include a plan that meets the requirements of section 1302 in the same manner as such requirements apply to a State. (c) Program requirements The program requirements specified in this part shall apply to an Indian tribe or intertribal consortium with a tribal program application and plan approved under this section in the same manner as such requirements apply to a State except to the extent that an Indian tribe or intertribal consortium requests, and the Secretary approves, a waiver or modification of any such requirements. (d) Payments (1) In general Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall pay an Indian tribe or intertribal consortium with a tribal program application and plan approved under this section in the same manner as States are paid under section 1304. (2) Application of tribal FMAP The Federal medical assistance percentage that would apply under subsection (d) of section 479B if an Indian tribe or tribal consortium operated a program under that section (in this subsection referred to as the tribal FMAP ), shall apply to payments made to the Indian tribe or tribal consortium for expenditures attributable to carrying out a program under this part, unless the tribal FMAP is less than the Federal medical assistance percentage that applies to the State in which the Indian tribe or tribal consortium is located in which case the State Federal medical assistance percentage shall apply. In the case of an Indian tribe or tribal consortium that is located in more than 1 State, the State in which the Indian tribe or tribal consortium is located that has the highest Federal medical assistance percentage shall apply to the preceding sentence. 1308. Direct funding and administration for programs operated by local governments (a) In general The Secretary shall establish procedures under which a local government, or a consortium of local governments within a State, may submit an application to the Secretary to establish a program under this part and directly receive payments for expenditures made to carry out