Idaho Affordable Insurance Exchange Grants Awards List
Idaho has received two grant awards to build its Affordable Insurance Exchange. This includes a Planning Grant and a Level One Establishment Grant.
Summaries of Idaho’s applications for each grant are provided below:
Establishment Grant Level One Application Summary
Administrator: Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
Award Amount: $20,376,556
Award Date: November 29, 2011
Application Due Date: September 30, 2011
Level of Funding: Level One
Summary: Idaho will use Level One funds to complete necessary planning, research, design, development and implementation of its Exchange. The funding will assist the State in developing policy goals for the Idaho Health Insurance Exchange consistent with State and Federal law; securing staff, consultants and expert resources; actively engaging stakeholders to inform and support Exchange planning; and engage in related activities around Exchange design, development and implementation.
State Planning Grant
Awarded September 30, 2010
Administrator: Idaho Department of Insurance
Amount Awarded: $1,000,000
- Conduct background research to establish scope and citizen impact.
- Engage stakeholders and create strategies for continued engagement.
- Evaluate existing government and non-government structures for opportunities to integrate these structures to support an Exchange.
- Assess current and future resource needs and capabilities.
- Create recommendations for governance structures.
- Analyze accounting systems and methods to build on those systems.
- Analyze existing technology, capacity and needed expansion.
- Identify changes needed to existing technology and programs to accommodate the implementation of State Exchange.
- Develop methods and resources needed to manage business operations for an Exchange.
- Identify needed enabling State legislation and regulations.