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1935 Social Security Act

PROVISION MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
(Secs. 501-505)
Conditions for approval of State plan. 1. A State plan (for each type of assistance, aid, or service) must be submitted by the State to the designated Federal administrative agency for approval.
For old-age assistance, aid to the blind, and aid to dependent children, each of the plans must be State-wide, and, if administered by political subdivisions must be mandatory upon them.
2. Financial participation by the State must be provided in the State plan (for each type of assistance, aid, or service.)
3. A single State agency must be established or designated to administer the State plan or established or designated to supervise the administration of the State plan.
4. Methods of administration (other than those relating to selection, tenure, and compensation of personnel) necessary for the efficient operation of the plan.
5. Reports must be submitted in such form and containing such information as may be from time to time required by the designated Federal administrative agency.
6. Provide for the extension and improvement of local maternal and child-health services administered by local child-health units.
7. Provide for cooperation with medical, nursing, and welfare groups and organizations.

8. Provide for development of demonstration services in needy areas and among groups in special need.
Amount of Federal grant to State. $20,000 to each State; and $1,800,000 distributed to the States in proportion to live births; and $980,000 distributed on basis of need, taking into consideration number of live births in State.
Extent of State financial participation. Amount equal to Federal payment to State exclusive of allotment on basis of need.
Federal definition of aid. Services for promoting the health of mothers and children.
Method of making allotments. Allotments made for each quarter on the basis of estimated State expenditures and appropriations, and investigations by the appropriate Federal agency.

Payments made to the State (at time or times fixed by the designated Federal agency) by the Secretary of the Treasury (through Disbursement Division) prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office.
Suspension of Federal grant. In the case of an approved plan which the Secretary of Labor finds after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing fails to comply substantially in the administration of the plan the Secretary shall notify the State agency that further payments will not be made.
FEDERAL AGENCY CHILDREN'S BUREAU
Federal appropriation authorized--Fiscal year 1936. $3,800,000
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