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, 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 88tsblirhInfJ8tandarda 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 

### 8houl4not be lower than thors **derraribed on**  page **9 of**  **MOE Informtlon**  **Olroular Ho.**  **13. ’**  "(Em: lml rnrormstionCIrouler 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~oanYadloal AS8OOIatIO8.

. . Spaoialist8 pho are oertlfied **by** their r44p4oti~a **Anaerloan Board8**  (thaaa **bo8rd8 (Ira**  **8clt**up **by** tha A84rloan Ma~tiaelA88oolatIon 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

Slatarhltyand Iniant Car4 

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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 P4rtm4at fro8 entering intO 0 quastidn?.I

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**2. dould**  the r~sr,uix6amtsacnoernlng t30 yuallfta~tiocr **of phyyrioicus**  **as** FTaSOTlbed **by** 

### ths **Direotor** and the gko8cd rule ‘IRabove 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~haAttorney Ganaral to oartitg on tha :~!Gi-73oartfCtostr rrgalrsd by the iiwc%u a% %%m% 1% quoted la the:-raqu88t’t
Yoorthe purpose o: **obtaining** aoru li&t on the **F,urrstimr perested,**  

### sL our rac.usst, 

### you furnished 

### ua vith the raoencly publishsd oiroui~r forlpsocntaising 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 Seolreterpof 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.ltpfor th% 

### polities :and.I%F%Ct% of adnlnlatarlng the funds. ‘chatLa, to 848 th’dt ,etle f*a;nd% arapid to the popoP perawl sntitled th*rsw for,~ ‘- ._. .: ..a_? --,- ? .? ,‘i,..; i in cormeatlonwith ybur oplnioa rsquest.

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