Operational Grants to States for High Risk Pools

The summary for the Operational Grants to States for High Risk Pools grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Operational Grants to States for High Risk Pools: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will make grants available from the appropriations authorized under section 2745(d)(1)(B) of the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act) for the costs of operational losses for the operations of qualified high risk pools by States. This is a COMPETITIVE opportunity for State High Risk Pools that do not have an active CMS "Operational Losses" grant beyond March 31, 2009. Total Amount of Funding: up to $1,500,000

Federal Grant Title:	Operational Grants to States for High Risk Pools
Federal Agency Name:	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Grant Categories:	Health
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	HHS-2009-CMS-HRP-0004
Type of Funding:	Grant
CFDA Numbers:	93.780
CFDA Descriptions:	Grants to States for Operation of Qualified High-Risk Pools
Current Application Deadline:	Jun 30, 2009
Original Application Deadline:	Jun 30, 2009
Posted Date:	May 14, 2009
Creation Date:	May 14, 2009
Archive Date:	Jul 30, 2009
Total Program Funding:	$1,500,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$1,500,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	$1,500,000
Expected Number of Awards:	1
Cost Sharing or Matching:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: This is a COMPETITIVE opportunity for State High Risk Pools that do not have an active CMS "Operational Losses" grant beyond March 31, 2009. A qualified high risk pool as defined in sections 2744(c)(2) and 2745(g) of the PHS Act is a risk pool that (a) provides to all eligible individuals health insurance coverage (or comparable coverage) that does not impose any preexisting condition exclusion with respect to such coverage for all eligible individuals, except that it may provide for enrollment of eligible individuals through an acceptable alternative mechanism (as defined for purposes of section 2744) that includes a high risk pool as a component, and (b) provides for premium rates and covered benefits for such coverage consistent with standards included in the NAIC Model Health Plan for Uninsurable Individuals Act that was in effect at the time of the enactment of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (August 21, 1996). To be eligible for a grant, a state must have an established qualified high risk pool that has incurred losses and (1) restricts premium charged under the pool to no more than 200 percent of the premium for applicable standard risk rates; (2) offers a choice of two or more coverage options through the pool; and (3) has in effect a mechanism reasonably designed to ensure continued funding of losses incurred by the state in connection with operations of the pool after the end of the last fiscal year for which a grant is provided under this paragraph. The state must provide sufficient documentation of the losses incurred in the operations of the qualified high risk pool for the covered grant period.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Information not provided
Grant Announcement Contact: Linda [email protected]
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