42 CFR § 433.151 - Cooperative agreements and incentive payments—State plan requirements.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s433.151"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 433.151 - Cooperative agreements and incentive payments—State plan requirements."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "433.151"
section_name: "Cooperative agreements and incentive payments—State plan requirements."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS"
part_number: "433"
part_name: "STATE FISCAL ADMINISTRATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302."
regulatory_source: "43 FR 45201, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "433"
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# 433.151 Cooperative agreements and incentive payments—State plan requirements.
For medical assistance furnished on or after October 1, 1984—
(a) A State plan must provide for entering into written cooperative agreements for enforcement of rights to and collection of third party benefits with at least one of the following entities: The State title IV-D agency, any appropriate agency of any State, and appropriate courts and law enforcement officials. The agreements must be in accordance with the provisions of § 433.152.
(b) A State plan must provide that the requirements for making incentive payments and for distributing third party collections specified in §§ 433.153 and 433.154 are met.
[50 FR 46665, Nov. 12, 1985; 50 FR 49389, Dec. 2, 1985]