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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 22
West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page vi Chapter 22 West Virginia Children’s Health Insurance Program (WVCHIP)
Section Date of Change Change Number Sub- section(s) Changed Description of Change 4/1/25 862 22.7.1 Established the policy for the BMS Third Party Insurance Verification Vendor as a data exchange used during WVCHIP applications to identify non-excepted health insurance information when the system does not already have existing creditable health insurance. 22.8
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22.11 8/1/22 8/1/22 1/1/24 825 825 845 22.11.1 22.11.2.B 22.11.1 WV CHIP required enrollment in Medicaid WV CHIP required enrollment in Medicaid Deleted section 22.12
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22.16 8/1/22 8/1/22 11/1/24
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3/1/26 825 825 856
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874 22.16.1 22.16.4.C 22.16
22.16.1 22.16.1
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22.16.1 Enrolling in private ins does not affect WV CHIP Change 13 calendar to 13 business days Lists all the Category Codes for the WVCHIP children group. Added the income limits for WVCHIP children Gold and Blue. Adding a note to modify that a child who is an inmate of a public institution can receive WVCHIP if the application is within 30 days of the release date, the client is in their continuous eligibility period or at redetermination. Updated the policy to reflect when an application is received the client must be determined otherwise eligible except for having creditable (non-excepted) health insurance. The BMS Third Party Insurance Exchange is a source of verification. Added language to include clients that do not have reasonable geographic access to care are also eligible for WVCHIP. 22.17 7/1/19 4/1/22 8/1/22 774 820 825 22.17 22.17.1-11 22.17.2.B Added new policy WVCHIP Pregnancy coverage group Change postpartum period Change 13 calendar to 13 business days