42 CFR § 436.1 - Purpose and applicability.

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title: "42 CFR § 436.1 - Purpose and applicability."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "436.1"
section_name: "Purpose and applicability."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS"
part_number: "436"
part_name: "ELIGIBILITY IN GUAM, PUERTO RICO, AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 1102 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1302)."
regulatory_source: "43 FR 45218, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
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# 436.1 Purpose and applicability.

This part sets forth, for Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands—

(a) The eligibility provisions that a State plan must contain;

(b) The mandatory and optional groups of individuals to whom Medicaid is provided under a State plan;

(c) The eligibility requirements and procedures that a Medicaid agency must use in determining and redetermining eligibility, and requirements it may not use; and

(d) The availability of FFP for providing Medicaid and for administering the eligibility provisions of the plan.

[43 FR 45218, Sept. 29, 1978, as amended at 44 FR 17939, Mar. 23, 1979]