§ 457.350 Eligibility screening and enrollment in other insurance affordability programs.
(a) State plan requirement. The State plan shall include a description of the coordinated eligibility and enrollment procedures used, at an initial and any follow-up eligibility determination, including any periodic redetermination, to ensure that:
(1) Only targeted low-income children are furnished CHIP coverage under the plan; and
(2) Enrollment is facilitated for applicants and enrollees found to be potentially eligible for other insurance affordability programs in accordance with this section.
(b) Screening objectives. A State must, promptly and without undue delay, consistent with the timeliness standards established under § 457.340(d), identify potential eligibility for other insurance affordability programs of any applicant, enrollee, or other individual who submits an application or renewal form to the State which includes sufficient information to determine CHIP eligibility, or whose eligibility is being renewed due to a change in circumstance in accordance with § 457.343 or who is determined not eligible for CHIP in accordance to a review conducted in accordance with subpart K of this part, as follows:
(1) Medicaid on the basis of having household income at or below the applicable modified adjusted gross income standard, as defined in § 435.911(b) of this chapter;
(2) Medicaid on another basis, as indicated by information provided on the application or renewal form provided;
(3) Eligibility for other insurance affordability programs.
(c) Income eligibility test. To identify the individuals described in paragraphs (b)(1) and (b)(3) of this section, a State must apply the methodologies used to determine household income described in § 457.315 of this subpart or such methodologies as are applied by such other programs.
(d) [Reserved]
(e) Children found potentially ineligible for Medicaid. If a State uses a screening procedure other than a full determination of Medicaid eligibility under all possible eligibility groups, and the screening process reveals that the child does not appear to be eligible for Medicaid, the State must provide the child's family with the following in writing: