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CHIP State Amendment Plans
Wisconsin
Implements mental health parity regulations at 42 CFR 457.496 to ensure that treatment limitations and financial requirements applied to mental health and substance use disorder benefits are no more restrictive than those applied to medical/surgical benefits.
Approval Date: August 16, 2018
Effective Date: July 1, 2017
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Rhode Island
Implements mental health parity regulations.
Approval Date: August 10, 2018
Effective Date: October 2, 2017
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Michigan
This implements mental health parity requirements in section 2103(c)(6) of the Social Security Act (the Act) and regulations at 42 CFR 457.496 to ensure that treatment limitations and financial requirements 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: August 8, 2018
Effective Date: October 2, 2017
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Idaho
This implements mental health parity regulations at 42 CFR 457.496 to ensure that treatment limitations and financial requirements applied to mental health and substance use disorder benefits are no more restrictive than those applied to medical\/surgical benefits.
Approval Date: August 2, 2018
Effective Date: July 1, 2017
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Alabama
Implements mental health parity requirements to ensure that financial requirements and treatment limitations applied to MH\/SUD benefits covered under the state child health plan.
Approval Date: August 1, 2018
Effective Date: October 1, 2017
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Georgia
Implements mentalhealth parity regulations at 42 CFR 457.496 to ensure that treatment limitations and financialrequirements applied to mental health and substance use disorder benefits are no more restrictive than those applied to medical surgical benefits.
Approval Date: June 28, 2018
Effective Date: October 2, 2017
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Oklahoma
The state proposed three health service initiatives (HSIs) in this SPA: 1) providing kits to children with Sickle Cell disease; 2) promoting safe sleep by providing safe sleep kits to vulnerable infants; and 3) increasing the availability of long-acting reversible contraceptives at Oklahoma health departments for women under 19 years of age.
Approval Date: June 7, 2018
Effective Date: October 1, 2018
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Nevada
This SPA allows Nevada to obtain federal funding to expand coverage to uninsured non-citizen targeted low income children who are lawfully residing in the United States, as permitted under section 2107(e)(l)(M) of the Social Security Act. On May 17,2018, the state received approval f'or the same type of amendment under Medicaid SPA NVI 8-0003.
Approval Date: June 7, 2018
Effective Date: February 1, 2018
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Texas
This SPA updates the Federal Poverty Levels (FPL) of the eligibility and enrollment fee bands to be consistent with the Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) eligibility levels.
Approval Date: May 21, 2018
Effective Date: September 1, 2016
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California
Changes to the managed care delivery system for Califomia's Population 3\/l\4edi-Cal Access Program (MCAP) population.
Approval Date: May 16, 2018
Effective Date: July 1, 2017
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