[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: 45CFR95.624]

[Page 473-474]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
Subpart F--Automatic Data Processing Equipment and Services--Conditions 
                for Federal Financial Participation (FFP)
 
Sec. 95.624  Consideration for FFP in emergency situations.

    For ADP equipment and services acquired by a State after December 1,

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1985 to meet emergency situations, which preclude the State from 
following the requirements of Sec. 95.611, the Department will consider 
providing FFP upon receipt of a written request from the State. In order 
for the Department to consider providing FFP in emergency situations, 
the following conditions must be met:
    (a) The State must submit a written request to the Department, prior 
to the acquisition of any ADP equipment or services. The written request 
must be sent by registered mail and include:
    (1) A brief description of the ADP equipment and/or services to be 
acquired and an estimate of their costs;
    (2) A brief description of the circumstances which result in the 
State's need to proceed prior to obtaining approval from the Department; 
and
    (3) A description of the harm which will be caused if the State does 
not acquire immediately the ADP equipment and services.
    (b) Upon receipt of the information, the Department will within 14 
days take one of the following actions:
    (1) Inform the State in writing that the request has been 
disapproved and the reason for disapproval; or
    (2) Inform the State in writing that the Department recognizes that 
an emergency exists and that within 90 days from the date of the State's 
initial written request, the State must submit a formal request for 
approval which includes the information specified at Sec. 95.611 in 
order for the ADP equipment or services acquisition to be considered for 
the Department's approval.
    (c) If the Department approves the request submitted under paragraph 
(b) of this section, FFP will be available from the date the State 
acquires the ADP equipment and services.

[51 FR 3339, Jan. 27, 1986, as amended at 55 FR 4378, Feb. 7, 1990]