42 CFR § 440.240 - Comparability of services for groups.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s440.240"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 440.240 - Comparability of services for groups."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "440.240"
section_name: "Comparability of services for groups."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS"
part_number: "440"
part_name: "SERVICES: GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302."
regulatory_source: "43 FR 45224, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "440"
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# 440.240 Comparability of services for groups.
Except as limited in § 440.250—
(a) The plan must provide that the services available to any categorically needy beneficiary under the plan are not less in amount, duration, and scope than those services available to a medically needy beneficiary; and
(b) The plan must provide that the services available to any individual in the following groups are equal in amount, duration, and scope for all beneficiaries within the group:
(1) The categorically needy.
(2) A covered medically needy group.
[46 FR 47993, Sept. 30, 1981]