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2024 Special Session I

Budget Bill - SB6001 (Introduced)

Department of Medical Assistance Services

Item 287

Item 287

First Year - FY2025Second Year - FY2026
Children's Health Insurance Program Delivery (44600)$397,018,729$419,474,431
Reimbursements for Medical Services Provided Under the Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan (44602)FY2025 $396,504,165FY2026 $418,939,801
CHIP Health Services Initiatives for Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Medical Services (44636)FY2025 $514,564FY2026 $534,630
Fund Sources:  
GeneralFY2025 $119,830,013FY2026 $127,669,711
Dedicated Special RevenueFY2025 $14,065,627FY2026 $14,065,627
Federal TrustFY2025 $263,123,089FY2026 $277,739,093

Authority: Title 32.1, Chapter 13, Code of Virginia; Title XXI, Social Security Act, Federal Code.


A. Pursuant to Chapter 679, Acts of Assembly of 1997, the State Corporation Commission shall annually, on or before June 30, 1998, and each year thereafter, calculate the premium differential between: (i) 0.75 percent of the direct gross subscriber fee income derived from eligible contracts and (ii) the amount of license tax revenue generated pursuant to subdivision A 4 of § 58.1-2501 for the immediately preceding taxable year and notify the Comptroller of the Commonwealth to transfer such amounts to the Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan Trust Fund as established on the books of the State Comptroller.


B. As a condition of this appropriation, revenues from the Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan Trust Fund, shall be used to match federal funds for the Children's Health Insurance Program.


C. Every eligible applicant for health insurance as provided for in Title 32.1, Chapter 13, Code of Virginia, shall be enrolled and served in the program.


D. To the extent that appropriations in this Item are insufficient, the Department of Planning and Budget shall transfer general fund appropriation, as needed, from Medicaid Program Services (45600) and Medical Assistance Services for Low Income Children (46600), if available, into this Item to be used as state match for federal Title XXI funds.


E. The Department of Medical Assistance Services shall make the monthly capitation payment to managed care organizations for the member months of each month in the first week of the subsequent month.


F. If any part, section, subsection, paragraph, clause, or phrase of this Item or the application thereof is declared by the United States Department of Health and Human Services or the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to be in conflict with a federal law or regulation, such decisions shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Item, which shall remain in force as if this Item had passed without the conflicting part, section, subsection, paragraph, clause, or phrase. Further, if the United States Department of Health and Human Services or the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services determines that the process for accomplishing the intent of a part, section, subsection, paragraph, clause, or phrase of this Item is out of compliance or in conflict with federal law and regulation and recommends another method of accomplishing the same intent, the Director, Department of Medical Assistance Services, after consultation with the Attorney General, is authorized to pursue the alternative method.


G. The Department of Medical Assistance Services shall seek federal authority through waiver and State Plan amendments under Titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to offer medically necessary treatment for substance use disorder in an Institution for Mental Diseases (IMD) for individuals enrolled in FAMIS MOMS, equivalent to such benefits offered to pregnant women under the Medicaid state plan and 1115 substance use disorder demonstration waiver. The department shall have the authority to promulgate emergency regulations to implement these amendments within 280 days or less from the enactment of this Act.


H. The Department of Medical Assistance Services shall amend the Virginia Family Access to Medical Insurance Security (FAMIS) State Plan to allow for the payment of prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum care pursuant to provisions in Title XXI of the federal 2009 CHIP Reauthorization Act that includes care of all children who upon birth will be U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or qualified aliens. The Department shall have the authority to implement this change effective July 1, 2021, or consistent with the effective date in the State Plan Amendment approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and prior to completion of any regulatory process.


I. 1. The Department of Medical Assistance Services is authorized to amend the FAMIS MOMS and FAMIS Select demonstration waiver (No. 21-W-00058/3) for FAMIS MOMS enrollees to add coverage for dental services to align with pregnant women's coverage under Medicaid.


2. The Department of Medical Assistance Services is authorized to amend the State Plan under Title XXI of the Social Security Act to plan to allow enrollment for dependent children of state employees who are otherwise eligible for coverage.


3. The department shall have authority to implement necessary changes upon federal approval and prior to the completion of any regulatory process undertaken in order to effect such changes.