- [§1320b–16. Public disclosure of certain information on hospital financial interest and referral patterns](/usc/42/1320b-16.md)
- [§1320b–17. Cross-program recovery of overpayments from benefits](/usc/42/1320b-17.md)
- [§1320b–18. Repealed.](/usc/42/1320b-18.md)
- [§1320b–19. The Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program](/usc/42/1320b-19.md)
- [§1320b–20. Work incentives outreach program](/usc/42/1320b-20.md)
- [§1320b–21. State grants for work incentives assistance to disabled beneficiaries](/usc/42/1320b-21.md)
- [§1320b–22. Grants to develop and establish State infrastructures to support working individuals with disabilities](/usc/42/1320b-22.md)
- [§1320b–23. Pharmacy benefit managers transparency requirements](/usc/42/1320b-23.md)
- [§1320b–24. Consultation with Tribal Technical Advisory Group](/usc/42/1320b-24.md)
- [§1320b–25. Reporting to law enforcement of crimes occurring in federally funded long-term care facilities](/usc/42/1320b-25.md)
- [§1320b–26. Funding for providers relating to COVID–19](/usc/42/1320b-26.md)