[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 45CFR95.624]



[Page 496-497]

 

                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                    SUBTITLE A--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

                           AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 95_GENERAL ADMINISTRATION_GRANT PROGRAMS (PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, MEDICAL 

ASSISTANCE AND STATE CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMS)--Table of 

Contents

 

 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, 

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



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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]