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State Flexibility for Medicaid Benefit Packages – Final Rule
12/03/2008 | Requests *Summary
NOTE: The effective date for this rule has been postponed to April 3, 2009 and the comment period has been reopened, pending review by the Obama administration. See "Interim Rule" below. CMS issued a Final Rule giving states the flexibility to define the scope of medical assistance covered by Medicaid by offering coverage of benchmark or benchmark-equivalent benefit packages to certain recipients. The file contains the official text of the rule as entered into the Federal Registry.
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Available Files
Keywords
Eligibility; Medicaid; 6044; 1937; final rule; Federal Register; benefits definition
Topic
Deficit Reduction Act (DRA), State/Agency Information
Type/Tool
Announcement/Press release, Policy alerts, briefs, letters & papers
Source
CMS
State
All States/Territories
Date Created
01/21/2009
Contact
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Public Affairs
202-690-6145
202-690-6145
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* Reflects requests since January 1, 2007
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