42 U.S.C. § 1396C
Section 1396c · Operation of State plans
This is § 1904 of the Social Security Act of 1935
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 163 court decisions — leading case Wilder v. Virginia Hospital Assn. (1990)
Most recently applied in Saint Anthony Hospital v. Elizabeth M. Whitehorn (March 2025)
Cases citing this section usually also cite 42 U.S.C. § 1396A · 42 U.S.C. § 1396 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983
If the Secretary, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing to the State agency administering or supervising the administration of the State plan approved under this subchapter, finds—
(1) that the plan has been so changed that it no longer complies with the provisions of section 1396a of this title; or
(2) that in the administration of the plan there is a failure to comply substantially with any such provision;
the Secretary shall notify such State agency that further payments will not be made to the State (or, in his discretion, that payments will be limited to categories under or parts of the State plan not affected by such failure), until the Secretary is satisfied that there will no longer be any such failure to comply. Until he is so satisfied he shall make no further payments to such State (or shall limit payments to categories under or parts of the State plan not affected by such failure).