[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 186 (Monday, September 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52095-52096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24994]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Federal Financial Participation in State Assistance Expenditures; 
Federal Matching Shares for State Children's Health Insurance Programs 
and for Selected Portions of State Medicaid Programs for October 1, 
1999 Through September 30, 2000; Correction

ACTION: Notice of Correction.

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SUMMARY: This Notice corrects the Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance 
Percentages (EFMAP) for eight states as published in the January 12, 
1999 Federal Register. Five states (Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, South 
Carolina and Utah) should have had an EFMAP .01% higher than the values 
published in January. Three states (Florida, Maine and South Dakota) 
should have had an EFMAP .01% lower than that published in January.

EFFECTIVE DATES: The corrected percentages will be effective for each 
of the 4 quarter-year periods in the period beginning October 1, 1999 
and ending September 30, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Stewart or Jennifer Tolbert, 
Office of Health Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning 
and Evaluation, Room 442E Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence 
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20201, Telephone (202) 690-6870.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 12, 1999, the Department 
published in the Federal Register (PP. 1805-1808) the Federal Medical 
Assistance Percentages (FMAP) and the Enhanced Federal Assistance 
Percentages (EFMAP). The FMAP values were correct. The EFMAP values for 
eight states were slightly in error because of a failure to round the 
FMAP values from which the EFMAP values were computed. The correct 
EFMAP values for the eight states are:

  Corrected Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentages, Effective
                   October 1, 1999-September 30, 2000
                           [Fiscal year 2000]
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                                                             Enhanced
                                                              Federal
                          State                               medical
                                                            assistance
                                                            percentages
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Arkansas................................................           81.00
Florida.................................................           69.56
Georgia.................................................           71.92
Kentucky................................................           79.39
Maine...................................................           76.35
South Carolina..........................................           78.97
South Dakota............................................           78.10
Utah....................................................           80.09
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   Federal Medical Assistance Percentages and Enhanced Federal Medical
  Assistance Percentages, Effective October 1, 1999-September 30, 2000
                           [Fiscal year 2000]
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                                                             Enhanced
                                              Federal         Federal
                  State                       medical         medical
                                            assistance      assistance
                                            percentages     percentages
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Alabama.................................           69.57           78.70
Alaska..................................           59.80         **71.86
American Samoa..........................           50.00          *65.00
Arizona.................................           65.92           76.14
Arkansas................................           72.85           81.00
California..............................           51.67           66.17
Colorado................................           50.00           65.00
Connecticut.............................           50.00           65.00
Delaware................................           50.00           65.00
District of Columbia....................           70.00         **79.00
Florida.................................           56.52           69.56
Georgia.................................           59.88           71.92
Guam....................................           50.00          *65.00
Hawaii..................................           51.01           65.71
Idaho...................................           70.15           79.11
Illinois................................           50.00           65.00
Indiana.................................           61.74           73.22
Iowa....................................           63.06           74.14
Kansas..................................           60.03           72.01
Kentucky................................           70.55           79.39
Louisiana...............................           70.32           79.22
Maine...................................           66.22           76.35
Maryland................................           50.00           65.00
Massachusetts...........................           50.00           65.00
Michigan................................           55.11           68.58
Minnesota...............................           51.48           66.04
Mississippi.............................           76.80           83.76
Missouri................................           60.51           72.36
Montana.................................           72.30           80.61

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Nebraska................................           60.88           72.62
Nevada..................................           50.00           65.00
New Hampshire...........................           50.00           65.00
New Jersey..............................           50.00           65.00
New Mexico..............................           73.32           81.32
New York................................           50.00           65.00
North Carolina..........................           62.49           73.74
North Dakota............................           70.42           79.29
Northern Mariana Islands................           50.00          *65.00
Ohio....................................           58.67           71.07
Oklahoma................................           71.09           79.76
Oregon..................................           59.96           71.97
Pennsylvania............................           53.82           67.67
Puerto Rico.............................           50.00          *65.00
Rhode Island............................           53.77           67.64
South Carolina..........................           69.95           78.97
South Dakota............................           68.72           78.10
Tennessee...............................           63.10           74.17
Texas...................................           61.36           72.95
Utah....................................           71.55           80.09
Vermont.................................           62.24           73.57
Virgin Islands..........................           50.00          *65.00
Virginia................................           51.67           66.17
Washington..............................           51.83           66.28
West Virginia...........................           74.78           82.35
Wisconsin...............................           58.78           71.15
Wyoming.................................           64.04          74.83
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*For purposes of section 1118 of the Social Security Act, the percentage
  used under titles I, X, XIV, and XVI and Part A of title IV will be 75
  per centum.
**For 1998, 1999, and 2000, the values in the table were set for state
  plans under Titles XIX and XXI and for capitation payments and DSH
  allotments under those titles. For other purposes, including programs
  remaining in Title IV of the Act, the percentage for Alaska is 54.13.
  For the District of Columbia, the percentage for other such purposes
  is 50.00.

    The Department regrets the error.

    Dated: September 17, 1999.
Brian P. Burns,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Resources Management.
[FR Doc. 99-24994 Filed 9-24-99; 8:45 am]
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