CHIP Policy

 

What's New

Here you will find the latest changes to the CHIP Policy Manual.  Return to the Welcome Page.

Obsolete Policy deleted before 2010 has been archived. Contact a DHHS eligibility specialist, a DWS program specialist or Marcel Larsen-Jones if you need archived policy.

 

For the Unwinding see policy: COVID-19 Unwinding Questions and Answers

August 2025

                                            Sections                                             What's New

Table VI

  • Removing link listing state and federal tribes and adding the Hub as an electronic data source.

 

July 2025

Continued CHIP Unwinding Flexibilities

  • The continued CHIP unwinding flexibilities ended 6/30/2025.

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  • CHIP members who are suspended are not eligible for inpatient hospital services.

June 2025

220-2, 220-9, 701-3

  • There is no longer a 90-day lockout for voluntary termination of health insurance.

204, 204-2, 204-3, 204-4, 400-1, 600, 604, 701-3, 701-6, 703-1, Table VII-A

 

  • Incarcerated CHIP members can be suspended.
  • Members who are incarcerated and on CHIP may be eligible for pre-release services 30 days prior to release.

May 2025

FAQ

  • State CHIP open enrollment begins May 1, 2025.

April 2025

202-1

  • Updating policy to reference correct form number.

March 2025

Table I, Table I-A, Table I-B

  • Updating 2025 FPL Figures.

February 2025

Table VI

  • Adding TRUV as an electronic data source.

 

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