The amount of a final allotment prior to FY 2009, as determined under §457.608(h) and reduced to reflect certain Medicaid expenditures in accordance with §457.616, remains available until expended for Federal payments based on expenditures claimed during a 3-year period of availability, beginning with the fiscal year of the final allotment and ending with the end of the second fiscal year following the fiscal year.

[66 FR 2670, Jan. 11, 2001, as amended at 76 FR 9249, Feb. 17, 2011]