---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 433.151"
title: "42"
number: "433.151"
heading: "Cooperative agreements and incentive payments—State plan requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/433.151"
---

# §433.151. Cooperative agreements and incentive payments—State plan requirements.


For medical assistance furnished on or after October 1, 1984—

- (a) A State plan must provide for entering into written cooperative agreements for enforcement of rights to and collection of third party benefits with at least one of the following entities: The State title IV-D agency, any appropriate agency of any State, and appropriate courts and law enforcement officials. The agreements must be in accordance with the provisions of [§ 433.152](/cfr/42/433.152.md).
- (b) A State plan must provide that the requirements for making incentive payments and for distributing third party collections specified in §§ [433.153](/cfr/42/433.153.md) and [433.154](/cfr/42/433.154.md) are met.

## Notes

### Amendments

[50 FR 46665, Nov. 12, 1985; 50 FR 49389, Dec. 2, 1985]

### Source

Source: 45 FR 8984, Feb. 11, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

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

### Amendments

[50 FR 46665, Nov. 12, 1985; 50 FR 49389, Dec. 2, 1985]