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Today, the Health Care Authority (HCA) officially kicks off the formal public comment period for our state’s Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waiver amendment request. Washington State’s waiver is called the Medicaid Transformation Project (MTP).
Starting today, Thursday, April 20 through Monday, May 22, we are asking for feedback on our draft amendment request. We will use feedback to refine the final amendment request that we’ll submit to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) later this year.
What’s the amendment request about?
HCA and the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) are requesting an amendment to the current MTP waiver, which would authorize:
- Medicaid coverage for former foster care youth (FFCC)—also known as Alumni coverage in Washington—from other states who turn (or turned) 18 prior to January 1, 2023.
- Continuous enrollment for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage for CHIP children during the first six years of their lives.
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During the public comment period, April 20–May 22, 2023, you can provide your feedback by:
- Attending a virtual public hearing (using Zoom) — registration not required:
- Emailing the MTP team.
- Mailing us at:
Washington State Health Care Authority, Policy Division
Regarding: MTP amendment request public comment
Attention: Tamarra Henshaw
PO. Box 45502
Olympia, WA 98504-5502
The deadline to provide public comment is Monday, May 22, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.
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Live event captioning available
Communication Access Real-time Transcription (CART) services, or live closed captioning, are available for events, on demand. Scheduling CART services requires a three-week lead-time.
To request this accommodation, please submit a request as soon as possible to
the MTP team.
If you make your request less than a week in advance of the event, our language access manager cannot guarantee that a CART writer will be available.
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Public comment is open to anyone who would like to share feedback. We encourage health care and social service providers, Tribal Nations, Indian health care providers, Accountable Communities of Health, managed care organizations, hospitals and health systems, medical associations, community-based organizations, the public, and others to provide input.
The MTP amendment request page includes the full draft amendment request and resources.
All work under MTP benefits people enrolled in Apple Health (Medicaid). MTP allows our state to improve Washington’s health care system using federal Medicaid funding. Our current MTP waiver is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2023. In 2022, HCA and DSHS applied to CMS to renew MTP for an additional five years.
Learn more about MTP.
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