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99 -- NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL PRESOLICITATION MEETING FOR STATE OF GEORGIA'S CHIP PROGRAM SOL 460 DUE 021798 POC Angela Woodliff, Contracts Manager, 404/656-2701 WEB: click here for general information about CHIP, http://www.hcfa.gov. E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting officer via e-mail, adw@gms.state.ga.us. NOTICE TO INTERESTED FIRMS The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 created Title XXI of the Social Security Act, which establishes a Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to offer low-cost, subsidized health care coverage to uninsured children from low-income families. General information about this program, provided by the federal government, may be found at WWW.HCFA.GOV. The Georgia Merit System (GMS) has tentatively been selected as the State agency to implement and administer CHIP in Georgia, although authorizing legislation is currently pending. Because the timetable for implementation is extremely critical, the GMS plans to solicit proposals in the next few weeks from interested health care, dental, and vision benefits providers. An informational meeting will be held on February 17, 1998 at 1:30 p.m. in the State Personnel Board Room, 200 Piedmont Avenue, Suite 512, West Tower, Atlanta, Georgia. At this meeting, the GMS will provide information concerning the proposed plan design, eligibility, premium collection, and regional structure of CHIP, as well as the tentative solicitation process. All interested firms are invited to attend and to provide input. For directions, please call (404) 656-2701. (0041)

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