STATE (w/ link to official site)

NCSL StateServ SUMMARY

PROGRAM NAME

NOTES

Alabama
(effective 2/1/98)
Combination

AL

 ALL Kids

• 1^st and 2nd plan amendments approved

Alaska
(effective 3/1/99)
Medicaid Expansion

AK

Denali KidCare

American Samoa
(effective 4/1/99)
Medicaid Expansion

Samoa CHIP

• Uses 1115 waiver

Arizona
(effective 10/1/97)
State-designed

AZ

KidsCare

• 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th plan amendments approved

Arkansas
(effective 7/1/98)
Medicaid Expansion

AR

ARKids First

• Uses 1115 waiver
• 1^st plan amendment approved

California
(effective 7/1/99)
Combination

CA

Healthy Families and Medi-Cal

• 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th plan amendments approved

Colorado
(effective 4/22/98)
State-designed

CO

Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+)

• 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd plan amendments approved

Connecticut
(effective 7/1/97)
Combination

CT

HUSKY (Healthcare for UninSured Kids and Youth)

• 1^st plan amendment approved

Delaware
(effective 10/1/98)
State-designed

DE

The Delaware Healthy Children Program (DHCP)

• 1^st plan amendment approved

District of Columbia
(effective 10/1/98)
Medicaid Expansion

DC

DC Healthy Families

• Uses 1115 waiver

Florida
(effective 4/1/98)
Combination

FL

Healthy Kids

• 1^st, 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th plan amendments approved
• 2^nd plan amendment rejected

Georgia
(effective 9/3/98)
State-designed

GA

PeachCare for Kids

• 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd plan amendments approved
• 4^th plan amendment under review

Guam
(effective 10/1/98)
Medicaid Expansion

GU

Guam CHIP

Hawaii
(effective 1/3/00)
Medicaid Expansion

HI

Children's Health Insurance
Program (CHIP)

• Uses 1115 waiver
• 1^st plan amendment approved

Idaho
(effective 10/1/97)
Medicaid Expansion

ID

Idaho Children's Health Insurance Program (ID CHIP)

• 1^st and 2^nd plan amendments approved

Illinois
(effective 1/5/98)
Combination

IL

 KidCare

• Uses 1115 waiver
• 1^st plan amendment approved

Indiana
(effective 10/1/97)
Combination

IN

Hoosier Healthwise

• 1^st plan amendment approved

Iowa
(effective 7/1/97)
Combination

IA

HAWK-I (Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa) 

• 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th plan amendments approved

Kansas
(effective 7/1/98)
State-designed

KS

Health Wave

• 1^st plan amendment approved
• 2^nd plan amendment under review

Kentucky
(effective 7/1/98)
Combination

KY

Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program (KCHIP)

• 1^st and 2^nd plan amendments approved

Louisiana
(effective 11/1/98)
Medicaid Expansion

LA

LaCHIP

• 1^st and 2^nd plan amendments approved

Maine
(effective 7/1/98)
Combination

ME

 Cub Care

• 1^st and 2^nd plan amendments approved

Maryland
(effective 7/1/98)
Combination

MD

Maryland Children's Health Program

• 1^st and 2^nd plan amendments approved

Massachusetts
(effective 8/24/98)
Combination

MA

MassHealth

Michigan
(effective 9/98)
Combination

MI

MIChild

• 1^st and 2^nd plan amendments approved

Minnesota
(effective 9/30/98)
Medicaid Expansion

MN

MinnesotaCare

• Uses 1115 waiver

Mississippi
(effective 7/1/98)
Combination

MS

Mississippi Children's Health Insurance Program (MS CHIP)

• 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd plan amendments approved
• 4^th plan amendment under review

Missouri
(effective 7/1/98)
Medicaid Expansion

MO

MC+ for Kids

• Uses 1115 waiver

Montana
(effective 1/98)
State-designed

MT

Montana Children's Health Insurance Plan (MT CHIP)

