[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR95.505]

[Page 461-462]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
                    Subpart E--Cost Allocation Plans
 
Sec. 95.505  Definitions.

    As used in this subpart:
    State agency costs include all costs incurred by or allocable to the 
State agency except expenditures for financial assistance, medical 
vendor payments, and payments for services and goods provided directly 
to program recipients such as day care services, family planning 
services or household items as provided for under the approved State 
program plan.
    Cost allocation plan means a narrative description of the procedures 
that the State agency will use in identifying, measuring, and allocating 
all State agency costs incurred in support of all programs administered 
or supervised by the State agency.
    FFP or Federal financial participation means the Federal 
Government's share of expenditures made by a State agency under any of 
the programs cited in Sec. 95.503.
    Operating Divisions means the Department of Health and Human 
Services (HHS) organizational components responsible for administering 
public assistance programs. These components are the Social Security 
Administration, Office of Human Development Services, Office of Child 
Support Enforcement,Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and Office 
of Refugee Resettlement.
    Public assistance programs means the programs cited in Sec. 95.503.
    State means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana 
Islands, and Guam.
    State agency means the State agency administering or supervising the 
administration of the State plan for any program cited in Sec. 95.503. A 
State agency may be an organizational part of a larger State department 
that also contains other components and agencies. Where that occurs, the 
expression State agency refers to the specific component or agency 
within the State department that is directly responsible for the 
administration of, or supervising the administration of, one or more 
programs identified in Sec. 95.503.

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    State Plan means a comprehensive written commitment by the State 
agency to administer or supervise the administration of any of the 
public assistance programs cited in Sec. 95.503 in accordance with all 
Federal requirements.