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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: CMS is approving this time-limited state plan amendment to respond to the COVID-19 national emergency. The purpose of this amendment is to attest that the state covers COVID-19 vaccine, testing, and treatment without cost sharing.
Summary: Proposed to eliminate cost sharing for individuals under 19 years old and to implement a tracking system to comply with the statutory and regulatory cost sharing tracking requirements in section 1916A of the Social Security Act (“Act”).
Summary: This time-limited state plan amendment responds to the COVID-19 national emergency. The purpose of this amendment is to cover the suspend all cost sharing for the Work Incentives group under 1902(a)(10)(A)(XIII) of the Social Security Act and extend all prior authorization by automatic renewal without clinical review or time/quantity extensions, and allow automatic renewal of prior authorization for medications without clinical review or time/quantity extensions.
Summary: This time-limited state plan amendment responds to the COVID-19 national emergency. The purpose of this amendment is to cover testing in non-office locations; provide lab coverage for self-testing; and increase bed hold/therapeutic absence days for nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities to 60 days per calendar quarter.
Summary: This time-limited state plan amendment responds to the COVID-19 national emergency. The purpose of this amendment is to cover the new optional group for COVID testing, Expand Hospital Presumptive Eligibility to uninsured individuals for COVID-19 testing and related services, and Waive cost sharing for testing services (including in-vitro diagnostic products), testing- related services, and treatments for COVID-19, including vaccines, specialized equipment and therapies.
