1. A. The applicant shall report any change in family status or family composition within 10 days of the change.
2. B. Change in family status includes increase or decrease in the number of family members through birth, death, marriage, adoption, separation, divorce, or the voluntary or involuntary removal of a family member from residence with the family.
3. C. The applicant shall complete a written, telephonic, or electronic application and file it with the Department or its designee in any jurisdiction to apply for coverage for a child added to the family, including a newborn child, unless the newborn child's mother was eligible for Medicaid when the child was born.
4. D. For all changes except addition of a child, the Department or its designee shall evaluate the effect of the change on continued eligibility for MCHP Premium and notify the applicant of its determination within 60 days of the report of the change.

Authority: Health-General Article, §§2-104(b), 15-101(f), 15-103(a)(2), 15-301.1, and 15-302—15-304;
Insurance Article, §§15-1208, 15-1213, 15-1406, and 27-220;
Annotated Code of Maryland; Ch. 202, Acts of 2003

Effective date:

Regulations .01—.19 adopted as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2001 (28:12 Md. R. 1102); adopted permanently effective September 3, 2001 (28:17 Md. R. 1556)

Regulation .02B amended effective November 10, 2003 (30:22 Md. R. 1580)

Regulation .02B amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2004 (31:16 Md. R. 1251); amended permanently effective September 27, 2004 (31:19 Md. R. 1432)

Regulation .03 amended effective November 10, 2003 (30:22 Md. R. 1580)

Regulation .03 amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2004 (31:16 Md. R. 1251); amended permanently effective September 27, 2004 (31:19 Md. R. 1432)

Regulation .04E amended effective November 10, 2003 (30:22 Md. R. 1580)

Regulation .05A amended effective November 10, 2003 (30:22 Md. R. 1580); April 19, 2010 (37:8 Md. R. 614)

Regulation .05F, G amended effective November 10, 2003 (30:22 Md. R. 1580)

Regulation .09 amended effective November 10, 2003 (30:22 Md. R. 1580)

Regulation .09 amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2004 (31:16 Md. R. 1251); amended permanently effective September 27, 2004 (31:19 Md. R. 1432)

Regulation .10A and B amended effective November 10, 2003 (30:22 Md. R. 1580)

Regulation .11 amended effective November 10, 2003 (30:22 Md. R. 1580)

Regulation .12 amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2002 (29:16 Md. R. 1284); amended permanently effective October 28, 2002 (29:21 Md. R. 1645)

Regulation .12 amended effective November 10, 2003 (30:22 Md. R. 1580)

Regulation .13 amended effective November 10, 2003 (30:22 Md. R. 1580)

Regulation .13A amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2004 (31:16 Md. R. 1251); amended permanently effective September 27, 2004 (31:19 Md. R. 1432)

Regulation .14 amended effective November 10, 2003 (30:22 Md. R. 1580)

Regulation .15D amended effective November 10, 2003 (30:22 Md. R. 1580)

Chapter revised effective January 6, 2014 (40:26 Md. R. 2162)

Regulation .10D adopted effective April 13, 2026 (53:7 Md. R. 328)

Regulation .13F amended effective April 13, 2026 (53:7 Md. R. 328)