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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 SPA transmitted a proposed amendment to your approved Title XIX State plan to implement section 4107 of the Affordable Care Act. This Affordable Care Act provision amended section 1905(a)(4) of the Social Security Act to add a new subsection (D) to provide Medicaid coverage of comprehensive tobacco cessation services for pregnant women. including both counseling and pharmacotherapy. without cost sharing.
Summary: This proposed SPA transmitted an amendment to Connecticut's approved Title XIX State plan to increase the standards for the optional State supplementary payment program by an amount equal to the SSI cost ofliving increase proposed by the Social Security Administration.
Summary: This SPA transmitted a proposed amendment to your approved Title XIX State plan to address Section 6411 of the Affordable Care Act regarding the Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC) program.
Summary: This amendment inserts language into the State plan concerning a nursing ho,e patient paid amount deduction for non-covered, necessary remedial care expenses in the three months prior to eligibility.
Summary: This SPA transmitted a proposed amendment to Maine's approved Title XIX State plan to amend its State Plan so that the State can be in compliance with the mandatory provision in Section 2302 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), entitled Hospice Care for Children. Section 2302 requires that children are able to receive hospice and curative care concurrently.
Summary: This SPA transmitted an amendment to your approved Title XIX State plan to assure comparability amount, scope and duration of services made available to categorically and medically needy populations in the State plan. This amendment clarifies that all services provided for medically needy groups are identical in amount, duration, and scope as those for categorically needy groups.
Summary: This SPA transmitted a proposed amendment to Connecticut's approved Title XIX State Plan Lo add authorization requirements to certain highcost, high-utilization procedures.
Summary: This amendment implements the changes in the treatment of transfers of assets for less than fair market value required by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.
