42 C.F.R. § 457.80 Current State child health insurance coverage and coordination.
Title 42 - Public Health
A State plan must include a description of— (a) The extent to which, and manner in which, children in the State, including targeted low-income children and other classes of children, by income level and other relevant factors, currently have creditable health coverage (as defined in §457.10) and, if sufficient information is available, whether the creditable health coverage they have is under public health insurance programs or health insurance programs that involve public-private partnerships; (b) Current State efforts to provide or obtain creditable health coverage for uncovered children, including the steps the State is taking to identify and enroll all uncovered children who are eligible to participate in public health insurance programs and health insurance programs that involve public-private partnerships; and (c) Procedures the State uses to accomplish coordination of SCHIP with other public and private health insurance programs, sources of health benefits coverage for children, and relevant child health programs, such as title V, that provide health care services for low-income children. Such procedures include those designed to— (1) Increase the number of children with creditable health coverage; (2) Assist in the enrollment in SCHIP of children determined ineligible for Medicaid; and (3) Ensure that only eligible targeted low-income children are covered under SCHIP, such as those procedures required under §§457.350 and 457.353, as applicable.
Title 42: Public Health
PART 457—ALLOTMENTS AND GRANTS TO STATES
Subpart A—Introduction; State Plans for Child Health Insurance Programs and Outreach Strategies
§ 457.80 Current State child health insurance coverage and coordination.
