---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 418.3205"
title: "20"
number: "418.3205"
heading: "What makes an application a claim for a subsidy?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/418.3205"
---

# §418.3205. What makes an application a claim for a subsidy?


We will consider your application a claim for the subsidy if:

- (a) You, or someone acting on your behalf as described in [§ 418.3215](/cfr/20/418.3215.md), complete an application on a form prescribed by us;
- (b) You, or someone acting on your behalf as described in [§ 418.3215](/cfr/20/418.3215.md), file the application with us pursuant to [§ 418.3220](/cfr/20/418.3220.md); and
- (c) **You are alive on the first day of the month in which the application is filed.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 702(a)(5) and 1860D-1, 1860D-14 and -15 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5),1395w-101, 1395w-114, and -115).

### Source

Source: 70 FR 77675, Dec. 30, 2005, unless otherwise noted.