Updates to the Medicaid State Plan

The Division of Medicaid and Health Financing (DMHF) is updating the availability of services in the Medicaid State Plan. For this purpose, the State Plan Amendments (SPAs) listed below clarify coverage and limitations for each of the following services:

SPA 14-026-UT Eyeglasses Services;

SPA 14-027-UT Audiology Services;

SPA 14-028-UT Speech Pathology Services;

SPA 14-029-UT Chiropractic Services;

SPA 14-030-UT Optometry Services; and

SPA 14-031-UT Denture Services.

DMHF does not expect any increase or decrease in annual costs to result from these amendments.

The proposed effective date of these amendments is July 1, 2014, and they are pending Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services approval.

A copy of these changes may be obtained from Craig Devashrayee (801-538-6641), or by writing the Technical Writing Unit, Utah Department of Health, PO Box 143102, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-3102. Comments are welcome at the same address. Copies of the changes are also available at local county health department offices.