CHIP State Amendment Plans
This amendment allows Idaho to implement a health home model for case management services, a behavioral health managed care system and a developmentally disabled children's benefit. In addition, the SPA will implement a redesign of the children's benefit plan and eliminates prior authorization requirements for therapy services.
This SPA permits the state to (1) expand eligibility for children with a family income up to 300% of the federal poverty level (FPL); (2) cover the costs of uncompensated post-partum care for the provision of services for mothers of newborns deemed eligible for Medicaid using a Health Services Initiative (HSI); and (3) expand coverage in the state's CHIP for lawfully residing children under Section 214 of CHIPRA.