Not necessarily. State-run exchanges (there are 18 as of the 2022 plan year) are not required to offer this SEP. But as of early 2022, several state-run exchanges (Colorado, Maine, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, California, and Rhode Island) had already debuted the new SEP.
Several other state-run exchanges have no need for this SEP, because they have other programs with year-round availability. This includes:
New York and Minnesota, both of which have Basic Health Programs that cover people with income up to 200% of FPL
Massachusetts, which offers Connector Care to people with income up to 300% of FPL (enrollment is open year-round to people who are newly eligible or who have not been covered under the program in the past)
DC, which offers Medicaid to adults with income up to 215% of the poverty level
Some of the remaining state-run exchanges may decide to allow this SEP as of 2022, and others may choose not to offer it at all. Some state-run exchanges may find that it’s too operationally challenging to make this SEP available in 2022, and may postpone it until 2023.
State-run exchanges have flexibility in terms of how they implement this SEP. For those that do offer it, proof of income might be required in order to trigger the SEP, or they may follow the federal government’s lead and allow the SEP eligibility to be based on the income attested by the consumer.
But HealthCare.gov is the exchange used in the majority of the states, and this SEP is available in all of those states for as long as the ARP-style subsidy enhancements are in effect.