Infographic: Medicaid’s Role for Children with Special Health Care Needs
| Table 1: State Indicators of Medicaid’s Role for Children with Special Health Care Needs | ||||
| State | Per Enrollee Spending for Children with Disabilities, 2011 | Optional Eligibility Pathways | ||
| Katie Beckett State Plan Option, 2015 | Family Opportunity Act Buy-In for Children with Significant Disabilities, 2015 | 1915(c) Waiver for Children with Disabilities, 2013 | ||
| Expanded Medicaid/Republican Governor | ||||
| Arizona | $32,303 | No | No | Yes |
| Arkansas | $14,317 | No | No | Yes |
| Illinois | $12,534 | No | No | Yes |
| Indiana | $14,827 | No | No | No |
| Iowa | $21,263 | No | Yes | Yes |
| Kentucky | $12,442 | No | No | No |
| Maryland | $20,678 | No | No | Yes |
| Massachusetts | $10,351 | Yes | No | Yes |
| Michigan | $16,994 | Yes | No | Yes |
| Nevada | $12,391 | Yes | No | No |
| New Hampshire | $53,557 | Yes | No | No |
| New Jersey | $18,759 | No | No | No |
| New Mexico | $21,966 | No | No | Yes |
| North Dakota | $18,360 | No | Yes | Yes |
| Ohio | $15,499 | No | No | No |
| Vermont | $42,030 | Yes | No | Yes |
| State Average | $21,142 | 5/16 | 2/16 | 10/16 |
| Expanded Medicaid/Democratic or Independent Governor | ||||
| Alaska | $32,734 | Yes | No | Yes |
| California | $24,909 | No | No | Yes |
| Colorado | $17,834 | No | Yes | Yes |
| Connecticut | $17,273 | No | No | Yes |
| Delaware | $20,091 | Yes | No | No |
| DC | $21,952 | No | No | No |
| Hawaii | $21,472 | No | No | No |
| Louisiana | $11,264 | No | Yes | Yes |
| Minnesota | $25,425 | Yes | No | No |
| Montana | $21,203 | No | No | Yes |
| New York | $20,082 | No | No | Yes |
| Oregon | $18,737 | No | No | Yes |
| Pennsylvania | $16,634 | No | No | Yes |
| Rhode Island | $30,043 | Yes | No | Yes |
| Washington | $17,152 | No | No | Yes |
| West Virginia | $14,045 | Yes | No | No |
| State Average | $20,678 | 5/16 | 2/16 | 11/16 |
| Did Not Expand Medicaid/Republican Governor | ||||
| Alabama | $11,020 | No | No | No |
| Florida | $13,373 | No | No | Yes |
| Georgia | $7,829 | Yes | No | Yes |
| Idaho | $23,073 | Yes | No | Yes |
| Kansas | $14,282 | No | No | Yes |
| Maine | $22,424 | No | No | No |
| Mississippi | $11,963 | Yes | No | No |
| Missouri | $20,759 | No | No | Yes |
| Nebraska | $17,451 | Yes | No | Yes |
| Oklahoma | $14,460 | Yes | No | Yes |
| South Carolina | $13,366 | Yes | No | Yes |
| South Dakota | $16,689 | Yes | No | No |
| Tennessee | $6,945 | No | No | No |
| Texas | $18,261 | No | Yes | Yes |
| Utah | $21,683 | No | No | Yes |
| Wisconsin | $9,950 | Yes | No | Yes |
| Wyoming | $18,684 | No | No | Yes |
| State Average | $15,424 | 8/17 | 1/17 | 12/17 |
| Did Not Expand Medicaid/Democratic Governor | ||||
| North Carolina | $17,971 | No | No | Yes |
| Virginia | $15,418 | No | No | No |
| State Average | $16,695 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 1/2 |
| NOTE: Children with disabilities represent a smaller subset of children with special health care needs. | ||||
References
Kaiser Family Foundation and Urban Institute analysis based on FY 2011 and 2011 MSIS and CMS-64 reports
MaryBeth Musumeci, Medicaid and Children with Special Health Care Needs (Washington, DC: Kaiser Family Foundation, January 2017), https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/medicaid-and-children-with-special-health-care-needs/
MaryBeth Musumeci and Katherine Young, State Variation in Medicaid Per Enrollee Spending for Seniors and People with Disabilities (Washington, DC: Kaiser Family Foundation, May 2017), https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/state-variation-in-medicaid-per-enrollee-spending-for-seniors-and-people-with-disabilities/
Molly O’Malley Watts, Elizabeth Cornachione, and MaryBeth Musumeci, Medicaid Financial Eligibility for Seniors and People with Disabilities in 2015 (Washington, DC: Kaiser Family Foundation, March 2016), https://www.kff.org/report-section/medicaid-financial-eligibility-for-seniors-and-people-with-disabilities-in-2015-report/
National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs, http://www.childhealthdata.org/learn/NS-CSHCN
Terrence Ng, et al., Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Programs: 2013 Data Update (Washington, DC: Kaiser Family Foundation, October 2016), https://www.kff.org/medicaid/report/medicaid-home-and-community-based-services-programs-2013-data-update/