diff --git a/.env b/.env
index c0cac7fca..12d5e66e2 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ VALIDATION_URL=
 # to the submission validation API.
 SUBMISSION_API_TOKEN=
 
-# A cookie that may be needed for Implementation environment, for local testing
+# A cookie that may be needed for Implementation environment, for local testing (Cookie is needed only in IMPL env).
 IMPL_ACA_COOKIE=
 
 # Sets the license key for New Relic monitoring in a real deployment scenario.
diff --git a/infrastructure/terraform/modules/templates/conversion_tool_task_def.tpl b/infrastructure/terraform/modules/templates/conversion_tool_task_def.tpl
index dbcb915ac..f962b05dd 100644
--- a/infrastructure/terraform/modules/templates/conversion_tool_task_def.tpl
+++ b/infrastructure/terraform/modules/templates/conversion_tool_task_def.tpl
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@
                     "valueFrom": "arn:aws:ssm:us-east-1:003384571330:parameter/qppar-sf/${env}/conversion_tool/NEWRELIC_API_KEY",
                     "name": "NEWRELIC_API_KEY"
                 },
+                {
+                    "valueFrom": "arn:aws:ssm:us-east-1:003384571330:parameter/qppar-sf/${env}/conversion_tool/IMPL_ACA_COOKIE",
+                    "name": "IMPL_ACA_COOKIE"
+                },
                 {
                     "valueFrom": "arn:aws:ssm:us-east-1:003384571330:parameter/qppar-sf/${env}/conversion_tool/NEXUS_CREDS",
                     "name": "NEXUS_CREDS"
diff --git a/infrastructure/terraform/secure/secret-template.tf b/infrastructure/terraform/secure/secret-template.tf
index 60b869d92..113bfe76f 100644
--- a/infrastructure/terraform/secure/secret-template.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/terraform/secure/secret-template.tf
@@ -94,6 +94,30 @@ resource "aws_ssm_parameter" "newrelic_api_key" {
   }
 }
 
+resource "aws_ssm_parameter" "impl_aca_cookie" {
+  name        = "/qppar-sf/${var.environment}/conversion_tool/IMPL_ACA_COOKIE"
+  description = "IMPL_ACA_COOKIE"
+  type        = "SecureString"
+  value       = "secret"
+  overwrite   = false
+
+  lifecycle {
+    ignore_changes = [
+      value
+    ]
+  }
+  tags = {
+    Name            = "${var.project_name}-ssm-${var.environment}",
+    owner           = var.owner,
+    project         = var.project_name
+    terraform       = "true"
+    pagerduty-email = var.pagerduty_email
+    application     = var.application
+    sensitivity     = var.sensitivity
+    git-origin      = var.git-origin
+  }
+}
+
 resource "aws_ssm_parameter" "nexus_creds" {
   name        = "/qppar-sf/${var.environment}/conversion_tool/NEXUS_CREDS"
   description = "NEXUS_CREDS"