The Utah Department of Health has submitted an amendment to the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) State Plan. This Amendment, #12, implements the benefit plan changes for Medical and Dental services for 07/01/2012 through 06/30/2013. It contains modifications to cost sharing for physician visits, vision and hearing screening, surgeon and anesthesiologist, as well as emergency room visits for Medical. For Dental, orthodontic care is only covered if medically necessary and requires prior authorization. Changes are posted to the web and can be viewed at http://health.utah.gov/chip/.

The proposed changes are subject to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approval. For questions regarding this notice, please contact Leigha Rodak at 801-538-6806, or lrodak@utah.gov.