# Medicaid Program; Streamlining the Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program, and Basic Health Program Application, Eligibility Determination, Enrollment, and Renewal Processes
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule. · Published 2024-04-02 · Effective 2024-06-03 · 89 FR 22780
## Document
- **Document number:** 2024-06566
- **Category:** medicaid
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 89 FR 22780
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 431
- **Publication date:** 2024-04-02
- **Effective date:** 2024-06-03
- **HHS docket:** CMS-2421-F2
## Abstract

This is the second part of a two-part final rule that simplifies the eligibility and enrollment processes for Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the Basic Health Program (BHP). This rule aligns enrollment and renewal requirements for most individuals in Medicaid; establishes beneficiary protections related to returned mail; creates timeliness requirements for redeterminations of eligibility; makes transitions between programs easier; eliminates access barriers for children enrolled in CHIP by prohibiting premium lock-out periods, benefit limitations, and waiting periods; and modernizes recordkeeping requirements to ensure proper documentation of eligibility determinations.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/02/2024-06566/medicaid-program-streamlining-the-medicaid-childrens-health-insurance-program-and-basic-health)
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