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CHIP State Amendment Plans
North Carolina
This SPA provides North Carolina with approval to provide 12 months of continuous postpartum coverage to individuals enrolled in its CHIP program.
Approval Date: September 22, 2022
Effective Date: April 1, 2022
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Delivery System
Texas
This SPA demonstrates compliance with CHIP mental health parity regulations.
Approval Date: September 15, 2022
Effective Date: September 1, 2017
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Idaho
This SPA removes the state’s primary care case management entity model.
Approval Date: September 9, 2022
Effective Date: July 1, 2021
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West Virginia
This SPA provides West Virginia with approval to provide 12 months of continuous postpartum coverage to individuals enrolled in its CHIP program.
Approval Date: September 8, 2022
Effective Date: April 1, 2022
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Indiana
This SPA provides Indiana with approval to provide 12 months of continuous postpartum coverage to individuals enrolled in its CHIP program.
Approval Date: September 8, 2022
Effective Date: April 1, 2022
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Michigan
This SPA revises the state’s existing the lead abatement Health Services Initiative (HSI).
Approval Date: September 8, 2022
Effective Date: May 1, 2022
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Health Services Initiatives
California
This SPA demonstrates compliance with requirements in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) that 1) mandate coverage of COVID-19 testing, treatment, and vaccines and their administration without cost-sharing or amount, duration, or scope limitations; and 2) require states to cover, without cost sharing, the treatment of conditions that may seriously complicate COVID- 19 treatment, during the period when a beneficiary is diagnosed with or is presumed to have COVID-19.
Approval Date: September 1, 2022
Effective Date: March 11, 2021
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Oklahoma
This SPA demonstrates the state’s compliance with section 5022 of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities (SUPPORT) Act.
Approval Date: September 1, 2022
Effective Date: July 1, 2020
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Colorado
This SPA demonstrates compliance with requirements in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) that 1) mandate coverage of COVID-19 testing, treatment, and vaccines and their administration without cost-sharing or amount, duration, or scope limitations; and 2) require states to cover, without cost sharing, the treatment of conditions that may seriously complicate COVID- 19 treatment, during the period when a beneficiary is diagnosed with or is presumed to have COVID-19.
Approval Date: September 1, 2022
Effective Date: March 11, 2021
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Missouri
This SPA updates the CS29 Presumptive Eligibility for Pregnant Women eligibility template.
Approval Date: September 1, 2022
Effective Date: June 28, 2022
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Eligibility