42 CFR 457.515: Co-payments, coinsurance, deductibles, or similar cost-sharing charges: State plan requirements.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 42—Public Health
- CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
- SUBCHAPTER D—STATE CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMS (SCHIPs)
- PART 457—ALLOTMENTS AND GRANTS TO STATES
- Subpart E—State Plan Requirements: Enrollee Financial Responsibilities
To impose copayments, coinsurance, deductibles or similar charges on enrollees, the State plan must describe—
(a) The service for which the charge is imposed;
(b) The amount of the charge;
(c) The group or groups of enrollees that may be subject to the cost-sharing charge;
(d) The consequences for an enrollee who does not pay a charge, and the disenrollment protections adopted by the State in accordance with § 457.570;
(e) The methodology used to ensure that total cost-sharing liability for a family does not exceed the cumulative cost-sharing maximum specified in § 457.560; and
(f) An assurance that enrollees will not be held liable for cost-sharing amounts for emergency services that are provided at a facility that does not participate in the enrollee's managed care network beyond the copayment amounts specified in the State plan for emergency services as defined in § 457.10.
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