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

Effective Date:

Approval Date: 27 • Individuals with a petition pending for 3 years or more as permitted under section 101(a)(15)(V) of the INA.

The State elects the CHIPRA section 214 option for children up to age 19.

The State elects the CHIPRA section 214 option for pregnant women through the 60 day postpartum period.

4.1.10.1 The State provides assurance that for individuals whom it enrolls in CHIP under the CHIPRA section 214 option that it has verified, both at the time of the individual’s initial eligibility determination and at the time of the eligibility redetermination, that the individual continues to be lawfully residing in the United States. The State must first attempt to verify this status using information provided at the time of initial application. If the State cannot do so from the information readily available, it must require the individual to provide documentation or further evidence to verify satisfactory immigration status in the same manner as it would for anyone else claiming satisfactory immigration status under section 1137(d) of the Act.

4.2. The state assures that it has made the following findings with respect to the eligibility standards in its plan: (Section 2102)(b)(1)(B)) (42CFR 457.320(b))

4.2.1.

These standards do not discriminate on the basis of diagnosis. 4.2.2.

Within a defined group of covered targeted low-income children, these standards do not cover children of higher income families without covering children with a lower family income. 4.2.3.

These standards do not deny eligibility based on a child having a pre-existing medical condition.