[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 42CFR457.355]



[Page 396-397]

 

                         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]