[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR457.355]

[Page 382-383]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
  CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
                  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 457_ALLOTMENTS AND GRANTS TO STATES--Table of Contents
 
Subpart C_State Plan Requirements: Eligibility, Screening, Applications, 
                             and Enrollment
 
Sec. 457.355  Presumptive eligibility.

    (a) General rule. Consistent with subpart D of this part, the State 
may pay costs of coverage under a separate child health program, during 
a period of presumptive eligibility for children applying for coverage 
under the separate child health program, pending the screening process 
and a final determination of eligibility (including applicants found 
through screening to be potentially eligible for Medicaid)
    (b) Expenditures for coverage during a period of presumptive 
eligibility. Expenditures for coverage during a period of presumptive 
eligibility implemented in accordance with Sec. 435.1102 of this 
chapter may be considered as expenditures

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for child health assistance under the plan.

[66 FR 2675, Jan. 11, 2001, as amended at 66 FR 33823, June 25, 2001]