# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 09 — Medical Care Programs

### Chapter 62 — Separate Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and CHIP Health Services Initiative Eligibility

#### Regulation .03 Coverage Groups.

*COMAR 10.09.62.03*

A. Eligibility for the separate CHIP Program may be established for a targeted low-income child from conception to birth when the:

  (1) Birthing parent is not a citizen or qualified alien; and

  (2) Family income is equal to or less than 250 percent of the federal poverty level.

B. Eligibility for the CHIP Health Services Initiative may be established for a birthing parent for postpartum coverage if a targeted low-income child applied for the separate CHIP Program on or before the day prior to their birth and was subsequently found eligible for the separate CHIP Program.