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November 21, 2022
NHeLP comments on New Hampshire SUD/SMI/SED Treatment and Recovery Access Demonstration Extension Request
Jennifer Lav Comments
In comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program asks the Secretary to reject New Hampshire's request to waive the IMD exclusion. We further urges HHS to reject the request to obtain federal funding for children that are in IMDs. Last, to the…
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November 1, 2022
Joint comment letter: Temporary Increase in Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) in Response to the COVID–19 Public Health Emergency (PHE); Reopening of Public Comment Period
Miriam Delaney Heard and Wayne Turner Comments
In the last days of the Trump administration, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized an Interim Final Rule (IFR) that creates exceptions to the Medicaid continuous coverage requirements in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The IFR allows states to reduce benefits and terminate eligibility in…
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October 18, 2022
Model Contraceptive Equity Act: Legislative Language and Issue Brief
Liz McCaman Taylor Health Advocate, Issue Brief, NHeLP Matters, Guide
Updated October 2023. This paper begins with model legislative language that can serve as a template for state advocates seeking to expand contraceptive coverage. The paper concludes with an issue brief explaining the provisions within the Model Contraceptive Equity Act and how they advance equitable access to contraceptive services…
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October 5, 2022
Comments on Missouri Section 1115 Request for Federal Funding for Institutions for Mental Disease (IMDs) for Children and Adults
Jennifer Lav Comments
In these comments, NHeLP urges HHS to reject Missouri's request for federal financial participation for institutions for mental disease, as increasing federal funding for institutional care risks serious harm, particularly for children. NHeLP objects to the use of Section 1115 for this purpose, and to the request to eliminate…
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September 14, 2022
Steps Toward Contraceptive Equity: State Legislative Considerations for the 2023 Session
Liz McCaman Taylor Consumer Brochure, Health Advocate, NHeLP Matters, Fact Sheet, Guide
In the first regular state legislative session post-Dobbs, many state policymakers and advocates may seek to shore up contraceptive access in their communities. NHeLP has created a checklist of considerations for enshrining contraception rights into state law, based on a range of model access policies. The policy considerations span…
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June 7, 2022
Medicaid, Child Welfare & Institutional Care: Qualified Residential Treatment Programs
Jennifer Lav Issue Brief
A landmark foster care reform law, the Family First Prevention Services Act, was intended to ensure that children are able to live in family-like settings and reduce reliance on unnecessary institutional care. In doing so, the new law put a spotlight on a longstanding Medicaid law and policy that…
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NHeLP comments on New Hampshire SUD/SMI/SED Treatment and Recovery Access Demonstration Extension Request

Joint comment letter: Temporary Increase in Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) in Response to the COVID–19 Public Health Emergency (PHE); Reopening of Public Comment Period

Comments on Missouri Section 1115 Request for Federal Funding for Institutions for Mental Disease (IMDs) for Children and Adults

Medicaid, Child Welfare & Institutional Care: Qualified Residential Treatment Programs

Child and Adolescent Health Archive

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NHeLP comments on New Hampshire SUD/SMI/SED Treatment and Recovery Access Demonstration Extension Request

Joint comment letter: Temporary Increase in Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) in Response to the COVID–19 Public Health Emergency (PHE); Reopening of Public Comment Period

Model Contraceptive Equity Act: Legislative Language and Issue Brief

Comments on Missouri Section 1115 Request for Federal Funding for Institutions for Mental Disease (IMDs) for Children and Adults

Steps Toward Contraceptive Equity: State Legislative Considerations for the 2023 Session

Medicaid, Child Welfare & Institutional Care: Qualified Residential Treatment Programs