States' Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment Actions Concluding the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, section 6008 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) provides a temporary increase of 6.2 percentage points to each qualifying State's and Territory's Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP), effective January 1, 2020. To receive the increased FMAP, FFCRA requires States to provide benefits to individuals who were enrolled in Medicaid at the start of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) or become enrolled in Medicaid during the emergency period. These individuals should remain eligible for Medicaid through the last day of the month in which the COVID-19 PHE ends (continuous enrollment period), unless the individual requests a voluntary termination of eligibility, or the individual ceases to be a resident of the State. Within the 12-month period in which the COVID-19 PHE ends, States must initiate all renewals, post-enrollment verifications, and redeterminations for all individuals enrolled when the continuous enrollment expires. At the conclusion of the COVID-19 PHE, we will review the States' required Medicaid eligibility and enrollment actions. We will determine whether States completed pending Medicaid eligibility and enrollment actions in accordance with CMS requirements that take effect after the COVID-19 PHE.

Announced or Revised	Agency	Title	Component	Report Number(s)	Expected Issue Date (FY)
August 2022	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	States' Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment Actions Concluding the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency	Office of Audit Services	W-00-22-31567 (WA-22-0012)	2025