[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4293-4295]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2231]


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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, and Aid to Needy Aged, Blind, or Disabled Persons for October 
1, 1997 Through September 30, 1998

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Percentages and Federal Medical Assistance 
Percentages for Fiscal Year 1998 have been calculated pursuant to the 
Social Security Act (the Act). These percentages will be effective from

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October 1, 1997 through September 30, 1998. This notice announces the 
calculated ``Federal percentages'' and ``Federal medical assistance 
percentages'' that we will use in determining the amount of Federal 
matching in State welfare and medical expenditures. 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. The percentages in this notice apply to State 
expenditures for assistance payments and medical services (except 
family planning which is subject to a higher matching rate). The 
statute provides separately for Federal matching of administrative 
costs.
    As of July 1, 1997, all States will have implemented the new title 
IV-A program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). As a 
block grant, no matching percentage is needed. However, the Federal 
medical assistance percentage will still be applicable under TANF for 
those States that receive contingency funds under section 403(b) of the 
Act in the required annual reconciliation of those funds. Closeout 
claims under the old title IV-A program, Aid to Families with Dependent 
Children will be matched at the Federal medical percentage in effect at 
the time the expenditure was made.
    Section 1101(a)(8) and 1905(b) of the Act, as revised by section 
9528 of Pub. L. 99-272, 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 1101(a)(8) and 1905(b) 
of the Act, 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 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 Marina Islands.
    The ``Federal percentages'' are for residual payments under the old 
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. The ``Federal 
medical assistance percentages'' are for Medicaid. However, under 
section 1118 of the Act, States with approved Medicaid plans may claim 
Federal matching funds for expenditures under approved State plans for 
other programs using either the Federal percentage or the Federal 
medical assistance percentage. These States may claim at the Federal 
medical assistance percentage without regard to any maximum on the 
dollar amounts per recipient which may be counted under paragraph (2) 
of sections 3(a), 1003(a), 1403(a), and 1603(a) of the Act.

DATES: The percentages listed will be effective for each of the 4 
quarter-year periods in the period beginning October 1, 1997 and ending 
September 30, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Gene Moyer, Office of Health Policy, Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Room 442E Hubert H. Humphrey 
Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, D.C. 20201, Telephone 
(202) 690-7861.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93-560--
Assistance Payments--Maintenance Assistance (State Aid); 93-778--
Medical Assistance Program)

    Dated: January 21, 1997.
Donna E. Shalala,
Secretary of Health and Human Services.

     Federal Percentages and Federal Medical Assistance Percentages,    
     Effective October 1, 1997-September 30, 1998 (Fiscal Year 1998)    
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                                                              Federal   
                                              Federal         medical   
                  State                     percentages     assistance  
                                                            percentages 
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Alabama.................................           65.00           69.32
Alaska..................................           50.00           50.00
American Samoa..........................           50.00           50.00
Arizona.................................           61.47           65.33
Arkansas................................           65.00           72.84
California..............................           50.00           51.23
Colorado................................           50.00           51.97
Connecticut.............................           50.00           50.00
Delaware................................           50.00           50.00
District of Columbia....................           50.00           50.00
Florida.................................           50.72           55.65
Georgia.................................           56.49           60.84
Guam....................................           50.00           50.00
Hawaii..................................           50.00           50.00
Idaho...................................           65.00           69.59
Illinois................................           50.00           50.00
Indiana.................................           57.12           61.41
Iowa....................................           59.73           63.75
Kansas..................................           55.23           59.71
Kentucky................................           65.00           70.37
Louisiana...............................           65.00           70.03
Maine...................................           62.27           66.04
Maryland................................           50.00           50.00
Massachusetts...........................           50.00           50.00
Michigan................................           50.00           53.58
Minnesota...............................           50.00           52.14
Mississippi.............................           65.00           77.09
Missouri................................           56.31           60.68
Montana.................................           65.00           70.56
Nebraska................................           56.85           61.17
Nevada..................................           50.00           50.00
New Hampshire...........................           50.00           50.00
New Jersey..............................           50.00           50.00

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New Mexico..............................           65.00           72.61
New York................................           50.00           50.00
North Carolina..........................           58.99           63.09
North Dakota............................           65.00           70.43
Northern Mariana Islands................           50.00           50.00
Ohio....................................           53.49           58.14
Oklahoma................................           65.00           70.51
Oregon..................................           57.18           61.46
Pennsylvania............................           50.00           53.39
Puerto Rico.............................           50.00           50.00
Rhode Island............................           50.00           53.17
South Carolina..........................           65.00           70.23
South Dakota............................           64.16           67.75
Tennessee...............................           59.28           63.36
Texas...................................           58.09           62.28
Utah....................................           65.00           72.58
Vermont.................................           57.98           62.18
Virgin Islands..........................           50.00           50.00
Virginia................................           50.00           51.49
Washington..............................           50.00           52.15
West Virginia...........................           65.00           73.67
Wisconsin...............................           54.26           58.84
Wyoming.................................           58.91           63.02
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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.                                                

[FR Doc. 97-2231 Filed 1-28-97; 8:45 am]
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