CFR > Title 42 - Public Health > CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER C—MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS (parts 430 to 456) > PART 433—STATE FISCAL ADMINISTRATION > SUBPART D—Third Party Liability (§433.135 to §433.154) > 433.154—Distribution of collections.

433.154—Distribution of collections.

The agency must distribute collections as follows—
(a) To itself, an amount equal to State Medicaid expenditures for the individual on whose right the collection was based.
(b) To the Federal Government, the Federal share of the State Medicaid expenditures, minus any incentive payment made in accordance with § 433.153.
(c) To the recipient, any remaining amount. This amount must be treated as income or resources under part 435 or part 436 of this subchapter, as appropriate.