--- kind: "section" citation: "42 C.F.R. § 433.15" title: "42" number: "433.15" heading: "Rates of FFP for administration." url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/433.15" --- # §433.15. Rates of FFP for administration. - (a) **Basis.** [Section 1903(a)](/cfr/42/1903.md?p=a) (2) through (5) and (7) of the Act provide for payments to States, on the basis of specified percentages, for part of their expenditures for administration of an approved State plan. - (b) **Activities and rates.** - (1) [Reserved] - (2) **Administration of family planning services—** 90 percent. ([Section 1903 (a)(5)](/cfr/42/1903.md?p=a-5); [42 CFR 432.50(b)(5)](/cfr/42/432.50.md?p=b-5).) - (3) Design, development, or installation of mechanized claims processing and information retrieval systems: 90 percent. ([Section 1903(a)(3)(A)(i)](/cfr/42/1903.md?p=a-3-A-i); [42 CFR part 433](/cfr/42/part433.md), [subpart C](/cfr/42/subpartC.md), and [§ 432.50 (b)(3)](/cfr/42/432.50.md?p=b-3).) - (4) **Operation of mechanized claims processing and information retrieval systems—** 75 percent. ([Section 1903(a)](/cfr/42/1903.md?p=a) (3)(B); [42 CFR part 433](/cfr/42/part433.md), [subpart C](/cfr/42/subpartC.md) and [§ 432.50(b)(2)](/cfr/42/432.50.md?p=b-2).) - (5) Compensation and training of skilled professional medical personnel and staff directly supporting those personnel if the criteria specified in § [432.50 (c)](/cfr/42/432.50.md?p=c) and [(d)](/cfr/42/432.50.md?p=d) are met: 75 percent. ([Section 1903(a)(2)](/cfr/42/1903.md?p=a-2); [42 CFR 432.50(b)(1)](/cfr/42/432.50.md?p=b-1).) - (6) - (i) Funds expended for the performance of medical and utilization review by a QIO under a contract entered into under section 1902(d) of the Act: 75 percent (section 1903(a)(3)(C) of the Act). - (ii) If a State contracts for medical and utilization review with any individual or organization not designated under Part B of Title XI of the Act, funds expended for such review will be reimbursed as provided in [paragraph (b)(7)](#b-7) of this section. - (7) All other activities the Secretary finds necessary for proper and efficient administration of the State plan: 50 percent. ([Section 1903(a)(7)](/cfr/42/1903.md?p=a-7).) (See also [§ 455.300](/cfr/42/455.300.md) of this subchapter for FFP at 90 percent for State Medicaid fraud control units under [section 1903(a)(6)](/cfr/42/1903.md?p=a-6).) - (8) Nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs and competency evaluation programs described in 1919(e)(1) of the Act: for calendar quarters beginning on or after July 1, 1988 and before July 1, 1990: The lesser of 90% or the Federal medical assistance percentage plus 25 percentage points; for calendar quarters beginning on or after October 1, 1990: 50%. ([Section 1903(a)(2)(B)](/cfr/42/1903.md?p=a-2-B) of the Act.) - (9) **Preadmission screening and annual resident review (PASARR) activities conducted by the State—** 75 percent. (Sections [1903(a)(2)(C)](/cfr/42/1903.md?p=a-2-C) and [1919(e)(7)](/cfr/42/1919.md?p=e-7); [42 CFR part 483](/cfr/42/part483.md), [subparts C](/cfr/42/subpartC.md) and E.) - (10) Funds expended for the performance of external quality review or the related activities described in [§ 438.358](/cfr/42/438.358.md) of this chapter consistent with [§ 438.370(a)](/cfr/42/438.370.md?p=a) of this chapter: 75 percent; consistent with [§ 438.370(b)](/cfr/42/438.370.md?p=b): 50 percent. ## Notes ### Amendments [43 FR 45201, Sept. 29, 1978, as amended at 46 FR 48566, Oct. 1, 1981; 46 FR 54744, Nov. 4, 1981; 50 FR 15327, Apr. 17, 1985; 50 FR 46664, Nov. 12, 1985; 56 FR 48918, Sept. 26, 1991; 57 FR 56506, Nov. 30, 1992; 68 FR 3635, Jan. 24, 2003; 81 FR 27853, May 6, 2016] ### Authority Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302. ### Source Source: 43 FR 45201, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted. ### Amendments [43 FR 45201, Sept. 29, 1978, as amended at 46 FR 48566, Oct. 1, 1981; 46 FR 54744, Nov. 4, 1981; 50 FR 15327, Apr. 17, 1985; 50 FR 46664, Nov. 12, 1985; 56 FR 48918, Sept. 26, 1991; 57 FR 56506, Nov. 30, 1992; 68 FR 3635, Jan. 24, 2003; 81 FR 27853, May 6, 2016]