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Medicaid and CHIP Generic Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

🇺🇸United States··Notice·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This notice invites public comments about the information collection activities for Medicaid and CHIP, focusing on evaluating the burden and utility of these activities. It proposes a new template to simplify the state plan amendment process for certified community behavioral health clinics. States are expected to submit their amendments using this template to streamline services for Medicaid beneficiaries.

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Key Changes

  • Invites public comments on Medicaid and CHIP data collection activities
  • Proposes a new template for state plan amendments
  • Aims to streamline certified community behavioral health clinics' service processes

Obligations

What this law requires

critical

States must submit State plan amendments (SPA) using the new template for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC) services benefit.

State Medicaid agencies
by the end of the quarter in which their effective date falls
reporting
high

States must certify CCBHCs as meeting the most recent version of the CCBHC Certification Criteria.

State Medicaid agencies
licensing
high

CCBHCs must submit ongoing data on the provision of services, including service encounters and clinical outcomes, to the State Medicaid agency or the Secretary.

Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics
reporting
medium

Interested parties must submit comments regarding the proposed information collection to the specified address by April 30, 2026.

the publicinterested stakeholders
April 30, 2026
disclosure

Affected Parties

State Medicaid agenciesCertified community behavioral health clinics

Tags

Medicaid,CHIP,healthcare