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Estimated Expected Annual Enrollment and Annual Aggregate Expenditures Enrollment for the HMW is capped at 6,000 enrollees, and has remained under 6,000 since the 2006 HMW implementation. No increase in enrollment is expected. Applicants for the HMW that would exceed the cap are placed on a waiting list and enrolled when a slot becomes available. No significant increase in expenditures is anticipated.

Location and Internet Address of Demonstration Application for Public Comment and Review The proposed demonstration renewal request application is available for review at www.medicaid.ms.gov. A copy of the proposed demonstration renewal request will be available in each county health department office and in the Department of Human Services office in Issaquena County, for review. A hard copy can be downloaded and printed from www.medicaid.ms.gov or may be requested at DOMPolicy@medicaid.ms.gov or 601-359-2081.

Postal and Internet Email Address for Sending and Reviewing Comments Written comments will be received by the Division of Medicaid, Office of the Governor, Office of Policy, Walter Sillers Building, Suite 1000, 550 High Street, Jackson, Mississippi 39201, or DOMPolicy@medicaid.ms.gov for thirty (30) days from the date of this notice. Comments will be available for public review at the above address and on the Division of Medicaid’s website at www.medicaid.ms.gov. Public Hearings The first public hearing on this proposed demonstration request is being held Friday, August 19, 2022, at 10:00 a.m., at the Woolfolk State Building, Room 145 located at 501 N. West Street, Jackson, MS.

The second public hearing will be held via teleconference on this proposed demonstration request is scheduled for Monday, August 29, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. To join the teleconference dial toll-free 1-877-820-7831 and enter the attendee access code: 8930051.

The Specific Waiver and Expenditure Authorities MS is requesting the Healthier Mississippi Waiver pursuant to the authority of section 1115(a)(1) of the Social Security act Title XIX: Amount, Duration and Scope 1902(a)(10)(B). Expenditure authority is requested under section 1115(a)(2) of the Social Security Act to allow expenditures (which are not otherwise included as expenditures under section 1903 or section 2105) to provide services to populations not otherwise eligible to be covered under the Medicaid State Plan.