42 CFR § 408.205 - Application procedures.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s408.205"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 408.205 - Application procedures."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "408.205"
section_name: "Application procedures."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "MEDICARE PROGRAM"
part_number: "408"
part_name: "PREMIUMS FOR SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL INSURANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 48115, Dec. 18, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "408"
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# 408.205 Application procedures.
(a) A State or local government agency must contact its CMS regional office (RO) to request application materials.
(b) If interested in entering into an agreement, the State or local government agency must return to the RO two copies of the completed application materials.
(c) CMS reviews the application materials, and, when they are approved, notifies the State or local government agency, and the RO.