42 U.S.C. § 300w–5 — Reports, data, and audits

(a) Annual reports; contents; data collection; copies: (1) A state satisfies the data-collection rule in section 300w–4(c)(5)(B)(i) if, by February 1 of the next fiscal year, it sends the Secretary a report that: (A) describes what the state spent its section 300w–2 payments on; (B) describes its progress under section 300w–4(c)(5)(A); (C) meets the conditions below; and (D) includes any other information on section 300w–3 activities, in the form, that the Secretary requires. (2) (A) The Secretary, working with the states, must build uniform data sets defining health status for the year 2000 health objectives, made up of data items, plus formats for collecting and reporting them. (B) Each state must, using the Secretary's format, collect and report — for one year — the necessary information for one data item from each uniform data set, as chosen by the Secretary for that state. (C) Starting in fiscal year 1995, each state must collect and report the necessary information for every uniform data set tied to the year 2000 health objectives the state named, in its plan, as a purpose for its payments. (3) The Secretary, working with the states, must set rules for uniformly collecting and reporting data on section 300w–3 activities that don't have uniform data items yet. (4) A state must make its yearly report available for public inspection, and give a copy to anyone who asks, for no more than the cost of copying it. (b) Fiscal control; accounting procedures; annual audits; repayments and offsets; public inspection; Comptroller General evaluations; report to Congress: (1) Each state must set up fiscal controls and accounting procedures to properly track federal funds it gets under section 300w–2 and funds transferred under section 300w–3(c). (2) Each state must audit its own spending every year, using an auditor independent of the agency running the program, following the Comptroller General's government-auditing standards as closely as practical. Within 30 days of each audit, the state's chief executive officer must send a copy to the Secretary. (3) After the Secretary gives a state notice and a chance for an in-state hearing, the state must repay any money not spent according to this part's rules or the state's certification. If it doesn't repay, the Secretary — after another notice-and-hearing — may offset the amount against the state's future allotments. (4) The state must make its reports and audits available for public inspection within the state. (5) The Comptroller General must periodically evaluate state spending of these grants, to check it matches the law and the state's certification. (6) By October 1, 1990, the Secretary must report to Congress on what states did with this funding, and may recommend legislative changes. (c) Inapplicability of title XVII of Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981: That law's audit rules do not apply to audits of funds allotted under this part.