---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 433.152"
title: "42"
number: "433.152"
heading: "Requirements for cooperative agreements for third party collections."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/433.152"
---

# §433.152. Requirements for cooperative agreements for third party collections.

- (a) Except as specified in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, the State agency may develop the specific terms of cooperative agreements with other agencies as it determines appropriate for individual circumstances.
- (b) Agreements with title IV-D agencies must specify that:
  - (1) The Medicaid agency may not refer a case for medical support enforcement when the following criteria have been met:
    - (i) The Medicaid referral is based solely upon health care services provided through an Indian Health Program (as defined at [25 U.S.C. 1603(12)](/usc/25/1603.md?p=12)), including through the Purchased/Referred Care program, to a child who is eligible for health care services from the Indian Health Service (IHS).
    - (ii) [Reserved]
  - (2) The Medicaid agency will provide reimbursement to the IV-D agency only for those child support services performed that are not reimbursable by the Office of Child Support Enforcement under title IV-D of the Act and that are necessary for the collection of amounts for the Medicaid program.

## Notes

### Amendments

[50 FR 46666, Nov. 12, 1985, as amended at 81 FR 93560, Dec. 20, 2016]

### 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 46666, Nov. 12, 1985, as amended at 81 FR 93560, Dec. 20, 2016]