42 C.F.R. § 440.240 : Public Health — CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES — MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS — SERVICES: GENERAL PROVISIONS — REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITS APPLICABLE TO ALL SERVICES — Comparability of services for groups

Except as limited in §440.250-

(a) The plan must provide that the services available to any categorically needy beneficiary under the plan are not less in amount, duration, and scope than those services available to a medically needy beneficiary; and
(b) The plan must provide that the services available to any individual in the following groups are equal in amount, duration, and scope for all beneficiaries within the group:
(1) The categorically needy.
(2) A covered medically needy group.

42 C.F.R. §440.240

46 FR 47993, 9/30/1981