Missouri Affordable Insurance Exchange Grants Awards List

Missouri has received two grant awards to build its Affordable Insurance Exchange. This includes a Planning Grant and a Level One Establishment Grant.

Summaries of Missouri’s applications for each grant are provided below:

Establishment Grant Level One Application Summary

Administrator: Missouri Health Insurance Pool
Award Amount: $20,865,716
Award Date: August 12, 2011
Application Due Date: June 30, 2011
Level of Funding: Level One

Summary: Missouri will build on its significant Exchange planning progress to implement a single, statewide exchange. Missouri will: build the exchange IT system, which will be highly coordinated with state agencies to enable a streamlined, single-portal eligibility and enrollment system; expand its existing stakeholder engagement process to facilitate deeper dialogue and leverage expertise on targeted topics; and, establish the appropriate levels of financial oversight and control to ensure program integrity.

State Planning Grant

Awarded September 30, 2010

Administrator: Missouri Department of Insurance

Amount Awarded: $1,000,000

• Provide a planning and development infrastructure to support launching an insurance Exchange.
• Determine the organizational structure of any such Exchange.
• Explore the establishment of a regional Exchange with neighboring States.
• Compile cost estimates for providing coverage to potential populations and gather health status for such populations.
  

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