What does PE stand for?

Five states--Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, New York, and Wisconsin--adopted the presumptive eligibility option, which allows "qualified entities" such as clinics, hospitals, schools, WIC agencies, Head Start programs, and the agencies that determine eligibility for some public benefits to temporarily enroll children who appear eligible while the family completes the process for ongoing eligibility.

6744 BRENNAN Ensures that uninsured persons discharged from mental hospitals have continuous access to medications; expands the medical assistance presumptive eligibility program to include persons without insurance who are discharged from psychiatric inpatient care; requires the department of family assistance to submit a report on the impact of expanding the program to include persons discharged from psychiatric inpatient care.

Under the Presumptive Eligibility for Home and Community-Based Care Services initiative, the budget proposes the establishment of a state option to allow Medicaid presumptive eligibility for individuals who are discharged from a hospital to a community-based waiver service program.

Adopt presumptive eligibility for children to provide Medicaid while the application is being processed.

States simplify Medicaid applications, offer presumptive eligibility to improve outreach Under pressure to improve outreach to uninsured children who may qualify for Medicaid or new child health insurance programs, many states are moving to make the Medicaid application process more user-friendly.