Medicaid Program; Covered Outpatient Drug; Further Delay of Inclusion of Territories in Definitions of States and United States
medicaid · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Rule · Published 2019-11-25 · Effective 2020-01-24 · 84 FR 64783
Document
Document number
2019-25514
Federal Register citation
84 FR 64783
CFR reference
42 CFR 447
Type
Rule
Action
Interim final rule with comment period.
Category
medicaid
Sub-agency
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Publication date
2019-11-25
Effective date
2020-01-24
HHS docket
CMS-2345-IFC3
Abstract
The Covered Outpatient Drug final rule with comment period was published in the February 1, 2016 Federal Register. As part of that final rule with comment period, we amended the regulatory definitions of "States" and "United States" to include the U.S. territories (American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the United States) beginning April 1, 2017. Subsequently, in the November 15, 2016 Federal Register, we published an interim final rule with comment period (IFC) to further delay the inclusion of the U.S. territories in the regulatory definitions of "States" and "United States" until beginning April 1, 2020. This IFC further delays the inclusion of the territories in the definitions of "States" and "United States" until beginning April 1, 2022.