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Status Report on Chidren's Medicaid Simplification

  

Author:
Anne Dunkelberg /(512) 320-0222 x 102

April 9, 2001

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As many readers know, the Texas Legislature is considering a number of bills designed to simplify and streamline the process of applying for (or re-certifying for) Medicaid coverage for children (under age 19). Put simply, the goal of the bills is to make the process for children's Medicaid identical to that for CHIP, so that parents could submit CHIP's TexCare Partnership application to enroll their children in either program, with no additional steps needed.