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A Medicaid and CHIP state plan is an agreement between a state and the Federal government describing how that state administers its Medicaid and CHIP programs. It gives an assurance that a state will abide by Federal rules and may claim Federal matching funds for its program activities. The state plan sets out groups of individuals to be covered, services to be provided, methodologies for providers to be reimbursed and the administrative activities that are underway in the state.
When a state is planning to make a change to its program policies or operational approach, states send state plan amendments (SPAs) to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for review and approval. States also submit SPAs to request permissible program changes, make corrections, or update their Medicaid or CHIP state plan with new information.
Persons with disabilities having problems accessing the SPA PDF files may call 410-786-0429 for assistance.
Summary: Updates the single state agency description and organizational charts in accordance with the Affordable Care Act under the Medicaid State Plan.
Summary: Amends the Alternative Benefit Plan to partially restore dental benefits for non-pregnant adults, restore coverage of dentures and crowns for adults and more frequently covered scaling and root planning for adults.
Summary: This SPA updates the State Plan to replace the Cooperative Agreement between Maryland Medicaid and the Maternal and Child Health Agency signed August 2010 with the recently signed Agreement of August 2015.
Summary: This SPA changes the retroactive effective date of eligibility for all eligibility groups except Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries from the date of eligibility/application to the first day of the month of eligibility/application under the Medicaid State plan.
Summary: This SPA sets the Medicaid payment rate for administration of vaccines under the Pediatric Immunization Program at the level of the regional maximum established by the DHHS Secretary.
