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HHS/CMS RIN: 0938-AO46 Publication ID: Fall 2008 
Title: High Risk Pools (CMS-2260-F) 
Abstract: Section 6202 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 extends the funding and authorizes and appropriates for FY 2006 $75 million for grants to help fund existing qualified State high-risk pools and $15 million for grants to assist States to create and initially fund qualified high-risk pools. The bill also authorizes appropriations of $75 million for each year FY 2007 through 2010. The section 6202 provision establishes: (1) Seed grants to States for the creation and initial operation of a qualified high-risk pool for those States that do not have one; (2) grants to States to reimburse them for a percentage of losses incurred based on a methodology that allocates funding by 40 percent among all States, 30 percent to States based on their number of uninsured residents, and 30 percent based on the number of people in State risk pools operating as an existing qualified high-risk pool during specified years; and (3) bonus grants for supplemental consumer benefits. 
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 42 CFR 148   
Legal Authority: Deficit Reduction Act of 2005    PL 109-171, sec 6202   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory    02/08/2006 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule  07/27/2007  72 FR 41232   
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  08/27/2007    
Final Action  04/25/2008  73 FR 22281   
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: State 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Jessica Kahn
Director, Family and Children's Health Programs Group
Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Centers for Medicaid Services Operations, Mailstop C2-01-16, 7500 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, MD 21244
Phone:410 786-9361
Email: jessica.kahn@cms.hhs.gov