• 1^st plan amendment approved

Nebraska
(effective 5/1/98)
Medicaid Expansion

NE

Kids Connection

• 1^st plan amendment approved

Nevada
(effective 10/1/98)
State-designed

NV

Nevada Check Up

• 1^st plan amendment approved

New Hampshire
(effective 8/15/98)
Combination

NH

Healthy Kids Gold
Healthy Kids Silver

• 1^st plan amendment approved

New Jersey
(effective 2/1/98)
Combination

NJ

NJ FamilyCare 

• 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th plan amendments approved

New Mexico
(effective 3/31/99)
Medicaid Expansion

NM

New Mexikids

• 2^nd plan amendment approved
• 1^st plan amendment rejected

New York
(effective 4/15/98)
Combination

NY

 Child Health Plus (CHPlus)

• 2^nd and 3^rd plan amendments approved
• 1^st plan amendment rejected

North Carolina
(effective 10/1/98)
State-designed

NC

NC Health Choice for Children

• 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th plan amendments approved

North Dakota
(effective 10/1/98)
Combination

ND

 Healthy Steps

• 1^st plan amendment approved

Northern Mariana Islands
(effective 10/1/97)
Medicaid Expansion

MP

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands CHIP Program

Ohio
(effective 1/1/98)
Medicaid Expansion

OH

Healthy Start

• 1^st plan amendment approved

Oklahoma
(effective 12/1/97)
Medicaid Expansion

OK

SoonerCare

• 1^st plan amendment approved

Oregon
(effective 7/1/98)
State-designed

OR

Oregon Children's Health Insurance Program (OR CHIP)

• 2^nd and 3^rd plan amendments approved
• 1^st plan amendment rejected

Pennsylvania
(effective 5/28/98)
State-designed

PA

Pennsylvania Children's Health Insurance Program (PaCHIP)

• 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th plan amendments approved

Puerto Rico
(effective 1/1/98)
Medicaid Expansion

PR

Puerto Rico Children's Health
Insurance Program (PR CHIP)

Rhode Island
(effective 10/1/97)
Medicaid Expansion

RI

RIte Care

• Uses 1115 waiver
• 1^st plan amendment approved

South Carolina
(effective 10/1/97)
Medicaid Expansion

SC

Partners for Healthy Children (PHC)

South Dakota
(effective 7/1/98)
Combination

SD

South Dakota Child Health Insurance Program (SD CHIP)

• 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd plan amendments approved

Tennessee
(effective 10/1/97)
Medicaid Expansion

TN

TennCare

• Uses 1115 waiver
• 1^st plan amendment under review

Texas
(effective 7/1/98)
Combination

TX

 Texas Children's Health Insurance Program (TX CHIP)

• 1^st plan amendment approved

U.S. Virgin Islands
(effective 4/1/98)
Medicaid Expansion

VI

Virgin Island Children's Health Insurance Program (VI CHIP)

• 1^st plan amendment approved

Utah
(effective 8/3/98)
State-designed

UT

Utah Children's Health Insurance Program (UT CHIP)

Vermont
(effective 10/1/98)
State-designed

VT

Vermont Health Access Plan (VHAP) and Dr. Dynosaur

• 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd plan amendments approved

Virginia
(effective 10/26/99)
State-designed

VA

Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan (FAMIS)

• 1^st plan amendment approved

Washington
(effective 1/1/00)
State-designed

WA

Washington Children's Health Insurance Program

• 1^st plan amendment approved

West Virginia
(effective 1/1/99)
State-designed

WV

West Virginia Children's Health
Insurance Program (WV CHIP)

• 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd plan amendments approved

Wisconsin
(effective 7/1/98)
Medicaid Expansion

WI

BadgerCare

• Uses 1115 waiver
• 1^st plan amendment approved

Wyoming
(effective 4/1/99)
State-designed

WY

Kid Care

• 1^st plan amendment approved