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State Flexibility for Medicaid Benefit Packages – Final Rule
04/01/2010 | Requests *Summary
Effective July 1, 2010, this rule makes significant clarifications regarding benchmark benefits packages. States have utilized these packages to provide expanded HCBS beyond those available through the Medicaid State Plan. Clarifications include the provision of non-emergency medical transportation, and children’s access to the full range of Medicaid EPSDT benefits. The attached file contains the official text of the rule as entered into the Federal Registry.
Author
Available Files
- Final Rule Text PDF (190K, 57 pages)
Keywords
Medicaid; Eligibility; section 6044; Social Security Act; section 1937; scope of covered medical assistance; benchmark-equivalent benefit packages; title XIX; CHIPRA; Federal Register: Volume 75, Number 83; FR Doc 2010-9734
Topic
Deficit Reduction Act (DRA), State/Agency Information
Type/Tool
Announcement/Press release
Source
CMS
State
All States/Territories
Date Created
06/23/2010
Contact
Fran Crystal
CMS
410-786-1195
CMS
410-786-1195
Short URL
Permission to use any element of this document should be obtained by the above named contact person. Always name the originator as the source of this material.
* Reflects requests since January 1, 2007
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