tailieunhanh - The Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009

The question of time sequencing of benefits is about whether benefits should be paid at a fixed rate over the spell of unemployment or decline (or increase) over the spell. This issue appeared in the literature on optimal UI in the late 1970s and has attracted new attention in recent research. 1 Issues regarding monitoring and sanctions concern how much resources should be spent on checking search behavior and how sanctions, such as benefit cuts, should be implemented if prescribed search requirements are not met. These questions have been discussed in policy circles but only rarely been the subject of research. 2 . | Georgetown University Health Policy Institute Center for Children and Families The Children s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 Overview and Summary March 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction 1 II. Overview of Key Provisions 2 III. Detailed Summary 4 A. Financing Funding for States 4 B. Reaching Eligible but Unenrolled Children 10 C. Eligibility Rules for Children Pregnant Women 14 D. Coverage of Parents and Adults 15 E. Premium Assistance 16 F. Benefits and Access 17 G. Child Health Quality 18 H. Other Provisions 20 IV. Acknowledgements 21 V. Tables 1 Implementation Date of Key CHIPRA Provisions 3 2 CHIP National Allotment Levels FY 2009 - FY 2013 4 3 State Allotment Formula FY 2009 - FY 2013 6 4 Projected FY 2009 State CHIP Allotments 8 March 2009 Center for Children and Families Georgetown University Health Policy Institute 1 I. INTRODUCTION On February 4 2009 President Obama signed into law the Children s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 CHIPRA . The new law Public Law No. 111-3 is designed to provide coverage to significant numbers of uninsured children and to improve the quality of care that all of America s children receive. Most notably it strengthens and extends the Children s Health Insurance Program CHIP 1 over a four and a half year period April 1 2009 to September 30 2013 . Created in 1997 CHIP builds on its larger companion program Medicaid to offer coverage options to uninsured children in families without access to affordable employer-sponsored insurance. This report gives an overview of key elements of the new law as well as a more detailed summary of each of its provisions. CHIPRA is expected to result in substantial health coverage gains for millions of children especially critical during the economic downturn when more and more families are losing jobs and health insurance. The law s funding and policies are designed to put CHIP on more secure financial footing. It gives states the resources and tools .