Medicaid Program; Community Engagement Requirement for Certain Individuals

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 42 CFR Parts 431, 435, 438, 457, and 600 [CMS-2454-IFC] RIN 0938-AV98 ( printed page 39028) Correction In rule document 2026-11094, beginning on page 33348 in the issue of Wednesday, June 3, 2026, make the following changes: Beginning on page 33476, § 435.557 and § 435.558 should read as follows: § 435.557 Verifying compliance with or exception or exclusion from the community engagement requirement. (a) Definitions. For purposes of this section — Period of enrollment means a continuous period of enrollment in coverage under the State plan or waiver without the individual being disenrolled, regardless of the number of consecutive eligibility periods, of redeterminations or renewals, or of transitions between eligibility groups. Reliable information available to the State means, for purposes of verifying compliance, deemed compliance or exclusion from the community engagement requirement in accordance with §§ 435.550 through 435.563, information necessary for determining eligibility to which the agency has access or should have access including, but not limited to: (i) Information from electronic data sources that the agency has determined to be effective consistent with paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section, as documented in the agency's verification plan in accordance with paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section; (ii) Information from ot…