§ 457.622 Rate of FFP for State expenditures.

(a) Basis. Sections 1905(b), 2105(a) and 2105(b) of the Act provides for payments to States from the States' allotments for a fiscal year, as determined under § 457.608, for part of the cost of expenditures for services and administration made under an approved State child health assistance plan. The rate of payment is generally the enhanced Federal medical assistance percentage described below.

(b) Enhanced Federal medical assistance percentage (Enhanced FMAP)—Computations. The enhanced FMAP is the lower of the following:

(1) 70 percent of the regular FMAP determined under section 1905(b) of the Act, plus 30 percentage points; or

(2) 85 percent.

(c) Conditions for availability of enhanced FMAP based on a State's expenditures—The enhanced FMAP is available for payments based on a State's expenditures claimed under the State's title XXI program from the State's fiscal year allotment only under the following conditions:

(1) The State has an approved title XXI State child health plan;