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November 17, 2017      5:45 PM

HHSC asks CMS for temporary reprieve to maintain CHIP program

Technically, the request HHSC has sent to CMS is to retain $90 million of a $190 million balance on the state’s account. That would carry the state through the end of February

The Health and Human Services Commission has under a month to clear an application to pick up $90 million the state needs to cover the lapsing Children’s Health Insurance Program.

CHIP provides health care coverage for about 400,000 low-income children in Texas.

The requested redistribution of about $90 million in federal funds, through the Center of Medicaid and Medicare Services, would push the end of CHIP to the end of February; thus, giving Congress a chance to pass legislation that would renew the insurance program.

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