. . . . 

3 

> 

f 

, 

1 

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

1 

AUSTIN 

IERALD c. MANN 

.TTe.*m. O*IL”*L 
Eonor8bla Oaorge W. Cor D*B* a 

rdmlnistrstlon for any plan l ulmlttad 

The law 8aking tha appzoprI8tlonr for 

mt~rnltg apd !.pfa$ pars stated-that 

rr0a Taxar. 

eaatg*noy 

grants wore - _ _ 

to be ado4 to u14 states uaaer plans ae~a~opsa ana 

admlnlatered by Sets health agencies and spprovsd 

by tbo Ghia? CU tha Children's Buraeu. . . .Tha 

Taras Ftmta lhpartmant of Raalth awt aasuma full 

ra8poruiblllty to* the nmdloal l uper8lSlo8 o? tha 

plan 88tsblirhInfJ 8tandarda of quallrI4atlon4 r0r 

prsotItIo84ra p4rtlalpatlng In tba plan, l to. 

ot . . :.. (11 Tka qualiri08tloae raqulrad for phy4101888 

rendering my medIaa (other than obatetrloal) 84nlae8 

under the plan rhould ba 88tabllshad by tha 3teta 

health agoaoy. Thee4 standards 8houl4 not be lower 

than thors derraribed on page 9 of MOE Informtlon 

Olroular Ho. 13.’ 

"(Em: lml rnrormstion CIrouler Do. 13, ps* 9, 

ppioT,ide8 : *zaedl481 oara provided un6er tha plan IMY 

be authoriaed only when the 8ttsnding php8Ioisn or 

oonsultant Is 13 gMduat4 of a aabioal rohoo1 rppraved 

(8t the time Of &radUatlon Or rub8aquant t0 gx'oduatloa) by tha Counoll on Madloal Eduaatlon and 

RO4pIt418 oi the h~ar~oan Yadloal AS8OOIatIO8. . . 

Spaoialist8 pho are oertlfied by their r44p4oti~a 

Anaerloan Board8 (thaaa bo8rd8 (Ira 8clt up by tha 

A84rloan Ma~tiael A88oolatIon for Lt. D.*8 oaly) or 

whose trelnlng and axpmlonaa meat8 the requicara~ta 

iU 8UOtl boards 8lwuld b4 dael~;ted a4 4orA8tlltant4 

by the state haalth dapartzaaat. . . 

*'It la no* nao448arp to bva I4tX-7r1, the oertlflo4t4 

of tha Stata Attoraay Oa84ra1, attaohad ta the 

Eraarganoy Slatarhlty and Iniant Car4 plam9 

Tha qU48tiOtl8 submitted by you r4i44d in tha 

llgbt o? the above quote4 8t4taYa4tkts from the ilfraotor’s 

lattar are substantially restated s8 foll8Wr 

1. Would tha strtemanta and rulas quotad prohibit the Tama :tata Dealt& Da 

a plan to admlni8ter the fUndO P 

4rtm4at fro8 entering intO 

0 quastidn? 
.I 

.t 87’0 

iionorable Gsor~;% 3. Car 9aea 3 

2. dould the r~sr,uix6amts acnoernlng t30 

yuallfta~tiocr of phyyrioicus as FTaSOTlbed by 

ths Direotor and the gko8cd rule ‘IR above set 

iOt8h O~JaatibUta Illsi;% dtsari~1nnti.m 1~ Ttx%%, 

4Bd ii 40, uould bhe T%t,e% Not.0 Sealth Departa-sot be prohibit& rror3 6nttring ht.0 8uoh ,&a 

Sor 3ttalnirtration7 

3. soold it bc poa%lbl% for t~ha Attorney 

Ganaral to oartitg on t ha :~!Gi-73 oartfCtostr 

rrgalrsd by the iiwc%u a% %%m% 1% quoted la 

the:- raqu88t’t 

Yoor the purpose o: obtaining aoru li&t on the 

F,urrstimr perested, sL our rac.usst, you furnished ua 

vith the raoencly publishsd oiroui~r forlps ocntaising 

ths ml%4 proclul&ated by tha TUted Strtais Chll-3ran’s 

Bwcau, Dqmrtaeat of Labor. 

r, “* 2935, 7Btb Gon~eoo, known %3 tha LaborP%dnr?l .Ssomltp .%p,TroCrist2m sot 191/,, undrr Title I 

thereof, oontaina tha follo~~in~ appropriations ior tho 

;)5Fnxt0ent Of labor. 

Grants to 3,~t.m 3s~ maar~ecnoy metsrnity -and 

lnf.at uam (nahlatal drfsnm) : For <mats t2 stntse, 

i~oludin~ .ila%ka, Hsanil, .- F’U8rtC ‘tiQ0, and th Di8triOt 

of Columbia, ts povide, in w3ditioa to sl.?II,~lr ssrvloea 

oth%rwi%% %v%iLabl%, mdlo%l auxsing, .!nd hospltnl 

aatsxnity snd ?nCwt o,ax% Pm wlv%n md infant% of 

enllst%d s%n in the arnred l’oroes of ths WnLGod 3bta8, 

under sllotmnta by ths Seolreterp of Labor snb plana 

devalopod snd %&tinl%t*r%d by 3tsta heeltb %g%nof%% 

and approrah by the Chief of the ChitUr%n~% Duraau, 

~L,hoo,OoO.n 

1 *he Poragoine sot axpesdj- pxOVtdeS tOT tWOh 

rciai% tix be ad~inlsbwsd by r,t%te health a,-antler. :‘6 

Oonstxue tbt porti6n of :ba Direatorir letter s%t out 

%bov%, tw,ethar with the rular promulC;atad by th% Bw%%u 

to maqn th%t tha TOXM frt%te EO%ltb l)dp%Xta%nt @su%t 

aJ.g oasuue responstbll.ltp for th% polities :and .I%F%Ct% 

of adnlnlatarlng the funds. ‘chat La, to 848 th’dt ,etle 

f*a;nd% arapid to the popoP perawl sntitled th*rsw for 
,~ ‘- ._. .: ..a_? --,- 

? .? ,‘i,..; 

i 

in cormeatlon with ybur oplnioa rsquest. 

Youxa vary txullg