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Medicaid State Plan Amendments

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.

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Transmittal Number: WA-24-0041
State: Washington
Summary: This amendment is to revise out-of-date transplant coverage policies to conform to industry standards and government practices to the Medicaid State Plan.
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Transmittal Number: NJ-24-0020
State: New Jersey
Summary: The state proposes changes to improve access to primary behavioral health services by allowing licensed clinical social workers, licensed professional counselors, and licensed marriage and family therapists to enroll as Medicaid fee-for-service providers and deliver behavioral health services permitted within the scope of their practice.
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Transmittal Number: WA-24-0013
State: Washington
Summary: This amendment is to add Behavioral Health Support Specialists as providers to the Medicaid State Plan.
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Transmittal Number: WA-24-0046
State: Washington
Summary: This amendment is to add Certified Behavioral Health Support Specialists (BHSS) as Medicaid providers to the Medicaid State Plan.
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Transmittal Number: WA-24-0035
State: Washington
Summary: This amendment updates Physician Assistant Services, Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment Services Providers, and Collaborative Care Services Providers to the Medicaid State Plan.
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Transmittal Number: NJ-23-0024
State: New Jersey
Summary: Changes to the early and periodic screening, diagnostic and treatment benefits, and related payment methodologies. The proposed changes will more accurately align payments for direct medical services, which are outlined in an individualized education plan and supplied in a school-based setting, to actual costs for providing these services in a school setting.
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Transmittal Number: WA-24-0007
State: Washington
Summary: This amendment will add Community Health Aide Providers (CHAPs) to the other licensed practitioner's benefit in the state plan.
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Transmittal Number: WA-24-0038
State: Washington
Summary: This amendment will remove a typographical error in Attachment 3.1-B page 21a.
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Transmittal Number: WA-24-0012
State: Washington
Summary: This amendment will add Substance Use Disorder Professionals, Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker Associates, Licensed Advance Social Worker Associates, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist Associates, & Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associates as Other Licensed Practitioners in the State Plan.
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Transmittal Number: WA-24-0017
State: Washington
Summary: This amendment will update the Rehabilitative Services, Section 13.d of the Medicaid State Plan to align the description of a Mental Health Care Provider.
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