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On Monday, May 15, the Health Care Authority (HCA) will hold a second public hearing on the draft Medicaid Transformation Project (MTP) waiver amendment request. 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—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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Monday, May 15, 2023
10-11 a.m. Pacific Standard Time
Meet on Zoom
No registration required
During the hearing, attendees will:
- Hear an overview on Medicaid and MTP.
- Learn about the MTP amendment request.
- Understand how this amendment can help our state’s children and youth.
- Learn some statistics.
- Have time to ask questions and share comments.
We will be recording the hearing—so if you’re unable to attend—you can watch on our website in mid-May.
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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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- Anyone interested in MTP
- Apple Health (Medicaid)-covered enrollees
- Health and social services educators and advocates
- Other state and local health and social services agencies
- Parents or guardians of children (ages 0-6) enrolled in CHIP
- Former foster care youth who turn (or turned) 18 before January 1, 2023
- MTP partners, such as:
- Accountable Communities of Health
- Tribes and Indian health care providers
- Managed care organizations
- Health care providers
- Community-based organizations
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 will expire on June 30, 2023. In 2022, HCA and DSHS applied to CMS to renew MTP for an additional five years.
Visit our MTP website section, the MTP amendment request page, and sign up to receive MTP announcements.
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