---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 433.117"
title: "42"
number: "433.117"
heading: "Initial approval of replacement systems."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/433.117"
---

# §433.117. Initial approval of replacement systems.

- (a) A replacement system must meet all standards and conditions of initial approval of a mechanized claims processing and information retrieval system.
- (b) The agency must submit a APD that includes—
  - (1) The date the replacement system will be in operation; and
  - (2) **A plan for orderly transition from the system being replaced to the replacement system.**
- (c) **FFP is available at—**
  - (1) 90 percent in expenditures for design, development, and installation in accordance with the provisions of [§ 433.112](/cfr/42/433.112.md); and
  - (2) 75 percent in expenditures for operation of an approved replacement system in accordance with the provisions of [§ 433.116(b) through (j)](/cfr/42/433.116.md?p=b..j), from the date that the system met the conditions of initial approval, as established by CMS.
- (d) FFP is available at 75 percent in expenditures for the operation of an approved system that is being replaced (or at a reduced rate determined under [§ 433.120](/cfr/42/433.120.md) of this subpart for a system that has been disapproved) until the replacement system is in operation and approved.

## Notes

### Amendments

[50 FR 30847, July 30, 1985, as amended at 76 FR 21974, Apr. 19, 2011]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 45201, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[50 FR 30847, July 30, 1985, as amended at 76 FR 21974, Apr. 19, 2011]