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  • CHIP Enrollment: June 2013 Data Snapshot

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    This issue brief provides state level CHIP enrollment data, adding the June 2013 period. In June 2013, over 5.7 million children were enrolled in the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP.) Enrollment in June 2013 increased by 190,453 or by 3.4 percent, compared to one year earlier. Since 2009, annual rates of growth have remained fairly steady, ranging between 3.2 percent and 3.8 percent. In contrast, during the height of the Great Recession, enrollment increased annually…

  • State and Local Policies on School Vaccine Requirements: Overview and Current Status

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    States and local governments, rather than the federal government, have authority over school vaccination requirements, and while all 50 states and DC require certain vaccines for school attendance, they vary substantially in how exemptions are granted and administered. As the Trump administration has moved away from longstanding federal childhood vaccine recommendations, an increasing number of states are delinking their vaccine policies from CDC/ACIP guidance, while recent state policy changes have generally made non-medical exemptions easier…

  • Kindergarten Routine Vaccination Rates Continue to Decline

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    This issue brief provides an update on the latest trends in kindergarten children's routine vaccination and exemption rates. Over three-quarters of states had measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccination rates below the “target” rate of 95% for the 2025-2026 school year.

  • State Medicaid Coverage of Perinatal Services: Summary of State Survey Findings

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    The report examines state Medicaid program policies regarding coverage of pregnancy-related services. It details state-level Medicaid eligibility and enrollment policies for pregnant women, as well as scope of coverage for prenatal and screening services, delivery and post-partum care, educational classes and support services.

  • SCHIP Program Enrollment:  December 2003 Update

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    SCHIP Program Enrollment: December 2003 Update The latest survey of states on State Children's Health Insurance Program shows an enrollment decline in the second half of 2003--the first decline in the six-year history of the program. Report (.pdf)

  • A Decade of SCHIP: Experience and Issues for Reauthorization

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    A Decade of SCHIP: Experience and Issues for Reauthorization As the SCHIP program is due for reauthorization in 2007, this brief explores some lessons learned and highlights key policy issues for the upcoming debate. Issue Brief (.pdf)

  • Children’s Eligibility for Medicaid/CHIP by Income, January 2013

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    Children’s Eligibility for Medicaid/CHIP by Income, January 2013 Download Source Based on the results of a national survey conducted by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, 2013