NEW ATTACHMENT O. CHIPRA Express Lane Eligibility Evaluation Full Approval Letter

May 30, 2012
Dr. Sheila Hoag
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc
600 Alexander Park
Princeton, NJ 08540
RE: Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) Express
Lane Eligibility (ELE) Evaluation (12-NIRB-114)
Dear Dr. Hoag:
The IRB has reviewed your submission regarding the Children’s Health Insurance
Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) Express Lane Eligibility (ELE) Evaluation
(12-NIRB-114). On May 30, 2012, the IRB gave this submission full approval. It has
also approved the waiver of informed consent with regard to the focus group
recruitment.
Please be advised that if there are any changes to the protocol and its procedures, such
proposed changes must be submitted promptly, and before being implemented, to the
Institutional Review Board so that it can determine if the status of the protocol
remains the same or is in need of further determination. This provision includes any
plans to analyze the data for purposes beyond those described in the IRB submission.
Also, continuing review of this project will be required; this continuing review is due
no later than May 1, 2013. A reminder of this continuing review will be sent within 6
weeks of the review deadline. Finally, if any translations are made of the approved
documents, these must also be reviewed by the IRB before they are used in the field.
In the case that your study is not currently collecting gender and race/ethnicity
demographic data on study participants, the Office for Human Research Protections
(which oversees P/PV’s IRB) requires that this information be provided on study
participants. The provision of this information on the project’s submission for
continuing review enables the IRB and OHRP to ensure that women and minorities
are included in human subject’s research.
Congratulations on moving ahead with the project. We wish you much success in this
important endeavor.
Sincerely,

Margo Campbell
Chair, Institutional Review Board
cc: Maggie Colby, Mathematica Policy Research; Ian Hill, Urban Institute; File