---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 435.563"
title: "42"
number: "435.563"
heading: "Prohibition of waivers of the community engagement requirement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/435.563"
---

# §435.563. Prohibition of waivers of the community engagement requirement.

- (a) CMS will not approve a [section 1115](/cfr/42/1115.md) demonstration project that waives, in whole or in part, the community engagement provisions of [section 1902(xx)](/cfr/42/1902.md?p=xx) of the Act.
- (b) A State implementing the community engagement provisions of section 1902(xx) of the Act through [section 1115](/cfr/42/1115.md) demonstration authority must ensure compliance with each of the requirements of [section 1902(xx)](/cfr/42/1902.md?p=xx) of the Act.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 91 FR 33469, June 3, 2026, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 45204, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted.