[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 3]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR440.240]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

  CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 

                  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)

 

PART 440_SERVICES: GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents

 

      Subpart B_Requirements and Limits Applicable to All Services

 

Sec. 440.240  Comparability of services for groups.



    Except as limited in Sec. 440.250--

    (a) The plan must provide that the services available to any 

categorically needy recipient under the plan are not less in amount, 

duration, and scope than those services available to a medically needy 

recipient; and

    (b) The plan must provide that the services available to any 

individual in the following groups are equal in amount, duration, and 

scope for all recipients within the group:

    (1) The categorically needy.

    (2) A covered medically needy group.



[46 FR 47993, Sept. 30, 1981]