42 C.F.R. § 457.420 Benchmark health benefits coverage.
Title 42 - Public Health
Benchmark coverage is health benefits coverage that is substantially equal to the health benefits coverage in one of the following benefit plans: (a) Federal Employees Health Benefit Plan (FEHBP). The standard Blue Cross/Blue Shield preferred provider option service benefit plan that is described in, and offered to Federal employees under, 5 U.S.C. 8903(1). (b) State employee plan. A health benefits plan that is offered and generally available to State employees in the State. (c) Health maintenance organization (HMO) plan. A health insurance coverage plan that is offered through an HMO (as defined in section 2791(b)(3) of the Public Health Service Act) and has the largest insured commercial, non-Medicaid enrollment in the State.
Title 42: Public Health
PART 457—ALLOTMENTS AND GRANTS TO STATES
Subpart D—State Plan Requirements: Coverage and Benefits
§ 457.420 Benchmark health benefits coverage.
