---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 440.300"
title: "42"
number: "440.300"
heading: "Basis."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/440.300"
---

# §440.300. Basis.


This subpart implements section 1937 of the Act, which authorizes States to provide for medical assistance to one or more groups of Medicaid-eligible individuals, specified by the State under an approved State plan amendment, through enrollment in coverage that provides benchmark or benchmark-equivalent health care benefit coverage.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 75 FR 23101, Apr. 30, 2010, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 45224, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted.