42 CFR § 441.20 - Family planning services.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s441.20"
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title: "42 CFR § 441.20 - Family planning services."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "441.20"
section_name: "Family planning services."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS"
part_number: "441"
part_name: "SERVICES: REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITS APPLICABLE TO SPECIFIC SERVICES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302."
regulatory_source: "43 FR 45229, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
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# 441.20 Family planning services.

For beneficiaries eligible under the plan for family planning services, the plan must provide that each beneficiary is free from coercion or mental pressure and free to choose the method of family planning to be used.