CHIP State Amendment Plans
Kansas
This SPA eliminates the state's 90 day waiting period.
Approval Date: December 4, 2019
Effective Date: December 1, 2019
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Montana
Implements mental health parity requirements to ensure that treatment limitations applied to mental health (MH) and substance use disorder (SUD) benefits are no more restrictive than those applied to medical/surgical (M/S) benefits. This SPA also adds applied behavior analysis as a benefit and removed a copay for ambulance services.
Approval Date: November 27, 2019
Effective Date: October 1, 2017
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Children's Health Insurance Program
Pennsylvania
Demonstrates compliance with CHIP managed care regulations
Approval Date: November 27, 2019
Effective Date: July 1, 2018
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Delaware
This SPA demonstrates compliance with CHIP mental health parity regulations.
Approval Date: November 19, 2019
Effective Date: October 2, 2017
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Mississippi
Permits Mississippi to implement a health services initiative (HSI) to improve the health of low-income children by increasing their access to needed vision services and glasses through a targeted, school-based initiative
Approval Date: November 13, 2019
Effective Date: October 1, 2019
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Children's Health Insurance Program
Health Services Initiatives
Utah
Demonstrates compliance with CHIP managed care regulations and removes 25-day limitation on residential treatment per plan year.
Approval Date: November 7, 2019
Effective Date: July 1, 2019
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Oklahoma
This SPA demonstrates compliance with CHIP mental health parity regulations.
Approval Date: November 1, 2019
Effective Date: September 1, 2019
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Oklahoma
Demonstrates compliance with CHIP managed care regulations
Approval Date: October 31, 2019
Effective Date: July 1, 2019
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Oregon
This SPA removes the option to provide express lane eligibility for children.
Approval Date: October 31, 2019
Effective Date: July 1, 2019
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West Virginia
Provides coverage to uninsured pregnant women over age 18, with family income up to 300 percent of the federal poverty level
Approval Date: October 11, 2019
Effective Date: July 1, 2019
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