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the estimate of the number of children eligible for HFP to account for the fact that income deductions would not be applied for the HFP5. In January 1999, UCLA again updated projections of the number of children eligible for HFP and MC. Basing their work on data from the March 1998 CPS, researchers from UCLA now estimate that 328,000 children are eligible for HFP and 788,000 children are eligible and unenrolled for no-cost Medi-Cal. The researchers explain the decrease in the estimated number of HFP children and the increase in MC children due to changes in the income distribution of the target population.6 Based on this revision and on the actual monthly enrollment through February 1999, estimated monthly enrollment is projected as follows:

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Program Cost

FFY 1999 156,250 by 10/1 $ 84,886,683 FFY 2000 281,251 by 10/1 $213,608,109 FFY2001

328,000 by 10/1 $309,040,744 DMH FOR SED SERVICES • Assumes 3% of the average annual HFP enrollment. Cost FFY 1999

$ 8,541,844 FFY 2000 $20,319,937 FFY 2001 $30,535,090 HFP EXPANSION ENROLLMENT ASSUMPTIONS Use of Income Disregards up to 250% FPL and Income Deductions • Caseload estimates assume enrollment will begin 7/99. • Assumes 132,000 potentially eligible children with net family income under 250 percent of FPL, in addition to above estimated 328,000 base eligible children. • Of the 328,000 identified as potentially eligible, assumes 129,370 children will be enrolling in the HFP. This estimate is based on the January 1999 UCLA estimate 5 Steve P. Wallace et al. “Technical Notes for New Estimates find 400,000 Children Eligible for Healthy Families Program, Policy Brief 98-4.” UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. October 1998. 6 Helen Halpon Schauffler et al. “The State of Health Insurance in California, 1998.” UC Berkeley Center for Health and Public Policy Studies and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. January 1999. Page 24. Effective Date: Approval Date: November 1, 2009 HFP Family Contribution Increase November 1, 2009 HFP Co-Payment Increase November 1, 2009 HFP Limited Dental Plan Choice for New Subscribers

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