2014 Mississippi Code
Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 86 - MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACT
§ 41-86-19 - Children's Health Insurance Program enrollment outreach initiative [Repealed effective January 1, 2013]

(1) The Division of Medicaid shall develop a Children's Health Insurance Program enrollment outreach initiative in cooperation with the State Department of Education's federal free and reduced lunch program, the State Department of Health, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Finance and Administration, community health centers, the Mississippi State Medical Association, the Mississippi State Hospital Association, other health provider associations and community action agencies/Headstart centers. The enrollment outreach initiative shall be the responsibility of the CHIP Information Coordinator within the Division of Medicaid. The Division of Medicaid is authorized to maintain a statewide in-coming wide area telephone service for the purpose of providing information for and encouraging Children's Health Insurance Program enrollment.

(2) (a) The CHIP Advisory Board established under Section 41-86-21(1) shall conduct a community-based outreach and education campaign to provide information relating to the availability of health benefits for children through Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program. The CHIP Advisory Board shall conduct the campaign in a manner that promotes enrollment in all state child health programs and supports existing outreach and enrollment initiatives, including the initiative mandated under subsection (1) of this section.

(b) The CHIP Advisory Board may contract with community-based organizations or coalitions of community-based organizations to implement the community-based outreach and education campaign, and shall promote and encourage voluntary efforts to implement the campaign. The CHIP Advisory Board shall procure any contracts through a process designed by the advisory board to encourage broad participation of organizations, including those organizations that target population groups with high levels of uninsured children.

(c) Funding for the community-based outreach and education campaign and for any contracts executed by the CHIP Advisory Board to implement the campaign shall be provided by the Division of Medicaid.