42 CFR § 435.949 - Verification of information through an electronic service.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s435.949"
source: "ecfr"
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title: "42 CFR § 435.949 - Verification of information through an electronic service."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "435.949"
section_name: "Verification of information through an electronic service."
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: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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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# 435.949 Verification of information through an electronic service.
(a) The Secretary will establish an electronic service through which States may verify certain information with, or obtain such information from, Federal agencies and other data sources, including SSA, the Department of Treasury, and the Department of Homeland Security.
(b) To the extent that information related to eligibility for Medicaid is available through the electronic service established by the Secretary, States must obtain the information through such service, subject to the requirements in subpart C of part 433 of this chapter, except as provided for in § 435.945(k) of this subpart.
[77 FR 17212, Mar. 23, 2012]