Effective July 1, 2021, this amendment expands dental benefits for adults in Oklahoma

Effective October 1, 2020, this amendment adds the time-limited Medication-Assisted Treatment Benefit to Alaska's Alternative Benefit Plan. 

Effective July 1, 2017, this amendment adjusts the Alternative Benefit Plan (ABP) to add nonmedical transportation (NMT) services as a covered ABP benefit to all eligible Medi-Cal beneficiaries to align with the addition of NMT services as a covered benefit.

Effective October 1, 2020, this amendment adds the new mandatory MAT benefit 1905 (a)(29) in compliance with section 106(b) of the SUPPORT Act. MAT services include all FDA-approved or licensed drugs and biologicals to treat opioid use disorder (OUD), counseling services and behavioral therapy. These MAT services will provide necessary treatment for Medicaid beneficiaries with OUD and help address the national opioid epidemic. 

Effective October 1, 2020 until September 30, 2025; pursuant to 1905(a)(29) of the Social Security Act and Section 1006(b) of the SUPPORT Act, this amendment adds medication-assisted treatment (MAT) as a mandatory benefit in the Medicaid state plan.

This amendment will continue certain benefits changes beyond the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE).  The home health, prescription drug, targeted case management, and nursing facility benefits in this SPA was originally approved on May 24, 2021.  At the time of approval, the end date of the PHE was not known.  Now that the date is known, this SPA has been updated to reflect an effective date of May 12, 2023.

Effective January 01, 2021, this plan amendment allowed for a 3.1% increase to Targeted Case Management (TCM).