---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 431.814"
title: "42"
number: "431.814"
heading: "Pilot planning document."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/431.814"
---

# §431.814. Pilot planning document.

- (a) **Plan approval.** For each MEQC pilot, the State must submit a MEQC pilot planning document that meets the requirements of this section to CMS for approval by the first November 1 following the end of the State's PERM year. The State must receive approval for a plan before the plan can be implemented.
- (b) **Plan requirements.** The State must have an approved pilot planning document in effect for each MEQC pilot that must be in accordance with instructions established by CMS and that includes, at a minimum, the following for—
  - (1) **Active case reviews.**
    - (i) Focus of the active case reviews in accordance with [§ 431.812(b)(3)](/cfr/42/431.812.md?p=b-3) and justification for focus.
    - (ii) **Universe development process.**
    - (iii) **Sample size per program.**
    - (iv) **Sample selection procedure.**
    - (v) **Case review process.**
  - (2) **Negative case reviews.**
    - (i) **Universe development process.**
    - (ii) **Sample size per program.**
    - (iii) **Sample selection procedure.**
    - (iv) **Case review process.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[82 FR 31183, July 5, 2017]

### Source

Source: Sections 431.800 through 431.808 appear at 55 FR 22166, May 31, 1990, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 45188, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[82 FR 31183, July 5, 2017]