42 CFR § 441.200 - Basis and purpose.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s441.200"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 441.200 - Basis and purpose."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "441.200"
section_name: "Basis and purpose."
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"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302."
regulatory_source: "43 FR 45229, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "441"
---


# 441.200 Basis and purpose.

This subpart implements section 402 of Pub. L. 97-12, and subsequent laws that appropriate funds for the Medicaid program, including section 204 of Pub. L. 98-619. All of these laws prohibit the use of Federal funds to pay for abortions except when continuation of the pregnancy would endanger the mother's life.

[52 FR 47935, Dec. 17, 1987]