If an unaccompanied minor without knowledge of insurance status presents in family planning clinic (e.g. Title X clinic, Planned Parenthood or STD) would that child be considered VFC eligible?
A person under 19 years of age who may have insurance but because of the confidential circumstances for seeking services does not have access to that insurance coverage is uninsured for the purposes of the VFC program. The Family Planning clinic must screen these adolescents for VFC eligibility using the form: Patient Eligibility Screening Record Vaccines for Children Program for Family Planning Clinics”. In addition, each Family Planning clinic must document all VFC vaccines administered to unaccompanied minors without insurance information on the administration log titled “Family Planning Clinic Unaccompanied Minor without Insurance Information VFC Vaccine log”. The completed logs should be submitted to the immunization program on a monthly basis. Both documents are available at the end of this questions and answers document. Note: The VFC program in no way regulates the issue of medical consent for the provision of medical care to minors. The assumption is that the clinic provides a
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