42 CFR § 457.490 - Delivery and utilization control systems.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s457.490"
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title: "42 CFR § 457.490 - Delivery and utilization control systems."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "457.490"
section_name: "Delivery and utilization control systems."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "STATE CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMS (SCHIPs)"
part_number: "457"
part_name: "ALLOTMENTS AND GRANTS TO STATES"
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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: "65 FR 33622, May 24, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
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# 457.490 Delivery and utilization control systems.

A State that elects to obtain health benefits coverage through a separate child health program must include in its State plan a description of the child health assistance provided under the plan for targeted low-income children, including a description of the proposed methods of delivery and utilization control systems. A State must—

(a) Describe the methods of delivery of child health assistance including the choice of financing and the methods for assuring delivery of the insurance products and delivery of health care services covered by such products to the enrollees, including any variations; and

(b) Describe utilization control systems designed to ensure that enrollees receiving health care services under the State plan receive only appropriate and medically necessary health care consistent with the benefit package described in the approved State plan.