State Flexibility for Medicaid Benefit Packages – Final Rule
<i>NOTE: The effective date for this rule has been postponed to April 3, 2009 and the comment period has been reopened, pending review by the Obama administration. See "Interim Rule" below.</i> CMS issued a Final Rule giving states the flexibility to define the scope of medical assistance covered by Medicaid by offering coverage of benchmark or benchmark-equivalent benefit packages to certain recipients. The file contains the official text of the rule as entered into the Federal Registry.
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