Due to the government shutdown, updates to information on this website may be limited or delayed. State Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs (CHIP) continue to operate. Continue to work with the programs in your state to access coverage. For more information about government operating status, visit OPM.gov.
CHIP State Amendment Plans
Iowa
Demonstrates compliance with the CHIP managed care regulations at 42 CFR 457, Subpart L for use of a managed care delivery system
Approval Date: July 19, 2019
Effective Date: July 1, 2018
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Arkansas
Compliance with the CHIP managed care regulations Healthy Smiles dental managed care program starts July 1, 2018 & the Provider-Led Arkansas Shared Savings Entity (PASSE) program is March 1,2019.
Approval Date: July 18, 2019
Effective Date: March 1, 2019
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Benefits
Current State Plan
Dental
Program Administration
Iowa
Implements mental health parity requirements to ensure that financial requirements (FR) and 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.
Approval Date: July 16, 2019
Effective Date: October 1, 2017
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Benefits
Program Administration
New Jersey
Updates compliance with CHIP managed care rules
Approval Date: July 11, 2019
Effective Date: July 1, 2018
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Managed Care
Oregon
Demonstrates compliance with the CHIP managed care regulations at 42 CFR 457, Subpart L for utilization of a managed care delivery system
Approval Date: July 11, 2019
Effective Date: July 1, 2018
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Children's Health Insurance Program
Managed Care
Kansas
Provided the necessary assurances indicating that the state complies with the managed care requirements in the delivery of CHIP services and benefits.
Approval Date: June 18, 2019
Effective Date: July 1, 2019
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Nevada
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.
Approval Date: June 6, 2019
Effective Date: October 2, 2017
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New York
Clarifies that New York State of Health, the state’s Health Insurance Exchange, now conducts the state’s CHIP renewals,
rather than the health plans.
rather than the health plans.
Approval Date: May 9, 2019
Effective Date: April 1, 2018
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Current State Plan
Pennsylvania
Implements mental health parity requirements to ensure that treatment limitations and financial requirements.
Approval Date: May 3, 2019
Effective Date: October 2, 2017
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Benefits
Kentucky
CHIP 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 medical/surgical (MiS) benefits.
Approval Date: April 19, 2019
Effective Date: October 2, 2017
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Benefits
Program Administration