CMS is approving this time-limited state plan amendment to allow the state to implement temporary policies while returning to normal operations after the COVID-19 national emergency. The purpose of this amendment is to extend the waiver of premiums for the Buy-In program for Working Adults with Disabilities and the Buy-In program for Children with Disabilities.

This SPA updates changes regarding repackaging fees, pricing logic, and the professional dispensing fee for compounded drugs.

This SPA updates language in the State Plan Pages regarding pharmacy coverage of drugs for the treatment of obesity.

To disregard, under the authority of section 1902(r)(2) of the Social Security Act, assistance received from guaranteed income programs.

This SPA proposes to clarify the reimbursement for certain provider administered drugs.

This SPA proposes to increase Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to freestanding children’s hospitals.

This amendment will add Community Health Aide Providers (CHAPs) to the other licensed practitioner's benefit in the state plan.

This plan in which the state disregards, under the authority of section 1902(r)(2) of the Social Security Act, all countable resources in determining eligibility for the Work Incentives eligibility group.

This SPA eliminates cost sharing for Minnesota’s Medicaid enrollees, pursuant to Minnesota Laws 2023, Chapter 70, Article 16, Section 12-14.

This amendment is the addition of a licensed behavior analysts, licensed assistant behavior analysts and registered behavior technicians within their scope of practice according to state law.