Purpose and applicability.

This part sets forth, for the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa— (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 the Medicaid agency must use in determining and redetermining eligibility, and requirements it may not use; (d) The availability of FFP for providing Medicaid and for administering the eligibility provisions of the plan; and (e) Other requirements concerning eligibility determinations, such as use of an institutionalized individual's income for the cost of care. [43 FR 45204, Sept. 29, 1978, as amended at 44 FR 17937, Mar. 23, 1979; 51 FR 41350, Nov. 14, 1986]