1.  The Department shall establish and maintain a system which allows an applicant for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program to submit the application electronically. The system must allow an applicant to submit an application through the Internet or another on-line service designated by the Department.

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2.  An agency designated by the Director to receive applications or determine eligibility for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program shall use the system established pursuant to subsection 1 to forward to the Department all applications received by the agency.

3.  An applicant for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program must not be required to submit an application electronically. If an applicant submits a written application to an agency designated by the Director, the agency shall create an electronic application on behalf of the applicant and use the system established pursuant to subsection 1 to forward the application to the Department.