What is Medical Assistance for Families/MCHP?

Medical Assistance For Families/MCHP is a health insurance program for Maryland residents that offers full medical benefits to:

• Parents or other family members caring for children
• Children up to age 21
• Pregnant women of any age

• You must have low to average family income
• You must provide proof of citizenship and identity or provide proof of Legal Permanent Residency

What is MCHP Premium?

MCHP Premium is a health insurance program for Maryland residents whose family income is higher than the family income limit of Medical Assistance for Families/MCHP. MCHP Premium offers full medical benefits to:

• Children up to age 19

• You must provide proof of citizenship and identity
• You must pay a monthly premium (one premium per family)

What medical services are provided?

• Hospital care
• Prenatal doctor's visits and hospital delivery
• Prescription medicine
• Immunizations
• Lab work and tests
• Doctor's visits and checkups
• Dental and vision care
• Mental health, drug and alcohol abuse services
• Home health
• Medical Assistance Transportation

Are proof of United States citizenship and proof of identity required for Medical Assistance for Families?

Yes, you will need to provide proof of United States citizenship or Legal Permanent Residency and provide proof of identity. Click here for a list of types of items you can show to prove your citizenship and identity. You can bring the documents to the Department of Health or you can mail in photocopies of the documents. At some time, you may be required to show the actual document to your Department of Health caseworker for verification.

Click here for an Affidavit of Identity for a Child Younger Than 16 Years Old.

How do you get an application?

• It's easy! See Facts About Applying. To get an application, see Medical Assistance Application, Medical Assistance/MCHP Application - Espanol, OR
• Call 410-222-4792 to have an application mailed to you, OR
• Visit one of the Department of Health's community health centers listed below.

Call the center nearest you to confirm service hours.

• Annapolis Health Center, 3 Harry S. Truman Parkway, Annapolis 410-222-7381
• Brooklyn Park Health Center, 300 Hammonds Lane, Brooklyn Park 410-222-6620
• Glen Burnie Health Center, 416 A Street SW, Glen Burnie 410-222-6633
• Magothy Health Center, 2501 Mountain Road, Pasadena 410-222-6640
• Parole Health Center, 1950 Drew Street, Annapolis 410-222-7247

• Applications are also available at:
• Anne Arundel County Public Libraries
• Anne Arundel County Department of Social Services
• Some local doctors' offices

For more information about the eligibility requirements, call the Medical Assistance for Families/MCHP Hotline at 1-800-456-8900 (1-800-735-2258 TDD) or the Maryland Children's Health Program Division at 1-410-767-6898 or 1-410-767-6890.

Medical Assistance/MCHP Application
Medical Assistance/MCHP Application - Espanol

Please see attached Supplemental Application, which must be completed if you submit MCHP application forms that were printed before July 1, 2008.

Affidavit of Identity for a Child Younger Than 16 Years Old

For more Web information about the Maryland Medical Assistance for Families Program, visit Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

For Health Resources for Mothers and Their Babies: Healthy Moms and Babies

For information about the Maryland Primary Adult Care (PAC) Program, click here.