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Georgia

Eligibility¹

Children's Medicaid2	Separate Children's CHIP2	Pregnant Women3	Parents4
0-1: 200% 1-5: 133% 6-19: 100%	235%	200%	29%

Enrollment Procedures for Children⁵

Program Type6	Joint Application	Face-to-Face Interview	Asset Test7	Administrative Verification of Income8	Presumptive Eligibility
S-CHIP	Yes	No	No	No	No

Renewal Procedures for Children⁵

Frequency of Renewal (in months)	12-month Continuous Eligibility	Joint Renewal Form	Face-to-Face Interview	Administrative Verification of Income8
6 (Medicaid)/ 12 (CHIP)	No	No	No	No

Waiting Period

Waiting Period	Length
Yes	6 months

Enrollment Procedures for Parents⁹

Family Application	Face-to-Face Interview	Asset Test7
No10	No	$1,000

Renewal Procedures for Parents⁹

Frequency of Renewal (in months)	Face-to-Face Interview
6	No

Enrollment Procedures for Pregnant Women¹¹

Presumptive Eligibility	Asset Test12
Yes	No

Source: D. Cohen Ross & C. Marks, "Challenges of Providing Health Coverage for Children and Parents in a Recession," Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, (January 2009); updated by the Center for Children and Families.

Notes:
1: Income eligibility levels noted are in effect as of January 2009 and expressed as a percentage of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL), without regard to income disregards or deductions.
2: Income eligibility levels for children's Medicaid includes CHIP-funded Medicaid expansions; separate CHIP programs are shown under children’s CHIP. Georgia covers infants in families with income at or below 200% FPL who are born to mothers enrolled in Medicaid, as well as infants not born to Medicaid-enrolled mothers in families with income at or below 185% FPL.
3: Pregnant women's income eligibility levels are shown for regular Medicaid and CHIP (through the unborn child option).
4: Parents' income eligibility levels are shown for parents without earned incomes (i.e., does not reflect earnings disregards used to determine income eligibility for working parents) applying for comprehensive Medicaid coverage based on a family size of three.
5: Data as of January 2009. Information applies to both Medicaid and CHIP, if applicable, unless otherwise noted.
6: Program type as approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, reported in V. Smith, et al., "SCHIP Enrollment in June 2007: An Update on Current Enrollment and SCHIP Policy Directions," Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (January 2008), updated by the Center for Children and Families.
7: Asset limits noted are for a family of three.
8: In states with administrative verification, families do not have to provide verification of income, and such states generally verify this information by accessing data from other government agencies.
9: Data as of January 2009. Information for parents refer to enrollment/renewal procedures under regular Medicaid; some states have expanded Medicaid for parents (through waivers or state funds) and procedures under the expansion may be different than the procedures for regular Medicaid.
10: The same simplified application can be used to apply for coverage for children and parents, however, parents must complete additional forms or take additional steps prior to an eligibility determintation for themselves.
11: Data as of January 2009.
12: With the exception of Arkansas, all states with an asset test for pregnancy coverage rely on a standard limit regardless of family size.