---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 441.700"
title: "42"
number: "441.700"
heading: "Basis and purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/441.700"
---

# §441.700. Basis and purpose.


Section 1915(i) of the Act permits States to offer one or more home and community-based services (HCBS) under their State Medicaid plans to qualified individuals with disabilities or individuals who are elderly. Those services are listed in [§ 440.182](/cfr/42/440.182.md) of this chapter, and are described by the State, including any limitations of the services. This optional benefit is known as the State plan HCBS benefit. This subpart describes what a State Medicaid plan must provide when the State elects to include the optional benefit, and defines State responsibilities.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 79 FR 3033, Jan. 16, 2014, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 45229, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted.