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 436—ELIGIBILITY IN GUAM, PUERTO RICO, AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS > SUBPART A—General Provisions and Definitions (§436.1 to §436.10) > 436.1—Purpose and applicability.

436.1—Purpose and applicability.

This part sets forth, for Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands—
(a) The eligibility provisions that a State plan must contain;
(b) The mandatory and optional groups of individuals to whom Medicaid is provided under a State plan;
(c) The eligibility requirements and procedures that a Medicaid agency must use in determining and redetermining eligibility, and requirements it may not use; and
(d) The availability of FFP for providing Medicaid and for administering the eligibility provisions of the plan.
[43 FR 45218, Sept. 29, 1978, as amended at 44 FR 17939, Mar. 23, 1979]