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42 U.S. Code § 706. Administrative and fiscal accountability
(a) Annual reporting requirements; form, etc.
(1)
Each State shall prepare and submit to the Secretary annual reports on its activities under this subchapter. Each such report shall be prepared by, or in consultation with, the State maternal and child health agency. In order properly to evaluate and to compare the performance of different States assisted under this subchapter and to assure the proper expenditure of funds under this subchapter, such reports shall be in such standardized form and contain such information (including information described in paragraph (2)) as the Secretary determines (after consultation with the States) to be necessary (A) to secure an accurate description of those activities, (B) to secure a complete record of the purposes for which funds were spent, of the recipients of such funds,,[1] (C) to describe the extent to which the State has met the goals and objectives it set forth under section 705(a)(2)(B)(i) of this title and the national health objectives referred to in section 701(a) of this title, and (D) to determine the extent to which funds were expended consistent with the State’s application transmitted under section 705(a) of this title. Copies of the report shall be provided, upon request, to any interested public agency, and each such agency may provide its views on these reports to the Congress.
(2) Each annual report under paragraph (1) shall include the following information:
(A)
(i)
The number of individuals served by the State under this subchapter (by class of individuals).
(ii)
The proportion of each class of such individuals which has health coverage.
(iii)
The types (as defined by the Secretary) of services provided under this subchapter to individuals within each such class.
(iv)
The amounts spent under this subchapter on each type of services, by class of individuals served.
(B) Information on the status of maternal and child health in the State, including—
(i) information (by county and by racial and ethnic group) on—
(I)
the rate of infant mortality, and
(II)
the rate of low-birth-weight births;
(ii) information (on a State-wide basis) on—
(I)
the rate of maternal mortality,
(II)
the rate of neonatal death,
(III)
the rate of perinatal death,
(IV)
the number of children with chronic illness and the type of illness,
(V)
the proportion of infants born with fetal alcohol syndrome,
(VI)
the proportion of infants born with drug dependency,
(VII)
the proportion of women who deliver who do not receive prenatal care during the first trimester of pregnancy, and
(VIII)
the proportion of children, who at their second birthday, have been vaccinated against each of measles, mumps, rubella, polio, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, Hib meningitis, and hepatitis B; and
(iii)
information on such other indicators of maternal, infant, and child health care status as the Secretary may specify.
(C) Information (by racial and ethnic group) on—
(i)
the number of deliveries in the State in the year, and
(ii)
the number of such deliveries to pregnant women who were provided prenatal, delivery, or postpartum care under this subchapter or were entitled to benefits with respect to such deliveries under the State plan under subchapter XIX in the year.
(D) Information (by racial and ethnic group) on—
(i)
the number of infants under one year of age who were in the State in the year, and
(ii)
the number of such infants who were provided services under this subchapter or were entitled to benefits under the State plan under subchapter XIX or the State plan under subchapter XXI at any time during the year.
(E) Information on the number of—
(i)
obstetricians,
(ii)
family practitioners,
(iii)
certified family nurse practitioners,
(iv)
certified nurse midwives,
(v)
pediatricians, and
(vi)
certified pediatric nurse practitioners,
who were licensed in the State in the year.
For purposes of subparagraph (A), each of the following shall be considered to be a separate class of individuals: pregnant women, infants up to age one, children with special health care needs, other children under age 22, and other individuals.