---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 603.21"
title: "20"
number: "603.21"
heading: "What is a requesting agency?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/603.21"
---

# §603.21. What is a requesting agency?


For the purposes of this subpart C, requesting agency means:

- (a) **Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Agency—** Any State or local agency charged with the responsibility of administering a program funded under part A of Title IV of the SSA.
- (b) **Medicaid Agency—** Any State or local agency charged with the responsibility of administering the provisions of the Medicaid program under a State plan approved under Title XIX of the SSA.
- (c) **Food Stamp Agency—** Any State or local agency charged with the responsibility of administering the provisions of the Food Stamp Program under the Food Stamp Act of 1977.
- (d) **Other SSA Programs Agency—** Any State or local agency charged with the responsibility of administering a program under a State plan approved under Title I, X, XIV, or XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the SSA.
- (e) **Child Support Enforcement Agency—** Any State or local child support enforcement agency charged with the responsibility of enforcing child support obligations under a plan approved under part D of Title IV of the SSA.
- (f) **Social Security Administration—** Commissioner of the Social Security Administration in establishing or verifying eligibility or benefit amounts under Titles II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Benefits) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the SSA.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 116, 189, 503, Pub. L. 113-128, 128 Stat. 1425 (Jul. 22, 2014); 20 U.S.C 1232g.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 56842, Sept. 27, 2006, unless otherwise noted.