---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 447.200"
title: "42"
number: "447.200"
heading: "Basis and purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/447.200"
---

# §447.200. Basis and purpose.


This subpart prescribes State plan requirements for setting payment rates to implement, in part, section 1902(a)(30) of the Act, which requires that payments for services be consistent with efficiency, economy, and quality of care.


## Notes

### Amendments

[46 FR 48560, Oct. 1, 1981]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302, and 1396r-8, and Pub. L. 111-148.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 45253, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[46 FR 48560, Oct. 1, 1981]