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Technical Assistance Materials

To support State Medicaid agencies, LEAs, and school-based entities in providing and improving the delivery of covered Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) services to enrolled students in school-based settings, CMS is providing links to sample State Plan Amendments, Time Study Implementation Plans, Administrative Claiming Plans, and Cost-Reports.

These are good examples of what a handful of States have done in implementing their school-based services programs. Some of these examples are older and may not be in full compliance with the latest CMS guidance from the 2023 Delivering Services in School-Based Settings: A Comprehensive Guide to Medicaid Services and Administrative Claiming.

State Plan Amendments (SPAs)

SBS SPAs using a cost methodology and opened “Free Care” services:

SBS SPAs using a cost methodology and IDEA services:

SBS SPAs using a cost-based rate methodology and opened “Free Care” services:

SBS SPAs paying the regular Medicaid fee-schedule rate for certain services: 

Free Care SPAs:

IDEA only SPAs:

Time Study Implementation Plans

Cost-Reports

Please contact us if you would like any technical assistance in developing your cost report. 

Here are some State Medicaid Program links for Medicaid and School-Based Services (there are examples of provider manuals, cost reports, and other items that may be useful to other States):

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In addition to the linked examples here are links to policy papers and resources:

Contact Us

CMS is available to provide technical assistance to States to best implement their programs. If you have questions regarding implementation of these options, please contact CMS at: SchoolBasedServices@cms.hhs.gov