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37 In addition, the DHCS website is updated to reflect any program changes and newsletter articles are updated for our community partners. Each new applicant family affected by the waiting list will receive notification in writing.

a. When a waiting list is implemented, the program will continue to receive new applications; however, no eligibility determinations will be made until adequate funding is available. Placement on the waiting list is only for new applications. New applications will be screened through CalHEERS’ Single Streamlined Application for Medi-Cal, California’s Title XIX Medicaid program and these applications will be forwarded to the applicant’s local county welfare department for a Medi-Cal eligibility determination. Siblings and newborns of current enrollees and children formerly eligible for No-Cost Medi-Cal who apply are considered new applicants and are subject to the waiting list. Each new applicant family whose child is placed on the waiting list will be notified by letter. In addition, the notification letter will contain information about where the family may apply for other potential coverage (e.g., Medi-Cal).

b. If the State is using a waiting list, children will be placed on the waiting list in the order in which their applications were received based on the date the application was received. If DHCS determines that sufficient funds are available to cover some or all children on the waiting list, the applications will be reviewed for children on the waiting list in the order their application was received.

c. When children are removed from the waiting list, each family will receive a notification letter, informing them that sufficient funding is now available for the enrollment of their child and requesting that the family complete a pre-printed application, updating any changes and information to determine eligibility for enrollment. When the application and other updated documentation is received, DHCS will screen the application based upon income eligibility to either the CHIP Program or the state’s Medi-Cal program. If the family does not reply within seventeen (17) calendar days, as noted on the application, the application will be denied for being incomplete.

If the family submits the information after the requested due date the child may be placed back onto the waiting list, in the order in which the new application is received. In addition, the DHCS website is updated to reflect any program changes and newsletter articles are updated for our community partners. Each family affected by disenrollments will receive notification in writing thirty (30) days prior to disenrollment. These subscribers will also be placed on the waiting list until sufficient funding is available to cover program expenditures. The subscriber child’s effective date on the waiting list will be the date of his or her disenrollment. However, children with chronic conditions through California Children’s Services (CCS) who are CCS eligible solely by virtue of their eligibility are exempt from disenrollment and will continue their enrollment.

If DHCS later determines sufficient funds are available to cover some or all eligible subscriber children, the Program will stop disenrolling children during the renewal process and begin enrolling subscriber children back into the program. When all children who were disenrolled have been removed from the