Federal Financial Participation in State Assistance Expenditures; Federal Matching Shares for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, Medicaid, Aid to Needy Aged, Blind, or Disabled Persons and for the New Children's Health Insurance Programs for October 1, 1998 Through September 30, 1999

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The Federal Medical Assistance Percentage and Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentages for Fiscal Year 1999 have been calculated pursuant to the Social Security Act (the Act). These percentages will be effective from October 1, 1998 through September 30, 1999. This notice announces the calculated ``Federal Medical Assistance Percentages'' and ``Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentages'' that we will use in determining the amount of Federal matching in State medical and medical insurance expenditures and for the annual reconciliation of contingency funds under Title IV-A. The table gives figures for each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Programs under title XIX of the Act exist in each jurisdiction; programs under titles I, X, and XIV operate only in Guam and the Virgin Islands; while a program under title XVI (AABD) operates only in Puerto Rico. Programs under title XXI are new, beginning in 1998. The percentages in this notice apply to State expenditures for assistance payments, medical services and medical insurance services (except family planning which is subject to