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CHIP State Amendment Plans
Virginia
This SPA expands Virginia's outpatient substance abuse treatment services to include intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, medication assisted treatment, and case management. Effective July 1, 2017, this SPA adds peer support services to its benefits package.
Approval Date: August 3, 2017
Effective Date: April 1, 2017
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Indiana
Provides coverage for over-the-counter medications based on the coverage options available at section 2110(a)(7) of the Social Security Act and 42 CFR section 457.490.
Approval Date: July 20, 2017
Effective Date: July 1, 2016
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Prescription Drugs
Maryland
Maryland's SPA MD-17-0001-LEAD implements a CHIP health services initiative (HSI) to improve the health of low-income children by conducting lead hazard home assessments to identify lead hazards in the homes of low-income children with elevated blood lead levels above 5ug\/dL reside in the state and abating any identified lead hazards in the children's homes.
Approval Date: June 15, 2017
Effective Date: July 1, 2017
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Health Services Initiatives
Tennessee
This SPA incorporates the Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI)-based eligibility process requirements into Tennessee's CHIP State Plan.
Approval Date: June 5, 2017
Effective Date: January 1, 2014
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Eligibility
Program Administration
Tennessee
This SPA incorporates the Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI)-based eligibility process requirements into Tennessee's CHIP State Plan.
Approval Date: June 5, 2017
Effective Date: January 1, 2014
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Eligibility
Financing & Reimbursement
Indiana
This SPA permits Indiana to implement a health services initiative (HSI) to support the Indiana Poison Center.
Approval Date: May 30, 2017
Effective Date: July 1, 2016
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Benefits
Health Services Initiatives
Delaware
Implements a CHIP 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 to increase children's access to vision services.
Approval Date: May 26, 2017
Effective Date: January 1, 2017
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Benefits
Health Services Initiatives
Missouri
This SPA updates the state plan to reflect the statewide expansion of the CHIP managed care delivery systern with an effective date of May 1,2017.
Approval Date: May 18, 2017
Effective Date: May 1, 2017
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Utah
This SPA clarifies the state's policy on household composition under 42 CFR 457.315. Married couples who are living separately will be treated as individual households, even when filing a joint tax return.
Approval Date: April 27, 2017
Effective Date: January 1, 2017
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Pennsylvania
This SPA changes the administration of CHIP from the Pennsylvania Insurance Department to the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, and updates the number of contracts with managed care organizations from ten to nine.
Approval Date: April 5, 2017
Effective Date: December 1, 2015
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Program Administration