Backlog in children's health insurance enrollment

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By The Associated Press

Story Published: Dec 13, 2009 at 7:01 PM MDT

Story Updated: Dec 13, 2009 at 7:01 PM MDT

HELENA - State health officials say they have a backlog of applications for the new children's health insurance program.

The new Healthy Montana Kids program expands Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Plan with the goal of adding 29,000 children in low- and moderate-income families.

More than 2,300 families have applied for the program for the first time since September and another 6,000 have applied for Medicaid and other benefits in October and November. Only 740 children have been added to the program.

State officials had hoped to process applications within a month, but a new computer program, a process that requires income documentation for some families and the crunch of new applications has created a backlog.

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