Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Start Time: 3:30 PM Eastern Time (ET)

Agenda Highlights:

This Open Door Forum will focus on the status of provisions under the reauthorized Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).  Jennifer Ryan, Special Assistant to the Director of the Center for Medicaid and State Operations at CMS and Tina Cheatham, Senior Advisor to the HRSA Administrator are scheduled to present.  Participants on the call will have the opportunity to ask questions after the Agency updates.

Open Door Participation Instructions:

To participate via phone:

Dial: 1-800-837-1935 & Reference Conference ID 22153061

Please dial-in at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the call.

**Persons participating by phone are not required to RSVP**

TTY Communications Relay Services are available for the Hearing Impaired. For TTY services dial 7-1-1 or 1-800-855-2880. A Relay Communications Assistant will help.

To participate in person at the Hubert H. Humphrey Building:

Your RSVP for Building Security Clearance is required. The RSVP deadline is 2:00 p.m. ET, August 21, 2009. To RSVP, send your name, organization and telephone number to us at LOWACCESSODF-L@cms.hhs.gov. Be sure to type "Low Income Health" in the subject line.

Upon entry into the building, you will be required to present to Security a Government issued photo identification, preferably a valid driver's license, and are subject to a baggage or vehicular search before entering the complex.

Please arrive no later than 3:00 P.M.

Address:

Hubert H. Humphrey Bldg.

200 Independence Avenue, S.W.

Washington, D.C. 20201

Map & Directions: http://www.hhs.gov/about/hhhmap.html

An Encore recording will be available for three business days after the call. The Encore audio recording can be accessed by dialing 1-800-642-1687 and entering the Conf. ID beginning 2 hours after the call ends and will expire after 3 business days.

ENCORE: 1-800-642-1687; Conf. ID# 22153061

For Forum Schedule updates, Listserv registration and Frequently Asked Questions please visit our website at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/OpenDoorForums/