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CHIP State Amendment Plans
Delaware
This SPA incorporates the MAGI-based eligibility process requirements, including the single streamlined application, into Delaware's CHIP State Plan in accordance with the Affordable Care Act.
Approval Date: December 12, 2013
Effective Date: October 1, 2013
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Maine
Is approved to clarify the state's non-financial eligibility policies on residency; citizenship; social security numbers; substitution of coverage; non-payment of premiums, and continuous eligibility.
Approval Date: December 11, 2013
Effective Date: January 1, 2014
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Delaware
Clarifies the State's Non-Financial Eligibility Policies on Residency; Citizenship; Social Security Numbers, Substitution of Coverage, Non-Payment of Premiums and Continuous Eligibility.
Approval Date: December 9, 2013
Effective Date: January 1, 2014
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Florida
Provides Coverage in Its Separate CHIP.
Approval Date: November 26, 2013
Effective Date: January 1, 2014
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Colorado
This SPA incorporates the MAGI-based eligibility process requirements, including the single streamlined application, into Colorado's CHIP State Plan in accordance with the Affordable Care Act.
Approval Date: November 23, 2013
Effective Date: October 1, 2013
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Eligibility
Oregon
This SPA will allow Oregon to expand direct coverage to children currently enrolled in the Healthy Kids Connect Program and expand the Oregon Health Plan (OHP) to children with family incomes at or below 300 percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL).
Approval Date: November 22, 2013
Effective Date: October 1, 2013
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Benefits
Financing & Reimbursement
Program Administration
Utah
Incorporates the MAGI-based eligibility process requirements in accordance with the Affordable Care Act.
Approval Date: November 22, 2013
Effective Date: October 1, 2013
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Minnesota
Will allow Minnesota to implement a Health Services Initiative to provide postpartum services for women whose newborns had been covered as targeted low income children from conception to birth.
Approval Date: November 19, 2013
Effective Date: July 1, 2009
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Benefits
Health Services Initiatives
South Dakota
Clarifies the State's Non-Financial Eligibility Policies on Residency, Citizenship, Social Security Numbers, and Substitution of Coverage.
Approval Date: November 18, 2013
Effective Date: January 1, 2014
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Eligibility
Florida
Provides Assurance that the State will Apply Methodologies Based on MAGI for all Separate CHIP Covered Groups.
Approval Date: November 18, 2013
Effective Date: January 1, 2014
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Eligibility