42 CFR § 440.300 - Basis.

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title: "42 CFR § 440.300 - Basis."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "440.300"
section_name: "Basis."
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"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302."
regulatory_source: "43 FR 45224, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "440"
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# 440.300 Basis.

This subpart implements section 1937 of the Act, which authorizes States to provide for medical assistance to one or more groups of Medicaid-eligible individuals, specified by the State under an approved State plan amendment, through enrollment in coverage that provides benchmark or benchmark-equivalent health care benefit coverage.