In a Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services informational bulletin released on August 15, 2023, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services outlines that states must continue to apply spousal impoverishment standards to married applicants and beneficiaries through September 2027. These standards were initially slated to expire in 2018 but have been subsequently extended in multiple congressional actions, most recently in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. States can reference prior guidance issued in 2015.