CHIP State Amendment Plans

Through this SPA, the state revises the strategic objectives and performance goals in section 9 of the CHIP state plan with the state’s CHIP Annual Report and also removes outdated strategic objectives and performance goals from the state plan that the state no longer includes in the CHIP Annual Report.

Through this amendment, the state makes a number of technical updates to the state's previously approved Poison Control Health Services Initiative, as well as update the program's budget.

Through these SPAs, the state permanently eliminates premiums and adds a new managed care vendor. The state updates their CS21 to reflect the removal of CHIP premiums.

Through these SPAs, Arizona removes the state's waiting period in CHIP and describes the state's substitution of coverage monitoring strategy.

Through this SPA, the state amends it's existing Continuing Care Services benefit requires that a demonstrate that a CHP+ member receives continued care with the member’s same health care provider or health care facility under the member’s new MCO plan as if the provider or facility are in network, for up to ninety days.

Through this SPA, South Dakota adds coverage for pregnancy-related doula services, community health worker services, and peer support services to its CHIP state plan to align these services with Medicaid.

Through this SPA, the state eliminates the CHIP waiting period, consistent with requirements of 42 CFR § 457.805(b).

Through these SPAs, the removes the CHIP waiting period and describes the
substitution of coverage monitoring strategy.

Through these SPAs, the state increases the income level from 193 to 210 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) for the from-conception-to-end-of-pregnancy (FCEP) population. Additionally, the state makes technical updates to its paper state plan.

Through this SPA, the state provides 12 months of continuous eligibility (CE) coverage to individuals enrolled in its separate CHIP, pursuant to section 5112 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA, 2023).