42 CFR § 435.217 - Individuals receiving home and community-based services.

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title: "42 CFR § 435.217 - Individuals receiving home and community-based services."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "435.217"
section_name: "Individuals receiving home and community-based services."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS"
part_number: "435"
part_name: "ELIGIBILITY IN THE STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, AND AMERICAN SAMOA"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302."
regulatory_source: "43 FR 45204, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
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# 435.217 Individuals receiving home and community-based services.

The agency may provide Medicaid to any group or groups of individuals in the community who meet the following requirements:

(a) The group would be eligible for Medicaid if institutionalized.

(b) In the absence of home and community-based services under a waiver granted under part 441—

(1) Subpart G of this subchapter, the group would otherwise require the level of care furnished in a hospital, NF, or an ICF/IID; or

(2) Subpart H of this subchapter, the group would otherwise require the level of care furnished in an NF and are age 65 or older.

(c) The group receives the waivered services.

[57 FR 29155, June 30, 1992]