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1 MAINE TITLE XXI STATE PLAN FACT SHEET

Name of Plan:

MaineCare

Date Plan Submitted:

May 19, 1998 Date Plan Approved:

August 7, 1998 Effective Date:

July 1, 1998 (Title XIX expansion)

August 1, 1998 (Title XXI)

Date Amendment #1 Submitted: January 5, 2000 Date Amendment #1 Approved: March 1, 2001 Date Amendment #1 Effective: October 1, 1999

Date Amendment #2 Submitted: April 5, 2001 Date Amendment #2 Approved: June 6, 2001 Date Amendment #2 Effective: March 30, 2001

Date Amendment #3 Submitted: June 28, 2002 Date Amendment #3 Approved: September 19, 2002

Date Amendment #4 Submitted: January 9, 2003 Date Amendment #4 Approved: April 16, 2003 Date Amendment #4 Effective: July 1, 2002

Date Amendment #5 Submitted: October 6, 2004 Date Amendment #5 Approved: January 5, 2005 Date Amendment #5 Effective: November 1, 2004

Date Amendment #6 Submitted: June 29, 2005 Date Amendment #6 Approved: September 22, 2005 Date Amendment #6 Effective: January 1, 2005

Background

• The Maine Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) expanded coverage to children through age 18 in families with incomes up to and including 185 percent of the Federal poverty level (FPL) using a combination of a Medicaid expansion and a separate child health program. The Medicaid expansion covers children aged 1 through 18 in families with income up to and including 150 percent of the FPL; the separate child health program covers children in families with income above 150 percent of the FPL up to and 185 percent of the FPL. The first amendment to Maine’s CHIP state plan increased eligibility up to and including 200 percent of the FPL.