42 USC § 18117 - Oversight

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s18117"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 18117 - Oversight"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "18117"
section_name: "Oversight"
chapter_number: 157
chapter_name: "QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL AMERICANS"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–148, title I, § 1559, Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 261.)"
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# 1 Oversight

See References in Text note below.

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The Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services shall have oversight authority with respect to the administration and implementation of this title  as it relates to such Department.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–148, title I, § 1559, Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 261.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This title, referred to in text, is title I of , , , which enacted this chapter and enacted, amended, and transferred numerous other sections and notes in the Code. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables.