State Actions to Facilitate Access to Medicaid and CHIP Coverage in Response to COVID-19

Issue Brief
  1. KFF, Status of State Medicaid Expansion Decisions: Interactive Map (April 2020), https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/status-of-state-medicaid-expansion-decisions-interactive-map/

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  2. KFF, Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility, Enrollment, and Cost Sharing Policies as of January 2020: Findings from a 50-State Survey (March 2020), https://www.kff.org/report-section/medicaid-and-chip-eligibility-enrollment-and-cost-sharing-policies-as-of-january-2020-findings-from-a-50-state-survey-tables/

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  3. KFF, The Affordable Care Act’s Impact on Medicaid Eligibility, Enrollment, and Benefits for People with Disabilities (April 2014), https://www.kff.org/health-reform/issue-brief/the-affordable-care-acts-impact-on-medicaid-eligibility-enrollment-and-benefits-for-people-with-disabilities/.

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  4. Pub. L. 116-127 (March 18, 2020), https://www.congress.gov/116/plaws/publ127/PLAW-116publ127.pdf.

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  5. Pub. L. 116-136 (March 27, 2020), https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr748/BILLS-116hr748enr.pdf.

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  6. Pub. L. 116-136 (March 27, 2020), https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr748/BILLS-116hr748enr.pdf.

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  7. For state-level income and asset limits, see KFF, Medicaid Financial Eligibility for Seniors and People with Disabilities: Findings from a 50-State Survey (June 2019), https://www.kff.org/report-section/medicaid-financial-eligibility-for-seniors-and-people-with-disabilities-findings-from-a-50-state-survey-issue-brief/

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  8. Missouri elects the 209 (b) option to apply Medicaid financial and/or functional eligibility rules to SSI beneficiaries that differ from federal SSI rules. See: KFF, Medicaid Financial Eligibility for Seniors and People with Disabilities: Findings from a 50-State Survey (June 2019), https://www.kff.org/report-section/medicaid-financial-eligibility-for-seniors-and-people-with-disabilities-findings-from-a-50-state-survey-issue-brief/

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  9. 42 CFR § 435.945--Eligibility in the States, District of Columbia, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa; Subpart J—Eligibility in the States and the District of Columbia https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/42/part-435/subpart-J#subjgrp71

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  10. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for State Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies,  https://www.medicaid.gov/state-resource-center/Downloads/covid-19-faqs.pdf

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  11. KFF, Medicaid Financial Eligibility for Seniors and People with Disabilities: Findings from a 50-State Survey (June 2019), https://www.kff.org/report-section/medicaid-financial-eligibility-for-seniors-and-people-with-disabilities-findings-from-a-50-state-survey-issue-brief/

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  12. 42 CFR § 435--Eligibility in the States, District of Columbia, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa; Subpart L--Options for Coverage of Special Groups under Presumptive Eligibility https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/42/part-435/subpart-L

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  13. KFF, The Single Streamlined Application Under the Affordable Care Act: Key Elements of the Proposed Application and Current Medicaid and CHIP Applications (April 2013), https://www.kff.org/medicaid/report/the-single-streamlined-application-under-the-affordable-care-act-key-elements-of-the-proposed-application-and-current-medicaid-and-chip-applications/

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