The amount of a final allotment for a fiscal year after FY 2008, as determined under §457.609 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 2-year period of availability, beginning with the fiscal year of the final allotment and ending with the end of the succeeding fiscal year following the fiscal year.

(Authority: Section 1102 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1302).

[76 FR 9249, Feb. 17, 2011]