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Ensure a smooth transition for eligible participants to
the new Primary
Care Case Management (PCCM) program.
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Develop a joint electronic application for All Kids and other
support
programs, such as foodstamps, free/reduced school
lunch, earned
income tax credit and daycare.
l
Ensure a smooth
transition for families from Medicaid to All Kids.
l
Reduce the number of All Kids applications
that are denied for
procedural reasons.
l
Reduce the number of cases removed from
All Kids due to procedural
reasons at time of renewal.
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Facilitate the addition of newborns to All Kids.
l
Implement a permanent insurance card versus monthly
mailings.
FEDERAL
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Reauthorize SCHIP at the funding levels necessary to cover
the
expanding costs of coverage, and to encourage creative
approaches
such as All Kids.
l
Reverse citizenship documentation requirements for Medicaid
recipients.
Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition
Policy Agenda
Recognizing that healthy
infants, children, mothers and families constitute the basis of our
society, IMCHC is dedicated to promoting and improving their health
and well being through advocacy, education, community empowerment
and policy development. For IMCHC’s 2007 policy agenda,
click here.
For information regarding
IMCHC’s 2007 legislative list on bills and appropriations in the
House and Senate in Illinois and the federal level,
click here.
