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Oregon

Eligibility¹

Children's Medicaid2	Separate Children's CHIP2	Pregnant Women3	Parents4
0-5: 133% 6-19: 100%	300%	185%	32%

ICHIA Option⁵

Children	Pregnant Women
Yes	No

Enrollment Procedures for Children⁶

Program Type7	Joint Application	Face-to-Face Interview	Asset Test8	Administrative Verification of Income9	Presumptive Eligibility
S-CHIP	Yes	No	No	No	No

Renewal Procedures for Children⁶

Frequency of Renewal (in months)	12-month Continuous Eligibility	Joint Renewal Form	Face-to-Face Interview	Administrative Verification of Income9
12	Yes10	Yes	No	No

Waiting Period

Waiting Period	Length
Yes	2 months

Enrollment Procedures for Parents¹¹

Family Application	Face-to-Face Interview	Asset Test8
Yes	No	$2,500

Renewal Procedures for Parents¹¹

Frequency of Renewal (in months)	Face-to-Face Interview
1212	No

Enrollment Procedures for Pregnant Women¹³

Presumptive Eligibility	Asset Test14
No	No

Source: D. Cohen Ross, et al., "A Foundation for Health Reform," Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, (December 2009); updated by the Center for Children and Families.

Notes:
1: Income eligibility levels noted are in effect as of January 2010 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. As of February 1, 2010, Oregon began providing subsidized coverage through private health exchanges for children with family income between 200% and 300% of the FPL and offering a full-cost buy-in for children with family income above 300% of the 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. Parents are eligible for more limited coverage up to 100% under the Oregon Health Plan and premium assistance is provided to parents up to 185%. Enrollment in both programs is currently closed.
5: The "ICHIA" option in CHIPRA allows states to use federal funds to cover lawfully residing immigrant children and pregnant women in Medicaid/CHIP without imposing a five-year waiting period. This indicates whether the state has submitted a State Plan Amendment to adopt this option.
6: Data as of January 2010. Information applies to both Medicaid and CHIP, if applicable, unless otherwise noted.
7: Program type as approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, reported in V. Smith, et al., "CHIP Enrollment: June 2008 Data Snapshot," Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (September 2009), updated by the Center for Children and Families.
8: Asset limits noted are for a family of three.
9: 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.
10: In Oregon, children in CHIP receive 12 months continuous coverage unless the family's income exceeds the eligibility threshold, the family leaves the state, the child ages out, or the family chooses to end coverage.
11: Data as of January 2010. 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.
12: The renewal period for parents coverage under Section 1931 in Oregon is "up to 12 months," though most families not receiving other benefits have a six-month eligibility period.
13: Data as of January 2010.
14: With the exception of Arkansas, all states with an asset test for pregnancy coverage rely on a standard limit regardless of family size.