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Healthy Indiana Plan Seeks Renewal
The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration has begun the process for renewal of the Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) 1115 waiver and its substance use disorder (SUD) components, which are set to expire on December 31, 2020. Additionally, the pending HIP Workforce Bridge program will be a part of the HIP waiver extension request. Similarly, the current SUD 1115 waiver will add proposed Serious Mental Illness (SMI) language to its extension request.
The extension requests are for a 10 year HIP waiver approval through December 2030 and approval for the SUD and SMI waivers for 5 years through December 2025. The changes from previously approved or submitted language include:
- Flexibility to modify the POWER Account contribution tiers below an average limit of three percent of member income with appropriate notice to members, stakeholders and CMS, without requiring the submission of a waiver amendment. Specific modifications are not proposed by FSSA, but they provide an example of increasing or decreasing the amounts of the POWER Account base contribution or the tobacco surcharge.
- Flexibility to modify the HIP Basic copayment amounts within the Medicaid allowable limits, with appropriate notice to members, stakeholders and CMS, but without requiring the submission of a waiver amendment. Specific modifications are not proposed by FSSA, but they provide examples of decreases in copayment amounts or implementation of copayment waivers on target services.
The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration is required to submit a request to extend these programs one year in advance of their expiration and to solicit public comment. The public comment period for these extension requests runs through Dec. 6, 2019. There will be two public hearings where public comment may be provided:
- Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 2:00 pm at the Indiana State Library, History Reference Room 211, 315 W. Ohio St., Indianapolis. This hearing will be a special session of the Medicaid Advisory Committee.
- Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 10:00 am at the Indiana Government Center South, Conference Room 18, 302 W. Washington St., Indianapolis. This hearing will also be accessible via web conference https://Indiana.AdobeConnect.com/indiana.
Written comments may be sent to FSSA via mail at 402 West Washington Street, Room W374, Indianapolis, IN 46204, Attention: Natalie Angel or via electronic mail at hip@fssa.in.gov through Dec. 6, 2019.
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