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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: Adds the optional Medicaid eligibility group which provides coverage to women and men that is limited to family planning and family planning-related services under the state plan.
Summary: Removes the option for recovery of all medical assistance services from the estates of deceased individuals who received services at and after age 55, and limits recovery to nursing facility services, home and community-based services and associated hospital and prescription drug service.
Summary: This SPA updates Marylands State Plan to add Applied Behavioral Analysis service to children with an Autism Spectrum Diagnosis (ASD), to satisfy requirements under EPSDT.
Summary: Updates Maryland's State Plan to clean-up inconsistencies between the State Plan and regulations, as well as fix broken website links caused during Maryland's website migration.
Summary: Revises Methodologies and standards for determining payment rates for nursing facilities for provided services based on the RUG class in effect.
