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Section 1. General Description and Purpose of the State Child Health Plans and State Child Health Plan Requirements (Section 2101) 1.1. The state will use funds provided under Title XXI primarily for (Check appropriate box) (42 CFR 457.70): 1.1.1. Obtaining coverage that meets the requirements for a separate child health program (Section 2103); OR 1.1.2. Providing expanded benefits under the State’s Medicaid plan (Title XIX); OR 1.1.3. A combination of both of the above. Introduction Shortly after enactment of the federal Children’s Health Insurance Program, Governor Wilson developed a program for implementing the Initiative in California. He submitted his legislative package to the legislature in August of 1997 and the legislature worked with the Governor to enact the Healthy Families program in the last weeks of the 1997-98 legislative sessions. With its Healthy Families Program (HFP), California seeks to expand access to health care coverage for uninsured children through: • Creation of a health insurance program for children whose family incomes are above those which provide eligibility for no cost Medi-Cal up through 200% of poverty; • Changes to the Medi-Cal system which will improve access by simplifying eligibility; and • Coverage of infants up through the age of two born to mothers enrolled in the Access for Infants and Mothers (AIM) Program whose family income is between 200-300% FPL. California’s program consists of the following pieces of legislation, which are included in the plan as Attachment 2.* • Chapter 623 (AB 1126 -Villaraigosa) outlines the Healthy Families insurance program which provides affordable private health insurance plans for low-income children Effective Date: Approval Date: November 1, 2009 HFP Family Contribution Increase November 1, 2009 HFP Co-Payment Increase November 1, 2009 HFP Limited Dental Plan Choice for New Subscribers

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