Federal financial participation in state assistance expenditures; federal matching shares for aid to families with dependent children, Medicaid, and aid to needy aged, blind, or disabled persons for October 1, 1988 through September 30, 1989--HHS. Notice.

The Federal Percentages and Federal Medical Assistance Percentages for Fiscal Year 1989 have been calculated pursuant to the Social Security Act (the Act). These percentages will be effective from October 1, 1988 through September 30, 1989. This notice announces the calculated "Federal percentages" and "Federal medical assistance percentages" that we will use in determining the amount of Federal matching in State welfare and medical expenditures. 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. Title XIX of the Act exists in each jurisdiction, title IV-A in all jurisdictions except American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands, titles I, X, and XIV operate only in Guam and the Virgin Islands, while title XVI (AABD) operates only in Puerto Rico. The percentages in this notice apply to State expenditures for assistance payments and medical services (except family planning which is subject to a higher matching rate). The statute provides separately for Federal matching of administrative costs. Sections (1101(a)(8) and 1905(b) of the Act, as revised by section 9528 of Pub. L. 99-272, require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publish these percentages each year. The Secretary is to figure the percentages, by formulas in sections 1101(a)(8) and 1905(b) of the Act, from the Department of Commerce's statistics of average income per person in each State and in the Nation as a whole. The percentages are within upper and lower limits given in those two sections of the Act.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)