WSR 16-06-002
[Filed February 17, 2016, 1:15 p.m.]
NOTICE
Title or Subject: Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) State Plan Amendment (SPA) 16-0001.
Effective Date: July 1, 2015.
Description: The health care authority intends to submit CHIP SPA 16-0001 in order to update the Title XXI CHIP state plan to reflect previously approved program changes that resulted from implementation of the Affordable Care Act, including the:
. | Application for CHIP through the health benefit exchange. |
. | Conversion of income standards or disregards or both to a MAGI equivalent. |
. | Elimination of the four month waiting period for dropping group health insurance. |
. | Requirement for a Social Security number for applicants. |
. | Creation of a temporary eligibility group for medicaid children who lose eligibility for medicaid as a result of the application of MAGI. |
No substantive changes are being made to the CHIP program by this SPA. Aggregate annual expenditures are not anticipated to be affected.
To contact the agency for additional information and a copy of the SPA, please contact Kevin Cornell, CHIP Program Manager, 628 8th Avenue S.E., Olympia, WA 98501, phone (630) [(360)] 725-1423, TDD/TTY 1-800-848-5429, fax (360) 664-2186, e-mail kevin.corness@hca.wa.gob [kevin.cornell@hca.wa.gov].