42 CFR § 435.914 - Case documentation.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s435.914"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 435.914 - Case documentation."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "435.914"
section_name: "Case documentation."
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"
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."
regulatory_source: "43 FR 45204, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "435"
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# 435.914 Case documentation.
(a) The agency must include in each applicant's and beneficiary's case record the information and documentation described in § 431.17(b)(1) of this chapter.
(b) The agency must dispose of each application and renewal or redetermination by a finding of eligibility or ineligibility, unless—
(1) There is an entry in the case record that the applicant voluntarily withdrew the application, and that the agency sent a notice confirming his decision;
(2) There is a supporting entry in the case record that the applicant has died; or
(3) There is a supporting entry in the case record that the applicant cannot be located.
[44 FR 17937, Mar. 23, 1979. Redesignated at 77 FR 17209, Mar. 23, 2012; 89 FR 22869, Apr. 2, 2024]