[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR304.26]

[Page 270]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
    CHAPTER III--OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT (CHILD SUPPORT 
 
PART 304_FEDERAL FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 304.26  Determination of Federal share of collections.

    (a) From the amounts of support collected by the State and retained 
as reimbursement for title IV-A payments and foster care maintenance 
payments under title IV-E, the State shall reimburse the Federal 
government the Federal share of the support collections. In computing 
the Federal share of support collections for assistance payments made 
under titles IV-A and IV-E, the State shall use the Federal medical 
assistance percentage in effect for the fiscal year in which the amount 
is distributed. The Federal medical assistance percentage is:
    (1) 75 percent for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and 
American Samoa; and
    (2) As defined in section 1905(b) of the Act as in effect on 
September 30, 1995, for any other State.
    (b) If an incentive payment is made to a jurisdiction under Sec. 
304.12 of this chapter for the enforcement and collection of support 
obligations, the payment shall be made from the Federal share of 
collections computed in paragraph (a) of this section.
    (c) If a hold harmless payment is made to a jurisdiction pursuant to 
section 457(d) of the Act, the payment shall be made from the remaining 
Federal share of collections following the incentive payment made in 
paragraph (b) of this section.

[64 FR 6252, Feb. 9, 1999, as amended at 68 FR 25305, May 12, 2003]