{"data":{"id":"us/42-cfr-440.386","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 CFR 440.386","heading":"Public notice.","body":"Prior to submitting to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for approval of a State plan amendment to establish an Alternative Benefit Plan or an amendment to substantially modify an existing Alternative Benefit Plan, a state must have provided the public with advance notice of the amendment and reasonable opportunity to comment for such amendment, and have included in the notice a description of the method for assuring compliance with § 440.345 related to full access to EPSDT services, and the method for complying with the provisions of section 5006(e) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.","path":["Title 42—Public Health","CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE \u0026 MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER C—MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS","PART 440—SERVICES: GENERAL PROVISIONS","Subpart C—Benchmark Benefit and Benchmark-Equivalent Coverage"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-42.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:11Z","sha256":"4b70bbdda3ebbfb422e29d6e4c1a93ce0c10f734841dcf9420fffee90cc7d0ce","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-cfr-440.385","next":"us/42-cfr-440.390"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}