Moving Checklist

As soon as you know when and where you will move:
•	Contact your child’s health insurance plan 
•	Ask all current health care providers to make referrals to new providers
•	Contact the phone company for a phone book
•	Contact local emergency medical services (EMS)
•	Contact the local school system
•	Contact the State Department of Education to learn about special education
•	Contact the State Department of Public Health to learn about programs for children with special health needs
•	Contact the Chamber of Commerce for information about your new community
•	Visit the area and video tape it if possible 
•	Contact your current medical equipment supplier
•	Learn about religious organizations and other special interest organizations in your area
•	Locate a pharmacy that accepts your health insurance
•	Contact parent organizations and support groups in the area
•	Call another parent from the area

Two weeks before moving:
•	Get new written prescriptions from your child’s health care providers
•	Contact new school again
•	Send school reports
•	Send medical records to new health care providers
•	Notify electric company of moving date
•	Call phone company to set up new phone number
•	Call medical equipment supplier

Two days before moving:
•	Refill prescriptions
•	Make sure electricity is on in your new home
•	Make sure phone is on in your new home
•	Check supplies for trip
•	Call new medical equipment supplier 	Do you have copies of:
•	Medical records
•	School records
•	IEPs, IFSPs,  IHCPs, and other care plans
•	Shots and immunization records
•	List of medical supplies used
•	Prescriptions
•	Health insurance card
•	Letter from PCP and specialty providers explaining your child’s condition 

New phone numbers:

Hospital_________________________________________
Health Care Provider(s)______________________________
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Health Insurance Plan ______________________________
EMS____________________________________________
Fire Department___________________________________
Police Department_________________________________
Electric Company__________________________________
Phone Company___________________________________
Gas/Oil Company__________________________________
School___________________________________________
Parent Support Group/Organizations___________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
State Department of Education_______________________
________________________________________________
State Department of Public Health_____________________
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Equipment Supplier________________________________
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Pharmacy__________________________________________________________________________________________
House of Worship_________________________________
Other________________________________________________________________________________________________