Low-Income Women's Access to Family Planning

Delaware provides increased access to reproductive health care services through a Section 1115 waiver.  As part of this waiver, the state is allowed to cover family planning services for up to 24 months for women who lose Medicaid eligibility.  

Beneficiaries of family planning coverage available through the waiver are not required to pay premiums or co-payments for covered services.  Covered services include: health education and counseling; limited history and physical examination; laboratory tests if medically indicated as part of decision-making process for contraceptive methods; diagnosis and treatment for STI's if medically indicated; screening, testing and counseling of at-risk individuals for HIV and referral for treatment; follow-up care for complications associated with contraceptive methods issued by the family planning provider; provision of contraceptive pills, devices, and supplies; tubal ligation, pregnancy counseling and testing.  

The will expire on Dec. 31, 2009.  

Del. Diamond State Health Plan Demonstration Fact Sheet, Ctrs. for Medicare and Medicaid Servs., Dec. 31, 2006;  Del. Medicaid Managed Care, 1115 Waiver Protocol Doc., Sept. 22, 1995;  Medicaid Waivers and Demonstrations List, Details for Del. Diamond State Health Plan 1115, Ctrs. for Medicare and Medicaid Servs. at http://74.125.45.132/search?q=cache:fi8yJ1QDF7oJ:www.cms.hhs.gov/medicaidstwaivprogdemopgi/mwdl/ItemDetail.asp%3FItemID%3DCMS035515+delaware+diamond+state+health+plan+demonstration+fact+sheet&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us (last visited Dec. 5, 2008);  NARAL Pro-Choice America Survey of State Medicaid Offices