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CHIP State Amendment Plans
Massachusetts
This SPA provides Massachusetts with approval to provide 12 months of continuous postpartum coverage to individuals enrolled in its CHIP program.
Approval Date: July 26, 2022
Effective Date: April 1, 2022
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Connecticut
This SPA provides Connecticut with approval to provide 12 months of continuous postpartum coverage to individuals enrolled in its CHIP program.
Approval Date: July 26, 2022
Effective Date: April 1, 2022
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Pennsylvania
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: July 21, 2022
Effective Date: March 11, 2021
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Montana
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: July 21, 2022
Effective Date: March 11, 2021
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Maine
This SPA extends CHIP eligibility to children from conception to the end of pregnancy (otherwise known as “unborn”) whose parent is not otherwise eligible for Medicaid or CHIP with incomes up to and including 208 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL).
Approval Date: July 21, 2022
Effective Date: July 1, 2022
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Maine
This SPA updates the CS9 template to extend CHIP eligibility to children from conception to the end of pregnancy (otherwise known as “unborn”) whose parent is not otherwise eligible for Medicaid or CHIP with incomes up to and including 208 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL).
Approval Date: July 21, 2022
Effective Date: July 1, 2022
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Arizona
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: July 13, 2022
Effective Date: March 11, 2021
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New Jersey
This SPA remove premium and disenrollment procedures from sections 4.3, 8, and 12.1 of the CHIP state plan.
Approval Date: July 13, 2022
Effective Date: July 1, 2021
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New Jersey
This SPA clarifies that the state no longer collects premiums or implements a 90-day premium lock-out period.
Approval Date: July 13, 2022
Effective Date: July 1, 2021
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New Jersey
This SPA clarifies that the state no longer implements a waiting period.
Approval Date: July 13, 2022
Effective Date: July 1, 2021
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