STATE CHILDRENÂ'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM. The Federal Program created in 1997 that provides funding to states to expand health care coverage for children. CaliforniaÂ's SCHIP is the Healthy Families Program.

State Children's Health Insurance Program. Grants to states to cover children with family incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level, or 50 percent above existing eligibility, whichever is higher.

State Children's Health Insurance Programs

A federal program, similar to Medicaid, established in 1997 under Title XXI of the Social Security Act. SCHIP provides health insurance to children whose families earn too much money to be eligible for Medicaid, but not enough money to purchase private health insurance. California's program is called the Healthy Families Program and is administered by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB).

State Children's Health Insurance Program - created from The Balanced Budget Act of 1997; expands health care coverage for children who are not covered by Medicaid.

Created by Title XXI of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, SCHIP was designed to enable states to initiate and expand child health assistance to uninsured, low-income children.

Children's Health Insurance Program/State Children's Health Insurance Program (also known as Healthy Start)

State Children's Health Insurance Program. Created in 1997 by the Balanced Budget Act, SCHIP gave each state permission to offer health insurance for children, up to age 19, who are not already insured. SCHIP is a state-administered program and each state sets its own guidelines regarding eligibility and services.