The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)

Background on State Children's Health Insurance Program.

Special Milk Program for Children, Summer Food Service Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk in Schools: Disclosure of Children's Eligibility Information to Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (PDF) 
This interim rule addresses the disclosure of children's free and reduced price eligibility information for the State Medicaid Program (State Medicaid) and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).  FNS will be accepting comments on this rule until April 11, 2001.

Report to the President on school-based outreach for SCHIP.

FNS can assist in outreach efforts to increase enrollment in Medicaid and SCHIP because many eligible children participate in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs or the Child and Adult Care Food Program.

• Medicaid-SCHIP Policy Memorandum (HTML)
  This memorandum addresses disclosure of children's free and reduced price meal eligibility information to Medicaid and SCHIP.

• Eligibility Disclosure Letter to Parents (SCHIP Declination) (MS Word document)  This document offers a prototype letter from the school to parents describing the free and reduced price meal application information that may be released to Medicaid or SCHIP officials, unless parents elect not to have this information disclosed.

• Prototype Disclosure Agreement Between School and Medicaid or SCHIP officials (MS Word document)  
  This document offers a prototype agreement between the determining agency and the receiving agency regarding the information that may be disclosed, who may receive the information, and the penalties for unauthorized disclosures.

Medicaid/SCHIP Contacts

• Medicaid: Toll-Free Telephone Numbers: (where to apply or get information). 

• SCHIP:  Toll-free Telephone numbers.  (where to apply or get information)