42 CFR § 436.1100 - Basis and scope.

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title: "42 CFR § 436.1100 - Basis and scope."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "436.1100"
section_name: "Basis and scope."
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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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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# 436.1100 Basis and scope.

(a) *Statutory basis.* Section 1920A of the Act allows States to provide Medicaid services to children under age 19 during a period of presumptive eligibility, prior to a formal determination of Medicaid eligibility.

(b) *Scope.* This subpart prescribes the requirements for providing medical assistance to special groups who are not eligible for Medicaid as categorically or medically needy.