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expire prior to the overall demonstration’s expiration date, and depending on the timeline of expiration/phase-out, the Interim Evaluation Report must include an evaluation of the authority, to be collaboratively determined by CMS and the state.

c) If the state is seeking to extend the demonstration, the draft Interim Evaluation Report is due when the application for extension is submitted. If the state made changes to the demonstration in its application for extension, the research questions and hypotheses, and a description of how the design was adapted should be included. If the state is not requesting an extension of the demonstration, the Interim Evaluation Report is due one year prior to the end of the demonstration. For demonstration phase-outs prior to the expiration of the approval period, the draft Interim Evaluation Report is due to CMS on the date that will be specified in the notice of termination or suspension.

d) Unless otherwise agreed upon in writing by CMS, the state must submit a revised Interim Evaluation Report within sixty (60) calendar days of receiving comments from CMS on the draft Interim Evaluation Report, if any.

e) Once approved by CMS, the state must post the final Interim Evaluation Report to the state’s Medicaid website within thirty (30) calendar days.

f) The Interim Evaluation Report must comply with Attachment B (Preparing the Interim and Summative Evaluation Report) of these STCs. ’“”

58. Summative Evaluation Report. ’“”The state must submit to CMS a draft Summative Evaluation Report for the demonstration’s current approval period within eighteen (18) months of the end of the approval period represented by these STCs.

a) The Summative Evaluation Report, in alignment with the Evaluation Design, will evaluate the entirety of the demonstration period.

b) Unless otherwise agreed upon in writing by CMS, the state shall submit a revised Summative Evaluation Report within sixty (60) calendar days of receiving comments from CMS on the draft, if any.

c) Once approved by CMS, the state must post the final Summative Evaluation Report to the state’s Medicaid website within thirty(30) calendar days.

d) The Summative Evaluation Report must comply with Attachment B (Preparing the Interim and Summative Evaluation Report) of these STCs.

59. Corrective Action Plan Related to Evaluation. If evaluation findings indicate that demonstration features are not likely to assist in promoting the objectives of Medicaid, CMS reserves the right to require the state to submit a corrective action plan to CMS for approval.