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[CITE: 42USC1397aa]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 7--SOCIAL SECURITY
 
        SUBCHAPTER XXI--STATE CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM
 
Sec. 1397aa. Purpose; State child health plans


(a) Purpose

    The purpose of this subchapter is to provide funds to States to 
enable them to initiate and expand the provision of child health 
assistance to uninsured, low-income children in an effective and 
efficient manner that is coordinated with other sources of health 
benefits coverage for children. Such assistance shall be provided 
primarily for obtaining health benefits coverage through--
        (1) obtaining coverage that meets the requirements of section 
    1397cc of this title, or
        (2) providing benefits under the State's medicaid plan under 
    subchapter XIX of this chapter,

or a combination of both.

(b) State child health plan required

    A State is not eligible for payment under section 1397ee of this 
title unless the State has submitted to the Secretary under section 
1397ff of this title a plan that--
        (1) sets forth how the State intends to use the funds provided 
    under this subchapter to provide child health assistance to needy 
    children consistent with the provisions of this subchapter, and
        (2) has been approved under section 1397ff of this title.

(c) State entitlement

    This subchapter constitutes budget authority in advance of 
appropriations Acts and represents the obligation of the Federal 
Government to provide for the payment to States of amounts provided 
under section 1397dd of this title.

(d) Effective date

    No State is eligible for payments under section 1397ee of this title 
for child health assistance for coverage provided for periods beginning 
before October 1, 1997.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XXI, Sec. 2101, as added Pub. L. 105-33, 
title IV, Sec. 4901(a), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 552.)


    References to SCHIP and State Children's Health Insurance Program

    Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(6) [title VII, Sec. 704], Nov. 
29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-402, provided that: ``The Secretary of 
Health and Human Services or any other Federal officer or employee, with 
respect to any reference to the program under title XXI of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.) in any publication or other 
official communication, shall use--
        ``(1) the term `SCHIP' instead of the term `CHIP'; and
        ``(2) the term `State children's health insurance program' 
    instead of the term `children's health insurance program'.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1397cc, 1397ee, 1397ii of 
this title.
