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Model Application Template for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program

Effective Date:

Approval Date: 6-1 Section 6 Coverage Requirements for Children’s Health Insurance (Section 2103)

Check here if the state elects to use funds provided under Title XXI only to provide expanded eligibility under the State’s Medicaid Plan and continue on to Section 7.

6.1. The State elects to provide the following forms of coverage to children: (Check all that apply.) (42CFR 457.410(a))

6.1.1.

Benchmark coverage (Section 2103(a)(1) and 42 CFR 457.420)

6.1.1.1. FEHBP-equivalent coverage (Section 2103(b)(1)) (If checked, attach a copy of the plan.) 6.1.1.2. State employee coverage (Section 2103(b)(2))(If checked, identify the plan and attach a copy of the benefits description.) 6.1.1.3. HMO with largest insured commercial enrollment (Section 2103(b)(3) (If checked, identify the plan and attach a copy of the benefits description.)

6.1.2.

Benchmark-equivalent coverage (Section 2103(a)(2) and 42 CFR 457.430) Specify the coverage, including the amount, scope and duration of each service, as well as any exclusions or limitations. Please attach a signed actuarial report that meets the requirements specified in 42 CFR 457.431. See instructions.

6.1.3.

Existing Comprehensive State-Based Coverage (Section 2103(a)(3) and 42 CFR 457.440) [Only applicable to New York; Florida; and Pennsylvania.] Please attach a description of the benefits package, administration, date of enactment. If existing comprehensive state-based coverage is modified, please provide an actuarial opinion documenting that the actuarial value of the modification is greater than the value as of 8/5/97, or one of the benchmark plans. Describe the Fiscal Year 1996 State expenditures for existing comprehensive State-based coverage.

The description of New York's benefit package is attached as Appendix I.

The package is administered through State contracts with participating health plans and was enacted in 1990 through Chapter 922 and 923 of the Laws of 1990 (New York Public Health Law sections 2510 and 2511). The program was further amended through Chapter 731 of the Laws of 1993, Chapter 170 of the Laws of 1994, Chapter 731 of the Laws of 1994, Chapter 80 of the Laws of 1995, the Health Care Reform Act of 1996, Chapter 2 of the Laws of 1998, the Health Care Reform Act of 2000, Chapter 506 of the Laws of 2001,