On August 11, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) awarded 13 states and the District of Columbia additional grants to assist in the development of health insurance exchanges (HIEs) to help implement the Affordable Care Act.  DHHS and the Treasury Department also released three proposed rules to help consumers use the exchanges. 

The most recent awards are:  Indiana (Family and Social Services Administration) $6,895,126; Rhode Island (Department of Business Regulation) $5,240,668; Washington (State Health Care Authority) $22,942,671; California (Health Benefit Exchange) $39,421,383; Connecticut (Office of Policy and Management) $6,687,933; District of Columbia (Department of Health Care Finance) $8,200,716; Illinois (Department of Insurance) $5,128,454; Kentucky (Cabinet for Health and Family Services) $7,670,803; Maryland (Department of Health and Mental Hygiene) $27,186,749; Minnesota (Department of Commerce) $4,168,071; Mississippi (Department of Insurance) $20,143,618;Missouri (Health Insurance Pool) $20,865,716; Nevada (Department of Health and Human Services) $4,045,076; New York (State Department of Health ) $10,774,898; North Carolina (Department of insurance) $12,396,019; Oregon (Health Insurance Exchange Corp) $8,969,600; and West Virginia (Offices of the Insurance Commissioner) $9,667, 694.