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State Children's Health Insurance Program

CMS administers the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Program benefits became available October 1, 1997, and will provide $24 billion in federal matching funds over 5 years to help states expand health care coverage to over 5 million of the nation's uninsured children.

SCHIP is jointly financed by the Federal and State governments and is administered by the States. Within broad Federal guidelines, each State determines the design of its program, eligibility groups, benefit packages, payment levels for coverage, and administrative and operating procedures. SCHIP provides a capped amount of funds to States on a matching basis for Federal fiscal years (FY) 1998 through 2007. Federal payments under title XXI to States are based on State expenditures under approved plans effective on or after October 1, 1997.

White House Press Releases By Year

2004

SCHIP Provide Health Coverage To 5.8 Million Children In 2003 (February 4, 2004) (PDF 112KB)

2003

HHS Approves Michigan, Rhode Island Plans to Expand Prenatal Care Under SCHIP - (April 17, 2003)

2002

States May Provide SCHIP Coverage for Prenatal Care - September 27, 2002 (PDF 128K)

SCHIP Covers 4.6 Million Children in 2001 - February 6, 2002

2001

HHS Approves First SCHIP Waivers - January 18, 2001

SCHIP Enrollment Reaches 3.3 Million, Final Regulation Published - January 6, 2001

2000

President Clinton Announces Approximately 2.5 Million Children Have Enrolled in the State Children's Health Insurance Program - September 29, 2000

White House Releases News Report Announcing Two Million Children Enrolled in SCHIP - January 11, 2000

1999

Publication Of Proposed Regulation Ensuring Patient Protections In The Children's Health Insurance Program – November 1, 1999

The Clinton-Gore Administration Takes New Steps to Increase Enrollment of Uninsured Children - October 12, 1999

State Children's Health Insurance Program National Back-to-School Kick Off - (September 22, 1999)

State Children's Health Insurance Program Now Approved In All States And U.S. Territories – September 8, 1999

State Children's Health Insurance Program Reaches 1998 Target: Nearly One Million Children Enrolled - April 20, 1999

President Clinton and Vice President Gore Educating America's Families About Children's Health Insurance - February 23, 1999

1998

Statement by the President: The State Children's Health Insurance Program One Year Anniversary - October 1, 1998

Vice President Gore Announces New Efforts to Target, Enroll Uninsured Children in Health Care Coverage - September 1, 1998

Interagency Children's Health Outreach Taskforce - June 22, 1998

White House Announcement on Progress of the State Children's Health Insurance Program - April 1, 1998 (PDF 348K)

Clinton Administration Announces That With Two New State Approvals, State Children's Health Insurance Program Will Top One Million Coverage Mark - April 1, 1998

Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the Subject of Children's Health Insurance Outreach - February 18, 1998

Remarks by the President on Children's Health Initiative - February 18, 1998

President Clinton Announces a Series of New Efforts to Enroll Uninsured Children in Health Insurance Programs - February 18, 1998