CHIP State Amendment Plans
Arizona
Implements mental health parity requirements.
Approval Date: February 16, 2018
Effective Date: October 1, 2017
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Maine
This SPA allows CHIP eligibility for all children with access to public employee coverage on the basis of a family member's employment who are otherwise eligible targeted low-income children as defined at 42 CFP* 457 .310, provided that the child's household income meets the same income standards as those applied to targeted low-income children under the CHIP state plan.
Approval Date: January 25, 2018
Effective Date: July 1, 2017
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North Dakota
The approval of SPA ND-13-0103 includes full approval of the state's alternative single streamlined paper application only. The state is using an interim alternative paper application for multiple human services programs. By March l, 2018, the state will implement a revised alternative paper application used to apply for multiple human services programs that addresses CMS concerns outlined in the companion letter issued with this SPA approval.
Approval Date: January 19, 2018
Effective Date: January 1, 2014
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Florida
Through this SPA, the state provides temporary adjustments to the state's enrollment and redetermination policies and cost-sharing requirements for children in families impacted by disaster events.
Approval Date: January 13, 2018
Effective Date: September 1, 2017
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Georgia
Through this SPA, Georgia adds nonemergency medical transportation, case management services, and enabling services as covered benefits under the CHIP state plan.
Approval Date: January 4, 2018
Effective Date: July 1, 2017
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California
This SPA updates California's full state plan by removing the former Healthy Families component of the state's separate CHIP, which covered children up to age 19 above the Medicaid levels with income up to 250 percent of the Federal poverty level (FPL).
Approval Date: December 27, 2017
Effective Date: January 1, 2014
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Utah
Allows Utah will use the remaining allocated funds to continue coverage until such funds are depleted.
Approval Date: December 26, 2017
Effective Date: October 1, 2017
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Colorado
Modifies the ELE agencies and waiving an enrollment fee for children whose household includes a pregnant mother.
Approval Date: December 21, 2017
Effective Date: July 1, 2017
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Ohio
This SPA permits Ohio to implement a health services initiative (HSI) to provide lead abatement services in the homes of low-income children and pregnant women and to establish an online lead-safe housing registry.
Approval Date: December 5, 2017
Effective Date: July 1, 2017
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New York
This SPA describes NY\u2019s policy to provide retroactive coverage for newborns if the application is received within 60 days after birth, and implements two CHIP Health Services Initiatives (HSI) by providing funding to: 1) support the training of school officials and staff to administer naloxone rescue kits to reverse opioid overdoses, and2) support the provision of emergency meals and nutrition education to low-income children and their families.
Approval Date: November 17, 2017
Effective Date: January 1, 2017
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