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CLASP's public comment in support of Louisiana's Section 1115 request to offer Medicaid-covered services to individuals 90-days prior to their release from incarceration from a public institution.

CLASP submitted a comment to the Ways and Means Republicans about the upcoming tax package and our priorities for the bill.

CLASP submits statement for record on TANF and prioritizes targeting funds toward cash assistance for families with very low incomes.

The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) submits this comment in response to the Department of Health and Human Services (“the Department”) Request for Information published in the Federal Register on November 27, 2023, entitled “Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Implementation of Sections…

CLASP submitted a public comment in support of New York's Section 1115 request to implement multi-year continuous eligibility for young children from birth to six years old who are enrolled in Medicaid or Children's Health Plus.

CLASP submitted comments in support of Connecticut’s Section 1115 waiver demonstration, which would provide pre-release Medicaid services to individuals leaving incarceration and improve continuity of care into the community upon release and during re-entry. CLASP appreciates Connecticut’s broad definition of qualifying conditions to include intellectual…

In April 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance to state Medicaid agencies detailing opportunities to expand Medicaid coverage to people up to 90 days before they are released from incarceration. Through a state flexibility known as a Section 1115 demonstration…

CLASP submitted a public comment in support of Pennsylvania’s request to CMS to amend the commonwealth’s Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waiver.

On January 11, 2024, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing entitled “The Impact of Illegal Immigration on Social Services.” CLASP submitted a statement for the record detailing immigrants’ fundamental contributions; the economic and social benefits of expanding safety net programs; the harms of restricting…

By Ashley Burnside CLASP is writing in response to the “Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Intermediate Improvement to the Disability Adjudication Process: Including How We Consider Past Work.” CLASP supports this proposed rule because it would reduce the administrative burden for applicants of the Supplemental Security…