26B-3-136. Children’s Health Care Coverage Program.
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As used in this section:
Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-3-136- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
| (a) |
“CHIP” means the Children’s Health Insurance Program created in Section 26B-3-902. |
| (b) |
“Program” means the Children’s Health Care Coverage Program created in Subsection (2). |
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| (2) |
| (a) |
There is created the Children’s Health Care Coverage Program within the department. |
| (b) |
The purpose of the program is to:
| (i) |
promote health insurance coverage for children in accordance with Section 26B-3-124; |
| (ii) |
conduct research regarding families who are eligible for Medicaid and CHIP to determine awareness and understanding of available coverage; |
| (iii) |
analyze trends in disenrollment and identify reasons that families may not be renewing enrollment, including any barriers in the process of renewing enrollment; |
| (iv) |
administer surveys to recently enrolled CHIP and children’s Medicaid enrollees to identify:
| (A) |
how the enrollees learned about coverage; and |
| (B) |
any barriers during the application process; |
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| (v) |
develop promotional material regarding CHIP and children’s Medicaid eligibility, including outreach through social media, video production, and other media platforms; |
| (vi) |
identify ways that the eligibility website for enrollment in CHIP and children’s Medicaid can be redesigned to increase accessibility and enhance the user experience; |
| (vii) |
identify outreach opportunities, including partnerships with community organizations including:
| (C) |
unemployment centers; |
| (D) |
parent-teacher associations; and |
| (E) |
youth athlete clubs and associations; and |
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| (viii) |
develop messaging to increase awareness of coverage options that are available through the department. |
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| (3) |
| (a) |
The department may not delegate implementation of the program to a private entity. |
| (b) |
Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), the department may contract with a media agency to conduct the activities described in Subsection (2)(b)(iv) and (vii). |
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Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 306, 2023 General Session
