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

Effective Date:

Approval Date: 45 following meetings or presentations to discuss Kids Connection (this is not an all- inclusive list):

The Policy Secretary has participated in the following meetings, appearances, etc. regarding Kids Connection: December 11 - Kids Count December 15 - Access Medicaid December 17 - Meeting with Governor Nelson December 18 - Nebraska Partnership Council December 23 - Meeting with Senators Beutler, Landis and Wesely, and Tim Becker, Governor’s Chief of Staff January 8 - Governor's Press Conference on SCHIP January 9 - Governor's Committee for Protection of Children January 14 - Lincoln Bridge Team January 14 - Nebraska Health Care Association January 24 - Southeast Nebraska Rural Physicians Association (SERPA) January 28 - CAP and Local Health Directors January 28 - CAP and Local Health Directors January 28 - Report to Senator Beutler January 29 - Legislative Hearing on Children’s Health Insurance February 9 - Meeting with Natalie Clark, Lancaster Co. Medical Association. February 9 - Meeting with Senators Landis, Suttle, and Wesely February 17 - Meeting with Senator Beutler February 27 - Blue Ribbon Commission Meeting March 6 - Meeting with Senator Beutler March 6 - Meeting with Senator Wesely's Office March 24 - Meeting with Senator Beutler April 13 - Signing of LB 1063 at University Child Care Center

Steve Frederick, Strategic and Financial Planning (in addition to public hearings and other meetings): August and September: Three meetings were held with Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Don Macke, and Don Leuenberger (Policy Secretary at the time) and Nebraska Community Development about developing a Caring Program in light of Title XXI. September 18: Health and Human Services System Partnership Meeting in Chadron October 16: HHS Partnership Health and Well-Being Subcommittee Meeting November 5 and 19: Children’s Health Clinic Meeting in Omaha February 11: Meeting with Northeast Area Hospital Administrators in Norfolk to discuss Title XXI proposal (Note: Four other meetings were held in Scottsbluff, North Platte, Geneva, and Kearney where Dennis Mohatt and Dave Palm presented on Title XXI.)