---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 433.154"
title: "42"
number: "433.154"
heading: "Distribution of collections."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/433.154"
---

# §433.154. Distribution of collections.


The agency must distribute collections as follows—

- (a) To itself, an amount equal to State Medicaid expenditures for the individual on whose right the collection was based.
- (b) To the Federal Government, the Federal share of the State Medicaid expenditures, minus any incentive payment made in accordance with [§ 433.153](/cfr/42/433.153.md).
- (c) **To the beneficiary, any remaining amount.** This amount must be treated as income or resources under [part 435](/cfr/42/part435.md) or [part 436](/cfr/42/part436.md) of this subchapter, as appropriate.

## Notes

### 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.