Obsolete What's New 2018

202-2 Qualified Aliens

• Removed prior to August 22, 1996 verbiage, as it is no longer applicable to CHIP eligibility.  

601 Health Plan Selection and Education

• Removed Dental Quest as a dental service provider.   Clients will be auto enrolled with Premier Access.

Table VI  Verification and Interface Match

Added what is acceptable documentation to verify tribal member status for descendents.

103 Worker Responsability

801-1 Creating and Maintaining Case Records

• Updated requirements for actions that require case narration.

705-2  What is Acceptable Verification

Added situations of when self-attestation of verification will be excepted.

600 Program Benefits and Services

601 Health Plan Selection and Education

601-1, 601-2, 601-3 and 601-4  (Deleted and information moved to 602)

602 Cost Sharing Requirements (New section)

603 CHIP Member ID Cards (New title and policy, old policy obsoleted)

604 (Deleted and information moved to 601)

Table II (Deleted, information moved to 602)

• Reorganization of information regarding benefits and services.

Table VI  Verification and Interface Match

Updated information on how to verify American Indian tribes.

202 Citizenship and Alien Status Requirements Table IV Proof of U.S. Citizenship and Identification

• Add the reasonable opportunity period for documentation of immigration status.
• Updating the verifications of citizenship and what documents can be accepted.

202-3  Verification of Alien Status

• Form G-845 is no longer acceptable verification of alien status.  Policy has been updated to reflect the new process of verifying non-citizenship status

Table I - Income Limits Table I-A - 5% FPL Deduction Amount

• Tables were update with new FPL figures.

601-3  Cost Sharing Exemptions for American Indian/Alaska Native Children

Table VI - Verification and Interface Match

• Clarifying that the Indian Health Services (IHS) face sheet as verification of American Indian identity.

  412-3 Whose Income Counts for a MAGI Household

• Clarified when a dependent is us expected to be required to file a tax return and when Social Security Benefits will count.

705 Verification 705-1 Who Must Provide Verification (deleted) 705-4 Collateral Contacts (retitled) Table VI - Verification and Interface Match

• Consolidated the verification items into one area of policy instead of having them scattered around.  Content did not change, just moving them to put it all on one area.