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CHIP State Amendment Plans
Michigan
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 7, 2022
Effective Date: March 11, 2021
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West Virginia
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 7, 2022
Effective Date: March 11, 2021
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Washington
This SPA provides Washington with approval to provide 12 months of continuous postpartum coverage to individuals enrolled in its CHIP program.
Approval Date: June 30, 2022
Effective Date: April 1, 2022
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Florida
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: June 30, 2022
Effective Date: March 11, 2021
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Rhode Island
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: June 30, 2022
Effective Date: March 11, 2021
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Kansas
This SPA the state updates the CHIP MAGI eligibility template for targeted low-income children by creating a permanent upper income standard for CHIP at 250 percent of the federal poverty level.
Approval Date: June 30, 2022
Effective Date: July 1, 2022
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Illinois
This SPA transitions all children, with the exception of the conception to birth population, from the state’s separate CHIP to a Medicaid expansion CHIP.
Approval Date: June 30, 2022
Effective Date: July 1, 2022
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Illinois
This SPA transitions all children, with the exception of the conception to birth population, from the state’s separate CHIP to a Medicaid expansion CHIP.
Approval Date: June 30, 2022
Effective Date: July 1, 2022
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Massachusetts
This SPA increases the limits for inpatient rehabilitation, chronic disease hospital services, and nursing facility services from 100 days to six months before prior authorization is required. The SPA also makes changes to section 8 of the state plan related to cost sharing.
Approval Date: June 30, 2022
Effective Date: July 1, 2021
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Cost Sharing
Maine
This SPA provides Maine with approval to provide 12 months of continuous postpartum coverage to individuals enrolled in its separate CHIP program.
Approval Date: June 16, 2022
Effective Date: August 1, 2022
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Disaster Relief Activation