States Ask HHS, Congress For More Certainty On PHE’s End Date

States need longer-term certainty from the Biden administration and Congress on when the public health emergency will end, state Medicaid officials say, asking HHS to assure the declaration won’t expire before July 1, 2022 -- the same day stakeholders want lawmakers to sunset the Medicaid continuous enrollment requirement. The National Association of Medicaid Directors, ADvancing States, the National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services and the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors sent HHS and congressional...