1、Order Code RS22712Updated September 17, 2007What Happens if SCHIP Is Not“Reauthorized”?Chris L. PetersonSpecialist in Social LegislationDomestic Social Policy DivisionSummaryThe Balanced Budget Act of 1997 created the State Childrens Health InsuranceProgram (SCHIP) and provided nearly $40 billion in
2、 appropriations over the 10-yearperiod FY1998 to FY2007. Legislative action would be necessary to provide new fundsfor SCHIP for FY2008 and beyond, but SCHIPs statutory provisions do not need to bereauthorized as they will remain on the books unless Congress expressly repeals thecurrent law. In the
3、absence of an FY2008 SCHIP allotment, states with unexpendedFY2006 and FY2007 federal SCHIP balances could continue to operate their programswith those funds in FY2008. Fourteen states and the District of Columbia are projectedto be able to cover all of their federal FY2008 SCHIP spending even witho
4、ut an FY2008SCHIP allotment. Among the 36 states projected to exhaust their federal SCHIP fundsin FY2008, some may be able to access Medicaid funding, though at a reduced matchingrate compared to SCHIP. However, 13 states would be in shortfall immediately,entering FY2008 with no prior-year SCHIP bal
