Health Policy

State Health Officials Letters

Date	Subject	Topic(s)
July 1, 2010	Increased Federal Matching Funds for Translation and Interpretation Services under Medicaid and CHIP	CHIPRA - Section 201(b)
July 1, 2010	Medicaid and CHIP Coverage of Lawfully Residing Children and Pregnant Women	CHIPRA - Section 214
Mar 2, 2010	Applicability of Federal Matching Rates in CHIP and Medicaid	Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP), CHIPRA Sections 114 and 115

State Medicaid Director Letters

Date	Subject	Topic(s)
Jun 10, 2011	Same Sex Partners and Medicaid Liens, Transfers of Assets, and Estate Recovery	Section 1917(a) of the Social Security Act
Aug 17, 2010	Federal Funding for Medicaid HIT Activities	ARRA
Aug 6, 2010	Improving Access to Home and Community-Based Services	ACA and Section 1915(i) of the Social Security Act
Jun 22, 2010	Money Follows the Person (MFP)	Extension of the MFP Rebalancing Demonstration Program
Jun 21, 2010	Third Party Liability (TPL)	Section 6035 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
Jun 21, 2010	Political Subdivisions	Political Subdivision - Section 5001(g)(2) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Jun 21, 2010	Public Assistance Reporting Information System (PARIS)	Section 3 - Qualifying Individual (QI) Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008 (the QI Funding)
May 20, 2010	Community Living Initiative - Olmstead	Olmstead
May 10, 2010	Clawback - Quarterly Updates	Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP)
Mar 5, 2010	Revised Clawback Calculations	Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP)
Feb 18, 2010	Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008	MIPPA, Section 111, 112, 113, 115 and 116

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