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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: Provide a twelve (12) month continuous eligibility period to children under age nineteen, who no longer meet eligibility requirements. This SPA will align the District's eligibility and operational practices with new federal requirements set forth under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023.
Summary: This amendment allows the District to update the state’s excluded drug listing; to provide coverage for select agents for the treatment of infertility; to enter in Outcome-based arrangements with manufacturers; and to increase flexibility to improve access to prescription and over-the-counter drugs.
Summary: With this SPA the state expands eligibility to individuals under age 21 who are under a state-only funded adoption assistance agreement, and to confirm the scope of coverage under the state plan for certain reasonable classifications of children.
Summary: This amendment proposes to exempt children with non-Title IV-E adoption assistance under age 21 and individuals under age 21 with an income above 133% of the federal poverty level from the PCCM program.
Summary: 1) to supply assurances that it is complying with new third party liability requirements authorized under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 and 2) to provide clarity on the state’s option to adopt a new flexibility on creating liens for injury settlement proceeds attributable to future medical expenses.
Summary: The SPA proposes to move South Dakota Medicaid from the Resource Utilization Group Ill (RUG Ill) reimbursement model to the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) reimbursement model for Nursing Facility services.
