93.797: Expanding Access to Women’s Health Grant

93.797

Active

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) [HHS]

May 13, 2024

May 13, 2024

The Expanding Access to Women’s Health Grant Program will provide a funding source to States for activities related to planning and implementing the market reforms and consumer protections under the below-listed provisions of Part A of Title XVII of the PHS Act to enhance and expand access to reproductive health and maternal health coverage and services. I. Section 2707 – Comprehensive Health Insurance Coverage (Essential Health Benefits Package) II. Section 2713 – Coverage of Preventive Health Services These pre-selected market reforms and consumer protections under Part A of Title XXVII of the PHS Act were selected because of their connection to reproductive health and maternal health coverage and services and the positive impact that CMS anticipates this funding will have on enhancing and expanding access to reproductive and maternal health coverage and services for women in each awardee State. CMS will award grants, through a competitive process. CMS will issue second-year funding via a non-competing continuation award.

This Funding Opportunity is open to all fifty States and the District of Columbia. Only one application per State is permitted, except for a State in which there is more than one regulating entity responsible for implementation and enforcement of the two pre-selected market reforms and consumer protections identified below under Part A of Title XVII of the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act): I. Section 2707 – Comprehensive Health Insurance Coverage (Essential Health Benefits Package) II. Section 2713 – Coverage of Preventive Health Services In the case of more than one regulating entity, the State is eligible to submit multiple applications, but will be required to split the total grant award allocated for that State. The State regulatory agencies involved must collaborate with each other regarding a proposed budget. Also, each State regulatory agency will be viewed as a distinct recipient responsible for submitting separate programmatic and financial reports. All awards are subject to funding availability.

Applicants may use grant funds for planning and implementation of a variety of objectives related to expanding coverage of, and access to, reproductive health and maternal health coverage and services through the market reforms and consumer protections under the pre-selected provisions under Part A of Title XXVII of the PHS Act, including but not limited to developing campaigns to educate women on what reproductive health care options are available in the State to support a woman’s ability to make safe and informed decisions regarding her reproductive health and provide women with more flexibility regarding family planning, expanding access to reproductive health and family planning services, assessing and updating current Essential Health Benefits (EHB) benchmark plans to include broader scope of benefits coverage for reproductive and maternal health services, and assessing the cost of broadening plan coverage of reproductive health care services in the State. In the case of more than one regulating entity, the State is eligible to submit multiple applications, but will be required to split the total grant award allocated for that State. The regulatory agencies involved must collaborate with each other regarding a proposed budget. Also, each State regulatory agency will be viewed as a distinct recipient responsible for submitting separate programmatic and financial reports. All awards are subject to funding availability.

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