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State Children’s Health Insurance Program

Phase 1 Effective Date: April 1, 1998

Revised: 1/26/98, 2/19/98, 3/3/98, 3/6/98 Phase 2 Effective Date: July 1, 1998

Revised: 8/20/98, 8/24/98, 10/1/99, 7/28/00, 1/31/01, 7/02/02, 7/22/02, 1/3/03, 2/13/04, 9/27/04, 11/15/04, 8/11/05, 10/1/06, 7/1/09, 7/1/10, 7/1/11, 7/1/12 6 1.2  Please provide an assurance that expenditures for child health assistance will not be claimed prior to the time that the State has legislative authority to operate the State plan or plan amendment as approved by CMS. (42 CFR 457.40(d))

Florida assures CMS that it will not claim expenditures for child health insurance prior to obtaining legislative authority to operate the CMS-approved plan amendment.

1.3  Please provide an assurance that the state complies with all applicable civil rights requirements, including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, 45 CFR part 80, part 84, and part 91, and 28 CFR part 35. (42CFR 457.130)

The state assures that it complies with all applicable civil rights requirements.

1.4

Please provide the effective (date costs begin to be incurred) and implementation (date services begin to be provided) dates for this plan or plan amendment (42 CFR 457.65):

SPA #1 (MediKids and CMSN Expansion)

Effective date: July 1, 1998

Implementation date: October 1998

SPA #2 (Employer-sponsored Insurance)

Disapproved: November 5, 1999

SPA #3 (Healthy Kids Dental Pilot)

Effective date: October 1, 1999

Implementation date: October 1, 1999

SPA #4 (Expands Medicaid <1, MediKids Mandatory Assignment)

Effective date: July 1, 2000

Implementation date: July 1, 2000

SPA #5 (Expands Healthy Kids Dental Coverage)

Effective date: February 1, 2001

Implementation date: February 1, 2001 SPA #6 (School-based Health Services)