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HHS regulations (45 CFR 156.100, et seq.) define EHB based on State-specific EHB-benchmark plans. Below are the EHB-benchmark plans for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.). In plan years 2014 through 2016, the EHB-benchmark plan is a plan that was sold in 2012. Those 2014-2016 EHB-benchmark plans and associated materials can be found here. For plan years 2017, 2018, and 2019, each State’s EHB-benchmark plan is based on a plan that was sold in 2014. For plan year 2020 and after, the Final 2019 HHS Notice of Benefits and Payment Parameters promulgated 45 CFR 156.111, which provides States with greater flexibility by establishing new standards for States to update their EHB-benchmark plans, if they so choose. For the 2020 plan year, CMS approved changes to the Illinois EHB-benchmark plan (ZIP). For the 2021 plan year, CMS approved changes to the South Dakota EHB-benchmark plan (ZIP). For the 2022 plan year, CMS approved changes to the Michigan EHB-benchmark plan (ZIP), to the New Mexico EHB-benchmark plan (ZIP), and to the Oregon EHB-benchmark plan (ZIP). For the 2023 plan year, CMS approved changes to the Colorado EHB-benchmark plan (ZIP). For the 2024 plan year, CMS approved changes to the Vermont EHB-benchmark plan (ZIP).States that opted not to exercise this flexibility continue to use the same EHB-benchmark plan from plan years 2017-2019.

For plan years 2020 through 2024, no state opted to permit issuers to substitute benefits between benefit categories, pursuant to 45 CFR 156.115(b)(2)(ii).

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CMS provided States with greater flexibility to select its EHB-benchmark plan by providing three new options for selection in plan year 2020 and beyond, including:

Under each of these three options, the new EHB-benchmark also must comply with additional requirements, including scope of benefits requirements, under 45 CFR 156.111(b).

In accordance with 45 CFR 156.111(a), States may choose to  select a new EHB-benchmark plan to be applicable starting in plan year 2020. To select a new EHB-benchmark plan, the State must submit:

The Formulary Drug List Template is generally only required for Option 3.  The below chart describes State documentation requirements for each selection option.

Please click here (PDF) to view a consolidated list of the EHB-benchmark plans for the 50 states and D.C. that states used for at least plan years 2017, 2018, and 2019. Additional information regarding each of these plans is available by selecting a particular State below.  During the public comment period for selection of the plan year 2017-2019 EHB-benchmark plans, which closed on September 30, 2015, Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming submitted changes to their respective EHB-benchmark plans summary documents. These changes were incorporated into the final EHB-benchmark plan summary documents.

For plan year 2020 and after, the Final 2019 HHS Notice of Benefits and Payment Parameters promulgated 45 CFR 156.111, which provides States with greater flexibility by establishing new standards for States to update their EHB-benchmark plans, if they so choose. For the 2020 plan year and beyond, CMS approved changes to the Illinois EHB-benchmark plan (ZIP). For the 2021 plan year and beyond, CMS approved changes to the South Dakota EHB-benchmark plan (ZIP). For the 2022 plan year and beyond, CMS approved changes to the Michigan EHB-benchmark plan (ZIP), to the New Mexico EHB-benchmark plan, (ZIP) and to the Oregon EHB-benchmark plan (ZIP). For the 2023 plan year and beyond, CMS approved changes to the Colorado EHB-benchmark plan (ZIP). For the plan year 2024 and beyond, CMS approved changes to the Vermont EHB-benchmark plan (ZIP). States that opted not to exercise this flexibility continue to use the same EHB-benchmark plan in effect since plan years 2017.

Please click here to view the EHB-benchmark plans for the 50 States and D.C. that were applicable for plan years 2014-2016.

Because the base-benchmark plans on which some current EHB-benchmark plans were based are plans from plan year 2014 plans, some of the EHB-benchmark plan designs may not comply with current federal requirements. Therefore, when designing plans that are substantially equal to the EHB-benchmark plan, issuers may need to conform plan benefits, including coverage and limitations, to comply with current requirements and limitations, including but not limited to the following:

The EHB-benchmark plans displayed may include annual and/or lifetime dollar limits; however, in accordance with 45 CFR 147.126, these limits cannot be applied to the essential health benefits. Annual and lifetime dollar limits can be converted to actuarially equivalent treatment or service limits.

Pursuant to 45 CFR 156.115(a)(2), with the exception of coverage for pediatric services, a plan may not exclude an enrollee from coverage in an entire EHB category, regardless of whether such limits exist in the EHB-benchmark plan. For example, a plan may not exclude dependent children from the category of maternity and newborn coverage.

Please note that in some cases a prescription drug category is listed without a United States Pharmacopeia (USP) class because there are some drugs within the category that have not been assigned to a specific class.

Please also note that, pursuant to 45 CFR 156.122, if the EHB-benchmark plan does not include any coverage in a USP category and/or class (count is zero), EHB plans must cover at least one drug in that USP category and/or class.

Pursuant to 45 CFR 156.115, the following benefits are excluded from EHB even though an EHB-benchmark plan may cover them: routine non-pediatric dental services, routine non-pediatric eye exam services, long-term/custodial nursing home care benefits, and/or non-medically necessary orthodontia. Please also note that although the EHB-benchmark plan may cover abortion services, section 156.115(c) provides that no health plan is required to cover abortion services as part of the requirement to cover EHB. Nothing in this provision impedes an issuer's ability to choose to cover abortion services or limits a State's ability to either prohibit or require these services under State law.

The EHB benchmark plans displayed may not include coverage of habilitative services and devices. Pursuant to 45 CFR 156.110(f), the State may determine which services are included in the habilitative services and devices category if the base-benchmark plan does not include such coverage. If the State does not supplement the missing habilitative services and devices category, issuers should cover habilitative services and devices as defined in 45 CFR 156.115(a)(5)(i).

The EHB-benchmark plans displayed may not comply with the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA). However, as described in 45 CFR 156.115(a)(3), EHB plans must comply with the standards implemented under MHPAEA, including standards that are effective in the 2017 plan year.

The EHB-benchmark plans displayed may not offer the preventive services described in 45 CFR 147.130. However, as described in 45 CFR 156.115(a)(4), EHB plans must comply with that section.

For purposes of determining EHB, State-required benefits (or mandates) are considered to include only requirements to cover specific care, treatment, or services. Provider mandates that require reimbursement of specific health care professionals who render a covered service within their scope of practice are not considered to be State-required benefits for purposes of EHB coverage. Similarly, State-required benefits are not considered to include dependent mandates, which require defining dependents in a specific manner or covering dependents under certain circumstances (e.g., newborn coverage, adopted children, domestic partners, and disabled children). Finally, State anti-discrimination requirements relating to service delivery method (e.g., telemedicine) are not considered to be State-required benefits.

For more information on State-required benefits, please refer to the FAQ on Defrayal of State Additional Required Benefits (PDF).

To view the current EHB-benchmark plan for a particular State, please select the State below.

Please click here to view the EHB-benchmark plans for the 50 states and D.C. that were applicable for plan years 2014-2016.

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