Individuals will be considered “affected” and eligible for the SEP/Extended AEP if they reside, or on the date listed below, resided in a designated county. In addition, the SEP/Extended AEP is available to those individuals who do not live in the affected areas but rely on help making healthcare decisions from friends or family members who live in the affected areas.

CMS defers to the information provided on the FEMA website – www.fema.gov/disasters - for a description of the areas associated with a declaration of emergency or major disaster.

ALABAMA DESIGNATED COUNTIES (IRMA, NATE)

Irma Incident Period 9/8/17:

  • All counties

Nate Incident Period 10/6/17:

  • Autauga
  • Baldwin
  • Barbour
  • Bibb
  • Bullock
  • Butler
  • Chilton
  • Choctaw
  • Clarke
  • Coffee
  • Coosa
  • Conecuh
  • Covington
  • Crenshaw
  • Dale
  • Dallas
  • Elmore
  • Escambia
  • Geneva
  • Greene
  • Hale
  • Henry
  • Houston
  • Jefferson
  • Lowndes
  • Macon
  • Marengo
  • Mobile
  • Monroe
  • Montgomery
  • Perry
  • Pike
  • Shelby
  • St. Clair
  • Sumter
  • Talledega
  • Tuscaloosa
  • Washington
  • Wilcox
  • Poarch Band of Creek Indians

CALIFORNIA DESIGNATED COUNTIES (WILDFIRES)

Wildfires DR-4344 Incident Period 10/14/17:

  • Butte
  • Lake
  • Mendocino
  • Napa
  • Nevada
  • Orange
  • Solano
  • Sonoma
  • Yuba

FLORIDA DESIGNATED COUNTIES (IRMA, NATE)

Irma Incident Period 9/4/17:

  • All counties

Nate Incident Period 10/7/17:

  • Escambia
  • Santa Rosa

GEORGIA DESIGNATED COUNTIES (IRMA)

Irma Incident Period 9/7/17:

  • All counties

LOUISIANA DESIGNATED PARISHES (HARVEY, NATE)

Harvey Incident Period 8/27/17:

  • Beauregard
  • Calcasieu
  • Cameron
  • Jefferson Davis
  • Vermillion

Nate Incident Period 10/5/17:

  • Assumption
  • Iberia
  • Jefferson
  • Lafourche
  • Livingston
  • Orleans
  • Plaquemines
  • St. Bernard
  • St. Charles
  • St. James
  • St. John the Baptist
  • St. Martin
  • St. Mary
  • St. Tammany
  • Tangipahoa
  • Terrebonne
  • Vermillion

MISSISSIPPI DESIGNATED COUNTIES (NATE)

Nate Incident Period 10/6/17:

  • George
  • Hancock
  • Harrison
  • Jackson
  • Pearl River
  • Stone

PUERTO RICO DESIGNATED COUNTIES/MUNICIPIOS (IRMA, MARIA)

Irma Incident Period 9/5/17:

  • All municipios

Maria Incident Period 9/17/17:

  • All municipios

SOUTH CAROLINA DESIGNATED COUNTIES (IRMA)

Irma Incident Period 9/6/17:

  • All Counties

TEXAS DESIGNATED COUNTIES (HARVEY)

Harvey Incident Period 8/23/17:

  • Aransas
  • Austin
  • Bastrop
  • Bee
  • Bexar
  • Brazoria
  • Burleson
  • Calhoun
  • Chambers
  • Colorado
  • DeWitt
  • Fayette
  • Fort Bend
  • Galveston
  • Goliad
  • Gonzales
  • Grimes
  • Hardin
  • Harris
  • Jackson
  • Jasper
  • Jefferson
  • Karnes
  • Kleberg
  • Lavaca
  • Lee
  • Liberty
  • Matagorda
  • Montgomery
  • Newton
  • Nueces
  • Orange
  • Polk
  • Rufugio
  • Sabine
  • San Jacinto
  • Pan Patricio
  • Travis
  • Tyler
  • Victoria
  • Walker
  • Waller
  • Wharton
  • Washington

US VIRGIN ISLANDS (IRMA, MARIA)

Irma Incident Period 9/5/17:

  • All areas: Saint Croix, Saint John, Saint Thomas

Maria Incident Period 9/16/17:

  • All areas: Saint Croix, Saint John, Saint Thomas