---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 457.355"
title: "42"
number: "457.355"
heading: "Presumptive eligibility for children."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/457.355"
---

# §457.355. Presumptive eligibility for children.


The State may provide coverage under a separate child health program for children determined by a qualified entity to be presumptively eligible for the State's separate CHIP in the same manner and to the same extent as permitted under Medicaid under [§ 435.1101](/cfr/42/435.1101.md) and [§ 435.1102](/cfr/42/435.1102.md) of this chapter.


## Notes

### Amendments

[81 FR 86466, Nov. 30, 2016]

### Source

Source: 66 FR 2675, Jan. 11, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 33622, May 24, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[81 FR 86466, Nov. 30, 2016]