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42 CFR § 600.600 - Basis, scope, and applicability.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s600.600"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 600.600 - Basis, scope, and applicability."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "600.600"
section_name: "Basis, scope, and applicability."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "BASIC HEALTH PROGRAM"
part_number: "600"
part_name: "ADMINISTRATION, ELIGIBILITY, ESSENTIAL HEALTH BENEFITS, PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, SERVICE DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS, PREMIUM AND COST SHARING, ALLOTMENTS, AND RECONCILATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Section 1331 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-148, 124 Stat. 119), as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-152, 124 Stat 1029)."
regulatory_source: "79 FR 14140, Mar. 12, 2014, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "600"
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# 600.600 Basis, scope, and applicability.

(a) *Statutory basis.* This subpart implements section 1331(d)(1) and (3) of the Affordable Care Act regarding the transfer of Federal funds to a State's BHP trust fund and the Federal payment amount to a State for the provision of BHP.

(b) *Scope and applicability.* This subpart consists of provisions relating to the methodology used to calculate the amount of payment to a state in a given Federal fiscal year for the provision of BHP and the process and procedures by which the Secretary establishes a State's BHP payment amount.