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Welcome to CHIPCentral, your State Children’s Health Insurance Program Resource Center. Our goal in building CHIPCentral is to create a single point that state and federal officials and policymakers can turn to for the information they need about SCHIP policy and implementation with an emphasis on quick and easy access to information. |
SCHIP Reauthorization Resources
NEW! Special Report Issued December 11 - Potential Impacts of Delaying SCHIP Legislation SCHIP Delivery Systems - This State health Policy Monitor provides an overview of the delivery systems and payment structures states use for their SCHIP programs. (October 2007)
Side-by-side comparison of Senate (H.R. 976/S. 1893) and House (H.R. 3162) approved SCHIP reauthorization legislation with the priorities of SCHIP directors, as discussed in Reauthorizing SCHIP: Principles, Issues and Ideas from State Directors.
Highlighted Resource: SCHIP State Snapshots
Fact sheets about the State Children's Health Insurance Program in every state. Developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the National Academy for State Health Policy.
Major sections of CHIPCentral include information from our 2005 Survey of SCHIP Programs, and our newly developed SCHIP Reading Room.
The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) was created by Congress in 1997 and is funded by both the federal government and the states. The policy context in which the program was enacted is explained here. SCHIP is designed to help states expand the provision of child health insurance to uninsured, low-income children. At the federal level, SCHIP is administered by the Department of Health and Human Services though the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). SCHIP is administered by the states within federal guidelines. States have wide discretion in how they administer their SCHIP program.
Within CHIPCentral is a considerable amount of information from NASHP’s Survey of SCHIP Programs as well as articles, research and reports from various organizations. Information is broken in the below broad topics:
 SCHIP Program Design
Outreach, Enrollment, and Retention
Access to and Quality of Care
Federal and State Financing
Program Evaluation
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