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ARKANSAS TITLE XXI PROGRAM FACT SHEET

Name of Plan:

ARKids B

Date Plan Submitted:

May 6, 1998 Date Plan Approved:

August 6, 1998 Date Plan Effective:

October 1, 1998

Date Amendment #1 Submitted: December 4, 1998 Date Amendment #1 Approved: February 16, 2001 Date Amendment #1 Effective:

January 1, 2001 (not implemented)

Date Amendment #2 Submitted: July 10, 2002 Date Amendment #2 Withdrawn: April 15, 2004

Date Amendment #3 Submitted: April 2, 2004 Date Amendment #3 Approved: June 30, 2004 Date Amendment #3 Effective:

July 1, 2003

Background

• On May 6, 1998, Arkansas submitted a Title XXI plan to expand Medicaid eligibility to children born after September 30, 1982, and prior to October 1, 1983, whose family income is at or below 100 percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL).

• Arkansas also has a Medicaid section 1115 demonstration, called ARKids B, which was implemented on September 1, 1997, to cover uninsured children through age 18 with family income up to 200 percent of the FPL who do not qualify under the State Medicaid plan. The State may claim title XXI funds for children enrolled in the ARKids B demonstration who are not eligible for the mandatory Medicaid group. As of September 30, 2002, this is the only population of children in the State’s SCHIP Medicaid expansion program.

• The State submitted its first amendment to the SCHIP state plan on December 4, 1998, to establish a separate child health program as a new component of ARKids B. This amendment was never implemented and the State’s third amendment revises the state plan to remove this component.

• The State submitted its second amendment on July 2, 2002, to move children from the ARKids B demonstration to the State’s approved, but not implemented, separate child health program. This amendment was withdrawn April 15, 2004. Page 1 of 3