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Model Application Template for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program

ARKANSAS Effective Date: July 1, 2003

Approval Date: 14 giving the applicant 15 days to respond if he or she wants ARKids A for the children. 3. The worker will dispose of the application upon receipt of the information from the applicant or after 15 days from the date the form was sent, whichever occurs earlier. 4. If the applicant does not respond, the children will be certified as ARKids B.

Note: ARKids B will be funded by Titles XIX and XXI. Title XXI will only be used for those ARKids B children who meet the SCHIP definition of a targeted low-income child. Coordination with Children’s Medical Services The Department of Human Services operates a Children’s Medical Services Program which provides care coordination and/or specialized medical care and rehabilitation for children with special health care needs whose families are partially or wholly unable to provide for such services and who meet the agency’s criteria. Children’s Medical Services are funded by federal (Title V) and state funds. The Children’s Medical Services staff coordinate closely with Medicaid/SCHIP, especially with regard to the TEFRA-like Medicaid 1115 demonstration, to ensure that the children they serve receive the widest range of services to which they are entitled. Please reference Section 1.1.3.A., for more information regarding the TEFRA-like demonstration. Coordination with Maternal and Child Health The Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) programs are administered by the Arkansas Department of Health. Preventive health services are available to women, children, adolescents and families in 100 service sites in the state’s 75 counties. Preventive services provided include well child screens, immunizations, prenatal care, family planning, hearing and vision screening, newborn screening, blood lead screening and follow-up. Over 250,000 Arkansans receive some level of Title V MCH services each year. Services to children with Special Health Care Needs are coordinated with DHS.