42 C.F.R. § 435.940 Basis and scope.
Title 42 - Public Health
(a) Section 1137 of the Act requires certain Federally-funded, State-administered public assistance programs to establish procedures for obtaining, using and verifying information relevant to determinations as to eligibility and the amount of assistance. Section 1902(a)(4) of the Act allows the Secretary to prescribe methods of administration found necessary for the proper and efficient operation of a State's Medicaid plan. (b) The agency must maintain information, as enumerated in §435.960, to exchange for the purpose of enabling any agency or program referenced in §435.945(b) to verify income, eligibility of, and the amount of assistance for its applicants and recipients.
Title 42: Public Health
PART 435—ELIGIBILITY IN THE STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, AND AMERICAN SAMOA
Subpart J—Eligibility in the States and District of Columbia
Income and Eligibility Verification Requirements
§ 435.940 Basis and scope.
