[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR401.12]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT, ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN 

          AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 401_CUBAN/HAITIAN ENTRANT PROGRAM--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  401.12  Cuban and Haitian entrant cash and medical assistance.



    Except as may be otherwise provided in this section, cash and 

medical assistance shall be provided to Cuban and Haitian entrants by 

the same agencies, under the same conditions, and to the same extent as 

such assistance is provided to refugees under Part 400 of this title.

    (a) For purposes of determining the eligibility of Cuban and Haitian 

entrants for cash and medical assistance under this section and the 

amount of assistance for which they are eligible under this section, the 

same standards and critieria shall be applied as are applied in the 

determination of eligibility for an amount of cash and medical 

assistance for refugees under subparts E and G of part 400 of this 

title.

    (b) Federal reimbursement will be provided to States for the costs 

of providing cash and medical assistance (and related administrative 

costs) to Cuban and Haitian entrants according to procedures and 

requirements, including procedures and requirements relating to the 

submission and approval of a State plan, identical to those applicable 

to the Refugee Program and set forth in Part 400 of this title.

    (c) The number of months during which an entrant may be eligible for 

cash and medical assistance for which Federal reimbursement is available 

under this section shall be counted starting with the first month in 

which an individual meeting the definition of a Cuban and Haitian 

entrant in Sec.  401.2 was first issued documentation by the Immigration 

and Naturalization Service indicating:

    (1) That the entrant has been granted parole by the Attorney General 

under the Immigration and Nationality Act,

    (2) That the entrant is in a voluntary departure status, or



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    (3) That the entrant's residence in a United States community is 

known to the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

    The amendments are to be issued under the authority contained in 

section 412(a)(9), Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

1522(a)(9)).



[47 FR 10850, Mar. 12, 1982, as amended at 65 FR 15450, Mar. 22, 2000]