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PENNSYLVANIA TITLE XXI PROGRAM & TITLE XXI AMENDMENT FACT SHEET
Name of Plan:
Pennsylvania CHIP
Date Plan Submitted:
November 13, 1997 Date Plan Approved:
May 28, 1998 Effective Date:
June 1, 1998
Date Amendment #1 Submitted:
August 14, 1998 Date Amendment #1 Approved:
October 29, 1998 Date Amendment #1 Effective:
June 17, 1998
Date Amendment #2 Submitted:
December 9, 1999 Date Amendment #2 Approved:
March 7, 2000 Date Amendment #2 Effective:
September 1, 1999
Date Amendment #3 Submitted:
December 9, 1999 Date Amendment #3 Approved:
March 7, 2000 Date Amendment #3 Effective:
September 1, 1999
Date Amendment #4 Submitted:
September 22, 2000 Date Amendment #4 Approved:
December 18, 2000 Date Amendment #4 Effective:
September 1, 2000
Date Amendment #5 Submitted:
June 28, 2002 Date Amendment #5 Approved:
September 19, 2002 Date Amendment #5 Effective:
August 24, 2001
Date Amendment #6 Submitted:
December 19, 2003 Date Amendment #6 Approved:
March 18, 2004 Date Amendment #6 Effective:
November 1, 2003
Date Amendment #7 Submitted:
November 20, 2006 Date Amendment #7 Approved:
February 20, 2007 Date Amendment #7 Effective:
January 1, 2007
Background
• Pennsylvania is one of three states whose comprehensive benefit package was cited by Title XXI, section 2103(a)(3) as having sufficient coverage to meet the requirements for a State Children's Health Insurance Plan.
Amendments
• The State's first amendment, approved on October 29, 1998, expanded eligibility to children with family incomes at or below 200 percent of the FPL, eliminated cost