[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8979-8980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4164]


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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 Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, 
Medicaid, Aid to Needy Aged, Blind, or Disabled Persons and for the 
State Children's Health Insurance Program for October 1, 2000 through 
September 30, 2001

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DHHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Medical Assistance Percentages and Enhanced 
Federal Medical Assistance Percentages for Fiscal Year 2001 have been 
calculated pursuant to the Social Security Act (the Act). These 
percentages will be effective from October 1, 2000 through September 
30, 2001. This notice announces the calculated ``Federal Medical 
Assistance Percentages'' and ``Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance 
Percentages'' that we will use in determining the amount of Federal 
matching in State medical assistance (Medicaid), State Children's 
Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) expenditures, and for the annual 
reconciliation of contingency funds under Title IV-A. The table gives 
figures for each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto 
Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern 
Mariana Islands. Programs under title XIX of the Act exist in each 
jurisdiction; programs under titles I, X, and XIV operate only in Guam 
and the Virgin Islands; while a program under title XVI (AABD) operates 
only in Puerto Rico. Programs under title XXI began functioning in 
fiscal year 1998. The percentages in this notice apply to State 
expenditures for assistance payments, medical services and medical 
insurance services (except family planning which is subject to a higher 
matching rate). The statute provides separately for Federal matching of 
administrative costs.
    Sections 1905(b) and 1101(a)(8)(B) of the Act require the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services to publish these percentages each year. 
The Secretary is to figure the percentages, by formulas in sections 
1905(b) and 1101(a)(8)(B), from the Department of Commerce's statistics 
of average income per person in each State and in the Nation as a 
whole. The percentages are within the upper and lower limits given in 
those two sections of the Act. The statute specifies the percentages to 
be applied to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, 
and the Northern Mariana Islands.
    The ``Federal medical assistance percentages'' are for Medicaid. 
These percentages will also be used for the annual reconciliation of 
any Contingency funds received under the Temporary Assistance for Needy 
Families program.
    The ``Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentages'' are for use 
in the State Children's Health Insurance Programs under Title XXI, and 
in the Medicaid program for certain children for expenditures for 
medical assistance described in sections 1905(u)(2) and 1905(u)(3). 
There is no specific requirement to publish these percentages. We 
include them in this notice for the convenience of the States.

EFFECTIVE DATES: The percentages listed will be effective for each of 
the 4 quarter-year periods in the period beginning October 1, 2000 
ending September 30, 2001.

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, (202) 690-6870.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.588--
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; 93.563--Child Support 
Enforcement; 93.659--Adoption Assistance; 93.778--Medical Assistance 
Program; 93.767--State Children's Health Insurance Programs)

    Dated: February 15, 2000.
Donna E. Shalala,
Secretary of Health and Human Services.

   Federal Medical Assistance Percentages and Enhanced Federal Medical
  Assistance Percentages, Effective October 1, 2000-September 30, 2001
                           (Fiscal Year 2001)
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                                                               Enhanced
                                                  Federal      Federal
                     State                        Medical      Medical
                                                 Assistance   Assistance
                                                percentages  percentages
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Alabama.......................................        69.99        78.99
Alaska........................................        56.04        69.23
American Samoa................................        50.00    \1\ 65.00
Arizona.......................................        65.77        76.04
Arkansas......................................        73.02        81.11
California....................................        51.25        65.88
Colorado......................................        50.00        65.00
Connecticut...................................        50.00        65.00
Delaware......................................        50.00        65.00
District of Columbia..........................        70.00    \2\ 79.00
Florida.......................................        56.62        69.63
Georgia.......................................        59.67        71.77
Guam..........................................        50.00    \1\ 65.00
Hawaii........................................        53.85        67.70
Idaho.........................................        70.76        79.53
Illinois......................................        50.00        65.00
Indiana.......................................        62.04        73.43
Iowa..........................................        62.67        73.87
Kansas........................................        59.85        71.90
Kentucky......................................        70.39        79.27
Louisiana.....................................        70.53        79.37
Maine.........................................        66.12        76.28
Maryland......................................        50.00        65.00
Massachusetts.................................        50.00        65.00
Michigan......................................        56.18        69.33
Minnesota.....................................        51.11        65.78
Mississippi...................................        76.82        83.77
Missouri......................................        61.03        72.72
Montana.......................................        73.04        81.13
Nebraska......................................        60.38        72.27
Nevada........................................        50.36        65.25
New Hampshire.................................        50.00        65.00
New Jersey....................................        50.00        65.00
New Mexico....................................        73.80        81.66
New York......................................        50.00        65.00
North Carolina................................        62.47        73.73
North Dakota..................................        69.99        78.99
Northern Mariana Islands......................        50.00    \1\ 65.00
Ohio..........................................        59.03        71.32
Oklahoma......................................        71.24        79.87
Oregon........................................        60.00        72.00
Pennsylvania..................................        53.62        67.53
Puerto Rico...................................        50.00    \1\ 65.00
Rhode Island..................................        53.79        67.65
South Carolina................................        70.44        79.31
South Dakota..................................        68.31        77.82
Tennessee.....................................        63.79        74.65
Texas.........................................        60.57        72.40
Utah..........................................        71.44        80.01
Vermont.......................................        62.40        73.68
Virgin Islands................................        50.00    \1\ 65.00
Virginia......................................        51.85        66.30
Washington....................................        50.70        65.49
West Virginia.................................        75.34        82.74
Wisconsin.....................................        59.29        71.50

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Wyoming.......................................        64.60        75.22
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\1\ 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.
\2\ The value in the table was set for the state plan 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 DC is 50.00.


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