MEMORANDUM

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IM-#106      12/28/15

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
FAMILY SUPPORT DIVISION
P.O. BOX 2320
JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI
TO:
ALL FAMILY SUPPORT DIVISION OFFICES
FROM:
JULIE GIBSON, DIRECTOR
SUBJECT:
GATEWAY TO BETTER HEALTH EXTENDED
MANUAL REVISION #49:
1600.030.00

DISCUSSION:

This memorandum announces the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has authorized the extension of the Gateway to Better Health (GTBH) waiver through December 2016.

GTBH is a healthcare program provided through a waiver from CMS and is available to St. Louis City or St. Louis County residents only.

The original waiver covered individuals up to 200% of the Federal Poverty Limit (FPL). The first extension, Gateway 2.0, reduced the FPL requirement to 100%. The new extension continues the 100% FPL requirement.

Eligibility requirements for GTBH remain:

GTBH originally did not require an annual reinvestigation because it was an eighteen month waiver. Annual reviews are now required due to extensions granted in 2013, 2014, and 2015.

NECESSARY ACTION:

JG/abm


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