Children's Health Insurance Program

The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), formerly known as the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), is a program administered by the United States Department of Health and Human Services that provides matching funds to states for health insurance to families with children. The program was designed to cover uninsured children in families with incomes that are modest but too high to qualify for Medicaid. The program was passed into law as part of the Balanced Budget Act of 199