Pub. L. 101-239, tit. VI, subtit. C, sec. 6504
REPORTS.
SEC. 6504. REPORTS. (a) State Reports.—Subsection (a) of section 506 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 706) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by inserting after the first sentence the following: “Each such report shall be prepared by, or in consultation with, the State maternal and child health agency.”, (B) by striking “be in such form and contain such information” and inserting “be in such standardized form and contain such information (including information described in paragraph (2))”, and 103 STAT. 2279 (C) by striking “and of the progress made toward achieving the purposes of this title, and (C)” and inserting “, (C) to describe the extent to which the State has met the goals and objectives it set forth under section 505(a)(2)(B)(i) and the national health objectives referred to in section 501(a), and (D)”; (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph: “(2) Each annual report under paragraph (1) shall include the following information: “(A)(i) The number of individuals served by the State under this title (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 title to individuals within each such class. “(iv) The amounts spent under this title 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 title or were entitled to benefits with respect to such deliveries under the State plan under title 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 title or were entitled to benefits under the State plan under title XIX at any time during the year. 103 STAT. 2280 “(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.”. (b) Secretarial Report.—Paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of such section, as redesignated by subsection (a)(2) of this section, is amended to read as follows: “(3) The Secretary shall annually transmit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report that includes— “(A) a description of each project receiving funding under paragraph (2) or (3) of section 502(a), including the amount of Federal funds provided, the number of individuals served or trained, as appropriate, under the project, and a summary of any formal evaluation conducted with respect to the project; “(B) a summary of the information described in paragraph (2)(A) reported by States; “(C) based on information described in paragraph (2)(B) supplied by the States under paragraph (1), a compilation of the following measures of maternal and child health in the United States and in each State: “(i) Information on— “(I) the rate of infant mortality, and “(II) the rate of low-birth-weight births. Information under this clause shall also be compiled by racial and ethnic group. “(ii) Information on— “(I) the rate of maternal mortality, “(II) the rate of neonatal death, “(III) the rate of perinatal death, “(IV) the proportion of infants born with fetal alcohol syndrome, “(V) the proportion of infants born with drug dependency, “(VI) the proportion of women who deliver who do not receive prenatal care during the first trimester of pregnancy, and “(VII) 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. “(iii) Information on such other indicators of maternal, infant, and child health care status as the Secretary has specified under paragraph (2)(B)(iii). “(iv) 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 103 STAT. 2281postpartum care under this title or were entitled to benefits with respect to such deliveries under the State plan under title XIX in the year, “(D) based on information described in subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E) of paragraph (2) supplied by the States under paragraph (1), a compilation of the following information in the United States and in each State: “(i) Information on— “(I) the number of deliveries in the year, and “(II) the number of such deliveries to pregnant women who were provided prenatal, delivery, or postpartum care under this title or were entitled to benefits with respect to such deliveries under a State plan under title XIX in the year. Information under this clause shall also be compiled by racial and ethnic group. “(ii) Information on— “(I) the number of infants under one year of age in the year, and “(II) the number of such infants who were provided services under this title or were entitled to benefits under a State plan under title XIX at any time during the year. Information under this clause shall also be compiled by racial and ethnic group. “(iii) 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 a State in the year; and “(E) an assessment of the progress being made to meet the health status goals and national health objectives referred to in section 501(a).”.