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Section 2703. State Option to Provide Health Homes for Enrollees with Chronic Conditions

• Establishes a State plan amendment option to provide for medical assistance to eligible individuals with chronic conditions who select a designated provider, a team of healthcare professionals operating with such a provider, or a health team as the individual’s health home for purposes of providing the individual with health home services.
• Defines “health team” as the meaning given to such term in section 3502 of the Act. [The teams in Section 3502 may include pharmacists.]
• Directs the Secretary, no later than January 1, 2014, to survey States that have elected this option and report to Congress on the evaluation and assessment.

1. Beginning January 1, 2011, a state may choose to provide health homes.
2. Beginning January 1, 2011, the Secretary may award planning grants to States for purposes of developing a State plan amendment.
3. No later than January 1, 2017, the Secretary must report to Congress on the evaluation and assessment of the States that have elected this option.
4. No later than January 1, 2014, the Secretary must survey states on the impact of this option.