CHIP State Amendment Plans
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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Health Services Initiatives
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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Connecticut
Adds coverage of gender dysphoria treatment services and updates the state's premium bands to be consistent with Modified Adjusted Gross Income.
Approval Date: November 15, 2017
Effective Date: July 1, 2017
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Arkansas
Allows Arkansas to obtain federal funding to expand coverage to otherwise eligible lawfully residing, non-citizen targeted low income children under section 214 of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009. On October 26, 2017, the state received approval for the same type of amendment under Medicaid SPA, AR-17-0007.
Approval Date: November 7, 2017
Effective Date: January 1, 2018
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New Jersey
This SPA implements three health services initiatives (HSIs) to improve the health of children by providing title XXI funding to: l) support the Pediatric Psychiatry Collaborative, which enhances care coordination and provider education, 2) provide grants to local organizations to promote enrollment of children into the New Jersey Birth Defects and Autism Registry, and 3) support the state's existing Supplemental Prenatal Care Program (SPCP).
Approval Date: October 6, 2017
Effective Date: July 1, 2016
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Health Services Initiatives
Colorado
Through this SPA, Colorado amends its previously approved Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) Methodology template. Colorado began using a methodology to \u00E5nnualize income types that frequently fluctuate, such as seasonal earned income, on January 1,2016.
Approval Date: October 5, 2017
Effective Date: July 1, 2017
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