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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: To assess premiums to individuals covered under the eligibility group described at section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XIII) of the Social Security Act.
Summary: To provide 12 months of continuous eligibility for children under age 19 in Medicaid. This amendment will align state policy and practices with federal requirements under section 5112 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023.
Summary: To disregard refunds issued by the state to individuals who incurred Medicare-related premiums, deductibles, and co-payments as a result of not having been enrolled in the appropriate Medicare Savings Program eligibility group.
Summary: This SPA amendment is to allow for facilitated enrollment of California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) beneficiaries into the Medicaid program without a separate financial eligibility determination.
Summary: This SPA amendment is to end the use of the electronic Asset Verification System (AVS) to determine or redetermine Medicaid eligibility for all Aged, Blind and Disabled (ABD) program applicants and recipients
Summary: To adopt the optional Work Incentives eligibility group and incorporate additional disregards in the determinations of financial eligibility for the Ticket to Work-Basic eligibility group.
Summary: This state plan amendment allows the state to disregard, under the authority of section 1902(r)(2) of the Social Security Act, all countable resources for all eligibility groups covered under the state plan to which a resource standard applies.
