---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 432.32"
title: "42"
number: "432.32"
heading: "Training and use of volunteers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/432.32"
---

# §432.32. Training and use of volunteers.

- (a) **State plan requirement.** A State plan must provide for the training and use of non-paid or partially paid volunteers in accordance with the requirements of this section.
- (b) **Functions of volunteers.** The Medicaid agency must make use of volunteers in:
  - (1) Providing services to applicants and beneficiaries; and
  - (2) **Assisting any advisory committees established by the agency.**
- (c) **Staffing.** The agency must designate a position whose incumbent is responsible for:
  - (1) The development, organization, and administration of the volunteer program; and
  - (2) **Coordination of the program with related functions.**
- (d) **Recruitment, selection, training, and supervision.** The agency must have:
  - (1) Methods of recruitment and selection that assure participation of volunteers of all income levels, in planning capacities and service provision; and
  - (2) **A program of organized training and supervision of volunteers.**
- (e) **Reimbursement of expenses.** The agency must—
  - (1) Reimburse volunteers for actual expenses incurred in providing services; and
  - (2) **Assure that no volunteer is deprived of the opportunity to serve because of the expenses involved.**
- (f) **Progressive expansion.** The agency must provide for annual increase in the number of volunteers used until the volunteer program is adequate for the achievement of the agency's service goals.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 1102 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1302).

### Source

Source: 43 FR 45199, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted.