State Flexibility for Medicaid Benefit Packages – Final Rule
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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.
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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
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Fran
Crystal
CMS
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410-786-1195