Section 435.2 - Purpose and applicabilityThis part sets forth, for the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa-
(a) The eligibility provisions that a State plan must contain;(b) The mandatory and optional groups of individuals to whom Medicaid is provided under a State plan;(c) The eligibility requirements and procedures that the Medicaid agency must use in determining and redetermining eligibility, and requirements it may not use;(d) The availability of FFP for providing Medicaid and for administering the eligibility provisions of the plan; and(e) Other requirements concerning eligibility determinations, such as use of an institutionalized individual's income for the cost of care.43 FR 45204, Sept. 29, 1978, as amended at 44 FR 17937, Mar. 23, 1979; 51 FR 41350, Nov. 14, 1986