[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR401.12]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT, ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN 
          AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 401--CUBAN/HAITIAN ENTRANT PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 401.12  Cuban and Haitian entrant cash and medical assistance.

    Except as may be otherwise provided in this section, cash and 
medical assistance shall be provided to Cuban and Haitian entrants by 
the same agencies, under the same conditions, and to the same extent as 
such assistance is provided to refugees under Part 400 of this title.
    (a) For purposes of determining the eligibility of Cuban and Haitian 
entrants for cash and medical assistance under this section and the 
amount of assistance for which they are eligible under this section, the 
same standards and critieria shall be applied as are applied in the 
determination of eligibility for an amount of cash and medical 
assistance for refugees under subparts E and G of part 400 of this 
title.
    (b) Federal reimbursement will be provided to States for the costs 
of providing cash and medical assistance (and related administrative 
costs) to Cuban and Haitian entrants according to procedures and 
requirements, including procedures and requirements relating to the 
submission and approval of a State plan, identical to those applicable 
to the Refugee Program and set forth in Part 400 of this title.
    (c) The number of months during which an entrant may be eligible for 
cash and medical assistance for which Federal reimbursement is available 
under this section shall be counted starting with the first month in 
which an individual meeting the definition of a Cuban and Haitian 
entrant in Sec. 401.2 was first issued documentation by the Immigration 
and Naturalization Service indicating:
    (1) That the entrant has been granted parole by the Attorney General 
under the Immigration and Nationality Act,
    (2) That the entrant is in a voluntary departure status, or

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    (3) That the entrant's residence in a United States community is 
known to the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
    The amendments are to be issued under the authority contained in 
section 412(a)(9), Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1522(a)(9)).

[47 FR 10850, Mar. 12, 1982, as amended at 65 FR 15450, Mar. 22, 2000]