---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 205.35"
title: "45"
number: "205.35"
heading: "Mechanized claims processing and information retrieval systems; definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/205.35"
---

# §205.35. Mechanized claims processing and information retrieval systems; definitions.


[Section 205.35 through 205.38](/cfr/45/205.35..205.38.md) contain State plan requirements for an automated statewide management information system, conditions for FFP and responsibilities of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). For purposes of [§§ 205.35 through 205.38](/cfr/45/205.35..205.38.md):

- (a) **A mechanized claims processing and information retrieval system,—** hereafter referred to as an automated application processing and information retrieval system (APIRS), or the system, means a system of software and hardware used:
  - (1) To introduce, control and account for data items in providing public assistance under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) State plan; and
  - (2) To retrieve and produce utilization and management information about such aid and services as required by the single State agency and Federal government for program administration and audit purposes.
- (b) **Planning—** means:
  - (1) The preliminary project activity to determine the requirements necessitating the project, the activities to be undertaken, and the resources required to complete the project;
  - (2) The preparation of an APD;
  - (3) The preparation of a detailed project plan describing when and how the computer system will be designed and developed; and
  - (4) The preparation of a detailed implementation plan describing specific training, testing, and conversion plans to install the computer system.
- (c) The following terms are defined at [45 CFR part 95](/cfr/45/part95.md), [subpart F](/cfr/45/subpartF.md), [§ 95.605](/cfr/45/95.605.md):

## Notes

### Amendments

[51 FR 45330, Dec. 18, 1986, as amended at 53 FR 36579, Sept. 21, 1988; 55 FR 4379, Feb. 7, 1990; 59 FR 30708, June 15, 1994]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 602, 603, 606, 607, 1302, 1306(a), and 1320b-7: 42 U.S.C. 1973gg-5.

### Amendments

[51 FR 45330, Dec. 18, 1986, as amended at 53 FR 36579, Sept. 21, 1988; 55 FR 4379, Feb. 7, 1990; 59 FR 30708, June 15, 1994]