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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: This amendment will allow Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT) and LMFT Licensure Candidates in training to provide services as qualified behavioral health clinicians for covered rehabilitative services.
Summary: The purpose of this amendment is to comply with Section 5112 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA, 2023) amended Titles XIX to require that states provide 12 months of continuous eligibility (CE) for children under the age of 19 in Medicaid.
Summary: This amendment allows the Division of Medicaid to comply with the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) requirement to attest to the coverage of all Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended vaccines and their administration.
Summary: This amendment provides attestations for preventive services under the Inflation Reduction Act including any covered clinical preventive services with a rating of A or B by the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), and adult vaccines recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and their administrative costs, without cost sharing to the enrollee.
Summary: This amendment will allow Medicaid to exempt anti-retroviral medications used to treat HIV for the purpose of reducing viral load from Medicaid co-payments. These medications currently require a co-payment of $4 per prescription.
Summary: This amendment proposes to allow the Division of Medicaid to add coverage for up to twelve ( 12) tobacco cessation counseling sessions per year.
Summary: This amendment proposes coverage for all approved vaccines recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and vaccine administration when furnished by a qualified provider.
Summary: This amendment proposes to memorialize the new income standards for its optional state supplement program, the beneficiaries of which are eligible for Medicaid.
