| ACF Administration for Children and Families |
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE Administration for Children, Youth and Families |
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| Log No.: ASSA-AT-79- 12 (OFA) | Issuance Date: March 7, 1979 | |
| 3. Originating Office: SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION | ||
ACTION TRANSMITTAL
TO: STATE AGENCIES ADMINISTERING APPROVED PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PLANS AND OTHER INTERESTED ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES
SUBJECT:Fiscal Disallowance for Erroneous Payments in the Aid to Families With Dependent Children and Medicaid Programs; and Federal Fiscal Liability in the SSI Program
REGULATION REFERENCE: 45 CFR 205.41
ATTACHMENT: Final regulations for the AFDC, Medicaid, and Supplemental Security Income programs which prescribe the methods to reduce erroneous payments in these programs. State AFDC and Medicaid agencies will be subject to a disallowance of Federal matching funds if they fail to meet error rate standards for ineligibility and overpayment in AFDC and ineligibility in Medicaid. The Department will assume fiscal liability for excess ineligibility and overpayment errors made in federally-administered State Supplements in the SSI program.
The attached document contains separate regulations for each program.
PROGRAM APPLICATION: AFDC program. This regulation is applicable only to cases within the State's QC sample universe. SSA-AT-7816 (OFA), dated May 4, 1978, is applicable only to cases outside of the State's QC universe.
EFFECTIVE: March 7, 1979.
INQUIRES TO:
SSA Regional Commissioners.
Associate Commissioner for Family Assistance
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20201
Attachment - CORRECTION ACTION TRANSMITTAL: SA-AT-79-28
